Best Buddies, an international non-profit group that works with adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, has an up-and-coming volunteer chapter on the University of Rhode Island’s campus. Over the past three years of being involved with URI’s Best Buddies, Maddie Cooprider, the secretary for Best Buddies, has seen the organization grow in size. Cooprider…
Students learned about some of the original board games from hundreds of years ago at a recent lecture. Photo by Greg Clark. A lunch and lecture for students and faculty members on how board games have impacted cultures for centuries, in ways that go beyond just entertainment purposes was held on Nov. 14, at the…
Students and faculty are welcome to view the “The Yellow Art 1989-2019” exhibit by Mark Mahosky. Photo by Greg Clark. For the next month, artist Mark Mahosky’s exhibit featuring 21 charcoal drawings that depict settings of what were once bloody battlegrounds can be seen in the Fine Arts Center’s Main Gallery. Mahosky’s “The Yellow Drawings…
Documentary “Minding the Gap” by Bing Liu, was made with over 12 years of footage and tells the stories of three young boys. Photo from ScreenRant. “Minding the Gap,” a documentary by Bing Liu, tells the story of three boys who have grown up together in Rockford, Illinois, find a sense of belonging, friendship and…
In an age of advancing technology, there has been an increase in social media networking among Generation Z and millennials, bringing about an untraditional route of connecting with professionals. Many students around the country and at the University of Rhode Island have made professional Twitter and Instagram accounts, whether it be dedicated solely to something…
Professor at Yale, Evren Savci, outlined her book about Sexual politics under neoliberal Islam. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Dr. Evren Savci, an accredited scholar of transnational sexualities, visited the University of Rhode Island on Nov. 7 to speak to students about feminism and sexual politics in neoliberal Islam. Savci, an assistant professor for women’s, gender,…
These are some of the recent hashtags that were trending on Twitter. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. Whether you have a professional or personal twitter, scrolling through the trending hashtags and trending tweets of the day is a fun, comical and interesting way to get a glimpse into the viewpoints and days of other people. However,…
The Women’s Center held a discussion panel on the social media trend “hot girl summer,” and discussed self-empowerment, gender and sexuality on Oct. 22. The mediator from the Women’s Center had compiled a list of questions about the topic beforehand. They created a circle of chairs for students who wanted to participate, and they were…
Oct. 17, 1989: The previous week, the House of Representatives passed a bill to ban any desecration of the American Flag. URI students shared their opinions on this recent bill, feeling as though the law prohibited their rights to free expression, rescinding the Constitution and thus destroying the foundation of the United States. Students in…
Surprisingly, music is one of the most rigorous majors on campus Pursuing a degree in music at the University of Rhode Island is seen to be one of the most intensive majors offered, which according to music students, focuses on spending every waking moment practicing with little free time. Senior Collin Tyrrell, a music major…