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.”

If you are not yet aware of the benefits of exercise in your life, you may have been living under a rock for the past couple of years. With all the information available to a person about exercise, there is almost always one key piece of information missing: the importance of stretching incorporated into a workout.

LOS ANGELES _ The NBA executives are talking shop in the back seat of a taxicab in Shanghai, China. The cab driver eavesdrops and, as cab drivers often do, offers an unsolicited opinion.

“Steve Francis pass ball to Yao Ming!” he says in fractured English.

Feeling guilty about that box of chocolates you have just sitting there on your kitchen table?

Chocolate has long been seen as an indulgence for most of us, a guilty secret for others and a complete addiction for some. It can seem to hold a special power over us.

It’s that time again. I’m sure you’ve noticed while flipping through the channels, back and forth from MTV, BET, and your soap operas, that the inundation of the television networks by the ongoing political campaigns has begun. Maybe you’re like me, and as soon as you even see the names of “Kerry” or “Dean,” and even strange words like “caucuses,” you immediately flip by to get to the next music video or reality show.