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The Multicultural Student Services Center, located next to the Memorial Union, welcomed Joshua Segui as its interim director earlier this year. Photo from uri.edu. The University of Rhode Island Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC) recently appointed Joshua Seguí, a former director of the Brown University Center for Students of Color, as interim director for the…
Graphic by Elizabeth Wong. The University of Rhode Island will experience major budgetary shortfalls this fiscal year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, currently projecting a total loss of approximately $18.5 million. According to University Provost Donald DeHayes, the University is still waiting on its appropriations and monetary allocations from the state government. URI is currently…
High COVID-19 positivity rates found during mandatory testing led to a shelter-in-place order for students in Greek Life. Photo by Nicole Wagner. On Oct. 9, the University of Rhode Island announced a mandatory shelter-in-place order for all students involved in Greek Life, receiving mixed reactions from the URI community. The announcement came shortly after the…
Soccer player and URI alum Stavros Zarokostas now plays in the United Soccer League Championship. Photo from Rhode Island Central. Charleston, South Carolina is not much different from Kingston, Rhode Island. Both locations are close to the Atlantic Ocean, and both places are used to seeing Stavros Zarokostas score goals. The former Ram finished up…
The Memorial Union as it stands today has not been renovated since 1992. Photo by Ethan Pellegrino. Renovations to the Memorial Union have been indefinitely delayed due to construction of a new health and counseling center taking priority. According to Memorial Union Director Carl Stiles, the University has been discussing renovating the student hub for…
With Election Day less than a month away, student-athletes at the University of Rhode Island are ready to have their say. Led by Sarah Dudinski, a member of the rowing team at URI, all athletes are registered to vote in the upcoming national election next month. Dudinski, a senior and president of the URI Student…
The Student Entertainment Committee is still working on planning events for students to attend while following covid-19 guidelines. Graphic courtesy of SEC. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has limited in-person activities, the University of Rhode Island’s Student Entertainment Committee (SEC) is still planning virtual and socially-distanced in-person events to create a sense of community engagement. Mercedes…
Spring break is cancelled this year due to COVID-19 concerns. Graphic by Elizabeth Wong The University of Rhode Island recently announced plans to eliminate spring break from the 2020-2021 academic calendar due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Spring break was supposed to occur March 22-28, but the URI Faculty Senate voted on Sept. 17…
PETA is an organization that makes sure animals are being treated ethically. Graphic from PETA. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) called for a state audit of the University of Rhode Island last month, claiming that the University unjustly euthanized animals during COVID-19-related lab closures. PETA first released a statement in April, when…
Students continue to form crowds despite COVID-19 guidelines Videos of large student groups gathering at the University of Rhode Island and the Kingston Emporium despite social distancing mandates have gone viral online, igniting concerns of a major COVID-19 outbreak in the community. Twitter accounts @BarstoolRhody and @rhodychicks and Instagram account @unmaskeduri have all posted videos…