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Photo Courtesy of GoRhody. Men’s Soccer won the Atlantic 10 Championship for the first time in 12 years. For the first time since 2006, the University of Rhode Island Men’s Soccer team is heading to the NCAA Tournament. They cruised to three consecutive shutout victories, culminating in a 2-0 win over George Mason in the…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | Ram Escape fell victim to a fruit fly infestation, causing employees to kill off the flies during their shifts. Article by Andrew Main and Kayla Michaud Flies in Ram Escape have caused the University of Rhode Island’s Dining Services to take action to improve sanitary measures. Ram Escape is one…
The 2018 midterm election resulted in Democrats winning the House, Republicans maintaining their majority in the Senate and the highest voter turnout in decades. The Democratic Party took the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in eight years, flipping over 28 seats from 2016, according to Politico. Republicans kept their majority in the…
Photo courtesy of Dakota Grenier On Saturday, Nov. 3, the University of Rhode Island’s Rotaract organization raised 800 pounds of food for the Jonnycake Center, a charity in Peace Dale, Rhode Island. From 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., members of URI Rotaract stood outside Belmont Market in Wakefield, Rhode Island with a list of food…
Photo by Greg Clark | Valerie Ferris and Matthew Oxley portrayed Sarah and James in the emotional play. Audiences enjoyed free admission to the student-run production of “Time Stands Still” from Nov. 2 to Nov. 4 in the J Studio of the Fine Arts Center. The play tells the story of couple, Sarah and James,…
Photo by Autumn Walter | Fatts Russell attempts to score a two-pointer for the Rams. It was a picture-perfect night. In David Cox’s head coaching debut at the University of Rhode Island, the Rams raised their banners and then their arms in victory, storming past the Bryant Bulldogs 97-63. Even James Vanner, the Ryan Center’s…
Cigarlight Story by Theresa Brown, Nicole Wagner and Ian Weiner The University of Rhode Island has received $12 million to complete exterior renovations and improve the heating and cooling system at the Fine Arts Center. The renovations will include new masonry-brick exterior veneer to be installed on the exterior of the theater, the black-box theater…
Photo by Sarah Vinci | A candle was lit for each victim of the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh during a vigil held by the URI community on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, the University of Rhode Island’s Hillel Center and other interfaith organizations on campus held a vigil to honor the 11 Jews killed in…
This past Sunday, Oct. 28, the University of Rhode Island student body celebrated as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games to win the World Series. According to URI Police, a crowd of about 700 to 1,000 students flooded the streets of URI to celebrate the championship. They proceeded to…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | The RKO Army performs to “Thriller” during pre-show. The RKO Army Performance Troupe put on a live performance of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” in Edwards Auditorium at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 26. RKO Army is a small shadow cast from Rhode Island that URI’s Gender and…