The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate held a short meeting this Wednesday with a new moderator presiding over the meeting. Caleb Hilyard was nominated as interim moderator by President Austyn Ramsay this past Monday, and was confirmed by the Senate to become Student Senate’s new moderator. This move comes following the resignation of Annabel…
The Maury Loontjens Memorial Library in Narragansett is seeking a larger space. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. This November, Narragansett voters will not only decide who they want to represent them as president, in Congress and in the state legislature: they will also decide the future of their town library. The Maury Loontjens Memorial Library, located…
While there has been plenty of News You Should Know within our borders, there’s plenty more happening in the world around us. Anti-government protests in Thailand, according to the BBC, started on Aug. 3 and are growing currently. The primary targets of these protests are Thailand’s monarchs and their prime minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha. Chan-o-Cha, a…
Provost Donald DeHayes and Vice Provost Anne Veeger visited Student Senate’s meeting last night to discuss plans for next semester, alternative grading options and diversity on campus. DeHayes and Veeger spent much of their time taking questions from Senators about these matters. According to DeHayes, next semester will likely be similar to the current semester’s…
The Multicultural Student Services Center, located next to the Memorial Union, welcomed Joshua Segui as its interim director earlier this year. Photo from uri.edu. The University of Rhode Island Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC) recently appointed Joshua Seguí, a former director of the Brown University Center for Students of Color, as interim director for the…
Student Senate held a short meeting this week on the day before their fall elections. During the meeting, one of these senatorial candidates, Annabelle Gibson, came to talk before the Assembly. Gibson, a sophomore, is a political science major who is looking to double major in economics. “The reason I decided to run this year…
Student Senate held a short meeting yesterday evening.The meeting was sparsely attended as no cabinet members attended, barely meeting the attendance threshold for the meeting to be considered valid. Elections for Student Senate will be held online using CampusLabs next week on Oct. 15 and 16. Senator John Bagley said that he would be checking…
Online, in-person and blended classes will continue to be the norm Students can start signing up for classes for the spring semester. Photo by Siobhan Richards Despite all of the changes created by COVID-19, the University of Rhode Island’s course selection process will be similar to as it was pre-pandemic. Course selection at URI will…
There has been no shortage of News You Should Know recently. Donald Trump’s case of COVID-19, subsequent hospitalization and release from Walter Reed Medical Center dominated news this week. Trump tweeted at 12:54 a.m. on Oct. 2 that he had tested positive. He was hospitalized the following day. Multiple doctors have theorized that the event…
URI Votes participants (left to right) James Houghton, Gretchen Macht, Tim Jonas, and Nicholas Bernardo, received a research grant for the coming elections. The University of Rhode Island Voter OperaTions and Election Systems (VOTES) project recently received three grants totaling $700,000 to research how COVID-19 will affect the upcoming election. The program, led by assistant…