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Harry Styles’ “Love on Tour”

Harry Styles’ “Love on Tour” A Memorable Concert Experience Worth the Two-Year Wait Grace Whitman ’22  After being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harry Styles’ Love on Tour Concert is in full swing, with three shows hitting the Providence area last week. On Oct. 23 and 25, Styles performed at Mohegan Sun Arena in […]

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Two Sentence Horror Stories

  I dipped my spoon into the Jell-O in front of me and lifted it to my mouth. I had never seen white Jell-O with little red spider veins before, and it was unexpectedly chewy. Kate Ward ’23 Laughter can be such a pleasant noise. That is, unless you live alone and hear it all […]

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Listomania

Worst Candy to Get in Your Trick-or-Treat Basket Milk Duds Candy corn with the chocolate on the bottom Granola bars Apples Green Kit Kats Black licorice  Toothpaste  100 Grand bars  Laffy Taffy  Dots  Anything grape flavored (tastes like cough medicine)  Bit-O-Honey  Circus peanuts  PayDays  Lemonheads  Hard grandma candies Scorpion candy  Tootsie Rolls (especially the fruit-flavored […]

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The Fork Ran Away, But the Spoon Came Back for Revenge

by Sarah McLaughlin ’23   It all started with one simple question: Should you eat mac and cheese with a fork or with a spoon? “A spoon, obviously,” Genevieve says. “It provides the utility for maximum scoopage.” Britney rolls her eyes. “A fork can scoop, too, idiot. And you can stab the noodles. It gives […]

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The Boy With Star Eyes

by Max Gilman ’25   What came first, The rope, Or the knot, The knife, Or the cut, The murder, Or the disdain? Nonetheless, One leads to the other, In an endless cycle of circling disparity. Before all these, though, Came the child, With a free mind, To fill with ideas.   There he was, […]

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Men’s Basketball Season Preview

PC Hoops Looks to Silence Critics Joseph Quirk ’23 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Basketball Team had a disappointing last season, finishing 12-14 and failing to qualify for the NCAA tournament, let alone make it past the first round of the Big East tournament. The Friars entered last season with high expectations, considering how […]

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Minor League Baseball: A Hopeful Start for Change

MLB Providing Housing for Players Ben Bilotti ’23 Sports Staff On Oct. 17, 2021, ESPN reporter, Jeff Passan, reported that Major League Baseball will now require all teams to provide housing for minor league players starting in 2022. MLB has yet to lay out a formal plan, but many teams are already forming their own […]

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What Sport has the Best Playoffs?

Providence College Investigates Will Murphy ’23 Sports Staff College Basketball The playoffs are one of the most exciting aspects of sports, but one league stands out with the most exciting playoffs: NCAA Men’s Basketball. There is so much to love about the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament, appropriately dubbed “March Madness.” Whether one enjoys Cinderella stories, […]

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Women’s Ice Hockey Preview

Friars with High Hopes Starting the Season Stephen Foster ’22 Sports Staff The Providence College Women’s Ice Hockey Team began the 2021-22 season on a high note with an exhibition win over the Boston Pride on Friday, Oct. 1, setting the tone for what looks to be a successful season. They hope to build off […]

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Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts Luke Sweeney ’24 Sports Staff Men’s Basketball: The Providence College Men’s Basketball Team started their preseason this week against head coach Ed Cooley’s alma mater, Stonehill College. The team played well as they eased into competition with a Division II school that they have started their season with since the arrival of Cooley […]

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