Brye Davis expresses her love for her family through her tattoos which symbolize each of her family members. Photos by Grace DeSanti. Symmetry and family remain a strong genre of permanence for Brye Davis, a third year student who recently got her third and fourth tattoos. Davis has gotten all four of her tattoos on…
Hypnotist Frank Santos Jr., had the audience cracking up over his ability to get volunteers to perform on stage. Photo by James McIntosh. On Friday, Oct. 4, student volunteers who attended the Frank Santos Jr. Hypnotist show at The University of Rhode Island, were hypnotized into forgetting their last names, feeling as though they were…
Joaquin Phoenix plays the Joker in Todd Phillips’ movie “Joker.” Photo contributed by IMDB. Even with safety concerns, “Joker” broke the October domestic box office record with $96 million last weekend. This release has made history for being the highest-grossing opening film in October. The previous record was Sony’s “Venom” with $80 million in October…
The Ryan Center hosted Young Thug and Machine Gun Kelly (above) for students and fans. Photo by Greg Clark. American Rappers Young Thug and Machine Gun Kelly, took the stage last Saturday night at the University of Rhode Island’s Ryan Center. This was the fourth performance of their combined tour named “Justin Bieber Big.” Many…
Matt Campbell shows off his “family is everything” tattoo. Photos by Grace DeSanti. Students tell the stories behind their tattoos According to the Historyoftattoos.net, about 30 percent of college students have at least one tattoo, creating a subculture of art and expression with their canvas being the human body. Matt Campbell, a senior communications major,…
Professor Nicholas Corsano joins the Harrington school this semester to teach film students about cinematography. Photo by Grace DeSanti. “I started as a child actor and I realized that I was mostly drawn to the act of being on set and not so much the camera.” Nicholas Corsano, a new University of Rhode Island film…
Zach Galifianakis stars in new movie “Between Two Ferns” based on his popular internet series. Photo from IMDB. “Between Two Ferns: The Movie,” directed by Scott Aukerman, and starring Zach Galifinakis, Lauren Lapkus, Ryan Gaul and Rekha Shankar, follows a fictionalized version of the real Zach Galifinakis as he is being filmed for a documentary…
“The Hello Girls” by Elizabeth Cobbs tells the story of the women who worked for the U.S. Army Signal Corps during and after World War One. Photo from NPR. Book Review: Elizabeth Cobbs’ ‘The Hello Girls’ The year 2020 may seem a distant date on our already worn agenda, but for most it marks a…
Scrunchies, stickers, hydroflasks, and crocs are fun characteristics of the VSCO girl trend. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Hydroflasks, puka shell chokers and Crocs are just a few of the style elements of the VSCO girl trend, a new subculture that has evolved from Generation Z’s social media use, and has taken over from the days…
Chloe Bennet plays Yi in “Abominable” that came out this year. Photo from IMDB. “Abominable,” which is the latest animated film from DreamWorks Animation follows a girl named Ye who discovers a Yeti living on her roof before vowing to bring him back home to Mount Everest. The film follows the basic structure of a…