When I was little I loved waking up early and watching my father dab Old Spice on his neck and lace up his work boots one notch at a time until he tied them perfectly, in his very own way. I watched my mother spray perfume and apply her makeup with a certain knowledgeable perfection and make sure everything matched down to the socks in the shoes on her feet.

Salve Regina senior wide receiver Antonio Guzzo [Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.] completed a tryout over the weekend with the Manchester Wolves of the arenafootball, a member league of the Arena Football League.

Unlike most New England sports fan, I spent last Wednesday night laying back in a LA-Z boy recliner watching a Boston Celtics game. As I watched the Celtics coast to an easy 109-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks, I could not help but wonder if anyone else even was watching the game, or if anyone else cared about it.

With half a pick and wooden acoustic the Vermont based artist, Syd, commenced an “evening of heartbreak” in the Wakehurst student lounge turned coffeehouse this past Wednesday evening. His music reflected a past of “premarital affairs,” with lyrics that took us from the woods of Vermont to the city streets of Boston, which Syd, a recent college graduate of Emerson, described as “a great town to go to school in and also a great town to get dumped in.

Newport does not struggle to attract an elite crowd, and according to Vogue magazine, which has been in publication since 1892, Newport has always been a fashionable city. Showing off its stylish roots, The Preservation Society of Newport is focusing its yearly themed exhibit on just that: Newport in Vogue.