Like any ordinary day, students were scattered around the small Health

Services room at Salve Regina. They were there seeking some kind of remedy for the typical minor aliments of average college students. Behind the room is the office of Bonnie Fischer, nurse practitioner at the university who knows about a more serious aliment that is on the verge of effecting students like those who sat patiently in Health Services that afternoon.

Alison Marchetti, 19, is sitting in her college dorm working on some math homework. It is an ordinary Monday night for Alison – she is hoping to get her homework done at a reasonable time in order to get a good night’s sleep.

While Marchetti’s course load as a major in math and a minor in secondary education is extremely challenging – it is not impossible.

The performance of a student’s interpretation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic story, “Little Women” is still in production, and the theatre troupe is certain they are creating a masterpiece.

The play, which will be presented April 5, began production in early February.

DALLAS _ Ellen Savage dropped her cell phone one time too many. Kevin Brown went swimming with his cell phone, and then its replacement. David Stixroot knocked his phone into a hotel toilet, then dropped the replacement phone into a swimming pool skimmer.

The method of phone death may differ, but all three and many others have faced the same predicament _ how can one replace a broken, lost, stolen or dunked cell phone without going broke?

If you’re at or near the end of your contract, the cellular company usually will provide a new one for free or at a subsidized price.

Katie Dyer and Jane Perkins of Newport are travel connoisseurs. The mother-daughter pair shares ownership of Cadeaux du Monde, the only alternative trading organization in Newport. Alternative trade organizations allow for developing nations to grow without losing sight of their culture heritage.