Halloween revelers are expected to spend $3.3 billion this season.
by Jason Davis in News
It was the night every diehard Red Sox fan had waited 86 years for. It was the night when the curse would be broken, and everyone knew it, even before the first pitch. Therein lies the problem that faced Lauren Burke, a junior at Salve Regina. The game, as she recounts, just happened to land on the same night as the annual Halloween Dance.
The 14th Dalai Lama is coming to Salve on Nov. 17
by Elisabeth Steinhardt in News
On Thursday, Nov. 17, the Dalai Lama will visit Salve to present a lecture titled, "A Human Approach to World Peace," as well as, visit with longtime friends and supporters Sen. and Mrs. Claiborne Pell.
Salve President Dr. M. Therese Antone, RSM, has declared Nov.
This week Mosaic introduces Jason Lago
by Kimberly Osborne in News
MOSAIC: Where are you from?
JASON: Seabrook "Da Brook" New Hampshire
MOSAIC: What year are you?
JASON: Sophomore
MOSAIC: What is your major/minor?
JASON: I am a nursing major and a French minor.
MOSAIC: Did you ever have a funny nickname growing up? Explain.
Newport area auto dealers and consumers feel the pinch of high gas prices.
by Erin McKenna in News
When Greg Rosenthal graduated from Salve Regina University two years ago, he was eager to find a job. He was able to find one at Fidelity Investments in Marlboro, Mass. However, when he and his friends decided to move back to Newport, R.I.the summer after he graduated, he realized his commute, and the cost of gas, would take its toll.
A Conversation with Jason Viteri, Owner/Chef at La Balandra
by BrieAnn Murphy in News
After seven years in the restaurant business, Jason Viteri decided to open a restaurant that served food that he was used to eating at his parents' home using his Ecuadorian heritage and cooking experiences.
This past summer, at the age of 22, Viteri opened La Balandra, a restaurant that focuses on South American cuisine located on Farewell Street, off Broadway, in Newport.
Pairing students with "buddies" who need them
by Megan Garvey in News
After all, this is your organization," said Bill Lusignan, Program Manager of the State of Rhode Island for Best Buddies.
Salve Regina has the largest Best Buddies Chapter in the state of Rhode Island with 30 Salve students as members and 30 men and women with intellectual disabilities.
"For every ten dates we go on, there are about two that are 'magical.'"
by Danielle Cort in News
On October 12, 2005, Michael Domitrz, author of "May I Kiss You" and editor of
"Voices of Courage," left the Salve and Newport community questioning the one fundamental that people believe they know everything about dating and romance.
Domitrz, a national speaker who addresses important issues such as
sexual awareness, consent, and date rape, gave a powerful performance that literally left students at the edge of their seats.
"I understand the difficulty that a nation like the United States has in achieving educational excellence."--Prof. Christopher Kiernan
by Dylan Sharek in News
Christopher Kiernan, coordinator of the American Studies department and history professor at Salve, is extremely passionate about education. Not only has he worked in higher education for 40 years, but he was the first Northeast regional director of the National Assessment of Educational Progress - an ongoing project that monitors how students are performing at ages nine, 13, 17, and post-college groups.
by Cheryl Lynn Vanase in News
I touched it and it was like a bolt of lightning went through me. I just knew," explained a close work associate of Editor-in-Chief of SELF magazine, Lucy S. Danziger. "If your breasts usually feel like a bag of grapes, this felt like a pebble. It was that hard.
by Kimberly Osborne in News
Your fellow Salve students are all around you, staring at their computer screens, typing away, pointing and clicking. Some are conducting research, some are proofreading a paper and others are finishing a PowerPoint presentation. This may seem like a familiar scene to you.
by Elisabeth Steinhardt in News
The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy presents Hugh Gusterson, Professor of Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Gusterson's lecture "Nuclear Nightmares: The Culture Proliferation in Today's World" will address issues of nuclear proliferation in the world, why states are failing to come to agreement on non-proliferation, and why there is reason to be afraid for the future.
Pell Center hosts lecture featuring Brigadier General Russell Howard, USA (Ret.)
by Kimberly Osborne in News
On Thursday, November 3, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy will host a lecture featuring Brigadier General Russell Howard, USA (Ret.), director of the Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism Studies at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.
2008 Woodie Awards
