Category: Opinion

Leading By Example: #MeToo Movement Pioneers Must Hold Themselves Accountable

Joshua Chlebowski ’21 Opinion Staff The conflict between #MeToo leaders Asia Argento and Rose McGowan continued to escalate this past week, when Argento’s lawyer threatened to file a libel suit over remarks McGowan made regarding sexual assault allegations against Argento. Perhaps the most disheartening aspect of this situation is the apparent belief of Argento that […]

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“We Solved It”: Celebrity Platforms are Key to Politics

by Julia McCoy ’22 Opinion Staff The beginning of this year brought us award shows with red carpets full of celebrities standing together in solidarity to raise awareness for the Time’s Up movement. Now, nearly nine months later, we saw a more subtle attempt at political commentary during this year’s Emmy Awards. Though the distinct […]

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Wearing White After Labor Day Earlier this month, we celebrated Labor Day, a national holiday dedicated to American workers of the past and present. However, this holiday is also known for something else—it marks the beginning of the infamous fashion rule; “no white after Labor Day.” This mandate is often blindly obeyed, though most people […]

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A Freshman’s Perspective: How to Improve New Student Orientation

by Emily Ball ’22 Opinion Staff Ice-breakers. Just the sound of that word sends a chill down any college freshman’s back; this holds true at Providence College as well. As New Student Orientation wrapped up over Labor Day Weekend, the consensus among the freshman class was pure relief; many freshmen were relieved that orientation was […]

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The Roommate Debate: Why Random is Better Than Requested

by Julia McCoy ’22 Opinion Staff Immediately after being accepted to Providence College, incoming freshmen are placed into a Facebook group with their new classmates. Among the obligatory orientation information and administrative news are short biographies posted by accepted students to try and attract a roommate. In these biographies, students are compelled to write where […]

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Name-Brand Culture Comes With a Cost

by Elizabeth McGinn ’21 Opinion Staff It is 11 a.m. on a Saturday in September. Girls stroll by in flashes of neon pinks, blues, greens, and whites, arranged in nautical or animal print dresses or skirts, paired with Jack Rogers sandals. Guys don tee-shirts embossed with a smiling whale and matching bold-colored Bermuda shorts.  Today […]

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Her Voice Matters Too: Female Students Feel Silenced in College Classrooms

by Bridget Blain ’19 Opinion Staff As the #MeToo movement continues to bring the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault in professional and academic environments to light, women still often find themselves being discouraged from using their voice. The most recent public example of this silencing occurred when Serena Williams was charged with the […]

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LSAT Fails to Assess Students’ True Abilities: Emphasis on Unnecessary Skills Holds Students Back

by Nicholas Moran ’19 Opinion Staff All Tasmanian Wombats are endowed with an abnormally productive pituitary gland, reliant on a hyperactive mitochondrial orchestration involving myriad proteins… What is the “main idea” of this passage? Sifting through such gibberish at one’s rickety library desk, the hour is far closer to sunrise than sunset. This is a […]

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Tangents and Tirades

Be Aware of Events Outside PC On a small campus like Providence College, it is easy to forget about everything else that is happening in the world. We hear stories and read headlines every day, but most of the time it is merely background noise or  only given a single glance. We become so focused […]

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Dare to Be Different: Empowerment in Light of Women’s Studies Vandalism

by Angela Bueso ’22 Opinion Staff College—what most adults incessantly tell us will be the best four years of our lives—a “safe” space for intellectual and spiritual growth. Moreover, teenagers who struggled to fit in at high school see college as an escape, a place where they can freely express their opinions. However, a deliberate […]

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