Salve Regina University AMA was one of thirteen collegiate chapters to be awarded a community service grant from the American Marketing Association Foundation. The grant is in the amount of five-hundred dollars. Eight marketing students in MGT422: Marketing Strategies during the fall 2004 semester wrote the grant seeking funds to help the Newport Community School increase community awareness.

The men’s basketball team has been highly successful this season with an overall record of 13-8 and a record of 10-3 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference.

The team is led by Captains Chris Collier with 16 points per game and nine rebounds, and Matt Coute also with 16 points per game.

After several years of silence on the airwaves of WSRU, the music is finally back this semester. Students have been working with Bart Carithers, Director of Student Activities, to accomplish this. The station officially went back on the air on January 24th.

When Salve Regina University security officers attended the Rhode Island College and University Public Safety Training Academy, many left wanting the more professional look that the officers from other universities sport.

“For years every group would come in and talk about uniforms,” said John Mixter, the director of safety and security.

As the spring semester unfolds, students can’t help but see some new faces cropping up at Salve Regina. Many people often wonder what it would be like to transfer to a new school; you start fresh, have to make a whole new group of friends, and adjust to a new landscape while trying to excel in a college atmosphere.