The University of Rhode Island Student Senate failed to pass bills amending bylaw and constitutional changes on eight new advocacy seats. With a 22-10 vote by secret ballot, the bill amending the bylaw and constitutional changes for advocacy seats didn’t meet the three-quarters majority requirement for a bill to pass, as stated in the student…
On March 16, two arrests were made at Browning Hall at 11:20 p.m. Two students were taken into custody and handed over to the Narragansett Police Department. Both suspects had warrants out for their arrests for previous shoplifting charges. Two drug offenses were reported, one was at Butterfield Hall on Monday, March 17. Two students…
Fireworks were located in the ceiling of Boss Ice Area on Friday night. The fireworks were identified by University of Rhode Island police as M80s, an explosive that was federally banned in 1966 according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The explosives were located at 10:09 p.m. on Friday and the scene…
PETA2 visited campus last week to showcase a controversial virtual reality experience where students experienced what PETA2 claims it is like to be a prey animal, prompting outrage from students. The virtual reality experience to promote veganism, called “When They Came For Us,” was a seven minute VR video game where students were abducted by…
Quinn Hall, a building next to the quad, tested higher than any other building on campus when the University of Rhode Island Office of Utilities staff collected water samples for analysis of lead levels in the drinking water in February. All other buildings on campus tested at 0.005 mg/L or below, according to the Water…
The recent arrests of international students at Columbia University by Immigration and Customs Enforcement following pro-Palestinian protests have raised concerns amoung student activists and university administrators nationwide. As federal agencies take a tougher stance on campus activism, student leaders at other institutions fear similar repercussions. At the University of Rhode Island, student senate Vice President…
As the United States Department of Education continues to shrink, shutting down programs could impact department research at the University of Rhode Island. The indirect costs URI gets from federal funding from the National Institutes of Health dropped from 57% to 15%, according to Brian Krueger, the associate dean of political science. The federal grants…
After a nearly two-semester-long project to remedy mold in the Robert L. Carothers library, both remediation phases ended Feb. 13 to make the library safe for students and staff, but funding for further work might not be granted. “I can tell you with complete confidence that the spaces are safe,” said Karl Calvo, the assistant…
University of Rhode Island’s President Marc Parlange and a panel of faculty hosted a town hall to address issues and concerns around current executive orders that could affect federal funding, student financial aid and diversity, equity and inclusion policies, on Monday. “Today we know our universities are under strain,” Parlange said. “Years of disinvestment on…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate discussed bills regarding the amendment of bylaws outlining eight new constituency seats and met with the counseling center for a presentation. The senate discussed a bill proposed by College of Engineering Rep. Cole Rinne, outlining eight new constituency seats which would be added to the student senate if…