Five years after its launch, the ‘war on terrorism’ is still a sensitive topic among students and faculty at Salve Regina University.

“We did what we had to do. I don’t think that it would be right if we left [Iraq],” said Jessica Delucia, a junior at Salve Regina University.

With the cool October air, this fall also brings a surprise in Salve Regina’s Megley Theatre. Dracula, adapted by Pip Simmons and directed by Alan Hawkridge, will be performed Wednesday, October 25 to Sunday, October 29 and Thursday, November 2 to Sunday, November 5.

It’s official. John Mayer no longer sounds like a boy band with a guitar. Oh sure, he’s still got the guitar, but for the sake of everyone who was forced to listen to “Your Body Is a Wonderland” and “No Such Thing” 13, 000 times a day for the past couple years, he’s dropped the candy coated pop that made him famous.

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.