After viewers spent months watching the livestream from Animal Adventure Park Zoo in New York, the pregnant giraffe, named April, finally had her fourth baby last Saturday, April 15. More than a million viewers watched the delivery live on the zoo’s “Giraffe Cam” which has been livestreaming since February of this year. According to the…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate gave recognition to a new student organization and co-sponsored an event in one of their shortest meetings of the year last night. Student Organization Advisory Review Committee Chairperson Andrew Bachilas presented a recognition bill for URI Undergraduate Research Society. The organization’s roots date back two years to when…
John Sears, assistant vice president of Student Affairs and director of Housing and Residential Life, officially put in his resignation this past Tuesday stating that his last day at the University of Rhode Island will be Friday, April 14. “He officially resigned yesterday [Tuesday],” said Dave Lavallee, assistant director of communications. Because it was Sears’s…
The A. Robert Rainville Leadership Awards recognized three students and one student organization for their exemplary work as leaders while maintaining a good academic record this past Tuesday in the Memorial Union. The categories for awards include student leadership, employee excellence, team excellence, and servant leadership. The 20 finalists for the four titles were chosen…
Students who helped organize a lecture on reproductive rights in Rhode Island last Thursday were upset to discover that all of their signs for the event had been torn down and destroyed the night before. Signs were hung around campus to invite students to learn, act and stand with Planned Parenthood in order to…
Wednesday, April 5 At 5:52 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Hopkins Residence Hall, on Butterfield Road. At 10:21 p.m., a report was filed for a drug offense in Fayerweather Residence Hall, on Complex Road. Friday, April 7 At 11:24 a.m., a report was filed for suspicious activity in Wiley Residence…
Student Senate met to recognize two funded organizations in an unusually short meeting on Wednesday. Student Organization Advisory Review Committee Chairperson Michael Bachilas introduced two recognition bills to the Senate floor for URI Exercise is Medicine and Rhody Jams. URI Exercise is Medicine is a part of a global health initiative managed by the American…
Throughout the years students have become increasingly concerned over the University of Rhode Island Dining Services’s use of the hand scanners before entering the dining halls. Many students are concerned over the health implications of touching the surfaces and do not think about any privacy violations. In her class, Judith Swift, the director of…
Syria Airstrike: Tensions High amid Tillerson Visit to Russia, G7 Meeting The deadly chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria last week prompted a decisive response from the United States, with 59 cruise missiles fired at a Syrian military airfield, after the US government blamed the Syrian leader, President Bashar Al-Assad. The gas attack, which…
The University of Rhode Island held its sixth annual Center for the Humanities Festival to discuss “Public Treads in the Humanities,” as well as future options for the fields of study. The festival included a panel discussion between four diverse presenters in the public humanities. Moderating the event was Trinity Repertory’s Conversationalist-In-Residence Christina Bevilacqua….