Wetmore is abuzz with hammers. Originally the carriage house for William Shepherd Wetmore’s antebellum villa Ch

Sitting down in a 2006 Toyota Prius, Catherine Zipf, associate professor of Cultural and Historic Preservation at Salve Regina, was like a 16-year-old learning to drive for the first time, examining the keyless vehicle with its new buttons and video screens, but so was the salesman.

A bottle of Banana Boat SPF 15 sunblock. UV protection full coverage aviator sunglasses. A favorite pair of blue rubber Old Navy flip-flops. A comfortable red cotton stretchy visor. One might not think of these items as necessities for showing up to work everyday.

Running at least two miles a day to maintain endurance. Weight training at least five times a week to build and tone muscles. Performing speed and agility drills until improving upon a previous time. Maintaining a well-balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and not overtraining in the heat.

It’s Thursday. It’s 8:30. It’s a prime night for going out and doing what normal college kids call “partying”. But, instead, I am sprawled out on my bed in my blue fleece penguin pajamas, wrapped in a blanket with the remote control in one hand and a box of animal crackers by my side (my snack of choice).