Well, I have been in England for a month and a half now, and just that thought seems completely impossible. I have done so much this semester that I have hardly noticed the time passing. Things are changing all around me just as they would were I home, but it’s harder to notice them.

COPIAPO, Chile – They emerged changed men from the hole in the Chilean desert, once-unsung gold and copper miners from an obscure town in the country’s barren north.

Rescued from a granite prison half a mile underground, their first hours of freedom offered a taste of what the rest of their lives might hold: commercial offers, entreaties for the tiniest detail of their lives, and people asking, over and over, what it was like to endure 69 days underground.

In a theatre surrounded by white walls with gold carvings, several balconies, red carpeting and wooden floors, dancers dressed in costumes of wolves and ducks leap, prance and crawl on stage. Behind these dancers, colorful screen projections act as a backdrop and illustrate the characters of these dancers.

Top hats, elaborate dresses, gore and torrents of laughter all wrapped up in Victorian elegance: this is the “Newport Murder Mystery.” Having satisfied all of Newport’s “mystery needs” since 1981, the Marley Bridges Theatre Company’s “Newport Murder Mystery” intends to baffle crowds once again, but this time, at the Stanford White Casino Theater on Oct.

On Saturday, Oct. 2, Salve will play host to an event in conjunction with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. “Light the Night” is The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s local fundraising event to pay tribute and bring hope to people battling cancer. Thousands of participants raise funds for vital, lifesaving research and patient services.