When politics professor Mary Anne Clarke attempts to explain the multitude of young voters who have become politically active this year, she immediately points towards political campaigning.

With popular youth-oriented television programs like MTV encouraging younger viewers to vote through promotion of hip media campaigns such as Rock the Vote, younger generations have been more apt to want to learn.

As April is half way over and May is looming ahead many seniors are starting to feel mixed emotions. They are nostalgic and sad to leave Salve Regina University, the place that has been their home for four years, and the friends they have made here that have become family.

The Salve Regina University women’s ice hockey team skated to a completely new level this season. While setting a school record for wins in a season with a record of 11-13-3, the Seahawks earned their highest seed ever in the ECAC Division III conference tournament.

Pushing his blonde, shaggy hair out of his eyes, Andrew McMahon, 25, perfectly tuned his instrument. Piano rock, as many of his fans have dubbed his style, is what Jack’s Mannequin is all about. Six hours before his performance, on the stage constructed by students earlier that morning, McMahon sound checked the keys of his piano.

Flying Kites, a non-profit organization, will host a fundraiser on Thursday, April 24 from 6-9 p.m. at Sardella’s Italian Restaurant on Memorial Blvd. in Newport.

The event will raise funds for a Kenyan orphanage (run by Flying Kites) and plans for a children’s center for orphaned, abused and homeless children in Kenya.