NEWPORT RI-Salve Regina University has an essential but often overlooked resource–the housekeepers who work daily to ensure the cleanliness of all the university’s buildings and constantly interact with the students.

Ilda (who tells this reporter that she doesn’t need a last name because “everyone knows me for Ilda,”)has been a housekeeper at Salve Regina University for four years next month, and likes her job and the people she interacts with.

NEWPORT, RI- Students and faculty at Salve Regina University have taken a stand by setting up a month-long petition signing event in support of Tibetan freedom and human rights in an effort to raise student awareness about the issue.

After a long history of constant shifting between self-government and Chinese oppression, the subject of Tibet and its struggle for freedom has just recently become a topic of global concern.

NEWPORT, R.I.- Many wouldn’t tell from the looks of the Rodgers Recreational Center, but it has been doing its part in reducing energy use for years.

Del Malloy is the athletic director of the schools sports programs, and he also helped design of the building in 1996.

NEWPORT, R.I.–It was a cloudy afternoon at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown, as over a dozen young adults in bright orange shirts pulled weed-like plants from the ground with shovels. They weren’t criminals repaying a debt to society, but instead students taking part in a community service program of a local university.

NEWPORT, RI- Strength and conditioning training is a crucial component to the success of athletes in today’s games. As a result, Salve Regina has begun plans to expand its fitness center and improve the summer strength and conditioning program.

Some of these plans include re-arranging the fitness center by reconfiguring the space to fit more machines.