As a senior project, South Kingstown High School class dedicates mural to mental health. PHOTO CREDIT: Griffin Lamoureux | Contributing Photographer Now that we find ourselves in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, our concerns are drawn toward the state of mental health after such radical lifestyle changes. This idea is becoming increasingly more important,…
While many people tend to delegate writing specifically to assignments for school or work, I find it very advantageous to spend more time writing in your day-to-day life, both in terms of creative expression and increased knowledge of writing that can be later infused into my school or work-related assignments. Whether longhand or on the…
PHOTO CREDIT: harrington.uri.edu John Pantalone, a professor of journalism at the University of Rhode Island, will be stepping down as chair of the journalism department and adviser of the Good Five Cent Cigar at the end of this semester. Pantalone is an institution at the Cigar, being the first editor-in-chief when he was a student…
Photo contributed by: Christian Silvia | Staff Reporter I wrote my first article for the Cigar just before the pandemic started, it took weeks to edit since it was so poorly written. I often wonder what would have happened if I never nervously walked into the Cigar office midway through sophomore year and took those…
Photo contributed by: Kayla Laguerre-Lewis | Entertainment Editor Emerita When I moved on from the position of entertainment editor at the end of last semester, the editors I had started with were all publishing their own goodbye columns. I decided to hold off until the very last minute, which is now. I did that for…
Photo contributed by: Greg Clark | Staff Photographer I never intended on joining The Good Five Cent Cigar. During my fall semester freshman year, Kayla Michaud, who was the entertainment editor at the time, asked me to photograph the play that was about to open on campus. I had nothing better to do, so I…
Photo contributed by: Melissa Marchese | Staff Photographer The Good Five Cent Cigar has been a key aspect of my college career for the past four years. Throughout those years I have, in a sense, been a jack of all trades. I have written articles, although there are very few of those. I have done…
Photo contributed by: Siobhan Richards | Contributing Photographer If you had told me four years ago that I would be writing a goodbye letter to my college newspaper, I would have called you crazy. Looking back, I understand where she was coming from, but boy am I glad she changed her mind. Coming to URI,…
The new restaurant in the emporium is a big hit amongst our community. PHOTO CREDIT: Maddie Bataille | Photo editor The Kingston Emporium’s newest edition, ChocoLoco: Crepe and Waffle Bar, is exactly what the University of Rhode Island has been missing. I spotted the new restaurant on the way to run errands, and I just…
How can our infrastructure affect wildlife, and what can we do to help? An Earth Day editorial. PHOTO CREDIT: Brock University New buildings with many glass windows are creating a surprising problem for unsuspecting victims: birds. Since 1970, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, North America has suffered a 30 percent decline in its…