EEE has impacted humans and livestock more than usual in 2019. A West Warwick resident died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a disease transmitted by mosquitoes that can cause ongoing neurologic problems, on Sept. 9, according to the Providence Journal. This was the first reported death caused by EEE in Rhode Island since 2007 according…
Junior Psychology and Portuguese Major Sabrina Oliver spent her summer interning at Disney World. Photo by Grace DeSanti. People bump into strangers all of the time, but imagine turning around to apologize to someone who turns out to be Hugh Jackman. Sabrina Oliver, a junior psychology and Portuguese major, just so happened to collide with…
HRL and Campus Recreation will be hosting their first Bubble Bowl after the success of last year’s bubble ball matches coordinated by Intramural Sports. Photo by Anna Meassick. If you’re looking for a fun way to start the weekend without leaving campus, the University of Rhode Island will be hosting the first ever Bubble…
OpenDoors is a non-profit that works to help previously incarcerated people re-enter society.P Derek Truesdale, a previously incarcerated individual, speaks about the actions society needs to take to improve the prison system. | Photo by Greg Clark. Reforms to the criminal justice system may help the incarcerated to re-enter society, and the organization OpenDoors is…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed bills to recognize nine clubs and elected seven senators to the Summer Student Senate. Bills calling for the recognition of URI Amnesty International, Landscape Architecture and Design Studio, Japanese Club, Society of Latinx in Computing, Active Minds, HER Campus URI, Exercise is Medicine, American Nuclear Society and…
Student Senate revised their constitution and bylaws to better serve the student body. |Photo by Anna Meassick. The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate created a new constitution and bylaws on April 3, which includes various new positions and the disbandment of some committees. The new constitution and bylaws are intended to better serve the…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed a bill for re-recognition of student organizations, as well as a bill concerning bylaws for Student Senate. The bill calling for re-recognition of all clubs that completed the re-recognition process was passed unanimously. The bill concerning bylaws as a whole was passed and clarified some of the…
New committee chairs and executive board positions were elected and sworn into office during the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting on April 10. The position of the Cultural Affairs Committee chair was the only chair position that was run with any opposition. Senator Lulu Alryati was elected to be chair of Cultural Affairs…
The budget for recognized student organizations for the fiscal year of 2019-2020 was approved during the University of Rhode Island’s general meeting on April 3. The bill calling for the approval of the budget was passed unanimously. Some funds for different recognized student organizations, including Student Senate, were adjusted within the budget. The Electronic Music…
This week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate ended with a closed meeting for purposes of impeachment, however, the vote did not pass. At the start of the meeting, during approval of the agenda, Senator Ryan Menard moved to strike the closed meeting from the agenda as there was no bill for…