Book Review: Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr Continues to Prove His Mastery at Weaving Tales Together Tully Mahoney ’23 Anthony Doerr’s carefully crafted novel Cloud Cuckoo Land is yet another astonishing triumph for the author, who made waves in the literary world with All the Light We Cannot See in 2014. It’s nearly impossible to […]
How Storywriters Inspire Songwriters Popular Musical Artists Take Inspiration from Famous Works of Literature Madison Palmieri ’22 From The Great Gatsby to the Harry Potter series, many well-loved novels have inspired hit movies or television shows. Less frequently discussed, however, is the degree of inspiration that the world of literature provides the music industry. Some […]
Film Review: 14 Peaks The Possibility of the Impossible Grace O’Connor ’22 The Netflix documentary 14 Peaks explores courageous mountaineer Nirmal Purja’s journey as he climbs the 14 highest peaks in the world in the span of seven months. The previous record for the amount of time taken to climb all of these mountains was […]
Die Hard Is Not a Christmas Movie Zach Rossi ’23 The Christmas season is finally underway, which restarts a prominent debate of our time: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? The decades-long debate finally ends here, for the correct take is that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, and to think otherwise does not […]
The Grass Is Not Always Greener on the Other Side Living off Campus Is Not Everything It Is Made out to Be Joe Kulesza ’22 When it comes to freedom, if high school is structured like an authoritarian regime, then college is the promised land. In this world of no parental oversight, unlimited meal plans, […]
Gone, but Not Quite Forgotten Reflecting on a Year Through Photography by Nicole Patano ’22, Editor-in-Chief December is finally here, which means that 2021 is coming to a close. Whether you read that sentence with relief or grief, it’s important to reflect on what has occurred during the past year. It’s times like these that […]
Women Severely Impacted by International Human Rights Conflicts by Christina Charie ’25 The famous Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai recently made headlines when she accused former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. After her accusations were made public, Shuai vanished for three weeks. In addition to Shuai’s disappearance, the posts containing the accusations […]
Easy Access Does Not Always Come Equally by Olivia Bretzman ’22 As we near the end of 2021, we must reflect on the intensity of the year. Our worlds have turned upside down and inside out the past two years. More than ever, we have become reliable on technology to inform, relate, and ultimately survive. […]
Normalizing the Abnormal Reflecting on the “Post-Pandemic” Semester by Jezel Tracey ’24 This semester has not been easy. It has been one of adaptation, regulation, and, most of all, confusion. Despite the negative events that have taken place, this year has been a mark of progress in the world’s battle with COVID-19. Moving on from […]
Christmas Takes First Place by Christina Charie ’25 The real holiday season arrives once Christmas lights adorn every building. Americans spare no expense when Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around each year. However, there is a clear distinction between Thanksgiving and Christmas at Providence College that makes December simply magical. From Christmas trees in Slavin Center […]