The 14th Dalai Lama spoke of compassion and friendship and the message of love throughout the world and throughout different religions.

Yesterday, Nov. 17, at 2:30 p.m., His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, who is the head of state and the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, visited Salve to meet with longtime friends Senator and Mrs.

NEWPORT, R.I.-Jim Sharkey can still hear the deafening chants and shouts, still feel the acrid and frenzied air, and still see the fleeting silhouettes of thousands of Bostonians as they flooded the city streets in a riotous mob.

Sharkey witnessed the uncontrollable insurrection of Red Sox fans after the Beantown team won the 2003 American League Division Series (ALDS).

After seven years in the restaurant business, Jason Viteri decided to open a restaurant that served food that he was used to eating at his parents’ home using his Ecuadorian heritage and cooking experiences.

This past summer, at the age of 22, Viteri opened La Balandra, a restaurant that focuses on South American cuisine located on Farewell Street, off Broadway, in Newport.

The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy presents Hugh Gusterson, Professor of Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Gusterson’s lecture “Nuclear Nightmares: The Culture Proliferation in Today’s World” will address issues of nuclear proliferation in the world, why states are failing to come to agreement on non-proliferation, and why there is reason to be afraid for the future.

On Thursday, November 3, 2005 at 6:00 p.m. the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy will host a lecture featuring Brigadier General Russell Howard, USA (Ret.), director of the Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism Studies at the Fletcher School at Tufts University.