Posts from "Campus"
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Campus | Sep.17, 2020
Safety Advisory and Humanities Forum Incidents Highlight Issue of Race on Campus
by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor For several years now, Providence College has put diversity at the forefront of its planning, making it one of the milestones of its PC200 plan. While PC has improved in diversity in some ways,…
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Campus | Sep.17, 2020
Memorializing 19 Years Since 9/11
by Julia Acquavita ’22 News Staff This past Friday, Providence College students and faculty commemorated 9/11 with a beautiful memorial service on the lawn in front of the Arthur F. & Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies. According to Charlie…
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National and Global News | Sep.17, 2020
Candidate’s Corner: Mail-In Voting Concerns
by Nicole Silverio ’22 News Staff With the 2020 presidential election less than two months away, the nominees are preparing to enter the final stages of their campaigns. Democratic nominee Joe Biden and Republican nominee President Donald Trump have both…
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National and Global News | Sep.17, 2020
U.S. Concerned with Fueled Tensions Between China and Hong Kong
by Addison Wakelin ’22 News Staff In late August, 12 activists were caught by Chinese officials trying to flee to Taiwan and are now detained with little known of their whereabouts. The arrests came in a growing crackdown on pro-democracy…
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Campus | Sep.17, 2020
Taking on the Presidency During Unprecedented Times: Congress Hosts Virtual Meeting with Fr. Sicard
by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Co-Editor This past Tuesday, Sept. 8, the 71st Providence College Student Congress welcomed special guest Father Kenneth Sicard, O.P., for a virtual town hall meeting over Zoom. Fr. Sicard succeeded Father Brian Shanley, O.P., as…
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Campus | Sep.17, 2020
Striking a Blow at Systemic Racism: PC Community Observes Scholar Strike
by Sydney Olinger ’23 News Staff On Sept. 8-9, members of colleges, universities, and their surrounding communities took part in a nationwide strike to promote racial justice. These two days were reserved for people to choose to refrain from their…
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Campus | Sep.17, 2020
As Cases Spike, COVID Concerns Grip PC Community Putting Off-Campus Students on Lockdown, PC Aims to Stop the Spread
by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor in Chief Slowly but steadily, unease crept across campus early on Tuesday as rumors began to spread that a number of off-campus students had received positive COVID-19 test results. Over the course of the day,…
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Campus | Sep.17, 2020
Featured Friar Sebastian D’Ambrosio ’21: Tackling COVID through Team Effort
by Eileen Cooney ’23 News Staff This week, the Featured Friar spotlight shines upon Sebastian D’Ambrosio 21. D’Ambrosio, a Redondo Beach, CA native and a senior quantitative economics major with minors in mathematics and theology, is president of the Providence…
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National and Global News | Sep.03, 2020
Candidates’ Corner: Covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions
by Nicole Silverio ’22 News Staff The Democratic and Republican National Conventions were held during the past two weeks, officially nominating former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump as the presidential nominees. The Democratic Convention, held virtually from…
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Campus | Sep.03, 2020
Ahead of the Curve: PC’s Return a Success
by Eileen Cooney ’23 News Co-Editor With COVID-19 cases still surging across various parts of the United States and colleges plowing ahead with their fall reopening plans, many students and parents rightfully have trepidations about the Providence College campus reopening.…
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