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Madness grips URI campus in wake of patriots win Joseph Lachance | A student expresses his disappointment in the Super Bowl half-time show while others riot around him after the Patriots win Sunday Night. by Mary Lind and Isaac Marshall The University of Rhode Island Kingston Campus erupted in riots following the New England Patriots…
The University of Rhode Island and the State of Rhode Island announced three Innovation Campus Projects last December, which will combine academics with commercial businesses. According to a press release from the office of Governor Gina Raimondo, the three projects will be supported by $12 million from a $20 million bond approved by Rhode Island…
Greg Clark | Freshman Tyrese Martin fights through content for a lay-up. This year’s Rhode Island men’s basketball team was always going to be an unknown. Losing five seniors and a majority of your scoring production will hurt any program not among the blue bloods of college basketball. However, I am personally sick and tired…
Anna Meassick | Professors Gayane Daraykan and Manabu Takasawa took the stage as the final act of the first music convocation of the semester performing a piano duet. The University of Rhode Island’s Music Department has many different performances scheduled for all of the Rhode Island community to enjoy this semester. Music Department Chair Mark…
Photo by Anna Meassick | The Roger Williams Complex, home to the sophomore slums, is in the process of getting safety renovations. By Andrew Main and Ian Weiner Over the course of the last decade, the University of Rhode Island has invested $28 million into improving the fire safety of all residence halls located on…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | Lower College Road needed to be repaved again after a sewer line got disconnected. The University of Rhode Island has paid a contractor for a construction mishap that occurred during road work on Lower College Road, despite it not yet being clear who is at fault. Over the summer, the…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Many students have admitted to trying Juuls in the past and some continue use. Last month, the popular e-cigarette brand, Juul, placed restrictions on their sales to meet FDA standards that are intended to discourage young people from vaping. Juul, which makes up over 70 percent of the U.S. e-cigarette…
Photo by Kayla Michaud | Student actors excel in their opening night performance. URI students get the audience laughing during their opening night performance of ‘Noises Off’ Take seven quirky characters, doors that never open or close when they’re supposed to, several plates of sardines, every possible problem that could go wrong backstage and you’ve…
Photo by Autumn Walter | The Women’s Basketball team won in the Ocean State Tip-off Tournament. The University of Rhode Island Women’s basketball team was crowned champions of the Ocean State Tip-Off Tournament this past Sunday, an event they hadn’t won a game in for the past two years. The tournament was held at the…
Photo by Anna Meassick | Student Senate made the decision to change terms of student organization funding. Cigarlight story by Andrew Main and Julia Moro The University of Rhode Island Student Senate has altered their policy on how student organizations receive funding following claims that their funding policies violated the First Amendment. Several groups that…