More than a dozen dining hall staff spent two nights sleeping in booths at Butterfield Dining Hall to provide food for residents during the record-breaking blizzard of February 2026. Jennifer Souza, Joshua Croce and Cate Ianelli were among the 17 workers who packed their pillows and blankets to sleep on the same booths where students…
As protests pop up at universities around the United States and law enforcement clashes with demonstrators in the streets, students question how to demonstrate on campus without administrator interference. The freedom to organize on university property, as well as the freedom to visually represent information, is permitted by the University of Rhode Island University Manual….
The University of Rhode Island student senate passed a series of bills on Wednesday to officially recognize student organizations such as the E-Commerce club, Diversity Dialogues, Model United Nations and the reassignment of all existing senate club sports. The E-Commerce club was the first to become a senate-recognized student organization and provided with the first-year…
The University of Rhode Island Police Department responded to 16 medical emergencies this week, all of which resulted in hospital transportation. Of the 16 medical emergencies, one was on Feb. 24, two on Feb. 25, three on Feb. 26, six on Feb. 27, two on Feb. 28 and two on March 1. On Feb. 5,…
Rhode Island men’s basketball sixth-year guard RJ Johnson released his single “Rhody Boys” on Jan. 30, referencing the team’s full roster throughout. A month later, I can confidently bring you my breakdown of the song’s lyrics, since Genius somehow hasn’t already jumped all over it. Official lyrics, transcribed by me, annotated by me, to the…
Bos taurus–cows–are domesticated ungulates used as livestock across the world. Cows are some of the most prolific grazers to ever covet grass. It is said that there are over 1.5 billion cows in the world currently. Cattle as a whole make up around 35% of the total mammalian biomass in the world, eking out the…
Decades ago, women in the workplace fought to close the wage gap, and in 1963, we succeeded. But one gap remains resistant to our progress: the orgasm gap. Research consistently shows that women are less likely than men to reach an orgasm during sex. A 2017 study in Archives of Sexual Behavior found that about…
Hykeem Carter, better known by his stage name, “Baby Keem,” is back. “Ca$ino,” Keem’s second studio album, follows up on “The Melodic Blue,” which was released nearly five years ago on Sept. 10, 2021. A deluxe edition added seven new songs just over a year later. Since then, there has been radio silence for his…