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Providence College Vol. LXXXIIII No. 16 February 13, 2020 thecowl.com Lights, Camera, Action: An Inside Look at the The Providence French Film Festival Upcoming Softball Season by Leo Hainline '22 by Jennifer Villeda '20 Sports Staff A&E Staff PREVIEW LOCAL This week marks the beginning of the People enjoy films that Providence College softball season as the Friars connect them, whether it is head down to Texas to square off against Houston through topics like the search Baptist University, Sam Houston State University, for identity and navigating daily and George Mason University. PC softball is on issues, or to provide an escape the rise after Coach Jill Karwoski took over the through works filled with program last year, finishing the season with a 30- quirky characters and overactive 22 record—a great improvement from the team’s imaginations. Regardless if 13-32 performance in 2018—and the most wins for it is in another language, the the Friars since 2005. Despite some key members impact of the message can be graduating, namely Emma Lee ’19 who made just as profound and moving the Big East Second Team last season with a .411 as you gain knowledge about batting average, excitement is brewing around the another culture and, sometimes, current squad. yourself as well. Coach Karwoski has unified the program Taking place from Feb. 28 through a team-first philosophy that the players to March 5, the Providence have embraced. When asking Skie Villani ’22 French Film Festival will be (who this weekend will be playing close to her showcasing francophone films hometown of Sugar Land, TX) about the strengths at the Martinos Auditorium in of the team, she emphasized that the true strengths The festival will feature over 20 short and feature-length films. PHOTO COURTESY OF BROWN.EDU the Granoff Center of the Arts at do not lie in an individual player or position but Brown University. This will be Regina Longo will act as the different groups and bring the within the values that they hold as a program. “Our the festival’s second year held new artistic director of the city into our campus; this is not strengths come from our core values—attitude and at this center; prior to 2019, it event. She is excited to have just a Brown or RISD event. It is gratitude, open-heart open-mind, and respect and took place at Cable Car Cinema the city of Providence see what more of a community event as it commitment,” she stated. “To be successful we until its closing in 2018. this festival has to offer. She has something for everyone.” know we’ll have to work as a team.” This will be the first year said, “We want to reach out to Festival/Page 11 Friars/Page 17 "Calories Count: Check Then Choose" A Promotion for Wellness with Potentially Negative Effects by Olivia Bretzman '22 walking by these decals—even people who are Opinion Staff not purchasing a drink—can be affected by their ON CAMPUS messaging. Companies should consider this fact when Third floor. Aquinas Hall. The vending machines designing the slogans for their health initiatives. play an essential role for the residents when a late- But as a campus, we can go further: we need to night snack helps quell the struggle of a study foster more conversation about eating disorders session or paper-writing. One thing, though, that and body image. really puts a bad taste in one’s mouth is the large Eating disorders are a mental illness. It is as sticker plastered on the drink machine that reads, simple as that. They typically begin with a negative “Calories Count. Check Then Choose.” relationship with food and a psychological shift that The American Beverage Association, which food is “evil.” People typically try to overmanage represents Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc., and Dr their food, calculating calories, setting strict daily Pepper Snapple Group Inc., placed these decals limits, etc. This begins as an obsessive cycle that on their drink vending machines as a way to can lead to starvation and, consequently, binge encourage people to make healthier choices when eating. A plethora of health concerns obviously purchasing a drink, like swapping soda for water. surround all eating disorders. The concept of making healthy decisions is Unfortunately, for sufferers of these mental incredibly important on many levels. What is illnesses, the nourishment the human body craves problematic with this particular sticker, even becomes an incredibly unhealthy management though it is well-intentioned, is the fact that they project. Thus, one can understand where a sticker could be triggering for anyone struggling with an that encourages counting calories, while meant eating disorder. Unfortunately, the reality is that to suggest a healthy drink, does nothing but many people struggle with eating disorders or perpetuate the problem. poor body image, something our campus does not Many students struggle with or even develop eating talk about enough. disorders in college due to stressful workloads, the In fact, it is a psychological fact that surrounds pressure of transition, social media, etc. Thankfully, this issue: predisposition to calorie counting there are many who are aware of these disorders and poor body image manifests into obsessive at Providence College. Members from the Simply compulsive habits with food. This reminder, Healthy Club recognize the threat these stickers have NICHOLAS CRENSHAW '20/THE COWL then, to “count one’s calories,” can actually be a on mental health. Although the intention of "Calories Count" is to promote health severe detriment to someone’s health. Anyone Wellness/Page 5 and wellness, it could do the opposite for some. Providence College’s Student-Run Newspaper Since 1935 UNDERTHEHOOD News 2 Opinion 5 Photography 9 A&E 11 Sports 17 Page 2 News February 13, 2020 Establishing a New "Peck"ing Order NAACP PC Student Develops New Networking App Spreads by Hannah Langley ’21 News Co-Editor the Love CAMPUS by Will Devaney ’23 As college students, something most News Staff of us have probably dealt with before is ON CAMPUS the difficulty of connecting with fellow classmates and students. Whether it be trying to create group chats for a class On Feb. 6, Providence College project or Venmo a person for dinner students got the opportunity to the night before, Providence College listen to Reverend Justin Lester students can all relate to the difficulty of speak about love and the various connecting in an easy, organized way. forms it presents itself in our daily To help solve this problem, Patrick lives at the “Enough Love to Go Callahan ’22 has helped develop a Around” event. Lester is the pastor new app called “PeckApp” which, as for Congdon Street Baptist Church Callahan describes it, “is a mobile contact right here in Providence. He is an sharing app based on the idea that there adjunct professor at Providence needs to be a way to connect across College, as well as a Religious Life platforms of communication quickly Affiliate at Brown University. He and simultaneously because nowadays came to PC last Thursday to share people communicate through so many some advice and speak on his own different mediums.” experiences with his church. With the help of two fellow students College campuses are busy —Nick Tolimieri from Vanderbilt places—they are the birthplace of University and Zach Cmiel from countless memories, ideas, and Northwestern University—the three relationships. Lester began his sophomores noticed during their talk by speaking to the students freshman year that it became difficult to about the importance of fostering connect with people they were meeting healthy and valuable relationships. across multiple platforms. “You might He highlighted the importance of have someone’s Snapchat because you Peck App allows students to connect without hassle. PHOTO COURTESY OF PXHERE.COM knowing who you are before you got added into a group but you don’t commit yourself to a relationship. can be scanned by other PeckApp users businesses, startups, and networking He stressed that your values should to “peck” someone else.” through working on PeckApp,” said align with the person that you are He mentioned, too, that even those Callahan. in a relationship with, in order to be “PeckApp allows who do not have the app downloaded To showcase PeckApp to the PC able to grow as a person with them. PC students to can still scan the QR code using their community, Callahan is planning on His next talking point covered normal cameras, allowing people to hosting a table at the Career Expo how loving yourself is necessary network and socialize connect in a simple and efficient way. on Wednesday, February 19. He also in order to love others. “In order When the PeckApp was first released explained how he is planning on utilizing to cultivate love, we have to do in a new way that is in May 2019, the three knew they had to the app throughout the event, saying, “I things that we are passionate about come up with a name. Originally, their have been working on making all of the and care about,” said Rev. Lester, useful to anyone they idea was to have users bump their phones attending companies PeckApp profiles, “People should consider all of together to transfer information, so they which include their phone numbers, their experiences as an investment come into contact thought the word “peck” captured this social media profiles, emails, websites, towards yourself,” he added. He quick exchange. “Even though users and any other useful information. We told the group to be careful with with.” no longer bump their phones into each are then creating custom PeckApp QR their endeavors, because they other,” said Callahan, “we stuck with codes that they will be able to display on make you who you are.