You are an intentional being whether you like it or not. Even in your subconscious mind, you act based on what you value most. You practice, you perfect, you frantically seek gratification—success originating from what you truly want to succeed at. The goal to master something you love is an immense goal, something humans don’t […]
Hello Cowl readers, happy February! I hope everyone is staying warm despite the biting cold days we’ve been having and the copious amount of snow that seems as if it will never go away. As a student living in off-campus housing this year, I’ve been witnessing the city of Providence’s snow cleanup job firsthand for […]
“College will be the best time of your life!” was a phrase I heard all too often prior to moving into Providence College. Hearing so many stories from my friends who were already in college, my parents, and others engraved the expectation that college would, in fact, be the best time of my life. There […]
On Jan. 25, I watched from my window as mounds of snow began to accumulate all over campus and visibility lowered to a cloudy white haze. With classes canceled for the next day, this was a prime day to catch up with friends, binge watch the show you’ve been meaning to start, or grab whatever […]
Our current national debt is $38.6 trillion dollars. That number is enough to make the Elon Musks, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerbergs of the world wince. You still may be asking yourself, why does this matter to me? I am in college and I do not have any life plans figured out yet. You also […]
On Dec. 1, 2025, I woke up to see the flyer for a birthday celebration for the generative artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT hosted by the Ryan Business School. It was a strange sight to see an invitation to an AI-themed birthday bash. The party was complete with pizza, cake, prizes, and even coveted Friar Leadership […]
Nothing can quite compare to the feeling you get when you run down Esplanade in Pelham Manor in New York. There is something special about the way the world looks when you are running down that two-way street and all the ingredients for a perfect run blend together. The way the hot concrete pounds beneath […]
As a senior finance major, I had to take an Assessment of Learning exam and the Senior Assessment Exam as a part of my Finance Capstone. The AOL was strictly focused on finance, while the SAE was a cumulative exam on all things covered in the Ryan School of Business’s core classes. Even though paper […]
May the angels light our way tonighton such a desolate island. Where sealsswim up the harbor mouth, birds take flight,and sheep roam in octaves on green fields.Boats offshore watch not us, but wavesthat slap their sterns in a prolonged rock.We’re left to the hills and stones, and cavesthat fall darker and deeper than the loch.No […]
“I’ll text you,” you say as you leave.But we both know you might not. The text thread is on borrowed time,And it may be a miracle that you showed upin the first place. The expiration date has passed,But then you show up again,And it’s like everything is new again. So, you may or may not […]