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Business Students Given New Study Abroad Opportunity: Students Can Now Study in Shanghai

by Malena Aylwin ’22 News Staff  Beginning in 2020, Providence College will offer a new program to study abroad in Shanghai, China with a group of Providence College School of Business (PCSB) students for the spring semester.  The program will guarantee an English-speaking internship placement in one of the world’s leading financial hubs — Shanghai. […]

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Addressing Sexual Assault and Harassment at PC: Administration Answers Questions About Recent Campus-Wide Survey

by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor Sexual harassment and assault are prevalent issues no matter what college you go to, and many college students do not even realize it. Although many colleges require incoming freshmen to participate in sexual assault awareness programs, many college students still have questions and misconceptions about issues and stigmas surrounding […]

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Powering the Planet One Innovation at a Time: Dr. Harry B. Gray Discusses Environmental Impacts

by Julia Acquavita ’22 News Staff On Monday, November 12, the Ruane Center for the Humanities hosted a lecture by Dr. Harry B. Gray titled, “Powering the Planet: How to Solve 21st Century Problems in Sustainability.”  This presentation was made possible by the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions. Providence College was one of five […]

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“Oh, the Leader You Are!”: Orientation and Residence Life Staffs Hold Information Sessions

  by Kyle Burgess ’21 News Staff While their classmates and peers were busy soaking up the summer sun beachside and unwinding from a demanding academic school year, the members of Residence Life and orientation leadership staffs set out to help welcome Providence College’s largest class to date as the newest residents of Friartown.  Over […]

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Class of 2019 Celebrates Senior Ring Weekend: A Look Inside the Making of SRW

  by Thomas Edwards ’20 News Co-Editor Senior Ring Weekend, like many large events on campus, is not organized and planned overnight.  The process behind SRW is a two-year journey that 11 students embark on, preparing everything from the weekend events to the design of the rings.  To help this process run smoothly, these 11 […]

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Eco-Rep Updates

by Madeline Stephen ’21 and Payton Morse ’20 Eco-Representatives With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it is important to recognize the negative impact that wasting food has on our environment. Food waste is the single largest component of trash in landfills and is also the single largest contributor to total methane gas emissions from landfills. In […]

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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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Outside-of-Class Learning Prompts Outside-the-Box Thinking: Professors Should Promote Extracurricular Experiences

by Emily Ball ’22 Opinion Staff Bland, boring, baffling—in-class lectures and PowerPoints tend to receive these reactions from college students. Typical 50 minute-long lectures can be tedious and tiring when you have information thrown at you for so long. To address this issue, the Development of Western Civilization (DWC) professors have implemented an aspect of […]

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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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PC Students Should Push to Remain Informed: How Can Students Stay Up to Date With the News?

  by Katherine Belbusti ’22 Opinion Staff Within the past few weeks, the news was filled with stories about the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting tragedy, the Thousand Oaks shooting in California, and the midterm elections. With all these major news events happening so close together, it is so important for the public to stay informed. For […]

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