Casey Chan-Smutko: Halloween News Editor Just because “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has the word Christmas in it does not make it a Christmas movie. I’ve watched this movie a thousand times exclusively on Halloween because it is a Halloween movie. You could argue that Jack Skellington goes to Christmas Land to become Santa Claus, but…
Around the state of Rhode Island, bats roam the skies searching for insects to eat which may be near you as you walk around outside in the summer. Many people think bats are scary creatures lurking around people at dusk and night, but according to Peter August, a retired professor in the Natural Resources department…
If you don’t know who André 3000 is, he’s best known as a member of Outkast where he raps and sings in hit songs like “Hey Ya!” and “Ms. Jackson.” 20 years later, he released his first solo album “New Blue Sun.” “New Blue Sun” is made up of eight songs ranging from three minutes…
At the University of Rhode Island, students came to the Hillel Center to bake mandel bread to donate to a local homeless shelter, the McAuley House and Help the Homeless in Providence, Rhode Island. The mandel bread baking was led by Raquel Klein, a third-year student studying human development and family studies with a minor…
Please Don’t Destroy, a comedy trio well known for their pre-recorded videos shown on “Saturday Night Live,” will be bringing their comedic talent to the University of Rhode Island on Sunday. The Student Entertainment Committee chose Please Don’t Destroy because they are extremely popular on “SNL” with their webseries, according to Jaimee Deslauriers, the president…
This week at the University of Rhode Island Student Senate: eight new elected Senators were sworn in by President Rizk. Each elected Senator introduced themselves and stated what they plan to do while serving their roles. Head Jurist of the Court Daniel Tarazi reported that Senator Samuel Dumas has not been attending meetings, which violates…
URIOnline, a program to help students who may not be able to learn in-person, added 22 programs to engage more students into learning and apply what they learned to the real world. The first program they started with was the master’s in healthcare management program, according to Jill Firtell, the director for URIOnline. After that…
As we end our spooky story series, we make our final stop at Newton, Massachusetts where four-year-old Julielle Kahn claimed that a ghost named Mrs. Woodman lived on the third floor of her new Victorian home. It started when she and her parents first moved into the renovated house, where most of it was rebuilt…
The Fine Arts Center at the University of Rhode Island held their first Jazz Combo concert of the year on Thursday. There was no theme to the concert. Normally the sets of music are chosen by the individual directors and students, according to assistant professor of music, Emmett Goods. They think of their combo concerts…
For our next spooky tale, we travel to New Hampshire to meet Nancy Barton, who haunts the Appalachian Mountains with her shrieks and cries of laughter, according to the Appalachian Mountain Club. In the 1770’s, 16-year-old Nancy Barton was a servant for Colonel Joseph Whipple on his farm in Jefferson, New Hampshire. While she was…