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Breaking ground on the new Recreation Center By Rita Nerney News Editor
The Recreation Center will be undergoing some serious renovations over the next year, even if signs of the massive project are hard to see now. Donald Tencher, director of Athletics, Intramurals and Recreation, described the process the design team has been working through. “We have the same frustrations as the students,” Tencher explained why the work has not officially begun. “We’ve hit every mark every step of the way, but the plans have to go to the state authorities to assure our compliance with codes.” The electricians and fire Anchor Photo/David Okon
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Athletic Director Donald Tencher has often described the existing Rectreation Center as resembling “an old shoe factory.”
Campus Police sport new gear By Nicholas J. Lima Managing Editor
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A new Campus Police cruiser outside of Browne Hall. Vol. 83, Issue #2
With sharp-looking police cruisers adorned in college colors, new equipment and a renovated police station, Rhode Island College’s Campus Police force is entering this school year with a rejuvenated step in their stride. “It all helps morale and self-esteem,” said Frederick Ghio, deputy chief of Campus Police and assistant director of security and safety. Sitting in his windowless office in the back of the police station in Browne Hall, Ghio was all smiles about Campus Police’s new identity. “Everything is new, fresh
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and clean. It’s a whole better environment,” he said. “When I got here, I said if I ever took over, what would I want this place to look like?” He said the athletic offices in the Murray Center were a good model, “pristine” and organized. This summer, when President Nancy Carriuolo authorized renovations to RIC’s police headquarters, Ghio got his wish. What’s more, Athletic Director Donald Tencher was the one who helped make it possible. Tencher, along with Student Affairs Vice President Gary Penfield, was temporarily put in charge of oversight of RIC’s security and safety
After a short frenzy to rush for bread and milk, Rhode Island residents only experienced some heavy rain and minimal flooding from the once-feared Hurricane Earl. Earl dropped quickly from a Category 4 to a tropical storm as it grazed the coast Friday evening, causing more inconvenience than anything. Despite Earl’s decrease in power, Rhode Island College devised a plan to deal with the possible destruction. On Sept. 2, two days before the
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By Rita Nerney News Editor
September 7, 2010