My best friend from back home will forever be my best friend from back home. When we are married with children, have moved away to where we’ve always dreamed of living, and have filled our households with homemade meals our mothers taught us to cook, artwork obtained throughout our travels, and beloved albeit deteriorating furniture […]
Friday, Jan. 23, at 4 p.m. my friends and I went to the Shaws down on Admiral Street, just as we always do on Friday afternoons. Yet, upon our arrival, we realized we may have forgotten about the impending inclement weather heading toward the area on Sunday. The parking lot was packed, with only three […]
Each year, Providence College’s Student Congress holds two allocation meetings that significantly impact club funding: one at the end of the academic year for distributing budgets, and another at the beginning of the spring semester to review how clubs have been spending their funds. The current process has led to clubs losing previously allocated funds […]
The Providence College men’s basketball team suffered a tough loss to Marquette University on Monday, Jan. 19. Unfortunately, the team capped the week off with an even tougher loss to former Friar head coach Ed Cooley and Georgetown University on Saturday, Jan. 24, dropping to 9–11 for the season. On Jan. 19, Providence led Marquette […]
A crucial missed opportunity for the Providence College men’s basketball team to enter NCAA tournament contention after a blown lead to the University of Connecticut. A terrible loss to a mediocre Xavier University. A defeat on home soil against Villanova University. A mismanaged, and embarrassing game against dead-last Marquette University. Worst of all, a blown […]
BC As Providence College sports fans, we are spoiled with high-stakes rivalry games throughout the year. Whether it’s Big East basketball or nationally recognized hockey, Friars fans are rarely left without something to rally behind. Still, the question remains, is there enough energy for both sports? And which rivalry brings more excitement: the Boston College-Providence […]
This edition’s Providence College’s athlete of the week is Callan Fahey ’29, a member of the men’s golf team. The freshman from Wheaton, IL wrapped up his first fall season in October as the Friars’ golf team made its return for the first time since 2002. Although he was born in Massachusetts, Fahey attended Wheaton-Warrenville […]
Men’s Basketball On Saturday, Jan. 24, the men’s basketball team fell short to their Big East rival Georgetown University, 81–78. This game was a major upset as the Friars maintained a strong lead for the majority of the game. Recently, Stefan Vaaks ’29 was named Big East Freshman of the Week and Jamier Jones ’28 […]
He likes his coffee with milk and two sugars, his eggs scrambled, his toast burnt, and his barstool—the third one from the end of the counter. At least, he likes to think it’s his barstool. He’s been sitting there since he was a young boy, when his legs used to dangle underneath him like vines […]
A Fragment of a Memory I must have been a little thing to be so tangled in my mom’s arms. I must have been so small.It is night. We rock back and forth in the blue rocking chair in the corner of the dark room. Shadowed branches scratch the windows and thunder gurgles, though no […]