For front page stories that will be highlighted front and center on the home page.
Students who helped organize a lecture on reproductive rights in Rhode Island last Thursday were upset to discover that all of their signs for the event had been torn down and destroyed the night before. Signs were hung around campus to invite students to learn, act and stand with Planned Parenthood in order to…
The Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) will be holding this year’s annual Hempfest celebration April 30 on the quadrangle despite the group losing its funding this year. Patrick Shea, president of the SSDP and undergraduate student majoring music education, said that the organization has typically been given about $8,000 a year for the…
The $7,000 budget cut for Greek Life at the University of Rhode Island for next year is going to be a challenge for the student organization, according to the leaders of the Interfraternity Council. Student Senate cut the budgets for the Greek Week event of both the Interfraternity Council (IFC) and the Panhellenic Association (Panhel)…
In 1975, in-state tuition at the University of Rhode Island was less than $1,000. The drinking age was 18, and the University boasted three on-campus bars, one dining hall, only a few residence halls and Chafee was the newest building on campus. It was the year that Warwick native Kathleen Briggs moved into a suite…
After concerns over Trump’s travel ban, students bring Persian New Year Festivities to URI On Thursday, March 23 at 7 p.m. the University of Rhode Island’s Persian Cultural Society hosted Nowruz, a celebration of the Persian New Year, as a response to the devastation many Iranian students were faced with after receiving news that they…
Hope will be closed for brunch this Saturday in order for prospective students and their families to get a taste of what the food is like at the University of Rhode Island. This will be the case for all three welcome days this semester. Students who live on campus and who rely on their meal…
The blue lights are often seen as ever present sentinels providing students with a sense of security, but how often are these lights repaired? During campus walkthroughs, which are coordinated by Student Senate Campus Affairs Chair Morgan Boutmy, participants look at both the blue emergency lights and regular lighting to ensure students can cross campus…
It has been noted at the University of Rhode Island that physical health is more of a priority than mental health. Professors allow excused absences from class due to physical injury, such as a broken limb or concussion, with a doctor’s note. But as the number of physical injuries is decreasing, mental health related issues…
The year was 1999. The average price of gas was $1.30. Kurt Warner, Dick Vermeil and the St. Louis Rams were coined, “the greatest show on turf,” and the team to beat in the NFL. And the starting five for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team was Preston Murphy, Antonio Reynolds-Dean, Tavorris Bell,…
Atlanta Alternative Spring: Break Freshmen secondary education and history major, Mary-Kate McGeary, went on an alternative spring break trip to Atlanta as a part of the University of Rhode Island Service Corps. “I went to Atlanta because I have always loved community service, but have never been able to do it on a larger scale,”…