This past summer, I spent six weeks living and working in Buenos Aires, Argentina. And the entire experience was paid for by Providence College. How did I do it? The Fr. Philip A. Smith Fellowship. Using the website’s own words, “The Smith Fellowships offer rising PC juniors and seniors fully funded opportunities to serve or […]
Not one human is the same, not their outward appearance, their everyday actions and choices, their innate beliefs, their developing mindsets, or their preclivities and aversions. Even identical twins—I was close with two sets for a long time, and I still speak to one counterpart of a set several times a week—are vastly different in […]
You’ve heard the whispers of it by now. It starts with a raspy voice, a wet cough, and someone in your 8:30 a.m. class hacking up a lung. This is a strong opinion, but the Friar Flu is worse than the Black Death. I’m about to buy a beaked plague doctor mask off of Amazon. […]
I am very excited to be back at Providence College and getting back into the swing of things, but I would be even more excited, as would presumably a lot of other students, if I won the student parking lottery and could have my car on campus. I know this comes across as greedy, which […]
This past summer, I had an opportunity to attend an AI Colloquium hosted by Providence College. The invitation came off the back of my first article written in this newspaper about AI and Providence College’s values. Therefore, I find it fitting to start this year in relation to how I did the last one. The […]
The very first stop I wanted to make while I was back in Providence was The Nitro Bar, a coffee shop here in Rhode Island that has gained quite the cult following. People from across New England and the United States travel to Providence to try The Nitro Bar, but why? What makes standing in […]
My dad rolled his Honda Passport onto the hot tan concrete around Shanley Hall, right at the front entrance. There was a thick patch of bright green grass that appeared as the perfect repository for my life packed in duffles and cases. The feeling this year was different from the last. Not only did my […]
I don’t like my parents. When my parents dropped me off for my freshman year of college, I was completely ecstatic. I was finally an “adult” in my head (although I was still 17). I thought this was finally the time when you are officially on your own, just like how it is in all […]
It isn’t all Fun and Games. Or is it? With the recent cancellation of Eaton Street events, I’ve heard nonstop discussions about, “What are we going to do? Campus is so boring. Maybe I’ll transfer.” I understand wanting something to do on a Saturday. But if the cancellation of a party is enough to make […]
On Wednesday, Sept. 9, voters across the state of Rhode Island took to the polls to cast their ballots in the state’s primary elections. Although the primaries delivered many interesting results, including incumbent Governor Dan McKee suffering defeat in his bid for reelection, one race stuck out to me and many other Democrats across the […]