Category: Portfolio

The Other World

by Erin Venuti ’20 In the third grade, your world is very small. There’s the house, the grocery store, the dance studio. Most importantly, there’s that brick building with the linoleum floors and the bright fluorescent lights to which you’re transported each morning in your mom’s trusted minivan. This is the elementary school. This was […]

The Cowl Editor

Listomania: Things the City of Providence could have put on Eaton Street other than a bike lane

Dorms A torch A scooter lane More hot dog carts An Insomnia Cookie Nitro Cart drive-thru More parking spaces Trees A canal for Waterfire A slip n’ slide Designated Uber pick up spot Designated vaping zone White Claw garden Designated darty zone An amusement park train Mental/emotional breakdown lane

The Cowl Editor

Tiff and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, My roommate went to find the tunnels and I haven’t seen him in a week. What should I do?  Sincerely, Only Slightly Concerned   Dear Only Slightly Concerned, Here’s something they don’t tell you in orientation:  Yes, you’re technically not supposed to know about the tunnels but that’s because there’s a […]

The Cowl Editor

Tiff & Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, I’ve barely been on campus a week and I’m already feeling homesick. How can I make PC feel like home?  Sincerely,  Flown the Coop   Hi Flown the Coop, Moving into college is a big transition, but there are a few things you can do to make campus feel more like […]

The Cowl Editor

Listomania: Things Orientation Leaders Say

I love “Body” by Loud Luxury There’s so much to do here besides drinking Top or Bottom? Friar Family We are going to do an icebreaker Ray just makes you get creative There’s more to PC than Eaton Street Say a fun fact about yourself Where’s your texting buddy? It’s not a forced quad but […]

The Cowl Editor

Bittersweet

by Grace O’Connor ’22 Smooth and sweet, the chocolate rolls around my tongue I see happiness and sunlight The warmness that makes me feel young As the little pieces of sugar melt on my tongue I run through the grass with glee Smelling the fresh flowers My long hair being whipped by the wind I […]

The Cowl Editor

An Ode to Math

by Sarah Heavren ’21 O Math, you are so much more Than a subject students deplore. O Math, though done in pencil, You are truly transcendental. Some think it’s numbers and tests, But they don’t get to see the rest Of the wonder you possess As, through nature, you manifest. Some don’t give an equation, […]

The Cowl Editor

7 Ways to View a Daffodil

by Gabriela Baron ’20 1. The vivid skirts of dancers Swaying and twirling in the wind 2. A morning star Bursting like fireworks in the gloomy sky 3. The pure happiness of a child Its petals spreading out into a grin 4. Midas’ fingers A golden touch radiating prosperity 5. A sprout from the earth […]

The Cowl Editor

The Last Day on Earth

by Connor Zimmerman ’20 A shooting ray of sunshine runs across the pitch-black void surrounding it. The cold and lifeless void tries to smother the ray, but it continues to travel faster than anyone can comprehend. It races towards our atmosphere, hurling itself through the sky. It sees a lowly, decrepit house and finds its […]

The Cowl Editor

Reflecting

by Sarah Heavren ’21 Looking back, I wonder About the year I lived With every blunder. Did I have more to give? Looking back, I question Whether I did enough. In joy and depression Did I do the right stuff? Looking back, I ponder Some choices that I made. All the time I squandered Was […]

The Cowl Editor