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Ethan Bachand ‘22 Chief News Editor On Tuesday, Sept. 24, Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., President of the College of the Holy Cross, announced during the annual fall address that he will retire at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year after nine years of service. Along […]
09/25/2020 The campus community has been dismayed by the racist Zoombombing incident which occurred last week in an Africana Studies class. Orient yourself through “Africana Studies Class Subject to Zoombombing,” by Ethan Bachand ‘22, Chief News Editor, and read through community members’ responses in “Members of Holy Cross […]
The Spire stands in solidarity with those affected by the racist Zoombombing incident in a Holy Cross class. Racism in the learning environment is unacceptable whether the class is in person or online. The classroom should be a safe place for everyone to learn. No one should have […]
Matt Anderson ‘21 Big Music Guy PSA: This article was written well before Father Buroughs announced he would be stepping down in June. We wish him good luck in the future, and want to thank him for his grace and his position, and to apologize for him having […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Chief of memes
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Making ends meet The world is a harsh and unforgiving place, in these times. As we’ve seen, at the drop of a hat–one positive test–the dining hall can be shut down for a full 24 hours, sending the hungry students scurrying into the night, looking […]
Mario Micallef ‘22 Eggplant Editor The Giraffa camelopardalis, or “Giraffe” as the uneducated would put it, is the tallest living terrestrial animal native enough to call the Savanna desert home for millennia. It may come with grave news to the 13 remaining fans of Kiss that Gene Simmons, […]
Mike O’Brien ’23 Chief Sports Editor Starting this week, The Spire Sports Section is beginning a weekly Athlete Spotlight, highlighting athletes across various sports teams and how their training during the time of the pandemic is shaping up. This week, I was able to catch up with Karter […]
Joe Barbieri ‘23 Opinions Editor Last Friday, the news everyone was dreading to hear became a sad reality: longtime Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died at the age of 87 after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Since being confirmed to the Supreme Court in 1993, Ginsburg […]
Julia Maher ’23 Opinions Editor Since many people are working virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, they are heavily relying on technology platforms like Zoom. Using Zoom for extended periods of time will result in something known as “Zoom fatigue.” Zoom fatigue is the exhaustion that results from using […]
09/20/2020: Confirmation Hearings: The Senate confirmed Jimmy Lunny, Margaret Telling, Bianca Miccolis, Connor Murphy, Erin Reinhart, Meaghan Lanctot, and Maggie Ober to the SGA 2020-2021 Cabinet. Congratulations to all! Speaker Updates: The RSO liaison program starts this week, as Senators were assigned their RSOs to communicate with. Elections […]
Devyn Forcina ’22 News Editor College of the Holy Cross has established their own chapter of The National Society of Leadership and Success. This society, henceforward abbreviated NSLS in this article, has over 600 chapters worldwide and is one of the largest collegiate honor societies that is dedicated […]
