Winter isn’t too far away, and it’s the peak season for developing a sore throat.

Viruses associated with colds and influenza cause most sore throats. Unfortunately, we can come into contact with these viruses many different ways, including when someone coughs or sneezes, hand-to-hand contact with an infected person or sharing objects, such as utensils, towels or a telephone.

QUESTIONS:
1.) Who succeeded Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle in centerfield for the New York Yankees, and in what year did he start?
2.) Ohio State won the national college football championship in 1968, going 10-0 that season. Who was the quarterback for that great team?
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Is it wrong to say Friday classes are a bad idea? I didn’t think so. Think about it. Friday is only a mere few hours from the bar-hopping, house-partying Thursday nights.

Classes would obviously intervene in this equation. So why is Salve proposing to have Friday classes every week beginning with the 2007-2008 school year?

From hearing of this change through the “grapevine,” as the saying goes, I’ve come to the conclusion that this change is occurring for more than one reason – with a strong hope that the new policy will force students of the university to “stick around.

A world-renowned paranormal investigator left Salve Regina students spellbound Monday night with a chilling presentation of ghostly photographs, recordings and personal encounters.

Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Ph.D. has always been interested in the paranormal and made ghost hunting her career in 1982.

Got some free time on your hands? Check out events going on in the City by the Sea.

‘Dine Out at Newport Restaurant Week’

This year the Newport County Convention & Visitors Bureau will hold the first annual Newport Restaurant Week from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12.