It’s Thursday. It’s 8:30. It’s a prime night for going out and doing what normal college kids call “partying”. But, instead, I am sprawled out on my bed in my blue fleece penguin pajamas, wrapped in a blanket with the remote control in one hand and a box of animal crackers by my side (my snack of choice).

Running at least two miles a day to maintain endurance. Weight training at least five times a week to build and tone muscles. Performing speed and agility drills until improving upon a previous time. Maintaining a well-balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, and not overtraining in the heat.

A bottle of Banana Boat SPF 15 sunblock. UV protection full coverage aviator sunglasses. A favorite pair of blue rubber Old Navy flip-flops. A comfortable red cotton stretchy visor. One might not think of these items as necessities for showing up to work everyday.

Sitting down in a 2006 Toyota Prius, Catherine Zipf, associate professor of Cultural and Historic Preservation at Salve Regina, was like a 16-year-old learning to drive for the first time, examining the keyless vehicle with its new buttons and video screens, but so was the salesman.

Wetmore is abuzz with hammers. Originally the carriage house for William Shepherd Wetmore’s antebellum villa Ch