Health services, VPAS end healthy relationship week with lunch and learn event Lunch and Learn series hosted by URI health services shares tips on how to survive a break-up. Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor The University of Rhode Island and Health Services held Lunch and Learn: Surviving a Breakup on Friday, February 17,…
Two authors go head to head to determine which is better, pancakes or waffles? Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor Casey Chan-Smutko: First thing I’d like to say is my dad sometimes makes waffles and they taste great, but pancakes bring back nostalgia for me and are more delicious. For instance, my love for…
Love letter to…Firefighters. Illustration by: Matt Fabrizio Firefighters are one of the bravest people in my opinion. I might be biased in saying this because my dad is a firefighter, and I am so proud of the work he has done. My father served as a firefighter from 1995-2020, and in 2020 he was forced…
Community gathers for candlelight vigil for earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer The Multicultural Student Services Center held a vigil on Wednesday, Feb. 15 to memorialize the victims who lost their lives in the earthquake on the border between Turkey and Syria on Monday, Feb. 6. At the vigil,…
What did your favorite song of the month look like? Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor Juliana Lepore Editor-in-Chief “Bejeweled” by Taylor Swift While I am not a Taylor Swift stan, I do have to say that this song has been playing on repeat in my car for the past month. A wonderful, catchy…
URI saves approximately 450,000 plastic water bottles in under a year. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor The University of Rhode Island is doing its part to reduce plastic pollution through the installation of reusable water bottle filling stations. According to Jeffrey Plouffe, URI’s associate director of Housing and Residential Life (HRL), the first…
What is your favorite class taken at URI? Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor My first semester here at URI was one of the most memorable times of my life. I had just transferred here from the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) and the classes were so much fun. One of my favorite…
Review of all girl k-pop group, Red Velvets’ “RBB.” PHOTO CREDIT: Kpopreviewed.com Red Velvet is one of the most vocally talented and gifted groups in all of K-Pop, in my opinion. All five members, Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy and Yeri have become one of the most iconic girl groups in K-Pop history. The group debuted…
Remembering Black history through Black stories. PHOTO CREDIT: ESPN I don’t know a lot about football, or any sport for that matter, but I do know about friendship and brotherhood. That’s why “Remember the Titans” is one of my favorite movies of all time. Football is a way of life in Virginia according to Sheryl…
President Parlange from his state of the university address. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer President Marc Parlange introduced his 10-year strategic plan in his State of the University Address on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Parlange said the plan is associated with the change of president. The previous University president, David Dooley, had a strategic…