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…
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…
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…
Disclaimer: This tale is based on different accounts of this legend Welcome back to another series of “Spooky Stories” for this year’s spooky season. If anyone hasn’t read last year’s editions, the spooky stories were “The Legend of Dolly Cole”, “The Haunting of Lambda Chi Alpha” and the “Haunted Tavern”. For the start of this…
On Sept. 12, Emmy Award-nominated actress Millie Bobby Brown, best known for her role as Eleven on the Netflix series Stranger Things, released a book called “Nineteen Steps” inspired by her family history. The story follows an 18-year-old girl Nellie Morris who lives in Bethnal Green, London, England in the middle of World War II….
After serving as interim since May 2022, Michelle Fontes was appointed as the assistant vice president for community, equity and diversity at the University of Rhode Island. Fontes got involved in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in her early 20s with help from mentors, according to Fontes. As an undergraduate student at URI, , she…
At the University of Rhode Island, the Rhody Rifle Club promotes gun safety while practicing precision rifle, according to club President Emily Lopez and club Vice President and Social Media Manager Sophia Wood. Precision rifle is an Olympic sport where players shoot .22-caliber rifles that are one inch long, Wood said. The diameter of the…
Pictured: Last word of Michilangelo on DJ Ferrazzano’s forearm. Photo Courtesy of: DJ Ferrazzano At the University of Rhode Island, DJ Ferrazzano, a first-year psychology and criminal justice major, has two tattoos on her arms and one on her hip. According to Ferrazzano, she got her first tattoo behind her right arm above her elbow….