Category: News

Violence Erupts, Parties Split

by Meaghan Dodson ’17 News Co-Editor If there is one (maybe hard to accept) fact about college campuses, it is that copious amounts of alcohol are consumed on a weekly basis. The festivities of St. Patrick’s Day are no exception, but this year, off-campus gatherings related to this Irish holiday took a turn for the […]

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PC Explores Off-Campus Security Options

by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 Asst. News Editor “More and more police officers is not the solution,” said Major Jack Leyden, executive director of the Office of Safety and Security at Providence College. “We need to come up with a unified way to address safety off -campus.” Since the start of this spring semester, the College […]

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PC Recycling: Improvement Must Come From Students

by Sarah Gianni ’18 News Staff Donald Trump’s recently released budget proposal calls for a 31 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency, reducing funding from $8.1 to $5.7 billion. This potential cut could translate into destructive environmental action such as the halt of community cleanup initiatives or fewer regulations on polluters contaminating the environment. […]

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Providence College Student Congress Updates

  by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 Asst. News Editor Security After the shooting that occurred off-campus on early Sunday morning, Director of the Office of Safety and Security Jack Leyden, Lieutenant John Dunbar, Director of Emergency Management Koren Kanadanian, and Director of Citizenship and Off-Campus Life Stanley Vieira met with the Congress for a panel discussion […]

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Providence College Student Congress Updates

by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 Asst. News Editors Security After the shooting that occurred off-campus on early Sunday morning, Director of the Office of Safety and Security Jack Leyden, Lieutenant John Dunbar, Director of Emergency Management Koren Kanadanian, and Director of Citizenship and Off-Campus Life Stanley Vieira met with the Congress for a panel discussion regarding […]

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Friar Flashback: Beers and Cheers!

by Daria Purdy ’19 News Staff McPhail’s gives testimony to the long and colorful history of Providence College through the memorabilia hung upon its walls. Pictures of sports greats, influential administrators and Dominicans, and old spring concerts constantly remind students of the heritage that they live out as a part of the PC community. Yet, […]

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PC Donation Supports Catholic Education

by Patrick Healey ’17 News Staff Students and faculty will have organized days which will be coordinated to meet the needs of each school, allowing them to volunteer their time to help Providence’s student population.  This will serve to aid the schools and the children, but also to extend PC’s connection and strengthen its communication […]

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Students Participate in a Spring Break of Service: Global Service Learning Trips

by Gabriella Pisano ’18 News Staff Typically, Spring Break is a time when you take a break from classes and relax. Whether you sit on the beach in the sun or go home to unwind, Spring Break is often seen as a time to leave the schoolwork behind. This is not so true for the […]

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Students Participate in a Spring Break of Service: Habitat for Humanity

by Daria Purdy ’19 News Staff On the first day of Spring Break, over 100 Providence College students embarked for destinations across the East Coast to participate in PC’s annual Habitat for Humanity service trip. This year, Habitat sent students to sites in Pittsburgh, Kittanning, Harrisburg, and York, Pennsylvania; Georgetown, Delaware; Spring Lake, New Jersey; […]

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Friar Flashback: The Ruane Center for the Humanities

by Marla Gagne ’19 News Co-Editor “The beauty and elegance of the building matches the beauty and elegance of what takes place inside of it,” said Providence College philosophy professor and former Development of Western Civilization (DWC) Program director, Dr. Vance G. Morgan.  The “beauty and elegance” Morgan admiringly referenced was then the newest creation […]

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