BOP and SHEPARD Host “Tell Your Story” by Catherine Brewer ’20 News Staff “We need to educate this campus before we do anything else,” expressed Magnoly Maria ’19 of the mission behind PC’s Proud, a celebratory and educational week of events promoting LGBTQ+ support at Providence College. On Thursday, April 12, students gathered in McPhail’s […]
PC Students Working With the Personal Counseling Center by Hannah Langley ‘21 News Staff College can present many stressful situations in the life of students, and Dr. Susan Grossman’s community and political practice social work class is working to address this problem. The class, which consists of seven Providence College juniors, explained, “There is a […]
Students Partake in the Light it Up Blue Initiative by Rachel Philbrick ’20 News Staff On Tuesday, April 10, the Board of Programmers (BOP) hosted an event in McPhail’s designed to raise autism awareness across campus. The event involved cupcake decorating using blue frosting, a tribute to the Light It Up Blue initiative, as well […]
Administration Explains Their Decision Behind the Policy by Brian Garvey ’20 News Staff One of the most polarizing issues on campus in the past few years has been the off-campus housing situation. There have been plenty of debates concerning who gets to live off campus and when, with strong feelings on both sides of the […]
PC Engages and Informs Students Through Events by Kendall Cairoli ’20 News Staff April is Sexual Assault Awareness month and Providence College continues to participate in the international movement to bring awareness, education, and prevention to college campuses. However, for both PC administrators and student leaders, addressing the topic of sexual violence is a conversation […]
“Neocolonialism in Africa: Repeating the Past but Worse” by Alexandra Huzyk ’20 News Staff In between visits to Washington, D.C., and the Canadian Parliament, Obianuju Ekeocha, a Nigerian social and political activist, gave a talk to the Providence College community titled “Neocolonialism in Africa: Repeating the Past, but Worse.” Ekeocha talked about the ideological neocolonialism […]
Student Activists Travel to D.C. For March Against Gun Violence by Catherine Brewer ‘20 News Staff On Saturday, March 24, students took charge of the fight for tighter gun control by leading the March For Our Lives, both in Washington, D.C., which drew a crowd of over two million, and at sister marches worldwide, including […]
Over 700 Current Students Donated to the College by Matthew Mazzella ’20 News Staff On Thursday, April 5, Providence College held its second annual Friars Give fundraising event. The school’s goal was to have all 3,989 students contribute, as well as parents and alumni, to help raise money for the Providence College experience. Sarah Osowa, […]
Notes from Tuesday, April 10, 2018 by Connor Nolan ‘19 Student Congress Publicity This week the Congress welcomed Fr. Kenneth Sicard, O.P., executive vice president treasurer of Providence College, to speak during its general meeting on Tuesday, April 11. He spoke on a variety of topics to kick off the meeting including the recent external […]
A News Brief on Regulating Social Media Platforms by Ernie Andreoli ’18 News Staff Roughly 87 million American Facebook users had their data gathered by Cambridge Analytica and a British-based data firm as a part of a political consulting work, which included President Donald Trump’s campaign operation. In light of the revelations first published by […]