by Nicole Silverio ’22 News Staff On Saturday, Sept. 15, several protestors were injured in yet another violent protest in Hong Kong between the police force and the citizens. The protests have caused major political upheaval in the past six months. Thousands marched from Causeway Bay to government offices in Admiralty, striving to peacefully protest […]
by Kelly Martella ’21 News Staff On Sep. 20, millions of young people around the world went outside instead of going into their classrooms. These students did not skip school for a laidback day of relaxation, though. Rather, they chose to take part in one of the largest marches in history: the Global Climate Strike. […]
by Eileen Cooney ’23 News Staff On Sept. 12, the third round of the Democratic National Debates kicked off. It has been over a month since the candidates faced each other on stage in the last Democratic National Debate, and since then the number of candidates running has shrunk considerably. In the July debates, which […]
by Brian Garvey ’20 News Staff Early Saturday morning, a major attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil production sent ripples through the global economy. Coordinated drone strikes targeted two crude processing facilities, one of which, operated by Aramco, is the world’s largest processing plant. The attacks created a devastating chain of fires that severely damaged or […]
by Maura Campbell ’22 News Staff In the weeks before its landfall, Hurricane Dorian had been predicted to cause large amounts of damage to the Bahamas and areas of the southeastern United States. Its nature as a slow-moving hurricane created the potential for huge destruction, as it was predicted to remain in certain areas for […]
by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Co-Editor In an email addressed to the Providence College community on Sept. 3, Vice President for Student Affairs Kristine Goodwin relayed an announcement from the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) confirming the first human case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis within the state in nearly a decade. While more commonly […]
Thomas Edwards ’20 News Staff For nearly a month, the Amazon rainforest, the largest rainforest in the world, has had several thousand wildfires burning through it. Wildfires are generally common in the Amazon during the dry season, which usually runs from August through mid-November. However, according to the data from Brazil’s National Space Research Institute […]
by Kelly Martella ’21 News Staff Many students spend time traveling during the summer vacation; others continue their studies and take courses during the break. Maymesters provide students the opportunity to do both of these things — all within the first few weeks of summer. This year, Providence College offered two programs — one in […]
by Brian Garvey ’20 News Staff On what should have been a day of rest and worship, a devastating wave of attacks in Sri Lanka left more than 250 people dead and hundreds more injured on Easter Sunday. By Sunday afternoon, there were a total of eight explosions that tore through churches and hotels across […]
by Thomas Edwards ’20 News Staff Last Tuesday, April 2, in Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park bordering the Congo, American tourist Kimberly Sue Endicott, Canadian tourists Martin and Barbel Jurrius, and their Congolese safari guide Jean-Paul Mirenge Remezo were held at gunpoint by four armed men, according to Ugandan police. “The unknown gunmen put the […]