URI showcased Afro-Caribbean music at Fine Arts Center. PHOTO CREDIT: Casey Chan-Smutko | Staff Reporter At the University of Rhode Island, the Fine Arts Center hosted Ray Vega and the URI Jazz faculty for a concert showcasing Afro Caribbean music on April 6. Ray Vega is a musician who plays trumpet and percussion and has…
Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This week from the Student Senate: the Student Senate met to elect the new representatives, jurists of the court, directors, speaker of the assembly and chairs for 2023-2024. The acting Speaker, Cameron Chadronet, started the meeting by doing roll calls. Then, the elections started with off-campus representatives. The…
Students are enjoying new smoothie machines around campus. PHOTO CREDIT: Eddie Melfi | Staff Photographer The University of Rhode Island’s Dining Services has installed smoothie machines through a six-week beta test on campus, giving them the opportunity to test the program and refine it for next year, according to Karen E. Orbona, a dietitian nutrition…
April Fool’s Day was last Saturday and we know how it goes, someone pranks another person. But according to History.com, this holiday dates back to the 16th century. History.com said some historians date back to 1582 when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. In the Julian calendar, the new year starts…
At the University of Rhode Island, three teams of students gave proposals about how to solve climate change to a panel at the Solve Climate 2030, a worldwide teach-in at URI on March 29. Ann Salzarulo, a communications associate teaching professor, gave an introduction saying this event was sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement…
Michelle Yeoh makes history as the first Asian woman to receive an Oscar for Best Actress in her performance for “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor Michelle Yeoh is probably one of my favorite Asian actresses. As an Asian American, I love seeing Asian women in the TV and…
URI student runs award-winning chocolate company First-year student, Ella Schnider with her product from Gansett Chocolate Company. PHOTO CREDIT: Nick Pierson | Contributing Photographer In January 2021, a chocolate company called “Gansett Craft Chocolate” opened in Wakefield, Rhode Island, according to Ella Schneider, a first-year student studying entrepreneurship and innovation business at the University of…
Pictured: Students performing at the URI jazz combos. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk | Staff Photographer The Fine Arts Center held their 64th fine arts event in the concert hall featuring two Jazz Combos on Tuesday, March 7 coordinated by Emmett Goods, the assistant professor of music and teacher in jazz trombone. The two groups featured…
Pictured: Artwork from community wellness paint night. PHOTO CREDIT: Casey Chan-Smutko| Staff Reporter Community Wellness Leaders (CWL) at the University of Rhode Island held a paint night in the 193 Coffee House on Wednesday, March 1 to focus on emotional wellness, according to Dani Pyne, a fourth-year student studying film and media and the president…
Celebrate 100 years with Rhody the Ram. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk | Staff Photographer Rhody the Ram had his 100th birthday on Wednesday, March 8 so we asked University of Rhode Island students what Rhody means to them. Haley Pyne, a third-year student studying communicative disorders, said that Rhody is a symbol of school spirit…