The Spire

Name: Julia Kane

Year: 2027 

Hometown: Wilmington, MA

Majors: Political Science and International Studies

Campus Activities: WCHC Radio 88.1 (Blissful Beats on Fridays at 11 AM!), Opinions editor for The Spire, SPEECH Peer Educator, CAB Music Board Co-Chair, Starbucks employee, and Admissions Greeter

Favorite Movie: Definitely La La Land, but also The Grand Budapest Hotel

Favorite Song:  “West Coast” by Lana del Rey/ “Who’s Your Money On? (Plastic House)” by Inhaler

Favorite singer/group: Cage the Elephant

Favorite Color: Light pink or dark green

Favorite Sports Team: Boston Celtics

Favorite Class Taken at Holy Cross: Any Political Science class with Professor Langohr

Item on HC Bucket List: Go on a JCC retreat

Embarrassing HC Moment: Accidentally answering a question in Spanish in my class right after Spanish

Bragging Rights: I met Matt Quinn of Mt. Joy and Taylor Meier of Caamp in the same night then cried after

Words to live by: Take it easy (like the Eagles song)

One Thing You Would Change at HC: Adding a fall concert in addition to our spring concert

Favorite TV Show: Gilmore Girls, American Horror Story, but recently Severance and Ted Lasso (chronically indecisive)

Favorite Book: Pride and Prejudice

Favorite Kimball meal: Everything-seasoned salmon with white rice and broccoli

Favorite Cool Beans Drink: Iced matcha with vanilla

Favorite Spot on Campus: Rodino English Library

Favorite Off-Campus Restaurant: The Mercantile or Thai Time 

Guilty Pleasure: Too much Redbull that will eventually catch up to my heart

Some Small Things That Make Your Day Better: Having enough time to draw, 5 PM nightly dinner with my friends at Kimball, studying outside when it’s sunny out

First thing you do in the morning: Daily NYT mini crossword and check my email

Last thing you do before going to bed: watch an episode of a show (currently Shrinking)  

Favorite place you have traveled to: Dresden, Germany but I would be remiss not to mention my grandparents’ condo in Laconia, NH and some of my fondest memories at the Weirs Drive-In

Something you look forward to when you go home: Seeing my family, my crazy dog Charm, and getting hummus toast from Pressed Cafe with my friends

Post-graduation plans: Hopefully traveling then working within Massachusetts State Government

Favorite Memory at HC: Barricade for Spring concert 2024

Featured image courtesy of Julia Kane ’27