Category: Opinion

Tangents & Tirades

PC’s New Commitment to Health by Emily Ball ’22 With October being a month focused on mental health awareness, Providence College will be hosting events and initiating many efforts to decrease the stigma around talking about mental health issues and seeking help.   One of these steps is the distinction between the Health Center and the […]

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Women Wanted: $10,000 Reward

Women Wanted: $10,000 Reward Texas Senate Bill 8 Sets a Dangerous New Precedent   By Julia McCoy ’22 & Madeline Morkin ’22   Texas Senate Bill 8 came into effect on Sept. 1, 2021 and quickly drew headlines as one of the most restrictive “heartbeat bills” the country has ever seen. This bill’s draconian assertions […]

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Grow Into Who You Want to Be at PC

Grow Into Who You Want to Be at PC By Jezel Tracey ’24 Many times, we determine our ability to do something by the amount of time that we “have left.” Thinking about the four years we have at Providence College is intimidating. Whether it is your first year or your last, the opportunity to be […]

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Writer vs. Writer: Is It Better to Have Friends in Class or Not?

Having friends in class is helpful. by Emily Ball ’22 Opinion Staff Yes, you should have friends in class. When the time comes to register for classes for the upcoming semester, it is a good choice to take classes with your friends or your roommates.   Some might argue that having friends in your classes would […]

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“One is Too Many”

“One is Too Many” Mass Shootings’ Prevalence in American School Culture by Julia McCoy Trigger Warning: This article contains discussion of gun violence On December 14, 2012, there was a school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Twenty students and six staff members were killed in the attack with countless more […]

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Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Putting Lipstick on a Pig Raymond Dining Hall Aesthetic Renovations Are Not Enough Joe Kulesza ’22   Providence College is in many ways a beautiful campus. The Gothic architecture of Ruane and Harkins Hall is a historic staple of Catholic colleges, situating PC in the greater tradition of liberal arts institutions. The west side of […]

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Tangents & Tirades

Tangents & Tirades No Mask? Smile Up! Olivia Bretzman ’22 “Masking up” commonly connotes masking any emotions.  In a way, it makes an individual rather lifeless—their facial features and expressions compromised in every social interaction.   Last year, wearing masks outside created a really unemotive, often cold environment for Providence College students as they walked to […]

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Speak Up and Complain

Speak Up and Complain Changing the Narrative of Female Stoicism By Angie Nguyen ’22 If you think about how people describe the most significant women in their lives, there are two ideas that tend to stick: that she always puts others before herself and that she never complains about it. These notions are outdated. The […]

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Tangents & Tirades

Tangents & Tirades The Great Scholarly Divide: How Should We Take Notes? By Joseph Kulesza ’22   A particular controversy has been tacitly playing out all over college campuses for as long as colleges have been around.  Only second to pen or pencil is the dilemma involving another aspect of students’ note-taking ability, that being […]

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The Clothes Don’t Make the (Wo)Man

The Clothes Don’t Make the (Wo)Man Senior Year Offers Us a Chance to Start Over By Nicole Patano ’22   On Saturday, Aug. 28, a day before my scheduled move-in at Providence College, I sat in my room and finally began packing the clothes I would be bringing with me to campus. It wasn’t until […]

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