The Great Hall of Ochre Court came alive with swing dancing and the strains of Duke Ellington Friday night as the Newport Community Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble took center stage for their spring concert.

“The music (made) me want to pirouette all over Ochre Court,” said Salve Regina sophomore Daryl Ward, who had come to watch her boyfriend play drums.

NEWPORT, R.I. – Mustard-colored doors open the way to Studio 1: Photography and Printmaking. Inside, a large printmaking press stands still while the hum of a computer printer echos throughout the room. Manuals for Adobe Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and other computer programs line the shelves above Daniel McManus, photography instructor at the Newport Art Museum.

About 100 members of the Salve community gathered in the Ochre Court State Dining Room on Apr. 19 to recognize some of the university’s finest at this year’s Student Life Honors Dinner. Among those honored were members of the Miley Hall housekeeping staff, who were the recipients of one of three Freshman Advocate Awards.

Living or going to school in Newport doesn’t mean you have to leave the glitz and glamour of the city shopping life behind. Bellevue BeautyWalk in Newport, R.I. can fill your every high-end makeup demand and much more.

Bellevue BeautyWalk owner, Kathleen Walsh, is currently celebrating her second year in business.

An unexpectedly large turnout led organizers of last week’s campus blood drive to double their expectations.

The original goal for the day was 35 people, but Kathy Quirk, supervisor of the blood drive team, reported that “due to the great turnout” that number had been altered to 50 early in the day.