Local News Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo stepped forward and stated that she is willing to assist the federal government in hosting Syrian refugees in Rhode Island. In the coming year, the United States intends to accept 10,000 refugees. Raimondo recently told WPRO-AM that the civil war taking place in Syria is a humanitarian crisis…
After being closed last semester for renovations, Butterfield is back and better than ever. With the dining hall open once again, students can come in for breakfast, lunch and dinner on weekdays. But now that the dust has settled, so to speak, what changed— and what hasn’t— over at Butterfield? The most noticeable change to…
In an internet security breach at the University of Rhode Island this August an unknown party, that was neither a university student nor employee, found out the passwords to the uri.edu email accounts of around 3,000 students. An overwhelming majority of the email accounts affected, 97 percent, belong to women. Around 1,200 of those accounts…
The University of Rhode Island Student Senate had Housing Director Stephen Baker and Joe Paradise of parking and transportation to speak about various new programs and initiatives that they will be implementing by next semester at the earliest. The first new program being added is a new RIPTA browser bus app that will improve upon…
In years past, the University of Rhode Island’s annual Honors Colloquia have been based on topics like health care, public schools and cyber-security and privacy. This year, however, the lecture series is taking a new spin and focusing on the power of humor. The subject matter was first presented by university faculty members and…
If there is one universally understood truth among college students, it is that tuition is not cheap—and neither is on-campus housing. For many students who put themselves through college on-campus employment is their primary option, and sometimes their only option. Some students do not have transportation to commute to an off-campus job, which can lead…
Community members gathered yesterday at the University of Rhode Island’s Bay Campus for a talk about how what is now an extension of the university’s campus, was once Fort Kearney, a World War II Prisoner of War camp. While war was still raging in the European and African theaters, the United States began an effort…
News You Should Know By Jennifer Storch Contributing News Reporter World News Almost half of Syria’s population is fleeing the country to be among over four million displaced refugees. This number is increasing and has doubled over this past year. Many are taking refuge in Europe, mostly in Germany, Sweden, Serbia, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, the…