Recently, thousands of college students and young adults around France have assembled protests, marches and petitions. These are not in response to something typical like a war, genocide or an unjust political prisoner.

Instead, their protests are aimed at a new law passed by their government that affects labor laws for their age group.

In the aftermath of the fire that destroyed New Breakers, the Junior/Senior student dorm, on Tuesday, March 2, students struggle to get back on their feet and back on track.

How do you cope when you have just lost all of belongings? How do you learn to move forward without these belongings? How do you start to replace the belongings that were lost? What do you do when things can’t be replaced? What happens next?

Jennifer Haviland, 21

Senior

Social Work

Manchester Vermont

Question:Were any of your belongings found after the fire?

Answer:I have not gone to look because I was told that nothing from my apartment

was recovered.

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.