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PC Donation Supports Catholic Education

by Patrick Healey ’17 News Staff Students and faculty will have organized days which will be coordinated to meet the needs of each school, allowing them to volunteer their time to help Providence’s student population.  This will serve to aid the schools and the children, but also to extend PC’s connection and strengthen its communication […]

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Students Participate in a Spring Break of Service: Global Service Learning Trips

by Gabriella Pisano ’18 News Staff Typically, Spring Break is a time when you take a break from classes and relax. Whether you sit on the beach in the sun or go home to unwind, Spring Break is often seen as a time to leave the schoolwork behind. This is not so true for the […]

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Students Participate in a Spring Break of Service: Habitat for Humanity

by Daria Purdy ’19 News Staff On the first day of Spring Break, over 100 Providence College students embarked for destinations across the East Coast to participate in PC’s annual Habitat for Humanity service trip. This year, Habitat sent students to sites in Pittsburgh, Kittanning, Harrisburg, and York, Pennsylvania; Georgetown, Delaware; Spring Lake, New Jersey; […]

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Friar Flashback: The Ruane Center for the Humanities

by Marla Gagne ’19 News Co-Editor “The beauty and elegance of the building matches the beauty and elegance of what takes place inside of it,” said Providence College philosophy professor and former Development of Western Civilization (DWC) Program director, Dr. Vance G. Morgan.  The “beauty and elegance” Morgan admiringly referenced was then the newest creation […]

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Photography Club Spotlight: Humans of PC

by Meaghan Dodson ’17 News Co-Editor If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then Providence College’s Photography Club is priceless. Founded in 2012, the club has used photography as a means of connecting the PC campus through art. Club members share photography skills and techniques as they work to create visual art. The club emphasizes […]

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Off-Campus Beat: Updates on the Trump Administration

by Sarah Gianni ’18 News Staff President Trump Accuses Barack Obama of “Wire Tapping” Donald Trump posted a string of tweets in the early morning of March 4, claiming that former President Barack Obama had “wires tapped” in Trump Tower prior to Trump’s victory. There is no official evidence to support Trump’s claims of any […]

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London: A Dramatic Experience

  By Brigid Walshe `19 A&E Staff   When driving around London’s West End or theatre district, it is impossible to miss the bright signs  advertising theatre productions. Theatre has become a staple of London’s culture and charm,  connecting both residents and visitors to the city’s rich history. This past week, members of the Providence College Liberal […]

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Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Teasers

  By Kerry Torpey `20 A&E Staff   With a highly anticipated seventh season on the way, the hit HBO series Game of Thrones released its first official teaser for the second-to-last season. Despite the show’s strong tendency to keep information about upcoming seasons concealed, the public has been gifted with some details about what […]

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New Jokes and New Fans, 600 Episodes Later

  By Joe Clancy `18 A&E Staff   For nearly 30 years, The Simpsons have been the satirical face of the average working class American family. The show first aired in 1989, and just recently celebrated releasing its 600th episode, making The Simpsons one of the longest running television shows in history. After all, the […]

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“Blackbox” Leaves Users Puzzled

  By Ryan Cox `18 A&E Staff   You are presented with only a dark screen and a grid of colored boxes. Tapping on one of the boxes, or “lights” as the game calls them, brings up a sparsely-designed screen. The goal is to turn on the lights by performing an action hinted at by […]

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