The University of Rhode Island Student Senate started off the meeting Wednesday night by approving a bill that gave a contingency grant to the Powerlifting team for their collegiate nationals competition. The team came in to talk about the event they will be attending. The President of the team, Sam Kopech, said that the event…
It’s no secret that the cost of attending a four-year university has increased more than any other time in the last half-century. Experts like Sandy Baum of the Urban Institute argued in a National Public Radio interview that, “it’s not that colleges are spending more money to educate students.” Rather, that, “It’s that they have…
URI Students riot after Superbowl loss Photos by Autumn Walter | Students riot on campus after the New England Patriot’s super-bowl loss on Sunday night. Shortly after the conclusion of Super Bowl LII, chaos and madness consumed the University of Rhode Island campus as hundreds of students exited their residence halls in intense celebration. Unsatisfied with…
A deck collapsed at a Narragansett beach house on Saturday leaving multiple students injured and shaken. Photo contributed anonymously. Over the weekend on Saturday Feb. 3, an off campus party went from fun to horror after the household deck collapsed to the ground. The house, located on Sakonnet Boulevard in Narragansett, started off as a…
Short and looks sweet, but please do not eat Photo by Anna Messick | The trend of eating Tide Pods has gone out of control recently Viral challenges have come and gone over the years, each testing the boundaries of the human body and spirit. Some tested the extreme, such as planking in and on strange…
Photo by Anna Meassick | CIGAR Jan. 31, 2018 12:42 p.m. police responded to a smell of gas in Morrill Hall on Lower College Road. It may have been caused by a possible sewer problem, but there was no action required for the police. 4:49 p.m. there was a hit and run on Lower…
An Amtrak train crash in South Carolina on Sunday morning killed two people and injured over 100 others. The crash also resulted in “thousands of gallons of fuel” being spilled. The crash occurred when a train traveling from New York to Miami collided with a freight train. The train carrying the passengers is said to…
Photo by Sarah Vincii | CIGAR | The director of the Women’s Center recently attended a conference to learn about CORE, a new program that the University plans to implement. The University of Rhode Island will participate in a program known as The Culture of Respect, or CORE, over the next two years to fight…
When students have run-ins with the law they can usually expect the consequences that follow if they get caught, but what they might not expect is having to set up a meeting with their Dean. The University policy titled ‘Jurisdiction of the Student Discipline System over Off-Campus Conduct’ gives the University the ability to apply…
At the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night, multiple representatives announced their candidacy for President and Vice President. The first representatives to do so were Sam King, the current Finance Chair, and Kelly Watka, the newly elected Campus Chair. King, the hopeful president, spoke first about what traits embody a successful Student Body Vice President. King…