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One Horse Power: The Environmental Consequences of Horseback Riding Trails in Protected Areas and National Parks
No full textHorseback riding is one of the traditional forms of recreation in national parks and protected areas, and can give visitors a special chance to explore these beautiful natural areas from a different perspective. However, the activity has raised concerns for its perceived effects on the environment. This paper synthesizes and reviews secondary literature on the environmental effects of horseback riding, and identifies four broad themes: disturbance to wildlife, degradation of water quality, loss of vegetation, and soil erosion. The evidence indicates that equines have the potential to inflict far greater trail damage and ecological impact than other trail participants, including hikers, especially in the absence of thorough management practices. In spite of these issues, horseback riding still carries cultural and historical meaning in many locations, symbolizing tradition, heritage, and an appreciation of nature. This paper supports fairly-balanced and context-specific management measures that promotes ecological integrity concurrent with the cultural importance of equine use access. Recommendations include environmentally sustainable trail construction, education to users, and further studies towards informing adaptive, evidence-based policy making
So...what is CSRIC? Spotlighting student research here on campus
No full textSo...what is CSRIC? Spotlighting student research here on campus This Week at JWU Play
Continuing our commitment to accessible and affordable education, honoring MLK Day through action, and diving into student research in health equity – it’s This Week at JWU, the podcast.
Guests:
Cierra Bradford \u2725
Aly Marzini, Academic Administrative Coordinator for CSRIC
Links:
JWU Pledge: https://www.jwu.edu/admissions/paying-for-college/jwu-pledge.html
Disney College Program: https://link.jwu.edu/events/246536
Marvelous Film
No full textProvidence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film
John Bowab Studio Theatre
Student Film Festival 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 7pm
Janet Newman \u2727, Marvelous (5:00
The Cowl - v. 88 n. 16 - March 6, 2025
No full textThe Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 88 No. 16 - March 6, 2025. 16 pages
The Cowl - v. 88 n. 19 - April 10, 2025
No full textThe Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 88 No. 19 - April 10, 2025. 16 pages
Recollections of Rose Albert \u2713
No full textRose Albert, class of 2013 and later Associate Director of the Office of Multicultural Programs and Retention, reminisces about her time as a student and a staff member at Salve. She recalls the role Sister Leona Misto and Pam Heroux played in her leaving Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, flying to New York, and driving overnight to Salve so that she would be able to enroll before the cutoff. She speaks of feeling isolated after the trauma of the earthquake, and of friends and staff members who opened their offices to her. She also discusses the community she found with other international students, and of experiencing the life of Salve Regina\u27s mission and racism at the same time. She talks about the formation of the Multicultural Students Office and hiring of Sami Nassim, and of her return to Salve in 2018. She talks about what changed in her absence, and what didn\u27t, and the formation of the Black Student Union in 2016, and the formation of the Inclusive Reading Club, which she started with the library in 2018, and is still running at the time of the interview in 2025
Mindfulness Strategies for Older Adults
No full textThis literature review aimed to identify the current research related to mindfulness in addressing mental health concerns. Anxiety and depression are extremely prevalent amongst older adults living in Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) (Morgan et al, 2016; Wallis et al., 2018). Currently, anxiety and depression are mainly treated by pharmaceutical treatments and cognitive behavioral therapy, however an increase of non-pharmaceutical treatment methods are needed (Wallis et al., 2018). The development and evaluation of occupation-based mindfulness programs in ALF will help to identify best practices for addressing mental health concerns in this setting
The Complex Hurdles of Sex Trafficking Investigation
No full textIn the past few decades, the prevalence of trafficking has increased, not only around the world, but also within the United States. In 2023, there was an estimated 1,091,000 people in America living in modern-day slavery conditions, which falls under the umbrella of human trafficking. In 2022, the Department of Justice only prosecuted a total of 310 individuals, 155 predominantly involved in sex trafficking. Compared to the estimated number of victims, 310 convicted traffickers is a strikingly low number. This is due to the extremely challenging investigation process related to human and sex trafficking. This research focused on why investigating sex trafficking is extremely difficult. The main challenges faced when attempting to investigate traffickers are misidentifying human trafficking as other offenses, difficulty in distinguishing victim from offender, and the complex relationship that most victims have with their traffickers. A literature review was conducted for this project and included the use of scholarly articles, books, and statistics from federal databases, which all explained why these challenges impede investigations