A Fireside Chat With Andy Shea

A PC Student Shares His Music With the World

There are a lot of talented musicians out there. When it comes to performers, however, there are a select few who can blow us all away. Over the past two years, Providence College has been blessed with the opportunity to facilitate the performances of one man in particular: Andy Shea. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Andy for two years. He has been an inspiration both through his music and as a friend. I had a chance to chat with him before his graduation from PC come May 16th. Here is what we discussed: Full story

Providence Takes Penn Relays by Storm

McLaren Teams with Yeates, Matthews, and Channon for Eighth Place in the 4 x Mile

The Men’s and Women’s Track Teams are ready; Head Coach Ray Treacy knows it, the athletes themselves know it, and their audiences during the last two meets in California and Philadelphia know it. Not in Coach Treacy’s 26 years at the Friar helm has he brought a larger contingency to the Big East Championship meet, a race that will mark the Friars’ third straight weekend heading into action against the nation’s top competition. Full story

Prepare to Miss Providence

Diagnosing the Sans PC Summertime Sickness

Kerry Vaughan '12 M.D. PC Fictonal Sickness Center Patient: All PC Students Diagnosis: ImissPCitis Full story

Burqas in France: The Veil is Lifted

According to CNN, President Nicolas Sarkozy emphatically spoke out Wednesday, April 21, supporting a proposed bill that would ban all Muslim women from wearing face- covering Islamic veils, called a burqa, in France. Full story

Phenomenon: Enter The Ripper

Sylvan was meant to spend the rest of the dreary day looming like a sophisticated parasite. Tailored in his worn clothing, he stood across the street from where officials operated their protocols into the afternoon. The shop behind him occasionally made itself known through customers sidling by his pacing form. It presented the smell of freshly baked bread and even greeted him with the portly figure of its proprietor, very put off that Sylvan had taken up pacing in front of his business. Full story