Photo by Anna Meassick | Students in PRS 340 organized for six decorated WWII veterans to speak to the URI community. On Friday, Nov. 9, the University of Rhode Island hosted six highly decorated World War II veterans in an interactive information session to retell history and share personal experiences. The event was coordinated by…
In a victory for supporters of ballot question two, last Tuesday, 59 percent of Rhode Island voters supported a $70 million state bond for public higher education. The approved bond will provide $25 million to Rhode Island College’s School of Education and Human Development to renovate Horace Mann Hall, and $45 million to the University…
In this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate, the Finance Committee Chair Zachary Taylor had much to say during public forum regarding the resignation of Senate members and the atmosphere in the Senate chambers. During this term, there have been 13 general Senate member resignations and five executive member resignations. This…
Photo by Anna Meassick Thursday, Nov. 8 At 8:23 a.m., a parked motor vehicle was struck by the mirror of a University of Rhode Island shuttle on Flagg Road near the Center for Biological and Life Sciences. Campus police filed a report. At 11:58 p.m., someone reported smelling marijuana in Barlow Hall. Campus police filed…
Twelve people including at least one police officer were killed in a mass shooting at Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California last Wednesday night. The New York Times reports the suspect, 28-year-old Ian Long, was found dead at the scene. Investigators believed he committed suicide. Long was reportedly a combat veteran who served…
Thursday, Nov. 14, 1996 Headline: Student Senate votes to censure, not impeach Twenty-two years ago this week, the URI Student Senate took action against Senator Scott Sanborn for leaking confidential information from a closed session. In censuring Sanborn, the Senate publicly disapproved of his actions and unethical behavior but did not issue a formal monetary…
Photo by Joseph Lachance | Ram Escape fell victim to a fruit fly infestation, causing employees to kill off the flies during their shifts. Article by Andrew Main and Kayla Michaud Flies in Ram Escape have caused the University of Rhode Island’s Dining Services to take action to improve sanitary measures. Ram Escape is one…
The 2018 midterm election resulted in Democrats winning the House, Republicans maintaining their majority in the Senate and the highest voter turnout in decades. The Democratic Party took the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in eight years, flipping over 28 seats from 2016, according to Politico. Republicans kept their majority in the…
Photo courtesy of Dakota Grenier On Saturday, Nov. 3, the University of Rhode Island’s Rotaract organization raised 800 pounds of food for the Jonnycake Center, a charity in Peace Dale, Rhode Island. From 12 p.m. to 6 p.m., members of URI Rotaract stood outside Belmont Market in Wakefield, Rhode Island with a list of food…
Photo by Anna Meassick | The university has been advertising for J-term with emails and signs throughout campus. Registration for winter break courses for students at the University of Rhode Island is now available on the E-campus website, including new online courses added this year, most of which can be registered for on Nov. 19….