Salve Regina University’s Multicultural Student Organization is sponsoring a viewing of the documentary “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North” on Monday, Nov. 17 from 6-8 p.m. in the Rodgers Recreation Center Conference Room.

The film was produced and directed by Katrina Browne, a descendant of the prominent Dewolf family of Bristol, R.I., and talks about the slave trade in the North.

There are many people right here in Newport who are not able to afford a good winter coat. And their resources for buying a new one this winter are practically nonexistent. You can help.

Salve’s Social Work Club is holding a winter coat drive in conjunction with several other agencies in Rhode Island.

This week, the thin blue books that signal the imminent close of one semester and registration for the next were distributed across campus. Seniors gladly ran to McAuley and the mailroom to look at the options for what will be their final semester at Salve.

Our final semester.

Does this scare the hell out of anyone else?

One of the biggest concerns for parents sending their teenagers to college is the crime rate, both on and off campus. Nobody wants to send their child to a university where they are in danger when they walk down the road to their dormitory after dark. There is little to fear on the Salve campus, with an avid Department of Safety and Security ready for any sign of distress.

Last week the Megley Theatre welcomed the opening of Arthur Miller’s “Playing for Time,” a haunting account of women who form an orchestra to survive their internment in Auschwitz. Performances end this weekend, Nov. 14-15 at 8 p.m.

Mosaic Correspondent Elisabeth Steinhardt talked with Jacqueline “Jackie” Boyle, a senior at Salve who is double-majoring in Theater Arts and English Communications about her role in Miller’s play.