Category: News

Agency to End Abuse Sets Up On-Campus Training

by Alexandra Huzyk ’20 News Staff   Throughout the month of February, Providence College  will be holding training sessions on sexual assault, hosted and conducted by a Rhode Island agency called Day One. The training is open to all members of the PC community, as well as anyone else in the area who is interested. […]

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Featured Friar: Winifred Kennedy ’20

by Brian Garvey ’20 Providence College is home to countless talented students, but a star might be in the making before our eyes.  Winifred “Wini” Kennedy ’20  is from Grafton, Massachusetts and has a bright future ahead of her. “I actually hadn’t even heard of Providence until my sophomore year of high school when my […]

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Professors Discuss Building a ‘Beloved Community’

By Matthew Mazzella ’20 In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Providence College hosted Dr. Comfort Ateh, associate professor of education, and Maco L. Faniel, professor of black studies, for its’ monthly FaculTEAS event on January 22, 2019. This event was held in rememberance and reflection on Reverand Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,’s legacy. […]

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Students Get an Inside Look at the Entertainment Industry

By Kelly Marcela ’21 While Rhode Island rang in the new year with cold winter weather, some students escaped to sunny California this January. As part of the Providence College in Hollywood program, 13 PC students and four faculty members from various departments traveled to Los Angeles, to spend three days exploring the entertainment industry […]

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Featured Friar: Emily Wall ’21: A Friar Focused on Health and Fitness

by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor While not everyone at Providence College is a student athlete, students can work and train just as hard as one in the Concannon Fitness Center using the right exercises and equipment.  Emily Wall ’21, a biology major, member of the Liberal Arts Honors program, and an athlete on PC’s […]

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Fighting in the Federal Government Continues: An Overview of the Government Shutdown

by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Staff This past Saturday, January 11, marked the third week since President Trump’s refusal to sign a spending bill negotiated by Republicans and Democrats that would continue current border-security funding without the construction of a border wall on the United State’s southern border.Currently, this is the longest-lasting government shutdown in […]

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Jayme Closs Found Three Months After Kidnapping

by Thomas Edwards ’20 News Co-Editor Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old from Barron, Wisconsin, was reported missing on October 15, 2018, the night that both of her parents were found dead in her home.  On the night of Oct. 15, Jake Patterson, 21, pulled up outside of the Closs home. When James Closs, Jayme’s father, went […]

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Campus Ministry Embraces Faith Over Break: Students Visit Indianapolis for SEEK 2019

By Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor While the Providence College community may have been on break, that did not stop several students from continuing to embrace their religious faith while off-campus.  From Jan. 3-7, members of the PC community went to Indianapolis, Indiana to attend SEEK 2019, an annual conference that invites young Christians to […]

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Remembering George H.W. Bush: 41st President of the United States Passes Away

by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor The death of a prominent national figure, especially a former President of the United States, is always a tragic event.  On Friday, November 30, George H.W. Bush, the 41st president and father of the 43rd, passed away late in the night at the age of 94. Bush was diagnosed […]

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Bursting the PC Bubble: Looking Back on the Year’s Biggest Events

by Kelly Marcela ’21 News Staff As the calendars turn to December, people reflect on the past 12 months, and it seems like every year people say it has been “the most eventful year” in history. This may be a bold claim, but 2018 definitely had enough events to fill the news. Politics always seem […]

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