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At the 1971 Academy Awards, George C. Scott declined his Best Actor in a Leading Role award, calling the ceremony “a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons.” James Earl Jones, who lost the award, was the only Black actor nominated that year. Almost 45 years later, lack of diversity…
URI’s Climate Survey Working Group is conducting a survey in order to better target improvements to the URI experience for both students and faculty. Graphic by Alison Carpino. Photo by James McIntosh. The University of Rhode Island’s Climate Survey Working Group (CSWG) is creating a survey to understand student and faculty experiences and how they…
Daniel Roxbury, assistant professor of chemical engineering at URI, demonstrates his infection-detecting bandage. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. University of Rhode Island assistant professor of chemical engineering Daniel Roxbury has recently made an innovation that could change the medical world as we know it. His innovation, a bandage that can detect infections in a wound, has…
The last time the University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team traveled to the University of Dayton Arena to take on the Dayton Flyers, a 17-0 run to start the game for the home team was too big of a deficit to climb out of. It was a similar story this afternoon, where a 16-0…
The University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team took down Atlantic 10 foe George Mason at the Ryan Center, winning by a score of 80-60 thanks to a balanced effort on the offensive end from the Rams and a 46-26 explosion in the second half. The Rams struggled to find an offensive rhythm early as…
Turnovers are a big reason why the University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team entered Wednesday night with a .500 record. The issue persisted in Amherst, with their 80-78 overtime loss against longtime rival the University of Massachusetts. Rhody coughed up the ball 20 times, making it 98 turnovers in the last five games for…
Fatts Russell has been asked to be a leader since day one of the David Cox-era in Kingston, and Sunday was just the latest example of the point guard fulfilling his responsibilities. Russell led the Rams in points, assists, steals, free throws and tied for the team-lead in rebounds with 8, but it was his…
Reeling off a three-game losing streak, the Christmas break couldn’t have come at a better time for the University of Rhode Island’s Men’s Basketball team. Playing eight games in 23 days, Rhody got themselves some much needed rest heading into tonight’s game against the St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies have been one of many teams severely…
Photo From Entertainment Weekly Deemed as a sister album to her July release of “Folklore,” Taylor Swift’s latest drop is a mind-blowing collection of emotional transparency and musical complexity. “evermore” steps even further from Swift’s pop roots and is destined to smash the charts. Being a lifelong Swiftie, I pulled an all-nighter in anticipation for…
Ishmael Leggett takes a shot against UMass. Photo by James McIntosh. It may have been a little later than usual, but the University of Rhode Island Men’s Basketball team returned to the Ryan Center on Wednesday night to secure a necessary non-conference win. Rhody took on the Seton Hall Pirates, who are one of 13…