Op-Ed

Alum Eilis O’Neil Rocked my World… at Wave Cycle

Alum Eilis O’Neil Rocked my World… at Wave Cycle

Op-Ed, Uncategorized October 31, 2022 at 12:24 pm Comments are Disabled

By: Emma Liarikos | Social Media Coordinator If you’re like me, then you’ve struggled finding a workout routine that works. I have trouble sticking with one specific thing, because I so easily get bored. I’ve tried yoga, pilates, weight lifting, running, walking – I’ve done it ALL! But none of it was anything I particularly enjoyed doing. However, there wasRead More

Didn’t See That Coming: First-Year Expectations vs. Reality

Didn’t See That Coming: First-Year Expectations vs. Reality

Op-Ed October 12, 2022 at 8:00 am Comments are Disabled

By: Jessica Albright | Staff Writer With movies like Pitch Perfect and Monsters University, the college experience oftentimes appears to be a grand and lively time for young adults. Although this may be true for some, many people find that college is quite a different experience than they expected. From dining hall food to the social life, the first monthRead More

Amazon and Tolkien’s Vision: The Case Against “The Rings of Power”

Amazon and Tolkien’s Vision: The Case Against “The Rings of Power”

Op-Ed, Uncategorized October 12, 2022 at 8:00 am Comments are Disabled

By: Jane Benz | Staff Writer Is the art of film in decline? Can endings no longer be endings? Can a work of art be great without being done violence? Resurrected endlessly for profit until it is no longer great? Do we need a new Lord of the Rings saga? And by Amazon, no less? Our relationship with the mediaRead More

Op-Ed: The Heap Problem and How One Philosophical Dilemma has Created Nearly All of America’s Political Division

Op-Ed: The Heap Problem and How One Philosophical Dilemma has Created Nearly All of America’s Political Division

Op-Ed September 29, 2022 at 2:41 pm Comments are Disabled

By: Thomas Langan | Staff Writer Imagine yourself standing in front of a clean table. Sitting on the table is a small bucket of dry sand. You take the bucket and pour it out onto the table. Setting aside the bucket, you examine your handiwork. Instead of a bucket, you have created a heap of sand. If we can agreeRead More

Op-Ed: Salve’s Lifted Mask Mandate is a Step Toward Normalcy

Op-Ed: Salve’s Lifted Mask Mandate is a Step Toward Normalcy

Op-Ed March 4, 2022 at 4:08 pm Comments are Disabled

By: Liam W. Cooney | Staff Writer “Effective at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 3, masks will be optional inside Salve Regina buildings, with a few exceptions.” This was the highlight of the email that hit everyone’s inboxes around 2:30PM this past Wednesday, March 2. In this monumental email, the University stated the following: “Throughout the course of this pandemic, ourRead More