Spring Break
11/06/09 - The University of Rhode Island's Journalism Day kicked off yesterday morning with a panel of four experts who discussed the problems with accessing public records. Howard Merten, attorney and partner for Partridge Snow and Hahn, opened the presentation titled "Police Records: Privacy v.
11/06/09 - In the light of escalating student rowdiness off campus this fall University of Rhode Island officials along with the town of Narragansett have been looking for alternative ways to combat the student parties. The Vice President of Student Affairs Tom Dougan met with the Narragansett town council last month to discuss issues of off-campus student behavior, such as loudness, underage drinking and large crowds.
11/06/09 - It was May of 2004 during her junior year of high school when University of Rhode Island student Jackie Tally desperately needed a bone marrow transplant to save her life. Tally said she remembers making a tuna sandwich for her younger sister when the phone rang and her father went into his bedroom to take the call.
11/06/09 - One of the major issues facing South Africa's mammal population is the prevalence of diseases, according to Professor Wouter van Hoven, who spoke yesterday afternoon in the University of Rhode Island's Center for Biological Life Sciences. The director of the University of Pretoria's Center for Wildlife Management, van Hoven, presented a lecture addressing various diseases that have infected the wildlife of South Africa.
11/06/09 - Local middle school students shot hoops and shared slices with University of Rhode Island student-athletes yesterday as part of the 3rd annual Hoops and Pizza program hosted by the URI Peer Advocates. Students from the Reaching Youth through Support and Education School in Chariho, R.
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