The University of Rhode Island Parking and Transportation services sent out a statement in August, which listed new parking changes on campus. Since then, a petition was sent around social media along with complaints that are continually rising towards parking. “I was hoping parking services would react to my petition,” said Marissa DeOliveira, a graduate…
The University of Rhode Island Student Organization Thrive will be hosting their second-annual event called “ChangeFest” in the Memorial Union Ballroom on Feb. 25. ChangeFest gives students a unique opportunity to generate creative solutions to issues specific to college campuses. The first ChangeFest event was held at the Brown University campus last year on March…
A designated driving program is making its way to the University of Rhode Island this weekend. The program, “Friends Matter,†allows students to volunteer to take their turn being a designated driver, and drive them and a group of their friends to bars including Bon Vue and Charlie O’s. Not only will it ensure students…
Community members gathered yesterday at the University of Rhode Island’s Bay Campus for a talk about how what is now an extension of the university’s campus, was once Fort Kearney, a World War II Prisoner of War camp. While war was still raging in the European and African theaters, the United States began an effort…