Peace Makes The World Go Around We used to speak of the future as something to look forward to, filled with bright and exciting possibilities. Nowadays, conversations surrounding the future are heavy and loaded—filled with rhetoric that incites fear in many. Recent events with white supremacists, KKK rallies, and terrorism have evoked waves of […]
by Lela Biggus ’18 Opinion Staff Anyone who has been on the Internet lately would know that the Trump administration cut the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Policy, or DACA, on Tuesday, September 5. The policy, which began in 2012, has allowed over 800,000 undocumented young arrivals, who are now between the ages of 15 […]
by Sarah Kelley ’18 Opinion Co-Editor Over the past weekend, President Trump’s tweet, “Hurricane Irma is of epic proportion, perhaps bigger than we have ever seen…Federal G is ready!” caught my eye. I could not ignore the irony of this social media statement or stop myself from wondering how the President of the United States […]
by Laura Arango ’20 Opinion Staff With two world wars already under our belt, the United States may very well be on the verge of a third one. Our infamous president Donald Trump made headlines on Aug. 9 for his powerful promise to unleash “fire and fury like the world has never seen” on North […]
by Nicholas Moran ’20 Opinion Staff Frustrated from having to buy expensive cable TV packages filled with unwanted channels, consumers have flocked to Netflix in droves. Media giants watched in horror as thousands of consumers “cut the cord” and escaped from under the crushing weight of their cable bill, leaving the cable TV business […]
What Did We Make Taylor Do? It has been virtually impossible to avoid Taylor Swift’s music and personal drama for years and these past few weeks have been no exception. After being infamously targeted by Kim Kardashian West on Snapchat last July, Swift essentially disappeared from the spotlight. Many wondered how she was going to […]
by Hannah Paxton ’19 Asst. Opinion Editor Language matters—especially that of the political leader of this country. Words have the power to build and destroy, to praise and condemn, to confront and evade. With his comment about the statue removal protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, coming from “both sides,” President Trump’s jargon clearly represents the hateful […]
by Kevin Copp ’18 Opinion Staff The decisions of many cities, states, and universities to remove Confederate statues has polarized America. A stone carving of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, for instance, still has significant meaning for people from both the North and the South. Riots have broken out and lives have been lost because […]
by Bridget Blain ’19 Opinion Staff The beginning of a new school year bears close resemblance to the beginning of a new calendar year. The night before returning to the Providence College campus can often feel like its own New Year’s Eve celebration. The crowded gym in January becomes the crowded library in September. Just […]
by McKenzie Tavella ’18 Opinion Staff Each year, returning to the Providence College campus is different than the previous one. This is especially true for fall 2017 due to the countless renovations that are occurring. Although the construction last year proved to be an annoyance to many students, between the early hours of loud jackhammering […]