From pages to screen, how do Jane Austen’s classics hold up? PHOTO CREDIT: Yale Daily News While 2020 was a particularly sparse year for movies, a few still managed to make their way into theaters before COVID shut everything down. One of the movies I found particularly surprising and enjoyable was the Jane Austen adaptation…
Which class at URI has been your favorite? Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor As spring starts, so does fall class registration at the University of Rhode Island, and students believe that teaching styles and professor attitudes are crucial parts of building their class schedules. Third-year health studies major Brian Gouvin’s favorite class during…
Comedian, Eric Andre to come to URI. PHOTO CREDIT: yahoo.com The Student Entertainment Committee (SEC) announced on March 23 that comedian and actor, Eric Andre, will be visiting the Ryan Center on April 22 as part of URI’s Spring Fest. Eric Andre enters his own realm of comedy as a professional, being referred to as…
“Rhody Today,” a newsletter that recently started appearing in University of Rhode Island email inboxes, was launched this semester to share information about important campus events and academic research. After the termination of URI Communications as a delivery system for campus updates over winter break, “Rhody Today” began appearing with a wider range of daily…
April Fool’s Day was last Saturday and we know how it goes, someone pranks another person. But according to History.com, this holiday dates back to the 16th century. History.com said some historians date back to 1582 when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. In the Julian calendar, the new year starts…
GSC members discuss possible TikTok ban’s impact on LGBTQIA+ community Members of the University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) express concerns about a potential nation-wide ban on TikTok and the impacts it will have on marginalized communities. The ban would result from a bipartisan bill called the Restricting the Emergence of Security…
At the University of Rhode Island, three teams of students gave proposals about how to solve climate change to a panel at the Solve Climate 2030, a worldwide teach-in at URI on March 29. Ann Salzarulo, a communications associate teaching professor, gave an introduction saying this event was sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement…
First-year Sophie Herrmann battled to a 7-5, 6-0 straight sets win in URI’s 4-2 loss to Richmond. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com The University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team lost a pair of matches against Richmond and George Washington over the weekend, dropping to a 5-12 record with only one win in their last 11 matches….
The Rams finished the weekend in eighth out of ten teams in North Carolina. PHOTO CREDIT: gorhody.com After a strong five stroke win at the Carpetbagger Classic on March 19, the University of Rhode Island Golf Team was back in play this past weekend in the Cutter Creek Intercollegiate. The tournament took place in Snow…
An estimated 77,900 transgender adolescents live in states that have passed laws and policies restricting gender-affirming care for minors, and continue to experience barriers to healthcare and social mobility, according to the Williams Institute. States building these barriers — Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah — have banned…