Ethan Bachand ‘22 Editor-in-Chief Despite operations appearing normal on the surface, Dining Services is currently suffering from drastically low staff numbers. The department has been forced to close locations as well as alter operating hours of open locations due to a significant drop in both career staff […]
Jackie Cannon ’20 Editor-in-Chief Take a look back on a year in review with the Spire! Top News Article: Students Walk Out of Diversity Delusion Talk in Protest When controversial conservative author Heather Mac Donald came to speak at an event sponsored by the Fenwick Review, over 200 […]
Anna Lee ‘24Opinions Editor Ever since students were asked to leave campus in March of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested many, if not all Holy Cross students. In addition to managing a full courseload, most students have had to adjust to variable regulations and disruptions. Though Holy […]
Ben Lepper ‘25Staff Writer Football is finally back. After the most painful six month period of the year, the NFL season is underway. We are only one week in, but there are already some very interesting storylines. Let’s take a look at seven of them. 1: If the […]
Logan Gooley ‘24Staff Writer Kickoff week is by far one of the most intriguing weeks for both fantasy and regular fans of the NFL. Fresh out of the offseason, teams and players often look very different from their expectations. For fantasy logistics, the start of the season is […]
Patrick Grudberg ‘24Staff Writer While most sports fans were glued to their screens last weekend watching the first slate of NFL games, the MLB season is nearing a close. Most baseball fans at Holy Cross are likely closely following the playoff race in the AL East between the […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23Chief Sports Editor Last week, Holy Cross football achieved one of the most memorable feats in program history, knocking off UConn on the road for the team’s first win over an FBS opponent since 2002. This propelled them back inside the FCS Top 25 rankings for […]
Julianna Mariani ‘24Antisocial Gal Our first edition of The Spire! Welcome back to The Eggplant! It’s certainly been an eventful two weeks since arriving on campus… a lot has happened thus far… more than I was anticipating anyways. As a sophomore, this is my first official fall on […]
Michael Vail ‘24 Reporter Prodigy, Looking to Serve a Cause Greater Than Himself Hot Dog, 440.3 grams of sodium. 2,446% of daily value. Buffalo Chicken, 802.3 grams of sodium. 4,457% daily value. Pork Ribs, 3,251.1 grams of sodium. 18,062% daily value. All of the above statistics were taken […]
Mario Micallef ‘22Certified Deck-Scrubber “I guess we’ll just have to get used to this.” oozed Professor Diameter with his usual nasally monotone utterance. It was the second class we had in the Fundamentals of Stapling, the first course requirement for the Accounting major, and already there were 5 […]
Brendan Bonner ’23 News Editor As students return to another new, albeit strange, year back on the Hill, there are a multitude of changes they must adapt to in order to make this year a success. One of the biggest and most exciting changes comes in the form […]
Name: Yvona Safi ‘24 Hometown: Haverhill, MA Major: Neuroscience Campus Activities: Member of SPUD, Volunteer at neuroscience lab with Professor Basu Favorite Movie: Greece Favorite Song: “Chasing You” by Morgan Wallen Favorite Singer/Group: Ariana Grande or Harry Styles Favorite Color: Pink Favorite Sports Team: Bruins Favorite Class taken […]
Owen Whaley ’24 Features Editor On September 11, 2001, thousands perished in devastating attacks on the American homeland by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Seven Holy Cross alumni were lost that day: John Ryan ’78, Thomas Burke ’85, Edward Brennan ’86, Neilie Heffernan Casey ’90, John Farrell ’91, Todd […]
Grace Bromage ‘23 Editor-in-Chief On a typical weekend, students can expect Holy Cross’ campus activities board, known to most students as CAB, to be hosting a variety of activities. So far this semester, students have engaged in mini-gold on the hoval, Worcester Bingo, and 10-Spot coffeehouse performances. To […]
