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 […]
December 12, 2020 To the Editors of The Spire: When the editors of a student publication like The Spire undertake to publish a criticism of a “Thanksgiving Letter” that I sent to my students (and which I subsequently published in RealClearPolitics and The Fenwick Review) as they did on December 4, I would not […]
Ethan Bachand ’22 Chief News Editor As the fall 2020 semester comes to an end at the College of the Holy Cross, students’ attention has begun to shift to what this spring will look like on Mount St. James. Although the College currently plans to operate this spring […]
12/11/2020 We’ve finally made it to the end of the semester. It’s been a long one, but the campus community has been amazingly resilient. As The Spire has seen, students have remained engaged with creative initiatives and meaningful programs. Various organizations have offered exciting events to bring the […]
Kelly Gallagher ’22 Surviving off memes
I want to thank the staff and editors of The Spire for publishing a thoughtful response and call to action in their recent Holy Cross Must Balance Values of Academic Freedom and Anti-Racism article. The article lays out the competing forces of academic freedom and an institutional commitment […]
Letter to the Editors: In a December 4, 2020 editorial, Ethan Bachand ‘22 and Kelly Gallagher ‘22 address a number of very important issues as they respond to the op/ed published by Professor David Schaefer in the Fenwick Review. Their editorial engages with a number of Professor Schaefer’s […]
Grace Bromage ‘23 Chief Features Editor Although much has changed in the past year, Holy Cross maintained its tradition of the annual tree lighting. The ceremony originally aired on Thursday, December 10th at 6:30 p.m. and featured performances from four of the Holy Cross music groups. The event […]
Matt Anderson ’21 Big Board Guy Featured image by Hui Li ’21.
Catherine Yasckira ’24 Staff Writer It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The holiday spirit is all around, classes are winding down, and we are finally about to go on a much-needed winter break. It is easy to get caught up in the spirit of the holiday […]
Joe Barbieri ’23 Opinions Editor Last Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr declared that the Justice Department uncovered no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election. In response, President Trump has refused to voice confidence in Barr, and when pressed further on the nature of Barr’s […]
Julia Maher ’23 Opinions Editor On October 16, 2020, Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., announced the College’s decision to welcome students back to campus for the spring semester. Boroughs attached a link to the COVID-19 dashboard and referenced the preliminary spring guide for students and families. Although the […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor Although his two-hundred-and-some birthday will take place in January, Edgar Allan Poe continues to be an incredibly prominent feature in American, and in world, literature. We most likely have all studied him, or at least one of his poems or stories, at some […]
