by Hannah Paxton ’19 Assistant Opinion Editor “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world,” said Jane Lunin Perel, a professor emeritus of creative writing at Providence College, quoting English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley at the College’s second annual Poetry and Fiction Series. Pulitzer Prize winner Natasha Trethewey embodied this ideal as this year’s featured […]
by Sarah Kelley ’18 Opinion Co-Editor This past Sunday, the surviving members of the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs held their first service since the shooting that took the lives of 26 of their fellow worshippers just over a week ago. While organizers had initially scheduled the memorial service to be held inside a […]
by Lela Biggus ’18 Opinion Staff Last November’s resolve of grieving Democrats, “it’s only four years,” is not so comforting anymore. In the era of Trump, the United States will see its global economic dominance in sharp decline, with China already poised to take its place. Expert Thomas Sanderson spoke during a Board of Programmers-sponsored […]
Is Thanksgiving Really a Break? With bumper-to-bumper traffic on I-95 stretching endlessly into the horizon, last year’s Thanksgiving break was already off to a poor start. A symphony of car horns and angry New York drivers blared outside my car window, yet home was still hours away. Once I pulled into my driveway, my jam-packed […]
by Bridget Blain ’19 Opinion Staff Climate change has quickly become one of the most significant and pressing world issues. The impacts of climate change are becoming more and more obvious and destructive. On Friday, a report released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program stated that humans are the largest cause of climate change. […]
by Katherine Torok ’20 Opinion Staff Fall is arguably the most beautiful season to experience in New England. Vibrant fire-colored trees line the sides of small backroads, crisp air stirs some fallen leaves around, and the cheers of football fans are heard throughout small towns and big cities every Sunday night. For many years, […]
Photo Courtesy of VPAP.ORG by Nicholas Moran ’19 Opinion Staff Every year, as Rhode Islanders rush to their voting centers for elections, incumbent politicians’ victory parties have already started. Sipping on celebratory champagne in their plush suburban homes, officials can rest easy knowing that no one can seriously challenge their seats. Why? Stealing […]
by Gabrielle Bianco ’21 Opinion Staff In early October, action was taken in Biloxi, Mississippi, to remove Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from the eighth grade curriculum. Kenny Holloway, the vice president of the schoolboard where the decision was made, stated, “There is some language in the book that makes people feel uncomfortable.” While […]
Marathon Brings Nation Together During a time when division and disunity seem to infiltrate all forms of media and dominate our lives, we often overlook the events that bring our nation and the world together. This past Sunday, over 50,000 runners toed the start line of the 47th TCS New York Marathon, ready to begin […]
by: Hannah Paxton ’19 Asst. Opinion Editor With all the negativity pervading, it is easy to believe that hatred dominates our world. The incident on Snapchat last Thursday, in which a male student dressed as Lil Wayne with an offensive caption, is no exception. When we viewed the photo, when we read the […]