The end of the world just got about 30 seconds closer. Since 1947, the symbolic Doomsday Clock has represented how close the world is to a worldwide catastrophe. Last Thursday, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists set the clock to just two and a half minutes to midnight, on the clock’s 70th anniversary. At the time…
This Week’s Top Story: Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration Sparks Controversy and Uncertainty In keeping with months of campaign promises, last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order with far-reaching effects for United States immigration policy. The order suspends all refugees from being resettled in the U.S. for 120 days, and suspends Syrian refugees…
Nearly two weeks ago, students at the University of Rhode of Island attended the 45th Inauguration as well as the subsequent protests and Women’s Marches held throughout the nation and abroad. Jordan Cheretis, a sophomore Psychology student, joined her friends and family at the Inauguration. Cheretis said she went to be a part of history,…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate’s External Affairs Committee recently conducted a survey on the new housing ordinance that allows no more than four unrelated persons to live in one household in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Participants in the survey included the URI community, local residents and landlords to create a full sense of…
The University of Rhode Island will increase tuition for the 2017-2018 academic year with an additional $908 for in-state students and $1,168 for out-of-state students. “How we do tuition increases at the University of Rhode Island is we calculate how much the tuition increase needs to be, not in terms of percentage but in terms…
This December, University of Rhode Island’s Greek Life is holding a community tree lighting event to help bring together students and get the community into the holiday spirit. URI Junior Austin Shission, one of the organizers for the event, explained that this event is open to everyone at the university, as well as elementary students…
Local The state of Rhode Island is set to run a deficit of over $100 million in the 2017-18 fiscal year, according to a statement from the RI House Fiscal Office on Tuesday. Projected tax revenue for the state has been increasing since the last deficit forecast, and the state ran a surplus for much…
The recent internal and external changes made to Ranger Hall have brought the building into the modern world, but in the wake of its completion there have been numerous misconceptions and rumors. As a new state-of-the-art facility, Ranger Hall features many changes, including new equipment, technology and resources for all Harrington School of Communication and…
One hundred and forty-six professors and counting have been placed on a national “watch list” over the past month for expressing liberal ideals, and the University of Rhode Island is represented among those numbers. The Professor Watchlist featured Assistant Professor and Acting Director of Graduate Studies Erik Loomis for making negative comments against the National…
The Student Senate began its final meeting of the fall semester by approving the allocation of $1,667.50 to go the Student Entertainment Committee. The funding comes in the form of a travel and lodging contingency grant to help send three SEC members to the National Association of Campus Activities National Convention, in Baltimore, Maryland. The…