On Nov. 9, students went to the GSC to sing some of their favorite Disney hits. PHOTO CREDIT: do314.com The Community Wellness Leaders (CWL) held their first annual Disney Karaoke Night on Nov. 9, providing a night of nostalgia and entertainment for attendees. The event, which took place in the University of Rhode Island’s Gender…
Selena Gomez’s new Apple Tv+ documentary “My Mind and Me” dives into her experience with her mental health struggles and being vulnerable with her audience. PHOTO CREDIT: appletv.com Released on November 2, 2022, “Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me” tells the story of Gomez’s fall and comeback into Hollywood between 2016 and 2020. The film…
Pictured: Bryn Mulligan’s horseshoe crab tattoo. Photo contributed by: Dylan Hubbard Bryn Mulligan, a fifth-year wildlife and conservation biology major, got her first tattoo, a stick and poke of Saturn, at the age of fifteen. Her first professionally done tattoo was etched into her skin on her eighteenth birthday, and she has accumulated ten more…
Guilty pleasure, easy listening. PHOTO CREDIT: bbc.co.uk As of the time this paper will be published, I am 22 years old, which means that six years of my life is a pretty long time. Six years is almost one-third of my life. 27.3% of my life, to be exact. Yeah, that’s right. I did math…
PHOTO CREDIT: amazon.com This week marks the 67th anniversary of the introduction of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On Nov. 12, 1955, Billboard released their first edition of the Hot 100, with “Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing,” from the soundtrack for the film of the same name, by the Four Aces topping the chart. On…
Erik Loomis “always knew he wanted to teach” and aims to help students create a better future. PHOTO CREDIT: uri.edu Erik Loomis, a professor of history at the University of Rhode Island, has always pursued the career of teaching in hopes that understanding the past may create a better future for his students. Originally from…
The VR workshop is open to students interested in learning skills in virtual reality. PHOTO CREDIT: events.uri.edu Every Thursday of the semester, the University of Rhode Island Cross Reality (XR) Lab hosts a virtual reality (VR) workshop, located on the first floor of the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons. Each session runs from…
Ngawang Sangdrol is a human rights activist who came to speak at URI about her work fighting for freedom. PHOTO CREDIT: gwarlingo.com The University of Rhode Island’s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies’ ongoing lecture series has given international human rights activists a platform to share their stories of fighting for peace through nonviolence. Last…
Pictured: Artifacts from the Tomaquag museum. PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Charron | Staff Photographer According to the Mashantucket Pequot Nation, the Mashantucket (Western) Pequot tribe resided in Southeastern Connecticut and is also known as the Fox People. Although this is not a Rhode Island tribe, both Rhode Island and Connecticut were a part of Massachusetts until…
U.S. midterms have local impact The midterm election results from Nov. 8 show surprising changes for Rhode Island, the University of Rhode Island and the country as a whole. Emily Lynch, an assistant teaching professor of political science, said that one of the most surprising outcomes of the election was the lack of a “red…