On the Campus

There would seem to be a lesson here for folks prone to the sort of ultra-decisive decision making that occurred on the University of Rhode Island campus between the time when I was impressed, as a high school student, with URI’s reputation as a party school and the time when I found myself there after…

You’ll note the new ad at left for the College Republican Federation of Rhode Island. Click on over to see what they’re up to these days. We rightward Rhode Islanders are always worrying that our opportunities are limited to change the way in which things are done here (and thought here), and it increasingly seems…

You might be interested in some of the events on the URI College Republicans’ schedule for the semester, especially during Islamo-Facism Awareness Week later this month. I’m going to try to make it to both Donna Hughes’s lecture on “Women’s Rights and Political Islam” (October 23) and Robert Spencer’s lecture the following evening (October 24).…

So you’ve traveled with your daughter on the journey that has led her to freshman year at the University of Rhode Island, and within a couple of weeks of looking to the student paper, The Good 5¢ Cigar, to understand the community of which she is now a part — perhaps to glean some tips…

Brandie Jefferson of the Projo’s 7-to-7 blog has an item about Bryant University’s top-20 ranking by the Princeton Review in the category of “career and job placement services” Bryant wasn’t the only college to be ranked in the top 20 — or maybe the bottom 20, depending on the category — in the national survey.…

A large group of American University and College Presidents have signed a letter published in the New York Times, attributed to President Lee Bollinger of Columbia University, condemning the decision of Britain’s new University and College Union to academically boycott Israeli Universities…Boycott Israeli Universities? Boycott Ours,Too! As a citizen, I am profoundly disturbed by the…

Sure, national recognition is nice, but yesterday, College Republican Federation of Rhode Island President Ryan Bilodeau received the kind of recognition that proves he’s a real up-an-comer — he was covered by Jim Baron in the Woonsocket Call… It’s not hard to think that someone with [his] kind of knack for drawing media attention while…

Rhode Island’s College Republicans are earning some national recognition for the efforts they’ve made over the past year or two…College Republican Federation of Rhode Island Chairman Ryan Bilodeau was unanimously elected as one of eight members in the nation to the National Credentials Committee of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) this past weekend in…

From a press statement put out by “Roger Williams University School of Law student organizers Matt Jerzyk, Majessire Smith and Kim Ahern” on the resolution of the Roger Williams University Papitto melodrama: We are proud of every law school student and all of the faculty, alumni and donors who raised their voice against racism at…

According to a press release issued by the RI GOP, URI College Republican Chair Ryan Bilodeau has been elected as the new head of the College Republican Federation of Rhode Island. Comments to this post hinted that a change was afoot within the RI College Republican ranks. From the outside, it would appear as if…