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BREAKING: two arrested, one injured at riots, Public Safety officials say
Two students were arrested and one was injured during riots that broke out at the University of Rhode Island after the Patriots’ Super Bowl win Sunday night, according to URI Public Safety officials. The names of those arrested have not been released, but one officer confirmed that the injury was a head laceration. The…
WATCH: Gov. Gina Raimondo proposes 2 years free tuition
College students in Rhode Island may soon begin to feel some relief from college debt after Gov. Gina Raimondo proposed two years of free tuition for state schools in her Fiscal Year 2018 budget. If the proposal passes, students at the Community College of Rhode Island, if enrolled full-time and complete on time, will receive…
Column: What we learned from basketball team’s trip to Mohegan Sun
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball Rams, ranked 23rd in the AP National Poll, competed in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament in Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena over the weekend where they orchestrated a tremendous comeback victory over Cincinnati before falling to No. 3 Duke, 76-66 in the tournament’s final round. The top-level competition…
WATCH: Cigar Newscast 11/17
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URI student startup promotes fair trade for textbooks
Students at the University of Rhode Island can anticipate a new way to buy and sell textbooks at fair trade, thanks to a student startup rolling out in early December. Senior accounting major Anthony Markey, 21, will be launching his website Libby in order to create an online textbook marketplace for students. It is a…
Men’s basketball opens season with blowout victory
The University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team (3-0) began their season last Friday night against Dartmouth, finishing with a comfortable 84-61 victory, as star guard E.C. Matthews returned from injury to lead the way with 21 points. Matthews eclipsed his 1,000 career points on the Ryan Center court on a 3-pointer with 17 minutes…