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Providence College Investigates: Who Will Win the 2021-22 College Football Season?

Alabama Crimson Tide As always, we head into this NCAA football season with the spotlight centered on the same couple teams that we always see. The University of Alabama Crimson Tide enters the season as the favorites to win the national championship, with The Ohio State University, Clemson University, and The University of Oklahoma right […]

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The Grand Stage of All: The Olympics

Two Providence College alumni, Emily Sisson ’14 and Ben Connor ’15 competed in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Sisson, one of the most decorated Friars of all-time, competed in the women’s 10,000-meter competition while Connor competed in the men’s marathon. A lot of hard work and preparation went into both competitors’ journeys to the Olympics. […]

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The Writer

  When I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some weathered notebook tucked away Behind the dusty novels. My childhood reads These words—these words my childhood shapes From airy nothing into lines and scenes. With ballpoint tip to page, with blue ink running dry, I scratch and dot my i’s and cross […]

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The Voice

    Can’t See the flow of the colors  Stopped Feeling the breath of the wind  Hollowness calling your name  Do you fall back in?    Come to me    Looking around no one’s there   So back to the grind instead  Put pencil to paper and write beautiful words  But the creative voice can’t be […]

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Armenians and Bad Questions I Sing

  A guest may often ask his or her host this question: “Do you have a bathroom?” Some people call this an inane or insane question. I, however, think it’s both perfectly ane and sane. I am suspicious by nature and can sympathize with someone afflicted with reasonable doubt as to whether his host possesses […]

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When Your Body Was a Token

    I was fifteen years old when I decided I could handle the weight of being “sexy” for their love.  I could put on the right clothes, give the right looks, say just the right things–––  until they couldn’t get enough of me, trapping them in my prose.     I was fifteen years old […]

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A Short Composition About the Sun

  Like my tiny, overgrown succulents and plants, I naturally lean towards the sun. Sun for me is like water for fish, its harsh rays embracing me in the same way the ocean delicately wraps herself around a fish’s entire being. The sun and her beautiful rays call out to me daily, begging for me […]

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Listomania: Things I Forgot at Home

  Supplies for the elaborate prank I had planned on my roommates A fan…I guess I’ll just melt The pet hamster I was going to smuggle in All of my Friars merch My Goldfish stash Motivation for classes A pair of party shoes  Room decor that’ll make my dorm look less depressing  Shower shoes… hopefully […]

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Tiff and Earl

    Dear Tiff and Earl, It’s been so long since I’ve had to attend class in person. I’m so used to sitting on my bed and using my phone during class. How do I adjust to being a normal, functioning student again? Sincerely, Still In My Pajamas   Dear Sloth, It’s a good idea, […]

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Sports Shorts

Men’s Soccer The Providence College Men’s Soccer team took on Saint Peter’s University at Chapey Field Sunday, Aug. 29, to improve their record to 2-0-0. Providence College beat Saint Peter’s with a final score of 6-2. Davis Smith ’21GS and Thomas Tuglar ’25 each had a goal and an assist. Miguel Candela ’21 and Brendan […]

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