The University of Rhode Island’s Spring Student Organization Fair on Feb. 5 featured over 40 different clubs and organizations, including the Resident Housing Association, URI Lego Club, Student Action for Sustainability and the URI 101 mentoring program. Allie Brown is a graduate student advisor for the RHA, a new organization that was formed this academic…
Peyton Vesneski, a second-year student at the University of Rhode Island, has over 20 tattoos. Vesneski is a marine affairs major at URI and started his tattoo journey in his senior year of high school. When asked how many tattoos he had, Vesneski didn’t know the answer off the top of his head. However, he…
The Society of Women in Computing at the University of Rhode Island has been building a community for women within various technological majors since 2018, with goals of fostering confidence and camaraderie. “I feel like SWIC is a safe space for women in computer science and other technical fields,” Riley Maguire, a third-year computer science…
Students, alumni and parents donned their cowboy boots and hats to see McCollum during the second weekend of his “What Kinda Man” tour. People of all ages gathered for the up-and-coming country singer’s show, some of them long-time fans of McCollum. One fan, Claire Haughey, drove from Cape Cod for the show. Having moved up…
Students at the University of Rhode Island have a wide variety of on-campus events to attend and participate in, but some may be unaware of who is behind the scenes making these experiences possible. The Office of Student Involvement serves over 200 student organizations and coordinates events on campus such as Rhody Fest, Stuff-A-Ram and…
Rev. Joseph T. Quainoo ’12 stressed the importance of diversity and inclusion on Jan. 29 in response to recent federal attempts to end programs promoting such values. Quainoo spoke at the University of Rhode Island’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Luncheon in the Multicultural Student Services Center. The event opened with a speech from…
The Price is Right Live came to The University of Rhode Island Ryan Center on Friday, leaving a few lucky attendees with prizes like a pizza oven, a car and paid trips to Ireland and Miami. The show had an original start time of 7 p.m on Friday. However, the festivities didn’t start until about…
The University of Rhode Island’s theatre department wrapped up their final show of the semester, “Peter and the Starcatcher,” by Rick Elice last weekend. The performance was held in the J-Studio at the URI Fine Arts Center. It featured eight showings spread out across two weeks with the first few performances starting before Thanksgiving break….
The University of Rhode Island music department hosted its second annual Holiday Extravaganza, featuring holiday music performances celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah. The performance was held at the concert hall in the Fine Arts Center on Saturday with showtimes at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. The extravaganza featured a wide array of musical ensembles from…
Two local highschoolers took the stage to celebrate their debut album, aimatmyorgans , joining the Musician’s Guild at the University of Rhode Island last Friday. Paige Promrat, a high school senior from the Wheeler School in Providence, and Memphis Faris, a homeschooled junior, performed with the URI Musician’s Guild in Atrium 1 in the Memorial…