Category: Opinion – Campus

The Exorbitant Cost of Senior Week

by Lela Biggus ’18 Opinion Staff The chaos of planning ahead for senior week has begun. Ticket sales are now underway and the unnecessary stress of coordinating a table with exactly nine friends is setting in. One may be looking at the overall cost of the impending festivities and feeling overwhelmed, ill, or downright angry. […]

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Space Crunch: PC Needs More Study Spaces

  by Nicholas Moran ’19 Opinion Staff Reading on a leather chair in front of a crackling fire, no study-spot on campus trumps the Fiondella Great Room. Far from the crowded echo-chamber that is Phillip’s Memorial Library, the Great Room is dead silent and comfortably furnished. One time, when the library closed, security office let […]

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Love Is Love: PC Must Promote Safe Spaces

by Katherine Torok ’20 A recent bulletin board found in St. Joseph Hall proved that the Providence College community still struggles to fully accept some students’ identities—even though it is 2018. The bulletin board was decorated with the phrase, “Marriage: The Way God Intended It. One Man. One Woman,” a quote from Pope Francis which […]

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PC Supports Student Walk Out

by Andrea Traietti ’21 In the wake of the Parkland, Florida shooting that left 17 innocent people dead, one beacon of hope continues to shine through: the work of the student activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. As their passion spreads across the country, more young people are raising their voices and taking a […]

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Come for the Food, Stay for the Experience

by Taylor Godfrey ’19 Opinion Co-Editor If there is one thing that will convince a Providence College student to come to an event on campus, it is free food. If that food is PVDonuts, it is basically guaranteed that they will be making an appearance. So when the College’s Inside Out Week events involved a […]

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Make Student Involvement Integral in Hiring Process

by Lela Biggus ’18 Opinion Staff College students should be an integral part of decision-making processes when it comes to hiring new teaching staff and assistant professors. Students are consumers of education and should therefore have some degree of control over what they are getting when they pay any amount of money, let alone $60,000 […]

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Writer vs. Writer: New Charge on To-Go Boxes

by Andrea Traietti ’21 Opinion Staff The recent decision to charge 50 cents for each to-go box at the Take3 station in Alumni Hall represents a step in the right direction towards making Providence College a more sustainable campus. Currently, PC boasts an array of different sustainable resources and environmental protection efforts. The Slavin Center […]

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PC Students March For the Future

by Gabrielle Bianco ’21 Opinion Staff “Time’s Up.” “Liberty and Justice for All.”  “Resist.”  Slogans such as these were emblazoned on signs at the Rhode Island Women’s March, held on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Rhode Island State House.  Thousands were in attendance in response to actions by the government and current president which […]

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Independent Studies: A Unique Learning Opportunity

by McKenzie Tavella ’18 Opinion Staff It is hard to believe that I have gone nearly my entire college career without taking or even knowing about one type of course. My friend changed the course of my college career when she turned to me and uttered two words: “independent study.” Providence College defines an independent […]

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The Friendship Four Spreads the PC Message: Men’s Hockey Team Travels to Belfast, Ireland

by Katherine Torok ’20 Opinion Staff The Providence College Men’s Hockey Team did more than just compete in a hockey tournament during their recent trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland; they strengthened the bond and cultural ties between the United States and Northern Ireland. Over Thanksgiving break, the men’s hockey team traveled about 3,000 miles to […]

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