QUADANGLES
sUmmer 2013 | Volume 20, No. 4
Departments
Features
2 FeedBack
16 Soccer Scores Big for R.I.
4 President’sView
8 News&Views
A major youth tournament at URI kick-starts the tourist season.
18 Summer Reading
14 PressBox
30 AlumniChapters
URI authors’ new books for every reading taste
32 ClassActs
News from your classmates
CloseUps 6 Bisola Omisore ’13 7 Angela Gasparri ’13 34 William “Kohl” Brinkman ’13 36 Elaine Drake ’13 40 BackPage
Surfer/Software Engineer Dennis Ryan ’96
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Share stories with friends and family. Post your comments. Video | uri.edu/quadangles “New Digs” A video tour of the Kingston Campus
Pharmacy Garden Rededication
Hazardous Waste Drill
Class Pics Enjoy, comment, and send your pics!
COVER photo by Nora Lewis; IFC by Joe Giblin; Contents photo by Michael Salerno
22 22 20,000 Voices
Naomi Thompson, Liz Walker, and Annie M. Kosar open a big discussion about Community, Equity, and Diversity at URI.
24 School’s Never Out
OLLI’s endless opportunities for lifelong learners
28 Retreat and Renewal
Support for parents of autistic children