Category: News

Update on Missing Cowls

by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 News Editor As reported in the editor’s column and opinion section in The Cowl’s previous issue, on Friday, September 15, it was discovered that the second issue of this year’s Cowl had disappeared from distribution stands across campus. The Sept. 14 Cowl contained relevant and timely campus news, including Providence College’s […]

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Panel Breaks Down DACA

by Thomas Edwards ’20 News Staff   Since the Trump administration announced their intention to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, DACA has been at the center of the news. On Thursday, September 21, at 4:30p.m. in the Ruane Great Room, the Providence Immigrant Rights Coalition, along with the Office of Institutional Diversity […]

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Hitting Close  to Home

Interviews by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 News Editor Sophie Bartlett ’18 Why do you think it is important that Providence College knows what is happening with the Caribbean Islands?  I think it is important because a lot of people kind of forget we exist, or think we are too small to really matter. The news is […]

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Bursting the PC Bubble: Hurricanes

A Review of the Recent Hurricane Destruction by Darren Squillace ’19 News Staff This hurricane season has been a consistent onslaught of one hurricane after another wreaking havoc in places across the Atlantic. The vivid images of the destruction and hardship these hurricanes have caused have sparked many different reactions, from enhanced discussions of global […]

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Achieving Academic Excellence

Stronger at PC Encourages Students to be Their Best by Alexandra Huzyk ’20 News Staff   Stronger at PC, an academic program introduced last year, is back to help students develop healthy study habits and time management skills. Students of all grades can benefit from the various events being held throughout the week. Gabriella Dess […]

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Featured Friar: William Oser ’19

From on Stage to on a Bike, Oser Discusses His Bop to the Top By Catherine Brewer ’20 News Staff Even when you think you’re ahead, William Oser ’19 is always one step—or spin—in front. Despite my efforts to beat him to lower Slavin’s Dunkin’ Donuts for our 8:30 a.m. interview—the only time that he […]

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SRW: Ringing in Senior Year

by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 News Editor “Wow, this is pretty surreal,” said a student in a sharp black tux as he helped his date step off a yellow bus that lead them to the Rhode Island Convention Center. “I can’t believe this is really SRW.” SRW, or Senior Ring Weekend, is one of the traditions […]

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Bursting the PC Bubble

A Timeline Of Recent Events Involving North Korea  By Thomas Edwards ’20 News Staff Since the conclusion of the Korean War in 1953, the Korean Peninsula has been divided along the 38th parallel, forming two countries: North Korea and South Korea. North Korea, which follows a communist ideology, has had three successive rulers of the same […]

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Compline Service Introduced

St. Dominic Chapel Offers Weekly Night Prayers on Monday Nights By Thomas Edwards ’20 News Staff Starting this semester at Providence College, St. Dominic’s Chapel has begun holding Compline Services every Monday night after the 9 p.m. mass. This came about from Daniel Arteaga ’19, the Campus Ministry Board’s student minister for worship. With the […]

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“Come and See” With Peer Ministry

By Brian Garvey ’20 News Staff On Tuesday, Peer Ministry held their second annual “Come and See” event. Despite having to move into Slavin to accommodate the weather, droves of students showed up to snack on pizza and wings. As the line got longer and longer, students could be seen interacting with members of Campus […]

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