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Providence College Investigates

Pass Interference Should Be Reviewable Because The Referees Need To Get The Right Call By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor After the blatant missed defensive pass interference call on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman that shifted the outcome of the National Football Conference championship game that cost the New Orleans Saints the opportunity to […]

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Providence College Investigates

Pass Interference Should Not Be Reviewable Because It Would Slow Down The Game By Cam Smith ’21 Sports Staff The 2019 National Football Conference Championship featured the non-call heard round the world, as officials missed a clear pass interference penalty on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman in the waning seconds of regulation. The penalty […]

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The Great Equalizer: Education

By Julia Acquavita ’22 On Friday, January 25, the Humanities Forum hosted Nikole Hannah-Jones, a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine.  Hannah-Jones came to Providence College to discuss her upcoming book Choosing a School For My Daughter in a Segregated City, adding to the special events organized for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Hannah-Jones […]

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PC Community Comes Together for Convocation

By Hannah Langley ’21 One of the current missions Providence College has been working towards over the past several years has been to build a stronger community by promoting and building on-campus diversity and equality. Working towards this goal, the College celebrated its second annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation this past Thursday, January […]

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PC Performers Go Behind the Scenes

By Kellie Johnson ’22 Between managing an insanely busy rehearsal schedule and keeping up with classes, theatre, dance, and film (TDF) majors are very driven students. Both Aisling Sheahan ’19 and Mireya Lopez ’19 provided insight into their lives behind the scenes. To audition for a production at Providence College, students are expected to prepare a two-minute […]

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Dominicans Dedicate Feast Day Mass in Dormitory’s Namesake: Aquinas Hall Celebrates St. Thomas Aquinas’ Legacy

by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Staff This Monday, January 28, saw residents of Aquinas Hall come together to celebrate the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas with a special mass in Aquinas Lounge. The main celebrant for the occasion was Providence College’s Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry, Reverend Peter Martyr Yungwirth, O.P. As any […]

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Bursting the PC Bubble: A Temporary End to the Government Shutdown: Will it Last?

by Kelly Martella ’21 News Staff For the 35 days the government was shutdown, there seemed to be no end in sight. However, in a surprising turn of events, it was announced on Jan. 25 that the government would be reopening—sort of.  Last Friday, President Trump signed a bill that would temporarily reopen the federal […]

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Super Bowl Halftime Show Controversy

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 […]

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A Musical Enigma: James Blake Assume(s) Form

Mysterious British Singer Allies with Travis Scott, Metro Boomin for New Album   by Julia Vaccarella ’20 A&E Staff English singer James Blake released his fourth record entitled Assume Form on Jan. 18. As is the case with many artists today, Blake’s work spans a multitude of genres. Historically, his earlier songs consisted of an […]

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Congress Updates

by Margaret Mahoney ’21 Student Congress Representative On Tuesday, January 29, 2019, Student Congress welcomed members of the Core Curriculum Committee, who presented on the Science, Fine Arts, and Core Focus components of the curriculum. The Core Curriculum Committee presented on the goal of the committee, which is to assess the implementation of the core […]

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