Students spend stimulus on stocks, savings, self-care The latest round of COVID-19 stimulus checks are hitting bank accounts. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. From shopping sprees to student loans to car payments, University of Rhode Island students plan to spend their stimulus checks in many different ways. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, also known as…
Concern expressed over ‘transphobic’ language A University of Rhode Island professor is facing backlash after writing an article that many community members have described as transphobic. The article in question,“Fantasy Worlds on the Right and Left: QAnon and Trans-Sex Fantasy,” was written by professor Donna Hughes of the gender & women’s studies (GWS) department. It…
SPIN, an electric scooter company based in California that has rolled out in cities and universities all around the country, is working to bring its scooters to the University of Rhode Island. Last month, President Austyn Ramsay and Campus Affairs Committee Chair Michael Bentley of Student Senate met with Nicholas Paparo, a SPIN representative. They…
400 student capacity in venue The University of Rhode Island has announced its plans for the 2021 commencement ceremony, answering one of the biggest questions seniors have had this academic year— what will graduation look like this May? According to Dave Lavallee, the assistant director of communications for URI, it will look very similar to…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate will be implementing a program next year to distribute free menstrual products on campus. Michael Bentley, Student Senate’s Campus Affairs Chair, organized the program to get these free menstrual products. Former Senator Tim Berard first pitched the idea at a Student Senate meeting last year. Berard, now graduated…
A University of Rhode Island alumnus donated a $50,000 endowment to the Robert and Berdie Lawrence Endowed Scholarship for Black students in the College of Pharmacy. The scholarship is named after the parents of the alumnus, Kenneth Lawrence, who were born in the South during the 1940s, where segregation and racial issues were prevalent. Lawrence…
St. Baldrick’s raises $6K, awareness for pediatric cancer. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. For the sixth year in a row, the University of Rhode Island hosted an event where community members shaved their head to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer in support of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members…
Members of the URI community shaved their heads and donated their hair to raise money and awareness for pediatric cancer this week. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. The University of Rhode Island Student Senate held its annual Blue Light Walk this past Tuesday in order to ensure that campus blue lights are fully functional. The blue…
While the rest of the state is trending downward, COVID-19 cases at URI spiked last week. Photo by Greg Clark. The University of Rhode Island saw a spike in COVID-19 cases last week, with 181 positive tests and 81 percent of quarantine spaces occupied, according to URI’s COVID-19 Tracker. Ellen Reynolds, the director of Health…
URI graduates could have federal student loans partially cancelled Some students are still paying off their four-year degree 20 years or more after they graduated. Photo from kiplinger.com. President Joe Biden campaigned on a platform that included progressive changes for higher education, most notably, federal debt relief for student loan borrowers. Biden campaign officials announced…