Student Senate began their first meeting of the night by discussing an appeal of the stipend review process for Yearbook Renaissance’s Editor in Chief. During the stipend review process, Yearbook lost all their stipends. The Student Organization Advisory Review Committee (SOARC) cut the Yearbook’s Editor in Chief stipend because they felt that the Yearbook…
The Talent Development Program is an integral to maintaining diversity at the University of Rhode Island, but this would not be possible if it wasn’t for the numerous protests of past students who demanded equal opportunities. About 1,400 University of Rhode Island students are currently part of the program, which aims to give students who…
Student Alliance for the Welfare of Africa (SAWA) is presenting their 10th annual hair show, entitled “Hair It Goes: 2016†this Friday, which will present 50 different models featuring hair, outfits and makeup. Nicole Sarr, president of SAWA, said that this year’s show has been in progress since last October. To start the process, SAWA…
The Department of Public Safety has come together to present URI’s first ever Safety Week to students and faculty. The event was held earlier this week over a course of three days. Students and faculty could sign up for the university’s emergency alert system, learn about bystander intervention and watch an FBI active shooter video,…
A former URI student is returning to campus to finish what he started – pledging Sigma Chi. Ed Johnson, a 58-year-old from Cranston, Rhode Island, attended URI back in 1975. He began pledging after the fraternity opened up their house for him to live in because there was no other housing available. After having to…
Last Wednesday night the Narragansett Town Hall was packed to capacity with students, local residents and landlords as the town council continued the consideration of a housing ordinance, which would restrict homes to no more than four unrelated tenants. No final decision was made. After hearing from a number of different perspectives, they decided…
Two University of Rhode Island graduates gave presentations about their experiences in international and conflict reporting last night in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. Mark Scialla, ‘13, and Reshad Kulenovic, ‘04, spoke at URI as part of the Christiane Amanpour lecture in international journalism. Both Scialla and Kulenovic both rely heavily on…
University of Rhode Island student and cancer survivor, Ian Kanterman, assembled the university’s first head shaving event, which raised about $19,000 for the St. Baldrick’s childhood cancer research foundation on Monday.  Kanterman, a junior engineering major at the university, suffered from lymphoma at the young age of 5. He said that he first learned…
After Ranger Hall’s groundbreaking ceremony for its renovations this past November, there have been notable disparities between buildings for the arts versus STEM majors. The University of Rhode Island’s communication studies, film/media, journalism, public relations and writing and rhetoric departments will get a renovated building with the completion of Ranger Hall. But other programs,…