I am writing in response to the satirical “article” published last week for two reasons – as a concerned student, as well as the president of the student organization who was publicly mocked in the article as well. The article, titled “Senate president jumps off Union clock tower” makes light of an epidemic that plagues…
Submitted by Sam Foer URI brags that 63% of survey respondents support a campus-wide “tobacco-ban,” however, that survey and statistic is very misleading. The survey was created by the URI Tobacco-Free Committee, which manipulated the survey’s manner of response in favor of the Committee’s cause. The Committee conflates tobacco products with nicotine and non-nicotine products…
We’d like to apologize for our recent publication of “Senate president jumps off union clock tower” in our satire edition. It was deeply insensitive and a poor lapse of judgement on behalf of the organization. It was never the Cigar’s intention to make light of serious mental health issues, and we sincerely apologies to everyone…
It’s good to be back! Australia was one hell of an adventure, but let me tell you, the University of Rhode Island is far more exotic and more exciting than Australia ever will be. Don’t believe me? Keep reading to find out why. First things first, the weather here is amazing! And I’m not talking…
In high school, I dreamed of living on-campus during college. I couldn’t wait to meet my roommate who would become my best friend, participate in on-campus traditions and experience what would be considered the best years of my life. Being a first-generation college student probably increased this desire. My parents never had the opportunity to…
Submission by Sam Foer Last week the Cigar published an article with some false and misleading information about Student Senate’s practices and policies. I write to clarify Senate’s problematic practices and their actual regulations, which they seem to misunderstand or ignore; both speak to the collective [in]competence of our student government. To start, Student Senate…
Photo by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Who drives the worst? Massachusetts By Caitlyn Picard If you ever heard of the phrase “going for a Sunday drive,” apply to that every Rhode Islander who steps foot into a vehicle at any given time. I guess if you’re within 30 minutes of the ocean no matter where you…
Photo by Caitlyn Picard |CIGAR| URIPS takes on Lizzie Borden’s house Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks, when she saw what she had done she gave her father forty-one. That famous nursery rhyme references one of the most notorious cold cases in the nation. The bloody murders of Andrew and…
Photos by Autumn Walter |CIGAR| Samuel Murray found himself at Conspiracy Theory Night hosted by URI’s Debate Union. Kyrie Irving of the Boston Celtics made headlines last year when he went on the “Road Trippin” podcast and claimed he believed the Earth was flat. This statement sparked debates across social media and brought the “Flat Earth…
I had the same thoughts going into college as every other freshman. I wondered what it would be like, who I would meet, how many parties I would go to and what cool things I would get to experience. But, the issue that I and many other freshmen have is that I also expected it…