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My URI

Name: Joe

Major: Journalism

Minor: Political Science

Graduation Year: 2010

Hometown, State: South Kingstown, Rhode Island

Two words of advice: Enjoy College.

My personal motto is: "Life is beautiful!"

URI is unique because: It gives you a small-school feeling with big-school opportunities.

My goal: To be a movie critic one day.

My favorite food on campus: Subway.

My best URI moment (so far): Maintaining a 3.7 GPA.

My biggest surprise at URI: Seeing "URI Celebrities" around campus is always a surprise.

My favorite place on campus (and why): The library, because it’s a meeting place, quiet study area and a place to socialize between classes all in one.

On the weekends I: Watch football, play basketball and hang around with friends and my girlfriend.

My favorite class (and why): Journalism classes because they allow me to write and be creative.

I selected URI because: It has everything I wanted in a college.

I am involved in: The Good 5c Cigar, Tour Guiding.