PC Economics Professor Analyzes the Effect of Stock Market Volatility by Ernie Andreoli ’18 News Staff The stock market experienced a severe dip on Monday, February 5 as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 1,175 points, or 4.6 percent. A drop of this magnitude has not been recorded since the index dropped by 778 […]
Trump Delivers His First State of the Union Address by Darren Squillace ’19 President Trump gave his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 30. Reading off of a teleprompter, Trump’s speech was concise in comparison to his usual off-the-cuff speeches that viewers have grown accustomed to. Instead of trying to divide those […]
Student to Student, We Asked MSU Students What They’re Thinking by Brian Garvey ’20 On Wednesday, January 19, Dr. Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison on charges of criminal sexual conduct. A former USA Gymnastics team doctor and sports medicine physician at Michigan State University who treated stars such as […]
Trump Reveals Desire to Fire Special Councilman Mueller by Ernie Andreoli ’18 News Staff President Donald Trump reportedly ordered the firing of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel for the department of justice who is administering the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, last June, according to four individuals familiar with […]
Why the U.S. Government Shutdown, and What it Means to You by Darren Squillace ’19 News Staff For the first time in nearly five years, the United States federal government shut down when the clock struck midnight on Friday evening, and did not re-open until Monday morning. The shutdown came as a result of senators […]
Protestors Rally at State House and Fight for Women’s Rights by Catherine Brewer ’20 News Staff “We believe that Women’s Rights are Human Rights and Human Rights are Women’s Rights.” That is the core belief of the founders of the Women’s March, an international movement that claimed the steps of the Rhode Island State House for […]
An Analysis On Net Neutrality and What it Means For You By Brian Garvey ’20 News Staff On Sunday December 14, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 to repeal net neutrality. Net neutrality is the idea that all data on the internet is same and equal, and therefore no internet service providers, such […]
Looking Back at the World News of 2017 by Hannah Langley ’20 News Staff December has arrived, and another year has come and gone. From the inuaguration of the 45th President of the United States, to the tragic Las Vegas shooting and Hurricane Irma, 2017 has included many events of lasting significance. One of the […]
Death Toll Hits 305 in Egypt’s Worst Modern Massacre by Catherine Brewer ’20 News Staff The death toll hovers at 305, including 27 children, three days after Egypt’s worst modern massacre occurred on Friday, November 24 during the al-Rawdah Sufi mosque’s midday prayer. An additional 128 were injured at the place of worship in Bir […]
by Sarah Giani News Staff Last Thursday, the FriarAlert System was utilized to communicate with the campus community that shots were fired near the Providence Place Mall. The day began with a Providence police cruiser was stolen on Route 146 at about 9:00 a.m. that November 9. According to several media reports, officials said the suspect, […]