The University of Rhode Island’s Marble House made their debut performance as a band at 193 Coffeehouse on Thursday, Feb. 15 after colliding by chance at November’s Rock N Swap event. Music of differing genres poured out of electric amplifiers in the Memorial Union, as two more bands followed behind Marble House that catered to…
The University of Rhode Island has entered its fifth week of the spring semester. This is a quick rundown of police activity on campus as students approach the middle of the semester. On Monday, Feb. 12, around 1 a.m., an incident of property damage occurred at the Phi Gamma Delta House on West Alumni Avenue,…
As you may have read, I analyzed A24’s “Priscilla” (2023) last semester with a focus on themes of control and manipulation. Many of those who enjoyed watching the “Elvis” (2022) film were either fans before or were interested in learning more about his life and experiences. I will begin by stating straight off the bat…
Students gathered on Wednesday, Jan. 31 to let their creative juices flow and collage vision boards in the 193 Coffeehouse for the second installment of Sip, Snip and Create. The University of Rhode Island’s Alcohol and Other Drug Education group and Counseling Center ran the collaging event last week after their first collaging event last…
On Aug. 29, 2023, the University of Rhode Island Parking Services sent out an email to faculty and staff announcing impending improvements to parking gate access technology, which went into effect at the start of the new year. On Jan. 8, Parking Services released an email announcing that JPass was now available for faculty and…
As the spring semester begins, students have begun to settle back into the everyday routines of campus life. Here is this week’s rundown of the University of Rhode Island Police activity on campus as students return: On Sunday, Jan. 28, police officers responded to an act of vandalism at Barlow Hall where a report was…
For a select group of students that began their collegiate career in the midst of Covid-19, many high school memories replay occasionally to the soundtrack of numerous Brockhampton songs. A 13-year-old Kevin Abstract posted onto a Kanye West fan forum in 2009 asking for artists that would be interested in starting a band, according to…
During a tumultuous week of tears and fears propelled by dreaded finals and semester projects, the University of Rhode Island’s Considering Change chose to combat the issue head-on with scissors and glue. On Tuesday in the 193 Coffeehouse, students gathered for the first “Sip, Snip and Create: Collage and Connect to De-stress” event. In a…
Idrees Lanre Ajakaiye labels himself as a visionary, and as a speaker for the 2023 Honors Colloquium, shared his experiences with social entrepreneurship at Edwards Auditorium on Tuesday. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the University of Rhode Island’s College of Business and the 60th anniversary of the Honors Colloquium, Ajakaiye spoke on behalf of…
First established in the late 1980s, early 1990s, the Alpine Race Club continues to welcome new students into their community of skiers and snowboarders. “Alpine” refers to the act of downhill skiing and snowboarding rather than cross-country skiing and snowboarding, hence why their name was changed from it previously being the “ski team” to specify,…