by Mariela Flores ’23 Content warning: This poem contains themes of death and suicide. Both of my parents teased their death. One friend took their death and plastered it onto every wall of my life. I had my very own half death, one at twelve, another at fifteen––I am starting to think these events are […]
Kate Ward ’23 My piece of art had been hanging in that museum for far too long. I was never entirely on board with the fact that the museum would take it and display it, and I wanted it back—it was a masterpiece, after all. I called and emailed and called again, but the museum […]
by Sarah McLaughlin ’23 Why do I always end up wanting to punch myself in the face after making small talk? This new girl comes into work, and I ask her if it’s still raining because I’m leaving, and she says no, and so I stuff my raincoat into my backpack, awkwardly crouching over in […]
Marelle Hipolito ’22 So dull was the class today that I drew a house. It had a white picket fence. The grass was green and the flowers radiated life. It had five windows, four squares in between maroon brick walls, and one circle inviting a peak of sunlight into the second floor. My pen […]
by AJ Worsley ’22 Conspiracies roll around in my mind as I do in my bed. Another night where I cannot fall asleep. I turn on my fan for noise but I am not warm, so I aim it towards the ceiling. There’s something about my bedroom that has never felt so unfamiliar before. My […]
Best Icebreakers to Start off the Semester Anything other than name/major/hometown. What’s your least favorite icebreaker? What’s your favorite book? What song describes your life right now? If you were a potato, how would you like to be cooked? If you could audition for one TV show, which one would it be? If you could […]
by Aidan Lerner ’22 As Cowl readers will know, parietals have been in effect since women were introduced to Providence College in 1971. Their purpose was to encourage same-sex intimacy among first year students before they are exposed to the free world of non-gendered dorms. Is this performative wokeness? Sure. But in fairness to the […]
Anna Pomeroy ’23 As the year’s clock begins to wind down, I am reminded of the infinite cycle that begins every new year. As it strikes midnight, we cheer and clink glasses filled with bubbly and Ambitious hopes for the next months to follow. Our warming smiles are not the only thing that lights […]
What is your guilty pleasure gift that you would never ask for but wish someone would read your mind and buy for you? Liam Tormey: Off-White VaporMax Shoes Sarah McLaughlin: Tickets to see Hamilton at PPAC (for the third time…) Madison Palmieri: Ridiculously expensive Taylor Swift merch Julia McCoy: the $95 Harry Styles sweatshirt that […]
Kate Ward ’23 Dear Diary, Another day in the workshop—you know, it’s exhausting being an elf. We’re given shoddy tools and forced to work year-round. Do you know how insufferable it is listening to Christmas music all year? The good part is the Big Man sometimes shares letters from the kids with us, so […]