On Wednesday, March 9, at 1:55 p.m., a report was filed for a larceny incident in the Memorial Union on Lower College Road. On Wednesday, March 9, at 7:56 p.m., University Police were notified of an animal complaint, either domestic or wild, in the Plains Road parking lot. On Thursday, March 10, at 1:26…
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Last weekend, the Multicultural Unity and Student Involvement Council, better known as MUSIC, held its second annual DIVE RI Conference. DIVE, which stands for Diversifying Individuals Via Education, is a two-day student-run and student-led event. The purpose of this conference is to engage students in a meaningful discussion on race and ethnicity issues that…
The Student Senate’s Student Organization Advisory Review Committee, or SOARC, decided in the fall 2015 semester to do a review on positions from all student organizations that receive a stipend on campus. These meetings involved one to two students representing each stipended position, and explained their role and outlined their need for a stipend…
Monday night, Dr. Katherine A. Kuvalanka gave a presentation about her recent study, called the “TransKids Project,†which explores the lives and experiences of 49 different families who have transgender or gender non-conforming children. The entire Union Ballroom was packed with students, faculty, and members of the community as they listened to Kuvalanka. In…
This December, the University of Rhode Island Dressage Team was denied $4,200 in additional funding from Student Senate to continue the lease on their horses for the spring semester. Without this money, the team’s coach would be forced to sell the horses and the URI Dressage Team would cease to exist. But that was…
On Tuesday, March 1, at 12:42 a.m., a report was filed after university police were notified of a suspicious person in Browning Residence Hall, on Butterfield Road. On Wednesday, March 2, at 11:48 a.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Browning Residence Hall, on Butterfield Road. On Wednesday, March 2, at 9:09…
The University of Rhode Island’s local foods market have disappeared from campus again, but this time students can blame the Coca-Cola company for the absence. The return of the URI Slow Food’s market was short lived, only appearing once on Feb. 2 for a few short hours. Two days later, official word from Coca-Cola came…
Faculty members have been working together to make a new change to the general education structure. The current system we have now was first implemented in 2001. For the past couple of years, faculty have been working behind the scenes to develop an entirely new structure to the system. “It’s been a controversial time, but…
At the end of every semester, students flock to the bookstore to sell their textbooks and hopefully make a few extra dollars. Unfortunately for many of these students, the money they get back is nothing compared to the amount that they spend on the books. In some cases, students get absolutely no money back for…