Even before Tasha Taylor completed her education at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., three years ago, she was determined to be a social worker.

She had watched her mother heroically raise six children after losing a business in her 40s, and Taylor wanted to help welfare recipients rebuild their lives the way her mother had.

As I sat in the third row, hearing the magnificent and enchanting voice of one of my biggest role models, it was hard to imagine a day that went perfectly according to plan. But like my role model said, “When it looks like the sun won’t shine anymore…God put a rainbow in the clouds.

She insists it isn’t really a solo album. Merely “a collaborative side project,” a lark that snowballed into something more.

And no way is No Doubt over.

Yet that lark- “Love, Angel, Music, Baby,” the first album issued under Gwen Stefani’s name- comes with trepidation about the future.

Six Salve students are doing their part to incorporate the Salve Mission Statement into their academics, and on Wednesday, December 1, so can you. As part of an ongoing class project for their Social Policy class, six Social Work majors are determined to help with AIDS in Africa.

ARIES (March 21-April 20) Romantic expression and sensuality are a subtle theme this week. Over the next few weeks, many Aries natives will opt for exotic relationships, complicated social alliances or captivating flirtations. Make time for social increase as well as practical duty: both romance and business ambition will require exploration.