Women’s basketball take home first regular season title in program history

Ines Debroise (left), Mayé Touré (center) and Sayawni Lassiter (right) celebrate their first-ever Atlantic 10 title. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk The University of Rhode Island Rams Women’s basketball team are Atlantic 10 champions for the first time in 48 years.  On Saturday, which was also senior night, the Rams beat the Dayton Flyers 81-57, officially…

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Student Senators plan Inaugural Women’s Summit

URI is planning to hold the inaugural women’s summit to celebrate women’s month. Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate is holding its first-ever Women’s Summit to promote interconnection between different women leaders in the community.  The event was planned by Off-Campus Senator and Academic Affairs Committee Chair,…

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Meet the President and VP Student Senate Candidates

Student senate presidential candidates.  PHOTO CREDIT: LinkedIn, instagram.com/voteuri.rj The University of Rhode Island Student Senate elections for president and vice president will be held online from Wednesday, March 1 until Thursday, March 2. This year, there are two pairs of candidates running. For president, Emily Gamache and Ramez Rizk, and vice president, Chris Hoover and…

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From buzzer beater to buzzer beaten – women’s basketball drop first conference game

Phillips was the only Ram in double figures in the loss vs. Umass, recording 12 points. PHOTO CREDIT: Connor Zisk It was a turbulent week for the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team, who suffered their first two conference losses of the season despite a midweek win at Saint Joseph’s. The week started with…

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ChatGPT ‘generates’ the future of artificial intelligence

New artificial intelligence program raises questions in academic integrity and ethics. Graphic by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence software created by a company called OpenAI, has been making headlines nationally for its ability to generate text similar to the way that humans generate language. This has been raising a lot of…

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