Imagine that it’s sunny outside. You and your friends decide to take a day trip, away from tests, finals, and stress. As you hop into your SUV, your gas gauge reveals that you’re running on empty, and so you quickly drive down to your local gas station, only to find gas prices way above $2.

NEWPORT, RI – While the warm sun falls softly upon the chilly waters of Newport’s Easton Beach, the dozen or so people there are enjoying a rare winter stroll along the snow spotted sand. All except two adventurous, anxious, men, who are in those frigid waters, with what else, their surfboards.

For some college students, test anxiety is as predictable as the spring flowers blooming on campus. Not that these students would notice the flowers, or anything else, as they get ready for finals.

When University of Akron student Raj Nandi takes an exam, it becomes an all-encompassing experience.

April 18-24, 2005

ARIES (March 21-April 20) Close relatives or long-term business partners may this week ask for detailed records. Receipts, controversial payments or spending habits will now captivate attention. Go slow and provide full explanations: a new era of trust and financial expansion will soon arrive.

“Each one of us has the courage and vision to do many things.” It was with this statement that Salve Regina University’s annual Women of Courage and Vision luncheon began on Wednesday, March 30, in the Ochre Court State Dining Room, where four women closely associated with the University – one staff, one faculty, one community, and one student – were honored by friends and colleagues for being women with a strong sense of courage and great vision.