By Andrew Main, Julia Moro, Samuel Murray, Caitlyn Picard, and Ian Weiner Senate votes 27-3 to unfund student organization After debate, Student Senate decided to defund the Student Organization Leadership Consultants (SOLC) with a vote of 27-3-1 after problems arose surrounding their alleged academic affiliations. Senate approved the final budget last night, in which SOLC…
Lawmakers and students can agree that the cost of higher education has increased considerably in the last two decades. According to the College Board 2017 Pricing Report, since the year 1988 the cost of higher education has increased 213 percent. Rhode Island Rep. Joseph McNarmara of Cranston and Warwick introduced a new bill to increase…
With graduation just around the corner for the class of 2018, future graduates may wonder what their options for employment after obtaining their diploma. Kim Stack, director of the Center for Career and Experiential Education, thinks that opportunities for recent grads have increased in the past few years. “Everything shows us that unemployment rates have…
Photo by Anna Meassick |CIGAR| March 21, 2018 At 1:56 a.m., University Police responded to a medical emergency at Hillside Hall. A student was transported to the hospital. At 3:45 a.m. there was a parking complaint at Complex Road and a vehicle was towed. At 7: 14 p.m. there was an alarm set off on…
Student Senate discussed the recognition status of three groups on Wednesday night. The first organization was the Student Organization Leadership Consultants (SOLC), secondly the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and lastly The Good Five Cent Cigar. Senate also voted on the budgeting of all organizations on campus. SOLC is an organization on campus that…
Hundreds of thousands of people across the country participated in the “March For Our Lives” rally on Saturday, March 24. The rally was held in response to the Feb. 14 Parkland, Florida school shooting, which left 14 students and three faculty members dead. All 50 states had some type of “March For Our Lives” rally….
Photo by Stefanie Erickson |CIGAR|Many students require the same labs to graduate. Combining them is expected to make more ease in the classroom. Anatomy and physiology labs set to merge for 2018-2019 Semesters The University of Rhode Island’s anatomy and physiology labs are set to merge starting with the 2018-2019 academic year, sparking a lot…
On Jan. 12, 2018 at 9:53 a.m., an email sent out by Disability Services Director, Pamela Rohland, violated the confidentiality of all of the students included in the service. Instead of using the bcc option, which keeps all recipients anonymous, Rohland mistakenly used the cc option which allowed everyone who was sent the email to…
Photo by Joe Lachance |CIGAR| Students enjoying meals at Mainfare and Butterfield are concerned their song choices are being censored. Administrators filter explicit song selections At both of the dining halls on campus at the University of Rhode Island, students are able to use an application called RockBot to request music over the loudspeakers during service…
Photo by Joe Lachance |CIGAR| As the University encounters storm after storm, many members of the community are wondering how exactly the administration are responding to the tumultuous weather. During the past several weeks, the University of Rhode Island has experienced several nor’easters, which have resulted in large amounts of rain, wind, and snow. To deal…