Students at the University of Rhode Island are fighting back against the rule banning tank tops at fitness centers across campus. Last week, URI students started a Change.org petition to revoke the rule. The petition has already garnered over 1,580 out of 2,500 supporters wanted. In the petition, students said, “By doing this, we would…
On Thursday, Sept. 22 at 1:39 p.m., university police issued a citation during a motor vehicle stop on Upper College Road. A 23 year old was cited for driving with a suspended license. On Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10:04 p.m., a report was filed for suspicious activity at Eddy Residence Hall on Complex Road. On…
Student Senate’s Student Organization Advisory and Review Committee Chairwoman Samantha King introduced Bill SS16/17-13, which recognized men’s club soccer. King yielded some time to the club’s representatives, who talked about the club’s integrity to be an option as a competitive group for those who couldn’t fully commit to soccer at the varsity level. They practice…
In an effort to offer different kinds of accommodations for its students, the University of Rhode Island plans to build a $94 million apartment-style residence hall on the current Dairy Barn parking lot. The White Horn Brook Apartment Complex will provide about 500 new beds. Named after the brook that carries runoff across campus, the…
It is often said that young people are too uninformed, too apathetic to vote, and are as such often ignored completely during the election season. It has only been recently, with the rise of former-candidate Bernie Sanders, that young people nationwide began to truly find their voices. But is that case here at URI? In…
During a new 10-week course the University of Rhode Island Police Department will educate the public on topics such as an active shooter incident, ethical standards, drunk driving and shooting simulations. The campus police held their first citizens police academy session last Thursday night. This first meeting was a general overview of the police department…
Local The Providence Police Department received a federal grant of $375,000 to purchase body cameras to equip their officers. The grant comes from the Department of Justice’s Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program. As a result of the grant, the department will be able to purchase 250 new body cameras. According to the Rhode Island…
Crowded into a dark lecture hall on Monday night, nearly 300 political science students watched as presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated some of America’s most pressing issues. The required meeting for PSC 113 students was used to gather their opinions and voting preferences both before and after the debate. During the debate,…
A day on the job is a lot closer to home for officers John Bush and Cameron Schneck of the URI Police Department. Both graduated from the university before they suited up as patrolmen for the campus police department. Bush, who graduated in 2002, came to URI on a football scholarship from 1995-1999. Schneck, a…
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