At some point in the last decade, the waiting until the third date rule vanished, but the stakes around virginity never disappeared. For years, advice about losing your virginity seemed like a script: wait for the right person, wait for love, wait for a certain age. Having sex for the first time was supposed to…
Pizza Xpress has temporarily closed its longtime location in Hope Commons and reopened inside Astro’s Grill as part of a larger renovation planned for the Mainfare Dining Hall. Pizza Xpress is expected to return to Hope Commons once renovations are finished. The revamp is part of a larger dining hall renovation that has been in…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate finished the fall semester with various initiatives targeted at strengthening communication with students and modernizing campus policy. Speaker of the Assembly Cole Rinne said his first semester leading the senate has been busy but rewarding. After four years of being involved, Rinne said he’s proud of the progress…
Every weekend, the house is alive. Kegs are tapped, pong balls bounce and music blares so loud that the night ends with a noise complaint. This is the frat guy’s natural habitat. He thrives on it: the cheers after a perfect shot, the drunk flirting, the sense that he is always in the middle of…
Feminist empowerment has become the anthem of womanhood. We wear it on T-shirts, tote bags and it’s embedded in our vocabulary. We’ve been told from a young age to be independent, ambitious, self-loving and untouchable. But lately, as I sit across from girlfriends who are top of the class, creators and changemakers, I can’t help…
There is a chill in the air this time of year, a kind of eerie feeling that covers itself over campus like fog. The days get shorter and the nights stretch longer. Everything feels more electric. Maybe it’s the way the air turns crisp, or how the moon lingers just a little too long. Watching,…
As a younger audience member, I will admit I was hesitant to attend Jon Stewart’s recent performance. The audience mostly had older individuals in attendance who seemed to have been following Stewart for a while as the influential host on “The Daily Show.” I wondered whether his brand of humor that largely focuses on political…
Casual sex was supposed to be just that — casual. No strings or feelings, just two people doing their thing and walking away like it’s just another weeknight. But as I’ve learned, casual is never that simple. It sounds freeing. No expectations, no pressure, just pleasure on your own schedule. The promise of casual sex…
Students lined up on Oct. 8 outside the Ram’s Den in the Memorial Union for the semester’s first Late-Night Stuff-A-Ram event, hosted by the Office of Student Involvement, inviting students to build their own stuffed Rhody the Ram. The event had 250 plush kits available, and people distributed them on a first-come, first-served basis beginning…
As federal visa policies shift and delay through immigration systems, international students at the University of Rhode Island are facing uncertainty, and some prospective students deferred enrollment. In 2024, international students faced challenges due to delays in visa processing stemming from executive orders under the Trump administration, according to a report by The Boston Globe….