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Where Do the Celtics Stand After the All-Star Break?
Charlie Krumsiek ‘20Sports Editor After a thrilling All-Star Weekend and last game before the break, how does the Celtics season look moving forward? They stand at 38-16 as the third seed in the East, 2.5 games behind the Raptors after their 15-game win streak. Two of their starting […]
An Update on Holy Cross Men’s Basketball
Jack Milko ‘20Staff Writer When the final buzzer sounds, one thing will be for certain: the 2019-2020 Holy Cross men’s basketball season will be one to forget. With Monday’s loss to Bucknell, the Crusaders dropped to 3-25 on the season. Holy Cross currently sits all alone in the […]
Crusader Sports Roundup Through Feb. 18
Billy Fitzpatrick ‘20Editor-in-Chief With winter sports season nearing its final few weeks and some spring sports already underway, let’s take a look around campus to see how Holy Cross athletics has been faring in competition recently… Note: All stats and records updated as of Tuesday, Feb. 18. Men’s […]
Dortmund, Atleti Kick off Champions League Knockout Stages with Wins
Mike O’Brien ’23Sports Editor The 2019-2020 Champions League campaign amongst the top clubs of European soccer has heated up, with the group stages concluding and the Round of 16 knockout stages beginning on Feb. 18. The first batch of games played was Liverpool visiting Atletico Madrid while Borussia […]
Crusader of the Week: Maressa Park '22
Name: Maressa Park Hometown: Whippany, New Jersey Major: English, Asian Studies minor Campus Activities: MRC worker; Uni2Act; CBL; ASIA; liturgical ministry; honors program Favorite Movie: Moana; Captain Marvel; A League of Their Own Favorite song: “Breathe” – In the Heights; “Saturn” – Sleeping at Last; “More (Reprise)” – […]
Working Writers Series Welcomes Joshua Wolf Shenk for Reading
Nicole Letendre ’23 Features Editor On February 13, the College of the Holy Cross welcomed author and editor Joshua Wolf Shenk as part of the Working Writers Series to give a reading and literary discussion in Rehm Library. He works as the editor-in-chief of “The Believer,” a bimonthly […]
Student Unsure How to Ask if Person in Next Stall Alive or Not
Matt Anderson ‘21 Genuinely Concerned In an impromptu interview conducted in an Alumni bathroom this weekend, a first-year student, Ivan Ichianus ‘23, expressed concern that the person in the stall next to them may be in dire straits. “He’s been there every time I’ve gone to pee. I didn’t […]
Trump Hits Daytona, Sanders Hits Whole Foods
Greg Hausler ‘20Eggplant Editor On Sunday, President Donald J. Trump attended the Daytona 500 and made history as the the second US president to kickstart the Great American Race with the trademark, “Gentlemen, start your engines!” and the first of any president to take a lap in the […]
It’s All Tone
Mario Micallef ’22Eggplant Editor [Aboard the T, Bill and Bikus sit next to each other enroute to Grafton] Train Voice Announcement (stern and annoyed): Get off only at a door accompanied by an MBTA staff member! Bill: Why does he say it like that? Bikus: People are stupid […]
A Day in the Life II: The Bingo Boom Man
Hannah Johnson ‘21Assistant to the regional editor Ladies and comrades, I have another small glimpse to offer into my life abroad in Russia. The first “Day in the Life” was about a clown in a Starbucks–this one is about a dapper Bingo Boom Man. …also taking place in […]
Statement from SGA Co-Presidential Candidates Noah Sisk and Victoria Tara
We’re running for SGA Co-Presidents because we’re committed to fighting for the issues that affect all of us. This is a critical time in Holy Cross history, and we need to come together to make our next chapter stronger than the last. We need to be real with […]
