On a typical day, the pre-class line at Jazzman’s Café in O’Hare stretches eight or nine deep. Satisfied students strut off to class with their coffee, tea, bagel or muffin, quietly knowing that the purchase they’ve just made will serve as the fuel needed to propel them through a snooze-inducing lecture.

Zealous Twilight saga fanatics rushed home minutes after Breaking Dawn’s midnight release on August 2nd, eager to experience the concluding novel of the series.

Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling series breaks ground, incorporating the typical adolescent

vampire obsession with the dark side in a fashion that takes the entire situation a hop too far.

What is that jazz music playing in Newport? Maybe it is the MSD Quintet, a local jazz band. Four of its members are Salve faculty,

including bassist Peter Davis, the music department chair. Michael Johnson, band founder and keyboardist, teaches “Small Jazz Combo” and “Jazz Piano/Theory.

As World AIDS Day 2008 approaches, I look back at my experiences as I, along with thousands of others, joined the band Hanson on their quest to “walk around the world” to raise awareness

of AIDS in Africa.

I have been a Hanson fan for over 11 years. Yes, that’s right I said Hanson, as in “MMMBOP” Hanson.

Tragedies are never pleasant to relive. The story of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay Wyoming man who in 1998 was brutally murdered because of his sexual orientation, is no different. When the dust finally settled, Shepard became a global symbol of unity and solidarity for people of all races, religions and sexual preferences.