It might not be a whole different ballgame, but it’s definitely a whole different ball.

For the first time in 35 years, the NBA’s official game ball has a new design and is made of microfiber composite instead of leather.

Based on preliminary data gathered by two physicists at the University of Texas at Arlington, the bounce of the new basketball is considerably more erratic, and it becomes slick during play.

Working at a desk is a fairly new position for Traffic Agent David Meyers. Though he now spends his days behind a computer, he also has ample experience patrolling the crowded streets of Newport.

As of the 2000 Census, there were 26,475 people residing in the city of Newport.

Students and professors at Salve Regina University predict that student

turnout at midterm elections will not be as high as during presidential

elections.

“College students are not interested in local politics,” said Dr. Clark

Merrill, a political science professor.

It’s official. John Mayer no longer sounds like a boy band with a guitar. Oh sure, he’s still got the guitar, but for the sake of everyone who was forced to listen to “Your Body Is a Wonderland” and “No Such Thing” 13, 000 times a day for the past couple years, he’s dropped the candy coated pop that made him famous.

With the cool October air, this fall also brings a surprise in Salve Regina’s Megley Theatre. Dracula, adapted by Pip Simmons and directed by Alan Hawkridge, will be performed Wednesday, October 25 to Sunday, October 29 and Thursday, November 2 to Sunday, November 5.