It was not until Sept. 17 that the University of Rhode Island’s parking permit website was fully operational after experiencing some technical difficulties at the start of the semester. This past summer, URI’s Parking and Transportation Services brought in a new vendor to aid in the process of purchasing a parking permit from the university….
Nestled behind the greenhouses and the coastal institute, there’s a silent war going on at the University of Rhode Island’s Biocontrol Center. Stocked in chilly refrigerators or warming under lamps are the aggressors in the war on invasive plants and insects: bugs. It’s part of something Biocontrol Lab Coordinator Lisa Tewksbury calls “classical biological control. 
Student Senate had Mary Jo Gonzales, the University of Rhode Island’s assistant vice president of student affairs, to discuss an upcoming Narragansett town council proposal. The town council of Narragansett is currently discussing a proposal that would prevent students from leasing a house with more than three people living there. “Student representation and student conversation…
Walking through Memorial Park in Providence, one might come across a stone sculpture upon which is written the towns that once housed concentration camps alongside a list of 14 names. Â Dr. William Green, the department chair of landscape and architecture at the University of Rhode Island, was prominently involved in the assembly of…
The Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences building has been in the works for several years now, but students will be able to see the completed building this March. The project began in November of 2010, when Rhode Island voters approved a $61 million bond issue to the University of Rhode Island to construct a…
Last Wednesday, the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Public Safety and the FBI issued a warning concerning a phone scam that attempts to collect money from students. The scams were said to include a phone call claiming that the student owed “unpaid taxes for school loans.” The phishing seems to have been aimed directly…
Global: GABCIKOVO, SLOVAKIA- Hundreds of Syrian war refugees are migrating to a village that recently voted against their stay by a shocking 97 percent, according to the Washington Post. Gabcikovo is a town with a population of 5,000. As a tightly-knit community, most of the townspeople speak Hungarian and are Catholic. The people of…
With the start of the new school year, the repercussions of the Green Lane incident that occurred in May of 2014 continue to be felt by Narragansett students and residents. The large block party in Eastwood Look sparked a lot of tension between student renters and permanent residents in Narragansett. Â Since then, the area…
On Thursday, Sept. 24 at 12:26 a.m., a routine motor vehicle stop in the parking lot near Hillside Residence Hall led to the arrest of a 23-year-old person. The 23-year-old pwas charged with possession of marijuana and had their license suspended and revoked. On Friday, Sept. 25 at 12:45 a.m., a 21-year-old person was…
January break: a wonderful time where students leave the University of Rhode Island for the seclusion of their homes, the silence of their Yik Yak feeds and for some, the serenity of Cuban culture. This winter, if a month long stay with mom and dad does not seem so appealing, URI is offering an array…