Dear Tiff and Earl, What happened to Syllabus Week? It’s one day into the semester and I’m already feeling the burnout. Help. Sincerely, Going Downhill Fast Dear Downhill, Now, now, always remember that you MUST put yourself first. If you feel that you need to, take a self-care week. Don’t worry about your professors, your […]
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 […]
Book Review: The Tattooist of Auschwitz A Hopeful Tale of Love Amidst Hatred Tully Mahoney ’23 Heather Morris’s novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a compelling story of love that takes place within one of the dreariest environments possible: a concentration camp. Although the basis of this tale is incredibly intriguing, Morris does a poor […]
Book Review: Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr Continues to Prove His Mastery at Weaving Tales Together Tully Mahoney ’23 Anthony Doerr’s carefully crafted novel Cloud Cuckoo Land is yet another astonishing triumph for the author, who made waves in the literary world with All the Light We Cannot See in 2014. It’s nearly impossible to […]