by Sienna Strickland ’22 News Staff Providence College’s Board of Programmers (BOP) is always busy planning fun events for students around campus. Anne Barbera ‘21, member of the Fine Arts committee, talks about the contributions Fine Arts makes to campus life. The Arts Committee has had a busy year so far with a myriad of […]
by Alexandra Huzyk ’20 News Staff On Wednesday, October 23, Women in STEM hosted their third event, inviting speakers Dr. Amanda Lynch and Ava Calle ’12 to talk about the challenges and opportunities that they have faced pursuing careers within the STEM field. Lynch, a climate scientist currently teaching at Brown University, obtained a Ph.D. […]
by Olivia Bretzman ’22 Opinion Staff Dating is dead. Literally. The Instagram account @barstoolpc recently posted a video of a freshman in his own “relationship funeral march.” The caption of the video reads, “When your boy gets into a relationship in the first month of college.” A large parade of Guzman Hall residents follow […]
by Joseph Kulesza ’22 Opinion Staff The reusable straw revolution, a product of the fourth wave environmentalism movement, officially reached its terminal velocity when the coffee company Starbucks announced a campaign to eliminate plastic straws on a national scale in July of 2018, according to the New York Times. This decision by Starbucks has had […]
by Maura Campbell ’22 News Staff On Monday, October 21, the Providence College student body received an email from Rev. Brian Shanley, O.P., president of the College, informing students, staff, and faculty of an update by the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI). The email provided general information regarding IDEI’s recent work to […]
by Joshua Chlebowski ’21 Opinion Staff Since October is Mental Health Awareness Month, students, faculty, and staff have all been able to participate in a range of activities, such as the semi-colon project, fresh check day, and wilderness retreats, to understand and break the stigma around mental health. As beneficial as these events are, […]
by Katherine Torok ’20 Editor-in-Chief I fell in love with journalism my senior year of high school thanks to my journalism teacher, Evan Madin. I never wrote for our school’s paper, so this was the first time I stepped away from writing traditional English essays and learned how to write journalistic feature articles. It […]
Take the Challenge, Not the “Easy A” As spring 2020 registration comes around the corner, students should focus more on what classes interest them rather than if the class is an “easy A.” The website RateMyProfessor.com has been a blessing and a curse for college students when deciding their class schedule. While it is […]
by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Staff Thousands of California residents have found themselves on the move as sweeping wildfires continue to engulf both ends of the state. This recent string of wildfires comes after a relatively quiet year in which no major wildfires occurred from May through mid-September, the typical California wildfire-causing dry season. The […]
Last week’s results are in… Should vaping be illegal? Yes: 54% No: 46% This Week’s Question: Should campus security officers be armed? Vote online until Monday, November 4 using the link on our Facebook and Instagram pages, and check next week’s issue for the results!