Rhody abroad — Volleyball player makes her mark in Africa

Blanley traveled with Michigan State University’s Athletes in Action mission trip to Cape Town, South Africa. PHOTO CREDIT: @rhodyvball on Twitter Second-year libero Hannah Blaney represented the University of Rhode Island volleyball team last week with a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel to Cape Town, South Africa. Blaney accompanied the Michigan State University’s…

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A ‘close-up’ on SXSW

PHOTO CREDIT: Alexa Potamianos | Newscast Editor This past spring break, I had the opportunity to attend the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival in Austin, Texas.  While there is no way one person could see everything the festival has to offer in just one week, here is a recap of my top SXSW experiences….

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‘Dress for Success:’  A century of businesswear

URI’s College of Business displays a gallery of business attire through history. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk | Staff Photographer To celebrate the College of Business’ 100th anniversary, the department of textiles, fashion merchandising and design (TMD) at the University of Rhode Island opened a new exhibit titled “Dressed for Business: A Retrospective Look at the…

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Food insecurity grant seeks to create ‘hunger free campus community’

Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor Around 30% of students that attend four-year colleges in the United States are food insecure, according to the University of Rhode Island Food Security Outreach Coordinator Barbara Sweeney. Food insecurity is the state of having limited or uncertain access to nutritionally adequate foods, according to the U.S. Department…

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A ‘stellar’ performance by Student Led Theatre Collective

The Student Led Theater Collective is a new student organization on campus that just put on their performance of “Stellar Woman’s Boyfriend,” a student-written play, in Quinn Hall’s Auditorium on Monday evening. Third-year David Weber, is a theater and physics major at URI and wrote “Stellar Woman’s Boyfriend” two summers ago before bringing it to…

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Competitive menstrual product drive encourages involvement, community, charity

Menstrual product drive located in P.I.N.K. office. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor The University of Rhode Island’s Powerful, Independent, Notoriously, Knowledgeable (P.I.N.K.) Women is hosting a competitive menstrual product drive in order to raise awareness about reproductive rights and encourage community among the University’s multicultural organizations. After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision that…

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