By Marrissa Ballard | Co-Editor-in-Chief  For college kids and island residents, Restaurant Week offers the rare chance to sample some of Newport’s finest cuisine at a fraction of the price. Participating restaurants usually offer three-course specials, meaning that you can try more food and feel fancy while doing it. However, as great as Restaurant Week is, the specials can pose aRead More

By Stephanie Menders | Managing Editor Every year, the Office of Multicultural Programs and Retention holds a weeklong event that not only celebrates diversity, but also strives to educate the university community. Salve’s fourth annual Multicultural Education Week is scheduled for February 25 to March 5, with a focus on the critical concerns of mercy: earth, immigration, women, racism, andRead More

By Lily Margaret Jones | Co-Editor-in-Chief On November 30th, the first floor of McKillop Library was host to a panel discussion titled “Baby Hairs and Afros: How Race and Gender Intertwine.”  The panel was organized by three students as an assignment for their introductory Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies class, taught by Dr. Donna Harrington-Lueker. The assignment asked students toRead More

By Marrissa Ballard | Co-Editor-in-Chief On Saturday morning, a crowd gathered in Eisenhower Park for the “We Are Water” Rally to stand in solidarity with Standing Rock, North Dakota. The rally included speeches by politicians, professors, and activists, as well as music from singers and drummers from the Soaring Eagle Singers, a group affiliated with the Aquidneck Intertribal Indian Council.Read More

By Stephanie Menders | Managing Editor Newport has become the home to nearly a dozen new stores this year, but visiting all of them takes time and money. So let’s narrow that list down to a couple must-visits for the semester. Here’s a closer look at some of the new stores and restaurants in the Newport area. Diego’s Bodega Located in MiddletownRead More