She likes to think of herself as one of the first.

“As usual, I am a trend setter,” says Ashby Connors, sophomore at the University of Maine-Farmington.

Connors, who used the server Livejournal.com to start her online journal almost four years ago, rants, raves, and holds discussions on any topic that occupies her mind, all for anyone to read.

The men’s basketball team has been highly successful this season with an overall record of 13-8 and a record of 10-3 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference.

The team is led by Captains Chris Collier with 16 points per game and nine rebounds, and Matt Coute also with 16 points per game.

After several years of silence on the airwaves of WSRU, the music is finally back this semester. Students have been working with Bart Carithers, Director of Student Activities, to accomplish this. The station officially went back on the air on January 24th.

When Salve Regina University security officers attended the Rhode Island College and University Public Safety Training Academy, many left wanting the more professional look that the officers from other universities sport.

“For years every group would come in and talk about uniforms,” said John Mixter, the director of safety and security.

As the spring semester unfolds, students can’t help but see some new faces cropping up at Salve Regina. Many people often wonder what it would be like to transfer to a new school; you start fresh, have to make a whole new group of friends, and adjust to a new landscape while trying to excel in a college atmosphere.