Roosevelt Hall offers advising to students to fix problems originally made with their class schedule during summer orientation. Photo by Grace DeSanti. Summer orientation has been notorious among students for messing up schedules and putting students in classes that they already have credit for from high school. In terms of general education classes in the…
Student Veterans Organization members, pictured above, help veterans transition to student life. Photo by Greg Clark. The Student Veteran Organization (SVO) at the University of Rhode Island has grown in the last two years to provide resources to student veterans on campus. The SVO’s goal is to help facilitate successful veteran transition into civilian student…
(Left to right) Louis Fosu, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, Ann Salzarulo-McGuigan, Chris Parisella. Reed was presented with a Harrington School of Communication and Media cap. Photo courtesy of Ann Salzarulo-McGuigan. The University of Rhode Island’s chapter of Amnesty International USA, a group focused on humanitarian issues around the globe, recently met with U.S. Sen. Jack…
The criminal justice major is growing in popularity. Currently the University offers a lecture series every Friday night for those interested in learning more about forensic science. Photo by James McIntosh. Following the rapid growth of incoming students who applied to the criminal justice major at the University of Rhode Island, the department has hired…
To access the dining hall, students must scan their hands, leading to questions about the safety of accessing residence halls. Photo by Joseph Lachance. At the University of Rhode Island, some students have wondered why there appears to be stricter security systems in place for entering the dining hall than there is for residence halls….
Students often have trouble balancing their social life, responsibilities and schoolwork, but when you add parenting into the mix it can seem nearly impossible. Senior Katie Carrier had to figure out her own balance between being a student and a parent, particularly when she was a teaching assistant (TA) last semester. Carrier said she was…
Student Senate started their meeting on March 20 by holding a moment of silence for the victims of the New Zealand attack prompted by a motion from Senator Dylan D’aguanno. The Senate discussed that they are looking to put forward a resolution that condemns all bigotry in the wake of the New Zealand attack. They…
A laptop thief wreaked havoc on students who left their laptops unattended in the library beginning in the fall semester of 2017, stealing the laptops to later sell. Photo by Autumn Walter. by Julia Moro and Mary Lind Providence residents Marquis Coleman and Anwar Bonilla are facing charges related to the series of laptop thefts…
(Left to right) Amanda Marino, Nick Marotta, Nicolette St. Amand, and Johnny Morabito delivered their platforms during the Student-Senate Debate. Photo by Joseph Lachance. The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate presidential debate was held on Tuesday at 5 p.m. between candidates Nicolette St. Amand and Nick Marotta. The candidates spoke about their platforms to…
The president of BridgeUSA, a student organization at the University of Rhode Island, recently emailed other student groups on campus to ask if they were satisfied with Student Senate’s work. The politically active URI student, Sam Foer, emailed a survey to all student organization presidents. Foer’s survey asked students questions to see how they feel…