As the semester gets to the stressful point of looming midterms and spring break right around the corner, it is easy to get caught up in the day-to-day monotony of classes and homework. Instead of spending time with friends, most students find that their days and nights are spent in the library or cooped up […]
By Gavin Woods ’22 Sports Staff It has been a busy week for the Men’s Basketball Team. In the span of six days, Providence College played two home games versus St. John’s University and Marquette University, before their matchup at Butler University. The Friars started the week with a home game against St. John’s, who […]
Love (and Laughs) in the Air by Brigid Walshe ’19 A&E Staff On a cold, wintry Tuesday night at 11 p.m., many students ventured down to the Smith Center for the Arts for a good late night laugh, and that is exactly what they got with Six Gents’ Valentine’s Day show. For those who may not […]
Alumni & Family Weekend by Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff This year’s Alumni & Family Weekend, which took place on Feb. 22-24, had many special events planned to celebrate the Friar Family and demonstrate Providence College pride. On Saturday, from 2:30-5 p.m., the Alumni & Family Weekend Committee put together FRIARCON, an event jam-packed with […]
by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff On Feb. 20, Providence College hosted Joel Francois, a New York-based spoken word artist, for his Free the Poet! performance and dialogue. A group of students joined Francois as he shared his spoken word poetry, as well as during the Q&A session after the performance. Francois is an artist […]
by Peter Keough ’20 A&E Staff During a weekend reserved for togetherness and celebration of bonds between Providence College students, families, and alumni, the last thing one would expect to bring people together is any kind of duel. However, on the night of Friday, February 22, a certain type of duel unified the College in […]
Voices of the Liturgy by Catherine Goldberg ’20 A&E Staff This past Friday, February 1, the Humanities Forum hosted Dr. Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Royce Family professor of teaching excellence and the Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith professor of history and religion of Brown University. Dr. Harvey presented a lecture entitled “Voices of the Liturgy: […]
Zion Williamson will Win Naismith Award by Sullivan Burgess ’20 This year’s Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year will go to none other than Duke University freshman Zion Williamson. If you are unfamiliar with Williamson, then prepare for what the sports media calls the next LeBron James, a title he has held since his […]
by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff The idea: an epic party on a private island where normal people can mix with models and celebrities at a luxury music festival featuring their favorite musicians. The reality: attendees stranded on the Great Exuma Island in the Bahamas, scrambling to find a disaster relief tent, wondering where […]
by Alexandra Huzyk ’20 News Staff Throughout the month of February, Providence College will be holding training sessions on sexual assault, hosted and conducted by a Rhode Island agency called Day One. The training is open to all members of the PC community, as well as anyone else in the area who is interested. […]