Financial aid plays a large role in the decisions of college students today. According to the National Center for Public Policy in Higher Education, tuition rate increases and slashed state funding have contributed to 250,000 potential students being denied acceptances this past year. The center finds that legislators and governors are using college tuitions as short-term budget fixes.

Improving your PR skills can help you score that gig your band has always dreamed of.

Whether you and your partner are in the mood for leopard prints and eclectic monkey portraits, a formal atmosphere equipped with a Colonial flair or perhaps a casual yet intimate setting with unique cuisine, Newport, is the place to be with your sweetheart no matter your budget.

Life is slowly returning to normal for senior Kimberly Mallozzi after a long break she hadn’t expected last semester.

Mallozzi, an English Communications major, was walking home about 1:30 a.m. with some friends on Nov. 22 when she was hit, crossing the intersection of Dearborn and Thames Streets, by the Nissan SUV of off-duty Newport police officer Jeffrey L. Clark.

On Monday, Mar. 1, Senator Jack Reed told Salve students now that the United States is in Iraq that the U.S. is committed to staying for as long as the rebuilding process takes. His speech was entitled “Bush Foreign Policy: Real Threats but Ideological Responses.”