It came just when you needed it.

The cell phone bill was a few days overdue and the fridge was empty. You were tired of living on Ramen Noodles and macaroni and cheese. A long needed trip to Stop & Shop was needed to get the essentials for the apartment: milk, bread, cheese and maybe some ice cream if there was enough money left.

Do you identify as being gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual or transgender? Chances are, you do- there are really no other options! The Salve Regina University G.S.L.B.A invites you to become a member of an organization that seeks to promote equality and diversity among all sexualities on the SRU campus.

With Connections Day having just passed, talk around campus is “what is it like your first year at Salve?” To ease the worries of prospective Salve students (and their parents), Mosaic conducted an informal Q&A with current freshmen finishing up their first year at the university.

Homer Simpson would have felt right at home at the Comix Revolution store in Evanston, Ill., recently. He could have spent the afternoon devouring the Krispy Kremes and Dunkin’ Donuts piled atop the table in front of the cash register.

But he wouldn’t have known what to make of the highbrow discussion going on between a Northwestern University professor and 40 or so people about censorship, satire and the arts.

In a better world, convenient places would abound where runners could traipse blissfully along, unworried by trouble and harm. No need to fret over menacing scoundrels. No reason to play dodge-the-Lexus on busy roads. The ornery canines all would be safely penned.