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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 00 THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1971 Volume 62 © 'Just what this country needs ' Wednesday Issue 38 www.ramcigar ..com February 6, 2013 Sophomore awarded grant, performed Wrestli _ng Club revived on } ' campus, looks to expand conservation research with professors BY ALISON WARBURTON roughly 20 me~bers, the club is BY AUDREY O'NEIL ten-inch piece of PVC pipe that· well for a different research Contributing News Reporter continuing to grow and g~ News Editor is attached about seven inches proJ'ect being worked on by the popularity. above the hook on the wire team. With the previous "We've been putting up fly- University of Rhode Island 1.ea d er,. using crimps to h o ld it At th. e end o f the research , University of Rhode Island ers, and the guys h ave been sophomore Chelsea Stephens in place. they found' that the hook block- wrestling team having died out, talking about it so word is conducted research th<tt could "We were comparing this ers are very effective at pre- freshman Matt Cohen is beginning to get· around/' possibly change the future .. new equipment with normal venting gut hooking in sand attempting to bring the fiercely Cohen said. · As a ma:dne biology major, fishing gear as the control; the tiger sharks. The· process was competitive sport back to earn- In the coming weeks, Stephens completed research at hook blocker is used to prevent not simple, and took time pus. Cohen, originally from Cohen is eager to begin holding Delaware Bay on a new type of gut hooking in sand tiger because the researchers had to New Jersey, came to URI hop~ organized practices, obtain a fishing gear called "hook sharks that have a bad habit of wait until July, when the shark ing to be able to substitute his head coach, and begin competi­ blockers." ,. Stephens was swallowing the. hook along population was at its highest. love for wrestling by joining the tion. allowed to pick what project with the bait," Stephens said~ They also were required to rugby team. With the goal of doing she wanted to work with after Stephens explained that build all new equipment for "I met a -lot. of wrestlers on things differently th~s time receiving a costal fellowship when the hook is swallowed it the experiment. the rugby team and·they were around for the wrestling club, through URI. This project was will often become lodged in the "Every ·week the boat · all older .. than me so they had Cohen is determined to sue­ perfect for Stephens because of internal organs of the shark would go out for at least two or . been on the previous wrestling ceed. her interest in conservation including its· stoma,ch, heart three days and put out line, team. So I talked with them ~md "The guys are very moti:- research, and was conveniently and liver. these were often anywhere made flyers and jus~ took it step vated, I'm motivated, everyone close to her hometown, Dover, "We would take both kinds from eight t9 20 hour days by step from there," Cohen war~ts to get it going" Cohen Delaware. of gear out fishing, placing 12 depending on the number of . explained. said. · She was able to work control and 12 bloJ=ker hooks lines put out, number of sharks He teamed up with one of The club consists of prima- under URI professor, Brad on a long line which is about caught, and the weather," the founders of the previous rily freshman but is looking for Wetherbee, and Delaware State 1,200 feet of rope. We would let Stephens said. "Then after we wrestling club and was able to new members or anyone is who University professor Dewayne it soak for two hours then we finished collecting all the data bring back the URI wrestling interested in competitive wrest- Fox was her supervisor while . would pull the line back in by in late August I compiled a list dub. ing. Although there is no coach Stephens was working in hand. If a sand tiger shark was of all the data and analyzed it . After a series of meetings yet, membe~s are eager to Delaware. Fox worked in con­ caught on a hook ·we would to see what the results were ~~th the .new members and ~e working and practicing for function with URI and the take down all of its information that took alJ:!!ost th~ _whole dir~ctor _ of ~ club _ SJ?~r~s~-. S¥s _ -upcoming -competitions this ··University of Delaware for-this including length,- sex", - ~nd semester to finish." Dcugle, c_oh:en, . a~ong wtfu the semester. Competitiol).s will research project. Stephens also whether it was caught on a Stephens is also . involved help of VlCe president Gregory consist of the best wrestlers · ·worked with other undergrad­ blocker < or control hook/' in campus activities at URI. She Van Dongen, have established from the team, so motivation uate graduate students from Stephens said. is a m~mber of the color guard their first practice next week. and skill is key for members in DSU and University of The researchers would for the URI Ram Marching Practices will take place in the this club, although newcomers Delaware. then attach a spaghetti tag for Band ;:tnd is also on the URI Mackal Field House using are welcome. Any athletes The hook blocker device identification purposes and in equipment -and mats that are interested · can email Matt that was being researched is a . owned by Rec Services. With some sh arks · an acoustic tag as Continued on page 3 Cohen at [email protected]. - - ---·------ - - URI taking steps to improve year ..to-year student retention rate BY ALLISON FARRELLY ventative measures over the all freshman are required to for students/' Libutti said. percent according to News Reporter last decade to ensure their take to orient them to the col­ The 21 percent of stu­ Collegeboard.com. enrollment numbers and lege and living learning com­ dents who don't return to URis retention rate has Over the past decade, retention rate stay up. URI munities are other methods URI is, however, visible at the fluctuated minimally over the there has been a downward has implemented a series of Libutti identified that the university. A Weldin Hall res­ past 10 years according to trend nationwide in college programs such as University university is using to engage ident advisor, Ke.vin Gary Boden, .Senior retention rates, but this is a College, the Early Alert students. "Successful stu~ Hourahan, has noticed a loss Information Technologist for trend that the University of Office, and the Advising dents are retained students/' of students from his hall just - URis Institutional Research Rhode Island is hoping to Committee to help students Libutti said. between the first and second Office, but it has fluctuated in dodge. connect to the university. Libutti' s main goal is for semester. "There are definite­ the right direction. "In 2008 According to "The Early Alert Office in students to get connected to ly a lot of kids who leave URI - URis retention rate was 79 Collegeboard.com, the lead­ University College was the university through "peer for all different reasons/' percent and now it is back up ing online source of college designed to work with stu- connections, faculty connec­ Hourahan said. to 81 percent/' Boden said: planning information, URis dents who have been labeled tions, and connections to the Despite the strides URI "So we're moving in the right retention rate is 81% year to as at-risk by someone institution." has made over the past direction." year. , whether it be their roommate, Another factor contribut­ decade, there is still room for Despite all the measures "Retention rate is deter­ a URI 101 mentor, or a profes- ing to lower retention rates is improvement. Compared to URI is takjng to make stu­ mined from fall to fait" Dean sot/'. Libutti said. The Early . the tough economic times other New England public . dents_ feel engaged and Libutti, Vice Provost in Alert Office is designed . to according to Libutti, however universities, · URI is out.:. attached to the university, ·charge of enrollment manage­ work with students who are URI is doing the best they cart ranked by University of URI is not for everyone. ment said.· "When we think of not performing to their high- to keep education financially Connecticut at 93 percent, Michaela Carnevale, a former retention, we think of student est potential and get them on accessible for students. University of Vermor:tt at 85 freshman at URI transferred success." track for graduation: . "URI is always investing percent, and University of . According to Libutti, URI URI 101, a one-~reditclass in financial ai~ and support Massachusetts Amherst at 88 .has been taking many pre- Continued on page 3 Today's forecast Read about the men's and 39 °F Nickel Brief: women's track teams' ,.