By Shannon Hardy Ramón Rico, an international student from Spain, has officially kicked off his first semester in Newport. Today, he spends his time between classes playing for Salve’s International Intermural Soccer team, but four years ago, Rico was studying and playing soccer in California, and last year he did so in Spain. Through an exchange student scholarship program, RicoRead More

By Alyssa Hirkaler | Staff Writer Recently on campus, author and lecturer Donna Freitas presented “The Truth About Hookup Culture (and Figuring Out the Meaning of Sex Within It)”. Dr. Anthony LoPresti, a professor of Religion and Theology, as well as a personal friend of Freitas, commented “Dr. Freitas challenged students to think carefully about what they want their sexualRead More

By Liam Centrella  Peter Gintoli, a junior at Salve Regina, weighs in at 175 pounds and, as he puts it, is “just under 5’8”. He is a member of the Salve Men’s Ice Hockey Team. Considered to be “undersized” by many, his talent is exemplified in the 24 points he scored his freshman season and the 26 he scored in hisRead More

By: Victoria Della Salla | Photography Editor   A site-specific piece choreographed by Amanda Morton ’15, “In the Garden” was the first of its kind for Salve Regina’s dance program, taking movement outside onto the grounds of the campus these students call home. The picturesque work was be performed at 4 and 4:30 p.m. on Friday, September 26, 2014. ContentRead More

By Brittany Withers   Aubrey Poisson is a sophomore nursing major from Wethersfield, CT.  In high school, Poisson was part of a cheerleading program called the “The Sparkle Effect.”  The Sparkle Effect is a nation wide program in which cheerleading and dance squads bring together students with disabilities and students without disabilities. She had experience working with students with disabilities but notRead More