The University of Rhode Island Outing Club hosted their first fundraiser of the spring semester on Sunday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Panera Bread in Wakefield. C lub members headed to Panera for a bite to eat following a muddy three-mile hike at the King Benson Preserve, according to Club President Ellie Madigan…
While it’s now common knowledge that the University of Rhode Island’s primary outlet for news for over the past half-century has been The Good Five Cent Cigar, there was a time when that wasn’t exclusively the case. The Great Swamp Gazette was introduced as the University’s alternative magazine and was first published in November 1977,…
For the national magazine, “Diverse: Issues in Higher Education,” narrowing a nationwide pool of scholars down to just 15 recipients for their annual Emerging Scholar award means you’ll seldom find two honorees from the same university. This hasn’t happened since 2021, when both Soua Xiong and Cynthia Wang of California State University System were nominated…
On Monday, the College for the Environmental and Life Sciences kickstarted its new Peer Mentor Program with a meet-and-greet event for students. Open to all majors in the CELS program, the Peer Mentor Program aims to assist first-year and transfer students with coursework, finding research opportunities and finding their community here at the University of…
On Jan. 25 the Dress History Association held their first meeting of the semester at the Memorial Union, with a historical fashion-themed Kahoot. The Kahoot, created by a member Sophie Kissimba included questions about the historical association of blue with boys and pink with girls, the inspiration for a new hairstyle among noble French women…
Dearest Romantic Comedies, As a romantic myself, you have never failed me. From the backgrounds of each character, the meet-cutes, the drama or the end, I will always say with confidence that I never have been bored. The characters are always flawed and realistic with issues that can happen to anyone, and as flawed as…
In the three semesters I have contributed to the Good Five Cent Cigar, I have apparently started each by detailing a certain dining experience I had that was worthy of a write up. In January of 2023, I outlined my top ten offerings to look for in the University of Rhode Island’s dining halls (expect…
20 years after “Mean Girls” (2004) was released and six years after “Mean Girls The Musical,” Tina Fey is back as the director for a film adaptation of the musical. The movie stars singer and actress Reneé Rapp as Regina George and Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the 2016 movie “Moana,” as Janis Imi’ke….
As we say farewell to 2023, great movies and TV shows of the past year will continue to be discussed heading into 2024. The Golden Globes and Primetime Emmys award shows premiered over the past month, with trophies being awarded to shoe in favorites and a couple surprises as well. To no one’s surprise, Christopher…
The new semester brings new projects for the University of Rhode Island’s fine arts students. This semester two productions are going to be put on in the Fine Arts Center’s J Studio. This semester’s play is William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” and the musical is “Little Shop of Horrors,” written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. Last…