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huge overtime goal by senior forward Emmanuel Asiedu elevated the Men’s Soccer team to victory against Worcester State in the home opener last Wednesday.

After a scoreless first half, Worcester State got on the board in the 57th minute. Early in the second half, RIC lost Asiedu to a minor injury.

Worcester State kept control of the game and defended their 1-0 lead well until the 88th minute, until a shot by junior forward Kevin Arboleda struck a Worcester defender in the hand by the right post, yielding a red card. Junior forward Jose Zarraga then stepped up and nailed the penalty kick, tying the game at 1-1.

With the score even, and RIC playing with a man advantage over their opponent, the Anchormen applied pressure on the defense, but not enough to win the game in regulation. At the start of overtime, Asiedu returned to the game despite his injury. The AllLittle East forward scored only three minutes into the extra period, elevating the Anchormen to victory. RIC finished the game with a 23-9 advantage in shots.

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First Year Convocation introduces new students to RIC Ryan Foley

he Rhode Island College quad was filled with hundreds of chairs on Wednesday, September 3 for the Rhode Island College Class of 2018 First-Year Convocation.

The event was hosted by Holly Shadoian, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dr. Scott Kane, Dean of Students.

Government President Robert Santurri Jr. The much awaited keynote address was given by biology professor and department chair Dr. Lloyd Matsumoto, who has taught at the college for 31 years. He said that in an industrialized society, only about 10% of the population is gifted, highly educated, or genius. He reminded the students that “you and only you are responsible for your college education.”

Seating began at 12:00 noon.

Students were seated and given a specific colored bracelet according to their major. The event began at 12:30 pm with Dr. Shadoian performing the RIC version of “Me and My Broken Heart.”

He also spoke how RIC will give students the skills needed to compete in a global marketplace.

Matsumoto wrapped up his address by saying that “now is the time to sow the seeds of your success. Use your time wisely.”

“I urge each and every one of you to make the most of your time at RIC, ” she said.

After closing remarks were delivered, peer counselors led the way for the freshmen to enjoy RIC’s signature gold and white ice cream, as well as to take candid photos for a virtual yearbook.

Students are welcome to post their

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President Nancy Carrioulo addressed the crowd, as did newly appointed Student Community

freshmen filled the quad last wednesday afternoon to enjoy a warm welcome to rhode island college.

- Gene St. Pierre, Office of College Communications and Marketing convocation photos on Instagram using the hashtag #RICO14.

The attractions for incoming freshmen do not stop with

convocation. The week of September 8 is Welcome Week. Students may visit www. facebook.com/RICprogramming for information.

Freshman class elections will be held the week of September 29. Student Government can be contacted at 456-8088 for more information.

A busy meeting for a busy year Student Parliament meets for first time this year Elisha kay aldrich News Editor

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n an unexpectedly lengthy meeting, Student Community Government, Inc. welcomed members both new and old to their chambers last Wednesday.

“The key thing is that I’m trying to be doing a lot this year for Student Community Government,” stated President Robert Santurri Jr. in his first announcements to the body. Santurri presented several initiatives he wished to accomplish this year in his Summer Report, which included small SCG related things such as obtaining new pens and making new brochures, to determining that there will be no SCG sponsored concert this spring.

The idea came to Santurri after last year’s spring concert, featuring the YouTube cover band Timeflies. Although the Student Entertainment Committee had a budget of $70,000 to spend on the concert, an extra $24,844.93 was spent, and almost no profits were earned. This means that this year, the SEC can only request up

to $45,155.07, rather than the full $70,000. According to Santurri, this does not seem fair to other clubs, especially when SCG committees such as the Finance Commission, instruct them to save where possible.

Representative Derrik Trombley, who is new to Parliament this year, asked the body whether or not it was possible to find a more cost effective lawyer, which also raised questions of the overall SCG budget. President Santurri quickly laid those to rest, as the SEC budget is something that is separate from SCG’s general fund.

“It’s wrong for SCG to tell clubs to tighten their belts and tell clubs to spend less while SEC spends money on this,” he said.

“We are not in dire straits,” he said. “We are not in a financial state of ruin. The financial state of SCG is very well.”

Although the body was largely content with this decision, there were some questions as to what direction Santurri wanted the SEC to go, especially since Secretary Doris Bermudez will be serving on the committee. For the fall semester, SCG will be cosponsoring the Illumina Live event, hosted by Programming. But what about the spring?

Another large part of Santurri’s report was what is called the “Class Purpose and Unity Act Resolution.”

The resolution is still in its early stages, and has yet to be voted on by the body, but essentially it requires that class committees for Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors put on one charity fundraising event each year. The class that raises the most money for the SCG selected charity will receive $1,000 to put towards their Senior Week.

“I think the SEC would be a great asset, right now, to help student organizations to put on an event.

We always see organizations ask for help putting on an event. This is obviously something where we’ll have to see how it goes,” he stated.

Many Parliament members were concerned about the overall budget after this announcement.

sophomore representative derrik trombley brought up several good points during last week’s meeting. - Everton Carter, Anchor Staff In fact, questions leaked over into the discussion about the retention of SCG lawyer Kas DeCarvalho, who is paid $200 per session to provide legal counsel to students

on campus, as well as represent SCG itself. His sessions are on the Wednesdays that the Finance Commission meets, for an hour and a half - an already discounted rate.

Currently, the resolution has been tabled to the Student Organization Committee, which will further revise the language until it is deemed clear enough to vote on.

The next meeting of Student Parliament will be this Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Student Union room 307.

Your Student Representatives President Robert Santurri, Jr.

Treasurer Robert Smith

Vice President Freddy Monteiro

Speaker Laura Howard

Secretary Doris Bermudez

Deputy Speaker Samantha Mandeville

Commuters at large Toby Riseborough Nephtali Navarro Philip Brodeur

residents at large Ashley Goldberg, Browne Hall Jarell James, Weber Hall Joshua Estrella, New Hall Kenneth Hughes, New Hall

class reps Elizabeth Di Ruggiero, Senior Jason Johnson, Junior Derrik Trombley, Sophomore

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even after students tried to reset it via password station client,” she said.

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Unfortunately, this meant that the issue lied with Microsoft, and could not be fixed here on campus.

RIC email goes down for 100 students

“Microsoft instructed us which version of their program, DirSync, would correct the problem without causing other incompatibilities with our account provisioning process, and we installed it on Wednesday morning. This corrected the problem by the morning of the second day of school,” Christman said.

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t’s normal for students to experience small, yet moderately annoying technical difficulties at the beginning of every school year, ranging from problems with Blackboard to class registration.

However, during the first few days of school, and even before that, around 100 students had lost access to their Rhode Island College email accounts, as they could not enter their passwords.

According to Pamela Christman, the Assistant Vice President for Information Services, it’s routine for students to have password issues at the start of classes. While these problems have numerous causes, there are a few simple solutions that can be applied.

“Solutions include simply resetting a forgotten password, instructing students on the default password if they did not submit a social security number, sending a student to the Records Office to change some data such as birth date in Peoplesoft, sending a student to the Bursar to address any tuition payment issues, etc.,”

explained Christman.

This time did not involve such a simple solution. According to the troubleshooting done by the technical staff, issues began August 27, but there was no report of any problems until August 29, when students began calling in. By the first day of classes on September 2, it was discovered that the problem arose from an issue with Microsoft - the operating system that the RIC email system is run through. According to Christman, passwords synchronizations were not being processed in Office 365 in these accounts.

Dannie Franciosi, a Help Desk Student Coordinator in Horace Mann, explained the situation from a student’s point of view.

“The prompt that kept appearing was a prompt asking for the student’s old password and to put in a new password. From there, students would try to reset and Office would say the old password was wrong,

Students whose passwords had been affected were notified of the problem, but there was no campuswide announcement, as only roughly 100 of 33,000 accounts were affected.

Franciosi intimated that she believed the issue could have been handled sooner.

“Speaking on the behalf of myself and my co-workers, this issue with Office 365 has been quite a stressful situation for the staff of User Support Services and the incoming freshmen and transfer students coming to RIC this year. It is a shame that Microsoft could not have resolved this issue when it was first addressed before the first day of school.”

Although the password conundrum is no longer a problem, there are still a few students that may be having issues that are separate from this. If students experience further issues with campus technology, assistance is available at the Help Desk in Horace Mann, by calling (401) 456-8033, or by emailing helpdesk@ric.edu.

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Mic check, one-two Open Mic returns for another year JasoN JohNsoN

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ast Thursday’s Open Mic Night helped kick off another year here at Rhode Island College. Held in the Café, Open Mic Night is a monthly event which takes place the first Thursday of each month, and quite literally any RIC student can enter by simply signing up for the night of the show.

I feel like the event was a pretty solid introduction to the RIC lifestyle, providing the array of freshmen in attendance an almostall-around scope of what their peers and upperclassmen do. Acts included two counts of ukulele, many different styles and genres of guitar playing, varying from punk, jazz and hard rock, as well as poetry, and even a performance of “Cups,” popularized by the film “Pitch Perfect.”

Aside from the brave students who decided to put their names on that night’s bill, Open Mic Night has traditionally featured artists for each event, this month’s being RIC’s very own Justin Davis.

ric student justin davis kicked off the first open mic night of the year - Jason Johnson, Anchor Contributor

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enjoy hiking. I have for years. The quiet, the peace, being so close to nature. It is great and it’s one of my favorite ways to relax – especially in the fall. I have noticed that when I talk to people about hiking, they frequently seem to agree, but I always get the same response: “But it’s such a long drive!” “There’s nowhere near here!” or “You can’t hike in the middle of Providence!” Well, I go hiking all the time without driving more than 20 minutes from Rhode Island College and I am going to share some of my favorite spots.

My most frequently visited location is Lime Rock Nature Preserve in Lincoln.

Only 15 minutes from RIC, Lime Rock consists of a short two mile trail that follows a former train track for a time before circling around a local reservoir.

This location turns incredibly beautiful in the fall as the foliage begins to turn, and the views of the pond can be quite beautiful at times. The trail is named after a former limestone mine in the area and the train tracks that were once used to transport the material to town have been allowed to become overgrown.

I’ve seen hawks, deer and other animals in my time at this trail and I strongly recommend it.

Lacking in an address, the easiest way to get to Lime Rock is to navigate through

the intersection of Wilbur Road and Longmeadow Road.

It lies a short way past this intersection.

A little farther out in a different direction is Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge at 12 Sanderson Road in Smithfield. Powder Mill is an Audubon refuge, meaning it has detailed trail maps, a full parking lot and a resource center. This also means, however, that the trail tends to be much busier, often attracting families or school trips. Nonetheless, the trail offers a wide variety of terrain, some amazing views and a variety of wildlife.

The farthest from RIC, at a little under a half hour away, is Sprague Farm.

However, this land trust in Glocester is far larger than the other two, featuring three trails of varying distances. It is very easy to walk for hours in Sprague farm without running into another person. Nevertheless, this is the only of these three locations where hunting is permitted, so brightly colored clothing or orange safety vests are strongly recommended. The trail has a lightly maintained parking road accessible about two miles down Pine Orchard Road.

There you have it. Three great trails, just a short drive from campus. Rhode Island features an incredible number of beautiful trails and walking paths all over the state, and there are few better ways to spend a weekend afternoon than hiking with a couple of friends.

Davis performed with fellow student Jake Bedard, presenting the crowd with some jazz and a bit of his own original music.

After the set, Davis said he wants to release an EP within the next four-to-six months, the true timeframe depending on his finances, of course. He also intends on gigging around New England, displaying his ever-changing positive message and leaving his mark as an independent artist. When asked if he could give the incoming class, as well as his peers, a short message, he responded quite aptly by saying that every student should have a solid foundation, a strong support system and, of course, a vision. When asked about his experience here at RIC, Davis shared his experience on how to survive. “[You’ve got to be] Completely malleable; you get out of the college what you put into it, so if you give nothing, you get nothing,” Davis said.

The next Open Mic Night will be held on Oct. 2 at the RIC Café.

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are really enjoying college. But enough rambling. This is supposed to be a helpful column right? How do these people do it? Well I don’t know all the secrets, but here are some easy tricks.

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f there is one common thing I see affect the lives of so many students at this school, it is time management. A wise man said “All things in moderation” and that’s the truth – if you spend all your time working, you’re losing the college experience. If you spend all your time relaxing, you’re wasting your college opportunities. The key is balance and management.

I look around campus at students desperately running from building to building, arms and bags full to bursting with books, folders, and papers, while others lounge and relax, laughing at these panicking lemmings as their grade point drops like a brick. For every slacker failing half their classes, there’s another who can’t seem to find the time to make new friends.

Then there are those who have figured it out. Those who work 30 hours a week, maintain a B average in 16 credits of classes, work with a student organization and have fun on the weekends. And you know what? Those are the people who

usE your tiME. I am a junior and I still have an 8 a.m class. Why? Because that’s two less wasted hours on those days. I would just be sleeping through that period, instead I am getting up and getting a class out of the way, giving me more time the rest of the day.

Morning classes suck, we all know that, but they are also great for opening up your daytime schedule.

As much as waking up at 7 a.m. may suck, it is better than being that person who’s spending their night inside working because they sleep until their classes start.

PlaN ahEad. This is obvious but so few people actually do it. I don’t even do it as much as I want to. Plan things out in advanced with people – when are you going out, what is due the next day, when do you have time to get that work done? I know I am leaving to go camping for the weekend, so I should have computer and paper work done, but I can bring some books with me and get reading done while I am there. And that touches on our next point – rElaX. I can’t stress this enough, no pun intended. I’m a history major, I have a lot of reading I need to do every week. So I head to a local eastern café, get myself some tea and a hookah, and lounge and relax while I read. When I know I have a lot I need to get done, I’ll do half of it, go for a walk or hike to clear my mind, then be that much more prepared to plow through the other half.

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The Dirty Heads do it again with “Sound of Change” JaNiNE BoisEllE

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ant to start off the new semester with some fresh tunes for your walk to class or workout playlist?

Fortunately, with the Dirty Heads’ release of their fourth album, “Sound of Change”, those feel-good summer jams don’t have to end just yet.

Whether you like catchy choruses,

witty rhythms or soothing vocals, “Sound of Change” has tracks that attract various listeners.

Released this past July, the Dirty Heads have presented an evolved sound that provides a balance between relaxing study songs and those that you can’t help but blast making your way through campus, including the album’s single, “My Sweet Summer,” that has quickly become a hit on alternative radio.

Influenced by artists such as The Beastie Boys and Sublime, these California boys offer an exceptional style that combines reggae and hip-hop. Frontmen, Jared Watson (“Dirty J”) and Dustin Bushnell (“Duddy B”) both successfully deliver sharp rap verses throughout each song, while featured artists among the likes of Ward 21, Tech N9ne and B-Real of Cypress Hill add a flavorful touch to the record as well.

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The album runs 11 tracks, along with two digital bonus tracks.

Opening with the album’s title track, “Sound of Change” and it’s lead single, “My Sweet Summer,” the Dirty Heads start off strong,

These are just a few examples of what works for me. Find your own ways to relax, plan your time, and most of all enjoy your time here – without wasting it completely.

immediately energizing the listener.

The following three tracks feature the album’s various guest artists, who add a bit of their own feel to each of the tracks. Beyond that, the album proceeds with the smooth beats and skilled rhymes of these veteran musicians. Several tracks; including “Radio,” “Burials” and “Hear You Coming” also feature some deeper meanings that the attentive listener can pick up behind their classic reggae feel.

If you decide to give them a listen and like what you hear, or if you are a fan already, there will be a chance for you to see them live in Providence this semester. On Monday, Nov. 3 at 9 p.m. (doors open at 8 p.m.,) the Dirty Heads will be performing in downtown Providence at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel with special guest, Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome.

General admission is only $25 and the show is for all ages. With a few months of time to replenish some cash from numerous textbook purchases, this album and opportunity isn’t something you will want to miss this fall.

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Freak Kitchen’s “Cooking With Pagans” masterfully fuses rock with social commentary JacoB BEdard assistant Editor

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n September 2, the first day of the fall semester here at Rhode Island College, Freak Kitchen released their eighth album, “Cooking With Pagans” in Europe, (two weeks before the U.S. release date). Now, many may wonder: who or what is a Freak Kitchen? Freak Kitchen is a Swedish progressive rock trio founded in the early ‘90s whose songwriting skills and satirical lyrics earned them international acclaim. At the helm of this threeheaded music machine is Mattias “IA” Eklundh, who provides lead vocals and guitar. Eklundh teaches clinics around the world and is known for his very unique approach to playing guitar with many strange objects including

combs, chopsticks, and…erm…back massagers. Alongside band mates Christer Ortefors on bass and Bjorn Fryklund on drums, Eklundh recorded “Cooking With Pagans,” which features 12 hard-hitting tracks that cover a variety of social issues from online surveillance to midlife crisis’. The style of the album is very eclectic and exhibits influence from a variety of genres; including progressive rock, jazz, punk, Indian classical music, and modern metal.

Track one is titled “Professional Help,” a straightforward hard rock style tune about seeing a therapist in order to cope with the stresses of life. Track two, “Freak of the Week,” is a criticism of the current generation’s fascination with internet fame.

Track three, “Sloppy,” addresses the surveillance of personal information online. The band describes this song as “somewhere

between a tuned down AC/DC and classical South Indian music,” which I found to be quite accurate.

Track four is a cover of the Benny Goodman classic, “Goody Goody,” performed in an oddball rock style.

Track five, entitled “Saving Up,” has a darker tone than the rest of the album, generally criticizing our generations many excesses.

Track six of the album is called “Private Property,” a straightforward, energetic rock song about classism. Track seven, “Mathematics of Defeat,” features some of the heaviest riffs on the album and plenty of strange rhythmic patterns and meters.

Track eight is entitled “I Don’t Want to Golf,” a high-energy rock song that reflects the nature of a midlife crisis. Track nine is a ballad called “Hide,” that touches upon the practice of using escapism to cope with stress. Track ten is “Come Back to Comeback,” one of

the sillier songs on the album. This song observes the struggle of the rock bands of yesteryear to remain relevant through comeback tours, farewell tours and compilation albums. Track eleven is named “Ranks of the Terrified,” an oddsounding tune about keeping an open mind. The album’s closing track is called “Once Upon a Time in Scandinavistan” - a groove-driven tune that discusses propaganda and the living conditions of third world countries.

“Cooking With Pagans” displays an interesting duality between polar opposite elements and finds a nice balance therein. The lyrics bring up a lot of issues that face the world today, but also incorporate humor to convey such messages in a way that is not pretentious or depressing.

The album also finds balance in its instrumentality. The compositions are well thought out and feature the technical wizardry that the band is

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“cooking with Pagans” Freak kitchen $16.98 (amazon.com) september 16, 2014 known for. However, the songs are in simple formats and have highly catchy melodies that make them much more accessible than a song off of the average progressive rock album. This album is a joy to listen to, and exemplifies Freak Kitchen’s growth over the years as musicians.

I give “Cooking With Pagans” five stars out of five.

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Join SCG.

Saturday, September 20 8:30 – 11 a.m.

Volunteers are needed as we promote pride in our campus and RIC Community.

Have fun improving our campus environment!

8:30 a.m. – Donovan Dining Center – Registration (continental breakfast provided).

– Greetings from President Carriuolo.

– Establish your team or join other volunteers.

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The reassurance from trust ashlEy araBy anchor staff

HeLiCoPter PArents Victor MartEllE opinions Editor

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elicopter parents are those parents who wrap their kids in bubble wrap before sending them to the park, just in case they get hurt. They are the parents who would never let their kid walk alone anywhere, because if the child was alone, a sexual predator would appear and snatch them up.

You would think there would only be a few parents like this but the unfortunate part is that this has affected our society so much that it looks completely normal.

You don’t have to go too far to see helicopter parents in action.

I have always questioned why we need school busses or a line of cars in front of the many public schools. I am going to sound like an old timer here but don’t you remember when kids walked to school and then walked back home, alone? There has to be a reason for this right? In our society, it seems we have a huge irrational fear of child predators.

No parent in the world would want anything bad to happen to their child, but please, at least let them walk alone sometimes!

In recent news, a mother was actually arrested for letting her son walk to the park alone.

Another was arrested for using some profanity in front of their child. What really scares me is what people are saying about the story about how a child died after a small cave she built out of sand collapsed; “Where were the parents?” If the parents were there hovering over their child, this deadly situation may not have even erupted, but I question, was it really the parents fault? Isn’t being a good parent letting a child have fun and explore on their own? No, I don’t mean to say that if your child wants to jump off a bridge, to let them.

The bottom line here is that we need to let kids be kids. They need to explore life on their own and sometimes that means they will get hurt. Remember when you tried to learn to ride a bike? It took a lot of work and falls, as well as the push and encouragement of your parents to finally balance yourself. That is exactly how we should treat and teach our kids.

Life for our kids should be like learning how to ride a bike; parents should push and encourage them and accept the fact that they will fall down sometimes and get hurt.

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f you saw a child or a group of children running around and making noise in your neighborhood, what would first come to mind?

Maybe you would just continue on with what you were doing, or, would you judge them as wild and unruly?

If you took a moment to observe, you might relate those kids to your childhood. Those very children could prompt you to remember.

I believe that every child is life in its purest form: “Like paper

you write on,” as my great, great grandma used to say. Kids are “impressionable” and mirror adults and other kids around them. This year, I’ve watched children ages 4-19 months old learn how to comprehend the English language just by observing gestures from adults and older kids. These babies are even able to understand words by tone of voice. Through simple observance, cildren imitate and children trust.

At heart, all people can be like little children, particularly in God’s eyes. God is our Father so we are all children no matter what age.

During the summer, a priest at a

Roman Catholic Church stated: “…

God said Heaven is for the childlike…” I think this relates to trust in God. Just as children trust and rely on their parents or caregivers, we need to rely on God to help and guide us in life. In this way, we become child-like.

In college, we take courses that interest us. Sometimes we feel uncertain about our choice of major. Recently I said to my mother: “If I could go back, I would change my major.”

“To what?” she replied. I didn’t have an answer. Why? Because

my original question was based on uncertainty that really did not have a foundation.

A lot of our uncertainties as students are self-inflicted, especially by over-thinking.

Sometimes we get caught up in our plans. We need to believe that we are here on this earth to carry out the plan God has for us, which is indeed best for our well-being.

When we feel those uncertainties, let us be like little children and ask God our Father for assistance by praying, listening for His voice in silence, or just having a conversation with Him. Receiving the sacraments helps, too. God will reassure our uncertainties if we place our trust in Him and His infinite Mercy like little children.

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A PLeA AgAinst uniformity, A Cry for seLf-eXPression Will school uniforms really stop bullying?

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or many years I attended various Catholic schools across Providence. All of which required me to wear extremely expensive uniforms. I was a little kid who had to dress like an adult ready to go into the corporate world. There would be days when I would forget my tie and then had to write “I will not forget my tie” consecutively, a few hundred times, but I question if that was all necessary. What if the point of wearing a uniform in the first place?

Ever since the anti-bullying movement took hold of the political debates, the uniform became widely supported because if everyone wore the same thing, that would clearly stop most of the bullying. It is claimed that it diminishes a lot of economic barriers because the rich kids would buy the trendy clothes while the poorer students won’t be able to afford it, and finally, it apparently increases school pride.

Bullying someone because they wear different clothes is commonplace. So is bullying people for their hair, names, the way they look, the way they may sit or walk, or even their skin color.

Maybe we should make everyone look the same with the same names. Even better, let’s just turn all the kids into complete robots so bullying would never happen!

Then again, would the robots not start picking on each other about who has the shiniest metal head?

Just because your school wears a uniform doesn’t mean it will reduce any type of bullying. Bullies will find just about any reason to pick on another student. It seems that school uniforms are more of a loose band aid and a way for people to cover their ears and eyes to the real issues behind bullying. On top of all this, shouldn’t we let kids wear what they want as long as it’s appropriate? Who are we to dictate what people wear?

Self-expression is important. We do not want to be robots. We all

-Tyler Vigeant, Graphics Editor want to be ourselves and be a little different from each other. I question if uniforms actually hurt our selfimage since we aren’t allowed to be ourselves and wear what we want.

And have we not forgotten that we

have the freedom of expression in this country? Something about uniforms makes me cringe. Making children wear suits almost feels like we are ripping the expression and creativity right out of their young souls.

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ame, set, match. It was a beautiful day for the Women’s Tennis team.

They won their match (8-1) continuing their winning streak as they beat Wentworth (0-3), Clark (0-3) and Suffolk University (0-2).

Junior Sadie Campanelli and sophomore Julie Reddy won their number one (6-4, 7-5) and number four singles matches (6-4, 7-5), (6-0, 6-0) as well as their number two doubles match (8-3). Both Reddy and Campanelli have not lost a singles match yet.

The Anchorwomen also defeated Suffolk in all of their singles matches.

Reddy says, “It was a close match but when we needed to play tough, we rose to the occasion. When we need to step up, we can come together as a team and do so.”

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ur anchorwomen took a hard loss to Worcester State on Saturday, losing 9-0. RIC’s Women’s Soccer team were outshot 22-1 during the game but the goalkeeping stood solid. Senior goalkeeper Audrey Maia recorded five saves and fellow senior Justina Thoma recorded seven saves. They were tested by 22 shots and only allowed nine as a duo. With this senior leadership in the net, the Anchorwomen can remain competitive in any game this season. They have a current record of 1-2.

Rhode Island College will play at Salve Regina on Tuesday, Sept. 9.

schedule by Sam Mandeville, Anchor Editor/graphics from freepix.com