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Fostering Empowerment: Passing Prom on to Rhode Island’s Youth

Campus April 27, 2015 at 12:00 am Comments are Disabled

By Marrissa Ballard | Staff Writer A mini-documentary about how Adoption Rhode Island’s program, Groovy Girls, empowers foster youth through programs like the prom dress drive.

‘The Hunting Ground’ Comes to Salve

‘The Hunting Ground’ Comes to Salve

Campus April 20, 2015 at 9:16 pm Comments are Disabled

By Marrissa Ballard | Staff Writer The Hunting Ground, a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses, will be shown in Bazarsky on Tuesday, April 28th at 6:00 p.m.   Salve Regina is pairing up with newportFILM and Day One, Rhode Island’s trauma resource center, to bring the documentary to Newport. The event is free and open to students, faculty,Read More

A Look at Salve’s Sexual Misconduct Policy and Process

A Look at Salve’s Sexual Misconduct Policy and Process

Campus April 20, 2015 at 9:13 pm Comments are Disabled

By Marrissa Ballard | Staff Writer (Trigger Warning: Mentions of sexual assault and rape.) In the past couple of years, media outlets began to publish more articles about sexual assault on college campuses. Many of the articles focused on how universities handle this issue. A recent documentary, The Hunting Ground, covered several cases where universities handled sexual assault poorly or discouragedRead More

Why You Should Learn a Second Language

Why You Should Learn a Second Language

Campus, Features April 13, 2015 at 12:00 am Comments are Disabled

By Lily Jones | Editor of Arts and Entertainment You’re sitting in your introductory language class, a course you are required to take in order to fulfill your core curriculum. You’re here because you have to be, not because you want to. You frown as your maestro asks, “¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana?” You don’t understand anything the professorRead More

Sophomore Room Selection: Stressful or Successful?

Sophomore Room Selection: Stressful or Successful?

Campus April 13, 2015 at 12:00 am Comments are Disabled

Tara Stanzione | Managing Editor Choosing where to live has proven to be a stressful time in many students’ lives. With so many options available and finals around the corner, sophomore room selection tends to sometimes cause anxiety among freshmen. Katie Clerkin, Salve Regina freshman, is worried about getting a room that she likes. “I’m mostly nervous because I haven’tRead More