The Potter Building houses Health Services. Photo by James McIntosh. This is a developing story. For the most recent updates, follow @RhodyCigar and @mary_lind18 on Twitter. As campus remains open over the next few weeks, so too will a variety of its resources, despite classes moving online due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Housing and Residential Life…
Students react to the University’s policies regarding COVID-19. Photo by James McIntosh. This is a developing story. For the most recent updates, follow @RhodyCigar and @mary_lind18 on Twitter. One day after the University of Rhode Island announced an extension of spring break and a temporary transition to remote online classes, the community is hard at…
COVID-19, a kind of coronavirus, is named for the virus’ crown-like fringes. Photo courtesy of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This is a developing story. For the most recent updates, follow @RhodyCigar and @mary_lind18 on Twitter. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Rhode Island’s face-to-face classes will be canceled next…
Vice-Chair of the Student Organizations Committee (SOC) Katie Siegle. Photo by James McIntosh. A trip to ESPN with Anchor Sports Network last year lead Katie Siegle to a place she didn’t expect: the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate. “We met with some URI alumni, and one of the guys, Kevin Lopes, said that he…
Congressman Jim Langevin participates in a question and answer session with the URI Democrats. Photo by James McIntosh. Several University of Rhode Island students met with U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) last Tuesday night to hear him speak about his career and ask him questions. The event, which was open to the public, drew about…
Coronavirus outbreak makes travel unsafe Due to growing concerns over the coronavirus, many students have taken advantage of the free antiviral masks offered by Health Services. Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island has suspended study abroad programs in China in response to the recent coronavirus outbreak. URI has been working to facilitate…
An incredibly embarrassing thing about me is that I absolutely love the idea of conspiracy theories. I don’t know what it is about them, but I find them to be fascinating. I (obviously) don’t believe, like, any of them, but I’ll listen to most of them. If someone really cares enough to put the time…
Behind the scenes photos from the documentary “In Search of Tzotz” and “Giant Carnivorous Bats” show the incredible place that it was filmed. Photos courtesy of Jason Jacks. Jason Jaacks, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Rhode Island, has been somewhere that most people never will go: inside the roost of a…
Photo by Melissa Marchese. Update: As of 8:46 p.m., Adams said that National Grid is now working through the night to try and restore power, and will be working until it is restored to campus. Also, earlier it was reported that the lines were damaged in six or seven different spots; new clarified information from…
Participants of the Citizen’s Police Academy recieve their own badges. Photo by Mary Lind. Today marks the start of the University of Rhode Island’s 10-week Citizen’s Police Academy in which participants will get first-hand experience with various aspects of policing. The program, run by Sergeant Erica Vieira of the URI Police Department, is in its…