Water polo is back at the University of Rhode Island in the form of a club team with one main goal: to teach students how to play. Most popular along the West Coast, water polo functions similarly to soccer or basketball, where members of each team score goals and throw a rubber ball. Although the…
From the coastlines of New England to small communities in rural Wisconsin, two University of Rhode Island alumni took an unexpected leap to the national stage over the summer. For Mallory Lentz ’23 and Alex Pouliot ’23, both graduates from URI’s master of environmental science and management program, an application to the National Oceanic and…
In February, Camilla Cersosimo ’24 stood in front of the Rhode Island State House and shared the testimony of a University of Rhode Island research program that changed her life. Although her speech on Feb. 14 spanned just eight minutes, Cersosimo spoke on behalf of all the undergraduates who’ve participated in the program – shedding…
Students piled into The Ryan Center on Thursday, Oct. 10, to watch Bryson Tiller perform hits from his four studio albums. Vendors lined the streets with t-shirts and sweatshirts, selling the merch to fans as they waited to enter. The first opener was Breez Kennedy, an 18-year-old from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He rose to…
The University of Rhode Island’s billiards club crowned a shocking buy-in tournament champion on Tuesday, Oct. 8 in the Memorial Union. Seven competitors gathered at 7 p.m. and paid $5 each to compete for their chance to claim the tournament title. “It’s a single elimination tournament where you lose – you’re out,” billiards club president…
The URI Theatre Department opened up their season with “Machinal” on Oct. 10, marking the f irst theater performance of the year. “Machinal” is a 1928 play by American playwright and journalist Sophie Treadwell. The play is inspired by the real-life case of convicted and executed murderer, Ruth Snyder. The show follows the young woman’s…
Audrey Collins Contributing Reporter In 2019 the “clown prince of crime” was inescapable. Director Todd Phillips had made the jump from raunchy stoner comedies to thought-provoking dramas with “Joker” back in 2019, and it paid off in a big way. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and winning four (one of those being a Best Actor…
Whenever I want to listen to the news, I don’t want to hear any boring story that makes me fall asleep or a scary story that will give me nightmares, that’s why I listen to “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.” I’ve been listening to this podcast since I was nine years old with my family…
Coldplay’s 10th album “Moon Music” brings back many of the religious themes seen in previous albums and encourages listeners to approach the world with love and an open mind. The album, which has 10 tracks, has received mixed reviews from critics since its release. The tracks, which each have a deeper message to share with…
Over 100 years into the historic series between the University of Rhode Island and Brown University football programs, the Rams took a record sixth-straight win against the Bears in the 42nd Governor’s Cup over the weekend with a 31-21 victory. Rhode Island defeated Brown 31-21 on Saturday, concluding with a seven-point comeback victory in the…