A student organization decided to stir up some controversy last Friday after setting up a voting booth in memorial union to change the university’s mascot. URI Events set up the booth and announced later that day, around 4 p.m., that the booth was a prank, and the URI ram is not going anywhere. The options…
Rhode Island native and talk show host, Meredith Vieira, recently accepted the invitation to join the University of Rhode Island’s Harrington School of Communication and Media Executive Advisory Board. URI students had the chance to visit the Meredith Vieira show last semester on November 11 and again this semester on March 2. Adam Roth,…
On Saturday, 21 students in the College of Pharmacy were initiated as the first pledge class of the Rho Iota chapter of Alpha Zeta Omega, receiving their formal charter and marking the official colonization of the professional pharmaceutical fraternity at the University of Rhode Island. Sophomore and Doctor of Pharmacy major Robert Rocchio is…
Dr. Kim Paffenroth, fiction author and professor of religious studies at Iona College, recently presented his findings on the interconnectedness between zombies and love at the University of Rhode Island. Paffenroth’s findings come from his analyses of zombies in pop culture of the last 50 years and the classic Dante Alighieri work, “Inferno.†As…
On April 28, URI’s PLEASE (Peers Learning, Educating, and Supporting Everyone) will be hosting Take Back the Night, an event that raises awareness for and supports victims of sexual assault. The event will meet on URI’s quad at 6 p.m. and is expected to be over by 9. Take Back the Night is separated…
Student Senate began its meeting by approving Family Reach as a new, unfunded philanthropic club that works with children with cancer. Family Reach hopes to help run fundraisers and raise money for the families who struggle with pediatric cancer. The money will go to helping these families pay for things like groceries and transportation. The…
On Sunday, March 27, at 5:22 p.m., a report was filed for a suspicious person in the Weldin Residence Hall parking lot. On Monday, March 28, at 6:28 p.m., the smell of marijuana brought university police to Weldin Residence Hall on Campus Avenue, but the suspects were gone upon arrival. On Monday, March 28,…
Karie Orendorff Lecturer in Kinesiology Marissa: What exactly is this organization? Karie Orendorff: It’s called Teaching in Tanzania. I take students from the University of Rhode Island, actually any university is welcome to come, but it’s for the kids here because that’s where I teach. We go over to Africa, to Tanzania, and…
A Rhode Island native was caught in the middle of chaos inside the Capitol Building after Capitol Police shot and wounded a suspected gunman inside the Capitol Visitor’s Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday afternoon. Cynthia Sexton of Portsmouth was taking a guided tour inside the Capitol Building when the shooting occurred. “There was…