The URI Student Senate approved three internal policy bills, elected chair members, selected a commencement speaker and said goodbye to outgoing senators of the Anderson-Montecalvo administration on Wednesday night. The Senate heard commencement speeches from Frank DiPalama, Vasiliki N. Panteleakis and Colin Rumbel. After a vote, Rumbel was selected as the commencement speaker. The three…
On Wednesday, March 22 at 12:20 p.m. a report was filed for an incident of larceny in Garrahy Residence Hall, on Flagg road. At 11:33 p.m. University Police were notified of suspicious activity in the Flagg Road parking lot. On Thursday, March 23 at 2:43 p.m. a moving citation was issued to a 28-year-old after…
The year was 1999. The average price of gas was $1.30. Kurt Warner, Dick Vermeil and the St. Louis Rams were coined, “the greatest show on turf,” and the team to beat in the NFL. And the starting five for the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team was Preston Murphy, Antonio Reynolds-Dean, Tavorris Bell,…
Atlanta Alternative Spring: Break Freshmen secondary education and history major, Mary-Kate McGeary, went on an alternative spring break trip to Atlanta as a part of the University of Rhode Island Service Corps. “I went to Atlanta because I have always loved community service, but have never been able to do it on a larger scale,”…
On March 22, 2017 Hydrologist and Senior Water Scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Dr. Jay Famiglietti, gave a lecture on the growing concern around freshwater security and communicating concerns around it. “It can be a challenge to explain why we do what we do and [I] think we should embrace that,” said Dr….
The University of Rhode Island’s Kingston and Providence campuses launched the new Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies yesterday with celebrations on both campuses. Students, staff and alumni gathered to commend the university’s eighth college and learn about the additional opportunities it will provide for its traditional and adult students. According to…
Senate spent last night tackling the 2017-2018 Senate Budget, which allocates resources for Student Senate recognized organizations as well as internal budgeting costs. The final budget came out to $1,132,515.00 after small changes were made to group funding. Money for the Senate’s budget comes from the Student Activity Tax, $88 of which is paid to…
In response to the March 6 Executive Order on foreign national entry into the United States, the University of Rhode Island’s Office of Community, Equity and Diversity, as well as the Office of External Relations and Communications hosted a town hall public forum on March 22 to address resources and strategies for support immigrant students,…
On Thursday, March 9 at 9:49 p.m. a report was filed for a drug offense in Ellery Residence Hall, on Complex Road. On Friday, March 10 A drug offense was investigated in Gorham Residence Hall, on Complex Road. At 4:23 p.m. a drug offense was investigated in Browning Residence Hall, on Butterfield Road. On Saturday,…
Political drama between FBI and Trump Administration continues A few weeks ago, in the first week of March 2017, President Donald Trump seemed to claim on Twitter that former President Obama was wiretapping his residence at Trump Tower before his victory in the Presidential Election. In a hearing on Monday, FBI Director James Comey said…