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In support of SGA’s Unity Week, The Spire would like to reaffirm our support and respect for students of all sexualities, gender identities, races, religions, and backgrounds. We want to foster a community built on empathy and respect for our fellow human beings and we aim to use […]
Ben Kuchipudi ‘25 Sports Editor March 15th, 2023 might go down as one the best days in New York Jets history, possibly the second best behind January 12, 1969, the day the Jets won their first and only Super Bowl behind Super Bowl MVP Joe Namath, who donned […]
Ben Lepper ‘25 Chief Sports Editor At the conclusion of March Madness’ chaotic first round, the Associated Press reported that there were no perfect brackets remaining. And no, not just on ESPN, not just on CBS, not just in a certain region – NO perfect brackets. Out of […]
Colin Healy ‘25 Sports Editor Coming off a huge disappointment of a season, the New England Patriots have hit free agency to assemble their team for the 2023 campaign. Ever since Tom Brady’s 2020 departure, the Pats have been playing catchup with the rest of the league, and […]
Jake Ruderman ‘26 Sports Editor By the time you’re reading this, Major League Baseball’s Opening Day is going to be less than a week away, with the first games kicking off on Thursday, March 30th. By that time, the World Baseball Classic will be wrapped up (with either […]
Patrick Raidt ‘24 Staff Writer The World Baseball Classic is back in 2023 for the first time in six years and the biggest story that has come out of it so far hasn’t been the Dominican Republic superteam not even making it past pool play, or Shohei Ohtani […]
Tony Alfonso ‘24 Staff Writer Before last year, softball at Holy Cross had been a floundering program. Back in 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic was in full swing and everything was as big of a mess as it had ever been, many of the women on the team […]
Stacey Kaliabakos ‘23 Chief Opinions Editor Alexandra Berardelli ’25 Staff Writer Academic conferences don’t always have to be for the professors. Last weekend, we had the opportunity to attend (and present at!) the Classical Association of New England (CANE)’s annual meeting in Needham, MA. For starters, CANE is […]
Ashwin Prabaharan ’26 Opinions Editor Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the United States, failed on March 10th, 2023. The speedy collapse of the tech-startup banking center was the second-largest failure in American history. Over 3 days, SVB ceased all banking operations and was placed under the […]
Sean Rego ’26 Staff Writer Throughout the 21st Century, there’s stood a tacit idea that China’s the rising global force and soon to be superpower that will overthrow Pax Americana. Even in my own schooling, I remember learning of this inevitability– a prophecy, almost– that China would dominate […]
Yum Yiu ‘25 Opinions Editor Arja Saraswati Puja tells the story of the Goddess Saraswati, who descended from the heavens to bring knowledge and understanding to humankind. Performed by a group of international artists from Indonesia, this contemporary Balinese performance was a revolutionary experience even for someone like […]
Will Donahue ‘24 Opinions Editor I know I’m not the only one who has been seeing “Hunger Games” content nonstop on social media these past couple of weeks. Sure, it’s possible that the Twitter and TikTok algorithms have shoved me down a rabbit hole and tricked me into […]
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