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…
I consider myself to be a quiet person when it comes to a lot of things. I’m friendly, but like many others, I tend to be nervous when meeting new people and doing new things. I remember my first day at The Good Five Cent Cigar. It was my very first Monday night meeting in…
If you told 18-year-old Casey Chan-Smutko that she would find a group of amazing people who would shape her life at the University of Rhode Island, she’d look at you in disbelief. I was anxious from my very first step into The Good Five Cent Cigar office, but Cigar alum and mentor Imani Fleming ‘22…
My love for broadcast journalism began at fifteen years old. As cliché as this sounds, broadcast has always been part of my life. I knew when transferring to the University of Rhode Island, I wanted to keep my broadcast journey strong, and that next stop would be with The Cigar. My main goal as the…
Sadie Brandt – Editor-in-Chief: What a semester and month it’s been. I’ve been trying to keep things light and airy, which has been assisted by my loves Slayyyter and Slovak pop-star Adéla. The latter’s “SexontheBeat” has been in the background all month as I run around campus with an energy drink in one hand and…
First-year sprinter Zarah Singleton made history with the University of Rhode Island women’s track and field team by finishing with a program-best time of 8.39 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship. Singleton’s time was a personal record as well as a meet record, adding 10 points to her team’s tally,…
University of Rhode Island fourth-year student Peter Gigliotti is set to graduate in May, walking across the stage with four years of real-world experience and a growing social media presence. Gigliotti is a member of the Harrington School of Communication and Media, majoring in sports media and communication and journalism. “Coming out of high school,…
Celie Shield, a first-year member of the University of Rhode Island lacrosse team, has made herself feel at home both on and off the field. Shield, growing up in Richmond, Va., was recruited by URI head coach Jenna Slowey, who has close ties to Shield back when she was an assistant coach at the University…
The University of Rhode Island women’s rowing team returned to action on Saturday to compete against Boston University, the College of the Holy Cross and the University of Delaware. The Rams’ First Varsity 8+ boat of first-years, Charlotte Aeder and coxswain Lily Stasaitis, second-years Nora Lake, Liz Mayer, Sierra Munroe, Sasha Hanewald, third-year Brigid McShea…