All 14 members of the Coastal Athletic Association played this past week, shifting some schools in our second week of power rankings. Ahead of the busiest in-conference week of the season so far, The Good Five Cent Cigar Sports Staff came up with its cumulative ranking. Here is how the CAA is shaping up following…
The clock had 2:23 remaining; the score read 7-6. In a game where the University of Rhode Island football team had twice relied on fifth-year kicker Garth White to salvage points from drives that stalled in the red zone, they needed him to deliver one more time from a little further out. With field goals…
For its 4th annual Flourish Fest, the University of Rhode Island transformed the Quad with elaborate arrays of booths and tables lining the streets, along with food trucks, games and eager students. The celebration combines health, wellness, community spirit and fun to form a club fair, according to the website for the Office of Student…
Alumni, students and athletes gather at URI’s sports complex to celebrate homecoming weekend. PHOTO CREDITS: Nora Kelley | Photo Editor & Emma Roberts | Staff Photographer The University of Rhode Island welcomed back alumni this weekend for a 50th reunion celebration for the class of 1975, as a part of annual homecoming events. URI’s homecoming…
Over the course of September weekends, students looking to get involved in Greek life will move through a series of formal rounds, with the intention of receiving a bid from one of the University of Rhode Island’s 11 sororities or 17 fraternities. Fraternity rushing ended Sunday, with over 400 bids given out, according to Greek…
The “Red Zone” is a time period between the months of August and November where sexual assault is prominent on college campuses across the country. URi-STAND, a University of Rhode Island organization focused on bringing awareness and resources to sexual assault victims, is pairing with URI’s Student Senate to educate students about the Red Zone,…
Students looking to make new connections shared small talk and pizza at the University of Rhode Island’s annual Speed Friend-ing event, a Health Services program designed to help students build friendships in a fast-paced, low-pressure setting. The event was called Speed Friend-ing, and it was like speed dating. Its goal was for the participants to…
From singing in a band to traveling the world, Spanish Professor William Stark’s career has been full of many twists and turns. Stark grew up in Eugene, Oregon, and began his education at the University of Oregon in 1980, where he studied a variety of languages, including Latin, Greek, Spanish, French and Italian. Three years…
Thursdays at the University of Rhode Island are filled with excited faces and the smells of local food and produce. At the URI Free Farmers Market, students get their hands on free, fresh and farm-grown vegetables while learning about healthy eating habits and ways to combat food insecurity. The complimentary produce is available weekly from…
Before joining the University of Rhode Island psychology staff as department chair this fall, Davis Schnyer researched cognitive neuroscience in one of the three original research labs involved in TRACK TBI, a national multisite study. Schnyer has observed the behavior, memory and attention of healthy people, as well as those suffering from mental illness or…