Spring Break
02/26/04 - This past Tuesday and Wednesday the University of Rhode Island Student Senate held its elections for the 2004-2005 academic year. The voter turnout was low, with only 579 students voting out of a student population well over 10,000. Once again students have shown their apathy.
02/26/04 - To the Cigar, The United States government may not have state-owned newspapers, but it might as well because the U.S. media censors itself. Mainstream reporters are afraid to ask the big questions. Dan Rather told BBC: "What we are talking about here - whether one wants to recognize it or not, or call it by its proper name or not - [it] is a form of self-censorship.
02/26/04 - To the Cigar, Recently, the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts gave the state legislature "guidance" as to what would fulfill court requirements regarding the issue of same-sex relationships: marriage and nothing less. Last week, the mayor of San Francisco ordered his county clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, in direct violation of California law (Proposition 22).
02/26/04 - To the Cigar, Everyone at URI knows how bad the parking situation is. Driving around for 20 minutes or more looking for a place to park legally has become an everyday event for commuters. Most of us know the frustration of being late to class because it took too long to park.
