Posts from "Letters to the Editor"
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Letters to the Editor | Jan.14, 2016
Theresa Edo Freeman ’96
Editor-in-Chief 1995-1996 Blind Melon’s iconic ‘90s video, “No Rain,” featured this girl in a bumblebee costume tap-dancing her way through a bland little town, never happy until she finds a field of other bees joyously dancing. The Cowl was my…
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Letters to the Editor | Jan.14, 2016
Steve Maurano ’78
Feature Staff I came to Providence College as a wide-eyed freshman in the fall of 1974. The country was still reeling from the Watergate scandal and President Nixon’s resignation one month earlier. I was enthralled with the idea of becoming…
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Letters to the Editor | Jan.14, 2016
Noelle Debes ’94
Editor-in-Chief 1993-1994 The first time I was published in The Cowl, I wasn’t on the staff. After receiving my first phone bill freshman year, I sent a Letter to the Editor about the importance (and low cost) of writing letters.…
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Letters to the Editor | Jan.14, 2016
Greg Winsper ’86
Editor-in-Chief 1985-1986 When Kathleen McGinty ’16 contacted me to write a reflective essay for The Cowl’s 80th anniversary I was immediately flooded with wonderful memories. I had the distinctive opportunity of celebrating The Cowl’s 50th anniversary while I was Editor-in-Chief…
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Letters to the Editor | Sep.03, 2015
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the entire PC staff, students involved with Residence Life, Campus Security, and ROTC members for the outstanding job during Freshmen Move-In Day. Not only were logistics handled…
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Letters to the Editor | Apr.24, 2014
Corr Values: A Message to the Class of 2014
by Emily Corr ’13 Guest Opinion “I’m not ready!” This is probably the most common statement by the Class of 2014 of the past academic year. Not only is it annoying to hear, by undergrads and postgrads alike, but it…
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Letters to the Editor | Apr.03, 2014
Letter to the Editor
I agree when Holy Father Pope Francis “warns mobsters that Hell awaits if they don’t repent and renounce their blood-stained money and blood-stained power. The life that you live now won’t give you pleasure. It won’t give you joy or…
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Letters to the Editor | Apr.03, 2014
Have a Little Courage
by Matthew Henry Smith ’16 Guest Opinion Friars, we have been invited to hear another academic speaker on queer issues. The event description reads as follows, “Two representatives of Courage International, the Catholic Church’s outreach to persons with homosexual inclination,…
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Letters to the Editor | Mar.06, 2014
Alumnus Says Off-Campus Social Atmosphere Must Be Addressed
by Jim Smith Guest Opinion As an alumnus of Providence College, I think it is time for a campus forum to address the toxic social atmosphere which permeates our adjacent off-campus surroundings which is having a deleterious affect on the…
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Letters to the Editor | Feb.27, 2014
Thornton ’12, ’14G Concerned about PC
by Matthew F. Thornton ’12, ’14G Guest Opinion To the Providence College community: I am growing concerned with the direction our College is heading regarding freedom of thought and discussion. Just in the last year, we have had three large…
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