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 […]
As many have written about and discussed over the years, the Star Wars franchise is a story (albeit long and winding) about politics. Like all good political narratives, there is drama, love, disagreement, deception, civil war, and countless limbs chopped off. As a political science major watching the Star Wars series for the first time, […]
Rush Announces Fifty Something Tour Is it just me, or are there quite a few notable anniversaries currently happening? Last month Charles Schulz’s Peanuts turned 75, next summer, my parents (both members of the Class of 2000) will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary, and this week, The Cowl celebrates its 90th year of publication! Finally, […]
I have been eagerly anticipating writing this article celebrating the 60th anniversary of the iconic film, The Sound of Music (1965). The movie, which was released in the United States on March 2, 1965, was re-released in U.S. theaters Sept. 12–17, celebrating 60 years of the film and reviving its beauty in 4K. The film […]
The Friars’ 2025–26 men’s basketball season kicked off against Holy Cross at the Amica Mutual Pavilion on Monday, Nov. 3. The story of the game was clear early on: Kim English found an absolute gem in Estonian guard Stefan Vaaks ’29. An instant crowd favorite, Vaaks scored 19 points in 20 minutes, going five for […]
“I’m trying to get my women to believe.” “I’m trying to get my women to believe,” women’s basketball head coach Erin Batth shared with reporters at the Big East Media Day at the end of October. After being ranked No. 10 in the Big East coaches poll, Batth reaffirmed her confidence in the women on […]
Providence College Investigates: MBB UConn by Andrew Vines ’29 The UConn Huskies came into the season as the highest ranked team in the Big East at No. 4 in the Preseason AP Top 25 poll. There is a good reason for this, as they return their second and third leading scorers from last year’s team, […]