Editor-in-Chief Kate LeBlanc and new President Marc Parlange chat for the Cigar’s first issue of the semester. Photo credit: Nora Lewis. This feels surreal. Seeing campus alive again feels surreal. Going to RhodyFest with hundreds of student organizations feels surreal. Meeting the Good Five Cent Cigar editorial board members I’ve never met in person feels…
Representation is extremely important in all aspects of life for minority and historically underrepresented communities, but recently I have been noticing a new form of representation that has me banging my head against the nearest wall. I have taken to calling this form of representation: LGBTCIA. Over the summer I kept getting advertisements for the…
The queer community exists in our purest, most joyful form during Pride Month. If you’ve ever been to a pride celebration, or interacted with any queer person ever, then you know what I mean. But, as always, we also exist as consumers. Corporate ‘pride’ has become an overwhelming presence in the last decade. Pride —…
“I hope there isn’t any racism – subtle racism,” former Celtics’ star Kyrie Irving said during a press conference on his return to Boston as an opponent during the ongoing Nets-Celtics series; and with that, the conversation on racism in the city of Boston was reignited. A couple days after this statement, University of Rhode…
To University leadership, “As representatives of the campus community, [the Student and Faculty Senates] encourage faculty to remain cognizant of the academic stresses and mental health of our students… The Student Senate asks faculty to consider implementing relief options such as flexible deadlines, less homework, and giving mental health days in lieu of class sessions…
This week is the last edition of the Good Five Cent Cigar for the 2020-21 academic year. We’ve spent time this semester covering how COVID-19 has affected the University of Rhode Island’s sporting events, written profiles on the most interesting professors around campus and highlighted the innovative work of the URI theatre department. The Cigar…
After six semesters, a truly ludicrous number of articles, think six in one week, and pioneering her own “Ask Abbie” column, Abbie Judson will now be looking forward to graduation. Photo contributed by Abbie Judson. Good morning my sweet tree buds. I hope you all are bursting out of your leafy cocoons after hibernating the…
Evan McAlice, after writing dozens of articles and serving as the first social media coordinator in the Cigar’s 50-year history, is graduating from both the paper and the University. Photo by James McIntosh. When I walked into my first Cigar meeting in September of my sophomore year, I was so overwhelmed that I left before…
After fulfilling every photography position on the Cigar for at least a semester since joining his sophomore year, graduation looms for James McIntosh. Photo by James McIntosh. I am honestly not sure which thought is more jarring to me: the idea that in just over a month, I will be accepting my college diploma when…
A member of the Cigar since 2017, Kayla Michaud is saying goodbye after revolutionizing the paper’s entertainment section. Photo by Matt Leake. Picture this: A freshman walks into a college newspaper office with no journalism experience, no close friends and no understanding of how this decision will heavily influence her college career. This quickly turns…