Salve Regina’s International Education Week will kick off Monday, Nov. 14, 2009. Co-sponsored by the McKillop Library and the Office of International and Multicultural Programs, the week-long initiative will feature an array of activities, contests, and lectures to encourage students to widen their cultural horizons.

The highly anticipated Rent-a-Rugger event commenced in Salve Regina’s Bazarsky Hall on October 23, 2009. About a hundred students attended the exciting outing, and much laughter ensued upon the fun and humorous show that the talented sports team presented for them.

“Vampire Diaries” is a new series on the CW this fall starring Nina Dobrev (Elena), Paul Wesley (Stefan) and Ian Somerhalder (Damon). Based on the series of books by L.J. Smith, the show follows Stefan and Damon Salvatore, two vampire brothers who have returned to the town of Mystic Falls.

NEW YORK – As they head up the Canyon of Heroes on Friday, at least one member of the Yankees’ World Championship party will be contemplating the route back in 2010.

“My work’s going to start again tomorrow,” general manager Brian Cashman said outside the home clubhouse early Thursday morning, while players and staff were still celebrating their World Series-clinching victory over Philadelphia in Game 6.

NEWPORT R.I.- The cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point may find an unlikely ally in literature when preparing to lead soldiers into combat as future junior officers in the U.S. Army.

Dr. Elizabeth Samet, author of the award winning “Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature Though Peace and War at West Point” and professor of English at West Point, described a capstone project at the service academy designed to open cadets’ minds up to the benefits literature has to offer when faced with the prospect of going to war.