Student senate presidential candidates debate policy, platform

Student senate candidates Kairy Gonzalez, Ryan Niro, Madison Hinrichs and Kyanna Lin for president and vice president took to the stage on Thursday for a debate covering their campaign platforms and policies.  Third-year students Gonzalez and Niro are running for president and vice president, respectively. Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee, Gonzalez seeks to unionize…

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QUEENS OF KINGSTON: Program-first conference tournament title punches ticket to March Madness for first time in 30 years

Rams Head Coach Tammi Reiss danced her way to the ladder to cut down the nets on Sunday, and more dancing is on the way for the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team. After a 30-year wait, the team is heading back to the NCAA Tournament. Reiss built the program into a winner; now,…

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REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS: Rams clinch top seed in tournament with win over Revolutionaries

A prayer was answered on Saturday as the University of Rhode Island women’s basketball team secured its second regular-season Atlantic 10 Conference championship in four years. “The only thing I wanted was a championship for these girls,” Head Coach Tammi Reiss said. “You could take anything from me, anything. But I wanted them to feel…

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Student Affairs advises best protest practices

As protests pop up at universities around the United States and law enforcement clashes with demonstrators in the streets, students question how to demonstrate on campus without administrator interference.  The freedom to organize on university property, as well as the freedom to visually represent information, is permitted by the University of Rhode Island University Manual….

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Watercolor exhibit celebrates culture and memory

Hongbing Tang, University of Rhode Island professor of landscape architecture, released an art collection of watercolor paintings depicting landscapes in celebration of the Lunar New Year and Women’s History Month at Green Hall. The art exhibition connects to Chinese New Year and Women’s History Month because most of the paintings are inspired by cultural memory,…

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If you promote it, they will come: Ruckus has returned to the Ryan Center

On Feb. 11, Rhode Island Women’s Basketball Head Coach Tammi Reiss made a public plea for student attendance; 10 days later, it was “the best student section we’ve ever had.” Following the team’s blowout of Virginia Commonwealth University by 43 points to extend their program-record winning streak to 16 games, Reiss was asked by Kevin…

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