Homer Simpson would have felt right at home at the Comix Revolution store in Evanston, Ill., recently. He could have spent the afternoon devouring the Krispy Kremes and Dunkin’ Donuts piled atop the table in front of the cash register.

But he wouldn’t have known what to make of the highbrow discussion going on between a Northwestern University professor and 40 or so people about censorship, satire and the arts.

With Connections Day having just passed, talk around campus is “what is it like your first year at Salve?” To ease the worries of prospective Salve students (and their parents), Mosaic conducted an informal Q&A with current freshmen finishing up their first year at the university.

A little over a month is left until the class of 2004 will walk through the gates in front of Wakehurst to begin their journey into life after college. The university, the caterers, the craftsmen, and especially the tent company have only one thing on their minds: “I hope everything goes perfectly. I hope nothing bad happens.”

Mosaic is pleased to announce that it is time once again for the editorial application process to begin. Student writers are invited and encouraged to apply for editorial positions for the 2004-2005 school year.

Christopher Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times reporter, said that war is “addicting” during his lecture, “Is There Such a Thing as a Just War?” in the O’Hare lecture hall on Wednesday, March 24.

Hedges said that the very nature of war can act like a narcotic and thus become an addiction, which is what made him return to Iraq after being captured during the Gulf War and seeing fellow journalists die.