In a powerful presentation on alcohol and its effects, an audience composed primarily of Salve Regina freshmen was moved by the personal story that the speaker gave last Wednesday in Bazarsky Lecture Hall.

Linda Chaves, an emergency room trauma nurse at Newport Hospital, delivered the presentation titled “Alcohol Awareness: Effects of Drinking and Driving.

What’s happening on campus the next couple of weeks?

Thursday, Nov. 9

Career Networking Dinner, sponsored by the Student Alumni Association, will be held at 6 p.m. in the Ochre Court state dining room.

Friday, Nov. 10

Today is Veteran’s Day. University offices will be open and all classes will meet.

Students and professors at Salve Regina University predict that student turnout at midterm elections will not be as high as during presidential elections.

“College students are not interested in local politics,” said Dr. Clark Merrill, a political science professor.

Working at a desk is a fairly new position for Traffic Agent David Meyers.

Though he now spends his days behind a computer, he also has ample experience

patrolling the crowded streets of Newport.

As of the 2000 Census, there were 26,475 people residing in the city of Newport.

It might not be a whole different ballgame, but it’s definitely a whole

different ball.

For the first time in 35 years, the NBA’s official game ball has a new design

and is made of microfiber composite instead of leather.

Based on preliminary data gathered by two physicists at the University of Texas

at Arlington, the bounce of the new basketball is considerably more erratic,

and it becomes slick during play.