Calling for Unity amidst COVID Outbreak A Look at the Recent Actions of PC Students, the College, and the State of RI by Andrea Traietti ’21 Editor-in-Chief For two weeks now, many of us in the Providence College community have been holding our breath, waiting for the next email update and anxiously checking the […]
Protecting Communal Welfare in the Age of Coronavirus by Alyssa Cohen ’21 Opinion Staff The COVID-19 pandemic has upended individual lives across the nation and world. It can be comforting to call this a collective hardship shared by many; however, it may be more productive to consider each struggle as a unique one, broadening […]
The Reality of Cancel Culture Is that it Is Not Real by Nicole Patano ’22 Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. When people make comments that are offensive, bigoted, or vile, they deserve to be held accountable. In recent years, all calls for holding individuals accountable for their statements and actions have […]
Careers during COVID-19: How Will the New Job Market Affect PC Graduates? by Julia McCoy ’22 Opinion Staff It is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted our small campus community. But how will it affect our lives after we leave Providence College and move on to the “real world?” In addition to the changes […]
You Are What You Look at: We Spend Too Much Time Looking at Other People by Joseph Kulesza ’22 Opinion Staff We spend a lot of time looking at other people. The average person will spend a total of 3,462,390 minutes on social media during their lifetime. Assuming that this time is not spent exclusively […]
The Harsh Realities of Outdoor Classrooms Providence College has attempted to normalize hybrid classrooms, in which both in-person and remote students are in class at the same time, but one new addition to campus has shown serious faults in providing all students an equal education—outdoor classrooms. Big white circus tents lit with inviting, warm bulbs […]
Humanities Forum Offensive to Many Speaker’s Hateful Social Media Draws Campus-Wide Attention by Savannah Plaisted ’21 Opinion Co-Editor Over the past several months, Providence College administrators and representatives released multiple statements that claimed they were committed to combating racism and improving diversity on our […]
Letter to the Editor: Does Freedom of Expression Have a Place on Our Campus? by Sean Gray ’21 Executive Vice President of the 71st Student Congress I found the Provost’s decision about the Humanities Forum with Dr. Spencer Klavan last Friday, in a word, disappointing. While Dr. Klavan’s topic was not controversial, as he […]
Letter to the Editor: What is the Purpose of the Humanities Forum? by Raymond Hain Associate Professor of Philosophy Associate Director of the Humanities Program The controversy over Dr. Spencer Klavan’s visit offers us an opportunity to reflect on the vision of the Humanities Forum. Let me note first, however, that I speak […]
Using Power for Evil: The Dangerous Ignorance of Trump’s Diversity Training Ban by Kelly Wheeler ’21 Opinion Co-Editor On Sept. 4, the Trump administration issued a directive prohibiting all executive branch agencies from using government funds to hold diversity training for their employees. In a nation that is flooded with racial tension, this decision […]