Maybe you’ve just seen the bill for your textbooks this semester and felt your stomach drop. Maybe you just never really had to pay much attention to how much you spent on groceries. Do you really want to save by canceling your monthly Spotify subscription? I don’t think so. Sticking to a budget can be…
A letter to Kelsey Santmyer Dear Kelsey, We cannot begin to count the number of ways our University has failed you. You were failed two years ago when you were raped. You were failed when you were shut out by your peers and slipped through the cracks of University policy. You were failed by all…
Dear University Community, As members of the University of Rhode Island Student Senate, we commit ourselves to preventing sexual violence here at this institution. We value and uphold the cornerstones of our University: to defend the rights and dignity of our fellow students, to create and maintain an environment that is conducive to personal health…
SYDNEY – When God, Mother Earth, Jake from State Farm, Tom Brady or whoever you choose to, or not, believe in made the Earth, I think they saved New Zealand till the end. They just looked at the islands and said “well, we have some leftover rainforest, mountains, glaciers, rivers, cliffs, fjords and a lot…
Orlando. Paris. Manchester. And now, Las Vegas. In all of these cities people went out to enjoy a night of music, singing and laughter with friends, but instead were caught in the middle of shootings and bombings instead. Many of these people who went out in search of a good time would never return home…
When we were kids, we were all most likely told to look both ways before crossing the street. Evidently, people have forgotten this simple fact upon arriving to the University of Rhode Island. While riding my bike around campus, I have seen many people step onto busy roads without checking both ways first. We’ll start…
It’s a strange thing when people in a group don’t think the same way. We all may strive towards the same thing, but we tend to say things differently. It’s a lot like a group project team. Everyone has the same goal: to do well on this project. However, everyone involved has a different picture…
Greek life, founded upon the values of Fellowship, Leadership, Scholarship, and Community Service is the largest values based community on campus. Sexual assault has no place in the Greek life experience and is counter to the community values. Greek life is committed to ending sexual assault on campus and is partnered with the Division of…
The first month of college is similar to a maze. Students move onto campus and have to navigate their way through the madness of getting back into the rhythm of academics and signing up for clubs. It often seems to students that they may not survive. However, it is very possible to see the light…
Nationally, sexual assault on college campuses is a significant problem. Sexual violence is an epidemic that can occur anywhere in any campus environment and is most prevalent among students ages 18-24. One incident is too many and our hearts sincerely go out to all those who have been impacted by the extremely traumatic experience of…