TheVol. LXXX No. 9 @thecowl • thecowl.com Celebrating 80 Years CowlProvidence College November 12, 2015 of Publication PC Arrives at Crossroads for Off-Campus Housing

by Zak Harvey ’16 policy. the policy would be implemented. stance on the enforcement of the off News Staff As of November 10, 2015, the policy The Student Congress of Providence -campus junior housing policy. had not been featured on the Office College, the voice of students here on housing of Residence Life’s website. Within campus, had previously not taken a the Student Handbook (last updated HOUSING/ Page 2 In the Oct. 22 edition of The on September 25, 2015) one can find Cowl, Vol. LXXX No. 6, a piece was the Residence Life Regulations and published titled, “Juniors in a Jam: policies. Within the “On-Campus New Policy Requires All Students to Living” section, the first line of the Live On Campus During Their Junior paragraph reads, “All members of Year.” Due to interest in the piece, the freshman and sophomore classes this article was written to take a must reside on campus…”(34). more comprehensive look at both the Turning to the “Off-Campus consequences and benefits of juniors Living” section the policy reads, living on campus. “The College reserves the right to During the fall of a Friar’s oblige students to live off campus. sophomore year, many rush to the Once the on-campus apartment and corner of Eaton Street and Huxley suite selection process has been HUXLEY Avenue to sign up for their chance completed each year, the Office of to tour the houses that surround Residence Life will decide whether to Providence College’s campus. From approve requests to live off campus. Huxley Avenue to Tyndall Avenue, Permission must be granted before Pembroke Avenue, Radcliffe Avenue, a student signs a lease for an off- and Pinehurst Avenue, Providence campus house or apartment” (34). College students come in droves to The last line in this quote from the sign leases with local landlords. Handbook is one of the cornerstone Until recently there have been arguments from the College, insofar EATON no qualms with students living off as to say that students have typically campus. The policy of not allowing been signing leases their sophomore juniors to live off campus has been year, which in turn skews the numbers discussed by senior administrators of students initially assumed to be at the College, including the Board living on campus. of Trustees. Though policies are not The biggest complaint students necessarily voted on by the Board, it expressed with the policy in particular appears that a consensus was made is that there was no dialogue as to to support the enforcement of the how or when the enforcement of

PHOTO COURTESY OF PIXGOOD.COM Dominican Order Celebrates 800th Year Since Its Founding by Meaghan Dodson ’17 News Co-Editor The Jubilee celebration at Providence College began on religious life Saturday, November 7, with the Feast of All Dominican Saints. Fr. Peter ​Are you “Forever a Friar” and Martyr Yungwirth, O.P., celebrated “Forever Faithful?” Although a Mass at St. Dominic Chapel, and “forever” is a long time, the a reception was held immediately Dominicans come close to it as they afterwards in the Center for Catholic have indeed been Friars and have and Dominican Studies (CCDS). been faithful for the past 800 years. “The 800th Jubilee offers us a On December 22, 1216, Pope wonderful opportunity to learn more Honorius III gave St. Dominic de about the Dominicans, their history, Guzmán his official approval to their effect on society and culture, establish the Order of Preachers. The their saints, and their way of prayer. second approval came a few months It’s a great chance for students, later on January 17, 1217, and since faculty, and staff to share in the life of that date the Dominican influence the Dominican Friars and Sisters who has spread throughout the world. have served and continue to serve the The year 2016 will mark the 800th College,” stated Fr. Yungwirth.​ Jubilee of the Dominican order. This momentous occasion will commemorate eight centuries of “preaching for the salvation of souls” ANNIVERSARY/ Page 3 and it will be celebrated by numerous national and international events. PHOTO COURTESY OF EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG UNDERtheHOOD Providence College's Student-Run Newspaper Since 1935 Sports A&E Opinion News 2 Opinion 7 Despite a loss to Butler, the A film installment in J.K. Edward Walrod ’16 argues that Women’s Soccer Team has an Rowling’s Harry Potter adjunct professors should have Photography 11 unprecedented, series is set to open in rights equivalent to those of full- A&E 13 record-breaking November of 2016. time faculty. Portfolio 18 season to celebrate. Sports 22 Page 24 Page 14 Page 7 Page 2 News November 12, 2015 Boston Stronger: Beyond the Finish Line Boston Bombing Survivor Jeff Bauman Shares His Story with the PC Community

by Gabrielle Shkreli ’17 invitation from President Obama to attend News Staff the State of the Union Address, and on April 8 Bauman hosted a book signing at events his Costco store for the release of his book, Stronger. Just two weeks later, Bauman On April 15, 2013, the Boston Marathon would bravely return to the Boston was supposed to be another average day Marathon for the one year anniversary of for Jeff Bauman. Little did he know that the bombing. in the blink of an eye, his life would be That summer, Bauman married Erin changed forever. and the couple welcomed their daughter Last Wednesday, November 4 at 7 Nora into the world. p.m., the Board of Programmers Lecture This past year, the Boston hero has Committee welcomed Boston bombing had the chance to speak with thousands survivor Jeff Bauman to the stage in of amputees throughout the United States Slavin Center’s ’64 Hall to share his story. and for several different organizations. He Prior to the Marathon, Bauman also shared the exciting news that a movie considered himself fairly normal . At is in the works. 26-years- old he was in the process of Even though Bauman maintains a becoming a civil engineer, had happily positive outlook, he admitted that things established a career working at his are not always easy. “Everyone has tough favorite store, Costco, and was preparing times in their life. I’m just trucking away to cheer on his girlfriend Erin at her first- KRISTINA HO ’18/THE COWL at this life and trying to be the best man ever Boston Marathon. Bauman inspires PC students as he speaks about his road to recovery after the 2013 Boston bombing. that I can,”he said. On the morning of the event, Bauman Still, Bauman left Providence College recalled fondly, “It was going to be an it, was spent in a state of “tunnel vision.” focused on all of the positive things he students with something to remember. awesome day. There were 100,000 people Strangers were rushing over to help, gained as a result of the life-changing Timothy Bosse ’17, coordinator of the shoulder to shoulder and it was a really everything seemed to be moving in slow experience. Not only did he get to throw event, expressed his appreciation for such fun, great atmosphere.” motion, and medics finally transported the first pitch at a Boston Red Sox game a moving opportunity. With just the drop of a bag and a him to Boston Medical Center, where he and meet his role model, Pedro Martinez, “Hearing from Jeff was something nervous glance, however, things took an would receive the unfortunate news that but the Boston Bruins also invited Bauman that inspired me personally. If Jeff is unexpected turn. he had lost both of his legs. to wave their flag during the opening able to return to a completely normal “I looked the bomber right in the eye, Rather than give in to the pain and ceremonies of the playoffs. life after losing both of his legs, there is Bauman explained, “The kid bumped into quit his fight, Bauman used the next three Shortly after returning home in nothing that we cannot do. His message me, and I looked at him, and he looked weeks spent recuperating in the hospital to May 2013, Bauman was featured in GQ of perseverance and staying strong in the really out of place. There was a bag laying stay motivated and discover the personal Magazine, and only a month after that he face of adversity is one that stuck with me there on the ground, but I thought ‘We’re message that would eventually end up was fitted for his new legs that he would and will not soon be forgotten.” in Boston, nothing bad is gonna happen.’ inspiring millions around the world: keep be standing on four months later. For more information on Bauman’s Two seconds later, I saw a flash and I was moving forward. In 2014, Bauman continued to embrace story visit www.jeffbaumanstronger.com. on the ground.” Although Bauman experienced a the special moments presented to him. The rest of the day, as Bauman described loss the day of the Marathon, his speech On Jan. 28, Bauman received a personal Housing: New Policy Leaves Campus at a Crossroads Continued from front page

Jamie Hilton ’16, chair of the Student meant to inflict financial harm anyone, this Life Committee, responded on behalf I can say with absolute certainty.” of Student Congress, stating, “Student When asked what she believes the [Life], as well as Congress as a whole, was number one reason students move off handed down the information just like it is, Goodwin responded, “Students want was to the rest of the student body. We independence. Students want to transition, had no say [or] input into the situation, students want singles, students want to and are rather confused as to why we live with their closest friends, for some, to were not consulted on the matter. We are escape the oversight.” Goodwin affirms looking into what actions we can take, that there is “great value for seniors to live but at the moment it looks like we will off-campus.” only be greeted by resistance from the One initiative that has come from administrative staff that came up with this the Office of Student Affairs is the Off policy change.” Campus Citizen program. Ultimately, this Many students begin their off- program aims to help Providence College campus experience by reaching out to students engage with the surrounding local landlords. One landlord that many community as effective, integral, and students have worked with over the years DARNY MAO ’18/THE COWL meaningful members of the neighborhood. to arrange their off-campus experience Students, administration, and the 02908 landlord weigh in on the future of off-campus housing. Goodwin also touched on the for both their junior and senior year is importance of Providence College Bob McCann, partner at the 02908 Club. The potential impact of this policy on landlords are forced to rent to non-college maintaining its identity as a small, liberal McCann is a Rhode Island native and the future enrollment and the surrounding students. arts, and residential college. She asserts parent of two Friars himself. neighborhood is of great concern. We Kristine Goodwin, vice president for that one of the main reasons for enforcing “In recent years PC has done some feel that Juniors should continue to have student affairs, sought to alleviate many of the policy is that by living on campus, amazing things to improve its campus the right to choose what housing option the concerns students may have with the juniors have “community benefits.” and we feel the 02908 Club has done a best suits them. Our hope is that the policy. Goodwin stated, “Typically above great job creating some wonderful off- administration and students will begin In regards to whether or not students 80% [of students live on campus on a campus living options, said McCann, “The a [dialogue] on the potential impact and being able to afford on-campus housing residential campus]…We have empty 02908 Club loves PC and we are proud to unintended consequences of juniors not for another year was a determining beds…We have built a campus around be a part of the Friar family. We are very being allowed to choose their housing factor in the policy, Goodwin responded, [the model for] freshmen to juniors to live concerned about the new policy of not option.” “[Financial aid] packages change as on campus…[students moving off] has allowing juniors the choice of staying or Many students across campus students needs change. [My office] has resulted in a loss of revenue, [and a] loss of moving off campus.” expressed concerns of externalities that done research on this and never has the programs and services for other students.” “PC students get a great education may arise from the decision to keep juniors financial burden been the number one After taking all of these factors into along with having an outstanding social living on campus. Concerns ranged from reason [for students moving off].” consideration left one daunting question and lifestyle experience. This new policy is the financial burdens some students face Goodwin continued, “Should students is left unanswered: why now? going to change the quality of the lifestyle with on-campus housing to the filling of have financial difficulties, students can component of the overall PC experience. the void in the empty off campus houses if appeal, [the College’s policies] are never November 12, 2015 NEWS The Cowl 3 Military Members Offer Stories to the PC Community Veterans Day Panel Showcases Experiences in War and the Military

the special invitee to a military reunion by Patrick Lovett ’17 dinner. He said, “That made me feel News Staff immensely happy: that I’ve affected someone so much that they want to Events see me again.” The story helped Motto express his wish to have a lasting impact, as he ended the anecdote Although Veterans Day is a time to saying, “Hopefully I’ve done something honor and commemorate those who to affect change for the better for them.” have served in the military, veterans Members of the panel not only themselves rarely decide how they are discussed themselves, but also took remembered. Therefore it was a unique this time to speak on current social occasion when a panel of veterans and issues. Veteran Racquel Ray, a current active duty members came together to graduate student at PC, voiced concern tell their personal stories to the public. over the current economic struggles On Tuesday, November 10, five of active and veteran members of the military members in the Providence military, saying, “We have people who College community offered an audience are willing to defend, support, die for full of students, faculty, and families the constitution of the United States, a glimpse of what it means to serve in but cannot afford to feed their families, the armed forces. They were asked to cannot afford to heat their homes, share their stories and how they wanted cannot afford a car, a cell phone…think to be remembered; these questions KRISTINA HO ’18/THE COWL about that.” encouraged them to reflect on both Kugel, Motto, Ray, and the other members of the 2015 Veterans Panel speak about their servic- The panel was put together for a esto their country (above) and share their experiences with the PC community (below). personal experience and the impression project in a Development of Western they hope to leave behind. Civilization Colloquium called The answers were as varied as the “Storytelling in the Public Sphere.” questions were provocative; whereas According to Sophia Fallon ’17, one of some chose to speak on what they the event organizers, the purpose of learned in the military, others spoke the panel was to “provide a space for about the effect serving had on their people to tell their stories” and “show very identity. how our views of history and people When asked about his place in change based of off the stories we hear.” history, Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Kugel Following the event, Fallon said, “We’re spoke about his role as a teammate. He really thankful for the opportunity to said, “I’ve been a member of units that do something like this…it just shows have done some really great things: the PC community shining through.” built schools in Iraq, trained cadets,” Fellow students were similarly stated Lt. Col. Kugel, “But individually, grateful for the chance to hear from I don’t think I’ve contributed that much; the panelists, specifically about their it’s a team effort. I’d like to think I was personal experiences. “When they a valuable member of those teams, but answered with a story, that gave a lot my own place in history just kind of more insight into military and veteran seems silly.” life,” said Connie Quinn ’17. “It was Speaking on how he wants to be one of the best panels I have been to,” remembered, Major Patrick Motto ‘04 she continued, “It was all very heartfelt recounted a time when he was made KRISTINA HO ’18/THE COWL and personal.” Anniversary: Friars Celebrate 800 Years Continued from front page The Order of Preachers has to have established themselves as commissioned the artist Bernadette great preachers, scholars, and saints. Carstensen to memorialize the Looking forward towards its 2017 contributions of Friars both past and centennial, PC will both remember present. its past and anticipate its future as it Carstensen’s painting shows the celebrates the Dominican tradition world history of the Order of the and heritage. Preachers from ancient times to the modern day, featuring important figures such as St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine of Siena, as well as others such as St. Martin de Porres, St. Rose of Lima, St. Peter Martyr, and St. Albert the Great. A Jubilee candle has also been installed on the St. Dominic Chapel alcoves, and for the next two years it will be lit at major Dominican feast days and also at other important College Masses.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JUBILEE.OPEAST.ORG In terms of national events, an Bernadette Carstensen’s 800th Jubilee painting was commissioned by the Province of St. Joseph. exhibit, “Settlers of Ohio: A History of Service to the Soul of the People,” The Jubilee will continue to be A series of eight to 10 lectures will take is featured in the Ohio State House in celebrated for the next 64 weeks, place and will focus on the Dominican Columbus, Ohio for the entire month and various on-campus events heritage, while an exhibition in the of November. will be held to celebrate important CCDS will commemorate the history At the United Nations headquarters Dominican feasts such as those of St. of the Dominican Sisters in the United in New York City, meanwhile, there is Thomas Aquinas and St. Catherine of States. talk of having a display to showcase Siena. PC will also host a Provincial the Dominicans’ commitment to The Jubilee will conclude on Assembly this summer from June 14- human rights and dignity, spanning MEAGHAN DODSON ’17/THE COWL January 17, 2017, in accordance with 17. Dominican Friars of the Province from their protection of indigenous The Jubilee candle is currently placed on the Pope Honorius’ 1217 approval of the of St. Joseph will be in attendance, peoples in the 1800s to their present altar of St. Dominic’s Chapel. In between major order. and the Most Reverend Anthony day roles. campus masses, it will reside in one of the PC will explore what it means to be Fisher, O.P., Archbishop of Sydney, While 1216-2016 may not be forever, alcoves on the side of the chapel for anyone Dominican during the spring of 2016. Australia, will address the Assembly. it is long enough for the Dominicans wishing to see it. 4 The Cowl NEWS November 12, 2015

Catalunya Votes to Secede Spain

For a long time, Catalunya, the northeastern most region of Spain, has wanted to secede from Spain. Last week, the Catalan parliament voted to Bursting inch closer to their desire to split from Spain. Although succession would be unconstitutional, Mariano Rajoy Brey, Spain’s prime minister and leader of the People’s Party, must carefully weigh what is good for the country the PC Bubble following questionable ratings and an endless battle between the opposition from Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE). by David Toro ’16 News Staff Obama says “No” to Keystone XL Pipeline In an effort to reduce carbon emissions and stabilize one of the world’s top polluters, President Barack Obama and his administration have decided not to issue a permit to construct a 1,000 mile extension of the Keystone Pipeline from Alberta, Canada, to Steele City, Nebraska. The United States must play a leading role in the world amidst growing concerns of the effect of pollution on the environment. Keystone Pipeline XL would create jobs and expand an industry that Artificial Intelligence Threatens Jobs currently relies on unstable Middle Eastern countries. The enormous amount As technology advances and artificial intelligence becomes more viable of carbon that would be released as a consequence of its construction far and realistic, a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows that up to 35 outweighs the economic benefits. percent of all workers in the U.K. and 47 percent of workers in the U.S. could have their livelihoods taken away by machines. The consequences lie in how society is currently shaped and how we spend our time. Without jobs to rule over the majority of time in our life, people would have to engage in different lifestyles and government structures would Putin to Wipe Out the Islamic State have to change. Society will see a change —people will begin to specialize in services and After beginning airstrikes against the Islamic State last month, Vladimir interaction with and between people says Michael Osborne, author of The Putin has increased ground forces to 4,000 troops. Following several deadly Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerization? airstrikes, it has been reported that hundreds of ISIS members have been killed, which may severely debilitate the group. The troops Putin has sent are not for ground combat but must guard Russian bases in western Syria.

Congress Updates Club Spotlight: Peer Ministry

by David Toro ’16 and Meaghan Dodson ’17 by Daria Purdy ’19 to provide freshmen and sophomores News Staff News Staff an outlet on campus in which they can discuss the various issues they face and congress club spotlight build authentic friendships in open, safe, and faith based communities. One of the main topics of conversation this week involved the Obstacles and challenges are an Ryan Bonomi ’16, one of the Peer Center for Career Education and Professional Development and how everyday occurrence for college Ministry Coordinators, describes how the administration is trying to integrate career development into the students. Imagine a space where you the program helps him “to get to four years of undergraduate studies at Providence College. can discuss these difficulties with your know students in a way you normally As part of the current effort to increase the integration into the peers in a safe and open manner and couldn’t.” For example, discussion goes current curriculum, PC has offered a program to solidify Microsoft use your faith to help navigate through beyond questions about major and state Excel skills, which are becoming essential. hardships. Here at Providence College, of origin; matters such as relationships, PC’s current strategic plan means that the Career Center has to Peer Ministry provides such an outlet for alcohol, and stress management are increase the amount of students that come into the center as well as students. discussed. Peer Ministry Coordinator the amount of students that get internships during the year. Campus Minister Kelly Hughes is the Nicole Rossi ’16 says the club “creates Several of the concerns noted throughout the meeting concerning director of the Peer Ministry program; a more unified community” and eFriars and the Career Center revolved around serving other majors she works with five Peer Ministry provides students with a group that and students who do not necessarily want to work for accounting Coordinators and 21 Peer Ministers they feel comfortable with. or financial firms. Patti Goff, assistant vice president of integrated in total. A meeting of a Peer Ministry The 85 students that participate in the learning and administration, mentioned that the spring career fair will group consists of an opening prayer, a program meet with their small groups bring more employers that focus on areas other than accounting or thought-provoking video or article, and on a biweekly basis. The groups, says finance. a discussion among the small group of Rossi, have provided the students “not Another topic discussed was the new policy for Congress Executive students sparked by the video or article only a place of belonging on campus, Board nominations. In the past, the only requirement for running shown. The mission of the program is but a family.” for an executive position was that a candidate had to be a member of Congress for at least one year. The new legislation, however, proposes that any Congress member wishing to run in the schoolwide elections must first gain a 30 percent approval from the Congress members themselves. There would be no maximum for the number of candidates that Congress members could support, and this internal nomination would be in addition to the existing one year requirement. Those in favor of the bill suggested that this stipulation assures the student body that the candidates have the support of Congress and and are thus capable of serving the needs of the Providence College community. Those against the bill feared that this process would lead to exclusivity. The legislation was tabled at the end of the meeting and will be discussed at a later date.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KELLY HUGHES Despite being one of the newest clubs on campus, Peer Ministry already boasts 85 members. November 12, 2015 NEWS The Cowl 5 Say Cheese! Housing Inequality BMSA Event Serves Up Nothing but Smiles Injustice Right Outside Our Gates

The pictures featured at this by Sarah Gianni ’18 smothered cuisine. Dishes such as by Gabriella Pisano ’18 event showed the drastic differences News Staff cheese ravioli, mozzarella sticks, cheesy News Staff between the two sides of Providence. potatoes, and falafels were a few of the The pictures included houses, events many international options. events “I was excited to go to Cheesefest housing complexes, and stories of the surrounding areas. Thursday, November 5 marked this year because I love the array of food On Wednesday, November 4, there The project brings attention the Board of Multi-cultural Student and how BMSA ties in different cultures was an exhibit on campus showcasing to the cycle of income disparity. Affairs’ (BMSA) annual Cheesefest. A rather than providing your typical pizza pictures of different housing units Children of families living in $3 admission fee granted access to the or chicken wings,” said Tunde Johnson around Providence. A group of poorer neighborhoods are affected event, held in ’64 Hall from 6:30-8:30 p.m. ’18, “It was fun to taste a variety of students in the Introduction to Black educationally. The presentation Students were eager to get to the event different foods.” Studies class organized the event as showed that cognitive development, early since the first 45 people to arrive After eating, attendees were able to a project to spread awareness on the vocabulary, and future reading skills of received a free Cheesefest 2015 T-shirt. say “cheese” and capture the moment by topic of income inequality and housing these children are less than those living Cheese dishes from around the globe donning cheese hats and posing in the segregation right here in Providence. in affluent neighborhoods because were spread throughout ’64 Hall, with photo booth. In addition, BMSA raffled The event, Housing and Income their parents must work longer hours tables in the center of the room where off a number of cheese hats to a few lucky Inequality, was in the Slavin Center's to make enough money to support their attendees could sit and enjoy their cheesy winners. Mural Lounge, a central location families. This deficiency in education feasts. The event gave insight into different that allowed the event to draw in a leads to later problems when trying to Organizations such as the Providence dishes from around the world and will steady stream of people. The student get jobs. College Portuguese Alliance, the Gaelic continue to serve up the cheesiest of organizers for the event gave out The fact sheet given out at the event Society, and the French Club were smiles from the PC community. informational fact sheets and talked to also states, “It is clear that this income among the many who provided cheese- attendees about their findings. disparity will continue if the education “Providence is a city that is quickly of our future is facing inequality in being divided into two different their opportunities to learn.” worlds: one side of the city, the East This project was completed to side, is highly educated, very affluent, raise the awareness that these issues and strong politically. The other side, exist right outside of PC. The student the south side, is poor, under educated, organizers hoped to bring attention and mostly Hispanic,” stated the fact to this issue by sharing research and sheet. using the photo gallery to visually The student organizers believe back up their information. that this is a pressing issue that many students at Providence College are not aware of. By showing pictures of the significantly different living standards, attention is brought to the fact that 29 percent of Providence residents are living below the poverty line. The student organizers suggest fixing this issue “by making a more reasonable minimum wage that would put more money in people’s pockets and create a tax code that allows people KRISTINA HO ’18/THE COWL to pay taxes based on the amount they Students say “cheese” while enjoying delicious snacks from around the world at BMSA’s annual make and their ability to contribute.” 2015 Cheesefest. PHOTO COURTESY OF CLIPARTSHEEP.COM Twelve Steps to Appreciating Diversity Mohammed Bilal Offers Advice for How to Embrace Yourself and Others

by Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 Paterson explained that a lot of and believes we should strive to break Bilal’s biggest piece of advice was to Asst. News Edtior planning went into the event and that cultural habits. learn to distinguish between prejudice she wants to focus on different forms “Once a month, exchange one and true dislike. He also explained Lecture of advertising for next time so different normal cultural experience for a new that turning to your “inner source groups of people can attend and take and different experience,” said Bilal. of light” is key when embracing and On Tuesday, November 3, the something away from the presentation. Paterson is an advocate for Bilal’s appreciating diversity. Board of Multi-cultural Student “Students may hear something or learn suggestions. “What’s the worst that Paterson said students will be able Affairs (BMSA) sponsored an event something they never thought they’d could happen?” she asked. to attend more events like this one entitled “Appreciating Diversity” in expect,” she said. “Best thing, you make a friend, throughout the year, since she finds McPhail’s where diversity consultant During his lecture, Bilal discussed connection, or hear an incredible story that appreciating diversity is a vital Mohammed Bilal educated Providence his 12 steps to appreciating diversity, you would have never experienced practice. College students about today’s social such as admitting to your homogeneity. otherwise. I have changed as a person “This is a practice students should problems. By recognizing your lack of diversity, for the better, through my ability to take with them the rest of their lives,” Bilal is a musician, a poet, and a one can create a “fertile foundation for open up and refusal to pre-judge she said. “To truly live a comfortable writer who has given hundreds of growth.” people.” life and thrive in situations which they diversity lectures and presentations “Mohammed intermingled his steps Bilal also discussed how may have originally deemed to be across the U.S. for groups such as of appreciating diversity with poetry “differences” are not just about uncomfortable.” Boston College, the U.S. Treasury, and and raps that kept students intrigued, race or blacks and whites, but can even Progressive Auto Insurance. and learning so much,” said Paterson. encompass ability, gender, ethnicity, “I was pleased and reassured by “I believe the ‘12 Steps’ Mohammed and socioeconomic status. the response from the audience,” said outlined is incredibly important and “It is so powerful yet simple to try Sarah Paterson ’16, BMSA Diversity relevant to our PC campus.” to find the commonalities and open Committee Chair. “My main objective She went on to say that on a up to people that are different than is to reach out and pay particular particularly not-so-diverse campus, it you,” said Paterson. “This may be attention to the population that may is critical for students to understand as simple as sitting next to a person not face diversity and have not had the and embrace those who are different you’ve never seen before and sparking opportunity to appreciate it.” from them. a conversation.” Another step, Bilal explained, is to Learning and being open to new know yourself as a human being. “Be experiences seemed to be a vital theme Correction from last week’s balanced and self confident” he said. for Bilal. For example, he encourages issue of The Cowl: “Once you know yourself, there is no his audience to read new materials and need to hate or dislike difference.” even encourages people to learn a new The article entitled ​"Opening of The He went on to explain that it is language. Addams Family is ‘Spooktacular’” important to look for commonalities “Every facet and nuance of a culture was written by Ryan Cox ’18. instead of differences, not to judge, is revealed through its language,” said and to travel. He also explained the Bilal. “A new language helps you to PHOTO COURTESY OF WALDO.VILLAGESOUP.COM importance of learning and teaching, think differently.” Bilal offers advice about encouraging diversity. 6 The Cowl ADVERTISEMENT November 12, 2015 OWN YOUR DESTINY

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by Sarah Kelley ’18 Opinion Staff academics

As the post midterm workload starts to build up once again, students face numerous assignments, many of which include written response papers and essays. Yet as assignments quickly begin to accumulate and the pressure to finish these papers begins to mount, it seems as though all too often, students are incapable of fully recognizing the value of their own writing and the writing process itself. For many students, their perceptions of papers reveal an academic mindset wherein these written assignments are viewed as a task that must be accomplished under limited deadlines, rather than a process of expression and a development of work. In valuing papers for their end result more than the process under which they are developed, students quickly lose sight of the worth of their writing and of the importance the writing process carries toward academic improvement. In viewing papers as merely assignments to be completed by a certain date and under specific guidelines, students often do not give themselves the time necessary to fully benefit from the writing PHOTO COURTESY OF WRD.AS.UKY.EDU process. While most students cannot deny the time, What has caused this view of academic papers? even more difficult. or multiple times, they have stayed up all night to Have the pressures of multiple assignments really In order to really be able to improve as writers, complete an entire paper, are those students still devalued the writing process to this extent? Or students need to give their work greater worth. No able to say that they were able to truly reflect on the maybe this view can be attributed to the college longer should we view papers as mere products, writing, the ideas, and the arguments within their environment, under which many students try to get but rather, we should see papers for the value they papers during that single night? How much time by with finishing work in the least amount of time possess within the process through which they are can students devote to discussing, planning, and necessary to do “well”—that is, if by “well,” we developed, revised, reflected upon, and questioned. outlining their paper if they view it as just another now mean merely completing a coherent paper and Students must try to separate themselves from the assignment that needs to be finished? perpetuating its identity as a product. academic view of writing as a means to an end. Similarly, as students tend to focus more on While not all students enjoy writing, and in They must instead focus on the idea of writing as a attaining certain page lengths or word requirements fact many actually hate it, the mere act of viewing continuing development, one that requires time and in their efforts to finish this “product” of a paper, are papers and written responses as products whose sole effort and that consequentially carries the potential they even viewing their writing as a piece of work purpose is completion in a timely manner, under for improvement in all students. with innate value? correct guidelines, etc., makes the writing process Be a Voice for Change at PC Stand Up for Adjunct Professors’ Rights

by Edward Walrod ’16 dead in her house with no heat. Instead meaningful show of force or unity. being and that’s great. However, we Opinion Staff of having a salaried position they are This is made harder by the fact that, often forget to return such concern to paid according to the cost of the course depending on the college and the our professors. They are our biggest college faculty they teach, usually $1,500 to $2,700 per circumstances involved, many fellow advocates and the least we can do is course per semester. Due to the costs of tenured or salaried academics shun advocate for their well-being. They order their books, assemble keeping an adjunct versus hiring full- adjuncts as pariahs. They are not So let’s stand above our peers as a syllabi, meet one on one with their time professors, many colleges have allowed to participate in formal faculty united college community and change students, and give full lectures. This little to no financial incentive to hire gatherings where resolutions may take the norms of college treatment toward sounds like the description of a normal them or put them on tenure track. place. They can be seen as threats to our professors. full-time professor here at Providence As a college committed to its sitting faculty or as nuisances. College, or any college for that matter. Catholic faith, it is pertinent that PC The issue is not a small problem They share their workload and hours, strive for a more just world. This either. Adjuncts and contingent faculty yet they are paid a fraction of the costs includes treating our professors, all of make up over 50 percent of current and have absolutely no job security. them, with the proper respect that they college instructors in the U.S. One These are the adjunct professors, many deserve. Providence College needs to may think that this is fine, as it gives of whom who have had an impact on lead the charge among its peers. Our Ph.D. holders a job while they wait for our lives. new academic buildings mean nothing tenured track positions to open up. At a tournament in Boston over the if the professors who walk their halls Even if this held any truth, the simple weekend, I witnessed a large group struggle to make a meaningful living. fact remains that there is no excuse of students protesting alongside what Our shiny new sports facilities are for how colleges tend to treat their seemed to be several faculty. They not what distinguish us from our adjuncts. were protesting the conditions on peers (don’t get me wrong they are This brings me back to the protests behalf of many of their adjunct faculty. awesome), it is our professors, some of at the tournament this weekend. The They were urging their administration which are adjunct. students were the ones to organize. The to lead U.S. colleges to seek better Often adjuncts find trouble in students were the ones who took what treatment for adjuncts. standing up for their own rights. They their adjunct professors have been Why? Well, it is simple. It is estimated are sporadically placed and constantly unable to do for so long. They became that 25 to 50 percent of adjuncts live on the move. It is difficult for them to the voices for change when they needed in poverty. Back in 2013, an adjunct organize into a collective unit for long them most. At Providence College we French professor of 25 years was found enough periods of time to make any tend to focus on our educational well- PHOTO COURTESY OF CLIPARTBEST.COM AND FRIARS.COM 8 The Cowl OPINION November 12, 2015

PHOTO BY JESSICA ARTIGLIERE ’17/ THE COWL Update Our Dilipidated Dorm Aquinas Hall Does Not Compare to Other Sophomore Residences by Daniel Barton ’18 1970s. single Aquinas triple. It could almost at risk for a potentially awkward Opinion Staff To make this a bit clearer to be considered luxurious if units were scenario. In spite of the fact that the those who may not understand the sold commercially. dorm’s status is listed as traditional, campus living difference between the two buildings, Taking a step back and looking at the rooms are shaped in a way that let us first examine what perks the the living standards of Aquinas, it is prevents students from setting up Here at Providence College, the sophomore residents of Bedford Hall almost impossible to believe that the their furniture in a spatially efficient on-campus housing is something are blessed with every day. First off, two dorms are on the same college manner. In spite of its proximity to the that both the students and the the building itself is aesthetically campus. A great place to start is the most important classroom buildings administration take great pride in. appealing. The hallways are clean, bathrooms. The male bathrooms in and student centers on campus, The gender-separated traditional the windows function correctly (and Aquinas Hall are some of the most Aquinas is most certainly a subpar style dorms on upper campus and are fully equipped with screens), disgusting rooms on this campus. substitute for the apartments available the spacious apartments on the the temperature always seems to be They do not have urinals, leading to a to the sophomores at PC. lower campus provide students comfortable regardless of the season, spillage of disgusting bodily fluids all Over the summer, the administration with a comfortable and convenient and the elevators live up to the over the floor as well as a horrendous made some steps to improve the quality lifestyle. The major issue within PC’s standard that our fast paced American smell that is impossible to get rid of of life for the residents of Aquinas on-campus housing lies in a large, society calls for. due to the complete lack of ventilation. Hall. Yet, instead of fixing broken four story building in the center of The rooms themselves are equipped Whatever part of the floor is not windows and screens or the clearly campus: Aquinas Hall. The building with full kitchens, including a covered by urine is covered in water broken HVAC system, they replaced by itself is not uninhabitable by any dishwasher, a bar-style countertop with from the flooding showers, which are the roof. As a resident of Aquinas Hall, standards, but when compared with high-seating chairs, and a full-sized infested with fruit flies. There are only it makes me wonder if administrators the beautiful state-of-the-art multi- refrigerator. On top of that, there is a two water fountains located on the have ever braved the elements and set room apartments of Bedford, it looks full-sized sitting room with furniture female side of the building, making foot past the lounge on the first floor to like a run down warehouse that hasn’t included, a personal bathroom and it incredibly challenging for a male see for themselves the real issues that had a single meaningful construction shower, and two bedrooms shared by student to quench his thirst at 12:30 a.m. residents are facing. Until then, I guess project done since the tragic fire of the four students that are larger than a on a Tuesday without putting himself I will just email FixIt. Pick Up a Book for Pleasure Don’t Let College Take the Fun Out of Reading

by Taylor Godfrey ’19 Opinion Staff

lifestyle

As any Providence College student could tell PHOTO COURTESY OF EMAZE.COM you, DWC is a lot of reading, and that is not even Reading makes it easier to empathize and connect through public libraries. mentioning other classes that involve reading. For with others in your life. Putting yourself in someone According to the same Psychology Today article, many students, a majority of their homework is else’s position, even if that person is a character in a 42 percent of college graduates will never pick up poring over texts that they would rather not be novel, can help you to better understand others in a book again after school. For many, the late nights reading. To many, reading becomes associated with real life. According to a study at Emory University reading for class have stopped them from wanting to struggling through an ancient Greek text or reading published in Psychology Today, reading novels read at all, and for others, the pull of social media can 100 pages of Shakespeare. School seems to have increases brain connectivity and the reader’s ability overpower any desire to read novels. Life, however, taken the fun out of reading, but that does not mean to empathize with others. Trying to understand a cannot be summed up in just 140 characters. Longer we cannot get it back. character’s motivations and feelings can help you works of fiction, nonfiction, manga, and graphic Tired from a long day of classes, most students when trying to understand other people in your novels can portray life as it really is, and can offer do not reach for a book, but rather for their phone life. Novels can help students see others as complex glimpses into lives wildly different than our own. with their favorite social media website or their people with their own motivations and instead of Reading can both expand our vocabulary and laptop to watch Netflix. Technology, as well as just being purely one-dimensional. our worldview, show us places we have never been, the lack of availability of books on campus, means There is no “right” way to read either. While and introduce us to people we will never meet. It many students are not reading outside of classwork. the campus library has a rather small collection of is different from simply watching television; it is However, books can be beneficial as well as enjoyable pleasure-reading volumes, there is a plethora of through reading that we can put ourselves into the if students just put the effort into reading them. other ways to get books. Kindles and other e-readers story, can see both others and ourselves differently. Books can expand your vocabulary. After reading can hold many books in one slim device and there are Books help us to empathize, to see others as a word a few times in different books, you might find often deals on sites like Amazon where readers can complexly as we see ourselves, and to see the world yourself using it in an essay without even realizing buy books cheaply. Also, many libraries offer loans through someone else’s eyes. So next time you finish that you are doing it. Having a larger vocabulary of e-books through their websites. If students are that 100 page DWC reading, instead of just opening makes you a better writer, and therefore better interested in classic literature, many e-book versions your favorite app or playing the next episode of your equipped to write papers for school and to write any of classics are available for free online through favorite show, pick up a book and keep an open kind of presentation, letter, or research report for Project Gutenberg. Books are a great gift idea as well, mind—you might be surprised where it ends up your job after you graduate. and physical copies can always be borrowed for free taking you. November 12, 2015 OPINION The Cowl 9 Ridiculous Fun at a Ridiculous Cost Rhode Island Comic Con Overcharges Patrons by Brianna Abbott ’17 Opinion Editor entertainment

Shoppers and other mall-goers were confused beyond belief this weekend as they saw stormtroopers and other oddities walking around in full costume. It was Rhode Island Comic Convention, and the entire weekend was filled with awesome, nerdy fandom fun. I was among the crowd in costume, and I had a fantastic day. My wallet, however, did not. This ridiculous fun comes at a ridiculous cost. Although the event, like all other events, needs to make money, the overcharging of celebrity appearances, memorabilia, and food made the incredibly sweet day just a little sour. The day pass for the event was $40, which was completely understandable. Forty dollars to walk around all the PHOTO COURTESY OF STORIFY.COM shops and catch glimpses of my favorite famous props, however, was a favorite actor and two seconds of at Comic Con were all ridiculously actors and actresses? No problem. More different story. Taking a cell phone socializing if you felt like paying an expensive. All of the independent if I want to stay the entire weekend? picture with the TARDIS (time-travel arm and waiting in line for two hours. art was reasonably priced, but you Also fine. There were also a lot of free machine from the BBC show Doctor I totally did that, but my bank account couldn’t touch the Rhode Island Comic panels with your favorite people, so Who) cost a minimum of $10, even will most likely suffer for months to Con Store or branded booths without the entrance fee seemed like a steal for though the TARDIS was an imitation come. Also, if you get a photo op, you your bank account bursting into tears. what you got. made out of cardboard. Dean’s car have to pay extra for the autograph; it’s Also, parking was $40, and you Even some of the artwork, from Supernatural ran at the same price, not a package deal. know something is wrong when the memorabilia, and posters you could and the man in line in front of me kept I know that these actors and price to park your car for the day is the purchase were listed at reasonable complaining that the interior color and actresses are giving up their time same as the price you pay for a day of prices. Most of the booths and stations license plates were wrong. and some of them are travelling far admission. were actually run by individual artists Right next to these two questionable distances. I know that Rhode Island You’d think that with the crushing or collectors selling their own material, props were tables manned by celebrities Comic Con needs to bring in money. crowds of people that there would be and they all offered fair prices for willing to chat and sign autographs. But I also know that if you wanted enough money coming in to make sure the most part. You could buy some Chatting was free. Autographs weren’t. to drink water while you were in the that the fans didn’t go broke; that’s not outstanding artwork at a really great I don’t mind that the autographs ridiculously crowded convention a priority for many fans who spent value. You could even sit on the Iron weren’t free, but I felt uncomfortable center, it was going to cost you $4.50. large sums of money on their costumes Throne for free and get your picture standing in line to see them if I wasn’t The reason confused mall-goers alone, but the hole burned into my taken. going to give them any money. You kept seeing cosplay at the mall was wallet took away from the experience Taking your picture with some could also have a photo op with your because the only places selling food of an otherwise amazing day. Letter to the Editor: A Response to “Make Midterm Madness End” To The Cowl, about big subjects. It is precisely that which we want makes cramming counterproductive and requires our students to experience and it is from that they an enriching level of engagement on the part of The author of the “Make Midterm Madness End” benefit the most. What professors “impose” on their the student. While it is true that “most professional opinion piece in the October 29, 2015 edition of The students lays the foundation for a rich life of learning. environments assess overall performance, day-to- Cowl made a heartfelt plea for professors to reevaluate Professors need to assess what our students are day skills, and tasks accomplished over the long the role of midterm exams in their assessment of learning and, more often than not, that comes in run,” it is also true that in that same environment student learning and the weight of those exams in the form of exams. There is nothing magical about you will be called upon to assemble and critically determining a student’s course grade. The essence exams, and if they are poorly constructed they can be analyze sizable bodies of material for reports, of the plea stems from the notions that “these tests arbitrary and a poor gauge of what a student knows. proposals, presentations, and other major projects. force students to unrealistically prepare for weeks,” While there is research that suggests that more Your performance in carrying out those sizable that professors impose “unreasonable amounts of frequent testing is beneficial, there is still significant projects will have a correspondingly greater weight information” on students, and that some professors value in well-constructed exams and in particular in your job assessment. place “unwarranted weight on midterms.” with comprehensive exams such as midterms. They A liberal education with a curriculum rich in the Learning is an integral part of life. A residential might be stressful, even terrifying, but they have the sciences and humanities, such as we aspire to provide college, such as ours, is based on the assumption that singular power to force students to go back over a here at PC, is based on the premise that diversity of the life of the mind is a pursuit for all participants, sizable body of material, think critically about what knowledge, clarity of writing, creativity, and depth of that learning is a lifelong and shared process, and they have read, review hard-to-grasp-topics, and thinking are critical to both a good and a prosperous that interaction between scholars and students even talk about the subject matter with classmates life. Asking our students to take midterm exams is enlivens the pursuit of knowledge. The privilege and instructors—all of which enhance learning. just one tool we employ to achieve that end. of attending a school like Providence College is It is precisely the large amount of information accompanied by an immersion into the subjects that students must internalize that makes a well- -Kenneth R. Overly, Ph.D., Associate Professor of that are studied. Professors devote their careers to constructed midterm exam a good assessment of Chemistry thinking hard about hard subjects and thinking big student learning. The depth and breadth of material

Send Letters to the Editor and Guest Opinions to [email protected] 10 The Cowl OPINION November 12, 2015 Providence College’s Student-Run Newspaper Since 1935 Leveraging Tradition for the Future Publisher: Kristine Goodwin Co-publisher: Dr. Steven A. Sears by Kathleen McGinty ’16 Within the next year at Providence College, we have much to celebrate Advisor: Richard F. Kless Editor-in-Chief and be thankful for. Just this past weekend, a jubilee Mass held in St. Graduate Assistant: Joseph Flynn ’15 Dominic Chapel celebrated the 800th anniversary of the founding of Editor-in-Chief: Kathleen McGinty ’16 EDITOR’S COLUMN the Dominican Order. Without the tradition of the Dominican Order, in which the College is rooted, we here at The Cowl would not be excitedly Associate Editor-in-Chief: Gabriella Nigro awaiting 80 years of publication this coming Monday, November 16, ’16 nor would the College be anticipating its 100th birthday next year. While the rigor of our academic programs and the aesthetic appeal Managing Editor: James Seabright ’16 of our campus make our school a desirable destination for students and News Co-Editor: Meaghan Dodson ’17 faculty alike, we should not underestimate the role that this Catholic News Co-Editor: Marla Gagne ’18 and Dominican identity plays in creating and informing the Providence Asst. News Editor: Sabrina Guilbeault ’18 College experience. St. Dominic Chapel may be situated at the heart of campus and crucifixes may be seen hanging on the walls of classrooms, Opinion Editor: Jacquelyn Kelley ’17 but the Catholic and Dominican tradition at Providence College also Asst. Opinion Editor: Carolyn Walsh ’17 manifests itself in a more subtle way. Arts & Entertainment Editor: Serena The Order’s approach to seeking the truth, or Veritas, through Ambroselli ’16 faith and reason combined underlies the requirements for our core Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor: Katie curriculum, in which we must enroll in Development of Western Puzycki ’17 Civilization, theology, and philosophy. While core curriculum courses, with their seemingly infinite pages of reading and numerous lengthy Portfolio Editor: Branan Durbin ’16 essays, are often those about which students love to complain, a Asst. Portfolio Editor: Jose Martinez ’16 remembrance of the purpose for which we are taking them can aid us Sports Co-Editor: DJ Anderson ’16 in the future. By refining our intellectual and spiritual capabilities in Sports Co-Editor: Joey Ciccarello ’16 these courses now, we are directed down a path that leads to seeking Asst. Sports Editor: Gretta Schultz ’17 the truth and transforming ourselves. Thus, let’s celebrate the Dominican Order and thank it for all that it Photography Editor: Jessica Artigliere ’17 has provided us and will provide us with in the future. Without it our Asst. Photography Editor: Kristina Ho ’18 college experience and what we take away from it would be markedly Head Copy Editor: Casey Clark ’17 different. Asst. Head Copy Editor: Abbey Guerino ’16

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Even though I am store's door closed because I miss out popular motivational speaker Grant grammar. Submissions must be emailed still working on eating the last of my on an opportunity to score new PC Cardone’s “10X Rule.” Written into a to The Cowl office no later than 9 ­p.m.­­ on candy, that’s so October. Now it’s time swag at the expense of my loving and best-selling professional self-help book the Sunday before publication. We do not to enjoy November—the best month generous visitors! I know that Sunday titled, The 10x Rule, the “10 times the print previously published articles. Email of all, thanks to Thanksgiving. (See may have fewer campus visitors than effort Rule” is the idea that we must responses to [email protected], what I did there?) 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Now, I understand that a greatly disappointed.” After reading Advertising Well, of course there are some who lot of retail stores have fewer hours Cardone’s book, I quickly realized how Contact The Cowl with advertising aren’t as amped as I am, but this is, to on Sundays, but our bookstore does pivotal ambitious goalsetting really is. requests and questions at cowlads@ quote Rachel from Friends, “the end of not open at all! Why can't it open from He argues that the process of setting providence.edu or, if necessary, via an era!” This is the final movie of the 12-4 p.m. like it does on Saturdays? the goal should not be different or alien telephone at 401-865-2214. Visit www. Hunger Games franchise. It’s almost These shortened hours would at least to the actual achieving of the goal. 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KRISTINA HO ’18/ THE COWL KRISTINA HO ’18/ THE COWL TOP LEFT: Mohammed Bilal, a diversity consultant, musician, poet, and writer, came to PC to educate students about some of today’s greatest social issues. TOP RIGHT: PC students joined the Art Club for a night of pizza and painting! BELOW: BMSA celebrated Cheesefest by providing students with the opportunity to try a variety of culturally based cheese dishes.

KRISTINA HO ’18/ THE COWL KRISTINA HO ’18/ THE COWL ABOVE: Students hung out with PC’s BOP for a camp themed night in McPhail’s! The night included sing-alongs on an acoustic guitar. BELOW: Students swung on down to McPhail’s on Saturday for Country Night. The band Branded rocked the house with the best covers of favorite country hits while students enjoyed a BBQ. BOTTOM RIGHT: The campus community gathered for Light the Night, an Alzheimer’s 5K walk that raises awareness about the need for early identification of the disease as well as needed funds for research.

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Page 12 PhotographyNovember 12, 2015 If you could be any animal, what would you be?

“Whale-cat, man-bear-pig, Great White Buffalo, and a “Puma, wolf, jaguar, and monkey.” domestic house cat.” Luke Verrochi ’19, Duncan McGinnis ’19, Colin Keating ’19, D.J. Sperzel ’18, Joe McHale ’19, and Matt Brisolari’19 Micky Carbone ’18, and Tate Boyce ’19

“Dolphin, lion, and eagle.” “Porcupine and sloth.” Patrick Corcoran ’19, Conor Hilton ’17, and Jeremy Perrigo ’18 and Shalan McDonagh ’18 Malachy Mahon ’17

“Giraffe and Golden Retriever.” “Koala bear and lion.” Emily Ryan ’17 and Deirdre Moody ’17 Thomeeka Speaks ’17 and Elissa Stagliano ’17

“Chameleon.”

- Pascal from Tangled

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by Ryan Cox ’18 A&E Staff FILM

The force (of social media) was with one and [Daniel] still has that commitment, that drive, held at Fleetwood’s Texas home since his cancer particular Star Wars fan last week. Thanks to the and that love and I think that it’s a beautiful thing, has made him too weak to travel. This is not the power of social media, Daniel Fleetwood was even if it’s just a movie. That’s magic for a lot of first time that Abrams has reached out to his fans. granted approval to see an unedited cut of Star people.” According to The Washington Post, Abrams made Wars: The Force Awakens. Fleetwood, 32, has been The campaign quickly went viral. The Force an arrangement for a dying fan to see an unedited a diehard Star Wars fan since he was a boy. He has Awakens stars Mark Hamill and John Boyega, cut of Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013. Hamill spindle cell sarcoma, a rare form of tissue cancer who play Luke Skywalker and Finn respectively, tweeted his congratulations: “I just read [about that gave him only two months to live, meaning he joined the campaign and voiced their support Daniel’s success] and am elated for Daniel and his likely will not live long enough to watch The Force for Fleetwood. Media outlets such as CNN, NBC, family! Thanks to the powers-that-be for making Awakens when it premieres on Dec. 18. Fleetwood and Yahoo covered Fleetwood’s story. Almost his dream come true.” said in an interview, “I really don’t think that instantly, it seemed like the entirety of the Star This whole story is another example of the I’m going to make it. Please do what you can. Wars fanbase was on Fleetwood’s side. A local Star rising power of social media campaigning, where Help me.” He added, “I just love Star Wars. With Wars club even named Fleetwood an honorary advocates use various social media platforms everything I got, I love Star Wars.” Jedi knight. to spread awareness for a particular event or In an effort to grant Fleetwood’s dying wish, Word of Fleetwood’s success came from a person—most notably seen for ALS through the his wife Ashley began a social media campaign Facebook post by Ashley Fleetwood on Nov. Ice Bucket Challenge last summer. While social hoping that producer J. J. Abrams would see it 5 where she wrote: “To all our wonderful media campaigning draws criticism for its often and give Fleetwood the chance to watch The Force supporters, friends, family, and awesome passive nature, Fleetwood’s story shows the Awakens ahead of its release. Using the hashtag strangers: Daniel’s final dream was just growing impact of social media on the modern #ForceForDaniel, Ashley Fleetwood took to granted!!!…Daniel just finished watching an world; it is an example of how a group of people Twitter, tweeting: “#ForceForDaniel help my man unedited version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens!!! rallying around a fellow Star Wars fan can give a get his last wish, to see a screening of Star Wars Would like to thank the awesomely talented J.J. passive activity an active and inspirational result. before cancer takes him.” She added in an interview Abrams for calling us yesterday to tell us Daniel Update: Daniel Fleetwood passed away on the with a Houston news station, “It’s a commitment, was getting his wish granted!” The screening was morning of Tuesday, November 10.

Pictured above: Avid Star Wars fan Daniel Fleetwood and his wife Ashley. PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLEY FLEETWOOD/FACEBOOK 14 The Cowl ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT November 12, 2015 Harry Potter Films Will Get a Prequel

by Ryan Charland ’18 A&E Staff

FILM

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them promises to take the wizarding world in a radically different direction. The next film installment in J.K. Rowling’s monumental Harry Potter series is in production and recent press releases have revealed a wealth of new information for fans to devour. Director David Yates, who directed the Harry Potter films from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part ,2 has been confirmed for Fantastic Beasts. Rowling herself is writing the screenplay, which is based upon the fictional textbook of the same name (used by Harry and his friends throughout the book series). This will be the first screenplay written by Rowling, as the other films were adaptations by Steve Kloves or Michael Goldenberg. The same producers that were behind the original series are also working on this new project. Instead of 1990s Britain, this new feature will transport viewers to 1920s New York City. Muggles and the Ministry of Magic will give way to “No-Maj,” short for “No- Magic,” and the Magical Congress of the United States of America (“MACUSA”). Fans who were curious about American magic will hopefully have plenty of their questions answered. It is not certain whether an American counterpart to Hogwarts will make an appearance, but the possibility is not unlikely. Also, a muggle will be amongst the movie’s heroes, which is a first for the series. The shadow of the Salem Witch trials hovers over American witches and wizards. Persecution is an ever-present threat due to the rise of the “Second Salemers.” This muggle organization seems to offer a different flavor of villainy than that of Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Presumably, their pursuit of Scamander and his allies will drive the plot of Fantastic Beasts as Voldemort’s pursuit of Harry did in the original series. A-list actors such as Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, and Ron Perlman look to make Fantastic Beasts compete with the finest of Daniel Radcliffe’s efforts. Redmayne recently won the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in 2014’s The Theory of Everything. He will play the young wizard Newt Scamander, who would go on to author the book from which the film takes its title. Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice) will co-star as Newt’s romantic interest Porpentina Goldstein, a worker for MACUSA. Colin Farrell (Horrible Bosses, In Bruges) will play a wizard in pursuit of Redmayne’s Scamander. Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) is also slated to appear. While Jon Voight and Ron Perlman recently signed-on to appear in the film, their roles are unknown. Production began in mid-August in anticipation of a wide release on November 18, 2016. 3D and IMAX 4k versions will also be released. The film is the proposed beginning of a new trilogy that will be continued with 2018 and 2020 installments. More information is sure to arrive in the months to come, so Harry Potterfans are advised to keep their eyes open. PHOTO COURTESY OF MUGGLENET.COM Gilmore Girls to Return to the Small Screen by Luiza Alves ’19 A&E Staff CELEBRITY

After nearly eight years off-air, the highly independent and talkative women of Stars Hollow, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, are finally due for a reunion in Warner Brothers’ Emmy award winning TV show Gilmore Girls. The television and film-streaming giant, Netflix, reached a deal with Warner Brothers to deliver four new 90-minute episodes, which will begin production in the upcoming year. The mini-movie format will display one episode per season, which seems to fit the limited amount of chapters Warner Brothers will be releasing. Over the years, loyal fans and many others have asked for a revival of the sitcom, unsure of the possibility of it really happening. The Gilmore Girls co-stars will reunite for the series’ Netlix reboot. PHOTO COURTESY OF TODAY.COM announcement of the deal surely pleased those who were not happy with the issues. Nevertheless, she is reportedly and know-it-all Paris Geller (Liza Weil) track? With other revival productions abrupt and disappointing finale back in confirmed to join the reboot. Palladino are not reported to return to the series. such as Fuller House, Netflix is planning 2007 which left many wanting more. was at the core of making the show the Edward Herrmann, who played Richard to inspire a restoration of popular sitcoms Among characters to come back success that it was back in 2000 when it Gilmore, passed away last year; questions that will stick with viewers while staying for the show’s revival are Lorelai and began, and is now once again a part of have been raised as to how his loss will true to the message and story of each Rory Gilmore (Lauren Graham and its continuation and has been involved in be presented in the storyline. show. Gilmore Girls has been available for Alexis Bledel) along with another main the show’s most recent discussions. The reboot is set to take place in the streaming on Netflix for several years character, Luke Danes (Scott Patterson). Original producer Daniel Palladino present day, leaving many with questions and has had a successful viewer rating. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, who is also on board with the return, hinting about what the characters have been up This leaves producers with no doubt also wrote for the comedy-drama, left the at a rightful restoration of the series. to over the past eight years. Do Luke and about a satisfactory group of followers series within its last season eight years ago However, the adorable and loving Lorelai get married? Where do Rory’s for their future works. because of contract disputes and other Sookie St. James (Melissa McCarthy) ambitions take her within her career November 12, 2015 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Cowl 15 Victoria’s Secret Promises Rocky Balboa’s Big Entertainment Saga to Continue by Kelly Laske ’16 by Francis Hannon ’17 A&E Staff A&E Staff TELEVISION CELEBRITY

It is that time of the year again— over the globe. Because of the current on Dec. 8 at 10 p.m., CBS will air obsession with Hadid and Jenner, its annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion hiring these particular models to Show. Though this pre-recorded walk down the runway was a power televised event happens every year, move by Victoria’s Secret. this year’s show is generating more The event is also generating buzz than ever before. With the buzz due to drama with the main inclusion of new top models, drama performer. The performers are a with the musical performances, and huge part of the actual show because a star-studded audience, critics are they are on stage as the models already predicting that the 2015 walk the runway. In the past, Taylor Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will Swift, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, bring in more viewers than it has in Maroon 5, and Katy Perry have previous years. all headlined the show. This year, This year’s show first became a Victoria’s Secret hired Rihanna to be buzz-worthy topic when Victoria’s the headline performer, but on Nov. Secret released an Instagram video of 3, she cancelled her performance to Gigi Hadid’s fashion show audition, “finish her album.” Despite releasing in which they revealed to her that she a single from this particular album would walk the runway at the filming over a year ago, Rihanna still does not of the show on Nov. 10. The video have a set release date for it. Seeing showed Hadid in complete disbelief as the show was filmed on Nov. 10, and she even shed a few tears in front Victoria’s Secret was completely of the camera. The 20-year-old model, taken off guard but saved themselves who is known for skyrocketing into by getting Ellie Goulding to agree to stardom through her own social perform. Alongside Goulding will be media accounts, is currently one Selena Gomez and The Weeknd. With of the most sought after models in stars like that, viewers will witness the business. From high fashion to never before seen collaborations commercial, Hadid has shown that between these top performers. she is capable of doing it all just Despite the controversial in this past year. Fans were even comments often made about the more excited when Victoria’s Secret show’s superficiality, it combines revealed that Kendall Jenner would fashion, musicians, models, and be walking alongside Hadid. Jenner creativity all in one night; with this just nabbed one of her biggest gigs much buzz before the show had yet—as if she is not already having even been filmed, the 2015 Victoria’s a great year with campaigns such Secret Fashion show will be a must as Calvin Klein, Balmain for H&M, see event. and appearances at fashion weeks all

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This Thanksgiving, Sylvester role as the huge-hearted underdog, Stallone and Michael B. Jordan fighting the biggest and baddest will star in Creed, the most recent opponents, and this nostalgic tale addition to the decades-old Rocky will continue to work within that series. The saga of the Italian Stallion narrative. Yet this edition is a wrinkle continues from where it left off with in the plot that adds a new dimension Rocky Balboa, and harkens back to its to Rocky’s character while staying origins. true to the Rocky narrative that Adonis Johnson Creed, played American audiences have so loved. by Michael B. Jordan, is a young, The new film features a Rocky troubled youth who has lived a whose character will undoubtedly hardscrabble life, bouncing from resemble Mickey, the beloved trainer foster homes to juvenile detention from Rocky’s earliest days as a fighter. centers. Jordan is no stranger to acting Rocky has always been somewhat of in sports movies, as his most notable a blue-collar philosopher, ignorant role up to this point has been that of to academics but astute as anyone the quarterback in the popular show in street wisdom; his potential as a Friday Night Lights. Jordan’s role as coach is unlimited. Adonis’ character a drug dealer on the show The Wire faces the classic bildungsroman has given him experience playing dilemma of having to grow up and the character of a troubled youth. fill the shoes of an accomplished Stallone, who is the traditional hero father while also quelling the fears of the Rocky series, returns to the of a protective mother. The movie saga as a mentor and coach rather is set up to be a big hit, and while it than the fighter. Stallone’s career is may not win any Academy Awards, mostly dominated by his work in the Creed has enough quality material Rocky series, but he also won fame and works within a rich tradition to through the Rambo series as well as certainly be worth watching. in other minor roles. Creed is enticing for numerous reasons. Stallone has captivated audiences since the ’70s playing his A Victoria’s Secret model behind the scenes. PHOTO COURTESY OF FASHIONISERS.COM PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM

16 The Cowl ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT November 12, 2015 #HMBalmaination French Designer Balmain Reveals Newest Line for Popular Retail Store

by Kealy Robertson ’16 #HMBalmaination has A&E Staff been spread across FASHION platforms such as Instagram and Twitter. Last Thursday, Kendall Jenner, a well- a shopping frenzy known reality star and exploded in every H&M model, became the face across the world as men of the collaboration. and women stormed From commercials the stores for the new to Instagram posts to line from Parisian runway shows, Jenner designer Balmain. The promoted the line in the collaboration has been months before the in- much anticipated by store reveal. pretty much every The line is unlike shopper—from Paris to anything H&M has New York, Los Angeles ever sold. The clothing, to Canada, shoppers accessories, and shoes worldwide impatiently are daring and unique. awaited the arrival of The bold gold and black the line in stores, and patterns uphold a certain the end result was not Michael Jackson vibe. pretty. Many individuals They are feminine, yet were angry about their strong in looks. The black inability to get their and white section of the hands on any of the collection is more laid- Kendall Jenner poses as the face of Balmain’s line for H&M, with co-models beside her. PHOTO COURTESY OF FASHIONGONEROGUE.COM products. They sold out back, yet buyers could within seconds, and there still wear the looks in a What made the some shoppers, it was among shoppers, for Balmain as well, making was not as much of the business casual way. The collaboration so rare better than the thousand- it is not everyday that the designer a household product as they expected manner in which H&M was the price tag placed dollar price tag that these designer names are name and allowing a in the stores. The people and Balmain play with on the designer clothes. most Balmain creations affordable to the average larger population to get that did walk away with colors is both appealing As Refinery29 put it, go for in retail stores. person. to know the talent of their what they wanted were and courageous. The everyone got in line for Collaborations like this Shoppers across brand. #HMBalmaination the lucky ones. mixtures of black and “high-fashion goods are seen every so often the world are thankful was a successful In the time leading dark green and black and with a fast-fashion price in the world of fashion. for the H&M/Balmain collaboration that struck up to the collaboration red are unlike the average tag.” Prices ranged from The last collaboration collaboration. It the world with waves release date, H&M combinations of color $30 to $100-plus for that created frenzy created a social media of anticipation and used social media that shoppers are used clothing and accessories. like that of H&M’s explosion for H&M, excitement as shoppers as a way to spread to, but they succeeded— Though spending was Missoni’s line at bringing more shoppers finally filled their bags the word and ignite one gorgeous black and hundreds of dollars on Target. The high fashion to their storefronts with the high-end excitement among their green fur jacket alone one item at H&M might names like Missoni and and increasing brand product. shoppers. The hashtag sold out in seconds. have seemed absurd for Balmain created chaos recognition. It benefited CMAs: Highlights from the Night

by Isabella Goldstein ’17 A&E Staff

LOCAL

If you did not have a chance to catch the 49th Annual Country Music Association Awards this past Wednesday or are looking for some of the night’s best moments, there is no need to worry. We have all of the hottest highlights from the star-studded event that will surely leave you feeling in the know. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood took the stage in Nashville, Tennessee for the eighth consecutive year as hosts. The night included over 20 performances from artists such as Kenny Chesney, Zac Brown Band, Eric Church, Blake Shelton, and an incredible duet by Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake with their renditions of “Drink You Away” and “Tennessee Whiskey.” Some notable winners included Luke Bryan for Entertainer of the Year, Chris Stapleton for both Little Big Town performs “Girl Crush” at this year’s CMA Awards. PHOTO COURTESY OF JUSTJARED.COM New Artist of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year, Maddie and Tae for Music Video of the Year with Year for Traveller, which he and Dave Cobb produced, be fine by me.” It was quite clear that Stapleton and “Girl in a Country Song” (directed by TK McKamy), capping off a successful night with his third award. Little Big Town stole the night. Florida Georgia Line for Vocal Duo of the Year, Stapleton, a well-known writer in the industry for Some other highlights included a star-studded and Miranda Lambert for Female Vocalist of the singers such as Kenny Chesney, Luke Bryan, and red carpet, as well as a seemingly infinite number of Year. Lambert humbly accepted the award stating, Jason Aldean, humbly stated in one of his acceptance outfit changes from Carrie Underwood, a Star Wars “Thanks ... I needed a bright spot this year”—she and speeches, “I have no idea [what’s next]. I’ve been in spoof which served as the show’s opening act, Brad Blake Shelton divorced this past summer. the music business for a while but I’ve never done Paisley attempting to outdo a Miley Cyrus Instagram Little Big Town hit a triple crown, winning Vocal anything like this. It’s a little overwhelming but I’m selfie, an interesting duet by Fall Out Boy and Group of the Year as well as Single and Song of the gonna do my best to handle this with some degree of Thomas Rhett, and even an appearance from William Year with their hit “Girl Crush” (produced by Jay grace and just keep making music that, hopefully, I Shatner dressed as a stormtrooper. Joyce). Chris Stapleton also took home Album of the think is good and whatever comes out of that, that’ll November 12, 2015 ADVERTISEMENT The Cowl 17 Come learn about... Black Hawk Helicopters!!!

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Eric: Do you know what you want to and eat PopTarts in my pajamas. Andrew: I think that's exciting. do after college yet? Eric: That's just a fun thing to do. Eric: How do you expect to make any Andrew: No, are you kidding? Adults can still have fun, Andrew. money that way? Eric: Dude, we're graduating in like Andrew: How many adults do you Andrew: I don't know, Eric, all I know a year and a half—you have to have know? All adults are sad and resentful is that if you told me in one year I'd some idea, at least a direction to go in? and regret not doing that thing they walk into the place where I'm going to Andrew: I guess I have a direction, I could have done that could have made be for the rest of my life I'd drop out of just have no idea what I want to do—it their life so much cooler, but can't do school immediately and do something feels so soon to decide. now because they're old. else. Eric: You just turned 21, you're Eric: Why is your understanding of an Eric: What's wrong with having job basically a real adult now. adult the character in every romantic security? Andrew: I'm not an adult! comedy that society suggests is too old Andrew: Nothing is wrong with it, it's Eric: Yes you are. to still be single? just not for me. Andrew: Adults get married, then Andrew: Okay, Eric, what do you want Eric: Is anything right for you? have kids, then their kids have kids, to do after graduation? Let's hear it. Andrew: I just don't know what I want then they die. Eric: Well, remember the accounting to do yet, and I don't want to just make Eric: Dude, if you're not an adult, then internship I did over the summer? a resume to work in a nice place that's what would you call yourself? Andrew: The one at that big place safe and then end up just slipping into Andrew: I don't know! But I know downtown? staying there year after year because I'm not an adult—like for instance, Eric: Yeah, well they really liked me it's safe and I'm afraid to venture out the first thing I do when I wake up in and I've been in touch with them and and try new things. the morning is watch Snapchat stories they want me to work for them after Eric: It sounds like someone needs like they're the morning paper. This graduation. a night with Spongebob and a box of morning I started my day by watching Andrew: Oh wow, that's really great, Brown Sugar PopTarts. a 10 second video of a girl I went to if that's what you want. Andrew: I really want to watch high school with win a beer pong Eric: Well my parents are really happy Spongebob now. game. That's not what adults do, they with it, and they told me that in five Eric: Said the 21-year-old. read The Economist or some crap. years I'm guaranteed a promotion as Andrew: If I put on Spongebob right Eric: What is your understanding of an long as I work hard. now, you're telling me you're not going adult? Andrew: But doesn't that bum you to watch it? Andrew: I don't know, but it's sure as out? Eric: I never said that. hell not me. Eric: Does what bum me out? Eric: You made a resume last week, Andrew: That you basically that's adult-like. already know exactly what Andrew: I made a resume because my you're going to be doing mom told me if I sent her a completed for at least the next five resume that looked like I put some years. effort into it within the week she'd buy Eric: Would you me the new Halo game as a reward. A rather have no reward, Eric! My mom still gives me idea? That's rewards. terrifying. Eric: Okay well it's not your mom's fault you’re a 21-year-old child. Andrew: But that's my point exactly— how am I supposed to be graduating and feeling like an adult when I still feel like a kid? Like with that resume thing, yeah I went to the on-campus resume workshop, and then immediately proceeded home to watch Spongebob

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fiction

The waitress set their mochas down new?” he asked. equally chipper grin. “I wanna say close to a year,” he on the table and asked them if they “I’m…working on something,” “Yay!” she said, motioning for replied, wiping off the sections she were absolutely sure they didn’t want she answered, “It’s more human than a high-five and turning it into a missed, “Nothing we could help any food. some of my other stuff, but uh, yeah, somewhat prolonged holding of the though, right?” “Didn’t you say you wanted a I’m kinda liking how it’s turning out hands before both broke away and she “Well, you had to go to school and waffle or two?” she reminded him. so far.” asked, “When can I read it?” we both had to save up…” she replied. “Nah, I’m really not that hungry,” “That’s good,” he said, barely “I mean, I’m in the process of “Yeah, that is true,” he said, looking he replied. scratching the back of his neck as if the editing it, but you can read it when we down his mug in thought. “Oh, okay then. Yeah, we’re good.” next question pained him, “Did you… get back.” “Oh wait, before I forget…didn’t The waitress went back behind the bring it with…you?” “Yes please, and you can stop you say you had a story or dream you counter, giving it one last rub with the She looked like her laugh was going editing. You know I love doing that,” wanted to tell me about?” he asked. rag before she disappeared into the to hurt, “No dude, sorry.” she stressed. “Yeah I did, but…” she replied, kitchen. “No hey, it’s all good. It was just “Yes yes, I know,” he said, looking away in shy laughter. “What would you say about one of those can’t hurt if I asked kind pretending he sounded bothered, even “What is it?” he grinned. drawing a setting like this?” he asked. of things.” though he liked it when she made him “I mean, I don’t know, it’s kind of “I’d put it at a ‘maybe,’” she replied, “I mean, I thought about bringing remember such things. strange,” she started. “Though characters would be more up it with me, but really, I can’t think of Their coffees finally got to an “I like strange,” he replied. She gave my alley.” anything I would be able to add onto appropriate temperature, and both him a playful glare. “Really, I do,” he “The waitress then?” it between now and when I get back.” took a swig. They set their mugs down insisted, as she made it less playful. “She’s on her feet a lot, I’m “That’s fair. I’m actually a bit on the table and she laughed. “Okay, but I also just really want to guessing,” she chuckled, “I don’t jealous.” “What?” he asked. hear it.” know if she’d feel comfortable sitting “Really?” she giggled, “Why?” “It…happened again,” she said, “Well, in case it’s too strange, I don’t down and staying still for longer than “If I don’t bring at least one page of holding back the sniggers as she traced apologize,” taking a small pause in an hour.” notes, I’ll forget what I want to scribble her upper lip area. He was about to between to let a slight chuckle pass, “I can’t say much about the sitting,” down for the day, or hour…” wipe it off before she interrupted. “Anyways, here’s how it goes…” he smiled, “but there’s a good chance “How is the writing going, now “If you ask me, I think it’s a good she’s staying still right now.” that we’re on that?” look for you.” “I don’t know about that,” she said, “Well, you know that short story? “Really?” he asked, stroking his playfully shrugging her arms, “Maybe The one I told you that took me about chin as he emphasized the coffee the back is big enough to walk laps.” a month before I could come up for a mustache on top of his light layer of He giggled, “Yeah, maybe,” taking good setup for the ending?” facial hair. the tiniest sip from his coffee before “You finished it?” she asked in a “Yeah, it suits you,” she said, before realizing it hadn’t cooled enough yet. giddy tone. taking a napkin to wipe it off, adding, “Did you get to draw anything “Well, yeah,” he answered with an “Man, how long has it been?”

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I float on a wave as the rain falls down The pale grey calm all around by Abby Johnston ’17 Portfolio Staff Ineffable Paint Him with the brush strokes of thought; Numerous your tools, Infinite your palate: Yet know that the vision is incomplete. by Abigal S. Henry ’16 Crescent Portfolio Staff You practically disappear as your thin finger brushes my eyelids. Waning, blinking, closing eyes of yours are tured and wine-soaked, unsure like a dream. by Branan Durbin ’16 Portfolio Editor Dream Log Drenched in gardenia and drops of rain, basking in the evening’s warm breath, I stretched my hands to the sky and pulled it down to me. by Ariana Pasquantonio ’16 Portfolio Staff

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Listomania w Tiffany & Reasons to Participate in No-Shave November Earl Making PC an emotionally stable Testosterone place one letter at a time

To Make a Beard Flower Crown Dear Tiffany and Earl, ​

To Save Old Food for Later This is my second semester taking Organic Chemistry. I dropped it my second semester freshman year but it doesn’t seem to be making a difference now. I had a test last week and the rest Pants of my group of guy friends were going out. They tried talking me into going out even though I had to study for this test. They were like, “Come on man, what are you going to remember, the night Facewarmer out or this test?” I was like, “I'm going to remember if I get a 45 on this test. I’ve already dropped the class once.” They wouldn’t take no for an answer, though. How can I get them to understand that An Excuse to Wear Cute Leggings sometimes I really need to study?

To Be Soft and Fuzzy Bio-Major-Problems Dear Orgo Clubs Baby Seals,

Armpit Hair is Actually Healthy* First off, I pray that you survive the burning lake of sulfur that is orgo. Second, your friends are right. Everyone inevitably Dwarven Braids fails orgo. I mean who is the one nerd who passes orgo? Can you say NERDDDDDD (or brilliant prodigy...or cheater). Let me put it this way, if everyone gets a 45 in the class the professor will Companion to the Man-Bun have to scale the tests! That means you all get 100's! John Stuart Mill teaches us that a civil society must operate on the basis of utility. It is clearly most utile if you and the other students collude To Look Like a Lion (MUFASAAAAAAAAA) (not legal advice) to all get 45's on the test so that the curve is so astronomically high that you all get A's! Orgo is just one (or two) semester(s) of your now miserable and Beard Topiaries* morally ambiguous college life. Your friends are 5eva! Or they are friends until they take your jeans without asking you and then A Nest for Homeless Birds covertly slip them back into your drawer with coffee stains and then claim they didn't do it, only for you to see Facebook pictures of them drinking White Russians with your ex. From there you *GOOGLE IT lose all trust in that person and you guys "take a break" from being friends, but the stress of a friend "break" makes you realize you were a better person without them in the first place and you just buy new jeans just like how you got new friends. Just like how Earl is a washed up old hag with a creepy 1970s mustache who On Being will never find anyone as good as me again. Die. Idk just drop orgo. Torn Asunder Love, by Jonathan Coppe ’18 Portfolio Staff

poetry

Dear Doing-College-Wrong, A sort of love song I will write, They march along headstrong instead, A kind that breaks not from a heart Beloved souls, down roads of death Well, your first mistake was probably going to a liberal arts Illumined with a glorious light Ignoring what lies soon ahead school to study…something not liberal artsy. Your second But from a heart oppressed with one And cause this agony I know mistake was being a biology major, because seriously, what’s the Sweet agony of love. Of wishing those I love to thrive point? Your third mistake is that you haven’t learned from your While this wish is ever laid down low. previous semesters. I’m assuming all of your friends are finance, To see a life that’s come to harm, management, marketing, or economics majors. You know, All wounded by designs of hate, But lo!, what is in small man’s strength those ones that have no challenges whatsoever. Sure, they don’t Disguised like sirens out to charm, Is still to persevere understand that people with real majors can’t go out five days a Does pierce my bleeding heart with woe Through every trial and at length week most of the semester like they can. But even the easy majors While burning love unseen does heave To love a dear friend to the core have exams once in a while and they usually require at least five A groan from deep within my soul. Where love itself can mend a soul. minutes of studying. So what you should do (and really should So agonies? Give me more. have done in the past) is insist on going out during finals week. What eye has seen the blackest deep Just do all your work a week early, then go par-tay! Then you can Of seas the sun can conquer not? laugh while they’re failing all of their 2+2=4 exams. What hands can shape the mountain peaks Which hold up body-crushing snow? The Earl of Eaton Street, What tiny man shall claim these feats Which only GOD on high could show?

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Courtesy of 1.bp.blogspot.com Page 22 Sports November 12, 2015 Kentucky John Calipari was supposed to have it all last year. After Editor's Corner: welcoming in an unfathomably good recruiting class, and welcoming back key pieces from 2014's National Runner- Up team, the Kentucky Wildcats were supposed to be the ones who finally finished a season unbeaten. The first 38 Unpredictability games went according to plan; the last, a Final Four loss to Wisconsin, did not. As usual, however, Calipari did not waste any time sulking. By welcoming in a recruiting class highlighted by ESPN Top-100 recruits Skal Labissiere, Jamal Murray, and Defines NFL Season Isaiah Briscoe and welcoming back key players such as guard Tyler Ulis and forwards Alex Poythress and Marcus Lee, the Kentucky Wildcats are once again primed to be the nation's by DJ Anderson '16 best team in 2015. Sports Editor Unlike last season, Kentucky will be much more battled- tested heading into post-season play. With Vanderbilt, Texas column A&M, LSU, and Georgia sporting much-improved teams, Kentucky will play many more rough-and-tumble games in the regular season, something last year's team was not I would be hard- Andy Dalton. Prior and that is the greatest afforded. pressed to find one to this season, Dalton reason that the Panthers While there is not nearly as much fanfare surrounding this word to describe had been viewed as are currently 8-0. year's team, it still speaks volumes that Kentucky shared the this year’s National a middle-of-the-road Although two of these no. 1 spot with North Carolina in the preseason coaches poll. Football League season. quarterback who did undefeated teams have While it is virtually impossible to predict who will cut down Random? Confusing? not deserve the money been a shock to many, the nets come April, it is not impossible or implausible, to Indescribable? All of he was guaranteed in the bigger surprise in this proclaim the Kentucky Wildcats college basketball's as best these words would his last contract. So far year’s NFL may be the team headed into the season. be first to pop up in this season, he has done fall of several perennial my head if you were a great job making all contenders. The -Joey Ciccarello ’16 to force me to pick of those opinions look Baltimore Ravens and one. After a seemingly rather foolish. If Dalton San Diego Chargers are endless off-season filled can get over his playoff 2-6 and 2-7, respectively. with Deflategate, anti- losing streak and guide These records almost Greg Hardy sentiment, his Bengals into the certainly put them out of and a million different beginning of February, playoff contention, and Who is the best sources calling for he will have done an have everyone in their the resignation of especially great job. fan base and around the Commissioner Roger The Carolina league quite confused. Goodell, the actual Panthers were counted To each team’s credit, NFL regular season out before the season. they have both played landscape appears to be With the preseason in a number of close Team in College even more random than loss of sophomore contests. In the Chargers' its off-season. wide receiver Kelvin case, they have lost by After nine weeks, Benjamin, who was eight points or less to there are three remaining quarterback Cam the Bengals, Steelers, undefeated teams: the Newton’s favorite target Packers, and Raiders, New England Patriots, in 2014, there were teams that have played Basketball? the Carolina Panthers, very few people who extremely well up to this and the Cincinnati believed that Carolina point in the season. Bengals. The Patriots had any real chance Nevertheless, this has are hardly surprising, as this season. However, been the narrative in the many people suspected it must have slipped league throughout the that one of the greatest people’s minds that first nine weeks. Other Maryland quarterbacks of all time, defense can go a long than a few respective Thirteen years ago, the Maryland Terrapins cut down Tom Brady, would make way in this league and teams, you can never the nets of the Georgia Dome, earning the first national the 2015-2016 season his that Carolina has had be sure who will walk championship in their school’s history. That team was led by revenge tour and he has one of the best defenses away from a week with two senior All-Americans Juan Dixon and Lonny Baxter, as certainly done so up to in the NFL over the past a victory. For example, well as rising sophomore Chris Wilcox. This year’s Maryland this point. few seasons. This year, who would have team has different dynamics. Their best player is Melo But, the Bengals and they boast two of the believed that the Tampa Trimble, a sophomore who puts up huge scoring numbers. the Panthers? These are best linebackers in the Bay Buccaneers would Furthermore, the team is not led by a head coach with the certainly surprises to league in Thomas Davis have beaten the Atlanta pedigree of Gary Williams, who led the Terrapins to their several people. There and Luke Kuechly, as Falcons in Week eight? 2002 title and is widely considered to be one of the greatest were certain experts well as Josh Norman, Or that the Indianapolis coaches in ACC history. around the league that who has been regarded Colts would have Regardless of the differences between the two teams, this saw it wholly possible for as the best shut-down knocked off the year’s Maryland roster appears just as capable of hoisting the Bengals to finish in cornerback in the undefeated Broncos in an NCAA Championship trophy come season’s end. Like third place in their own league this year. As far Week nine? Regardless, the 2002 Championship team, Maryland will boast two big division, behind both as their offense goes, both of these events men that can battle with any frontcourt in the country: Jake the Baltimore Ravens it has been the Cam occurred, and unlikely Layman and Diamond Stone. Layman is a 6’9’’ senior with and the Pittsburgh Newton show. Even upsets of this magnitude dangerous range. After passing up the NBA draft in favor of Steelers. Most of these with numbers that may have been happening his senior season, it is clear that Layman has championship opinions revolved not be considered elite, throughout the entire motives to see through prior to the conclusion of his Maryland around the media’s Newton has engineered season. career. sentiment towards big plays when his team Stone is a 6’11’’ 255-pound center who can bump and bruise Cincy’s quarterback, has needed them most with the best of them. He will give Maryland a formidable presence down low that will likely be required in the harsh college basketball landscape. In addition to this frontcourt and Trimble, who was named the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, the Terrapins also have ACC transfers Rasheed Sulaimon and Robert Carter Jr. Both players were key rotation players for Duke and Georgia Tech before choosing to sit out a year and come to play for Head Coach Mark Turgeon in College Park. If this massive crop of talent can come together during the early part of the season, then the Terrapins will be tough to beat come tournament time in March.

-DJ Anderson ’16 PHOTO COURTESY OF RANTSPORTS.COM November 12, 2015 SPORTS The Cowl 23 Athlete of the Week: John Gilmour ’16

Gilmour handles the puck during a game last season. PHOTO COURTESY OF SBNCOLLEGEHOCKEY.COM by Nate Svogun ’17 offensively—he already has two goals the most memorable moment of your to play some Hockey East games. We Sports Staff and three assists. collegiate hockey career so far, besides have unfinished business in the league. Gilmour’s talent has been generating the National Championship win? We’re chasing that league title, we need men's hockey professional-level buzz for quite some JG: Honestly, the group of guys it. You could say that things have been time. He played for the Cedar Rapids I play with is the most special and going very well for the Providence Roughriders of the USHL in the 2011- memorable part. We’ve been through a NS: You’re originally from Montreal. College Men’s Hockey Team. But then 2012 season and the Calgary Flames lot and everyone is best friends with one What do you find most different about again, that probably would not do the selected him in the seventh round of the another. These are friendships I’ll hold for living in the U.S. as compared to situation justice. There has been no 2013 NHL Draft. Do not be surprised the rest of my life. We are brothers. Canada? championship “hangover” for the Friars to see him on NHL ice following the JG: I definitely experienced some after last season’s big win. They have conclusion of an illustrious collegiate NS: What has been the most surprising culture shock, coming from a French posted a 6-0-1 record on the season so career. thing about the team so far this season? Province. The winters are so harsh back Who is the best far, and on Nov. 9 they rose to the no. The least surprising thing? home and at PC I’m wearing a t-shirt and 1 position in two major national polls Nate Svogun: The Men’s Hockey JG: Not a whole lot of surprises with shorts in November. Can’t complain. (USA Today and USCHO.com) for the Team has been riding an 11 game our team. Our work ethic is so consistent first time since 1983. unbeaten streak, dating all the way so we know what kind of results we're NS: What’s your favorite meal in John Gilmour ’16 has been an integral back to last season. Do you feel any going to have. Last year we were fortunate Ray? part of the team since his freshman extra pressure to stay unbeaten or is to have the best goalie in the country, but JG: Sonia’s turkey burgers. Team in College season, when he was the second-highest that not a factor? this year we have two very capable goalies scoring Friar defenseman with 13 total John Gilmour: No, we don’t feel any as well. They will turn some heads as the NS: Favorite course that you have points on four goals and nine assists. pressure to remain unbeaten. We’re season goes on. taken so far at PC? Last year, he came back from an injury just a really confident team, we know JG: Computer Applications in just in time for Game one of the Hockey how good we are and when we put it NS: What do you think has been your Business I and II. East Quarterfinals against UNH. After all together, we get the results we want. best overall team performance of the Basketball? the Friars’ tough loss to UNH, Gilmour season so far and why? NS: Favorite professional athlete? was there for the bounce back that NS: You were drafted by the JG: So far our weekend at Colgate has JG: Mark Jankowski ’16 resulted in an NCAA Championship. It Calgary Flames in the 2013 NHL Draft been the best team effort. Going on the all capped off a solid season for Gilmour —what made you decide to come back road and beating a great team twice in NS: Favorite pump-up song to listen in which he registered four goals and and play at the collegiate level? their building is tough. It’s a grind but we to before a game? seven assists in addition to earning JG: I always intended on getting stuck to the game plan both nights and JG: "Can’t Be Touched" by Roy Jones a Hockey East Weekly Honor Roll my degree here at PC. My education were rewarded. Jr. recognition. is vital. After four seasons of college More recently, Gilmour has been hockey, I’m confident I’ll be ready for NS: Going forward, what games NS: If you could have one super helping the Friars to an undefeated challenges ahead of me. This has been on the schedule do you think will be power, what would it be? record through the first seven games an experience of a lifetime so far. particularly challenging? JG: Teleportation. of the season, making remarkable JG: We’ve had a handful of non- contributions both defensively and NS: What would you say has been conference games already, we’re hungry Basketball Prepares for Season Opener by Bryan Blum ’17 II opponent. Stonehill led for most of distributing the ball. Although both of trouble last season. Against Yale, the Senior Sports Writer the first 10 minutes, even getting the these sophomores are still fairly new to Friars squeaked out a 72-66 game that men's basketball lead up to 14-9, which capped an 11-4 college basketball, they may be the best should not have been that close, and Skyhawks run. Going into halftime offensive options after Dunn, which lost to their cross-town rival Brown at The exhibition game against the Friars only lead 50-40 and saw will be needed if the Friars are to have a home by 10, 77-67. Stonehill may have not counted toward their lead shrink to as little as three successful season. Also, to open up the season the Friars run to a third straight NCAA with 8:24 left in the game. The Friars Also promising was the double-digit last year, the Friars only beat the tournament berth, but it certainly got did rally, however, and managed to performance from Ryan Fazekas ’19. University of Albany by four at home. the Providence College community get the lead up to 19 with 30 seconds The freshman from Indiana showed that They did, however, start the season excited for the upcoming season. In left to play before Stonehill hit a three he deserves a spot in the regular rotation with a six game winning streak before their first action of the season, the toward the end of the game to shrink after scoring 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting dropping a game to Kentucky; it will Men’s Basketball Team defeated the lead to 16 where it would remain. in the victory. be interesting to see how the Friars Stonehill College 92-76 on Oct. 31 at Although the performance was less These key players will have to come open up this season. the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. than ideal, Providence did dominate up big again when the Friars open With such a young team and so Rodney Bullock ’18 came up big for many aspects of the game. They had their regular season against Harvard much pressure riding on the shoulders the Friars after sitting out for his first over double the amount of points on Nov. 14 at home. Although Harvard of Dunn, a fast start will be important two years of eligibility due to team in the paint (52-20), nearly twice as is expected to finish fourth in the Ivy to set the tone for the remainder of the suspension and injury, leading the many second chance points (21-11), League this year according to the Ivy season which will hopefully end in team with 26 points and 11 rebounds. and shot 53.8 percent from the floor. League Preseason Poll, the Friars should another NCAA tournament berth. Player of the Year candidate Kris Dunn Also, Bullock and Bentil showed still expect a high quality game. ’17 had a double-double with 15 points that they will produce points for Last year, Harvard went 22-8 to win and 12 assists. Ben Bentil ’18 also had a the Friars come the regular season. its fifth consecutive Ivy League title and noticeable performance with 15 points After losing LaDontae Henton ’15, nearly upset the University of North and seven rebounds. the Friars entered the 2015-2016 Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Despite the 16 point victory, there season without a predominant go-to tournament. were times during the game where the scorer. While Dunn will put up many In addition, the Ivy League teams Friars struggled against the Division points, he is at his best when he is seemed to give Providence College 24 The Cowl SPORTS November 12, 2015 Men's Soccer On to Omaha Upsets Butler in Penalty Kicks, Sets up Rematch with Creighton

by Brannon Walker-Hodges ’16 the Red Storm heading into halftime. throughout the first half, outshooting driven by Klisman Sousa ’19, while Sports Staff At this point, the Friars controlled the the Bulldogs 8-3. The equalizer for Miller deflected Butler’s next shot men's soccer tempo of the match, outshooting the the Bulldogs came in the 67th minute to give the Friars the 2-1 advantage. Red Storm 7-3 with a 3-1 advantage in with a goal from David Goldsmith. Dominik Machado ’17 scored on the The momentum could not be corner kicks. Not long after, the Friars found Friars’ fourth penalty kick, but Butler stronger for the Providence College The second half proved to be more themselves trailing in the match when responded with a goal as well. The Men’s Soccer Team. After a mediocre of the same for the Friars, who held Goldsmith was able to score another Friars maintained the advantage 3-2. season that consisted of up-and-down their lead with solid defense and goal that gave the Bulldogs a 2-1 lead. The game-winning goal came courtesy performances, the Friars needed a great saves made by goalkeeper Ben The Friars needed a miracle to of Mendonca on the Friars’ fifth win during their final regular season Seguljic ’18RS as he earned a shutout have any hope of defending their Big penalty kick attempt. Miller made the game in order to clinch a berth in the performance in the win. The Friars East Championship. With less than game clinching save as the Bulldogs Big East tournament. They got the extended their lead with Vigliotti’s two minutes in regulation, hope was failed to score the goal needed to keep job done on Nov. 5 at the Ray Treacy second goal of the night at the 79th restored as Jake Drew ‘17 put a corner going. Track as they defeated the St. John’s minute and Tiago Mendonca ’19 kick into the back of the net, and tied The Friars will look to rely on Red Storm 4-0. As Manny Andrade ’16 scoring at the 81st minute. Gressel the match at 2-2. Time expired with Steeves’ stellar play and solid defense and Jeff Kilday’16RS were recognized finished the match with three assists the score as is, sending the match to to continue their quest to repeat as Big during Senior Night, it was the as the Friars earned the no. 6 seed in penalty kicks. East champions. The team will travel freshman class that pulled through the Big East Tournament The penalty kicks session went to Creighton University to take on for the Friars. The Friars started early Now the Friars find themselves back and forth with Colin Miller ’19 in the Creighton Blue Jays on Thursday, with a goal in the 31st minute by looking to make another deep BIG net for the Friars. Gressel started the November 12 in the semifinal round leading goalscorer Mac Steeves ’17, EAST tournament run as defending session by scoring at the bottom right of the Big East Tournament. with the assist credited to Nick Sailor conference champions. The journey of the net past the lunging Bulldogs ’17 and Julian Gressel ’17. The goal began in thrilling fashion as the goalkeeper. Butler’s response sailed marked Steeves’ 12th of the season. In Friars matched up against no. 3 seed high over the net, giving the Friars less than 10 minutes, the youth began Butler Bulldogs. The game was heated the 1-0 advantage. Steeves shot next, to shine, starting with Alex Vigliotti throughout the match. Once again, but his shot was deflected by the ’19 bending the ball to the back of the Steeves came through for the Friars, Butler goalkeeper. The Bulldogs net. Gressel was awarded his second scoring his 13th goal of the season in responded with a goal of their own, assist of the game, and Vigliotti gave the 11th minute to give the Friars a tying the PK count at 1-1. The Friars’ the Friars a comfortable 2-0 lead over 1-0 lead. The defense held their own third shot attempt was successfully Women's Soccer Breaks Wins Record Advances to Big East Championship for the First Time Since 1993 until the 80th minute, when Kathryn With the second half winding down, by Joey Ciccarello ’16 While Providence was able to Hiller ’16 broke the tie with her second Georgetown was able to equalize on Sports Editor pressure the Bulldogs the rest of the goal of the season. The Friars were able a goal by Crystal Thomas, and the way, even outshooting them 16-10, women's soccer to hang on for the final few minutes, game headed to overtime. Neither they could not find the back of the net and punched their ticket to Omaha, Georgetown nor Providence was able and fell 1-0. For every Cinderella the clock Nebraska, where they would take on to break through and the Big East While it was not the result that must strike midnight. Sadly, this the No. 2 seed Georgetown Hoyas. semifinal headed to penalty kicks to Providence had hoped for, their run proved to be true for the Providence Earlier in the season, the Friars decide the winner. through the Big East Tournament College Women’s Soccer Team, whose dropped a 2-1 decision to Georgetown Before the start of the penalty kicks, helped further the notion that Lopes season ended with a disappointing 1-0 in double overtime. This time, things second year Head Coach Sam Lopes is building a contender. While loss to the Butler Bulldogs in the Big proved to be different. Although replaced starting goalie Kristyn Shea Zimmerman and 11 other seniors will East Championship this past Sunday. the Hoyas dominated the first half, ’17 with backup Megan Sweeney ’16. depart next year, Lopes brings back Despite the loss, it was still a outshooting the Friars 9-1, they were Sweeney, who had not appeared in a strong core headlined by Shea in historic, record-breaking season for unable to break through and the teams goal since the 2014 season, proved to net, forward Rachel Ugolik ’17, All- the Friars. By winning 13 games, the went to the half tied at zero. be a difference maker. She stopped Big East Tournament Team member Friars broke the previous school record Throughout the second half, the two Hoya penalty kicks, and penalty Christina Klaum ’18, and countless for women’s soccer wins of 12 and Friars All-Big East striker Catherine kick goals by Zimmerman, Katie Day other key contributors. Fresh off of advanced to the Big East Tournament Zimmerman ’16 was able to put ’19, Kayla Steeves ’19, and Morgan their second consecutive trip to the for the second straight season. pressure on the Georgetown defense. Thomasian ’16 put the Friars through Big East Tournament, the future looks The road to the Big East No shot was too far for Zimmerman; to the championship round. extremely bright for the Friars. Championship began in Chicago, in the 53rd minute, she launched a ball Their matchup against the No. 4 Illinois, where No. 6 Providence was from nearly 40 yards out that Hoya seed Butler was once again a chance tasked with facing the No. 3 seed DePaul goalie Emma Newins desperately to avenge a regular season loss for the Blue Demons. Some two weeks earlier, tipped off the crossbar and out of play. Friars, as the Bulldogs had already the Friars welcomed the Demons to Some 10 minutes later, Zimmerman beaten them 3-1 earlier in the season. Ray Treacy track and cruised to a 2-0 caught Newins off her line from 35 Midway through the first half, Butler win. This time, however, was not as yards out, launching a top-corner broke through on a corner kick that easy. The game remained scoreless strike that put Providence up 1-0. Jamison Midgley chipped past Shea.

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