Why handwriting is still important
Isabella Santoro Photography Editor Cursive writing isn’t taught as frequently anymore in schools around the United States, and even...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro, Managing Editor
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
When am I going to eat next?
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Managing Editor As a student living on your own, whether it be for the first time in the dorms on campus, or off...
Lisaury Diaz, Opinions Editor
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
Is our childhood rooted in racism?
Lisaury Diaz Opinions Editor Recently, a trailer for the live action movie “The Little Mermaid” starring Halle Bailey was released. The...
Samantha Gervais, Anchor Contributor
- 5 days ago
- 2 min
Don’t cry. You’re perfect.
Samantha Gervais Anchor Contributor Have you ever stopped to take a second and look around to see who is in the seats that surround you...
Tyler Jackman, Anchor Contributor
- 5 days ago
- 3 min
After Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the monarchy must change
Tyler Jackman Anchor Contributor An outpouring of grief engulfed the United Kingdom on Sept. 8 as Elizabeth II, Queen of the United...
Tyler Jackman, Anchor Contributor
- Sep 12
- 3 min
Student debt forgiveness changes lives, but it’s not enough.
Tyler Jackman Anchor Contributor Higher education and crushing debt go hand in hand; America's college students today have never known...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro, Managing Editor
- Sep 12
- 2 min
Welcome back to a sense of normalcy
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Managing Editor Welcome back, Anchors! Hopefully this semester will see a return to some sense of normalcy: in...
Samantha Gervais, Anchor Contributor
- Sep 12
- 2 min
How do I look?
Samantha Gervais Anchor Contributor Fall semester is known as “back to school” time around the nation. We come back to our schools for...
K.P. Peralta, Anchor Contributor
- Sep 12
- 2 min
Still wearing a mask
K.P. Peralta Anchor Contributor During the first week of this semester, my professors have reflected Rhode Island College’s current...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- May 2
- 2 min
Inflation at the pump, part 2
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Opinions Editor Gas prices are still constantly fluctuating, ebbing and flowing with the market demands....
Kaicie Boeglin
- Apr 25
- 4 min
Altamont to Astroworld, but what about the sadness at home – West Warwick’s inferno
Kaicie Boeglin Editor-in-Chief Resident of Coventry/West Warwick The deadliest concert in American history: West Warwick, Rhode Island,...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Math Woes: does math really matter?
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Opinions Editor Every job utilizes math to some extent. It is the very core of STEM fields and of many careers,...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Apr 18
- 3 min
MMIW: Is mainstream media racist?
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Opinions Editor Matoaka, of the Tsenacommacah land of the Powhatan tribe in modern-day Tidewater, Virginia....
Isabella Santoro
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Positivity Matters: messages around RIC
Isabella Santoro Photography Editor Here at RIC passing by one of the entrances to the Dining Hall, and when going inside, one sees a...
Kaicie Boeglin
- Apr 12
- 3 min
The legacy of Katherine Cross-Das is forever written at RIC
Kaicie Boeglin Editor-in-Chief Every student to walk the Rhode Island College campus does so for the prosperity of their future....
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Pain at the Pump
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Opinions Editor Students have many things on their minds at this point in the semester: exams, final projects,...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Apr 4
- 2 min
Allergies or a cold?
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Opinions Editor It is officially springtime, even though it would appear that Mother Nature has not gotten the...
Isabella Santoro
- Apr 4
- 3 min
How does volunteering really help?
Isabella Santoro Photography Editor The idea of volunteering doesn’t always appeal to people. Volunteering has always been known as...
Isabella Santoro
- Apr 4
- 3 min
We need to think about the price of textbooks
Isabella Santoro Photography Editor If you’ve ever had to pay for a college textbook then you know it feels like shelling out half your...
Mia Raspanti
- Apr 4
- 3 min
How #BlackoutTuesday ignited the performative activist movement
Mia Raspanti Art Director The average woke twenty-something sleeps through her only class of the day, picks up her favorite Starbucks...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Don’t delay routine care
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Opinions Editor Since the pandemic started – the country is shifting the way its health care services are...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Opioids: what are we missing?
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Anchor Staff Writer It’s no secret that there is an opioid crisis both locally and nationally. Major news...
Lissette Quiñones
- Mar 21
- 3 min
UPDATE: ‘Shy or not shy’: The truth about the NKSD
Lissette Quiñones Arts & Entertainment Editor Ever squashed a spider in a book? If not, just picture it: the many legged creature falls...
Isabella Santoro
- Mar 21
- 3 min
The 4-year college is becoming the 6-year college
Isabella Santoro Photography Editor Many students feel the weight and pressure of having to take many classes to earn a degree. What...
Anita Diaz
- Mar 21
- 2 min
"What’s the point of a humanities degree? I just don’t get it"
Anita Diaz Anchor Contributor The times I’ve received this sort of reaction are countless. Whether from family or friends or colleagues,...
Chezney DaSilva-Gomes
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Societal oppression
Chezney DaSilva-Gomes Anchor Contributor Society has always been our biggest enemy. You’re too girly. Boys shouldn’t show their emotions....
Sh-Ron Almeida
- Mar 7
- 2 min
The Melancholy of Kanye West
Sh-Ron Almeida Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor If there is one thing Kanye West is good at other than rapping, it’s that he loves to...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Margaritaville
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Anchor Staff Writer In the entertainment world – the promotion of alcoholic beverages is habitual. Alcohol, or...
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Winter blues
Mel Rising Dawn Cordeiro Anchor Staff Writer The changing of the seasons can be a wonderful time. Fall brings the allure of pumpkin and...
Mia Raspanti
- Feb 28
- 2 min
My tattoos don’t make me unprofessional
Mia Raspanti Art Director How do you define professionalism? Does the exhibition of this behavior entail both physical and behavioral...