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,…
Students gathered on Wednesday, Jan. 31 to let their creative juices flow and collage vision boards in the 193 Coffeehouse for the second installment of Sip, Snip and Create. The University of Rhode Island’s Alcohol and Other Drug Education group and Counseling Center ran the collaging event last week after their first collaging event last…
As the spring semester begins, students have begun to settle back into the everyday routines of campus life. Here is this week’s rundown of the University of Rhode Island Police activity on campus as students return: On Sunday, Jan. 28, police officers responded to an act of vandalism at Barlow Hall where a report was…
On Aug. 29, 2023, the University of Rhode Island Parking Services sent out an email to faculty and staff announcing impending improvements to parking gate access technology, which went into effect at the start of the new year. On Jan. 8, Parking Services released an email announcing that JPass was now available for faculty and…
As you may have read, I analyzed A24’s “Priscilla” (2023) last semester with a focus on themes of control and manipulation. Many of those who enjoyed watching the “Elvis” (2022) film were either fans before or were interested in learning more about his life and experiences. I will begin by stating straight off the bat…