Category: Campus

PC Should Institute Mental Health Days

  by Joshua Chlebowski ’21 Opinion Staff Since October is Mental Health Awareness Month, students, faculty, and staff have all been able to participate in a range of activities, such as the semi-colon project, fresh check day, and wilderness retreats, to understand and break the stigma around mental health. As beneficial as these events are, […]

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Mental Health Awareness Month at PC: How Can We Eliminate Barriers to Student Participation?

by Erin Garvey ’22 Opinion Staff Are you ever stressed? Anxious? Depressed? Do you have a group of people that you can go to when you feel this way? Many students on campus will say they have found a group that they can go to, but would you be open to talking to them about […]

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McPhail’s 2.0: Bring the Excitement Back to McPhail’s

One very unique aspect of Providence College is McPhail’s, the College’s very own on-campus bar where every student can hang out and 21+ students can even kick back and enjoy a beer without having to leave the campus. Although an on-campus bar seems enticing to most college students, McPhail’s is, for the most part, relatively […]

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Veritas: Be Proud of All Truths

The motto of Providence College is Veritas, meaning truth. The search for truth grounds education, community interaction, and student life in a quest for knowledge. However, this truth only goes so far: it solely extends to beliefs that align with Catholic teaching. Last year, Stopping Homophobia, Eliminating Prejudice, and Restoring Dignity (Shepard) and Board of […]

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Alumni and Family Weekend: Separate the Events, Not PC Families

In recent years, Providence College has combined Alumni Weekend and Family Weekend into a single weekend filled with several different events and activities for the visiting  alumni and parents. Although this seems like an efficient and fun way to couple the two events, it comes with a plethora of issues which has led the school […]

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The Final Countdown: Seniors Scramble to Make Their Last Memories in Friartown

As the semester gets to the stressful point of looming midterms and spring break right around the corner, it is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day monotony of classes and homework. Instead of spending time with friends, most students find that their days and nights are spent in the library or cooped up […]

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Writer vs. Writer: Does Campus Look Better in the Winter or Spring?

by Emily Ball ’22 Snow, holiday cheer, sledding down the hills on campus—winter on a college campus is something indescribable. As students get excited for the holiday season, school becomes more bearable and winter activities such as tree lightings and drinking hot chocolate occur. The Providence College campus is more beautiful and far livelier during […]

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Plea to Public Safety: Let Uber and Lyft Drivers Through Huxley Gate

When passing by the Huxley Avenue gate at Providence College, there is a high chance of seeing at least one student being picked up or dropped off by an Uber or Lyft driver. Ride sharing services are frequently utilized by PC students to reach their off-campus destinations. However, as it stands, PC does not allow […]

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Commence On-Campus Composting

Composting is a wonderful way for unwanted food scraps to transform plant life, a juxtaposition between the unattractive remains of food and the beauty that comes from flowers and other vegetation. Here at Providence College, there are currently no on-campus options for students interested in composting their leftover scraps. While off-campus options, such as the […]

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PC Parking Problem: Campus Security Must Prioritize Parking Spots for Students

The debate surrounding whether or not students should have their cars on college campuses is omnipresent.  There is an evident divide in the amount of schools that do allow cars on campus and the schools that do not: in the 2016-17 academic year, 46.8 percent of students brought their cars to campus. At Providence College, […]

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