Tennis Dominates Over Endicott

Tennis Dominates Over Endicott

RWU tennis continues success into playoffs – Andrew Grassey, Sports Manager In any sport, the intensity of competition will rise in the playoffs. On Wednesday afternoon, the Roger Williams University tennis team brought that intensity and over powered the Endicott College Gulls. The match started with three doubles matches with Kevin Erikson and Jason Pacino setting the tone right off [...]

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Rite of passage passed over

Rite of passage passed over

Many RWU students put the brake on receiving their license - Eileen Korney, Herald Reporter One can assume that every adolescent looks forward to receiving their driver’s license when they finally turn 16. After hours spent in a driver education class learning the rules of the road, along with mastering the techniques to drive a car safely, high school sophomores and juniors [...]

B.o.B. brings the magic

B.o.B. brings the magic

Spring Concert artists rock the field house – Alison Rochford, News Editor “You ready Roger Williams? Put your hands up!” Super Mash Bros kicked off last night’s Spring Concert with their song “Hypnotized” as students danced, grinded, sang, and enjoyed the start of Spring Weekend. As the mashup duo played over the course of an hour, students piled into the [...]

Beasts of the East

Beasts of the East

RWU rugby impresses at annual tournament – Josh Weinreb, Sports Editor To almost everyone who knows it, it’s “the Beast.” The Hawks lined up on the goal line in the finals match against Binghamton University Sunday afternoon in a show of complete defiance. Binghamton represents a Division-I rugby program, and their sheer size, strength, and strategy had outmatched every team [...]

Clery compliance confirmed

Clery compliance confirmed

Campus crime stats meet federal requirements - Amanda Newman, Editor-in-Chief Surrounded on most sides by the glittering bay, overlooked by the sentinel Mount Hope bridge, Roger Williams University is the definition of safe. For most students, the 143-acre campus quickly becomes a second home. As they settle into the environment that will house them for the next four years, students begin [...]

RWU reacts to Boston Marathon

RWU reacts to Boston Marathon

RWU reacts to Boston Marathon tragedy - Josh Weinreb and Andrew Grassey, Sports Editors The effects of an act of violence in Boston this past Monday were felt throughout the Roger Williams University campus community, as students and faculty attempted to cope with the harsh reality that violence and terror, however far away it may have seemed, had finally made its way [...]

A Night in the Life with Public Safety

A Night in the Life with Public Safety

A night in the life with a Public Safety officer – Josh Weinreb, Sports Editor It’s 11 p.m. Saturday night at Roger Williams University. Public Safety officer Debbie Tetrault and the four other third- shift officers start their late-night shift, running from 11 p.m. until 7 a.m. Tetrault, a three- year veteran of the RWU Public Safety force, knows that it [...]

Taking a dip

Taking a dip

Smokeless tobacco still fueling a debate - Eileen Korney, Herald Reporter The digital clock on your roommate’s desk reads 2 a.m., as the Word document you are facing is blank. Your ability to focus evaporated two hours ago, and your eyes ache from the blinding screen in the dimly-lit dorm room. Just when you are about to shut down your laptop and [...]

Going to Nationals

Going to Nationals

RWU CCRC Champions, heads to Drexel for nationals - Tom Jackson, Herald Contributor The Roger WIlliams University men’s club rugby team advanced to nationals this past weekend, as they earned the championship at the Colonial Coast Rugby Conference 7s Championship, hosted by RWU. The team spent last Saturday on the campus’s turf field in the hopes of qualifying for the National Small [...]