From the top row, I had a bird’s eye view of the excitement from the stadium. Red and blue baseball hats bopped up and down. Boys and girls, young and old, donned the All-American baseball outing outfit: jeans, tee-shirt and sneakers.

A group of college-aged boys, clad in baseball jerseys, paged through the freebie baseball magazine that was handed out at the ticket counter.

Be there for people, make their day, choose your attitude, play. This is the Fish philosophy, a way of life for those who are a part of Salve’s office of residential life.

“If they can embrace these four concepts, they are on their way,” said Van Pham, assistant director of residential life, of next year’s newly appointed resident assistants.

Technology around campus is becoming more prevalent and available to students. Salve is undergoing large changes within its technology department in order to benefit the current students and the incoming students.

The Information Technologies Department is currently exploring the concept of turning Salve into a “laptop school.

Figuring out the meaning behind “poking” and agonizing over what to write on a friend’s “wall” have become new puzzles for many members of the Salve Regina University community in the past month.

These new terms are part of a jargon that was introduced when Salve was added to the network of colleges and universities on www.

Standing in the pouring rain, Hannah Miller tugs at her Salve sweatshirt as she talks with prospective students. It is her last Connections day as a tour guide and the reminder sets her into a spiral of chatting with the other graduating seniors.

Smiles, stories and memories are exchanged and someone asks when the yearbook will be coming out.