The University of Rhode Island will be taking on several multimillion-dollar construction projects in the coming year to improve academic buildings and the campus image to prospective students. The most notable project underway is the new $150.5 million engineering complex, which was only made possible as of Nov. 8 when Rhode Island chose to vote…
Local Republican candidate for Rhode Island State Representative Steven Frias conceded his race in District 15 against Incumbent Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello on Tuesday. Frias lost the contest by only one percent and less than 100 votes, after a final count of mail-in and provisional ballots was taken, more than two weeks after…
Following the results of the presidential election, students and faculty at the University of Rhode Island gathered on Tuesday to express solidarity for one another, as well as their concerns and hopes for the future. The event, which was originally scheduled to take place on the Quadrangle, was relocated to the Memorial Union Ballroom due…
Jessica Pace, Madelynn Schulte, and Marissa Tansino bring you this week’s headlines.
On Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 5:48 p.m., a report was filed for a suspicious person in Hillside Residence Hall, on Campus Avenue. On Friday, Nov. 11 at 2:21 a.m., a 21 year old was arrested for trespassing on Butterfield Road. On Saturday, Nov. 12 at 12:02 a.m., a report was filed for suspicious activity on…
Sailing club and Student Action for Accessibility were both approved as funded organizations during Wednesday night’s Student Senate meeting. The Rhody Christian Fellowship was approved unanimously as an unfunded student organization, while Students for Sensible Drug Policy was denied as being a funded organization. These changes were part of Student Senate’s Student Organization Advisory Review…
As the years pass, more and more people have begun to understand the negative health effects of smoking tobacco cigarettes. Tobacco use is known to cause many different forms of cancer, along with cardiac respiratory issues. Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States. Smoking tobacco causes more than…
Local Last Monday, a Rhode Island Superior Court judge ordered Hewlett Packard Enterprise to continue work on a computer system project for the RI Department of Motor Vehicles. The technology company threatened to quit the project altogether, after disagreements about contract requirements. This dispute led to a $13 million lawsuit by the state, alleging that…
Distracted driving has become even more of a cause for concern at URI after two accidents occurred within an hour of each other on Upper College Road, in early November. Although victims in both accidents were not seriously injured, Maj. Michael Jagoda says distracted driving is something the university takes very seriously. “We try to…
In a historic upset, Donald Trump won the 2016 Presidential Election in one of the closest elections in history, marking the second time in less than two decades a presidential candidate has won the presidency without having the majority of the popular vote. Naturally, many Americans are shocked. Protests, riots and demonstrations have erupted across…