Desired paths can be found around URI’s campus. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor Thought of to be an exercise of free will, desire paths are informal pathways formed by pedestrians or other travelers that carve out a trail considered to be more desirable than formal sidewalks or infrastructure, according to Geography Realm, a…
Professor of anthropology, Hilda Lloréns, encourages students to use their education to make positive change. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter Hilda Lloréns has been teaching cultural anthropology at the University of Rhode Island for almost a decade, with a special interest in advocacy work. Before coming to URI, she taught at Brown University,…
Pictured: Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić speaking about peace teaching. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter Larisa Kasumagić-Kafedžić of Cornell University delivered a lecture on Friday, March 31 at the University of Rhode Island about the implementation of peace pedagogy, or peace teaching, into formal education. During the event, hosted by the Center for Nonviolence and Peace…
The GSC’s annual symposium discussed how separate identities make up a person. PHOTO CREDIT: Lauren Drapeau | Contributing Reporter The Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) held its 28th Annual Symposium last week for the University of Rhode Island community to attend, inviting Kacee Ferrell-Snyder from the Women’s Center at Bowling Green State University in Ohio…
“Rhody Today,” a newsletter that recently started appearing in University of Rhode Island email inboxes, was launched this semester to share information about important campus events and academic research. After the termination of URI Communications as a delivery system for campus updates over winter break, “Rhody Today” began appearing with a wider range of daily…
GSC members discuss possible TikTok ban’s impact on LGBTQIA+ community Members of the University of Rhode Island’s Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) express concerns about a potential nation-wide ban on TikTok and the impacts it will have on marginalized communities. The ban would result from a bipartisan bill called the Restricting the Emergence of Security…
Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This week from the Student Senate: The 2022-2023 Student Senate panel met for their final meeting in their respective positions and swore in the new leaders of the 2023-2024 Senate. New Senators for the upcoming year were sworn into office after current and former members gave their final speeches. Former…
Pictured: Avadesian Hall, home of the College of Pharmacy. PHOTO CREDIT: Aidan Cahill | Web Editor Providence Business News names the University of Rhode Island’s College of Pharmacy recipient of top “Health Care Educator” in its first Health Care Heroes award program. The award was given to honor the college’s response to COVID-19 and for…
Illustration by: Maddie Bataille | Photo Editor This week from the Student Senate: The 2022-2023 University of Rhode Island Senate met for the second-to-last time on Wednesday to debate and approve the 2023-2024 academic year budget, recognized new clubs on campus and de-listed inactive organizations. The Senate approved a resolution welcoming the newly appointed…
Inside the threat posted on YikYak. PHOTO CREDIT: webwise.ie The University of Rhode Island alerted students on Monday, March 6 about a threat that was issued over the weekend after many students expressed concerns for their safety to professors, Student Senators and on social media. The user posted the threatening message through the anonymous social…