I’m a senior, and I’ve spent a lot of time in Swan Hall over the course of what has nearly been four years of school—but I’ve never had a class in the auditorium. This Tuesday, October 10, I completed my regularly scheduled English class—on the second floor—and descended down the staircase towards the entrance. I…
Three weeks ago, when we ran Kelsey Santmyer’s column about her rape, I never expected the positive reactions we received from the University of Rhode Island community. I was in awe at the overwhelming support Kelsey received in the column’s aftermath. URI community members held a rally that packed the Memorial Union Atrium to stand…
SYDNEY – Last week my entire article was about how beautiful New Zealand was, and how I wasted a golden opportunity in the country. However, New Zealand as a whole was not a wasted vacation. It was anything but. This is the story of how fantastic–albeit terrifying–New Zealand, “The Adventure Capital of the World,” was….
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…