There is a chill in the air this time of year, a kind of eerie feeling that covers itself over campus like fog. The days get shorter and the nights stretch longer. Everything feels more electric. Maybe it’s the way the air turns crisp, or how the moon lingers just a little too long. Watching,…
As a younger audience member, I will admit I was hesitant to attend Jon Stewart’s recent performance. The audience mostly had older individuals in attendance who seemed to have been following Stewart for a while as the influential host on “The Daily Show.” I wondered whether his brand of humor that largely focuses on political…
“It Ends with Us” is a fan-favorite book written by Colleen Hoover and was adapted into a movie released in 2024. The story offers a deep insight into how domestic violence can shape a family and a young woman’s future. It follows Lily Bloom through her journey of love, trauma and the fight to break…
Forbidden love, drama, humor and intrigue – the Theatre Department’s production of “Pride and Prejudice” had it all. I will begin by disclosing that I have not read or watched any version of “Pride and Prejudice” before seeing this show, despite it being one of Jane Austen’s classics. Whether that makes me a worse critic…
Most Korean bands typically release multiple mini albums a year, consisting of four to six unique tracks, and more modern bands typically have an English version released as well. After two or three mini releases, groups will usually compile a full album, which is more similar in length to the western music artists. The band…
Tenodora sinensis – the Chinese mantis – is an invasive mantis species found in Rhode Island and up and down the East Coast of the United States. These ambush predators eat just about anything they can get their hands on, including other mantises during copulation – a quirk of ecology that has captured the fascination…
Casual sex was supposed to be just that — casual. No strings or feelings, just two people doing their thing and walking away like it’s just another weeknight. But as I’ve learned, casual is never that simple. It sounds freeing. No expectations, no pressure, just pleasure on your own schedule. The promise of casual sex…
Noah Kahan. Folk musician. The definition of fall. I first discovered Noah Kahan in my junior year of high school and his music changed my life for the better. No artist’s music has ever been able to speak to me the way that it does. Since then, Noah Kahan’s popularity has only grown. His music…
I was introduced to the Victoria’s Secret Angels before I could even form memories. The story, according to my mother, goes, we saw a billboard on the side of the road, advertising the lingerie brand. “Mommy,” I said in fear, looking up at the towering tanned women above me. “I don’t want to be one…
Students lined up on Oct. 8 outside the Ram’s Den in the Memorial Union for the semester’s first Late-Night Stuff-A-Ram event, hosted by the Office of Student Involvement, inviting students to build their own stuffed Rhody the Ram. The event had 250 plush kits available, and people distributed them on a first-come, first-served basis beginning…