The 2008 Presidential race is steadily gaining speed as the months go on and with Super Tuesday in the recent past this election may be looking for the youth vote more than ever.

Youth oriented television networks like MTV have been pushing the importance of registering and voting in the fall.

Salve Regina University Alumnae Leila de Bruyne and Justine Axelsson spoke to a large group of Salve students and faculty about their efforts to establish an orphanage in Kenya.

The program took place in Bazarsky Lecture Hall on Feb. 20.

The centerpiece of the presenation were posters these two women had set up in the middle of the hall featuring photos and future building plans for the orphanage

they just opened in July.

No one can deny that a valuable experience for college students is to experience life far away from home. It’s courageous enough to choose a school in a different state, but to go study in a different country simply takes adventure to a whole new level.

More American students today seem to be realizing the importance of having learning experiences in foreign countries.

Like many Catholic universities in the 21st century, Salve Regina University seeks to define what it means to be a “Catholic” university. But this “Catholic Identity” is understood differently by different members of the Salve Regina community, especially students.

“We’re our own little breed of people,” said junior Samantha Grover as she described the familial environment of Salve Regina University’s Politics Department. “Once we get rolling on something, it’s hard to get us to stop.”

And it was passion like that that led Grover to meet some of the White House’s top contenders for the Presidency.