Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Student Senate mishandles club organization external bank accounts For at least the past three years, miscommunication between members of Student Senate and various student organizations has led to a failure of regulating external bank accounts. An external bank account is any account used for finances in which the flow of…
On Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m., a meeting of the University of Rhode Island Student Senate was called to order. After a reading and approval of the minutes, a public forum was held where Avi Shrivastava introduced his campaign for off-campus representation and James Cocozza advertised for the Best Buddies and RA Board initiative…
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…
“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…
Photo by Anna Meassick |CIGAR| Feb 18, 2018 At 11:21 a.m. a student was arrested on Keaney Road for the possession of alcohol under the age of 21. At 4:52 p.m. a student reported the theft of their laptop in the library. At 6:43 p.m. a student was arrested on Butterfield Road for the possession…
Dacia Maraini is an esteemed Italian author, journalist and activist for equality. On Feb. 26, Maraini attended an event celebrating her lifetime of activism, while marking the start of the National Women’s Month and International Women’s Day on March 8. Maraini, 81, lived through and wrote about her experiences in the Second World War, Cold War…
Photo by Lianna Blakeman |CIGAR| With further independent research into a recent campus safety study, the legitimacy of URI’s ranking is being called into question. By Emma Gauthier and Samuel Murray According to a study published by the National Council for Home Safety and Security on alarms.org, the University of Rhode Island was ranked fourth safest…
In what is being labeled by the Center for Disease Control as one of the most severe flu seasons since the swine flu in 2009, there is widespread flu activity being reported across the country, including at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Christopher Nasin, the medical director of URI Health Services, describes this flu…
Photo courtesy of ©WPRO | Senator Nicholas Kettle faces charges of extortion and video voyeurism. On Monday Feb. 19, the Rhode Island Superior Court unsealed a criminal indictment of 27-year-old Republican State Senator Nicholas Kettle. Kettle has pled not guilty to two counts of extortion and one count of video voyeurism. According to a report…
Photo by Kristina Erickson|CIGAR| Students have already shown great upset at the fact that “Hempfest” has been cancelled for the first time in over 10 years. After 10 years, the annual Hempfest event organized by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) will no longer be held because of defunding by Student Senate. Hempfest was created as…