Youth training in Rhode Island has taken a leap with “NextPlay Training,” led by two in-state men’s soccer student athletes. Fourth-year University of Rhode Island defender Joey Turco and third-year midfielder Connor Froberg began preparations for their soccer training company, NextPlay Training, during the fall of 2024 and were able to start camps in the…
The Good Five Cent Cigar mourns the loss of longtime University of Rhode Island staff member Keith Labelle, who died on May 30. Labelle mentored many students and Cigar members in his role as a professor and faculty advisor for URi-STAND. The Cigar asked students and alumni to share their memories of Labelle: Tim Harniman,…
Sadie Brandt – Editor-in-Chief: I’ve been listening to an absurd amount of music this summer, primarily because I have nothing to do except lie about and get way too invested in “Love Island USA.” As the days blend together into an amalgamation of nothingness, I’ve been blasting “Free.99” by Malcolm Todd, who has gotten me…
The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team captured its third straight Atlantic 10 Conference Championship on Saturday, clinching an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. The championship marked the 12th title in program history, with the Rams also taking home five individual awards. Rhode Island head coach Shelagh Donohoe was named the Atlantic 10…
The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field team captured its fifth Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship in six years on Sunday, as the team scored its most points at the meet in program history and the third-most in A-10 history. Last year, Rhody finished just 1.5 points behind George Mason University, breaking up a…
After spending the last two years here at the University of Rhode Island and inside The Good Five Cent Cigar, it is hard to believe that my time here is running out, and soon I’ll be moving on from being a student. I remember going to my first meeting at The Good Five Cent Cigar…
I remember the first time I heard about The Cigar’s long production nights, nobody ever had anything good to say about them. I was just a freshman at the time. I had just finished an internship during my senior year of high school working for the Warwick Beacon, and I thought that I was going…
It started in a crowded room, sequestered in the basement of Memorial Union. Or maybe it was a sunny New England day next to a tri-fold. Maybe even sooner, at a lunch table 150 miles away and four years ago. There are hundreds of origins to this story. Before I had time to sort them…
If there is one highlight from my time at the University of Rhode Island, it was my career at The Good Five Cent Cigar. After a failed attempt at getting into URI’s College of Business following my transfer from the Community College of Rhode Island, I switched my major to journalism. I started taking stories…
I honestly didn’t have a clear plan for where I fit on campus yet in my second year at the University of Rhode Island; I was trying a little bit of everything, and somewhere along the way, I found myself at a meeting for The Good Five Cent Cigar. A new, terrified sports media major…