As students prepared themselves for spring break this past week, the University of Rhode Island Health Services Department held a Safe Spring Break Party to raise awareness and promote travel, substance and skin safety during break. The event had multiple internal vendors from Health Services at separate stations across the second floor of the union….
The University of Rhode Island theatre department showed an excellent modern interpretation of “Bakkhai,” from Feb. 28 to March 2, at the J-studio in the Fine Arts Center. “Bakkhai” is a Greek tragedy, written by Euripedes. It involves the Greek god Dionysus, King Pentheus of Thebes and Agave, Pentheus’ mother. The play was very well…
The University of Rhode Island’s board of trustees updated its proposed regulations on Feb. 13 regarding land use at the university, which was heavily contested during the fall semester, according to Student Senate President, Argha Goswami. The updated policy allows the distribution of leaflets, the use of amplified sound and protest gatherings as long as…
Sabrina Carpenter released a deluxe edition of her Grammy Award-winning album “Short n’ Sweet” on Feb. 14 with five new songs. Do the new songs live up to the rest of the album? Or did they fall short? The first of the new songs on the deluxe edition is “15 minutes,” a very upbeat and…
The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education declared the University of Rhode Island a top-tier research institution with an R1 designation on Feb. 13. The declaration is given based on the amount of money the university attracts from outside sources like federal agencies, according to theCarnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education website. “Earning…
This week, the University of Rhode Island Police addressed issues such as a mental health crisis, potential vandalism and motor vehicle accidents. Two medical emergencies occurred at Health Services this week that required transportation to the hospital. One instance occurred on Thursday Feb. 20 and involved abdominal pain. Officials arrived at 3:10 p.m and the…
Former University of Rhode Island professor and composer Zaccai Curtis just won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album with “Cubop Lives!” – but was it Grammy worthy? I’ll start this review off by saying that jazz is usually not my cup of tea when it comes to music. I am a rock and…
Powerful Independent Notoriously Knowledgeable Women held a successful stuff-a-bear event at the Multicultural Student Services Center on Feb. 11, running out of supplies two hours earlier than expected. “We wanted to do something fun and eventful, and we know that there’s a lot of people around that liked the stuff-a-ram event, so we thought why…
The National Institute of Health placed a cap on the rate of indirect costs on Feb. 7, potentially resulting in a $4.8 million loss for the research department, according to Bethany Jenkins, vice president for research and economic development at the University of Rhode Island. The amount has been lowered from the originally negotiated 57.5%…
On Sunday, Feb. 9, there was a disturbance call involving a firework complaint at the Keeney Athletic Complex. Officials arrived at the scene at approximately 11:05 p.m. and the scene was cleared by 12:04 a.m. On Saturday, Feb. 15 suspicious activity was reported at Eddy Hall. Officer Austin Morris arrived at the scene at 12:35…