Campus life can get pretty dull, so if you plan to make it through college and avoid boredom, you need to find things to do off-campus as well. Rhode Island may be the smallest state in the union but it is not boring by any means. Starting this semester, I planned to set apart…
The perfect summary of Lincoln Chafee’s run for the democratic nomination can be summed up with one out-of-context Hillary Clinton quote from Tuesday’s debate. “No.†Where does this come from? Chafee is polling near the bottom alongside with Martin O’Malley and Mike Webb, but at least the latter two seemed like professionals (despite the…
To me, Columbus Day is associated with a blistery October day where everyone sleeps in because everything is closed and there are no classes. The University of Rhode Island stripped me of that reality this year by holding classes, but rarely do I ever consider what the holiday actually celebrates. The intent is legitimate;…
The University of Rhode Island Democrats Club brought a group of students to Boston last weekend to see presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders address his largest crowd yet. A growing number of democrats support Sanders and a large number of college students belong to that group. Thousands of people crowded into the convention center, and many…
I am officially three-plus years into my college career, so it’s probably a little too late to quit now. Not that I would, just to be clear, but I’d be lying if I said that it’s never crossed my mind during my time here at the University of Rhode Island to transfer or just to…
The small class sizes available to English majors at the University of Rhode Island have shaped my experience because of the content of my courses and the interactions with my peers. English courses, and those of the other humanities, have given myself and other students the freedom to openly discuss both the assigned texts and…
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS TO THE FACULTY DID YOU NOTICE? IT’S MOSTLY ABOUT CONSTRUCTING BUILDINGS President Dooley’s Faculty Address presented on Thursday, September 17, 2014 at 3:00pm was carried on LIVESTREAM. If you saw the presentation DID YOU NOTICE what President Dooley didn’t highlight in his remarks? To sum up: Following the usual salutations and thank you…
I’m officially three-plus years into my college career, so it’s a little too late to quit now. Not that I would just to be clear, but I’d be lying if I said that it never crossed my mind during my time here at the University of Rhode Island, whether it was to transfer or…
If you walk around with an accent on this campus, the locals don’t need to ask you what you’re studying – you’ve already told them just by opening your mouth. The most cliché thing you can be as a study abroad student at James Cook University in Australia is a marine biology major, and sadly…
Greek life is an organization in college that, for the most part, is either hated or loved. Odds are that if you love it, you’re in it, and if you hate it, well, I’m sure you can guess why. I’ve spoken with both those involved and those not involved with Greek life to get some…