Preview of the 2023 Oscars nominations The oscar goes to… PHOTO CREDIT: rd.com Another year of movies has come and gone and another Oscars night will descend upon us on March 12. As always, this will lead to another night of people getting upset over every winner only to move on and forget about everything…
Dec. 1 music convocation. PHOTO CREDIT: Dylan Hubbard | Contributing Reporter The University of Rhode Island’s ninth music convocation of the semester drew a large crowd, including students, parents, faculty and staff, while also featuring seven student performers. Each convocation is held weekly by the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the Department…
“Sound of Metal” proves that good can come from dark times. PHOTO CREDIT: Criterion.com Despite only directing one documentary in 2008 and having never directed a feature before, Darius Marder put on both his writing and directing hat for the 2019 film “Sound of Metal,” the story of a heavy metal drummer who has to…
Bo Burnham’s “Inside” comically depicts life during quarantine, capturing raw emotions while poking fun. PHOTO CREDIT: netflix.com Possibly as a response to 2020 and the misery that COVID-19 brought to all of us, 2021 was a surprisingly musical year for movies. In terms of both films offered solely on streaming services as well as theater-exclusive…
Dive into Stephen King’s newest novel, “Fairy Tale.” PHOTO CREDIT: audible.com Stephen King’s 81st piece of writing and 65th novel (and surely not his last), “Fairy Tale,” is an interesting piece of fiction from someone who seems to never run out of ideas. The novel follows Charlie Reade, a 17-year-old who inherits keys to a…
The University of Rhode Island’s seventh music convocation of the semester, in spite of having to take place on a Wednesday instead of a Friday due to Veterans Day, still went off without a hitch, drawing the usual large crowd which included students, faculty and staff, and featured six student performers. Each convocation is held…
On Nov. 9, students went to the GSC to sing some of their favorite Disney hits. PHOTO CREDIT: do314.com The Community Wellness Leaders (CWL) held their first annual Disney Karaoke Night on Nov. 9, providing a night of nostalgia and entertainment for attendees. The event, which took place in the University of Rhode Island’s Gender…
Pictured: Bryn Mulligan’s horseshoe crab tattoo. Photo contributed by: Dylan Hubbard Bryn Mulligan, a fifth-year wildlife and conservation biology major, got her first tattoo, a stick and poke of Saturn, at the age of fifteen. Her first professionally done tattoo was etched into her skin on her eighteenth birthday, and she has accumulated ten more…
Pictured: Ghost light tattoo on Jenna Goulart. Photo contributed by: Dylan Hubbard Third-year theater major Jenna Goulart wanted a tattoo for as long as she could remember, much to the chagrin of her father. When the time finally came, and she reached the legal age, she had to wait a year, thanks to COVID-19. But…
The University of Rhode Island’s sixth music convocation of the semester drew a large crowd, including students, faculty and staff, and featured six student performers. Each convocation is held weekly by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Music. Students, faculty and “special guests,” according to the URI website, offer live music…