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CAA Power Rankings- Week 4

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…

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‘It’s a terrible time’ URi-STAND educates on heightened sexual assault risks

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,…

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Coffee with a Proffy: William Stark

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…

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Coffee with a Proffy: Davis Schnyer

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…

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