Do you recycle trash? Do you eat organic? All over Aquidneck Island, people are finding ways to save the Earth. Click here for senior Kate Ober’s look at going green on campus and on Aquidneck Island.

Forget about “Dancing with the Stars.” East Bay Ballroom in Newport teaches even beginners to tango, fox trot, and waltz. Click here for Kaylene Brennan’s look at the ballroom dancing craze on Aquidneck Island.

It is 8:30 p.m. in a brightly lit Cecilia Hall. Ten students position themselves in their seats as Peter Davis signals the start of rehearsal. The drums pound. Flutes and saxophones move the music number along. Davis stands in front of his group of students playing air guitar.

When asked what her family thought about her studying in the States, Natsuko Okochi, a Salve junior from Tokyo, laughed as her expression grew with overwhelming pride. Back in the day, it wasn’t customary for families in Japan to be bilingual.

Water:the essence of life, cool and crisp, bubbling down the brook on a never-ending journey, lapping at the stones it encounters on the way, gurgling effervescently o’er hill and valley.

So it is surprising that in an age of “lattes” and suped-up energy drinks, that water, pure and simple, takes center stage as the beverage of choice.