For the past six years, Finland has scored the highest out of all the countries in the world on the World Happiness Scale. The midsize country located in Scandinavia has the most content population in the world, even with some of its northernmost areas experiencing 52 days straight of darkness in the winter. So, how […]
Online shopping has never been easier than it is with Jeff Bezos’ genius e-commerce platform, Amazon. The multinational corporation offers lines of products beyond conceivability, at seemingly low prices, and with almost instantaneous delivery services. Amazon has stepped outside the barriers of retail, aiming to also tackle digital streaming and data storage. The limits appear […]
Homecoming Weekend immerses students and their families into the Friartown community, doubling as Parents’ Weekend. This Providence College event enables students to share their lives on campus with their families, allows parents to get a better glimpse of what it’s like to be a Friar, and is considered a great opportunity during students’ adjustment to […]
Generations predating Gen Z frequently express their disdain regarding anonymous social media posting platforms like YikYak, citing that they allow for misinformation to be spread and harmful gossip to ensue. Within the past month, off-campus student homes have been broken into, burglarized–one an armed robbery–and on-campus residents have harbored peepers taking photos in bathrooms, while […]
During my sophomore year, I took my DWC colloquium. It was a course that changed my life— both academically and personally. The course was called Democracy in America and was taught by Dr. Raymond Hain from the Humanities Department and Dr. Patrick Breen from the History Department. It was a semester-long analysis of Alexis De […]
For the full version of this article, please see my Substack, called “Salzillo’s Two Cents.” It is now Sept. 30, and still no word from the Providence School District on the future of Mount Pleasant High School. There is a word, however, from Boston Globe reporter and columnist Dan McGowan. Just about a week ago, he […]
Climate activists in Europe are heading to the European Court of Human Rights to plead their case. The six activists from Portugal, ranging in age from 11 to 24, are appealing to the court stating that 32 European countries have failed to properly address concerns regarding climate change and are infringing on their fundamental human […]
As midterms approach and the season is (kind of?) changing, the student-coined Friar Flu is once again making its rounds on campus. While it circulates a few times each year, many of us, myself included, start to feel under the weather less because of flu season and more so from being burnt out. Being in […]
On Sunday, Sept. 24, the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. was attacked by an unidentified man who threw two Molotov cocktails at the building around 8 p.m. The device, a glass bottle of flammable liquid sealed with a cloth wick, is often used as an incendiary weapon that spreads flames to its target as the […]
On the corner of Orms and Park street, alongside the Rhode Island Department of Administration and the Rhode Island Department of Health, a homeless man named Michael has created a shelter for himself. Complete with a tent, a couch, and a sign labeled “Home Sweet Home,” his makeshift homestead covers about 150 square feet. Across […]