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Eco PC Updates

by Maddie Stephen ’21 and Payton Morse ’20 Eco Representatives With the semester coming to a close, the holiday season is rapidly approaching. The holiday season is a time of great happiness and cheer, but also a time of great waste.  However, there are many ways you can reduce your waste so that the holidays […]

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PC Holds Holiday Themed Fun and Festivities: Students Get in the Holiday Spirit Before Finals

by Kellie Johnson ’22 News Staff All over campus, students are celebrating the holiday season and are having an amazing time being with one another for the remainder of the first semester.  This week on campus, many events were held, like skate night, tree lightings, holiday market, and Bingo. Unfortunately, with a busy finals schedule […]

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Stop Overusing “Sorry”: Frequent Apologies Devalue Meaning of the Word

by Julia McCoy ’22 Opinion Staff It’s quite common, whether on campus or off, to say sorry more than once a day. But how many times are we actually apologetic rather than just not wanting to cause a minor inconvenience? “Sorry” is a word frequently used by females. It is commonly used as a way […]

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Steve McQueen Releases Latest Film, Widows: A Heist Thriller with Oscar Ambitions and a Lot on its Mind

by William Burleigh ’19 A&E Staff One of the most critically acclaimed movies currently playing in theaters is Widows, a gritty heist thriller released on Nov. 16. The intense plotline follows the wives of four thieves who die in an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago, their scheme to finish the job after their husbands’ […]

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Tangents and Tirades

Assign Essay Prompts Before Reading the Book We have all gone through it. Frantically skimming through a Civ book we previously read to try and find quotes that support the thesis statement in our paper. It is complete hell. It is almost as if we are trying to solve a mystery, and the clues are […]

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Providence College Investigates

If PC Were to Bring Back a Varsity Sport, They Should Bring Back Golf By Thomas Zinzarella ’21 Sports Staff There are a lot of sports that Providence College could add, but the first one that comes to mind is a men’s and women’s golf team. Providence had a men’s golf team that was eliminated […]

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Students Must Look Beyond “Rate My Professors”

by Julia McCoy ’22 Opinion Staff Registration is arguably one of the most stressful times of the school year. However, the most stressful aspect of it is likely the anxiety that comes with not knowing your professors’ level of difficulty. A popular way to quell this anxiety is to use ratemyprofessors.com, a website that allows […]

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Fat-Shaming and the Freshmen 15: Body Standards Place Unfair Social Pressure on Students

by Angela Bueso ’22 Opinion Staff When you hear stories and warnings of it back home, you think you are immune to it, that it will not happen to you. Nevertheless, for many people, gaining a few pounds their first year of college is inevitable. The change of environment, combined with the stress and late-night […]

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“Women in STEM” Series Inspires Students: PC Welcomes Dr. Sarah Seaton and Dr. Katherine Lee

by Hannah Langley ’21   Providence College boasts impressive science departments that include biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, computer science, and more. These majors all fall under the academic umbrella  known as STEM, or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. PC’s science departments want to take a particular interest in successful women in scientific industries and fields […]

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