TheVol. LXXVIII No. 16 @thecowl • thecowl.com ProvidenceCowl College February 27, 2014 The Vagina Monologues Performed at Avon Cinema Women’s Basketball by Mary McGreal ’15 Pinks Out Gym for A&E Staff theater Cancer Research Last Saturday, members of the by Veronica Lippert ’15 Providence community gathered at Sports Staff the Avon Cinema on Thayer Street. On the uncharacteristically lovely women’s basketball February afternoon, the suitably intimate theatre buzzed with anticipation before the second of Last weekend, Providence College two performances of Eve Ensler’s held its annual Pink Game to raise The Vagina Monologues. Saturday funds and awareness for breast marked the eighth year that the cancer research. The event has been Monologues have been banned on growing steadily since it began, and campus, which have been performed took a leap forward this year with by Providence College students since events of a much larger scope. While 2003. In a 2006 letter to the Providence the culmination of the effort was the College community, Fr. Brian Women’s Basketball game on Feb. Shanley wrote, “Precisely because 22, all of PC’s women’s sports did its depiction of female sexuality is so their part. The Women’s Hockey deeply at odds with the true meaning Team kicked off PC’s efforts with and morality that the Catholic their Skating Strides event on Feb. Church’s teaching celebrates, 16. They sold pink ice skates in the The Vagina Monologues is not an lead-up to the game. These sales, appropriate play to be performed on combined with other profits from our campus. Therefore the college Hockey East pink merchandise, all will prohibit the production of The Photo courtesy of Madalyn Ciampi ’16 went to the Gloria Gemma Breast Vagina Monologues.” The letter also Executive board members Emily Mitchell ’15, Amanda Centrella ’14, and Melanie Medero ’15 Cancer Research Foundation. PC’s said: performed with other PC students at the Avon Cinema. Chuck a Puck, a staple of Friar “First, far from celebrating the reducing it to the vagina. […] The sacramentalize the love of God in hockey complexity and mystery of female deeper complexity and mystery marriage. Any depiction of female PINK/ Page 28 sexuality, The Vagina Monologues lies in the capacity of human sexuality that neglects simplifies and demystifies it by sexuality, both male and female, to MONOLOGUES/ Page 15 Serrin Foster Makes a Feminist Case against Swimming and Diving Participates in Big East Championship Abortion by Joey Ciccarello ’16 XX Sports Staff by Kathleen Sullivan ’14 News Editor swimming and diving visiting lecture The Providence College Men’s Swimming and Diving Team ended When asked how she combats their season last weekend in Sewell, the question of being a feminist and N.J. at the Big East Championships. a pro-life advocate, Serrin Foster, The men recorded a fifth place finish, the president of Feminists for Life, but it was highlighted by several stellar replied that a pro-life feminist “is not individual performances, including an oxymoron, it’s redundant.” a record-breaking time for one event. The audience in the Overlook John Fatigati ’15 led the team with his Lounge spread all the way around record-breaking performance in the 200 the corner of the room for Foster’s yard backstroke. Fatigati’s time of 1:50.99 lecture, “The Feminist Case Against broke the previous school record set by Abortion,” on Tuesday night. Foster former Friar Jed Michnowicz in 1997. “It spoke about the compatibility of came as a surprise,” Fatigati said, adding being feminist and pro-life, what that while his performance felt fast, it did has helped shape her own pro-life not feel nearly as fast as his final time position, and the advocacy work she participates in through the Feminists turned out to be. While breaking the Photo courtesy of Will Schneekloth school record by nearly three seconds, for Life organization. Members of the 200 yards men’s medley relay, Connor Lui ’14, Andrew St. Pierre ’14, John Fatigati The event was co-sponsored Fatigati rode his strong performance ’15, and graduate student Kyle McLaughlin, receive fifth place. to fifth overall in the Big East, falling by PC for Life, Campus Ministry, just two seconds short of Georgetown’s it’s [a lot of] adrenaline, so energy 14 points in the backstroke, a substantial the Department of Theology, and Chad Thompson for first place. “The filled, and the meet itself helped myself chunk of their final point total of 298. College meet itself was beyond exciting,” Fatigati drop a great amount of time.” Fatigati’s Other outstanding performers remarked, “when you make the finals, record-breaking time earned the Friars SWIM/ Page 26 FEMINIST/ Page 3 UNDERtheHOOD Providence College's Student-Run Newspaper Since 1935 News 2 News Photo Portfolio Opinion 6 This past weekend BMSA sponsored So many campus happenings, Check out the section’s new feature “A Photography 11 ImaginAction. Read about this and so little time! Photo has four full Day in the Life.” A&E 15 other BMSA events in this week’s pages this week to recap all the section! exciting events. Portfolio 19 Sports 26 Page 5 Page 11 Page 21 Page 2 News February 27, 2014 Eating Disorder Awareness Week by Kathleen McGinty ’16 have the highest fatality rates of all compulsive disorder, panic, or anxiety. Beranbaum serves as the off-campus Asst. News Editor psychiatric conditions. “It’s not a matter of saying, nutritionist, located about 10 minutes “It’s disheartening to see how harsh ‘Okay, just eat,’” said Mugan, a from the College, Bornschein and campus causes women are to themselves in comparison staff psychologist in the Personal Mugan can be visited in Bedford and conformity,” Bornschein said. “We Counseling Center, during the panel Hall at the Student Health Center have so many young women and men discussion. “These are very private and Personal Counseling Center, As part of Eating Disorder too who struggle with this.” issues…it can be difficult to talk about respectively. Awareness Week at Providence Given the success of a similar the emotions behind all of this.” Beranbaum suggested at the end College, Randi Beranbaum, R.D., panel held twice before, two years Thus, not only do patients suffering of the panel discussion that the best Suzanne Bornschein, M.D., and back, that resulted in some students from eating disorders experience way to help a friend believed to be Rosemary Mugan, Psy.D., facilitated visiting the Student Health Center or mood swings and exhaustion, but also struggling with an eating disorder a panel discussion this past Tuesday, Personal Counseling Center shortly a decline in cognitive abilities brought is to approach to him or her “with a February 25 in the Aquinas Lounge. after the discussion, employees of about by malnourishment. complete sense of compassion.” The panel of women, each of whom these on-campus centers worked with “It’s a big plate, no pun intended,” “The fact that you’re genuinely help students at the College suffering Alex Alfiero ’15, Shelby Crowley ’15, said Bornschein, referring to the concerned can potentially go a long from eating disorders or disordered Rebecca Incera ’15, Gabriela Navarro hardships and distress faced by those way,” added Mugan, offering similar eating, discussed behaviors and ’17, Jillian Sorrentino ’15, and Casey with eating disorders. advice. dangers associated with eating Sullivan ’15 to organize a series of For students who are battling an As for Bornschein, she remains disorders, aiming to raise awareness of events illuminating the severity of eating disorder or are concerned about hopeful and optimistic about the their prevalence on college campuses. eating disorders on college campuses. a friend, the College offers assistance potential for recovery, noting that “There’s a lot of disordered eating In addition to the panel discussion, through what Beranbaum heralded as “You can recover no matter how deep, going on in the U.S.,” said Bornschein, a yoga night coupled with a human this “multi-faceted team” of women dark, down you are in the abyss.” adding that it is particularly skewed flourishing-wellness series at the gym, comprising Tuesday’s panel. While on college campuses. a film viewing of Miss Representation, According to the Student Health and a “health is beauty” sticker making Center, only one percent of the general craft were scheduled for this week. population suffers from an eating “We hope to make this an annual disorder; among those, 10 million are awareness week with different anorexics or bulimics and 13 million activities that would be enjoyable for are binge eaters. On college campuses, students while still raising awareness,” anorexia, bulimia, and restrictive said Sorrentino. eating prove more prominent than in Beranbaum, Bornschein, and Mugan the general population, with 50 percent each discussed the complexities of of college age students claiming that at eating disorders, conditions which, any given time they are engaging in according to the Student Health Center, restrictive behaviors. fall into a “spectrum” much like that Yet these disorders are believed found in autistic or diabetic patients. to be vastly under diagnosed, with While eating disorders can manifest the numbers probably greater than themselves in binge-purge cycles, a what has been reported due to the refusal to eat, excessive exercising, or fact that victims often feel shame and fear of gaining weight, 40 percent of embarrassment in admitting to their the time patients are diagnosed with ANNA WIECIORKOWSKA ’14 / THE COWL behaviors. Moreover, eating disorders a second condition like obsessive From left to right: Randi Beranbaum, R.D., Rosemary Mugan, Psy.D., and Suzanne Bornschein, M.D. Raising the Volume on Love at PC by Kathleen McGinty ’16 floor in Ray, and the Class of 2017.