by Ian Weiner and Kayla Laguerre-Lewis Since the School of Education and the College of Continuing Education merged in 2017 to become the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies, the University of Rhode Island’s continuing education programs have shrunk significantly while the School of Education has expanded. When the new college was…
Jina Moran adjust a tripod on set. | Photo courtesy of Jina Moran. Students are required to find funding for their own films or pay out of pocket Upperclassmen students in the film media program at the University of Rhode Island are required to completely fund their own films and have spent considerable amounts of…
Nyle DiMarco signs to the audience about how he went from “the deaf kid” to a successful model, actor, and starting his own production company. |Photo by Anna Meassick Model and actor Nyle DiMarco, spoke last Sunday about deaf activism, deaf education and his own experiences as a deaf man. ‘An Evening With Nyle DiMarco,’…
Thursday, March 28 At 8:20 a.m., a burglar alarm was set off at the Schmidt Labor Research Center. It was declared a false alarm. At 8:37 a.m., a report was filed after a motor vehicle accident on Bills Road. At 3:37 p.m., medics responded to a medical emergency at Health Services. The patient was transported…
Christina Cammuso works on her senior seminar art show jewelry collect. Photo courtesy of Christina Cammuso. Christina Cammuso creates a jewelry collection for her Senior Seminar Art Show Senior Christina Cammuso will be displaying a collection of jewelry pieces entitled “Shards” at the Senior Seminar Art show this May, centered around the aesthetic of broken…
Brian Miranda, Alison Castaneda, talk what goes on behind the scenes of theater University of Rhode Island sophomores Brian Miranda and Alison Castaneda have shown that when it comes to theatre, you don’t have to be in the limelight to be a star. Both Miranda and Castaneda are theatre tech students at the University with…
Students often have trouble balancing their social life, responsibilities and schoolwork, but when you add parenting into the mix it can seem nearly impossible. Senior Katie Carrier had to figure out her own balance between being a student and a parent, particularly when she was a teaching assistant (TA) last semester. Carrier said she was…
“Toy Story 4” is coming to theaters on June 21 and I can’t help but wonder: do we really need another one? The first film, simply called “Toy Story” was released in November of 1995, before a large amount of the University of Rhode Island’s student body was even born, but like so many of…
Wednesday, Feb. 27 At 7:33 a.m, a vehicle was reported as vandalized on Tootell Road. At 9:47 a.m., a motor vehicle accident occurred on Flagg Road. A report was filed. At 12:26 a.m., an assault was reported at Wiley Hall. A report was filed. Thursday, Feb. 28 At 9:11 a.m., a burglar alarm went off…
Students performing in “The Wolves” stretch and talk about challenging topics among each other. Photo by Greg Clark. URI theater department confronts emotional challenges in their production of ‘The Wolves’ Take teenage girls, add in drama, social issues and indoor soccer practices, put it on stage and you get a thrilling and intimate performance of…