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Photo by Lianna Blakeman |CIGAR| With further independent research into a recent campus safety study, the legitimacy of URI’s ranking is being called into question. By Emma Gauthier and Samuel Murray According to a study published by the National Council for Home Safety and Security on alarms.org, the University of Rhode Island was ranked fourth safest…
Photo courtesy of ©WPRO | Senator Nicholas Kettle faces charges of extortion and video voyeurism. On Monday Feb. 19, the Rhode Island Superior Court unsealed a criminal indictment of 27-year-old Republican State Senator Nicholas Kettle. Kettle has pled not guilty to two counts of extortion and one count of video voyeurism. According to a report…
Photos by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Top: Marlon Montague came in second in the 500-meter run The University of Rhode Island men’s track and field program took home the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championship this past weekend at Mackal Field House. The women’s track and field team placed eighth in the A-10. The brightspot for the women’s…
Photo by Anna Meassick |CIGAR| URI partners with Belmont Markets to track consumer eating habits and will offer an incentive to switch to healthy ones. Researchers in the University of Rhode Island were recently awarded a $300,000 grant to examine healthy food choices through consumer’s shopping behaviors in a local supermarket. The three-year grant comes from…
Photo by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| Alumna Renee Kent started her own class of aerial art last year after picking up the sport only three years ago. Alumna teaches aerial arts classes A 1998 graduate of the University of Rhode Island is teaching aerial art classes at Arielle Arts Entertainment in East Greenwich. Renee Kent didn’t…
Stefanie Erickson | CIGAR | After recent events, Sigma Pi has been forced to leave their on-campus house. On Tuesday Dec. 12, two students from the Sigma Pi Fraternity were arrested at their on-campus house by University Police for drug charges. Domenic Cianci and Kareem Boura were charged with illegal possession of marijuana and Adderall,…
Kayla Michaud |CIGAR| Saturday’s TEDx Talks includes speeches ranging in topics from disabilities, living like you’re dying and clothing to help Parkinson’s Disease. The University of Rhode Island’s slogan “Think Big, We Do” was exemplified on Saturday, Feb. 10, as 14 speakers, including students, alumni and professors, presented about topics ranging from “Artificial Intelligence” to…
Autumn Walter|CIGAR| The URI baseball team is looking forward to a successful spring season. The weather might tell you otherwise but college baseball season is upon us. The 2018 University of Rhode Island Rams head to College Station, Texas this weekend to battle Texas A&M in a three game series to start the year. …
Photos by Oluwatona Campbell|CIGAR “To celebrate this special holiday, members of the URI community and the Confucius Institute gathered together last Sunday to mark the beginning of the Chinese New Year.” The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture, as it celebrates the start of a…
Photo by Anna Meassick|CIGAR| Current clothing donation bins are tucked away at the top of campus in the Emporium, far from the residence halls. In this modern age there are more people, more production and more waste than ever before and the earth is getting no bigger. The United States is one of the world’s…