Prior to Thursday, March 25, 2004, this coming Easter Weekend, April 8 -11, 2004, seemed to be routine and without any major travel trouble besides the usual areas of traffic congestion. That night, Connecticut media outlets reported that a fiery tanker crashed on the southbound side of Interstate 95, near exit 26, and the resulting fire melted the elevated highway between exits 24 and 27 in Bridgeport, Conn.

Kerrin D’Agnelli, a junior at Salve, is captain of the women’s soccer team, and although her high profile position at the university leaves her well known, there’s a softer side to the girl who shows brute force when on the playing field.

Harold Mathews, property supervisor at the Elms, one of Newport’s grandest mansions, has battled the sea nearly every day for the past 20 years. The reason? The ocean is a large concern for all those who look after the Newport mansions, especially on warm days.

There is a new student group on campus and they want to bring political awareness to the Salve community. President, Brendan McQuade, and advisor, Sr. Virginia Walsh of the sociology department, lead the group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

The play “Little Shop of Horrors” will be presented by the Salve Regina University theater department Wednesday through Sunday, March 31-April 4 at Megley Theater in Mercy Hall, on the corner of LeRoy and Lawrence avenues.