03/13/08 - Approximately 49 percent of pregnancies in the United States are unintended according to the Guttmacher Institute. Nurse-midwife and University of Rhode Island nursing doctoral candidate Deb Erickson-Owens explained various methods to reduce the chance of pregnancy last night in Independence Hall during the women's studies' annual Fredrika Schweers Memorial Lecture on Women and Health.
03/13/08 - From the Ryan Center to Upper College Road, the University of Rhode Island will be a little darker this Sunday. The university is preparing for a blackout, which will allow its main power line from National Grid to be connected to a substation being built on Flagg Road.