Plans to Celebrate National Recovery Month by Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff WaterFire is a recurring event that attracts crowds from across the Providence College community and the city of Providence each and every year. The lightings begin in late spring and run well into the fall season. Taking place in the Downtown area along […]
Influencers and Musicians Dominate Festival Scene by Grace Whitman ’22 A&E Staff The 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California was an event to remember. The festival highlighted so many aspects of the music industry through inspiring debut performances, surprise appearances, and unforgettable headlining acts. The best pop, country, hip-hop, and indie […]
by Daniel O’Neill ’21 A&E Staff The high-tech fitness company Peloton has stumbled into a large problem: a $150 million lawsuit for using unlicensed songs. Peloton creates home fitness machines with tablets that have the ability to create strictly music-driven workouts for customers. This is a revolutionary company in the marketplace today, but many people […]
by Grace Whitman ’22 A&E Staff Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin are among 50 people charged in a $25 million college entrance exam cheating scheme. The alleged scheme was designed to get less qualified students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities, by using proctors to cheat on […]
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 […]
Artists Protest In Solidarity With Colin Kaepernick by Anne DeLello ’20 A&E Staff As Super Bowl LIII approaches, the only thing getting almost as much buzz as the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams is the National Football League (NFL)’s halftime show. The coveted slot is occupied by elite artists year […]
A British Perspective Memorializing World War I by Kerry Torpey ’20 A&E Co-Editor When one pictures London, the first images that come to mind are major tourist attractions, such as Big Ben, the London Eye, and Tower Bridge. Although these are all worth seeing, London’s numerous museums must be on one’s itinerary. They hold millions […]
by: Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff The first season of the unsurprisingly popular investigative podcast, Serial, was released back in 2014. Serial’s debut provided listeners with an introspective look into the 1999 homicide of high school student, Hae Min Lee, and the case of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, who was ultimately convicted of her murder. […]
by William Burleigh ’19 A&E Staff Last Wednesday, Providence College held its ninth annual Celebration of Student Scholarship and Creativity. The event showcased the scholarly, creative, and service work that PC students have accomplished this year on campus, in the community, and around the world. Students from all class years, majors, and disciplines presented their […]
by Patrick Fuller ’21 A&E Co-Editor The rain on Friday, April 27 did not dampen the spirits of the Board of Programmers (BOP), who were determined to make the annual Clam Jam event at Providence College the best yet. The on-campus group dedicated to organizing events throughout the year decided to move Clam Jam to […]