Some officers don’t have their mind set on working for the police force until the opportunity arises. Officer Raul Douglas started doing police work after wanting to leave his previous job at Recko, a printing company. He used to work with big industrial printers that produce advertising signs. After three and a half years, he…
Halloween is almost here, and unfortunately, that means this will be the last Ghost Hunting at URI column for the year. However, I have saved one of the best stories for last. I still get chills every time I tell this story, and it has honestly helped me believe that there is something else here…
A lot of times when we go out on investigations, we think we don’t capture any evidence, because not every night can be filled with ghostly adventures. However, there are some nights where we think we don’t get anything, and when we go back through our evidence, we find something that doesn’t belong. One of…
For this week’s edition of “Ghost Hunting at URI,” I want to take you off campus for a minute. The Paranormal Society has been blessed with a partnership with RISEUP, the Rhode Island Society for the Examination of Unusual Phenomena. They are a volunteer organization that specializes in investigating paranormal claims, and are all very…
While some people become full-fledged officers early on in life, Patrolman Michael Novak did not become a full officer till the age of 44. Before coming to the University of Rhode Island, Novak was a reserve officer for a few years in South Kingston. In 1997, he began working for the department as a part-time…
What do you get when you put four friends in a band who are all more than happy to play the music they love and are enjoying the ride while making countless jokes along the way? You get Yohafu. University of Rhode Island students Tim Doherty and Joe Tudino founded Yohafu in November of 2015….
It is finally October, or as many people like to refer to it, Halloween month. I don’t know about many of you, but this has to be my favorite month. Not only because of the fall season, football and hot apple cider, but also because of Halloween and everything it encompasses. Halloween has always been…
While some officers at the University of Rhode Island have prior policing experience before working for the campus police, one police officer is a freshly graduated URI alumnus. Patrolman Cameron Schneck ‘15, played hockey for the university from 2011 to 2015, and was also the assistant captain for the 2014-2015 season. According to a URI…
Earlier this week, the University of Rhode Island released its 2015 edition of The Clery Report, a detailed list of all the crime statistics that accrued during the previous year. For URI, the statistics are displayed in four separate charts to represent each of URI’s campuses: the Kingston Campus, the Providence campus, the Bay Campus…
Last Thursday, the University of Rhode Island hosted a Peace Day event on the quad, organized by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. Peace Day involved different tables and activities that were set up for students to walk through and engage with, while getting some cool, free, peace related merchandise along the way. Students…