There’s no more faking any remnants of warm weather or trying to convince myself that there will be some sort of turnaround. There will be no fascinating shift in temperature, allowing the sun to pour over everything and letting the world forget about the onset of winter. Well, with the state of the environment and […]
I had the pleasure of attending Father Sicard’s panel, With Mutual Respect: Discussions on Contemporary Challenges, this past Thursday, Nov. 13. Although honestly, my primary motivations for showing up were to receive extra credit for some classes, this year’s discourse on the nuances of free speech left me thoroughly engaged, pondering, and in the best way, […]
On Thursday, Nov. 13, Providence College held the next installment of the series, With Mutual Respect: Discussions on Contemporary Challenges. This installment sought to discuss the topic of “Freedom of speech in crisis: What has gone wrong, and is there hope for civil discourse in America?” While the student panelists were expertly prepared, I believe […]
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Student Congress did not have a guest speaker. The proposal of the Providence College chapter of Turning Point USA was voted on by an anonymous written ballot and did not pass. The only new legislation introduced was the proposal of the Car Club, which will be voted on at the next […]
The longest government shutdown in American history came to a close last Wednesday, Nov. 12, when a spending bill was passed by the House of Representatives and signed into law by President Donald Trump. The 43-day-long shutdown revealed deep partisan tensions in Congress, as lawmakers tried and failed for over a month to break the […]
On the evening of Friday, Nov. 7, on Olympia Drive in Amherst, MA, a fire sparked in a privately owned apartment building housing hundreds of students attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Firefighters who responded to the incident believe the sparks landed on the apartment complex as a result of a fire that began from […]
With Insights from its First Female EIC Sunday, Nov. 16 marked 90 years of Providence College’s student-run newspaper, The Cowl. Since 1935, students have come together to provide campus, local, and global news to the PC community. The Cowl plays an integral part in understanding the College’s history as it has documented important milestones and […]
Last Thursday, Nov. 13, the most recent installation of the With Mutual Respect: Discussions on Contemporary Challenges series was held, centered around the question of “Freedom of speech in crisis: What has gone wrong, and is there hope for civil discourse in America?” The panelists included Shannon Kelly ’26, Isabelle Camoin ’26, Carlie Burns ’27, […]
The Humanities Forum hosted Bruce Herman on Friday, Nov. 14, where he presented a talk titled “Makers by Nature: Art, Hospitality, and Hope.” The event was held in Ruane 105, right beside Herman’s artwork, which is a recent addition to the lecture hall. The Humanities Forum is an ongoing lecture series that takes place weekly, […]
A music craze originated nearly 90 years ago when Benny Goodman and His Orchestra performed at the Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles on Aug. 21, 1935. This was the first injection of a style known as big band swing jazz into American radio waves. However, what seemed so polished, so delicately defined, and that which […]