March Madness: the time of year when college basketball fans everywhere trade sleep for brackets, cheer for upsets and pray their parlay hits. It’s chaos, it’s excitement and it’s downright unpredictable—just ask any 16th seed who knocks out a one seed. Sure, I could break down every team’s chances of winning the tournament (Go Blue…
Ellie Sennhenn – Editor-in-Chief: I am fully back in my sad folk music era. I think I have spent the last four nights curled up listening to “100 ghosts” by Field Medic and letting the lyrics crawl deep into my soul. The artist pairs beautiful lyrics like “I’m a silver balloon, hardly a reflection” and…
If you are an outsider who wants to fit in, or a person seeking high social status, “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Brontë is the book for you. You may be familiar with Kate Bush’s song “Wuthering Heights,” where she portrays Catherine as a ghost after her death. Catherine asks Heathcliff to let her into the…
Joseph Bentley, a distinguished music professor at the University of Rhode Island, performed a reimagined version of Bach’s “Cello Suite No. 6” entirely on electric bass guitar in his concert titled “You Can’t Do That!” on Saturday at the university’s Fine Arts Center. Bentley’s rendition of the piece incorporated the modern electric bass, blending it…
The University of Rhode Island’s Musicians Guild hosted its second and final competitive show of the academic year, the Big Nice Band Battle, in the Ram’s Den on Friday, with student bands fighting for the ultimate prize: studio time. The show was sponsored by Big Nice Studio out of Lincoln and was judged by a…
During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, members of the University of Rhode Island’s Muslim Student Association gather for Itfar to pray, break their fast and build community. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Practicing Muslims observe this month by fasting from sunrise to sunset and devoting time to prayer and family,…
University of Rhode Island students and film enthusiasts had the opportunity this past week to engage with Joan Tewkesbury, a pioneering screenwriter from Hollywood’s “New Hollywood” era. Tewkesbury, 88, visited URI to discuss her screenplay for “Nashville,” the 1975 Robert Altman film that became a seminal work of American cinema. The event was organized by…
In the ’70s and early ’80s, the Memorial Union at the University of Rhode Island housed The Pub, a local bar serving alcoholic beverages to students and professors. The bar saw a tumultuous history during its lifespan, opening in 1971. While its history is highly documented, Steven Corey, a member of the student council in…
The University of Rhode Island’s meal plan rates are lower than the University of Connecticut and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, according to dining services. However, does lower price necessarily mean lower quality? At URI, the smallest unlimited dining plan costs $2,800 a semester and the largest is $3,200 a semester, according to URI dining…
After eight years of serving the Rhode Island community, Green Line Apothecary has permanently closed its doors, so that owners, Ken and Christina Procaccianti, could spend more time with their kids. Originally a way to create a modern version of the classic American drugstore, the Apothecary grew from a single location in Wakefield with four…