This semester is all about growth. So is college. So is life. Two years ago I stood on the verge of tears in front of an editorial staff of seniors I feared. I told them that the reason I should be chosen as a staff reporter as only a first-semester freshman was because I had…
An incredibly embarrassing thing about me is that I absolutely love the idea of conspiracy theories. I don’t know what it is about them, but I find them to be fascinating. I (obviously) don’t believe, like, any of them, but I’ll listen to most of them. If someone really cares enough to put the time…
Sometimes it’s like I’m an empty space. A whole body filled with nothing. No happiness, sadness or relief. It’s just a deep black pitcher of nothing. Some days, I can smile and live a life full of good things, but as soon as the day is over, I’m empty all over again. I never thought…
News Editor Andy Main and Editor-in-Chief Ian Weiner, say goodbye to The Good Five Cent Cigar. Photo by Grace DeSanti. It is common advice to tell incoming college freshmen to get involved at their new school. We were told to find a club that interested us, because it would help keep us busy and create…
Is the University doing enough to help students having trouble with their mental health on campus? The short answer is no, not at all. While there are many resources listed to benefit students who may be having trouble with their mental health, I have found that these resources at large have failed to benefit the…
Senior staff photographer Autumn Walter enjoys taking photos of the school’s sporting events. Photo by Kayla Michaud. The University of Rhode Island holds great pride in its sports teams, and for the last four years, I had a courtside view. In high school, I was a cheerleader and had grown accustomed to the sideline adrenaline….
Some students enjoy studying while listening to music, while others find that it makes it challenging to focus. Photo By Greg Clark. Everyone has different study habits, and with final exams right around the corner, students can use all the studying tips and tricks they can get as they cram for their final tests of…
The word “overgeneralization” is defined in Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary as “to generalize to the point of inaccuracy, to extrapolate a general theory, rule, et cetera, from too few facts or particulars.” It is commonly seen among people with anxiety disorders. They will take one small instance and generalize that the worst is going to happen. And…
As of Friday, Nov. 8, Adam Mosseri, CEO of Instagram, announced that it will no longer display likes on photos. You will be the only one who can see how many people have liked your post. Instagram’s reasoning for this change is to put less pressure on its younger audience to constantly compete with one…
This piece was written by an anonymous member of our editorial staff. Living with a mental illness does not look like a straight line. It doesn’t look like a graph that starts in the bottom left corner and goes up towards the right in a perfectly straight diagonal. You don’t start at the very bottom…