Combating isolation issues within the senior community. Pictured: Hand-written letters to cheer up a neighbor. Photos contributed by: Anita Olugbode The COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike in the feelings of loneliness, abandonment, despair and fear among elder residents in long-term living facilities. Many of us were not able to see our older family members living…
Here are the Cigar’s picks for winter sports MVPs. PHOTO CREDIT: Greg Clark | Staff Photographer Men’s Basketball: Makhel Mitchell Though it was a balanced effort for the Rams this season and the award could have been given to a number of different contributors, it was sophomore Makhel Mitchell who stood tall for Rhody and…
The Good Five Cent Cigar has been the student voice at the University of Rhode Island since 1971, and part of our responsibility is to provide the community with the truth and to combat false information. Disinformation and misinformation have only become more prevalent in recent years, such as COVID-19 conspiracy theories and political misinformation,…
Earl Smith III was a great example of someone who was the lifeblood of the University of Rhode Island. He knew everyone, and he meant something meaningful to everyone. I said this to many people I interviewed for my news story about his passing, but I could have talked to anyone on this campus, and…
Well, here we are. This is the first issue of the Good Five Cent Cigar in 2022 and it is also the first edition of the Cigar with me as editor in chief. Though I have been dreaming of and working towards this for the better part of three years, I am still shocked when…
Hello and welcome back to Dasha’s Psych Fact and welcome back to school! I hope everyone had a good and relaxing break. Now, I don’t know about you, but it’s the second week of classes and I am already tired. I didn’t do much over break but work and now I feel it is pretty…
Tips to get through isolations. PHOTO CREDIT: Melissa Marchese In January 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were becoming widely available to most Americans and for many, the pandemic seemed to be coming to a close, but a year later contracting COVID-19 and quarantining is not uncommon. For many, the term quarantine was meaningless before 2020, but the…
Photo credit: James Singer Something I never stopped to realize was the impact I was making as editor-in-chief of the Good Five Cent Cigar. Most days, I was just trying to move forward and make choices that I felt would better the newspaper. It wasn’t until a few weeks ago, at my last Cigar meeting…
Photo Credit: James Singer Throughout my tenure at The Good Five Cent Cigar, I’ve worn several hats. I have been the Student Senate reporter, attending Senate every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. to hear the gavel strike the podium at least five times during any given meeting and wondering when the four-hour long meeting would end….
Photo contributed by Leah Crowley The first time I ever showed my dad, a video journalist, a reporter package I wrote, shot and edited, he looked at me and said, “Did you honestly think I’d say this was good?”Sixteen-year-old me burst into tears and said, “Yes!” To my dad’s credit, he has no recollection of…