Category: Editor’s Column

Reflecting on Transitions and Traditions

Reflecting on Transitions and Traditions by Andrea Traietti ’21  Editor-in-Chief This issue of The Cowl is the sixth and final issue we will be publishing this semester, and it’s quite an exciting selection of content with which to end. Covered in this issue, first and foremost, is the momentous national news from last week—Joe Biden […]

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The Cowl Launches Cross-Campus Listening Tour

The Cowl Launches Cross-Campus Listening Tour By Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief   This week’s issue marks the official start to The Cowl’s listening tour across campus, as we publish the first in a series of articles on the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at Providence College. As part of our listening tour series, […]

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Coping with Burnout and Building Resilience: Taking Time to Recharge Is a Sign of Strength

by Andrea Traietti ’21  Editor-in-Chief Academic burnout is something many of us college students are familiar with by now. It seems to build up slowly every semester until it catches up to us all at once, oftentimes right at the height of stress during midterms and finals week. This semester has been no exception when […]

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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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Looking Back and Moving Forward

by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief   The last time The Cowl was published was on March 5, 2020. When those of us on The Cowl staff left the office the night before, none of us thought that we had just wrapped up our last “Cowl Wednesday” and published our last issue of the 2019-2020 school […]

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Addressing and Learning from Our Mistakes

On July 14, 2020 the Instagram account @blackatpc published a post detailing an incident that occurred in our organization in 2017. The post came from a member of the class of 2017 who worked for The Cowl at that time. In the post, the alum explained that The Cowl published an article which used racist […]

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Sorry, Not Sorry: Women’s Toxic Relationship with Apologizing

by Katherine Torok ’20 Associate Editor-in-Chief “OMG so sorry for texting!” I quickly type after finding out that the person I was texting was away for the weekend. However, prior to the initial text asking what they were up to, I was unaware of the fact that they took a spur of the moment vacation. […]

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“Taking On” the Season of Lent, No Matter Your Religion: Using Lent as a Means of Self-Care and Progress

by Kerry Torpey ’20 Editor-in-Chief   This week marked the official start of the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday. As many students walked from class-to-class after receiving their ashes, I overheard several conversations discussing what people should “give up” for Lent. The concept behind giving something up for Lent, also known as a Lenten sacrifice, […]

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Valentine’s Day is Beyond the CVS Aisles: A Love-Filled Thank You Note to Mom

by Katherine Torok ’20 Associate Editor-in-Chief   Valentine’s Day: a time filled with supermarket flowers, heart-shaped candy boxes wrapped in red cellophane, overpriced cards, and stuffed animals holding hearts with cheesy sayings. While this may be an over-exaggeration, it’s the typical Valentine’s Day that Hollywood and CVS have planted into my and many of my […]

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Friartown: A Place Where Everyone Belongs

by Kerry Torpey ’20 Editor-in-Chief   This semester, I decided to take Introduction to Sociology with Dr. Eve Veliz-Moran as one of my free electives. The course aims to educate students on how the elements of our society “shape who we are.” By the end of the semester, students will have engaged with topics such […]

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