URI Tobacco Initiative

Photo by Joe Lachance |CIGAR| The University of Rhode Island is in the process of coordinating a tobacco free campus initiative. Main objectives include ensuring all community members are respected and taken into consideration. Efforts to help smooth the transition for students and faculty have been brainstormed. Overall, the initiative will focus on providing the…

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Senate appeals presidential candidates disqualification

Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Wednesday night Student Senate spent over an hour discussing the presidential disqualification ticket. Student Senate voted on Wednesday, Feb. 28 not to disqualify the presidential ticket of Adriana Wilding and Abdulwhab Alquirtas. The vote was 11 in the affirmative, 14 in the negative and six abstaining. Wilding stated that she was…

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University of Rhode Island students taking control of their safety, giving parents peace of mind

Photo by Kayla Michaud |CIGAR|  Umergency is a free, easy-to-use application with features to help you in an emergency, tailored to your specific college. It includes emergency contact numbers, a medical consent form, your uploaded medical cad and a GPS service that releases your location to trusted contacts in a dire situation. One in four…

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News you should know

The armed school resource deputy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resigned last week after it was discovered that he never entered the building while the shooting happened. Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said that Deputy Scot Peterson waited outside the building, but never went in to attempt to confront the shooter. Israel said that…

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The Students for Sensible Drug Policy response to a comment in ‘No more hemp fest'”

“President Buck’s quote from last spring about our mission statement is false. In fact, our mission statement does not make note to any specific policies, including the legalization of cannabis. Our mission statement states only makes note to “pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive…

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