Listomania: Things to do before I graduate

by Elizabeth McGinn on May 6, 2021


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Jump in the koi pond

Go streaking in the tunnels

Give a big smooch to Friar Dom

Dress up as Friar Dom

Grab a beer at McPhail’s

Watch Mondoz get rebuilt

Break into Fr. Sicard’s house

Fail a theology class

Participate in Civ Scream

Set a couch on fire

Sacrifice a virgin

Climb the stairs to the top of McVinney

Pull an all-nighter in the library

Get my fake confiscated at Old’s

Get into the Friar Development Center

Win an intramural t-shirt

Finally open my textbooks

Learn the names of the 12 Apostles

Figure out where Sullivan Hall is located on campus

Find out who Tiff & Earl are

Find out who the Serial Pissah is

Listomania: Best Places to Use Our Free Foldable Friars’ Chairs

by Elizabeth McGinn on April 15, 2021


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By the trash behind Ray

In the koi pond

Lane 4 on the track

The Friar Development Center (until you get caught)

In Ed Cooley’s office

In line for Dunkin’

Deep in your closet

On the roof of Ray

In Father Sicard’s backyard

Sunbathing outside the Marriott 

In the flame

In the Suites’ elevator 

In line for your COVID-19 test

Outside Mondoz (waiting patiently for it to reopen)

The Eaton St. bike lane…oh wait 

Anywhere other than outdoor classes

Listomania: Places to Eat at PC When the Dining Hall is Closed

by Elizabeth McGinn on March 4, 2021


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Koi pond (with some sushi)

The one chair outside of your professor’s office

Your car 

Outside of Ray with the sweet aroma of garbage 

Cowl office (if you’re lucky)

Friar Development Center

Testing center (before taking a swab)

The tunnels 

The priory 

The center of the torch 

Around the fire pits (during snowfall)

Coach Cooley’s office 

Your dorm’s laundry room 

The labyrinth at Hunt-Cav

Your roommate’s bed 

The dirt

Listomania: Things to Do With My One Mental Health Day

by Elizabeth McGinn on February 25, 2021


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Get a lobotomy

Watch iCarly

Get back to my knitting

Start crocheting (knitting’s too advanced)

Catch up on the sleep I haven’t been getting

Have an existential crisis

Yell at the sky

Not leave my room…oh, wait. I do that every day

Take a shower

Catch up on crying (and then my work)

Play on Webkinz and revert to my childhood self

Get banned from Club Penguin

Make up a fantasy world in my mind

Write my memoir, because you never know what tomorrow will bring

Cut my bangs

Start a cult

Buy 50% off Valentine’s Day chocolate

Oh no. It’s 1 p.m. already

Listomania: Things I Wish I Didn’t Do Halloween Weekend

by The Cowl Editor on November 12, 2020


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Die

Start a COVID-19 outbreak

Go to an Eaton Street party

Sleepover at Guz

Dress up as Friar Dom instead of Huxley

Overdose on candy corn 

Hookup with my ex twice (they were in different costumes)

The Monster Mash

Dress up like a doctor

Get a pumpkin stuck on my head 

Go to a school-hosted event (stuck in the Escape Room)

Wear the wrong costume in a matching set

Hang out with the demons my neighbors were conjuring

Listomania: 2020 Halloween Costumes

by The Cowl Editor on October 29, 2020


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Carole Baskin

Guillotine-decapitated Marie Antoinette

The fly on Mike Pence’s head

Father Shanley

Among Us characters

My midterm grades

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

COVID-19 vaccine

Murder hornet

Whipped coffee

Sourdough bread

Sexy postal worker (#buysomestamps)

A ballot

Andrew Cuomo

Fran and Dot

Anything respectful of other cultures

Listomania: Things that are better to watch than the presidential debate

by The Cowl Editor on October 15, 2020


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Paint drying

Your life flashing before your eyes

“As Seen On TV” ads

Seventh-graders fighting on the playground during recess

ASPCA commercials 

DVD bouncing loading screen

A turtle crossing the road

PC COVID-19 cases dashboard

Thursday Night Football

PC basketball losing to URI

Zoom class recordings

Your parents being intimate

The elderly texting with their index fingers

Your professor struggling to share their screen on Zoom

Green Book

Listomania : Things to do in Quarantine

by The Cowl Editor on October 2, 2020


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Watch Paul Rudd movies

Watch paint dry

Create a background for your Zoom classes

Finally start doing your freshman Civ reading

Buy textbooks

Start a YouTube vlog channel

Write a one-man screenplay and act it out for your roommates

Test out vaccines

Write your memoir

Binge-watch 10 hours of The Office reruns

Unpack your clothes that are still in a suitcase under your bed

Overspend on DoorDash and Uber Eats

Listomania : New PC Intramural Sports

by The Cowl Editor on September 17, 2020


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Cleaning your apartment or dorm 

Socially distanced three-legged race

The Masked Singer 

Going up stairs in a mask

People-dodging 

No-touch football 

Screen time olympics 

Best COVID-19 test swabber

Guess who’s behind the mask 

Looking presentable from the waist up on Zoom

Putting on jeans

TikTok dances

Adjusting your position during Zoom so your body doesn’t go numb

Listomania: Things Professors Say/Do Over Zoom

by The Cowl Editor on September 3, 2020


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“Hope you’ve all been staying healthy!”

“Does anyone have the answer?” Silence.

“Unprecedented times.” 

“So I’m gonna share my screen…now.”

“Can everyone see it?” To the muted class.

“We CaN’t HeAr YoU yOu’Re On MuTe.”

“Do you like my virtual background?”

“Do my audio/visuals look alright to you?”

“Alright, I’m going to separate you all into breakout rooms now!”

“Let’s all turn on our videos and unmute ourselves now.”