In the midst of midterms and the stress of college life,three on-campus resource centers are offering free “Crafternoon” workshops biweekly as an option for students. These workshops began in the fall of 2022, after the assistant director of Disability, Access, and Inclusion, Nina Schiarizzi-Tobin, had a conversation with Ming Lee Prospero of the Counseling Center…
At a time when the Memorial Union had a bowling alley and held mocktail drink fests, 193 Degrees Coffeehouse was establishing their presence on campus. After being founded in 1994 by former URI student Adam Naftalin, the Coffeehouse quickly became a center for students to gather and hold events. Their present-day open-mic nights are one…
This week in the Student Senate: A chair proposed a bill “calling for the condemnation of antisemitic attacks conducted against the Israeli people by Hamas militants” during Wednesday’s meeting. Many students attended this week’s Senate meeting, anticipating a discussion on the bill. “This bill is not endorsing the Netanyahu government’s treatment of the Palestinian people…
Every year, the University of Rhode Island sets its sights on a particular day in the fall semester where the full might of URI’s fundraising prowess, coupled with our infectious school pride, can intersect and make one giant event- and this year, URI’s Day of Giving and Quad Fest campaigns were among the most successful…
The United States Justice Department announced on Sept. 27 that the Washington Trust Company, a local community bank, agreed to pay $9 million to settle lending discrimination allegations occurring from 2016-2021 in Rhode Island. According to a press release posted on the department of justice’s website , the allegations claimed that Washington Trust redlined majority-Black…
Disclaimer: This tale is based on different accounts of this legend Welcome back to another series of “Spooky Stories” for this year’s spooky season. If anyone hasn’t read last year’s editions, the spooky stories were “The Legend of Dolly Cole”, “The Haunting of Lambda Chi Alpha” and the “Haunted Tavern”. For the start of this…
Husband and wife duo Eben Horton and Jennifer Nauck have successfully turned their passion for the art of glass blowing into their full-time career with their local Wakefield gallery and studio, the Glass Station. Horton’s interest in glass blowing sparked at the early age of 9 years old when he took an ornament making class….
Keith Labelle, the Deputy Director of Title IX, came to discuss the i-Stand Program. Labelle gives presentations to student organizations and hosts awareness events. Labelle’s work involves everything pertaining to sexual violence prevention, including the four classes he teaches on campus. One goal of the presentations is to change how students approach rape culture, according…
As the flagship institution of the Ocean State, the University of Rhode Island is no stranger to collaborating with the many industries that conduct activities on our state’s coastlines and waters. On Sept. 29, some of these industries got to interact with over 300 URI students in attendance at the first annual Sea Services Symposium,…
The language department hosted a welcome back event at the Language Center in Swan Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 4-5pm. Students who attended received passports which they could have stamped at any of the six language tables dispersed through the room. If students collected four stamps from four different countries, they received a prize…