Yet Another Breakup Rocks Bachelor Nation Does the Bachelor Franchise Live Up to Its Premise? Grace O’Connor ’22 The Bachelor franchise consists of a beloved set of shows based on the premise of bringing together a couple that will live happily ever after—or does it? On the most recent season of The Bachelorette, lead Katie […]
Friars Look to Make Statement this Season Leo Hainline Sports Co-Editor The Providence College Women’s Basketball team enters the season with high hopes, eager to fully showcase their potential after a turbulent 2020-21 season that was frequently interrupted by COVID-19 postponements and cancellations. The Friars retain their two top scorers in Mary Baskerville ’22 and […]
No. 8 Ranked Friars Staying in the Moment The Providence College Men’s Hockey Team began their 2021-22 campaign on an upswing, defeating Army West Point 7-0 in their season opener. Since this victory, they haven’t turned back. The Providence Friars have an overall record of 5-2 with a conference record of 2-0. Their impressive record […]
Reflecting on the Friars End to the Season Stephen Foster ’22 Sports Staff The Providence College Women’s Soccer Team finished their season in heartbreaking fashion this Sunday, Oct. 31, suffering a disappointing 2-1 overtime loss to St. John’s University in the first round of the Big East Tournament. Amber Birchwell ’21 scored the lone goal […]
Providence College Investigates: NHL Justin Bishop ’24 Sports Staff Las Vegas Knights The Las Vegas Golden Knights are the second most recent team to be added to the National Hockey League. The organization itself is four years old, founded in June of 2016. In their first season, 2017-2018, the team reached the Stanley Cup Final, […]
Sports Shorts Will Murphy ’23 Sports Staff Men’s Soccer In their final home game of the season, the Providence College Men’s Soccer Team tied Villanova University 0-0, on Saturday, Oct. 30. The Friars were able to outshoot the Wildcats 28-7 but were unable to find a way to notch the go-ahead goal. Goalkeeper Lukas Burns […]
A Germophobe’s Worst Nightmare: Flu Season by Joe Kulesza ’22 Dating back to ancient Mesopotamia, human civilizations have wrestled with great existential questions which are part of the human condition. Fyodor Dostoevsky, in his novel Crime and Punishment, critiques the ideas of rationalism and utilitarianism through the main character, Raskolnikov, who struggles with an inner […]
Are Self-Paced Classes Better at the Collegiate Level? by Ashley Seldon ’24 Some classes at Providence College are self-paced in terms of homework and assignment deadlines. It is common for college students to complain about the workload they deal with and for them to experience time management issues. They are trying to balance time, take […]
Science Changes… Don’t Shoot the Messenger by Christina Charie ’25 Science is a blessing—until it is a curse. Many people living in first-world countries have gotten used to science providing a reasonable answer to several conflicts which are now considered issues of the past. Once the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, science began telling […]
Same-Sex Schools Put Women at a Disadvantage by Sydney Gayton ’23 Single-sex schools have been around for centuries, with women having been excluded from higher education up until the 19th century. Even then, the disparities that separated the education for male and female students are striking. Oberlin College, which was previously only men, became the […]