The Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Obama administration era policy known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has pushed immigration back into the forefront of political discourse. In result, The University of Rhode Island College Democrats hope to help shape this national debate. DREAMer advocates, including URI College Democrats’ President Andy Boardman,…
The University of Rhode Island’s Campus Planning and Design Department is moving forward with their plans of building a new dorm, engineering quad and visitor’s center. Construction for a new dorm, Brookside, will be starting next semester. Brookside will be an apartment style residence hall for upperclassmen only. Its name originates from the White Horn…
University of Rhode Island Student Senate recognized Women’s Republic, Bridge USA and Chabad URI as official organizations at their weekly meeting. Women’s Republic, an online feminist magazine, was represented by their secretary, and came to elaborate on the online magazine. She said that they focus on spreading information regarding feminist issues, as well as advocacy…
President Trump took the nation by storm on Friday, calling National Football League players who kneel during the National Anthem “sons of bitches,” and called for owners to fire the players who protested. Trump then followed his speech with a tweet Saturday morning, rescinding his invitation for Stephen Curry to visit the White House after…
Thursday, Sept. 21 At 12:23 a.m. a fire alarm went off at the Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji) house located on West Alumni Avenue. No medical assistance was required. 4:24 p.m. a medical emergency in Garrahy Hall on Flagg Road. Transportation to hospital was rendered. 11:48 p.m. another medical emergency this time in Hillside…
University of Rhode Island men’s basketball assistant coach Tyron Boswell, 37, has been placed on administrative leave by the University after his arrest on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the Ryan Center. Boswell was attending a Migos (popular hip-hop trio) concert at the on-campus arena. According to the official South Kingstown police report; a fight had…
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences recently presented the University of Rhode Island with an $8 million federal grant as a part of a national research initiative aimed at exploring perfluorinated compounds that contaminate drinking water and the impact the pollutants have on human consumption. Much of the effort that went into securing the…
On Wednesday, Sept. 13 At 9 p.m., officers responded to a call of a weapons violation at Gorham Hall on Complex Road. A female student was in possession of a stun gun which her father had given her. Under university policies, a stun gun is a weapon and it was confiscated. On Thursday, Sept….
Top Story: Hurricane Devastation in the Caribbean After the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma left the Caribbean in shambles, the islands are yet again faced with severe damage from another Category 5 hurricane: Hurricane Maria. Catastrophic damage has been recorded in the Dominica, killing at least seven people so far in its path of destruction….
Manager of Parking and Transportation Services, Joe Paradise, came to introduce himself to the Student Senate, as well as to clarify some differences and continuities in the parking policy. One of the many topics of discussion was a potential change to the shuttle system. Paradise relayed that RIPTA is not sufficient enough for campus and…