This week’s Student Senate meeting marked the second meeting for the eight newly elected Senators. The meeting started off with an announcement from Senate Advisor Carl Stiles encouraging older Senators who are currently transitioning out of leadership positions to speak about it with their respective committees in order to prepare their transition materials. Next in…
64 years before the 74th annual Hunger Games, Coriolanus Snow, future president of Panem, was made to be a mentor for the runt tribute, Lucy Gray Baird. Ever since then, the Hunger Games has been a bloodbath aimed at squashing any hope of rebellion against the Capitol from the districts. “The Ballad of Songbirds and…
At this week’s Student Senate meeting, a grant was approved for the URI Fencing Club for $1,374.65. The bill, as explained by Director of Treasury Bose, is “calling for the allocation of a $1,374.65 grant out of the capital improvements fund to the URI Fencing Club.” There were many reasons as to why Bose believed…
20 years ago, the University of Rhode Island began its Writing and Rhetoric Department, which focuses on digital and technological writing. To celebrate this milestone, the department threw a birthday party mixed with a National Day on Writing celebration. Professor of Writing Stephanie West-Puckett oversaw the planning of the party, and its various stations. “The…
On Sept. 15, outside of the Memorial Union, a swarm of URI students flooded around giant bins, and tables of clothing, shoes, accessories and bathing suits. Crosswynds Traders had come once again, bringing pieces of highly discounted clothes for students to buy. Christine Woodbine, founder of Crosswynds, and URI alum created Crosswynds because she became…
For the past three years, University of Rhode Island students have been able to go to the quad every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and grab as much free, fresh produce as they need. The URI Free Farmer’s Market is one of the leading events aimed at combating food insecurity on campus, but…