‘Tis the season when the holidays are approaching, festive music fills radio waves, and people begin to feel the spirit of the season. What makes the Christmas season as joyous and exciting from year to year remains a mystery. There is always a certain degree of magic that can be felt and experienced throughout the holiday months.

Salve Regina’s efforts to go ‘green’ is making great strides as their advisory group kicks off their environmental campaign by turning their handwritten plans into actions bringing closer their hopes of a more sustainable future.

Assistant professor of Biology and Biomedical Science, Dr.

On this particular morning, I bend my knees, spring and fall into the cold ocean. The salt consumes my body-stinging the cuts that have outlined my life and at once heal them. I want to feel my life-the gift of it. Lately, I have gone numb in a world of boredom and increased loneliness.

As the cost of living continues to rise, the costs of obtaining a college degree increase as well. Students and their parents of the local university, Salve Regina University, face some hefty bills to pay as the tuition increases over a four year span.

Currently, the tuition for the 2007-2008 academic year is $37, 150, which is $2, 174 higher than the 2006-2007 academic year.

In light of the holiday season, Salve’s Social Work Club (with help from the Sociology/Anthropology and Psychology Clubs), will sponsor BeadforLife, an organization that eradicates extreme poverty, fulfilling a sense of hope that is often lost in today’s world.