An album that immediately begins with a Daniel Caesar feature? Sign me up. With each Tyler, The Creator album release, I feel part of my frontal lobe develop. “CHROMAKOPIA” was no different. The first track had been previewed days before its release on TikTok, featuring waves of choirs in the background of a harmonized melody….
Students, faculty and staff have expressed similar concerns with recently proposed campus regulations that they claim would restrict their freedom of speech and expression at the University of Rhode Island. The Board of Trustees document detailing the regulations to campus property was drafted to protect the campus community, according to Vice President of Student Affairs…
A 9-year-old boy named Javier Zamora endured multiple life-threatening journeys across the United States/Mexico border in 1999 to reunite with his parents; today he lives to tell his story. The award-winning memoirist visited the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, Oct. 3 to share how his experiences ultimately shaped the lens of which he views…
The Emergency Intercom podcast filled Edwards Auditorium with laughter on Saturday, bringing a crowd of fans from the University of Rhode Island and its surrounding states. Brought in by the Student Entertainment Committee, Drew Phillips and Enya Umanzor traveled from the West Coast to perform the live podcast and Q&A session. This allowed fans to…
The A. Robert Rainville Student Leadership Awards held their 36th annual ceremony on Tuesday, April 10, in the Rainville Ballroom of the Memorial Union to commemorate students in leadership, honoring recipients in four categories. The awards focused on honoring outstanding campus employees, mission-driven teams, individuals demonstrating service to social causes and inspirational students that empower…
Back in the summer of 2023, I had a lot of free time on my hands and found myself alone at home for the majority of the season. I worked a serving job that seldom picked up in business, and therefore my eyes found themselves scanning the pages of books for hours on end. I…
Bob Marley appeared on the big screen this Valentine’s Day in his biopic, “Bob Marley: One Love,” and as somebody who grasps at any opportunity to watch biopics about popular figures in music, I am here to tell you what I thought about it. The film revealed a behind-the-scenes narrative of his music that sought…
On Sunday Feb. 18, there was an incident of vandalism at Burnside Hall that was reported at 6:30 a.m., which was tended to and cleared within 10 minutes. At 2:44 p.m., a car accident took place on Keaney Road at Boss Arena, where a report was filed and the scene took nearly an hour to…
The University of Rhode Island’s Marble House made their debut performance as a band at 193 Coffeehouse on Thursday, Feb. 15 after colliding by chance at November’s Rock N Swap event. Music of differing genres poured out of electric amplifiers in the Memorial Union, as two more bands followed behind Marble House that catered to…
The University of Rhode Island has entered its fifth week of the spring semester. This is a quick rundown of police activity on campus as students approach the middle of the semester. On Monday, Feb. 12, around 1 a.m., an incident of property damage occurred at the Phi Gamma Delta House on West Alumni Avenue,…