PC Student Athlete Often Come to Play for a Certain Coach. What if that Coach Leaves?
Gatorade Player of the Year candidate, ESPN First Team All-American, Star Ledger New Jersey Player of the Year, First Team All-State. These are only a few of the awards that Brandon Adler '15 received as a high school soccer player. With awards and recognition such as these, Adler was able to choose from an array of colleges that recruited him to play soccer. Adler landed in Providence in the fall of 2011, mostly because of Chaka Daley.
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Visitors to the Providence Place Mall on January 28 and 29 may have been confused as to why a small army of girls clad in crop tops, hair bows, curls, and glitter appeared to have taken over the mall. The girls (and a few boys) were all star cheerleaders competing in the Athletic Championships that weekend, seeking to win national titles and a bid to the United States All Star Federation (USASF) Cheerleading Worlds this April in Orlando, Florida. The competition awarded two fully-paid bids and six at-large bids to the World Championships. A bid is an opportunity for a team to compete for a world championship, and a fully-paid bid means that the event producer will completely pay for the team to travel and compete at Cheerleading Worlds. An at-large bid means that a team will have to pay to compete.
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We were thrilled to read the letter submitted by our friend and fellow senior Marc Capuano this week (page 14). In it, he raises a pertinent point about the importance of respect. Marc stresses the need for us, as students, to give our professors the respect they deserve. He says that one of the best ways to show this respect is by simply trusting them—letting them do their jobs as educators and professionals and run the class the way they see fit.
At the risk of parroting an elementary school assembly, it seems that a lot of us could use a refresher course in the art of respect. After all, it's a big deal. We see this problem both within our own community—Capuano's student-professor dynamic being a prime example—and in society at large.
The two of us often reflect on our days as freshmen writers on The Cowl, and laugh when we admit how timid we were around our elders—we never would have dared to criticize the work they were doing. We think Marc would agree with us when we say that the freshman who openly criticized his professor should take a page out of the book of younger Catherine and Chris. He should understand that his professor is, frankly, smarter than he is, and should be free to run his class the way he sees fit without the unfair criticism of a student.
Like it or not, it's time to start clamming up and listening to our elders. Their advice is worth your respect—after all, they have the experience to back it all up.
Respect isn't about compulsive agreement. We're free to make our own decisions—and our own mistakes. Respect is about tolerance. Do your best to understand the opinion of your fellow human beings—particularly those who have reign over your GPA.
—C.S. & C.N.
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Student Congress was back in action this week, tackling budget issues and proposing legislation regarding printing on campus. In the hour-long meeting, Congress passed one piece of legislation and introduced two additional pieces.
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Ten thousand dollars could buy a used car, a new wardrobe, and a Rolex. Ten thousand dollars could also pay for a substantial amount of school tuition, help a family in need, or contribute to cancer research. Ten thousand dollars is also what students are speculating is the fee billed to Providence College every time the Providence Fire Department is called to the school through the new alarm system.
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Students at Providence College will soon see two new faces on campus. The College will be receiving new additions to the Campus Ministry staff. Currently, Campus Ministry consists of Fr. James Cuddy, O.P., as chaplain; Fr. Tom Ertle, O.P., as assistant chaplain; and three members of the lay staff, two campus ministers and the director of liturgical music.
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Alex Cachecho '12, a health policy and management major and the president of Providence College Television (PCTV), has certainly not taken the straightest path to campus, as this is the third college he has attended. He began his collegiate career at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and from there he transferred to Pennsylvania State University.
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Students at Providence College will soon see two new faces on campus. The College will be receiving new additions to the Campus Ministry staff. Currently, Campus Ministry consists of Fr. James Cuddy, O.P., as chaplain; Fr. Tom Ertle, O.P., as assistant chaplain; and three members of the lay staff, two campus ministers and the director of liturgical music.
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