For retailers, it’s more frightening than the Purple People Eater.

According to statistics from a press release from the National Retail Federation, the economy is going take a major toll on Halloween sales this season. Consumers are projected to spend $56.

Facebook, friends and failing grades, oh my!

A recent study conducted at Ohio State University has proven that college students’ use of Facebook leads to lower grade point averages. The study showed that Facebook users generally had GPAs from 3.0 to 3.5.

On Oct. 21, 2009, Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy and past president of the European Commission, gave a lecture entitled “Can Europe Change the World?” The lecture was sponsored by the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy.

Magazine editors are often displayed as vicious in movies, but the Managing Editor of Newport Life, Annie Sherman, spoke to students about what it is like to work for a magazine on Oct. 14, 2009.

Sherman’s daily tasks at Newport Life vary. She spends about 40 hours a week working for Newport Life in the summer, and 50 to 60 hours in the magazine’s busy season of winter.

Nestled down a long dirt road, past an open field and a sign with the words ‘dog crossing’ on it, is one of Rhode Island’s top animal shelters, the Potter League.

Committed to making a difference in the lives of animals, the Potter League was originally founded in 1929 as the “Newport County League for Animals.