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All Bro-ed Out. Sometimes I feel like I live in Bro-Nation. It seems the male population at Providence has been overtaken by "Bro Fever." Why is it that so many guys feel the need to wear their pants half-way down their legs, the expected flannel plaid shirt, the predictable flat brimmed hat, and Rainbows? If we're lucky, they may be sporting board shorts or Ugg slippers. They place the word "dude" before most sentences, and their priorities include "chillin" and "bro-ing out." Calm it down with the incessant playing of Dave Matthews Band and looking for new stickers for your truck. Stop yelling about how "awesome" everything is at your party. And definitely stop expecting girls to flock to you because you stand in a strategically placed position, lightly flexing your biceps in the corner. "Bros" are tools, and once you leave Providence College, the "bro" lifestyle is not going to fly. - Ally Pelle '11

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Upper Slavin, Quiet or Not? Life has a lot of unwritten rules. A good example is never asking a woman her weight or her age. We have all been raised knowing not to do this. You also would never tell a guy he has a hot mom. These are all universal "don't-go-theres." Often, these rules are overlooked or misunderstood. We even have some of these rules at Providence College. One of them has actually been keeping me up at night. Not really, but just go with it. Is Upper Slavin a "quiet zone?" No one has ever really established it as such, so I am a bit confused. It is a little ridiculous to expect it to be silent because of the traffic and amount of activity going on in that area. Various clubs have even shown movies there recently. On the other hand, you also have the biddies sitting with their iPod touches and PC sweatpants on a Thursday night at 9:15 pretending to be reading their psych notes, shushing people chatting nearby. I think we need to nail this down as a community: Is Upper Slavin noise-free? Let's come to a consensus; there should be no half-way here. It can't be bumping sometimes during the day and then silent at other times. It either is or it isn't. Also, if I may be so frank, if you have real work to do, like a paper and an exam, and you haven't started, get your life together, be realistic, and head to the library. Oh, and stop calling it "Club Phil." That joke died like a bazillion Facebook statuses ago. - Jenn DiPirro '12
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Philosopher Mick Jagger. "You can't always get what you want but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need." I know the Rolling Stones are not the best role models and Mick Jagger may not be the first person you think of when looking for advice on life, but do not underestimate the man. We think we know ourselves. We think we know exactly what we need. Anything short of our expectations disappoints us and gets dismissed. But who are we to say that we know what we need? We focus so much on what we think we need that we fail to see what we truly need. It happens all the time. You put your heart and soul into the college of your dreams. You cannot see yourself anywhere else, but you do not get in. Disgruntled, you go to a different school. In August, before classes even start, you can only think about transferring. Three months pass, and by the time you head home for Thanksgiving, you do not want to leave. It becomes home and you practically forget that you ever wanted to go somewhere else. So thanks, Mick, for giving this definitive word of wisdom to us. - Tommy Cody '13
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Never-Ending Work. Once you were done with all of your midterms, you expected all of the stress to melt away so that you could finally get on with your life. Alas, you still have no life and you are still doing work. Sigh. I expected a break after midterms, but instead found that I have increasingly more work to do and less and less motivation to do it. Honestly, a lot of what's getting me through is the bright hope of Thanksgiving Break. Will I still have work over the break? Undoubtedly, but at least I'll have the illusion of not having to work for a while. And after Thanksgiving, finals are scarily close, which means more stress. It's a vicious cycle of being done with a midterm and then getting more and more work towards the final. My consolation? After eight cycles of midterms and finals, it's graduation! No, seriously, I think that the notion that we can ever really be done working is just a dream. In the real world, you've got to work to make a living, and there are no lulls after midterms or hectic work weeks. What we have to embrace is not the illusion that we'll ever really be done with all of our work, but that having a certain amount of work is natural and what gives us a purpose. Without work, college seems pretty meaningless. Without something driving us, life gets boring. - Beatriz Forster '14
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Deck the (Raymond) Hall. It's a Wednesday afternoon at approximately 12:23 p.m. You pick up the pace as the brisk November wind bites at your bare cheeks – there is no way you're waiting on the line outside of Ray in this weather. You ascend the stairs, pulling your PC ID from your pocket and shine your brightest smile for Janina. You round the corner, heading straight for a hot meal at Classics to warm you up. And just as you're about to sit down with your friends, you're greeted not by their hello's, but by the melody of "Jingle Bell Rock." Yep, Christmas music has begun to play in Ray. And while I do agree that it may be a tad early to begin the Christmas festivities, what confuses me is the disgruntled behavior my peers are exhibiting following the festive music's debut. While I understand that Halloween has just passed and we haven't quite reached Thanksgiving, I do not agree with the irritated behavior that some students have chosen to exhibit. Now, I've never spoken with a composer, but I thought Christmas music was intended to elicit joy and excitement, not annoyance and bitterness. It may not be Christmas, but we are in the season of giving. So try to see the good in the little things, even if that means appreciating that we have music to listen to at all. It may be early for the Christmas tunes, but is it really something to get worked up over? Absolutely not. So let's get our priorities straight - there are more important things to be passionate about. - Emily Corr '13


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