Abdoulaye Kourouma Anchor Contributor Tyriek Weeks (@chinoclipz on Instagram) Last week, the Anchormen hosted senior night for three of their seniors: guards C.J. Wilson, Loudon Chupas and Tyriek Weeks. I got a chance to ask the three seniors how their experience was playing at Rhode Island College. From Tyriek Weeks: “Rhode Island College has been a new experience for me, coming for a high level, but I'm truly grateful to play my last collegiate basketball year here. I got t

Tim Yean Sports Editor The latest blizzard that struck Rhode Island brought with it historic levels of snow, causing some delays in RIC’s spring athletics. Read to find out how RIC’s teams are doing amid the blizzard of ‘26.  The entrance to Alumni Stadium has been covered up by a wall of snow left over from Feb. 23’s blizzard. (photo by author) The women’s lacrosse and baseball teams were the most directly-affected programs hampered by the snow. Women’s lacrosse’s opening ga

Tim Yean Sports Editor Wednesday, Feb. 25 Men’s basketball @ Keene State (Little East Conference Tournament, first round) – L, 101-81 The Owls pulled away big in the second half to advance into the semifinal round of the LEC Tournament. The Anchormen wrestled for the lead throughout the first half leading into the second, but Keene State’s offensive output coupled with shooting struggles on RIC’s end catapulted into the second 100+ point game allowed this season. Third-year g

Olivia Barone Editor in Chief Elections for RIC’s Student Community Government [SCG] 26-27 Executive Board open to campus for the first time this April, making it more important than ever for students to know who is in the running. Since the announcement, The Anchor has put out a call to all potential student candidates, providing them the platform to introduce themselves to the student body and share their goals for the next term. Meet SCG presidential candidate Malcolm Mann

Tim Yean Sports Editor Sunday, Feb. 15 Women’s swimming @ Little East Conference Championship (Wellesley, MA) – 11th place, team score 94.50 Fourth-year Morgan McCann led the team with a 12th-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:52.09) and a 13th-place mark in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:52.43) to finish up the 2025-26 women’s swimming season. Wrestling @ New England Wrestling Association Futures Championship (New Haven, CT) – 14th place, team score 20.0 First-year Brad

Tim Yean Sports Editor Josh Greenberg is back, and he’s looking for a lover. Following a winter break hiatus, the Josh Greenberg Show returns for its first show of the second semester. Like all previous shows, February’s show put in a thorough effort of planning and writing for the occasion, a Valentine’s-themed show revolving around dating and romance. “The Josh Greenberg Show team consists of a core team of 6 people that write, produce, advertise, and edit the program,” Gre

Kelcy Conroy Managing Editor Many talented artists in the New England area have called RIC’s Bannister Gallery home. The gallery’s newest collection: Elena Peteva’s “Material and Immaterial.” In this exhibition Peteva uses paper and charcoal as symbols for creation, existence, death and rebirth. “Subject and material become [metaphors] — whether a box with black smoke coming out of it or a large mound of charcoal,” Peteva writes. In her work, charcoal is representative of ash

Tim Yean Sports Editor Inside the Murray Center  It has been an eye-catching year for both men’s and women’s basketball at Rhode Island College, albeit for very different reasons.  The Anchorwomen, after a 10-5 start that included a 1-3 skid in the middle of January, have soared to eight straight victories, including a 70-62 home win against the previously-top-25 University of Maine. The men however, after the 7-3 start to Little East Conference play, have lost four straight

Tim Yean Sports Editor Graphic by Anchor Newspaper Sunday, Feb. 8 Women’s gymnastics @ Springfield College Tri-Meet – second place out of three, team score 189.775 Third-year Payton Greene led the way for the Anchorwomen with a first-place finish all-around thanks to a sixth-place mark on vault, seventh-place finishes on bars and beam and a 15th-place finish on floor for a combined point total of 38.150. Brown University finished as the top team with a team score of 194.550 w

Myshara Whittington  Anchor Contributor James P. Adams Library’s Access Services does some amazing things to aid campus. Let me tell you all about it.  Access Services provides access to the building, materials within the building and even materials outside of the building. Sarah Sanfilippo, Assistant Director of Access Services, supervises all Access Services staff and makes sure the building is run accordingly. She helps develop policies to make sure the building is safe an

Tim Yean Sports Editor Sunday, Feb. 1 Gymnastics @ Ithaca Tri-Meet – team score 187.900, second place The Anchorwomen netted a second place finish in a three-team meet, placing ahead of Springfield College (186.300) with the winner of the meet being the hosting Ithaca College (189.575). Second-year Aaliyah Krause was first all-around (37.625 total points), and posted two top-three performances with third-place finishes on bars and on floor. Third-year Payton Greene followed u

Tim Yean Sports Editor Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (Jan. 26, 27 and 29) saw no events held for the Anchormen/women. Graphic by Anchor staff Sunday, Jan. 25 Both the gymnastics team’s meet against Ithaca College at the Murray Center and the New England Wrestling Association Dual Championship at the Wildcat Center at Johnson & Wales University were canceled due to Jan. 25’s snowstorm.  Wednesday, Jan. 28 Women’s basketball @ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – W, 76-50 Sec

Olivia Barone Editor in Chief Get ready, RIC. Billboard Hot 100 artist and rapper JT was announced last Thursday to headline RIC Revival, performing alongside two Providence-based openers, Plastyc Peachez and Kunle, on March 19, 2026.  The cryptic @ricrevival  Instagram page popped up on students’ Explore pages in November, with rumors circulating of a large-scale campus concert in the works. The performer was kept anonymous until last Thursday at a campus Murder Mystery Dinn

Tim Yean Sports Editor After a lengthy break, RIC athletes picked the books back up and kept plowing through the winter season. Here’s what happened this week in RIC Athletics. Graphic by Alexis Medeiros Sunday, Monday. Tuesday and Thursday (Jan. 18, 19 and 20) did not have any games or events scheduled. Wednesday, Jan. 21 Women’s basketball vs. Eastern Connecticut State University – W, 70-58 A 34-22 first-half start for the Anchorwomen set up the eventual 12-point win despit

Alana M. Carroll Art Director Image taken by anchor newspaper staff The Center for Disease Control has updated its website and reignited speculation surrounding autism spectrum disorder and childhood vaccines. The section on “vaccines and autism,” which previously stated that there was no link, now states that there is not enough evidence to prove that childhood vaccinations do not cause the developmental disability. “‘Vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based cl

Abdoulaye Kourouma Anchor Contributor RIC head coach Sam Ferry talking to his team. (Photo cred. @ChinoClipz on Instagram) Tuesday afternoon on Veterans Day, the Rhode Island College Anchormen basketball team took on Worcester State University in the Murray Center in a thrilling match, with RIC notching a five-point victory, 79-74. The Anchormen looked to avenge for last year’s game, coming up short by two points in a 73-71 loss.  The Anchormen and the Lancers started off on

Tim Yean Sports Editor (left to right) Dr. Richard A. Detweiler, Ted Nesi and Dr. Paul Harrington sat down to debate the focus on a college education. (photo cred. Tim Yean) The attacks and vitriol “normally” seen on televised political debates was not seen Tuesday, Nov. 10 as Rhode Island College held its inaugural presidential forum, Liberal Arts vs. Workforce Education: Finding Common Ground, at the Gaige Hall auditorium Tuesday Nov. 10, to a crowd of both faculty and stud

Olivia Barone Editor in Chief Student filmmaker Alex Celico and crew were surprised to see Rhode Island State troopers arrive at Lincoln Woods Park during their filming of Celico’s newest short film. “About an hour into the shoot,” at approximately 5:00 p.m., “I hear ‘put your hands up where we can see them.’ At first I didn’t think they were talking about us… I was like, ‘there’s an active shooter? We need to get out of here,’” Celico recounted.  Celico set out on the evenin

Tim Yean Sports Editor Left to right: head coach Jenn Cabral, senior players Sydnee Pires and Olivia Miranda and assistant coach Amelia Murphy pose for a photo after the match. (photo cred. Tim Yean) The RIC Anchorwomen volleyball team ended their season on an exclamation point as they swept Vermont State University, Castleton, 3-0 on senior day to finish the year with a 13-13 record and a 2-6 mark in the Little East Conference. “It feels amazing, winning with people I love i

Tim Yean Sports Editor Jenna Cosgrove enters her eighth year as the head coach of the Rhode Island College women's basketball team as she looks to guide the Anchorwomen’s rebound from a first-round playoff exit in the Little East Conference playoffs last season.  RIC scored 19-7 overall last year and tied for first at the conclusion of the regular season with eventual LEC champion University of Massachusetts Dartmouth with a 14-2 conference record, but were toppled in the fir

Tim Yean Sports Editor Seven players return and six new faces join head coach Sam Ferry’s Anchormen basketball team as Rhode Island College enters the 2025-26 season looking to improve upon their 16-11 record from the previous year.  Ousmane Kourouma entered RIC’s 1,000-point club last season. What do the Anchormen look like without him? (photo cred. Tim Yean) The Anchormen had a 10-6 record in the Little East Conference, but were stopped in the conference semifinal, 81-68 in

Lydia Paul  Anchor Contributor Continuing to solidify himself as one of the best two-way baseball players in history, Shohei Ohtani once again led the Los Angeles Dodgers to victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Game 3 of the World Series. The 18-inning contest, tied for the most innings in one game in Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason history, was an over six hour long display of America’s pastime. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Ohtani tied the score, five runs to

Olivia Barone Editor in Chief The leading students in Rhode Island College’s Student Community Government  (SCG) were flown out this month to attend the annual American Student Government Association  (ASGA) conference in Washington, D.C. Upon his return to RIC, student body President Dante DiGregorio presented at SCG’s Oct. 22 parliamentary meeting proposing to reform parliament, its positions and processes and a thorough reflection of what he and his fellow Executive Counci

Alana M. Carroll Art Director  A protest against the Trump Administration on Oct. 18 filled the State House’s yard. The crowd of protestors, over 30,000 people strong, proceeded to march from Providence Place to Kennedy Plaza, chanting, waving signs and passing flyers. Individuals of all ages, backgrounds and beliefs came together under one motto: “No Kings!”  “I’ve been attending protests against government policy since the 1960s,” said Stephen Cabral during an interview wit

The following State of the Student Body Address was given by Rhode Island College Student Community Government President, Dante DiGregorio, during the parliamentary meeting of Oct. 8, 2025. President DiGregorio asked that The Anchor post the address in the interest of sharing his intentions for his 2025-2026 presidential term. To view the speech in full, visit @AnchorTVRIC  on YouTube.  Photo of Dante DiGregorio by Nakita Guerrouxo Members of Parliament, students of Rhode Isl

Tim Yean Sports Editor More of the Anchormen’s greatest athletes and contributors were inducted into the RIC Athletic Hall of Fame at the Murray Center Saturday morning, Oct. 18, with two previously-named RIC hall-of-famers also being inducted into the Little East Conference Hall of Fame. “Today we come together to celebrate both our past and our present, with alumni returning from near and far,” Rhode Island College president Jack Warner said in his opening statement to the

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