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Emmanuel Petrov ‘23Staff Writer “Ah one… ah one, two, three, hmm!” echoed throughout the frame of Brooks Concert Hall as conductor, Mike Monaghan, swayed his index finger to the downbeat of a classic sweet ole Jazz melody. Entranced by the idiosyncratic finger movements and timbres of the performers, […]
Ryen Cinski ’22Opinions Editor As a die-hard One Direction fan, I am constantly anticipating the release of solo music from each of the former bandmates. This past week was exciting for me as it saw the release of Harry Styles’ single “Adore You,” Niall Horan’s single “Put a […]
Michele C. Murray, Ph.D.Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students An Open Letter to the Holy Cross Community Holy Cross should be a place where all members of our community feel they belong and have the skills and opportunities to dialogue with those who hold different […]
David Lewis SchaeferProfessor of Political Science November 22, 2019 To the Editors of The Spire: The planned occupation of a large block of seats in the Seelos Theater by members of the Black Student Union at Heather Mac Donald’s November 18 lecture on “The Diversity Delusion,” followed by […]
Daniel KlinghardProfessor of Political Science At the second Faculty Assembly meeting of the Spring 2020 semester, Holy Cross faculty will vote on a proposed “Freedom of Expression Philosophy Statement.” We are told that this is only a precursor to a freedom of expression policy that will reflect the […]
Bobby Tuzzio ‘20Chief Sports Editor It is safe to say that the New York Mets under the control of Fred and Jeff Wilpon have yielded mixed results at best during the nearly two decades of the Wilpons operating as majority owners of the team. And who could forget […]
Charlie Krumsiek ‘20Sports Editor Most teams in the NBA have played more than 20 games at this point which brings us to a quarter of the way through the season. There have been a lot of surprising stories and incredible games so far. The standings in both the […]
Luke Anthony ’23Sports Editor For the first time since 2009, the Patriot League football trophy is coming to Worcester. The Holy Cross football team finished 7-6 overall, but its 5-1 record in the Patriot League won the Crusaders the conference title outright and earned them a bid to […]
Billy Fitzpatrick ‘20 and Jack Milko ‘20Editor-in-Chief; Staff Writer Men’s Basketball Following a trip to the West Coast to take on the San Diego Toreros, the Holy Cross men’s basketball team played its first home game in the month of December against UMass-Boston. A Division III school that […]
Photos by Kim Fetherston ’22, Madeleine Beaton ’23, Claudia Hajjar ’23, Valentina Moran ’23, and Zoe Petit ’22
Nate Ingalls ’20 Visiting Scholar San Francisco –Tidal (stylized TIDAL) has released curated playlists from each of their eight current subscribed members to celebrate its most successful year on record. CEO Jeff Toig in a press statement wrote “I’d like to thank each and every subscriber for their […]
