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E.C. Matthews, the fifth-year senior guard on the URI men’s basketball team, will miss 4-6 weeks due to a fractured left wrist. Matthews sustained the injury on Monday night during the Rams road loss to the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada. Late in the second half, Matthews had elevated toward the rim when he…
On Monday night, another threatening note was found in Eddy Hall. Much like the two bomb threat notes that were found over the last two weeks, this note threatened the safety of residents in the building. The typed note stated that the writer had “killed someone in the building.” It continued on to target a…
“Thinking Big” now has even higher expectations for the University of Rhode Island community. TEDxURI is the inspiration behind this and has been launched in the spirit of sharing ideas worth spreading for a TED-like experience on campus. The TEDx website said the goal of the program is to help communities, organizations, and individuals engage…
The diverse culture within the University of Rhode Island has always been proud part of the community’s history and it can now be explored in a unique fashion exhibit in Quinn Hall. The graduate students in Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design have put together an exhibit celebrating 125 years at the University of Rhode Island….
Dion Cocoros, a University of Rhode Island alumnus and senior vice president of production for the National Basketball Association, was welcomed back to Kingston on Monday night to speak to students from the Harrington School of Communication and Media Studies. Cocoros has served as a producer for five sports documentaries including, “The Dream Team,” “the…
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball guard Stanford Robinson, 22, was arrested on Friday, Nov. 3, by the South Kingstown Police Department. Robinson was charged with three misdemeanor charges including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and simple assault. The arrest comes nearly two months after an incident at the Ryan Center on Sept. 14 when…
The University of Rhode Island Police Department responded to two bomb threats in Eddy Hall within a week of each other. Residents in Eddy hall, along with the rest of the campus, were not notified of these threats. On Oct. 11 and Oct. 18, there were two notes, one handwritten and one typed, left in…
Students, faculty and staff at the University of Rhode Island received an email notice last Friday informing them of a level III sex offender’s presence on the Kingston campus. The email, sent out by Communications on behalf of the URI Police Department, identified alumnus Lewis John Counnas of North Kingstown as a level III sex…
The United States Environmental Protection Agency prohibited three of its scientists, all Ph.D. graduate students from the University of Rhode Island, from speaking at the presentation of the State of Narragansett Bay and Its Watershed Summary Report, of which their research contributed to. Held on Monday, Oct. 23 at Save the Bay, this conference was…
On Monday, Oct. 23, the South Kingstown Town Council passed the Municipal Immigrant Protection Ordinance 3-2. The ordinance, backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), is designed to help to protect immigrants from wrongful targeting. It is stated within the ordinance that the Town will comply with state and federal constitutions and nondiscrimination laws…