The University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium welcomed journalist and political author John Nichols Tuesday night as the program’s third-to-last guest speaker, who gave a passionate speech about inequality in politics throughout American history. Nichols commanded the audience’s attention through the entirety of his speech, and leading listeners through the political history of voting and…
Every music lover has that one album that will always stand above the rest for them. It’s that one album that kicks everything off; it may turn your attention to your new favorite band, or it may make you relive the glory days of high school. Either way, there is that one album that means…
The University of Rhode Island community joined together for a photo on the Quadrangle this past Tuesday to celebrate the University’s 125th anniversary. Students, faculty and alumni lined up together to celebrate URI’s Quasquicentennial by forming “URI 125” with their bodies on the quad. In order to get the picture, a helicopter flew overhead and…
“Certain Women,” the fourth film from director Kelly Reichardt, opens on simple image of a train track with a train off in the distance. The train comes closer and closer to the viewer as the credits roll and it is well into two minutes before the main film gets started. The plot is constructed around…
The University of Rhode Island’s Italian studies program hosted the fourth and final film screening for this year’s New England Italian Contemporary Film Festival this past Tuesday. “Thank you for coming to the fourth and final film of the 2016 New England Italian Contemporary Film Festival,” said Professor Catherine M. Sama, the head of the…
“Good People” opens not with a whimper, but a bang as Margie (Celine Montaudy) is fired from her job at The Dollar Store by Stevie (Kyle Couture). She avoids his questions as she knows what is coming, trying to show him that she knew his mother well, but in the end, she must face facts…
Swan Hall hosted a film series with a screening of Kisses to the Children last Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The screening was followed by a discussion with the film’s director and writer, Vassilis Loules. The documentary explores the lives of five Greek-Jewish children: Rosina, Iossif, Eftyhia, Shelly and Marios. They were all hidden by Christian…
Halloween is almost here, and unfortunately, that means this will be the last Ghost Hunting at URI column for the year. However, I have saved one of the best stories for last. I still get chills every time I tell this story, and it has honestly helped me believe that there is something else here…
A lot of times when we go out on investigations, we think we don’t capture any evidence, because not every night can be filled with ghostly adventures. However, there are some nights where we think we don’t get anything, and when we go back through our evidence, we find something that doesn’t belong. One of…
To preface this review, let me say that I am putting aside any and all sexual assault allegations against the people responsible for making the film. You can read about that if you’re interested by googling Nate Parker, but I am not here to weigh in on that. Whatever he has done has little to…