In the Spring of 2022, Val Villucci announced that she would be retiring as head coach of the University of Rhode Island women’s tennis team after 25 years at the helm across three different stints. This created something that URI had not seen from the tennis program in many years: a vacancy. Fast forward to…
The University of Rhode Island women’s cross country team placed fourth in the Nassaney Invitational at Bryant University on Saturday. In the Ram’s second meet of the season, the team raced against 11 other schools. Northeastern took first place with 21 points, UMass Amherst held second place with 69 points and Brown University occupied third…
Football: FINAL (9/8): URI 35-14 Stony Brook The Rhode Island Rams football team took on Coastal Athletic Association rival Stony Brook University at Meade Stadium on Friday to open CAA conference play. For more on the matchup, visit Zack Petrick’s recap (page 8, rhodycigar.com). Men’s Soccer: FINAL (9/8): URI / CCSU (CANCELED) FINAL (9/12): URI…
Sporting green warm-up tops in celebration of Mental Health Awareness Night, the University of Rhode Island women’s soccer team welcomed Wake Forest to the URI Soccer Complex on Thursday. Despite an early second-half free kick that halved a two-goal deficit just minutes after the break, the Rams ultimately could not use their attacking momentum to…
The University of Rhode Island Rams football team opened up their conference schedule with a win over the Stony Brook University Seawolves, in the program’s first ever Friday night game by a score of 35-14. The Rams made their Friday night lights game a matchup to remember for their fans, with a dominant win over…
The Taylorpalooza era is here and it’s unstoppable, even for the world’s largest ticket marketplace, Ticketmaster. With 3.5 million individuals pre-registering to acquire Eras Tour tickets, Ticketmaster’s site collapsed during the presale back in December, and the corporation paused sales and subsequently canceled the scheduled general sale after hours of waiting and oversold tickets. After…
Let’s talk about new beginnings and fresh starts. Change is inevitable, but making change in order to open new doors takes real courage. Along with recently transferring to the University of Rhode Island as a third-year, Emmett Cummins from Providence, R.I. made the permanent decision to get a tattoo. The reason for getting tattoos varies…
Internet personality Noel Miller performed at Edwards Auditorium on Tuesday, Sept. 5 to an audience of about 700 people. The former software engineer grew an audience on YouTube, starting his journey in late 2015 making commentary comedy videos and the occasional sketch and music videos. His YouTube following consists of 2.66 million subscribers and amounting…
Ryan Estus I’m sure I probably won’t be the first person to say this, and I certainly won’t be the last – Barbie was a fantastic movie. I saw the blockbuster film twice, after deciding that another visit to ‘Barbieland’ was the only way to do this movie justice. This film has everything; dead-on casting…
Juliana Lepore-Editor In Chief I have listened to 5 Seconds of Summer more than any other band for the past 10 years, but this summer, it was different. I went to see their show in Boston on August 13th and it reminded me of how much I love their 2014 banger “English Love Affair.” They…