There is a new student group on campus and they want to bring political awareness to the Salve community. President, Brendan McQuade, and advisor, Sr. Virginia Walsh of the sociology department, lead the group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

Harold Mathews, property supervisor at the Elms, one of Newport’s grandest mansions, has battled the sea nearly every day for the past 20 years. The reason? The ocean is a large concern for all those who look after the Newport mansions, especially on warm days.

A little over a month is left until the class of 2004 will walk through the gates in front of Wakehurst to begin their journey into life after college. The university, the caterers, the craftsmen, and especially the tent company have only one thing on their minds: “I hope everything goes perfectly. I hope nothing bad happens.”

Mosaic is pleased to announce that it is time once again for the editorial application process to begin. Student writers are invited and encouraged to apply for editorial positions for the 2004-2005 school year.

Christopher Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and New York Times reporter, said that war is “addicting” during his lecture, “Is There Such a Thing as a Just War?” in the O’Hare lecture hall on Wednesday, March 24.

Hedges said that the very nature of war can act like a narcotic and thus become an addiction, which is what made him return to Iraq after being captured during the Gulf War and seeing fellow journalists die.