Week of May 2, 2011
Vol. 83, Issue #28
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The 2011 STORGY Awards Osama bin Laden were “in tents” dead WXIN swept the floor with awards, but Zeta Xi Delta was also very successful at the ceremony. Impressively, the Extreme Performance Interactive Circus club (EPIC), which formed just this year, was very successful, as well. The STORGY Awards were held on Saturday night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, and were sponsored by Student Community Government, Inc. The theme was “Passport to Paris,” in which the formal event was held outdoors in a large tent, decorated with Eiffel Towers. The newly formed club EPIC took three awards, including Best New Organization, defeating the Henry Barnard School Mentors and National Black Law Students Association. They also received the Most Original Program award for their event “Learn Epic Skillz,” over Programming’s RIC’s Biggest Loser and WXIN’s End
By Katelyn Hurd News Editor
At the 28th annual Student Organization Awards, many student groups and members received recognition for their hard work this year. Programming and
EPIC’s Casey Lumb won the STORGY for Best President.
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You will pay more
Board of Governors for Higher Ed. raised tuition and approved a new trasportation fee on Monday night. By Alexander Hoffman Anchor Editor
The Board of Governors for Higher Education met Monday at the University of Rhode Island to discuss tuition increases at the three state schools. The vote to increase tuition by 3.5 percent marks the latest in a series of steady tuition increases at Rhode Island College over the last decade. Dave Coates, president of the URI Student Senate, spoke out against the tuition increases during an open forum but said that he understands the necessity of the fees. Representing Student Community Government, Inc., Speaker Aaron Buckley and Treasurer Shawn
Kane defended Parliament’s resolution for a $15 Safety and Transportation Fee despite the tuition increase at RIC. The board approved the fee, adding a total of $119 to next year’s tuition bill for RIC students. URI’s tuition will increase 9 percent, bringing their tuition and fees alone close to $12,000 per semester. The Community College of Rhode Island’s tuition did not increase. In defense of the Transportation and Safety Fee, Buckley said, “There is a distinct difference between paying more in tuition for the same services and facilities we currently have and the student body supporting an additional fee in exchange for a new or improved service or feature.” He added, “While tuition has been increased tonight due to a lack of state appropriations to the public colleges, the Safety and Transportation Fee
originated from the student body in response to a need, was approved by our Parliament and its importance reinforced by the survey responses of the student body.” RIC graduating senior Matthew Boyden-Wilson, an economics major and the recipient of the Economics and Finance Cap and Gown award, said, “As a commuter I like the fact that the Board of Governors is taking seriously RIC students’ request for better infrastructure, transportation and safety. But another tuition hike is seriously stretching already poor students’ tight budgets.” RIC President Nancy Carriuolo revealed at the meeting that 82 percent of RIC students receive financial aid and 90 percent of students are in-state. See TUITION Page 2
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World’s most expensive hideand-seek game finished By Kyle Grant Anchor Contributor and Nicholas J. Lima Managing Editor
Nearly a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden in a nationally televised address to the nation late Sunday night. The Al-Qaeda leader and perpetrator of terrorist attacks across the world was killed by United States Navy SEALs in a raid in Pakistan on May 1. The raid occurred on bin Laden’s compound in the Pakistan city of Abbottabad and, after a firefight lasting several minutes, bin Laden was shot twice. No Americans were killed in the attack and care was taken to avoid civilian casualties. Over the last two decades, Osama bin Laden, born March 10, 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been responsible for planning or coordinating mass-casualty terrorist attacks throughout the world. The most notorious attack executed by bin Laden was the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, which killed over 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania and destroyed the World Trade Center. Since the devastating attacks, the United States has spent over a trillion dollars and fought wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while hunting down terrorist cells across the globe. For years, it was assumed that bin Laden was hiding in the desolate mountains of Afghanistan and eastern Pakistan, where finding him would have been nearly impossible. However, according to See OSAMA Page 6