Monica Tynan, a senior biology major and art minor, is incorporating a series of six paintings of insects for her honors project in May. Tynan said her series was originally comprised of 13 paintings of insects, but now she is only using the first six for her project because they are invasive species. Invasive species…
Freddie Gibbs recently released his third studio album, “You Only Live 2wice,” on March 31, after putting his career on hold after being charged with alleged sexual assault. Gibbs is one of those underground artists who is not respected for staying real to his music and is mostly known for his collaboration with Madlib on…
For many students classes are hard enough to handle on their own. Taylor Allen, a senior orchestral saxophone performance major, masterfully handles the requirements of school while maintaining work with a landscaping business and, of course, performing. Allen’s degree is in classical music, but he specializes in alto saxophone and plays soprano, baritone and tenor…
The University of Rhode Island’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures is hosting the Tournées French Film Festival for the third year in a row. This past Tuesday night they held a screening of “Mustang” in Chaffee Hall. The festival was sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S.,…
All it takes to expresses you world through writing, sculpting and taking pictures is a $4 Yashica camera. Second-year art major Alex Murdock started shooting photographs with a digital point and shoot cameras in elementary school, and continued photographing on and off until college. He said he tries not to take direct influence from…
Chance the Rapper, Chancelor Bennett, not only won an award for New Best Artist last Sunday at the Grammy’s, but also won awards for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Performance. Like other Grammy winners in the past, Chance received positive feedback from both Jay-Z and his fans. What makes the award surprising however is…
“Choosing to be anonymous is better because it lets people focus more on the music and the person as a connected entity but separate,” said the URI freshman film student and electronic musician. The URI student identifies themself and their music under the name Rhodonite Girl and has chosen to keep their identity anonymous. Rhodonite…
Swan Hall hosted a film series with a screening of Kisses to the Children last Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The screening was followed by a discussion with the film’s director and writer, Vassilis Loules. The documentary explores the lives of five Greek-Jewish children: Rosina, Iossif, Eftyhia, Shelly and Marios. They were all hidden by Christian…
I’ve been a vegetarian for almost a year now, and I don’t regret my decision because I still get to enjoy cheese. Many people think cutting meat out of your diet is the most difficult thing in the world, but I think you have to try it for yourself to find out. From my point…
One senior journalism major at the University of Rhode Island has moved up the ranks at Kingston’s WRIU 90.3 within exploring her major. Carley Lane is the general manager at WRIU. Additionally, Lane hosts The Indie Mix on WRIU 90.3 FM along with her co-host, Olivia Perreault, on Fridays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m….