BY: PAUL WEST MCT WASHINGTON _ Against the backdrop of a sharply polarized nation, the long and mean-spirited 2012 presidential contest is barreling toward the finish with the outcome still in doubt. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney remain statistically tied in national polling, as they have been for much of the campaign. But the Democratic incumbent isRead More

By: Samantha Wood- Mosaic Staff Writer From Twitter to Facebook to Tumblr and everything in between, it seems like everyone and their mother has an opinion about the presidential election, and feels the need to share it on these sites. Or at least show that they are watching the debates to be included with the crowd. But are these sites helpingRead More

By: Nikole Wohlmacher- Mosaic Staff Writer On October 16, renowned author, educator, and journalist, Dr. Peter Steinfels, gave a lecture at the university about the relationship between faithful citizenship and morality, at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., as a segue into the second Presidential debate between Mitt Romney and Barrack Obama, on Tuesday, November 6. Community members, students, and facultyRead More

By: Lauren Kane- International News Editor In 2009, Adam Ellick released a half-hour documentary on a then 11-year-old girl named Malala Yousufzai, and her family’s struggle to keep schools for girls open in Pakistan. Before reading the rest of this column, you should take the time now to watch that documentary, entitled “Class Dismissed”, on the New York Times website. ForRead More

By Ciara Speller- Are you a Salve student who loves a good time, but still likes to conserve funds in doing so?  Well luckily for you, discounts and great deals lie at our fingertips. Everyone is guilty of peeping into the windows of trendy boutiques on Thames Street and savory little surrounding restaurants.  Perhaps you are also guilty of notRead More