Last Thursday, the University of Rhode Island hosted a Peace Day event on the quad, organized by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. Peace Day involved different tables and activities that were set up for students to walk through and engage with, while getting some cool, free, peace related merchandise along the way. Students…
Civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw spoke to a full house on “Race, Diversity, and Education” Tuesday night, as a speaker for both the 2016 Honors Colloquium and the 20th anniversary of The University of Rhode Island’s Diversity Week. The opening remarks for the evening were made by Melvin Wade, Director of the Multicultural Student Services…
University of Rhode Island students and faculty gathered last Friday for the first annual “Rhode Warrior” event and the reveal of the new lights on the campus recreation fields. The first annual “Rhode Warrior” event came to life after University Police Officer Paul Hanrahan pitched the idea. When asked what inspired him to create the…
Currently on display in the University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Gallery is an installation called “Alignments” designed by URI’s own Barbara Pagh, a professor of printmaking and two-dimensional studio at the university since 1983. “Alignments” is the last in a trilogy of installations interpreting European megalithic sites and the others are titled “Stone Paper…
The first show I ever attended was the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert back in 2007 after winning the ticket in a raffle. I have gone through quite a few music phases to get to where I am with my music taste today, but every one has got to start…
If you had told me in my freshman year of college that I would be spending my summers working in the music industry and living in big cities, I would have never believed it. I would never have thought that my communication and writing classes would have opened doors for me to work in a…
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, celebrated record breaking and diverse range of shows from the past year with record breaking and heartfelt moments. The awards opened with a video of Kimmel trying to get to the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. In it, he caught a ride with some characters from…
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Ph.D. began this year’s Honors Colloquium, “Inequality and the American Dream,” with a myth-debunking and objective look at immigration, amid questions of deportation and immigrant rights. University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley offered the opening remarks before the start of the 2016 Honors Colloquium, themed “Inequality and the American…
Growing up, I’ve had the opportunity to attend many plays thanks not only to my parents, but also to the great theaters that Providence offers, such as the Providence Performing Arts Center and Trinity Repertory. I’ve always had a love for theater and attending plays. There is something about seeing performances live that is unbeatable….
Over the summer, I had an amazing opportunity through The University of Rhode Island to help out at the legendary Newport Jazz Festival. With this opportunity, I was able to go to the festival and evaluate sets at the Storyville stage. This was my first experience going to not only the jazz festival but to…