WATCH: Cigar Newscast 4/22
Marissa Tansino, Jessica Pace, and Allie Herrera report on this week’s top stories.
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Students test drive Nissan Leaf electric cars
Brandon Potter Sales Manager at Balise Nissan Marissa Tansino: Why are you guys here today? Brandon Potter: We’re here to try and give the students and faculty an opportunity to look at an electric car. Nissan was the first manufacturer to produce a mass-marketed, fully electric vehicle for the general public. It’s a very,…
WATCH: Cigar Newscast 4/7
University of Rhode Island journalism students report on this week’s headlines.
WATCH: Students go to great lengths to help children overseas
Students at the University of Rhode Island are going to great lengths to give back to children overseas. Karie Orendorff, lecturer in kinesiology at the university, started the program, “Teaching in Tanzania,†three summers ago. The students go over to Africa and work at the Maasai Joy Childrens Center. In efforts to fund the trip,…
WATCH: URI pulls prank on student body
A student organization decided to stir up some controversy last Friday after setting up a voting booth in memorial union to change the university’s mascot. URI Events set up the booth and announced later that day, around 4 p.m., that the booth was a prank, and the URI ram is not going anywhere. The options…
Q&A: Teaching in Tanzania holds fundraiser for school in Tanzania
Karie Orendorff Lecturer in Kinesiology Marissa: What exactly is this organization? Karie Orendorff: It’s called Teaching in Tanzania. I take students from the University of Rhode Island, actually any university is welcome to come, but it’s for the kids here because that’s where I teach. We go over to Africa, to Tanzania, and…
WATCH: Student models for Microsoft, experiences accidental racism
In 2013, Samuel Ogundare was asked for his picture to be taken for the company Microsoft. Little did he know his face would be seen in an article on the topic of accidental racism. He said that the essential edition of the book had a picture of him and his friend on the cover and…
WATCH: URI announces launch of health collaborative
The University of Rhode Island announced Monday the launching of the new academic health collaborative where a new college of health sciences will join the colleges of nursing and pharmacy. The idea of the collaborative is to make students studying all areas of health, familiar with each other’s majors. Dean of URI’s College of Pharmacy,…