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University of Rhode Island DigitalCommons@URI The Good 5 eC nt Cigar (Student Newspaper) University Archives 9-8-2011 The Good 5 Cent Cigar (9/8/2011) University of Rhode Island Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cigar Recommended Citation University of Rhode Island, "The Good 5 eC nt Cigar (9/8/2011)" (2011). The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper). Book 140. http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cigar/140http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cigar/140 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at DigitalCommons@URI. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@URI. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 00 THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1971 Volume 61 'Just what this country needs' Thursday Issue 1 www.ramcigar.com September 8, 2011 University assesses damage from Hurricane Irene BY GUS CAN1WELL Govemor Lincoln Chafee stat News Reporter ed that there would be no state of emergency, meaning that all On Sunday, Aug. 28, work would continue as usual Hurricane Irene ripped the day after the storm through the · University of throughout Rhode Island. Rhode Island's campus, caus The only postponement ing almost $250,000 in dam caused by the hurricane w~s a ages. The university worked one-day delay of th~ early quickly to repair power lines, move-in schedule for the remove trees and make the school's marching band, stu campus fully operational dent leadership members and again. student emplQyees among oth Thirteen buildings lost ers. power during the storm, the Wyman praised the work Assistant Vice President for done to prepare for the storm. Business Services Vemon "Coordination sessions Wyman said. Eleven of the were held with key university buildings were on Upper personnel days before the College Road, including the storm, in communication with campus police station and Courtesy of Vernon Wyman RI Emergency Management," An uprooted tree blocks the intersection on Upper College Road after Hurricane Irene hit campus. Women's Center. he said. The Child . Development Center and the Transition causing a brief fire in neigh- lost power in some buildings, employees without power," Provisions were maqe for Coleman said. those students already living Center lost power from the boring trees · but were operating the next Kingston Campus distribution "By Tuesday [Aug. 30] day and fully regained power In an email sent to·all URI on campus, construction sites aftemoon; all but four build- by Wednesday. students and faculty, David were "battened down/' and system. ings were restored with The Assistant Vice Lavallee Wyman of URI's personnel were prepared to "About half a dozen major ower" Wyman said President of Human Resources respond after the storm, trees fell on the Kingston cam- P ' · Department of pus," including one tree that All buildings regained Anne Marie Coleman said URI Communications and Wyman said. uprooted and fell across Upper power by this past Thursday, faculty were unaffected by the Marketing, said that no state of lln Emergency ()perations Center was also set up on cam- College Road near the cam_eus he added. outages · emergency had been declared The W. Alton Jones and "::Fhere- were no issues on campus.· gates, Wyman said. The tree Narragansett Bay campuses reported with relocating Coleman said that Cop.tinued on page 3 fell onto some pow_e_r__ l_ in_e_s~' ----~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mackal basketball courts Former Nickelodeon star comes clo·sed, to undergo repairs to campus for SEC Welcome Week BY HENSLEY CARRASCO for the past ~o years. The third BY JOSHUA AROMIN News Editor and fourth courts are fine, but Entertainment Editor will be left unplayable when the The Mackal Field House project begins. The good news is, is that basketball courts, which have 'This is an important proj about 17 years after Kenan been going through flooring ect for the students," Hawkins Thompson first appeared on problems for the past several said. "We had lines [of people] the debut episode of "All years, will be undergoing waiting to get on the two basket That," he's still entertaining the · repairs. ball courts [Wednesday]. We same audience that grew up "Most students don't even need [the] four courts functional with him - this time at a fully know what's going on," and ready for the students." packed Edwards Auditorium Director of Recreational Services The bidding for the courts as part of the University of Jodi Hawkins said, referring to has made its way up through Rhode Island's Student the basketball courts that are not the university's capital projects Entertainment Committee in service in the Mackal Field department, which is in charge Welcome Week. House. of the "implementation and con The sad news is Kenan and "They're a little bit irritated struction management of proj Kel don't keep in touch any that they can't play basketball ects," according to the URI web more, but that's pretty normal · on those two courts." site. However, Hawkins said for two friends to drift apart Hawkins said the floor has the project is "stuck in state pur over time - even if your friend been "melting" for the past cou chasing" which, according to ship spanned two Nickelodeon ple of years, through a process the URI website, is compro television shows and the classic called reversion, in which the mised of hired individuals to aid film, "Good Burger." rubber flooring that is currently the university in "the purchase Of course, there's the there has a chemical reaction of required goods and services." opportunity for a chance and reverts to a liquid state. She Hawkins said she believes encounter down the line where said the first closed court was that"little over $1 million" of you catch up with your old Former Nickelodeon star and "Saturday Night Live" comedian shut down three years ago and !Ugh ~chool buc!_dr_~fl.~. ~e-~lize the second court, which is cov Kenan Thompson cracks a joke about his days working on the "02: ered by a tarp, has been closed Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 The Mighty Ducks" movie, Monday night in Edwards Auditorium. Today's forecast Check out how Rhody's 72°F Nickel Brief: sports teams are looking Check out tomorrow's issue of Rain again... ~ this season. \' ' ; '. the Cigar for details about the Welcome back \Y~) 1,)' "" to URI! construction projects on campus! See page 4. Page 2 • The Good Five Cent Cigar • Thursday, September 8, 2011 CAMPUS. WALK AND TALK Everyone's favorite random question Senior Alyssa Chapline, an elementary education. Junior Jack Biamonte, a communications major, Senior Mary Ann Diffin, majoring in envi and psychology major, said her fun goal for the said he fun wants to "have great parties and ronmental science/management said she semester is to "get everything done that I don't get busted. No sticker for the year." plans "to bike to school as often as I can; haven't done yet. Streaking across the Quad." try to be outside as often as I can." Sophomore Benjamin Bisard, majoring in bio Sophomore Stephanie Simon, who is major Junior Kristen Stewart, an accounting major and a chemical engineering and French said he's ing in Art and Italian, said she wants "to member of the Student Senate, said she wants "to excited to "work in the explosives lab. They enjoy my classes." Her first day was "really go to URI sporting events besides basketball. do tests and stress tests in there." good. In art class we made collages." Everyone goes to them, so support other teams." Sophomore Peng Lee, an industrial engineering Freshman Amanda Dube, an art major, said she Junior Michael "OJ" Mate<?, who is majoring major, said his fun goal for the semester is "to wants "to join the Women's Ice Hockey Team." in communication entrepreneurship and travel to New York, Florida or California." sociology said he just wants to "have fun." The Good Five Cent Cigar • Thursday, September 8, 2011 • Page 3 CLASSIFIEDS liVInu more innocent moments such as performing the good ol' Narragansett Pier, 4 Bedrooms, 2 bath, ·l(enan fully furnished, parking, central air, 2 knuckle puck from his days as zone oil heat. Washer & dryer bus line From page 1 part of the cast of "The Mighty MELISSA LARsEN, EsQ. 1,700.00 month 401 (946)-4944 (401) Ducks" series and sneaking off 663-0800 you've both changed, but Local Defense Attorney specializing in: somehow still have more simi to go on the rides at the Universal Theme Park during •Traffic Offenses/D;U.I. larities than differences. • Narcotics posession Thompson isn't an: old friend his time as a member of "All •All Misdemeanors & Felonies Hurricane from high school (he's engaged That." Of course, this was bal From page l and in his early-30s), but his Meadows Office Park • Unit A-103 appearance last night seemed anced with a story about his North Kingstown, RI 02852 pus for the duration of the like one of- those chance first encounter with marijuana [email protected] storm. Its purpose was to keep encounters for Kenan and an while working on the movie "close communication between audience, who at one point led "Heavyweights" and a side conversation with Bill Cosby responding operations and to a short-lived but impressive gather state-wide updates." sing-a-long of the "All That" on the. set of "Fat Albert," when The Boss Ice Arena was theme song. Crosby told him that he'd "need" two penises _because also opened during the storm Last night's event seemed he's in showbiz and would be as a shelter for ·dogs and cats.