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 […]
Strengthening Our Resolve by The Cowl Editorial Board 2020-2021 The first week of the fall semester, The Cowl Editorial Board penned an editorial, placed on the front page of our first issue, in which we aimed to deliver a unifying call to action: if Providence College was to remain open for the duration of the semester, we […]
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 […]
by PC Democrats Executive Board 2020-2021 The Providence College Democrats took on the task this semester of hosting a week’s worth of events leading up to election week. Planning for these events began over the summer of 2020 and lasted up until the very last minutes leading up to each event. Clubs and departments on campus […]
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 […]
by Rev’d Dr. David Lewis Stokes Assistant Professor of Theology Dear Editors, I would like to expand a bit upon my words quoted (quite correctly!) by Savannah Plaisted’s well-reasoned op-ed, “A Call to Action” (Oct. 30). When I spoke of the inbred and rancid clericalism that contributes to the dry rot in the Catholic […]