By Gabriela Pisano ’18 News Staff With Providence College celebrating its Centennial year, there have been many special events happening throughout the school year. There are also annual events like Alumni & Family Weekend, which celebrates the Friar Family and is full of PC Pride. This year’s Alumni & Family Weekend, taking place on Feb. […]
By Marla Gagne News Co-Editor Throughout the years, thousands of alumni have graduated from Providence College and witnessed the campus transform. Some of those alumni dedicated to education and the mission of PC have returned to campus to continue to guide new generations of students. As PC charges into a new era, here are some […]
by Meaghan Dodson ’17 News Co-Editor Dr. Donna Freitas has spent the past 11 years researching campus hookup culture. She conducted a national study of Catholic, private secular, public, and evangelical colleges, and gathered data via online surveys, one-on-one interviews, and online student journals. In all her research, she found that across three types of […]
by Patrick Healey ’17 News Staff These past two weeks on campus have been veiled with sadness for many students and faculty as Rev. Adrian G. Dabash, O.P., passed away at the age of 85 on Friday, January 27. George James Dabash was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 22, 1931 to Greek Melkite […]
By Tait Becker ’19 News Staff The Intramural Athletic Board (IAB) is an organization that allows students to get involved with running the intramural sports program. There are 18 current members of the board, and four who hold executive positions: Kaitlin Koste ’17, president; Joe DeChirico ’17, vice president of operations; Robert Taranto ’17, vice pesident […]
by Daria Purdy ’19 News Staff The Intramural Athletic Board (IAB) is an organization that allows students to get involved with running the intramural sports program. There are 18 current members of the board, and four who hold executive positions: Kaitlin Koste ’17, president; Joe DeChirico ’17, vice president of operations; Robert Taranto ’17, vice […]
Tim Sullivan ’17 Student Publicity Chair Speaker Student Congress welcomed Jim Campbell and Courtney Miner to their meeting and discussed the Day One advocacy program and Miner’s recent appointment as Victim Advocacy, Support & Education (V.A.S.E.) coordinator. As V.A.S.E. coordinator, Miner will act as the liaison between Providence College and the Day One program. […]
By Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 Assistant News Editor With Providence College’s Centennial Celebration in full swing, last week Friar Athletics unveiled the newest addition to the Friar Family: a Dalmatian mascot. According to Athletic Director Robert Driscoll, Friar Athletics will use both the Dalmatian and Friar Dom at games and events. “We are really excited about […]
By Marla Gagne News Co-Editor In 1948, Fr. Charles H. McKenna, O.P., a local Rhode Islander and Providence College alumnus, set out to build a memorial that would not only honor the dead, but also be a place of peace and comfort for the living— and he did just that. St. Dominic Chapel is an […]
By Alex Dryer ’18 Guest Columnist Various sustainable building materials were incorporated throughout the Arthur F. and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies during construction. But do you know the difference between repurposed and reconstructed building materials? Repurposing means reusing materials for a new project, and is often done using materials that would otherwise be […]