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Cross Country Team Takes On NCAA Championship

By Liam Tormey ’22 Sports Co-Editor The Providence College Men’s and Women’s Cross Country team have completed their season, finishing off at the NCAA Championship in Tallahassee, FL on Saturday, Nov. 20.  It was a journey to get to this spot, and it took a whole team effort. A first look begins at the Big […]

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MLB Free Agency Update

By Stephen Foster ’22 Sports Staff The 2021-2022 Major League Baseball offseason is off to a hot start with unpredictable free agency moves and trades. Some teams struck gold with new talent, meaning other teams lost their stars and will need to find ways to fill their roster with equal or better talent. However, the […]

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Who Will Win the College Football Playoff?

Providence College Investigates Joseph Quirk ’23 Sports Staff Georgia Do not be fooled by the outcome of the SEC Conference Championship this past weekend— Georgia is still by far the best team in the country, and it is not even a close race.  The University of Georgia Bulldogs were 12-0 heading into their conference championship, […]

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Two Battle Testing Games for the Friars

PC Goes 2-0 in Emotional Week By Justin Bishop ’24 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Basketball team has been on a tear in the early season, posting a record of 8-1 as of Sunday, Dec. 5.  The Friars won their first five games of the season for the first time since the 2014-2015 season. […]

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New Year’s Eve

Anna Pomeroy ’23 As the year’s clock begins to wind down, I am reminded of the infinite cycle that begins every new year. As it strikes midnight, we cheer and clink glasses filled with bubbly and Ambitious hopes for the next months to follow.   Our warming smiles are not the only thing that lights […]

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Editors’ Holiday Wish List

What is your guilty pleasure gift that you would never ask for but wish someone would read your mind and buy for you?  Liam Tormey: Off-White VaporMax Shoes Sarah McLaughlin: Tickets to see Hamilton at PPAC (for the third time…) Madison Palmieri: Ridiculously expensive Taylor Swift merch Julia McCoy: the $95 Harry Styles sweatshirt that […]

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The True Christmas Spirit

Kate Ward ’23   Dear Diary,  Another day in the workshop—you know, it’s exhausting being an elf. We’re given shoddy tools and forced to work year-round. Do you know how insufferable it is listening to Christmas music all year? The good part is the Big Man sometimes shares letters from the kids with us, so […]

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Invocation of the Muse

Sarah McLaughlin ’23 It’s far too late for me to be lying on my back with my guitar in my lap and thinking about Homer. Olive’s hanging out with some friends. She invited me, but I said no, to no surprise, and she told me to have a good night as she left with her […]

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A Moment by the Sun. / The Arrival of the Moon

Max Gilman ’25   When presented with an idea,  One is intrigued to oppose,  If they have knowledge  In a field so similar To that of which is being argued,  Because One yearns an ear,  To lean to with words  That accumulate And become known as The seeking of validation. So,  When presented with a […]

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The Shattered Ornament

Taylor Rogers ’24 I left a glittering ball of green at your doorstep, Knowing the emerald hue was a color you adored.  Patiently, the sphere sits outside, Waiting for your comforting touch to pull it off the empty porch.   The ornament watches the world in awe, As December rips off her white jacket,  Letting […]

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