Calling all my fellow Swifties and Tortured Poets: how are we doing? Taylor Swift released her 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” on Friday. The album is categorized under the synth-pop genre, similar to popular songs from the ‘80s but still with the modern aura that Swift’s songs all possess. I have been a…
The Emergency Intercom podcast filled Edwards Auditorium with laughter on Saturday, bringing a crowd of fans from the University of Rhode Island and its surrounding states. Brought in by the Student Entertainment Committee, Drew Phillips and Enya Umanzor traveled from the West Coast to perform the live podcast and Q&A session. This allowed fans to…
Over this school year, the modern and classical languages and film media departments hosted a French film festival supported by the Albertine Cinémathèque grant program. In both the fall and spring semesters, the Language Center in Swan Hall showed three movies that fell into the category of French cinema. Moving into the spring section of…
A series of recitals were hosted at the Fine Arts Center on April 13 and 14, featuring performances helmed by various students from the University of Rhode Island’s own department of music. Two individuals who performed were third-year Ricki Rizzo, a vocalist who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in vocal jazz performance, and third-year Louis…
Lauren Drapeau – Editor-in-Chief This month finally marked the beginning of spring as the leaves began to appear on trees, cherry blossoms bloomed and students crowded the quad. To celebrate the warm weather and the feeling of having to air out the heat marinating in my car, “Can I Kick It?” by A Tribe Called…
The University of Rhode Island baseball team lost a high scoring, back-and-forth series against George Washington University over the weekend, then went on to split their midweek games against Bryant University on Tuesday and Stonehill College on Wednesday. George Washington came with an offensive barrage right away in Washington, D.C. on Friday. They scored six…
Pushing for a spot in the Atlantic 10 Championships, the University of Rhode Island softball team exited their week with a positive record after separate stints against George Washington University and the University of Massachusetts. The Rams’ weekend stretch with the Revolutionaries proved fruitful, as Rhode Island took two of three games over GW. The…
The University of Rhode Island tennis team fell 4-1 to the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Saturday in their last regular season game before the Atlantic 10 championship. The Rams’ lone point came from second-year Nikki Fernando’s number three singles win in straight sets 7-5, 6-0 against second-year Ella Faessler. This marked Fernando’s 18th singles…
The University of Rhode Island rowing team traveled to Fairlee, Vermont on Saturday to compete against Dartmouth College and Fordham University. URI finished first in four of the nine racing events against the other two teams in the three Varsity 8+ boats and the two Varsity 4+ boats. In the First Varsity 8+ morning race,…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team placed first overall at the Holy Cross Invitational last weekend as they continue their push towards the end of the outdoor season. The Rams bested the host Crusaders, the University of Maine, the University of Massachusetts, Central Connecticut State University, Stonehill College and Providence College….