A Statement from the Asian Studies Advisory Committee Dear Members of the Campus Community: Over the past year, acts of harassment and violence against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have risen at an alarming rate. According to the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center, there have been nearly 3,800 bias incidents in the past […]
What History Fails to Teach Us: Teaching Sterilized Versions of History in Schools Is Detrimental by Joseph Kulesza ’22 Opinion Staff The prominent way that people gain knowledge about the world is through the means of testimonial knowledge: knowledge that is obtained from other people. With this said, very little of the world is understood […]
Fighting Fast Fashion: Consumers Must Stop Supporting Unsustainable Brands by Olivia Bretzman ’22 Opinion Staff Every second, about 20 tons of clothes-based waste is either dumped into a landfill or burned. Every day, college students buy fast-fashion styles online or in-store to keep up with the latest trends for their weekend or classroom looks. These are […]
Recommitting to Community: Coming Together in the Face of Adversity by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief This year’s commencement ceremony is going to be held on Hendricken Field right on campus—a COVID-related break from the tradition of graduation at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center downtown. The College announced that to keep the event as small as possible, […]
PC Should Offer Outdoor Workout Classes As any fitness-minded Providence College student knows, it is increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to sign up for a gym time at the Concannon Fitness Center. Because of COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions, there are only a limited number of spaces in the gym at any given time, creating an […]
PC, Keep Banning the Vagina Monologues: The Best Thing to Do for Women on Campus by Rosie the Riveter ’21 Providence College’s previous president, Flat Stanley, banned The Vagina Monologues back in 2006 and has likely not gone a year without being reminded of this ban. Despite the message of the monologues, a group of […]
Women Deserve It All: Why Men’s NCAA Tournament Players Should Be Stripped of All Amenities by Miss Madness ’22 Welcome to March! Obviously most college students know what comes with March: the NCAA Women’s College Basketball Tournament. So, how come the men’s teams got so many more amenities this year? The NCAA claims that because the […]
The Need for Straight Pride: Coping in the Aftermath of Pope Prancis’s Announcement by Karen ’21 Last week, Pope Prancis’s refusal to bless opposite-sex unions came as a blow to the heterosexual community. Prancis, who has been historically more progressive than previous popes, inspired a hope for monumental change in the Church’s policy towards heterosexual couples. […]
Don’t Be a Fool. Choose Unlimited. One of the smartest decisions Providence College makes annually is requiring freshman students to buy into the unlimited meal plan at Ray Dining Hall. While this predetermination makes an otherwise difficult decision rather simple and thoughtless for freshmen by not forcing them to blindly choose between the 75-block, seven […]
Vacations vs. Vigilance: How Making Your Own Spring Break Concerns the PC Community by Julia McCoy ’22 Asst. Opinion Editor It is without question that students at Providence College, and people around the world, are waiting for life to get back to normal. But, while the COVID-19 pandemic remains a threat, it is important that […]