“What is The Cowl?” Mass Shootings’ Prevalence in American School Culture by Nicole Patano Editor-in-Chief I did not anticipate the number of times students would ask me this question at the Involvement Fair on Sept. 5. Apparently, “Providence College’s student-run newspaper” fell short as a response—who would have thought? At its most fundamental, The Cowl is […]
The Clothes Don’t Make the (Wo)Man Senior Year Offers Us a Chance to Start Over By Nicole Patano ’22 On Saturday, Aug. 28, a day before my scheduled move-in at Providence College, I sat in my room and finally began packing the clothes I would be bringing with me to campus. It wasn’t until […]
A Reflection on My Time at Providence College by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief Seeing as this is our final issue of The Cowl, this is the final Editor’s Column I will write, marking the end of my tenure as editor-in-chief of The Cowl. I would usually write my Editor’s Columns mid-week, in the midst of […]
Moving Toward Justice by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice,” said Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a speech at the National Cathedral on March 31, 1968. This past Tuesday, we inched a little closer toward justice. That’s because on Tuesday, April 20, […]
Recommitting to Community: Coming Together in the Face of Adversity by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief This year’s commencement ceremony is going to be held on Hendricken Field right on campus—a COVID-related break from the tradition of graduation at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center downtown. The College announced that to keep the event as small as possible, […]
A Year of Life in the Pandemic: Reflecting on Hope, Nostalgia, and “Normalcy” by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief In a way that felt almost a little too poetic, last week I ended my isolation period after testing positive for COVID-19 on the very day that marked a full year of the pandemic. On March 13, […]
Women’s Week at PC: Reflecting on Women’s History at the College by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief When Providence College first opened its doors in 1917, it would be another 54 years before women would finally walk through them as enrolled students. In the 50 years since 1971, when the first class of women began their […]
By Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief This week’s Roving Photography question—“Tell me you’re a student at PC, without telling me you’re a student at PC”—is one of my favorites we’ve had in a while. (Shoutout to Bri Colletti ’21 and Aislinn Hoover ’21, photographers and Cowlers extraordinaire for the creativity this week!). We all love a […]
A Historical Perspective on Valentine’s Day What the History of the Holiday Offers Us by Andrea Traietti, ’21 The question of whether Valentine’s Day is a cheesy Hallmark-invented holiday or a meaningful day to celebrate love seems like an age-old debate, and with Valentine’s Day coming up this Sunday, it’s one that my roommates and […]
Soul and Perspective on a New Semester: What Pixar’s New Movie Teaches Us by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief Two weeks ago, my roommates and I watched Soul, the new Pixar movie out on Disney+. The movie garnered attention as Pixar’s first to focus on a Black protagonist, and only the fourth American animated film to feature […]