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Calling for Unity amidst COVID Outbreak: A Look at the Recent Actions of PC Students, the College, and the State of RI

Calling for Unity amidst COVID Outbreak A Look at the Recent Actions of PC Students, the College, and the State of RI by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief   For two weeks now, many of us in the Providence College community have been holding our breath, waiting for the next email update and anxiously checking the […]

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Introducing New Oscars Diversity Requirements

Best Picture Category Gets Qualifiers for Inclusion by Grace Whitman ’22 A&E Staff After the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed to nominate a single person of color for Best Actor in a Leading or Supporting Role in January 2016 for the second year in a row, it was blatantly obvious that the […]

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Country Music and COVID-19: The 55th Annual ACM Awards

Urban Opens with Solemn Monologue on Social, Climate Justice by Madison Palmieri ’22 A&E Staff Although the Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards are usually held in April or May, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the program to be postponed until Wednesday, Sept. 16. As with other recent awards shows, the ACMs looked much different from […]

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Protecting Communal Welfare in the Age of Coronavirus

Protecting Communal Welfare in the Age of Coronavirus   by Alyssa Cohen ’21 Opinion Staff   The COVID-19 pandemic has upended individual lives across the nation and world. It can be comforting to call this a collective hardship shared by many; however, it may be more productive to consider each struggle as a unique one, broadening […]

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The Reality of Cancel Culture Is that it Is Not Real

The Reality of Cancel Culture Is that it Is Not Real by Nicole Patano ’22 Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. When people make comments that are offensive, bigoted, or vile, they deserve to be held accountable. In recent years, all calls for holding individuals accountable for their statements and actions have […]

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Careers During COVID-19: How Will the New Job Market Affect PC Graduates?

Careers during COVID-19: How Will the New Job Market Affect PC Graduates? by Julia McCoy ’22 Opinion Staff It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted our small campus community. But how will it affect our lives after we leave Providence College and move on to the “real world?” In addition to the changes […]

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You Are What You Look at: We Spend Too Much Time Looking at Other People

You Are What You Look at: We Spend Too Much Time Looking at Other People by Joseph Kulesza ’22 Opinion Staff We spend a lot of time looking at other people. The average person will spend a total of 3,462,390 minutes on social media during their lifetime. Assuming that this time is not spent exclusively […]

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Appreciating the Many Ways We Can Lend a Helping Hand

Appreciating the Many Ways We Can Lend a Helping Hand by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief Shortly before moving back to Providence this summer, I was having a conversation with my dad and he mentioned something he saw on Facebook that had really stuck with him. It was a quote that read, “Remember whenever you’re in […]

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Tangents & Tirades

The Harsh Realities of Outdoor Classrooms Providence College has attempted to normalize hybrid classrooms, in which both in-person and remote students are in class at the same time, but one new addition to campus has shown serious faults in providing all students an equal education—outdoor classrooms. Big white circus tents lit with inviting, warm bulbs […]

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Wedding Lace

by Ellie Forster ’24 Every day she woke up at seven to leave at seven thirty to get to school at eight. She always walked, no matter what. Since about halfway through the fourth grade, she walked alone. That was, until her mother shoved a six-year-old’s hand in hers, said something about new neighbors, new […]

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