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.

ARIES (March 21-April 20) After Monday, expect romantic partners and long-term friends to request greater involvement in private family decisions. Over the next five days, close friends and lovers may need to witness your continuing loyalty and social respect: accept all new proposals as serious.

NEWPORT, R.I. – Students, teachers and members of the Newport community took time out of their day to remember the late Pope John Paul II Friday, in a mass at Ochre Court.

Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin asked of the churches in Rhode Island to celebrate mass honoring the late pope along with churches around the world.

One of the main factors in my decision to attend Salve Regina University was the fact that it is a Catholic school. My parents sacrificed a lot to send me to a Catholic grade school and high school, and I thought that I could show them how much I appreciated it by continuing my Catholic education at a Catholic university.