Category: Opinion

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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Check in on Yourself

Check in on Yourself Alone Time Is Still Necessary as People Begin to Return to Normal By Maddie Morkin ’22    Returning to school after a long summer away from friends is often an exciting time filled with happy reunions.  While friends and classmates settle back into Friartown together, it is also important to remember […]

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Being Undeclared Is Not Uncool

Being Undeclared Is Not Uncool There Are Benefits to Exploring Your Options at PC By Emily Ball ’22   Coming into college, you are presented with a multitude of majors from which to choose. There are the sciences, the humanities, the business programs, and the arts. But within these categories there are even more specific […]

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Making up for Lost Time

Making up for Lost Time The Importance of Fostering In-person Relationships By Olivia Bretzman ’22 Last year was a bust.   Each grade missed out on some of the most pivotal moments of their college years – no exceptions, none better nor worse than the other.  No one wants to hear the “woe is me” […]

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Open Door, Open Mind

Open Door, Open Mind Why PC’s Unspoken Rule Deserves Praise By Julia McCoy ’22   How do you meet people in college? This appears to be the question on most students’ minds as they enter into their first year of college.  It is a universal concern, though no one is willing to talk about it […]

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Seniors’ Final Words: Student Leaders Talk Social Justice at PC

Seniors’ Final Words: Student Leaders Talk Social Justice at PC by Nicole Patano ‘22, Co-Asst. Head Copy Editor, and Savannah Plaisted ‘21, Opinion Co-Editor The class of 2021 has been through a great deal—the second semester of their junior year was interrupted by the pandemic and a transition to fully remote learning for the first time in their […]

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Set Aside Your Political Pride: Why it is Important to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine

Set Aside Your Political Pride: Why it is Important to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine by Olivia Bretzman ’22 Opinion Staff As many are aware, the recent push to get the COVID-19 vaccination has caused many debates and issues within families and among people with different political and religious beliefs. Instead of seeing the vaccine as […]

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Busyness is Not Always What It Appears to Be

Busyness is Not Always What It Appears to Be By Joseph Kulesza ’22 Opinion Staff The college student is often subject to procrastination, writer’s block, or indifference from time to time; and it is during these times that we further subject ourselves to ridicule, calling ourselves lazy.  These moments of sloth seem like a dire […]

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Tangents & Tirades

More Than a Post No one can deny that the past year has been riddled with social issues that need to be addressed by the greater population. While sharing an infographic is a great starting point to provide information to a larger audience, Instagram should not be the only avenue of education on a topic.  […]

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