Shutter Island

Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest directors in history. I know what you’re thinking: That’s a bold claim. The man has won the Academy Award for Best Director only once. Still, that’s one more than Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock, and Gus Van Sant combined. He was edged out in 1990, when Kevin Costner took away the award for Dances with Wolves. When he finally won in 2006 for The Departed, it almost seemed like a compensatory award for the previous five nominations. Still, since The Departed came out, Scorsese fans have been waiting for another project. As soon as Shutter Island was announced, our anticipation reached a peak. Full story

Providence Captures Hockey East Crown

The Friars Will Host the Hockey East Tournament on March 6-7 at Schneider

If anyone had a reason to feel snubbed when, in the summer of 2008, the Women’s Hockey East Association enacted a new policy that would award home ice for the playoffs to the regular season champion, it was Providence College. Full story

The Tour de Frauds

Exploiting the Good and Avoiding the Ugly When Selling PC to the Innocent Outside

Giving tours of this campus is a risky business. Prospective incoming freshmen are eager to know what they are getting themselves into for the next four years of their lives, and parents are eager to find out why exactly they should pay such a ludicrous sum of money for a liberal arts education. Full story

Obama’s Meeting with Dalai Lama Angers China

According to BBC, a visit by the Dalai Lama to Washington on Feb. 18 has “seriously undermined” relations between the U.S. and China. China has released a strongly worded statement in response to President Barack Obama’s meeting with Tibet’s spiritual leader expressing “strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition” to the meeting with the Dalai Lama, whom they see as a separatist. China has expressed that U.S. actions have seriously hurt “the national feelings of the Chinese people.” Full story

Stuck in Rhode Island

Essay by Nicole Amaral '10 I love my home, and home for me has always been Rhode Island, despite the fact that I never actually lived in the state until my time at college. All of my extended family members lives in Rhode Island and have lived there all their lives. I was born in a hospital in Providence, and all of my doctors and dentists are in Rhode Island, as well as most of the jobs I have had. Full story