Depleted women’s track and field squad boasts several personal-bests in North Carolina

This past weekend, the University of Rhode Island’s women’s track and field team competed in the Raleigh Relays, hosted by North Carolina State.  This showcase of some of the most talented athletes from programs across the country saw three personal best performances for URI, along with two season best performances.  A group of just four…

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Baseball opens up their home slate with a season-first series sweep over Marist

First-year Michael Anderson finished the weekend with three RBIs and two runs. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island baseball team picked up their first series sweep on the season at home with a 3-0 victory over Marist this past weekend.  Due to weather conditions, the three-day series was moved to a double header…

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Paris to Tokyo,’ Australia to Rhode Island, Kid Laroi performs at Ryan Center

The Kid Laroi tributes friend, and late rapper, JuiceWrld. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter Australian rapper The Kid Laroi and American pop singer Jeremy Zucker performed at the University of Rhode Island on Friday as a stop on their “Bleed For You” U.S. tour.    Laroi, from Sydney, Australia, has already released a…

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Magic or tragic? Disney film adaptations

How Disney has defined 2010’s and 2020’s through their live-action remakes. PHOTO CREDIT: metacritic.com In the same way that Disney’s animated films defined the 1900’s, and especially the 1990’s and the way that Pixar’s CGI films defined the 2000’s, Disney’s live action remakes are quickly defining the 2010’s and 2020’s.  However, while films like “Snow…

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From  ‘beans to bar’

URI student runs award-winning chocolate company First-year student, Ella Schnider with her product from Gansett Chocolate Company. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson | Contributing Photographer In January 2021, a chocolate company called “Gansett Craft Chocolate” opened in Wakefield, Rhode Island, according to Ella Schneider, a first-year student studying entrepreneurship and innovation business at the University of…

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