Category: Campus

Pumpkinfest Petting Zoo

by Sarah Kelley ’18 Opinion Co-Editor Although the heat of summer was still lingering this past Friday, fall was definitely in the air during Providence College’s annual Pumpkin Fest. This autumnal event sponsored by Student Congress, BMSA, BOP, and Community Partners provided a well-deserved break for many students during midterms week and brought the PC […]

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We Can Do It, PC: Women of Meagher is a Step in the Right Direction

by Katherine Torok ’20 Opinion Staff It has been about 47 years since Providence College accepted and enrolled its first female students. What began as an all-male private Roman Catholic school in 1917 has transformed into a co-ed college with around 57 percent of the student body comprised of females. Now jump to 2017, and […]

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Let Students Study For Midterms

by Nicholas Moran ’19 Opinion Staff Besides the hum of the air-conditioning and distant footsteps, the Ruane Center for the Humanities was eerily silent on the night of Columbus Day. A stack of books and pages of class notes sat imposingly in front of me, living proof that my caffeine-fueled night of midterm studying was […]

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DWC Through the Eyes of a Freshman: Learning to Embrace Civ Despite Its Challenges

  by Andrea Traietti ’21 Opinion Staff The Development of Western Civilization. More lovingly just referred to as Civ. For most freshmen, Civ is unlike anything they have ever experienced before. Between lengthy syllabi, long reading assignments, and two-hour long classes, Civ can be quite the challenge for a college freshman trying to adjust to […]

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A Light in the Darkness: Students Have Conflicting Views on the New Torch

  by Lela Biggus ’18 Opinion Staff It seems today that our world is more divided and broken than ever. Humanity resides in a state of disillusioned acceptance. We are battered by natural disasters, haunted by the persistent droning on of news notifications, and numbed to the noise of it all.It is as if we […]

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