Kayla Michaud

I’m doing this because I honestly think that by working for The Good Five Cent Cigar you receive a stronger more well rounded journalism education at URI. I’m here to put all my effort into learning more about the journalism field and acquiring the skills needed to be a journalist. While being an editor is a challenge, it’s a challenge I accept because while I’m constantly learning new ways to help reporters it’s also a position that helps myself identify what I can personally improve on. The position also helps me gain team building skills from working on a production team.

That’s a wrap

A member of the Cigar since 2017, Kayla Michaud is saying goodbye after revolutionizing the paper’s entertainment section. Photo by Matt Leake. Picture this: A freshman walks into a college newspaper office with no journalism experience, no close friends and no understanding of how this decision will heavily influence her college career.  This quickly turns…

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Quadio helps students create, listen to music during pandemic

Quadio is a platform designed for college students so they can easily upload their music. Photo from Quadio.com Coming up on their second anniversary in October, Quadio, the music streaming and social media platform, has reached college campuses all over the United States, including the University of Rhode Island. The platform could be considered similar…

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URI Symphony Orchestra Photo Gallery

Photos by James Singer.   Photos are from the URI Symphony Orchestra’s Feb. 29 performance Last Saturday night the University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra and the South Kingstown High School Orchestra Personnel performed at URI’s Fine Arts Center. The URI Symphony Orchestra was conducted by Ann Danis and the South Kingstown High School Orchestra Personnel was conducted…

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Professor featured on Netflix

Associate Anthropology Professor Holly Dunsworth bout to break out a sick drum solo using femur bones. Hardcore. Associate Anthropology Professor Holly Dunsworth lectures about her research on human pregnancy, for which she was interviewed for a Netflix series. Photo by Autumn Walter.  When Netflix sought to create an episode about childbirth for their series “Sex,…

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