Starting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, Jeff Merkley, a Democratic Senator from Oregon, led his caucus in protesting the Trump administration in the midst of the government shutdown. The government has been shut down since Oct. 1, when the Senate failed to pass an appropriations bill that would have funded the federal government for the upcoming […]
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, Grace Pierson ’26, the chair of Student Congress’s Committee on Advocacy, held a meeting open to all members of the campus community in Moore Hall 118 regarding the proposal of a Turning Point USA chapter at Providence College. Attendees of the meeting included representatives from Student Congress, the Board of Multicultural […]
Last Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy Lab hosted a dialogue in Moore Hall 125: “AI Unpacked: A Dialogue about Ethics, Impact, and our Responsibility.” The event, structured as a World Café dialogue, brought together professors, faculty, and students to discuss the reality of what our classrooms on campus are facing and the […]
I’ve seen many, many horror movies in my time. A lot of them have become what I call “Hollywoodified,” pretty stupid and not very scary. Others, however, truly live up to their reputation and are legitimately terrifying. Recently, in anticipation of Halloween (my favorite holiday), I watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), and I was […]
Every fall, as the leaves turn and pumpkins appear on porches, Hocus Pocus seems to rise from the grave once again. What began as a forgotten Disney movie in the early ’90s has become a Halloween tradition that fans return to year after year, not for the scares, but for the comfort. When Hocus Pocus […]
With Halloween just around the corner and Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts turning 75 earlier this month, it seems only fitting that we count It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) among the best spooky movies to watch this season. Growing up, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) was the most frequently watched of the Peanuts movies […]
Nosferatu (2024) is a horror-mystery film directed by Robert Eggers and released during the holiday season just less than a full year ago. However, as we approach the spooky season once more, it feels like the perfect time to revisit this unique reimagining of one of cinema’s oldest horror stories. I first saw Nosferatu on […]
Providence College men’s basketball head coach Kim English showed he has no intention of taking his foot off the gas when it was announced that four-star recruit Aiden Derkack ’30 will commit to PC. Derkack represents the first of the 2030 freshman class and the first offseason addition in anticipation of the 2026–27 season. The […]
After losing to the Los Angeles Chargers in week six on Oct. 12, the Miami Dolphins picked up their fifth loss of the season, making them 1–5 overall. In a post-game press conference, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa criticized his teammates for being late to, or even missing, player-only meetings as a major factor contributing to […]
Monday, Oct. 13, Cape Verde’s men’s national soccer team beat Eswatini 3–0 to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. This might not sound newsworthy to a lot of people—after all, the World Cup is still seven months away. However, for the small nation of Cape Verde, this is cause for celebration. Cape Verde’s victory against […]