In a landmark case that Rhode Island recently joined, big tech company Meta faces a lawsuit alleging business practices that are said to addict adolescents to their products. Meta is a social media company that controls platforms like Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. By the end of October, 41 state attorneys general, including Rhode Island’s Attorney…
East Hall is one of many buildings bordering the University of Rhode Island’s campus quadrangle, a spot that thousands of students walk through every day. According to an article from Rhody Today, “Buildings on the URI Quadrangle Constructing History”, East Hall was named after its location. The building sits along Lippitt road on the northeast…
Lisa Macaruso is a first-generation student. She knew she would have to approach education independently. At the University of Rhode Island, Professor Macaruso teaches a class called “Mental Health First Aid.” This class provides certification in becoming a mental health first aider, and it teaches its students the early signs of mental illness, and ways…
Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, Joy Ellison, highlighted underrepresented transgender movements in Midwestern history in a lecture given on Nov. 9 at 5 p.m. in the Multicultural Student Services Center. The lecture, titled “Un-forgetting Trans Feminism: Lessons in Survival and Resistance from Midwestern Trans Movements,” was a part of the Dana Shugar Colloquium…
First established in the late 1980s, early 1990s, the Alpine Race Club continues to welcome new students into their community of skiers and snowboarders. “Alpine” refers to the act of downhill skiing and snowboarding rather than cross-country skiing and snowboarding, hence why their name was changed from it previously being the “ski team” to specify,…
“Five Nights at Freddy’s’” has been a widely loved horror game video franchise for many years since its release in 2014 . The new “Five Nights at Freddy’s’” movie that came out this past month on Oct. 27 brought a whole new community to the “FNAF” franchise, including myself. To summarize, the movie follows the…
If you haven’t heard the names Taylor Swift or Travis Kelce over the last month, you have been living under a rock. I am not a Travis and Taylor stan, however I do consider myself to be a bit of an expert on the topic, because every time the two of them interact with each…
Please Don’t Destroy, a comedy trio well known for their pre-recorded videos shown on “Saturday Night Live,” will be bringing their comedic talent to the University of Rhode Island on Sunday. The Student Entertainment Committee chose Please Don’t Destroy because they are extremely popular on “SNL” with their webseries, according to Jaimee Deslauriers, the president…
The University of Rhode Island’s men’s basketball got off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2021 this week, after defeating the Fairfield University Stags 93-80 on Thursday and the Wagner College Seahawks 69-53 Tuesday. The Rams entered Thursday’s matchup with the Stags 1-0 after a 81-70 victory over Central Connecticut State University…
Following a 51-point win against Sacred Heart to open up the season, the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team beat UMass Lowell River Hawks on Friday night, before falling to the Maine Black Bears on Tuesday. Against the River Hawks, the Rams sprinted out to a quick 12-0 lead in the first four minutes…