Stop Asking Whether It Counts as Reading There is no greater debate in the book world than whether audiobooks count as reading. Avid readers will argue that listening to a book while busy doing other things cannot compare to sitting down and holding a book in your hands. Many people view listening to a book […]
With the all-star break concluded, the push for the playoffs has officially begun for the NHL. This season we have seen the Boston Bruins make history as the second-quickest team to reach 30 wins in NHL history, and the fastest team to collect 80 points of all time. We have also seen underdog teams, including […]
Marquette University Will Murphy ’23 Sports Co-Editor As the 2022-23 Big East season unfolds, a few teams have separated themselves from the rest of the pack. Four teams have made their way to the top of the standings: Marquette University, Xavier University, Creighton University, and Providence College. One thing all four of these teams have […]
Men’s Basketball The Providence College men’s basketball team is currently ranked No. 20/17 in the nation and holds a record of 18–7 and a 10–4 record in Big East play. After their loss against No. 16 Xavier University, the Friars hosted Georgetown University which ended in a 74–-62 victory. Bryce Hopkins ’25, Ed Croswell GS […]
To the residents of Manchester, New Hampshire: Hello from Barcelona! Right now, I am sitting in a too-cold cafe sipping on a chai latte that fails to overload me with flavors the way my typical order from Dunkin’ does. The people around me are whispering, laughing, and talking in Spanish, and I find myself picking […]
I want to run into a forest green I want to run into a forest green and full of life I want to run into a forest green and let this emptiness pour out I want to run into a forest green. When I think of winter, it is always with a fondness for the […]
All the crafted cards Fly by in a shuffle of swirling symmetry, Hypnotizing as they masquerade In the guise of sameness. But on one of the unseen sides Looms the sinister shadow of the Queen of Spades, The mysterious mistress Dictating Fortune herself, Changing the fate of the game At the appointed time. Undesirable yet […]
There once was a girl from Prov Whose heart was the color mauve She’s been beaten and bruised Cause she’s never been choosed But finds joy in the juice of the guav(a)
Every few months she finds herself by the hearth, feeding the last of their shared memories to the dwindling embers. In exchange for the pages in her leather-bound journal, the red bricks give her bare knees a fresh coat of ashen soot. Her trembling fingers graze over the russet-colored leather and break open the spine. […]
Like food in storage, I bear a singular label. Never mine And I fear to be thrown away. Rotting in mold, isn’t better. To be forgotten or folded in a thousand aliases— And then who am I, to define myself, if I never was to begin with? Y.o.u: the letters punched into my keyboard right […]