Lauren Drapeau – Editor-in-Chief This month finally marked the beginning of spring as the leaves began to appear on trees, cherry blossoms bloomed and students crowded the quad. To celebrate the warm weather and the feeling of having to air out the heat marinating in my car, “Can I Kick It?” by A Tribe Called…
The University of Rhode Island Musician’s Guild held a concert featuring bands Strip Mall, 8th Grade Slow Dance and RoboPumpkin on Friday in the Memorial Union. This was the second Guild-sponsored concert of the semester, bringing in local bands to play on campus. URI students were given discounted ticket prices, in this case half the…
On Tuesday, 193 Coffeehouse, located in the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union, hosted a flea market for small business owners to display their crafts in hopes of sales. There were a number of different booths, ones that included works of art, handcrafted jewelry, printed clothing, prints and stickers. It was an opportunity for these…
The Fine Arts Center at the University of Rhode Island hosted Emmett Goods and his band, Another Level, in a jazz concert on Thursday, April 11, featuring songs from his new record and covers of other songs by some of his favorite artists. Emmett Goods is an assistant professor of music and Africana studies and…
Fans of student-made art can visit Green Hall until May 3 to peruse the Juried Student Art Gallery, composed of 33 pieces from the University of Rhode Island’s undergraduate art and art history students. While the Fine Arts Center is normally the home for the show, the recent construction meant that the gallery had to…
If you were to walk into my room, the first things you would notice are the travel posters that frame my wall, a stack of Condè Nast Traveler magazines and dozens of travel books that I have collected. Similarly, if you were to sort through my Google Drive and Pinterest accounts, you would find numerous…
When you think of the movie “Road House,” the 1989 film would come to mind for most people; in 2024, however, Amazon Prime released their own version with Jake Gyllenhaal as the lead. Gyllenhaal played Elwo od Dalton, better known as just Dalton. The 1989 version is a classic, with fight scenes and almost two…
Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of acclaimed band Nirvana, died 30 years ago as of April 5, and fans today from around the globe are still remembering his music, life and legacy. The blond-haired, guitar-smashing grunge phenom had notably been recognized for his authentic ragged voice and abstract concerts during his short-lived career as lead…
Riddhi Katore, a fourth-year University of Rhode Island student, published her first novel, “The Lost Star,” inspired by her sister’s life, back in December. The book follows a woman, Tara, who lost her parents and separated from her brother, and she only has her sister Gauri. To deal with the pain, she moves to New…
The largest annual professional wrestling event in the world took place this weekend in Philadelphia, as the World Wrestling Entertainment produced WrestleMania 40, giving fans a cinematic experience as “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes defeated “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Title. Reigns had held the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship for…