The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Housing and Residential Life (HRL) will add two new Living and Learning Communities (LLC) next year; one for natural sciences and mathematics majors, and another for social and behavioral science majors. LLCs are on-campus communities that group students with the same or similar majors in the same residential…
Full Student Senate poses for a picture after meeting. Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island Student Senate welcomed President David Dooley yesterday for a presentation on URI’s budget. Dooley announced to the Senate that the University is expecting to collect $10 million more from revenue over the next academic year. This is…
Members of the URI faculty and student body commemorate the grand opening of the Brookside Apartments. Photo by Greg Clark. Brookside Hall officially opened its doors this past Monday at 11 a.m. with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and reception. The apartment-style residence hall has been open for residents since the start of the semester. However, the…
Big Painting Art Gallery: The combined works of James Sundquist, Toby Sisson and Yann Weiner, entitled “Big Painting, are currently on display in the URI Fine Arts Center until March 3. Photos by James McIntosh. The University Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center opened a new exhibit, entitled “Big Painting.” The exhibit, which first opened its…
Though highly anticipated, the opening of the Brookside Apartments has been anything but smooth. Photo by Greg Clark. The beginning of the spring semester at the University of Rhode Island also marked the opening of its newest residence hall: Brookside Hall. However, it hasn’t all been easy for Brookside since its opening in January. As…
The Feb. 5 University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting featured one passed bill, discussions about three others were tabled and a speech from a presidential candidate. Student Senate voted unanimously, with one abstention, to give club organization Uhuru Sasa a $2,000 contingency grant. Senator Annabel Cimbal, the bill’s sponsor, explained that the money would…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate ended off the semester by passing nine bills during an approximately three-hour-long meeting yesterday night. Much of that time was spent discussing changes to the Student Senate bylaws, which were proposed by the Instruments Committee. In the absence of Instruments Committee Chair John Bagley, Senator Annabel Cimbal…
Yesterday’s Student Senate meeting lasted two and a half hours, as senators debated issues such as bylaws, the recognition of new clubs and possible new majors. The meeting kicked off with URI’s Provost Donald DeHayes, and the Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Issues Anne Veeger, giving the senate a presentation and encouraging discussion on…
Two new resolutions passed at Student Senate’s weekly meeting yesterday evening. The first of these bills was a resolution calling to take $675 from the Multicultural Unity and Student Involvement Council budget. The number was decided in order to make up for t-shirts the program had bought against the laws of Student Senate, who decided…
Yesterday’s University of Rhode Island Student Senate meeting was marked mostly by elections, as six new members of Student Senate were sworn in. Breanni Torres was elected as an at-large representative and Bella Cadavid was elected as a representative for the College of Business. Michael Rios, Tim Berard, Lance Mitchell and Kevin Bugbee were elected…