By Brittany Lauro – Get your guacamole and your enchiladas ready, because Cinco de Mayo is on its way! Translating as “the fifth of May”, the holiday is generally thought to be the celebration of Mexico’s independence day. This idea, however, is false. According to the Kaboose website, Cinco de Mayo is in fact the anniversary of a battle thatRead More

Callista Gingrick, File Photo (KRT Campus) By Albert Vuoso Callista Gingrich, wife of Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and president of the multimedia production company Gingrich Productions, came to speak to both the Salve Regina and Newport community on the evening of April 16 in the Antone Center. The College Republican chapter at Salve Regina was responsible for hosting andRead More

By Lauren Kane – The frontier of the internet always keeps us guessing what conflicts will occur next. Over the past month, the conflict has come all the way from Capitol Hill, with the pending legislation of SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act. If made into a law, SOPA would expand the government’s ability to combat online copyright infringement.Read More

By Christian Lawber – Last September, the Boston Red Sox suffered one of the worst collapses, if not the worst collapse, in baseball history. Since then, the focus for everyone who follows the team has been on what their future might hold. Soon after the 2011 season came to its dismal end, both Theo Epstein, long-time General Manager for theRead More

By: Vita Duva – In the summer of 2009, an electric machine controlled by the hands of a tattoo artist rapidly drove a single needle in and out of a 20-year-old woman’s un-inked skin; spelling out the name “Tarin Elise” in cursive block letters, later encircled by a streaming free-handed design. Accompanied by a trusted friend (already seasoned with ink),Read More