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54THINGSTO DO AT PC BEFORE YOU GRADUATE pagei9 TIPS for Freshmen ______Page 2 September 10, 2009 What You Will Love to Hate at PC By Allison Pelle '12 at school, but I promise you will miss discussions, spewing out the most the impact of nature and hospitality Commentary Staff spending time in Ray. remote statements that fly right over in The Odyssey. In all seriousness, you everyone's heads. There is one in every will learn a great deal about some Words of Wisdom The RIPTA class. But never mind him. The rest important topics, will appreciate the As a freshman, you will spend an of the minions will dread going five torture you went through when your e all experience love/hate obscenely unnecessary amount of days per week, writing mind-numbing schedule is magically opened up to five relationships. For me, it's time on the RIPTA. You will definitely papers, taking hand- WFlavor Flav and Poptarts. As freshmenwitness many "that-might-have-been- at Providence, we all become involved a-drug-deal" moments in several of these relationships. For you '90s babies invading campus this fall, I would like to list a few so that you know exactly what you are getting yourselves into. Take these unfortunate experiences in stride; they will all be worth it in the end. And for the love of God, cherish it.

Ray Whether or not you gain the Freshman 15, you will come to love eating at Ray. Yes, the food is terrible, the layout could be improved, the lack of trays is devastating, and the food is terrible. Once your digestive and question system stops hating you for feeding the sanitiy of the it preservatives and salt on a wheat drivers. But, speaking wrap, you will forget what real food as an upperclassman with a even tastes like. We go to Ray for the car, you will truly appreciate company. And it has unlimited drinks. all the dreadful trips you took on those Dan Nieto '11/THE COWL Some of your best college memories filthy buses. You will never again will have taken place over meals at take for granted having your own cramping Ray. There will be a time you bring transportation on your own time that notes, and worst classes and something back to your table that does not smell like wet rats, not to of all, having to start you get to gleefully walk past the your friends cannot believe you are mention the joy of driving past all the studying for the overwhelming and huddled masses of underclassmen eating, and plenty of Captain Crunch suckers at the RIPTA stop in the rain. impossible exams six days in advance. outside Moore Hall. Give yourself a food fights. You will never forget the But on the day of the very last Civ final silent internal high five, because you time when you saw someone slip Civ sophomore year, you will feel like you are finally done tracing the entire by the dish return, or how hard you This year another thousand can do anything. As you walk out of that Development of Western Civilization. laughed when your friend actually ate unmolded young minds will step into classroom, you will be overwhelmed So even though you may be risking that entire spoonful of vanilla cupcake Moore Hall and experience all that with enough adrenaline to lift a baby your life every time you board the frosting. Plus, at the very least, Ray is Civ. For about 18 months of their out from under a car, climb Everest, RIPTA, feeling queasy after brunch at is the best people-watching spot on lives, they will most likely loathe the run a marathon with a hangover, and Ray, or pulling your hair out before campus. After freshman year, you class. Except for that kid who sits in win the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating every Civ final, you know you love it. will enjoy eating actual human food the back and raises his hand during Contest—twice—all while discussing (Or at least you love to hate it.) Expand Your Palate at Ray Relax, It Wil/Get Better

By Jeff Gahan '11 So my advice to students is to mix Commentary Staff up their normal food choices and try something new. My freshman year, Cafeteria Conundrums I ate a turkey sandwich everyday and now I can't stand the thought of hen you first walk into it, even though it was my go-to meal Raymond Hall, you can see when nothing else appealed to me. Be Whow many different options ofsure food to make use of the many different there are to choose from. There may varieties of food provided by the staff appear to be only a few items, but Ray and Sodexo. Eating better and with offers a lot of differentmediums variety will ultimately make in which you for a more pleasant can get food. experience at PC.

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By Allison DeNisco '11 hand gesture, furtively glancing at Arts & Entertainment Staff other group members, and trying to convey that no, you are not actually Words of comfort this big of a loser, and wondering if any of these people will end up being on't transfer yet! your friend after these excruciating D I recently experienced the days finally come to a close. Now joy of watching you young folk begin that you have survived, there is only the wonder and terror that is freshman one thing to remember: It gets better. orientation. From the comfort of my MUCH BETTER. In my experience, Bedford Hall window, I watched almost everyone who hates orientation group after group play the ridiculous ends up loving PC, so take comfort in icebreaker games involving saying your awkwardness and go forth into your real college life. COURTESY OF HARPER07 your name with some sort of elaborate 3 The Cowl TIPS FOR FRESHMEN September 10, 2009

Top Nine Civ Survival Tips Too Hot for Words: classes and a social life to maintain! Make By Devin Murphy '10 The Freshman Fifteen News Editor sure you get all the key information and then do other work. Helpful hints Tip Five: Ask questions before a quiz. This is a great trick if you did not evelopment of Western study for a reading quiz or something Civilization is the bane of to that effect. In a team of 100 students, Devery Providence College student'sone question is bound to spark more existence. However, DWC is a double- questions. Listen and jot down some edged sword. There are some hidden notes while your professors are benefits embedded within Civ. In answering your questions and you hopes of encouraging underclassmen may just have had all the answers to I have compiled the best ways to your quiz answered for you. succeed in Civ. Tip Six: Do not plan papers together. Tip One: Use Sparknotes. I am not Bouncing ideas off one another is fine encouraging anyone to neglect his or but writing papers together is trouble. her reading, but realistically, you might Even if you don't mean to you might need it in a course that requires you end up writing papers that are too to basically read every "great" text in similar. College is too much fun to be I Western history. You may have trouble expelled for something like cheating. remembering everything in The Divine Up Seven: Do not let your professors Comedy or Nietzsche's concept of the get away with unfair tests and quizzes. If uber mensch because you read them you are taking a test or a quiz and there in two days,. Professors always warn is a question on it that seems totally out I against using Sparknotes, but as long of left field don't try and b.s. your way as you do not plagiarize I deem it safe through it. Approach your professors to use. Use whatever you can to help during or immediately after the test.

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Her father died when she World Editor year its vaccine manufacturers will produce was nine and her mother worked six days a week to enough vaccine for about 65 million people or support Sotomayor and her brother. about five percent of its population. She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and attended Yale Law School, where she was editor of the Yale Law Journal. In 1992, Healthcare President George H.W. Bush named her district August was a tough month for United States judge. Also, she served as a judge on the New York President Barack Obama, with the debate based second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since over his new government-sponsored health President Bill Clinton appointed her in 1997. Prior to insurance program, which aims to reform health her judicial appointment, Sotomayor was a partner care provisions to provide universal coverage. at a private firm and spent her time as an assistant This plan affects people on all levels, including district attorney prosectuing violent crimes. businesses, families, and health care providers. A lot of controversy was brought about with Sotomayor's nomination. Some conservatives GETTY IMAGES objected to a comment she made in 2005 at a panel at Cash for Clunkers Duke Universtiy that "policy is made" in the courts. The Cash for Clunkers Program, During her Senate confirmation hearings she faced officially named the Car Allowance Rebate various questions, in particular about her comment System, was a popular program that ran made in 2001, that she "would hope that a wise this summer, allowing customers to trade Latina woman with the richness of her experiences in their older, "gas-guzzlers" and receive a would more often than not reach a better conclusion $3,500 or $4,500 credit toward the purchase than a white male who hasn't lived that life." of a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle. The With a large Democartic majority in the Senate program was so popular and effective that and a number of moderate Republicans supporting dealerships sold more cars than usual. Sotomayor, she was confirmed as Supreme Court Justice. Congress even passed an extension for the original $1 billion bill of about $2 billion since the earlier funds ran out. According to some estimates by the Associated Press, the total of $3 billion in the Cash for Clunkers Program could result in an $18 billion boost to the overall United Many Americans look to the examples in States economy. Auto companies believe Europe, where universal health care system has that only half of those vehicles sold would been failing for many years. Americans have have been purchased if the program did been protesting by meeting at town halls to not exist. There were some requirements in oppose the bill, which some believe to be a form order to get cash for a clunker, for example of socialism. At the same time, many Americans the trade-in vehicle has to get a combined cannot afford health care and aren't able to pay city and highway fuel economy rating of for their basic medical needs. 18 miles per gallon or less. 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FROM Swine Flu Vaccine August 20, 2009, in the nation's capital, Kabul. Swine Flu has plagued the world for the Election officials reported fraud and vote past few months. Recently, Chinese vaccine stealing at election sites, which pointed to the maker Sinovac Biotech won approval from China's drug regulator for commercial production of the country's first H1N1 Kennedy, Jackson, and Fawcett (Swine Flu) vaccine, which is effective with a This summer, a number of notable people died. single standard dose. Novartis AG also said Farrah Fawcett was a well-known actress that died that its H1N1 vaccine prompted a strong on June 25, 2009, at the age of 62. She had been immune response after a single dose in trial. suffering from anal cancer for about three years. U.S. officials are hoping for similar results Fawcett's funeral took place on July 1, 2009, in Los from their own clinical trials. The Chinese Angeles. Many celebrities, fans, and friends showed up vaccine is similar to shots being tested in the for her burial. Fawcett established herself as a serious U.S., and results are expected sometime in the next two weeks. Worldwide, the new actress in the 1980s and starred in several movies. flu has been confirmed to have infected The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, also died on more than 209,438 people, 2,185 of which June 25, 2009, at age 50. His private funeral service have died according to the World Health was held on Sept. 3, 2009, in California, and was NEWS Organization (WHO). attended by close family and friends. About 200

The WHO has warned that there is mourners followed the crowned casket as Jackson's not enough production capacity to make five brothers, each wearing a bright red tie and shots for the entire world population. single crystal-studded glove, carried it into the About 25 companies are making the H1N1 mausoleum. His children, Paris, Prince Michael, and vaccines, including Sanofi Aventis SA, Prince Michael II, attended the funeral and began GlaxoSmithKline PLC, and Novartis. The the service by placing the crown on their father's U.S. alone has ordered 195 million doses golden casket. After examining his posthumous body, the county from five companies, and is expected to take I EC OF delivery of the first 45 million to 52 million incumbent, Hamid Karzai. Earlier, Abdullah coroner's department ruled that Jackson's death was a homicide caused by a lethal combination of doses in mid-October. Abdullah, Karzai's opponent, called a news drugs. The finding that this music icon's death was China is among the countries the conference to discuss the fraudulent acts that a homicide leaves open the possibility that criminal WHO is pushing to donate had been carried out. Abdullah found evidence charges could be filed against one or more persons. the vaccine to the developing of forged ballots each marked identically for Karzai. This dispute continues as Karzai's aides Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, also deny their involvement in any form of fraud. passed away this past summer, on August 25, Karzai came to power in 2001 with the 2009. Kennedy was diagnosed in May 2008 with a backing of the Bush administration and malignant brain tumor and at the age of 77 passed won a nationwide ballot in 2004. The U.S. is away at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Kennedy entered the Senate in a 1962 special reluctant to intervene or side with one party in election to fill the seat once held by his brother John. Afghanistan's electoral process. He was then elected to a full six-year term in 1964 and re-elected seven more times. Sonia Sotomayor becomes U.S. He was known for his oratorical skills and strong liberal beliefs. In 1980 he was nominated for the Supreme Court Justice Democratic Party against the incumbent president On Saturday, August 8, 2009, Sonia Jimmy Carter, but failed to persuade delegates Sotomayor was sworn in as the 111th justice of committed to Carter to switch sides. the United States Supreme Court. Sotomayor The U.S. Senate will be looking for his replacement

RECAP was bom in the Bronx, N.Y., and grew up in a in the coming months. GETTY IMAGES 6 The Cowl WORLD September 10, 2009 Dispute Over Presidential Elections in Iran by Victoria Ngare T2 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asked World Staff that all Iranians unite and celebrate Ahmadinejad's victory, and announced On July 12, 2009, the Islamic an investigation into vote-rigging Republic of Iran held its 10th claims on June 15. On June 16, the presidential election. Incumbent Guardian council agreed to do a vote Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ran against recount. By June 29, Iran's electoral three challengers: Mohsen Rezaee, board completed its partial re-count Mehdi Karroubi, and Mir-Hosein and declared Ahmadinejad the winner Mousavi. By the next morning, the amidst massive protests in Tehran and Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's other parts of Iran. official news agency reported that Post-election violence hit a level with two-thirds of the vote counted, unseen in the 30-year history of the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Islamic Republic. Over 4,000 protesters had won the election with 63 percent of were arrested; many have since been the vote and that Mir-Hoseing Mousavi released, but 140 have been put on had received 33 percent of the vote trial. The opposition, led by Mousavi, cast. The two remaining candidates says that 72 protesters were killed received less than three percent of the in the post-election violence, but the combined vote. number may be an underestimation. BBC NEWS While the European Union and many United States President Barack Obama western nations continue to express said, "The Iranian government must Young protesters rally at Tehran's Haydarniya stadium to support their candidate. concerns about voter irregularities, understand that the world is watching and reformist Iranians back into the dency, the most powerful office in member nations of the Organization ... If the Iranian government seeks the fold of the political establishment. Iran behind the Ayatollah, are vetted of the Islamic Conference (OIC), respect of the international community, Ahmadinejad maintains that the West by the Guardian Council which is Russia, Brazil, China, and India it must respect the dignity of its own has, "interfered in Iran's domestic controlled by conservatives. have congratulated Ahmadinejad people and govern through consent, affairs...,and will be held accountable The system seems to be built to and officially recognized him as the not coercion." for [its] actions [which are not] a sign keep those who deviate from the legitimate victor. The conservative arm of Iran, led of [its] authority, but rather a sign of conservative ideals of the Supreme On June 14, opposition leader by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [its] weakness and downfall." Leader and his followers from Mousavi presented an official appeal and Ayatollah AU Khamenei, initially Iran is governed under a system power. This system makes reform in against the results to the Guardian placed the blame for the post-election known as Velayat-e-Faqih "Rule by Iran harder to achieve. BBC Iranian Council. Reuters reported Mousavi violence on western enemies, even the Supreme Jurist." This system was affairs analyst Sadeq Saba says going as far as to claim that the enemies adopted after the Islamic revolution having said, "I personally strongly in 1979 which overthrew the Shah. the result of this past election may protest the many obvious violations and of Iran were attempting a "soft- The Iranian Constitution stipulates have squelched hope for reform for I'm warning I will not surrender to this overthrow" of the Islamic Republic. that power is held in the hands of the a while. Whether wearing green dangerous charade." Mousavi alleged The Ayatollah has since downplayed people and elections must be held in support of Mousavi, or praising that his election monitors were not given foreign links to the post-election unrest every four years. Ahmadinejad, Iranians want reform adequate access to the polling stations. in an attempt to pull the moderate All candidates running for presi­ in their country. U.S. Recession Affecting Chinese Industry by Sarah Laperriere 'll such as Kim are being forced to Asst. World Editor downsize, needing fewer workers to meet their decreased quotas. Kim was forced to downsize from 500 employees In December 2007, the collapse of the to just 290. Before the recession Kim housing market as well as the collapse of said about his factory, "this room is banks sent the United States into its latest fully occupied," yet now it appears recession. The current recession had a empty. According to CBS, China's tremendous impact on China's economy. unemployment rate rose from four As the economy crashed, so did consumer percent to 9.4 percent this year, more confidence, and people began buying than doubling. less, which decreased credit availability. China's jewelry industry has The decrease in consumer spending also been hit hard. Americans are brought about a decline in imports as the spending less and often cannot afford market plummeted. China's economy expensive jewelry. The production of was impacted as a result; 32 percent of expensive jewelry greatly decreased all Chinese exports went to U.S factories, by 280,000 pieces, as the production which meant Chinese factories began to of inexpensive jewelry increased by suffer and eventually close. one million pieces. According to the Chinese government, Instead of downsizing the number REUTERS 3,600 Chinese factories were forced to of employees, the Far East Jem and Laid-off factory workers were stuck In an office during a protest at the Kaida toy factory In close as a result of the U.S. recession. Jewelry Company is trying to scale With exports being a major aspect Dongguan, Guangdong province in China, back in all aspects of their spending. of work and return home to their small of Chinese economy, the closing being forced to either dramatically A sales executive from the jewelry towns and villages. This displacement of and downsizing of factories greatly cut comers which in some cases has company stated, "this has been the migrant workers has offset the balance of increased unemployment, resulting in shown to be dangerous with the most turbulent time that the jewelry the Chinese workforce. protests across China. renewed use of lead-based paints or industry has experienced." Hyon Ku Kim, a Chinese stirrup The toy industry in China has to close all together. While the U.S. is greatly suffering maker, initially moved his business been greatly affected by the current "They were either closing their eyes from a plummeting economy, it is from South Korea to China, where it recession. Nine out of 10 toys sold or closing their doors," said Michael not in isolation. The world economy was cheaper to produce his product, in American stores are made in Zakkour, from China BrightStar. A is very much intertwined. When one according to CBS News. Pre-recession China. Due to the recession, many popular toy company, Smart Union of the world's leading economies is ,was forced to suddenly shut down Kim was producing approximately people cannot afford to or are simply suffering, other countries are also leaving 7,000 people unemployed and 20,000 stirrups a year, this year he is not purchasing toys, which has bound to be hard hit. caused serious distress among toy without compensation. At the same hoping to reach 8,000. This dramatic Despite the seemingly grim economic manufacture's. The importing of toys time, Kaida Manufacturing Co. had to lay decrease in U.S. consumer spending has situation in America, Chinese factory through major West Coast cities has off 600 employees. greatly affected many aspects of Chinese workers still remain hopeful that when decreased 10.2 percent, ^cording to Migrants are being forced to leave industry. the U.S. economy rebounds so will HIS Global Insight. 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See/Flee 2009: Summer Edition Which summer movies should you see ten times over? Which ones will have you fleeing the theater in disgust?

by Catherine Northington '12 A&E Editor Summer 2009 brought to movie enthusiasts the kind of excitement that a pile of new toys under a Christmas tree brings to a child every December 25. A host of exciting and innovative cinematic ventures have flooded the entertainment industry in the past several months. Highlighted below are some of the summer's film highlights, as well as several flicks that you would do well to avoid. Best Bets The summer kicked off with a flourish, as the long-anticipated Star Trek ( released 5/8) hit screens around Zachary Quinto and Christopher Pine starred in May’s wildly popular Star Trek. COURTESY OF YAHOO.COM the country. The movie's alluring meld of science fiction and adventure racked absurdity of his previous big screen plot. in enormous U.S. box office returns for venture, Borat. ...I was gravely Not Worth the Time If you want to spend your evening the wildly popular franchise; the film mistaken. To put it lightly, the humor surrounded by women over the age raked in a whopping $256.7 million. in this film is outrageously immature; Unless you are a fan of movies that... of sixty, or you have some kind of Disney's critically acclaimed Up even so, the film delivered exactly really suck,I would avoid watching any disturbing grandma fetish, then simply pulled in an impressive $289.9 million what it promised to Cohen devotees, of the following movies at all costs. attend a screening of Julie and Julia at in U.S. box office returns. The animated particularly those of the younger set. Note: Due to my own biases, romantic your local movie theater. I can assure feature chronicles the adventures of a July brought to theaters the release of comedies run abound in the below you that you will be at the epicenter of curmudgeonly old man and his squat, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, category. 60+ female culture. You may fall asleep curious young companion, who find the sixth installment in the Harry Potter If you would like to waste your time during the movie, but at least you'll themselves floating across oceans in a series. This film proved to be another on such putridly saccharine films as have something to talk about at your balloon-tethered house. one of the summer's highest-grossing The Time Traveler's Wife, then that is next sewing circle. The Hangover was one of my own films, earning $295.1 million. your prerogative. I read the book this I feel dirty giving this next movie favorite films of the summer; it catered As a preface to my brief discussion summer, under the false impression that any press, but you loyal Cowl readers especially well to the refined (i.e., of Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo: I dare it would be interesting since it had that deserve to know how atrocious it is. incredibly juvenile) tastes of college you to watch the trailer for this film science-fiction sort of spin in its favor. It The Proposal's IMDB plot synopsis says students like myself. The Hangover's and not appreciate the cuteness of that wasn't. The film version was only more it all: "A pushy boss forces her young premise particularly impressed little fish. Miyazaki's previous film, disappointing than the book—and that, assistant to marry her in order to keep audiences worldwide: sure, everybody Spirited Away, has received worldwide fair readers, is putting it very lightly. her Visa status in the U.S. and avoid has seen their share of films involving acclaim, and Ponyo has so far been If you wish to experience traumatic deportation to Canada." Definitely alcohol-induced misadventures, but anything but a disappointment seizures, or anything else of the sort, sounds like Oscar material to me. I will what about a film that simply chronicles to moviegoers and critics alike. then I suggest you watch Transformers: leave you all with a single question: the consequences of that single crazy Studded with Hollywood A-listers, Revenge of the Fallen. I can barely When was the last time Sandra Bullock night? The comedy, raucous and famed director Quentin Tarantino's imagine how painful this movie must was good in anything?* engaging, proved to be an immediate Inglourious Basterds is a comedic have been for people who suffer from hit among audiences worldwide. tale of Jewish-Americans in Germany motion sickness. The film is laden with This is an honest question. Please I thought that Sacha Baron Cohen's during World War II has so far raked action and features a massive surplus direct answers to Catherine Northington, Bruno could not possibly outdo the in $95 million in the U.S. alone. of cut-scenes, but is severely lacking in A&E Editor, c/o The Cowl Office.

Being Poor was Never Better by Valerie Ferdon 12 Asst. News Editor

This fall, many venues in Providence will host concerts that are affordable even on a college-student budget. Known for its intimacy and bar-scene atmosphere, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in downtown Providence hosts many smaller names in music. They do, however, feature a handful of more popular artists each season. On Tuesday, Oct. 7, Shwayze will perform, along with open acts B.o.B., Beardo, Cold Flamez, and DJ Jason Smith. Tickets are general admission, and cost $15 dollars in advance, or $20 dollars on the day of the show. Check out other concerts this fall such as Deertick, David Cook and Lucinda Williams on their website www.lupos.com. Taking Trips to Thayer This fall, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is the venue for a variety of events, from the Broadway production by Ariana Tantillo '12 of RENT to the Steve Miller Band. On Saturday, Oct. 10, Ben Copy Editing Staff Folds will be performing in collaboration with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Ben Folds is a renowned solo artist, as well as lead After your last class of the day, hop on board the RIPTAbus or trolley, and make your singer and pianist of the band Ben Folds Five. Tickets range from way over to Thayer Street, a strip of various shops and restaurants intermixed with the $38 to $68 dollars, and can be purchased online atwww.ppacri.org. hustle and bustle of students and businessmen alike. Whether you are satisfying your The Ryan Center, on the University of Rhode Island campus, will hunger pains,from an unfulfilling lunch at Raymond Hall Cafeteria, o,r want to find that be the second to last performance by O.A.R. on their 2009 tour. new outfit to wear to your 8:30 a.m. philosophy class, Thayer Street is the place to go. The concert is on Saturday, November 7. Tickets, $35 dollars if If you are too drained from your Development of Western Civilization lecture bought in advance, went on sale to the public on September 2, on Plato to extend yourself past the perimeters of Providence College, save your and can be purchased at the Ryan Center box office or online trip to this popular hotspot for nighttime, and you will not be disappointed. from Ticket Master. Eateries galore, you are sure to unearth the type of food you are craving. And don't forget to catch a movie at Avon Cinema, an unveiled time capsule amidst the modem scene. So, head over to Thayer Street and check out all that it has to offer. September 10, 2009 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Cowl 9 PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! A&E diagnoses the pros and cons to the local pizza sellers by Nahuel Fanjul-Arguijo '11 A&E Editor To go with something from a classier establishment, Cafe Four Twelve is With freshmen all moved in and the kind of place you wouldn't mind ready to start their college career, the ordering from with your parents. They A&E staff decided to grace our students only have thin crust pizzas, which with every detail about the best pizza means they might not fill you up like places to order from. We all know we Murphy's or Golden Crust would, get certain cravings while we're out unless you double your order (this with friends, playing video games, still won't hurt your wallet since their or hey, maybe even during those few pizzas are the cheapest on this list). minutes that you will spend studying. Another fan favorite at Four Twelve is The variety of establishments that the Green Light wrap: baked chicken, deliver to PC are vast, but pizza is mozzarella, roasted red peppers, and always a must, and knowing which basil pesto. If you're not a fan of thin will fill that void in your stomach is crust pizzas, the wraps and paninis are definitely important. If you choose to also pretty amazing at Four Twelve. order Chinese, or Italian, or whatever, Last, and very much least, is there are many places that can do that, Domino's Pizza. Sure, they are the and I'm sure you can find the number safe bet if you have just arrived to somewhere on those bulletin boards PC, and they have a large variety the RAs make that no one ever reads... of sandwiches, sides, and desserts, yes, they are useful for some things. but the local pizza places make a To start off with the top pick on my much better pie than the cardboard huge list of businesses that can make that they sell at Domino's. Granted, me as full as Harland Williams after the the Pasta Bread Bowls are probably filming of Half Baked, Golden Crust will the most delicious and filling things deliver a warm pizza at any time you that are offered on this planet (no want. They are open from 11:00 a.m. exaggeration), but the pizza just to "Late Night," which usually means tastes like an old box with tomato around three or four in the morning. sauce poured on top of it. If you They have a large menu, ranging check closely you might still see that from subs to pasta to salads, but the logo from your microwave that you only thing they are known for is their unpacked a couple days ago on that buffalo-chicken pizza. Occasionally, a Domino's pizza slice you are holding. simple cheese pizza comes out pretty So there it is, all you noobs on good as well. campus: a nice, detailed, very If you are looking for a meal opinionated article about the many with more bread, maybe layers, and LOGOS COURTESY OF BRANDSOFTHEWORLD.COM places from which to order pizza. If maybe even some kind of sandwich you need the numbers, don't be an shape, Big Tony's has the answer. Next is Murphy's Pizza. The pizza closes at 2:15 a.m. on most nights). idiot and check online just like you The pizza here is sub-par, but the here is usually pretty good, a little What makes this place great is do for everything else, and don't subs are probably the best around. more substance than Golden Crust the large selection of appetizers, forget there are dozens of other And who wouldn't have a good and not as much cheese. The prices and their wraps are amazing. My places in the area to order from. time eating a sandwich named after are pretty reasonable, and I would usual meal includes curly fries Oh, and don't stay cooped up in '50s mobsters? It's fun for the whole say it takes the upper hand against with cheese and a Chicken Caesar your rooms —try out Thayer Street family! So remember, at Big Tony's Golden Crust only with its large wrap, and it satisfies all five senses or Providence Place for dinner the pizza is a no-no, but the "Donnie variety. The only negative is that it is and sometimes even my sixth and sometime. I hear the KFC in the mall Brasco" is a definite "yes." not open as late as the other places (it seventh. is especially delicious and original. Weather Got You Down? Warm Up to a Few Summer Classics

by Catherine Northington T2 A&E Editor For many of us, welcome week is "I Gotta Feelin"’ - The Black Eyed Peas the best part of the academic year. "Love Today" - MIKA Smiling faces run abound on campus in the early days of September: "Good Vibrations” - The Beach Boys students aglow with the hopes of "Walkin' on the Sun" - Smashmouth meeting new friends and furthering "Steal My Sunshine" - Len their education, cheer emanating "Boys of Summer" - Don Henley from every freshman who has yet to realize how much they loathe "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" Civ, and a smile on the face of every - Springsteen Cowl editor who hasn't had to worry "Summertime Blues" - The Who about missing a deadline for a whole "Love Game" - Lady Gaga four months. Everything on our little paradisical "Summer in the City" - Lovin' Spoonful bubble of a campus has been emitting "School's Out" - Alice Cooper a kind of warm and cuddly cheer this "In the Summertime" - Mungo Jerry week—except the sun. "Stand By Me” - Ben E. King If you're anything like me, then you are not too keen oh the idea of "Summertime" - Sublime braving those stinging campus wind "Sunshine Superman" - Donovan tunnels once again in just a short "Summertime" number of weeks. - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince So here's a list of great summer "Summer Nights" songs (compiled by myself and several - Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta other members of The Cowl's editorial staff) to keep you warm, come that "Summer of‘69" - Bryan Adams famous New England winter.

PC students relax and enjoy the short-lived summer weather at Jazzman’s. SARAH SPIRITO ‘111 THE COWL 10 The Cowl

The city of Providence has so much to offer, so get off campus, get downtown, and start exploring!

Take the 55 RIPTA from the Huxley bus stop to Kennedy Plaza and wander around the downtown area to find Lupo’s, PPAC, the State House, the RISD Museum, and a number of shops and restaurants.

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Take a trolley up to the East Side and walk along Thayer or Wickenden, where you can find great places for coffee, tea, delicious food, and vintage clothing.

Be sure to check out the rest of The Cowl's Welcome Back Issue for more suggestions on where to go and what to do in Providence—the possibilities are endless!

Photos compiled by Dan Nieto ’ll and Matt Longobardi ’10. 12 The Cowl ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT September 10, 2009 With The New School Year Comes New Music by Kevin Ring TO Business Staff

So far, 2009 has been quite the year for music, especially when it comes to big names. As any farmer or music aficionado will tell you, though, we have only just entered the harvest season, and there is plenty more to be reaped! Kicking off the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 8, new releases from Phish and Boys Like Girls will be the first of the new crop you can get your ears on. Hip-hop enthusiasts need only wait until Friday, Sept. 11, to pick up Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3, although those internet­ savvy types will have already gotten their first taste by then, as the whole of it leaked a full two weeks in advance. As September rolls into its second week, it continues to deliver a bit of something for everyone. Muse is set to release The Resistance, which promises to be louder, campier, and Queen-ier insane soloing, which gives metal 23 release, Never Deserved the Future this will be his first foray into "rock" than any of their previous releases. heads a reason to rejoice. will be the world's first chance to hear music, but he seems to be using the If you're searching for some Pearl Jam bursts back onto the just what happens when three rock term rather loosely. stadium-sized rock grandeur, look no scene with Backspacer on Sept. 22, icons hole up in the studio together. Eminem may also be releasing further than Matt Bellamy and Co., as although some might like to point out November will likely see the release Relapse 2 around this point in time. critics have been raving over the scope that they're the one grunge band that of 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct and Add in Dr. Dre's continued assurances of this work, particularly the ambitious never really left. Fans of the band can Lil Wayne's Rebirth. As many fans that Detox will finally be released by three-part symphony finale titled look forward to a fresh approach, as know, Self Destruct was originally the end of this year (we'll see), and "Exogenesis." the album is said to feature a sound intended to be released in 2007, but we may have ourselves quite a large Sept. 15 will also bring music of that draws upon influences from pop, 50 opted to release Curtis instead. helping of new music on our hands. a slightly harder edge as Megadeth punk, and new wave. Similarly, Rebirth was originally going Surely, the second half of 2009 has the release their latest effort, Endgame. Also of note on this date, alt- to be released this past April, but was potential to match the stellar offerings Frontman Dave Mustaine claims the rockers Brand New will release postponed so that more work could that the first half of the year gave us. single "Head Crusher" will have some Daisy, their fourth studio effort. be put into it. Lil Wayne claims that Sept. 29 brings back another grunge holdover, albeit one that has been off the radar for considerably longer, in ©RadioShack. Alice in Chains. Black Gives Way to Blue will be the band's first album in 14 years, and it is the first ever without deceased lead vocalist Layne Staley. It is nearly impossible to imagine Alice THE SHACK in Chains without Staley's snarl at its forefront, but open-minded fans should find new vocalist William DID THE HOMEWORK Du Vail to be a capable replacement, at least as long as guitarist Jerry Cantrell SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO. is still around. 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by Chris Stadolnik '10 depending on condition. The A&E Staff hardcover price generally ranges from Open the bright red steel fire door. $12- $22, also depending on condition. Ascend the concrete staircase, flanked All new books, generally meaning on either side by vibrant murals. Step editions printed within the last ten through the final threshold and let years, are always 50 percent of their the smell of old books wash over you. original cover price. You have found your literary oasis Cellar Stories is also a buyer of after an exile in a wasteland of "pre­ books. If you sell for cash, the rates fab" franchise bookstores. This is an are competitive with the on and off uncontaminated and tranquil temple campus bookstores. But if you sell for to the printed page. store credit, Cellar Stories generally Cellar Stories has been stowed away gives you twice as much. The one on 111 Mathewson Street in Downcity disadvantage to their buying policy is Providence for years. The only that they will not take any textbooks. indications to the passerby of what They want them even less than you do. lays in store are a sandwich board sign This has always been a favorite haunt and a street level display, a collection of the hipster crowd but is welcoming of literary odds and ends—quotations, to all readers. The proprietor, Michael visually interesting volumes, and Chandley '81, is an alumnus of artifacts—that is altered annually. But the Providence College School of if you are lucky enough to find it (and Continuing Education. There are a few now that you have the street address local celebrities on the Providence arts I am sure you are) and a true lover SARA SPIRITO 11/THE COWL scene that frequent the establishment. of literature, you will certainly not be The work of local artist Mad Pec is disappointed. collections of print oddities—antique genre and alphabetically by author's available as posters and post cards. There is no end to the variety of maps, Broadway playbills, Downbeat surname. The one drawback to Local musicians stop in frequently, like jrint media available. Cellar Stories magazines, old postcards, sheet shopping at Cellar Stories is that it is Joe Fletcher of Wrong Reasons. But ras everything from 18th century music, foreign language printings of a used bookstore and that means they there is little reason to interest yourself eather-bound Bibles with hand- American and European texts, and a likely do not have exactly what you are with who is hunched over a stack of wrought clasps to issues of Playboy selection of rare books, antiques, and looking for. ISBN numbers are often books on a table or squatting in the from the '50s with Jack Kerouac first editions that would make the meaningless there, and some of the comer rummaging through a box of interviews. There are piles of comic heart of any bibliophile skip a beat (a books actually predate them. But if you old sheet music. books and graphic novels from DC, hardcover of Hunter S. Thompson's allow yourself to drift around in their If you are really going to Borders for Marvel, and Manga. The supply of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is for sale sea of literature you might not find the books, skip the mall. Get a coffee art books, both biographical and for $1,000). exactly what you want but you will in Kennedy Plaza and make the short, pictorial, is expansive. The literature The regular stacks are eight feet tall almost surely find something you need. pleasant walk to 111 Matthewson section is consistently stocked with and packed with trade paperbacks, The prices are fantastically Street. Cellar Stories is the perfect place canonical standards as well as hardcover editions, and rare finds. The inexpensive. The average cost of to go when you are short on capital and obscure literary objects. They also sell volumes are always well organized by a paperback ranges from $3-$8 looking to find a literary adventure. Spectrum India This hidden treasure on Thayer Street has something for everyone

by Claire Pevoto '10 The goods are great, but the main A&E Staff attraction is the owner, Jagdish Sachdev, With the Providence Place Mall who is literally always there and quite just a hop, skip, and a RIPTA ride possibly the friendliest man on College away, the bulk of our leisure shopping Hill. Once as we were perusing the often doesn't take us beyond this side merchandise, he informed my mom of Kennedy Plaza. But for those with and me that he was going across the more time on their hands and a taste street to get a snack, and would we for the exotic, Spectrum India is a like him to get anything for us? When Providence staple not to be missed. I brought my sister to his shop, he Anytime I have visitors, I make sure expressed how grateful he was that to take a trip to this funky store that on her visit to Rhode Island, we chose sells bags, Bollywood movies, belly to stop by. I'm pretty sure he meant it,

dancing costumes, and everything in too. He also usually has some nugget SARA SPIRITO '11/THE COWL between. Shoppers can find unique of wisdom or advice that he serenely home—ahem, dorm—decor, cool dispenses along with your receipt. in not knowing what exactly will catch Just don't forget to enjoy a chat with bohemian clothes, and beautiful The items sold in Spectrum India your eye. If you need a place to start, a Mr. Sachdev, and to snag your free jewelry, among other owner-described may not seem like the most practical rented Bollywood movie and a henna bangle bracelets or plastic ring on your "life-enhancing" things. of commodities, but part of the fun lies tattoo kit make for a fun rainy night in. way out.

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Join the A&E Staff. Pick up an application at Matt Frederick '10 The Cowl office in Slavin G05. Neil Francisco '10 Age: 21 Age: 20 Interests: Cute pink Interests: LeBron slippers, stamps, bear James, Spice Girls, skin rugs You won't be disappointed. old apples Portfolio Page 14 September 10, 2009 Cash for Clunkers and the End of the Minivan By Nicole Amaral '10 The Van sat in its usual garage stall exclaiming over it, for the smallest Explorer, which seats as many people Portfolio Editor that night, unaware that the "Cash things amused us. as the Van but looks much cooler. For Clunkers" commercials constantly The windshield wipers actually There is no way my mother would playing on TV were sounding its death improved visibility, and could wipe have allowed us to purchase a new car ESSAY knell. We ogled shiny fuel efficient cars away rain without a single streak. unless we still had a vehicle in which on the Internet as my dad struggled The engine didn't roar to life like an to haul all us kids around. This summer marked the end of an to come to terms with the fact that awakening beast when started, and was I will always remember our van, as era for my family. On a hot, overcast spontaneously buying a new car was so quiet it was difficult to tell whether it was the vehicle in which I learned to July afternoon we bid our minivan in fact a good idea. The normal trade the car was even on. It could go over 55 drive. I would rumble down the streets goodbye. I don't think anyone was in value for our clunker would be miles per hour without protesting with of my town as my mom pushed her foot particularly sad to see it go, especially about $700, compared to the $4500 the a series of nerve-wracking groans. down on a non-existent brake pedal. when we imagined a shiny new fuel government promised. In the end, it The radio had a little screen that told The great behemoth would easily pick efficient car in its place in the garage. was decided that it was best to go for us what song was playing. There was up momentum, and was not exactly The van, a 1995 Ford Windstar, was it before the "clunker money" ran out. even a glow in the dark safety hatch the best vehicle in which to practice big, bulbous, and emerald green. It The actual process of picking out if any of us ever found ourselves any sort of parking. Nevertheless, I had a tan interior that forever retained our new car went relatively smoothly. locked in the trunk. And this wasn't managed to pass my driver's test on a relative scrapbook of Stains Through We managed to avoid pushy salesmen, even the souped-up version. Not to the first try. The Years. (Really, why would a car and after only two trips to dealerships mention that much-revered olfactory Although the van has long since company make the interior of a car we decided on a silver 2009 Nissan experience known as New Car Smell. been junked, it served my family very destined to be subject to the wrath of Sentra. It was as new as new could be, The spirit of the van lives well over the years. Part of me will small children tan?) with its plasting wrapping still on it. on in our Ford miss it. May our big, green The van had a plentiful assortment My family has not purchased a Windstar rest of family debris covering its floors: brand spankin' new car since 1993. in peace. sweatshirts, single shoes, crushed Owning a car that you know no one goldfish crackers, empty chip bags, has ever sat in (or spilled things half-empty water bottles, grocery in, barfed in, etc.) before was bags, and crumpled school papers. quite overwhelming. We There were also various life must have looked forms permanently growing out of rather silly its cupholders. And no one dared attempt to find out what was in the little storage area next to where my brother always sat, despite the fact that it occasionally emitted strange smells. We had long since stopped attempting to clean it, as it would only be a matter of time before it was filled with junk again. I vividly remember the day we bought our van used back in 2001. I was thirteen and my siblings were five and three. I had finally convinced my parents that being crammed next to two car seats, and later two annoying, screaming toddlers, in the back seat of our five-passenger car was cruel and NICOLE AMARAL To/THE COWL unusual punishment. I remember that first ride in the van, luxuriating in the fact that I had the whole back seat to myself. Long car rides would no longer be torture. Hardly Working The Long Ride Home The New Door By Bobby Bretz '12 by Maryclaire Dugre '10 By Lindsay Wengloski '10 crossed, midway through New Portfolio Staff Portfolio Staff Jersey. I can't remember what I said. Commentary Editor To fight your silence, I play the ESSAY FICTION FICTION license game solo. Florida. Maine. Alabama. Silence next to me. Your arms are still crossed, a sharp elbow "Hey, Ken." I greet the division head The road rumbles by. Somewhere pointed menacingly in my direction. My fellow Eaton Street neighbors, I as he walks by to speak with Mike. in the backseat, the basket housing Virginia welcomes us. I toot the horn, speak to you having learned a difficult "Hey that's, ah...not good," Frankie my ragtag collection of CDs marking the occasion. A trucker and expensive lesson about off-campus points out. wriggles out from between the shoots us a strange look. You blink living this summer: Do not, under any I had tried to move a cable that was lunchbox and the softness of your and shift the angle at which you're circumstances, attempt to break down brushing up against the winch. jacket, the plastic cases knock holding your arms. your apartment door. "Time out! Stop!" Mike slams against themselves with nonchalant "I'm sorry," I say, looking semi- Yes I did this—not with Superman's the red button and the machinery ' potency. The rattling fills the car, absently at the odometer. finesse but with the help of four shuts down. punctuates our rocky silence. You "Michigan,"you respond, as a car adrenaline-hyped college guys and "That was close," I calmly observe. clammed up, thin-lipped, arms- streams past. a rusty old hammer (conveniently "What the hell did you do?" located within arm's reach of said rash asks Mike. young men). It was raining, there was "Cable got caught, almost sheared." lightning; we were locked out. And (20,000 pounds of tension tends to do yes, we had been out carousing. The stuff like that.) obvious solution was to continue in Frankie quietly pulls the cable the same carousing spirit, dislodge the down from where it was snagged on doorknob and kick until voila! Open the winch. If it had gone a few more Sesame! Call a locksmith? Pfft. Who inches, suffice to say there would have does that? been a lot of paperwork to do. Ken i So I broke into my own house. then looks on as we spend the next five Sue me. Well, my landlord—excuse minutes trying to free the cable from me, landlady—practically did. The the machinery. wrath of a four-letter-word-spewing Later, Mike takes Frankie and me female homeowner nearing Amazon to lunch. "You had all week to do height is no picnic. And if you hear that, and you waited until the friggin' i about a memorial service in my name division head was watching? I swear, sometime next month, it's because I've you guys are tryin' to get me fired." finally received the bill for the new On the way back, he asks me what door and died on the spot. I'm doing for the rest of the afternoon. A word to the wise: Break a window. "I'll be plotting my next move." MZACHA It's cheaper. September 10, 2009 PORTFOLIO The Cowl 15 Extracted from Home: The First Day by Conor Leary 'll was painted with a faded and was the first girl he would sloppily ominous way. They all stressed the Portfolio Staff nauseating yellow paint. He stared fawn over. correct combination of academics at it harshly after his singular step This vision compelled him to choose and "fun," a carefully considered FICTION into the No Man's Land, the tiles one of the beds and he dropped the box euphemism for something he knew worn and reflecting the gruesome out of his sweating palms. Something could paralyze him enough so his new color, until his head hurt and his clattered, but in the box labeled "Bed," bed would feel exactly like a cloud. Hell, Extraction-. The process in which vision blackened for a second. No it was nothing fragile. The pillows and some nights he wouldn't even find its an object, presence, or palpable being blue walls like his old bedroom, blankets remained whole. He listened as comfort until a midday nap (ollegec was is removed from one environment, the color of a brand new pair of the box bounced and the noise grinded where all-nighters were bom, right?). atmosphere, or territory and placed in jeans, could be uncovered from deep inside his spine. He listened to the "Whaddup dude?" another, voluntarily or otherwise. the uncharacteristic and chipped torturous, metallic springs inside the Trevor turned to find some random coating. The color he had seen on mattress giving like Slinkies left in a guy carrying a box, neon hat glowing Trevor had imagined how the backwards on his head. His gaping detachment would feel and counted grin and accompanying chuckle down the summer days on his calendar followed him to the bed he crashed on, until the proverbial cord still linking diving across the dusty mattress like a him to his mother's womb would batter sliding into home. be snipped. It was an extraordinary Trevor caught his box as it bounced motivation, even though it brought up from the rickety springs and back his mind to a location of his mother into his arms. he had ruled non-existent after a very "Shotgun!" his roommate called. informative biology class (although His roommate was a ridiculous without it, he would be non-existent combination of a younger brother, a as well). The bittersweet sensation of younger sister and an annoying kid his shedding his cap, gown, varsity jacket, ex-girlfriend used to have to babysit and high school education poured into every Friday night all rolled into an the wilderness of the only summer in absurd and devious test of his patience. his life he would wish away. Trevor just smiled though, taking his After the family SUV had gobbled box to the other bed in the room with up most of his belongings and the same rusty springs and the same washed it all down with fifty bucks mysterious mattress. worth of gasoline, it seemed to grow In this world, the habitat known as sails. It propelled him away from his College, the rules of shotgun adhered home, his life, and all he knew over to instances where a car was nowhere the exciting and powerful gusts of the in sight along with its passenger seat. highways towards the sublime, the The walls were a sickly yellow and his undeniable, and the awesome final back would probably develop some frontier of fun: College. Providence serious aches and pains from his bed. College, to be exact. But it would only be his habitat for He stood in his dorm, carrying the a year. He knew all of the rooms he first of many boxes and appliances would live in on campus would be the that would follow in a conveyor belt same. College would become his new enlivened by his mother, father, and habitat, for only four years. The same himself. The room was bare and people who told him to "study hard" empty, his eyes investigating the floor and to never forget the true purpose as if waiting for tumbleweeds made of of college also kept telling him how crumpled sheets of loose-leaf paper, quickly the years would go, as if he college-ruled, to be kicked across the couldn't count. dusty floor by rare and dry breezes. NICOLE AMARAL '1O/THE COWL Standing in the very different He took a cautious step forward, his walls since his brain was the size freezer. His old mattress was Tempur- environment, he knew, when his his features drowning in anxiety and a of an infant's (which his acceptance pedic, or something as heavenly as it freshman, sophomore, junior, and twinge of nausea. The room had a very into Providence College showed was soft. Sleep would be impossible senior years flew by, he wouldn't want distinct smell, an aroma he imagined had matured quite well) was gone. and combat situations appeared in his to be extracted from the four walls of the dead smelled as they lay in stuffy It was invisible, a memory he would mind like video game strategies listed mysterious yellow paint or unfolded coffins six feet under. His bedroom at only be able to visit on holidays in assisting guides of his very conscious from his painful bed. His back would home, a hundred, a thousand miles and breaks. self pouncing at midnight, punching be completely numb by then. Even away, was still a very vibrant picture Or! In a girl's eyes! The exact color at one in the morning, kicking at one his childhood bed would be too in his mind, the only habitat that had of jeans freshly ironed for the first thirty, diving in for another assault by constricting, too soft, and too different. been his own in the eighteen years he time could be her eye color. Here two thirty, but all with no effect and no The picture was already beginning had spent cut free from his realistic was the girl of his dreams skipping dreams come dawn. to disappear from his mind as he tore umbilical cord. at that moment into an identical But college was supposed to be open the first box of many. The void of a room before him, dorm, witnessing the same terror, difficult right? Plenty of people had the cell in a new place all together, feeling the unsettling nausea. Here warned him about this, in a dramatically

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And although offense was starters from the 2008 campaign, will lacking in Boston, goal production has host five home games in September, been there when needed this season. culminating with two Big East games Senior Tim Ritter scored each of the in the last weekend of the month. Friars' goals in their first two wins. The Friars' efforts last season ended For his stellar efforts, the forward was in disappointment when the boys in named Big East Offensive Player of the black and white fell to St. John's in Week this week. the Big East Quarterfinals. Providence Ritter's first goal of the season came lost the match in overtime, suffering in double overtime against Sacred a narrow 1-0 defeat. It is no surprise, Heart, and was enough to secure the then, that the Friars await the Sept. 27 win. His second goal, though under less rendezvous with the Red Storm with suspenseful circumstances—the fourth eager anticipation. minute against Holy Cross—was just St. John's has been the recipient as meaningful. The score was enough of many preseason accolades, and to seal the win, as the remainder of the its roster boasts two preseason all- contest was an offensive Stalemate. Americans. But what Providence lacks Given the talent which is so evident in flashy talent, it makes up for in on the Friar offense, it is unlikely that steely resolve. The Friars, who reside Ritter will have to shoulder the load in the Big East Blue Division, are a independently for the remainder of team that clawed back from a sub-,500 the season. Juniors Matt Marcin and performance in the first half of the Michael Pereira bring a wealth of Big 2008 season to finish fourth in the Blue COURTESY OF SPORTS INFO East experience to the table this season. Division. Providence's six wins in the Senior Tim Ritter has been a menace to opponents’ defenses this season. The toward has already And if Marcin's heroics last season second half of the 2008 season earned recorded two goals in three games. —two game-winning goals—carry them serious consideration for the NCAA over into this season, Providence will the same time and location against, St. at home against Holy Cross have likely earn that oh-so coveted NCAA Tournament. Those tournament hopes John's in what will surely be a clash of Big demonstrated that the Friar defense berth which seemed so close last year. were dashed, however, by the Red Storm. East titans. is a force to be reckoned with. The The real work begins at the end of Providence begins its conference Although league play is still looming on Friars held both the Pioneers and the this month when the conference slate schedule on Friday, Sept. 25, against the horizon, Providence is happily sitting Crusaders scoreless, thanks largely Syracuse at home at 3:00 p.m. The Friars begins at the end of this month at Glay atop the Blue Division with a 2-1 record. to the efforts of graduate student Field on Lower Campus. return to action on Sunday, Sept. 27, at Solid wins at Sacred Heart and then Tim Murray in goal. Murray's steel New Faces for Men's Hoops Squad Baby B's Boast Tomorrow's by Dan Ollquist '10 Council '13, and Duke Mondy '13 as well an impressive 27 points and 11 Sports Editor as big men Kadeem Batts '13 and James rebounds per game during his final Talent Still '13. season of high school ball. Although Basketball The crop of freshmen has been still considered raw offensively by Al Daniel 'll phased by many top recruiting analysts by some, Still has a tremendous Sports Staff When the Providence College and should give coach Davis a solid amount of potential to become a big Men's Basketball team takes the floor foundation on which to implement time player in the near future. Hockey this November, few Friar fans will his offensive system. With great ball­ Another big man with great recognize the lineup that trots out onto handling skills and the ability to blow potential, Batts will also get a Looking for professional sports the hardwood. Of course, returning by defenders, Lacy figures to get a crack chance to see the hardwood without the $50 tickets and $7 dollar star point guard Sharaud Curry '10, at running the point alongside Curry. As this year. The more physically hot dogs? The Providence Bruins, senior Brian McKenzie '10, and junior a high school senior Lacy averaged 15 developed of the two freshman better known as the "Baby B's," Marshon Brooks' 11 will be back, but for points and six assists per game and was bigs, Batts stands at 6'8" and weighs play just a stone's throw away at the the 2009-2010 season, the boys in black ranked as the ninth best point guard in in at 235 pounds. While playing for Dunkin' Donuts Center and provide and white will welcome an astounding the country by Sout.com. powerhouse basketball program, hockey fans with an accessible peek seven new players into the lineup. Council, another skilled ballhandler, John McEachern High School, Batts at tomorrow's prospective NHL The seven new members of the roster should also see significant time on garnered the reputation of being a players. The Providence Bruins act as include a smattering of guards, wings, the court. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., tremendous defender. Along with the minor league team to the NHL's and big men, all of whom seem to have Council was rated as the 11th best point his ability to defend, Batts has a Boston Bruins. With 40 home games a great deal of potential to develop into guard in the country by ESPN.com and great mid-range game and will be and tickets starting at just $18 there steady Big East contributors. Making has shown great play-making ability as an excellent option for Davis at the are plenty of chances to check out the sure not to overload the roster with demonstrated by averaging 11 assists high post. During his senior season future stars of the Bruins at a bargain a huge crop of freshmen, head coach per game while playing for an elite prep at McEachern, Batts posted averages price. Among the current Boston Keno Davis signed junior college program at the Patterson School. of 15 points, 11 rebounds, and three Brums stars that have previously transfers Russ Permenter '11 and Kyle ’One potential beneficiary of Council's assists per game, a testament to his skated for the Providence Bruins are Wright '11. Permenter, a power forward great passing is Duke Mondy. Mondy, all around ability. Patrice Bergeron, Byron Bitz, Matt from Texas, should provide some much who stands at 6'3", is regarded as a deadly With five seniors from last years Hunwick, Phil Kessel, David Krejci, needed tenacity and rebounding down three-point shooter who along with the team gone, Davis is hoping that all Tuukka Rask, Mark Stuart, and Tim low. Meanwhile, Wright, a shooting aforementioned Wright should give PC seven newcomers will compete for Thomas. guard from Connecticut will give PC some great outside shooting threats. playing time and will undoubtedly Additionally, at any given time, a a great long distance shooter who With bruising big men being a supply the Friars with a more handful of American Hockey League will fit well in Keno Davis's offensive mainstay inside the paint in the Big athletic and defensively talented teams will include relatively recent scheme. While playing in the Greater East, it was imperative for Davis to bring team than in past years. The Friars Friars now thirsting for a crack Hartfortd Summer Pro-Am Basketball in some physical freshmen that could open up the regular season against at the NHL. Some contemporary League he garnered MVP honors and give the team a much needed defensive Bryant University on November examples are Colin MacDonald '07, put up 30+ point performances against boost. With an impressive seven blocks 13, and how fast these seven can Jon Rheault '08, and Cody Wild. For a number of star players including per game during his senior year of high adjust to playing in the Big East will more information on the Providence UConn shooting guard Jerome Dyson. school, James Still could be the defensive determine whether this year's Friar Bruins, including a full schedule Joining Permenter and Wright will prospect in some time for the Friars. squad will sink or swim. and ticket packages, visit the Bruins be guards Johnnie Lacy '13, Vincent Still, a lanky 6'9" power foward put up online at www.providencebruins.com. 18 The Cowl SPORTS September 10, 2009 Friar Faithful Skaters'Harvey Primed Set to Shine This fall, for New Year on the Ice study gravity. by Chris Torello 'll by Alexis Smith T2 Sports Staff Sports Staff

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Welcome back to all returning As we enter into a new year of students and a special welcome to school and a new season of hockey, all new Friars. Here at Providence we look to our incoming freshmen College there are 19 Division I-A to bring the team back to its true sports teams that compete with the glory. One newcomer who will play best colleges and universities across a big role in the future success of PC the nation. After some significant hockey is freshman Myles Harvey. upgrades in athletic facilities over Harvey, an Orlando, Fla. native, has the past several years, Providence been billed as one of the top defensive College is now in a position to freshmen in Hockey East. Harvey is compete amongst the elite teams in even drawing comparisons to former the Big East. In hopes of cultivating Friar great Hal Gill, who won the an active fan-base to support the 2009 Stanley Cup as a defenseman athletic teams, a group called the for the Pittsburg Penguins. Friar Faithful has been created. Standing at an impressive 6'5" The Friar Faithful will work and 215 lbs, Harvey is a force to be closely with both the Department reckoned with, and promises to be of Athletics and individual teams a dominating defenseman for the to get a feel for what the players Friars. He joins an already impressive and coaches would like to do to defensive line including such players better involve themselves within as sophomore Danny New, junior Eric the student community as well as Baier, and senior David Cavanagh. give insight to this group as to how Before being recruited by PC, to give the teams the support they Harvey played for the Bismark need to be at their best, especially Bobcats of the North American while competing at home. There Hockey League. While appearing in College Students will be a more extensive article on 53 games with the Bobcats, Harvey Get 15% OFF full-price items the Friar Faithful coming up in The registered 2 goals and 9 assists. In Cowl. For more information, you addition, he posted 72 shots on goal at our stores and schools may visit www.thefriarfaithful.com throughout the 2008-2009 season. (emsExploration.com). and be sure to visit www.friars.com Harvey will be joined by eight other Must show valid college ID. Restrictions apply; visit store for details. to check out all team schedules and incoming freshmen on what should upcoming events. Welcome back and be a young but talented squad. GO FRIARS! Make sure to check out the Friars' Cranston first home game of the hockey Garden City Shopping Center season Friday, Oct. 9, at 7:00 p.m. in 401-944-5500 EASTERN MOUNTAIN SPORTS Schneider Arena.

Fall Sports Schedule

Men's Women's Field Cross Soccer Soccer Hockey Country

Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Opponent Time Date Event Time

9/12 vs. Northeastern 1:00 p.m. 9/9 at Holy Cross 7:00 p.m. 9/11 v.s Dartmouth 7:00 p.m. 9/26 Ted Owen Invit. 10:00 a.m. 9/18 at Rutgers 8:00 p.m. 9/11 vs. Siena 4:00 p.m. 9/16 vs. Northeastern 7:00 p.m. 10/2 Notre Dame Invit. 2:00 p.m. 9/20 at Villanova 3:00 p.m. 9/13 at Stony Brook 2:00 p.m. 9/19 vs. Connecticut 1:00 p.m. 10/10 New England 11:00 a.m. 9/25 vs. Syracuse 3:00 p.m. 9/18 vs. Connecticut 4:00 p.m. 9/20 vs. Princeton 1:00 p.m. 10/17 NCAAPre-Nat. 11:00 a.m. 9/27 vs. St. John's 3:00 p.m. 9/20 vs. Sacred Heart 1:00 p.m. 9/26 at Syracuse 12:00 p.m. 10/24 Central Conn. 10:00 a.m. 10/3 at Pittsburgh 1:00 p.m. 9/24 at Syracuse 7:00 p.m. 9/27 at Albany 2:30 p.m. 10/31 Big East Champ. TBA 10/6 at Connecticut 7:00 p.m. 9/27 vs. St. John's '2:00 p.m. 10/3 vs. Villanova 1:00 p.m. 11/14 NCAA Northeast Reg. TBA 10/10 vs. Notre Dame 1:00 p.m. 10/2 vs. Georgetown 3:00 p.m. 10/5 at Boston College 7:00 p.m. 11/23 NCAA Championships TBA 10/13 vs. Yale 3:00 p.m. 10/4 vs. Villanova 1:00 p.m. 10/9 at Rutgers 4:00 p.m. 10/17 vs. Seton Hall 2:00 p.m. 10/9 at South Florida 7:30 p.m. 10/16 at Louisville 2:00 p.m. 10/20 vs. Harvard 3:00 p.m. 10/11 at Marquette 1:00 p.m. 10/17 vs. Wake Forest 2:00 p.m. 10/24 vs. Marquette 1:00 p.m. 10/16 at DePaul 3:00 p.m. 10/20 vs. Brown 7:00 p.m. 10/28 at West Virginia 7:00 p.m. j 10/18 at Notre Dame 1:00 p.m. 10/24 vs. Georgetown 1:00 p.m. 10/31 at Georgetown 1:00 p.m. 10/23 vs. Pittsburgh 3:00 p.m. 10/25 vs. Maine 2:00 p.m. 11/4 Big East Championships TBA 10/25 vs. West Virginia 1:00 p.m. 10/30 at Boston Univ. 3:00 p.m. 10/29 Big East Championships TBA 11/1 at Vermont 1:00 p.m. 11/7 Big East Seminfals TBA III September 10, 2009 EDITOR'S PICKS The Cowl 19 Editors'Picks: Things to Do Before You Graduate Have you ever walked by Slavin G05 and wondered what those wacky kids who work on The Cowl do when they're not holed up in a windowless office? If you answered affirmatively, you may be a creep but you're also in luck. The editors of The Cowl have come up with a list of activities that are essential to a well-rounded PC experience. Some we've done, some we can only dream about, and some it's probably just better that you don't ask about. And remember, kids, if something on the list seems like it has an age-requirement, be patient.

______Roll under the locked Fennell Gates ______Get a late-night hot dog at Haven Brothers ______People-watch at Tealuxe ______Go to the Cable Car and the Avon Cinema (get the popcorn!) ______Wander through the tunnels on Lower Campus ______Crash a Brown or RISD event ______See a show at Lupo’s ______Go to the RISD museum ______Mudslide on the softball field ______Win an intramural championship ______Shop at a farmer’s market ______Go to India Point Park ______Go to the zoo at Roger Williams Park ______Get sushi on Wickenden Street ______Get food from the Taco Wagon ______Check out the Cliffwalk in Newport ______Go to 412 on a Thursday night ______Camp out in the Dominican cemetery ______Get coffee at LaSalle Bakery ______Sing karaoke at Old’s Eat nothing but buffalo chicken Golden Crust for an entire weekend ______Skip one Civ class ______Give Richy Kless a high five ______Write a letter to Tiffany and Earl ______Have a drink with a Dominican ______Buy an outfit for a class event at a thrift store ______Get a free bangle from Spectrum India ______Make an ice cream sandwich in Ray ______Go to the Providence Place movie theatre for $6 Bargain Tuesday ______Try to order a hamburger at Ray or Slavin on a Friday in Lent ______Join the Department of Philosophy at the Abbey ______Canoe in Huxley River ______Ice skate at Kennedy Plaza (or for free at Schneider!) ______Get $2 cans of Narragansett in McPhail’s ______Visit the Hunt-Cavanagh fish pond ______Actually listen to a WDOM show ______Climb the tree on either quad ______Sell a book back to the PC bookstore that you bought online ______Support PC’s music scene ______Encounter the Dore ghost (or any of PC’s mythical creatures) ______Stay up all night in the Aquinas study lounge ______Make friends with a mobster ______Go to Gallery Night ______Get your parents to buy you dinner on Federal Hill ______Drink a milkshake at McPhail’s ______Walk to the 24-hour I HOP at 4 am ______Buy a book at Cellar Stories ______Go to the Byblos hookah bar (and get the falafel wrap) ______Go to Waterfire ______Go to a PC fitness class (Zumba!) ______Go to Midnight Maddness ______Wipe the grin off Friar Boy’s face ______Take a nap in the pit at the library ______Read The Cowl every Thursday!

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