Alison Marchetti, 19, is sitting in her college dorm working on some math homework. It is an ordinary Monday night for Alison – she is hoping to get her homework done at a reasonable time in order to get a good night’s sleep.

While Marchetti’s course load as a major in math and a minor in secondary education is extremely challenging – it is not impossible.

Like any ordinary day, students were scattered around the small Health

Services room at Salve Regina. They were there seeking some kind of remedy for the typical minor aliments of average college students. Behind the room is the office of Bonnie Fischer, nurse practitioner at the university who knows about a more serious aliment that is on the verge of effecting students like those who sat patiently in Health Services that afternoon.

Residents of Newport and tourists who visit can expect a treat this summer. The Newport Country Club will host the 61st U.S. Women’s Open from Monday, June 26 – Sunday, July 2, welcoming professional and amateur golfers from around the world to compete in the championship.

DALLAS _ Ellen Savage dropped her cell phone one time too many. Kevin Brown went swimming with his cell phone, and then its replacement. David Stixroot knocked his phone into a hotel toilet, then dropped the replacement phone into a swimming pool skimmer.

The method of phone death may differ, but all three and many others have faced the same predicament _ how can one replace a broken, lost, stolen or dunked cell phone without going broke?

If you’re at or near the end of your contract, the cellular company usually will provide a new one for free or at a subsidized price.

I’ve always been rather skiddish about the idea of getting a massage. Great concept, but the thought of it never sat quite right with me. My dad swears by them, and has even offered to get me one, but I have always refused. I’ve never heard anything bad, quite opposite actually.