Rhody Outpost, the University of Rhode Island’s food and basic needs pantry, expanded its resources to nursing students at the university’s Providence Campus. When broadening its reach at URI, Rhody Outpost wanted to focus on nursing students first, according to Barbara Sweeeny, the pantry’s head. The Rhode Island Nursing Education Center is located at the…
An arrest was made on Butterfield Road on Monday, Oct. 7, after a response to an assist citizen call. Police arrived on the scene at 4:30 a.m. The call resulted in a transportation to the hospital as well as an arrest on four charges, including arson, assault, disorderly conduct and vandalism. The scene was cleared…
The University of Rhode Island student senate convened Wednesday to discuss parking, position changes and the investigation of complaints. Head Jurist Andrew Ebrahimpour attended the meeting to make senators aware of the confidential complaints. Senators will be interviewed one by one in the following weeks as the investigation continues. Ebrahimpour discouraged senators from speaking with…
The University of Rhode Island women’s club ice hockey team began their regular season over the weekend, hosting the University of Colorado and splitting the series 1-1. Following a 3-0 slate of exhibition games against Sacred Heart University, Assumption University and Providence College, URI went into Saturday’s matchup with a goal differential of 14. URI…
With four teams sitting inside the national top-25 rankings, others receiving votes and upsets over Football Bowl Subdivision opponents scattered throughout, the Coastal Athletic Association has proved itself as one of the best Football Championship Subdivision conferences in the country. Every week, the staff at The Good Five Cent Cigar will rank the 16 teams…
On Saturday, the University of Rhode Island club tennis team traveled to the University of New Hampshire to compete in the annual Wicked Six tournament and finished Third overall. The Wicked Six is a tournament that consists of six New England-based teams, hosted by UNH. The tournament is a round-robin style with consolation matches. Although…
Football: FINAL (10/5): URI 46-44 Hampton University The University of Rhode Island football team flew down to Armstrong Stadium in Hampton, Virginia to take on the Hampton University Pirates in a Coastal Athletic Association barnburner on Saturday. The Rams orchestrated a double-overtime comeback after being down 14 points twice in the second half. The 46-44…
The University of Rhode Island’s women’s rowing team took first place out of 33 at the Head of the Riverfront in Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday. In the team’s first event of the fall season, they won the race with a time of 16:44.9, beating out second-place Williams College by a full 20 seconds in the…
The University of Rhode Island women’s lacrosse team held their first intersquad scrimmage at Meade Stadium on Saturday, with the team preparing for their inaugural season this upcoming spring. The lacrosse team’s recruiting process began last year, made up of an inaugural class of 15 players, with 14 new players coming to Kingston this fall…
The University of Rhode Island women’s volleyball team continued their Atlantic 10 conference play this past weekend, taking on Loyola University Chicago, the team with the second best record in the conference. Rhode Island lost both matches, the first in five sets and the second in a 3, dropping to 0-4 in the conference. This…