Dr. Philip Melanson, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, will be sharing his expertise with the Salve Regina University community on November 18 and 19 about John F. Kennedy and the mystery surrounding his death.

Is one of your biggest dreams to travel? Imagine studying abroad in Italy, Australia, England, and Ireland, the most popular places students will be studying abroad next semester. Salve Regina’s University Study Abroad Department is currently offering a spring break trip to Cuba for three credits and summer programs in Rome, Mexico, France, and a new addition, Greece for six credits.

Beginning this week the Theater Department will present Arthur Miller’s “Playing for Time,” a haunting account of women who form an orchestra to survive their internment in Auschwitz.

Mosaic Correspondent Elisabeth Steinhardt talked with Jacqueline “Jackie” Boyle, a senior at Salve who is double-majoring in Theater Arts and English Communications about her role in Miller’s play.

One of the biggest concerns for parents sending their teenagers to college is the crime rate, both on and off campus. Nobody wants to send their child to a university where they are in danger when they walk down the road to their dormitory after dark. There is little to fear on the Salve campus, with an avid Department of Safety and Security ready for any sign of distress.

Freshmen in the New Student Seminar classes attended a lecture on club drugs last month, which has been an important issue for college students.

A panel of speakers including Sgt. Russell Carlone, a 19-year veteran of the Newport Police Department; Sandra Langlais, a part-time professor of Administration of Justice at Salve and a community oriented police officer; and Jim Carlton, a member of CODAC, shared their views on the dangers of club drugs for college students.