Since the announcement of reopening the W. Alton Jones Campus on June 27, the environmental education students program has expressed concern over its utilization at a Board of Trustees meeting. The plan for the campus reopening was to lease it to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, according to Sara Sweetman, an associate professor…
The University of Rhode Island Memorial Union has stopped subsidizing Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority bus passes for disabled students, as of July of this year. In 2022, RIPTA began using the Wave Card system, according to the RIPTA website. Wave cards, physical or digitally loaded cards, can be used to pay for RIPTA services….
The University of Rhode Island student senate voted to cut the monthly president’s meetings to once a semester and approved a funding transfer for the URI Alpine Ski and Snowboard Racing Team. Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Kairy Gonzalez spoke to an incident involving the URI Republicans Instagram account. Comments made by the club’s Instagram account…
The University of Rhode Island Police Department had a quiet holiday week, responding to one medical emergency and one motor vehicle accident. On Tuesday, Nov. 25, police transported someone from URI’s Health Services to the hospital. On Sunday, Nov. 30, police responded to a two-vehicle accident outside Adams Hall. Police were able to clear the…
Maia Hembruff: This November I surprisingly changed my ways and became a podcast enjoyer — so this month I have to offer you a podcast rather than a tune. I love locking in to a good podcast during my daily commutes, and when I get through “The Daily” episode from The New York Times, I…
The University of Rhode Island football team defeated Hampton University 38-10 in the final game of the regular season on Saturday to punch its ticket to the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs. Rhode Island came into the game with a 9-2 record and a perfect 7-0 mark in Coastal Athletic Association play. The Rams were…
Football FINAL (11/15): University of Rhode Island 45-13 University of Maine Football traveled to take on Maine for its final road game of the season on Saturday. The Rams held a 28-7 lead by halftime and controlled the game throughout. Fifth-year running back Antwain Littleton Jr. rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns, while fifth-year…
For the final week this year, all 14 teams in the Coastal Athletic Association clashed in conference play. Each week, The Good Five Cent Cigar Sports Staff comes up with its cumulative ranking of CAA football teams. Here is how the CAA stacks up at the end of week 12: 14th Place: University at Albany…
Trystan Levesque’s impressive career with the University of Rhode Island baseball team resulted in him hearing his name called in a draft, just not the MLB one. Levesque ’25 is the all-time leader in career starts for the Rams with 52; he is also second all-time in strikeouts with 310 and in wins with 24….
Seventh-year guard Tyler Cochran has found his final home in his collegiate basketball career with the University of Rhode Island, bringing a veteran presence to a completely new starting lineup. Averaging the second-most playing time on URI’s 2025-26 roster with 29.4 minutes per game through five contests, one wouldn’t think that Cochran was out with…