It was February, 1990. The Massachusetts air was cold and signaled winter. It began as what seemed like a normal Sunday evening for Rhona Held.

She was in the kitchen preparing dinner for her husband and two kids when she was suddenly interrupted. It was a phone call.

In his new book, Poeticized Culture: The Role of Irony in Rawls’s Liberalism, James Hersh, director of Via and professor of philosophy at Salve Regina University, raises the question of whether liberal democracy allows citizens to hold literal or absolute religious beliefs.

Ben Banning is the youngest and newest member of Abbey Rhode at age 39. He grew up liking the Beatles, but not to the extent of Flanders, Davis and Sullivan. At the age of 15, he began playing the drums, and has since been in such bands as Powerhouse and Third Generation Roach Bomb.

Shelves and display cases are overflowing with glass figures: snowmen, vases, vegetables, jewelry, perfume bottles and fish. A brightly lit Christmas tree is the focal point in Thames Glass, adorned with glass ornaments of all different shapes, sizes and colors.

Many would consider Brieann Murphy to be a lucky girl. Murphy, a junior at Salve, has earned herself a top ten spot in an ongoing contest at Bryant University. If Murphy is the lucky winner, she most likely will become a familiar face to the many viewers of NBC 10 News.