Running through the headlines in seemingly never ending streams are stories on racial tensions here in the United States. Fights for equality followed by the faces of young black men lost in the battle continuously flash across screens at home. As these tensions rise, awareness of the American issue of racism slowly begin to…
Throughout the country, sororities and fraternities alike have a stereotype attached to them concerning an underrepresentation of minority students within Greek Life. Students from different ethnicities, religions or sexual orientations can be deterred from joining a Greek Life organization because they feel like they don’t belong. A lack of representation within the organizations and financial…
The History Department at the University of Rhode Island recently welcomed two new professors to their faculty. While both are experts on Early American History, they each have particular specialties that are shown through their education, extensive research and work. One of the new professors, Marcus Nevius, specializes in this history of slavery and…
With race-related events like those in Ferguson and in Baltimore, police all over the country have had their actions watched closely. The University of Rhode Island Police Department works toward a safe and peaceful campus through community policing. Police Major Michael Jagoda said they are always “under the microscope,†adding that he knows what…
Student Senate began their first meeting of the night by discussing an appeal of the stipend review process for Yearbook Renaissance’s Editor in Chief. During the stipend review process, Yearbook lost all their stipends. The Student Organization Advisory Review Committee (SOARC) cut the Yearbook’s Editor in Chief stipend because they felt that the Yearbook…
The Talent Development Program is an integral to maintaining diversity at the University of Rhode Island, but this would not be possible if it wasn’t for the numerous protests of past students who demanded equal opportunities. About 1,400 University of Rhode Island students are currently part of the program, which aims to give students who…
Student Alliance for the Welfare of Africa (SAWA) is presenting their 10th annual hair show, entitled “Hair It Goes: 2016†this Friday, which will present 50 different models featuring hair, outfits and makeup. Nicole Sarr, president of SAWA, said that this year’s show has been in progress since last October. To start the process, SAWA…
The Department of Public Safety has come together to present URI’s first ever Safety Week to students and faculty. The event was held earlier this week over a course of three days. Students and faculty could sign up for the university’s emergency alert system, learn about bystander intervention and watch an FBI active shooter video,…
A former URI student is returning to campus to finish what he started – pledging Sigma Chi. Ed Johnson, a 58-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island, attended URI back in 1975. He began pledging after the fraternity opened up their house for him to live in because there was no other housing available. After having to…