Mary Lind

I’ve always been passionate about journalism and telling stories, and I think that the way a paper is laid out can help tell those stories more effectively. Good journalism is needed now more than ever and I’m excited to bring what I know to the Cigar this semester and to gain more experience in this field.

Production? Managed.

83 issues later…it’s time to say goodbye. Photo credit: James Singer At the first Good Five Cent Cigar meeting I ever went to in the fall of 2018, I took (at least) three stories. Which, for those of you who don’t know, is insane; and every year there’s at least one freshman who does it. …

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A small structure for a sky full of stars

URI planetarium faces financial, accessibility issues Tucked behind the Kirk Center for Advanced Technology along Upper College Road, the world’s second-smallest planetarium lies dormant. Typically used by astronomy classes prior to the pandemic, it has been unused since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. “It’s a great place,” physics professor Douglas Gobeille, who teaches…

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‘Folly or fear’

Writing and rhetoric professor studies death, food LuAnne Roth’s research focuses on zombies, death and food. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese LuAnne Roth, a senior lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Rhode Island, has made a career out of folklore, dedicating her time to researching death and food and teaching what she knows,…

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Health Services to host COVID-19 vaccine booster clinics

Administrators urge community to get supplementary shot Following the most recent COVID-19 variant, Omicron, URI strongly encourages students to receive booster shot at Union. GRAPHIC CREDIT: Elizabeth Wong The University of Rhode Island has set up a vaccination clinic to give the community booster shots and initial doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Dec. 7-8 and…

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Psych-surf group keeps the sound of the 1960s alive, well on new release

This reporter shares her initial thoughts of The Shivas after they release their new album “Feels So Good // Feels So Bad”.  PHOTO CREDIT: heshivas.bandcamp.com “Feels So Good // Feels So Bad,” the latest album from Portland-based psych-surf group The Shivas, is an absolute delight to listen to. If I hadn’t known otherwise, I would’ve…

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Suicide prevention has to go further

Trigger warning: suicide.  September is Suicide Prevention Month, and as it comes to a close, I’d like to say a few things about how we as a society go about the idea of “suicide prevention.”  Obviously, suicide prevention is incredibly important. When you’re suicidal, you don’t see any other way out. Dying is the only…

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