NEWPORT – The last time a state of emergency was declared in Rhode Island was Aug. 26, 1991. Hurricane Bob, a lowly Category 1 storm, was just about to strike parts of southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Nick Logothets, the director of emergency services for the Rhode Island Red Cross remembers the events of that day vividly.

The prejudicial cynicism of sexism has, without a doubt, been a problem in our

society that cannot seem to be shaken.

This semester Salve Regina students are studying abroad in France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, England and Australia. They are in Paris, Lyon, London, Rome, Florence, Seville, Madrid, Cork and Sydney and their majors include Accounting, History, English, Marketing, Modern Languages, Administration of Justice, Art, Education, Cultural and Historic Preservation, Psychology, International Business, Politics and Economics.

What’s happening on campus the next couple of weeks?

Thursday, Nov. 9

Career Networking Dinner, sponsored by the Student Alumni Association, will be held at 6 p.m. in the Ochre Court state dining room.

Friday, Nov. 10

Today is Veteran’s Day. University offices will be open and all classes will meet.

In a powerful presentation on alcohol and its effects, an audience composed primarily of Salve Regina freshmen was moved by the personal story that the speaker gave last Wednesday in Bazarsky Lecture Hall.

Linda Chaves, an emergency room trauma nurse at Newport Hospital, delivered the presentation titled “Alcohol Awareness: Effects of Drinking and Driving.