It might not be a whole different ballgame, but it’s definitely a whole

different ball.

For the first time in 35 years, the NBA’s official game ball has a new design

and is made of microfiber composite instead of leather.

Based on preliminary data gathered by two physicists at the University of Texas

at Arlington, the bounce of the new basketball is considerably more erratic,

and it becomes slick during play.

Got some free time on your hands? Check out events going on in the City by the Sea.

‘Dine Out at Newport Restaurant Week’

This year the Newport County Convention & Visitors Bureau will hold the first annual Newport Restaurant Week from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12.

A world-renowned paranormal investigator left Salve Regina students spellbound Monday night with a chilling presentation of ghostly photographs, recordings and personal encounters.

Rosemary Ellen Guiley, Ph.D. has always been interested in the paranormal and made ghost hunting her career in 1982.

Is it wrong to say Friday classes are a bad idea? I didn’t think so. Think about it. Friday is only a mere few hours from the bar-hopping, house-partying Thursday nights.

Classes would obviously intervene in this equation. So why is Salve proposing to have Friday classes every week beginning with the 2007-2008 school year?

From hearing of this change through the “grapevine,” as the saying goes, I’ve come to the conclusion that this change is occurring for more than one reason – with a strong hope that the new policy will force students of the university to “stick around.

As the fall semester winds down, Salve Regina’s Intramural Sports Department is still cranking out sports to keep students active in their free time.

Sign up sheets will be available at the front desk in Rodgers this upcoming week for the next round of sports to take place between Nov.