by Laura Arango ’20 Opinion Staff The Personal Counseling Center and Student Health Center at Providence College are two beneficial resources that the College offers to its students. However, their maximum potential is not being reached—a sentiment that a majority of PC students share with one another. Both the Student Health Center and Personal Counseling […]
by Alyssa Cohen ’21 Opinion Staff It is difficult to walk around Providence College at any time of year without spotting a few tired eyes and wide array of coffee cups. College tends to be a common time for students to be a bit sleep deprived. However, there have been more expressions of sheer exhaustion […]
by Joshua Chlebowski ’21 Opinion Staff Writing is an integral part of any college experience, be it a research or textual analysis paper. Many students come to dislike, if not resent, writing assignments of any kind due to the pressure and high expectations of these pieces. It is important to note, though, that writing has […]
Give Students More PC Prints Any alternative to buying over $200 worth of textbooks per semester seems worth it. This includes printing out packets of reading for every class. Initially, $40 worth of PC Prints appears to be more than enough to cover five classes. But before you know it, you find yourself adding […]
by Andrea Traietti ’21 Asst. Opinion Editor While being back inside the “PC Bubble” can be comforting, it is important not to forget the larger world that exists outside of this campus, and the reality that even while we are on campus, that world is affecting us—and we have the power to affect it, too. […]
by Bridget Blain ’19 Opinion Staff A quintessential part of being a Providence College student, particularly during freshman year, are the daily meals at Raymond Dining Hall. Ray is one of the few spots on campus that most students visit at least once a day. Needless to say, Ray becomes a very comfortable place for […]
by Hannah Paxton ’19 Opinion Editor “We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited,” says Trevor Noah in his autobiography, Born a Crime, the assigned book for Providence College’s Common Reading Program this […]
by Nicholas Moran ’19 Opinion Staff Walking around campus, students’ heads are down with their eyes glued to screens, and accidentally running into other students on the way to class is all too common. Calls to family members disrupt the peace of the quiet zone in the library. It is clear that our phones have […]
Outreach Inspires Individual Growth There is something to be said for the naiveté and free-thinking nature of children. The laws of reality that adults have learned to abide by do not stop the young mind’s creativity. Simply spending time around young children helps to reactivate a portion of ourselves which was lost as time passed […]
As the graduating class of 2018 begins to collect their cords, graduation tickets, and senior week attire, we reflect on our time here at Providence College. With the grand total cost of tuition averaging about $250,000, give or take a couple thousand, it is time to ask the big question. Was it worth all […]