Viveca Stucke ‘26
Chief of Being Asked to be Crusader of the Week
Name: Average Holy Cross Student
Class Year: 2025, or 2026, or 2027, or 2028
Hometown: Over yonder, probably Massachusetts or Long Island
Major: Double Major in Burnout and Overcommitment with a Minor in Gifted Kid Studies
Campus Activities: Climbing 40 flights of stairs a day, playing with Tomo, pretending to do work on Hogan 1, leading 6 clubs, being a backup dancer for Professor Isaacs
Favorite Movie: Freshman year living in Brooks
Favorite Song: “Silence in Dinand Library”
Favorite color: Purple, Violet, Lavender, Plum, Amethyst, Grape, Orchid, and Eggplant
Favorite sports team: Holy Cross Men’s Club Lax Team
Favorite class taken at Holy Cross: The Art of Timing Your Grubhub Perfectly
Item on HC Bucket List: Become Crusader of the Week (Authors Note: Seriously, everyone keeps asking me!!)
Embarrassing HC Moment: Falling down the Dinand Steps, dropping a Cool Beans coffee on Hogan 1 in front of everyone
Bragging Rights: Getting 500 LinkedIn Connections and a summer internship because your roommate’s dad is a CEO
Words to live by: “Grubhub Order #1843 is ready at Crossroads”
One thing you would change at HC: Replace the hills with escalators or giving students a compass to know how to navigate Loyola
Favorite TV Shows: Limited Series of “Spotting Rougeau on Campus” and It’s Always Snowy in Worcester
Favorite Book: Anything that isn’t a 200 page reading assignment for an “easy” Montserrat class
Favorite Kimball meal: Croads Mozzarella Sticks
Favorite Cool Beans Drink: The pup cups that Tomo gets to shove his head in
Favorite spot on campus: Wheeler Beach
Favorite off-campus restaurant: Cheap and leftover food from the parking lot of the Wendy’s on Southbridge St
Guilty Pleasure: Being academically overwhelmed, knocking the ceiling tiles out on a Friday night, taking the Fenwick elevator, ordering Doordash when Kimball is bad
Some small things that make your day better: When Stein bathrooms are clean, pretending that walking up the hill is cardio for the day, Cool Beans getting your coffee right
First thing you do when you wake up: Thank God you didn’t wake up in Brooks Hall
Last thing you do before going to bed: ç
Favorite place you have traveled to: Your Holy Cross friend’s apartment in Williams where there is AC
Something you look forward to when you go home: Bragging to your family about how hard you’re working and getting spoiled for being such a good student
Post-Graduation Plans: ‹
Favorite memory at HC: The rare time that there was a snow day, or when they kept the elevators on in your Easy St dorm.
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Copy Edited by Lilly Baumfeld ‘27
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