Mosaic

NEWPORT, R.I. - This is one type of insanity that won't leave you confused, disheveled, and paranoid about what time to take those "crazy pills." You won't find yourself in a small room with white walls, as your mind slowly becomes your entertainment. The only "madness" you'll experience, is that in March.

Alison Marchetti, 19, is sitting in her college dorm working on some math homework. It is an ordinary Monday night for Alison - she is hoping to get her homework done at a reasonable time in order to get a good night's sleep. While Marchetti's course load as a major in math and a minor in secondary education is extremely challenging - it is not impossible.

DALLAS _ Ellen Savage dropped her cell phone one time too many. Kevin Brown went swimming with his cell phone, and then its replacement. David Stixroot knocked his phone into a hotel toilet, then dropped the replacement phone into a swimming pool skimmer. The method of phone death may differ, but all three and many others have faced the same predicament _ how can one replace a broken, lost, stolen or dunked cell phone without going broke? If you're at or near the end of your contract, the cellular company usually will provide a new one for free or at a subsidized price.

Like any ordinary day, students were scattered around the small Health Services room at Salve Regina. They were there seeking some kind of remedy for the typical minor aliments of average college students. Behind the room is the office of Bonnie Fischer, nurse practitioner at the university who knows about a more serious aliment that is on the verge of effecting students like those who sat patiently in Health Services that afternoon.