The University of Rhode Island student senate passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a legal retainer for undergraduate students and approved funding for the URI Powerlifting Club in a meeting Wednesday. The resolution urges the university to secure legal counsel with experience in immigration law to support undergraduate students, international and immigrant students…
As we all prepare for the trials, tribulations and tough talks coming our way during Thanksgiving break, I invite you to take a moment to look at how someone’s boomer grandpa is actively dismantling government systems to create a script for “South Park” writers. If you’ve ever sat across the dinner table while an older…
Reading “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” feels like stepping into someone else’s memories: intimate, disjointed and strangely familiar. Milan Kundera’s novel isn’t just a story about love or politics. It’s a philosophical exploration of what it means to exist in a world that feels, at times, both unbearably heavy and completely weightless. Set in Soviet-occupied…
The “Red Zone” is a time period between the months of August and November where sexual assault is prominent on college campuses across the country. URi-STAND, a University of Rhode Island organization focused on bringing awareness and resources to sexual assault victims, is pairing with URI’s Student Senate to educate students about the Red Zone,…
Somewhere in the world, a young girl is being cyberbullied so severely that the block button can’t combat the hatred. Zoom in on Beal City, Michigan, circa October 2020, and that young girl is named Lauryn Licari. For nearly two years, Lauryn and her then-boyfriend, Owen McKenney, received a relentless barrage of anonymous, threatening messages….
After an estimated $3.25 million renovation, the University of Rhode Island’s Ram’s Den food court returned to students with shiny, new floors and an updated interior. The Ram’s Den’s new look includes replaced walls, floors and lighting, as well as changes to the perimeter seating, according to Brett Nicolopoulos, retail manager of the Ram’s Den….