Student Senate report, 2/7

At the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night, multiple representatives announced their candidacy for President and Vice President. The first representatives to do so were Sam King, the current Finance Chair, and Kelly Watka, the newly elected Campus Chair. King, the hopeful president, spoke first about what traits embody a successful Student Body Vice President. King…

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Weekends with Whitehosue

Nearly a week after the Senate reopened the government after last week’s budget showdown between President Trump and Senate leaders over his border wall and DACA, Rhode Island U.S Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will attend an event hosted by the URI College Democrats, “Weekends with Whitehouse,” in Quinn Hall. Joe Caiazzo, the campaign manager for Senator…

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Are you recycling wrong?

Photo by Autumn Walter Last November Mary Brennan, the recycling and solid waste coordinator for the University of Rhode Island, sent a mailing to inform faculty and students that shredded paper is no longer accepted as a recyclable and cannot be put in the skip bin hire on campus. This complies with the rules of…

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