The weather is warming up, the layers are coming off and those first signs of spring are finally here. As the sun begins to push through the dreary days of winter, and spring showers awaken the butter-colored daffodils from their hibernation, here is a list of 10 things to enjoy this spring in Newport and the surrounding area.

If you missed last semester’s Man of The Year event, you have a second chance to witness the hilarity. The Student Activities Board announced that it will host a follow-up to the successful event, Woman of The Year.

The idea for Woman of the Year arose after the immense popularity and success of last semester’s Man of The Year, in which Owen Murphy took home the crown.

Beth Milham walks into Empire Tea and Coffee on Broadway with her reusable mug in hand. She is making an environmentally conscious decision to reduce the amount of waste in landfills by foregoing the paper cup. This is just one aspect of Milham’s life that she alters to protect the earth.

NEWPORT R.I. – Wind farms, solar panels, home heating oil made from recycled grease. Sounds like a typical San Francisco Bay Area California crunchy dream, right? But it isn’t. Rhode Island is working towards providing residents with more renewable energy.

A 9 p.m. curfew on Saturday night, nuns saying the rosary when girls went out on the town, running down the Cliff Walk in bloomers. This is the Salve Regina that Jane Farley remembers.

But, then, Farley was a member of the pioneer class at Salve Regina in 1951 when there was a total of 53 in her freshman class and absolutely no boys.