Just one week after the Rhode Island General Assembly passed the 2021 Act on Climate, the University of Rhode Island held a lecture talking about local efforts to fight climate change. On April 7, the Harrington School of Communication and Media hosted “Solve Climate by 2030,” where three speakers discussed how to combat climate change. …
Gives students opportunities to combine interests The few. The proud. The Green Business Program at URI is one of only a handful in the country. Photo from thewesterlysun.com. Since 2013, the University of Rhode Island has offered a cutting-edge Green Business Program, one of only a few in the country, that is often overlooked at…
Members of the URI community shaved their heads and donated their hair to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer this week. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island Student Senate held its annual Blue Light Walk this past Tuesday in order to ensure that campus blue lights are fully functional. The blue…
The advent of binge-watching has bred the cultural phenomenon of hate-watching, but what is hate-watching? According to Merriam-Webster, it means “to watch and take pleasure in laughing at or criticizing (a disliked television show, movie, etc.).” Now, this isn’t a new thing and has been around since the early 2010s. Yet, the act of hate-watching…
A recap of the 2021 Critics’ Choice Awards. Photo from criticschoice.com. The red carpet was rolled out and the stars were dolled up for the 26th Critics’ Choice Awards. Well, online of course! The awards premiered Sunday night on CW and was hosted by Taye Diggs. The Critics’ Choice Association consists of hundreds of television,…
On Feb. 16, staff from the American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS) hosted an event with alumni of the AIFS program focused on maintaining healthy habits, mentally and physically, while abroad. AIFS is one of the leading third-party abroad programs in the world, offering programs for students in both college and high school, according to…
A look at Chanel Miller’s “Know Her Name,” the memoir by Brock Turner victim. Photo from penguin.com.au. Trigger Warning: This book mentions suicide, school shooting/violence and sexual assault. If you followed national news back in 2016, you might have heard about the Brock Turner case: A student-athlete from Stanford University sexually assaulted an unconscious woman…
College is a hard adjustment for everybody, no matter how great it seems on social media. When you add a pandemic and decide to not arrive on campus until the second semester, now college seems like an isolating new environment with no easy way to make connections. I am a part of this small segment…