The University of Rhode Island’s Student Entertainment Committee welcomed late night legend Jay Leno to the Ryan Center this past weekend as the main event for this year’s parents weekend. Anxiously awaiting Leno’s arrival, the crowd chattered and snapped photos of the empty stage. On the stage sat just a stool and a microphone, illuminated…
Chris Pratt is a movie star. At one point, this was controversial or even inconceivable, but now it is completely undeniable. In past films he’s starred in, like “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World,” he’s been able to shake off the persona that got him this fame: “Park’s and Recreation” character Andy Dwyer. But…
To celebrate the second day of Family Weekend, two food trucks and three food tents made up the University of Rhode Island’s Pre-Game Food Truck Festival on campus this past Saturday. The event, which was held from 11:00-3:00pm next to the crowd stands of Meade Stadium, offered attendees a chance to explore some Rhode Island…
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…