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By Jackie Hart, Sports Editor Super Bowl LI was one for the record books, literally and metaphorically. Tom Brady became the only quarterback to win five Super Bowls, the only NFL player to win Super Bowl MVP four times and set new records in passing yards (466), pass […]
By Emily Kulp A purple-robed and foam-armored figure on the sidelines of a football game. A knight-like symbol on the upper left-hand corner of a student’s hoodie. Everywhere you go on campus our mascot, the Crusader, seems to have a presence. Even this newspaper has taken its name. […]
On Feb. 15, Father Boroughs officially announced Dan Kim as the new Vice President of Communications for The College of the Holy Cross. This is a new position, and Kim will be in charge of communications, marketing, and community and government relations, according Father Borough’s announcement letter. Professor […]
The following editorial is a response to a February 6, 2017 letter to the editors, co-signed by 48 members of the Holy Cross faculty. The original letter can be accessed here. We, the Editors-in-Chief, wish to voice our solidarity with the 48 members of Holy Cross faculty who have proposed a […]
On February 6, 2017, the Editors-in-Chief of The Crusader received the following letter co-signed by 48 members of the Holy Cross faculty. Our response to the letter can be accessed here. To the editors, In response to the growing anti-Muslim tensions in our country, and to the fact that […]
By Patrick Buscone Growing up, I always envied people who got to watch Michael Jordan. I read every book I could find on him. When other kids were reading Harry Potter, I was reading Playing for Keeps by David Halberstram or The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith or […]
By Charles Ryan The UEFA Champions League round-of-sixteen kicked off last week with a selection of tantalizing ties. FC Barcelona squared off against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in what would be a major turning point in the futures of both clubs. With Paris Saint-Germain clad […]
By Robert Tuzzio Joe Scott is in his first season as an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team, but his relationship with coach Bill Carmody goes back much further than that. After establishing himself as one of the best multi-sport high school athletes in New Jersey, Scott […]
Holy Cross Picks Up Win Against American Holy Cross traveled to D.C. last Sunday to take on American University. This win puts the Crusader’s Patriot League record at 8-8. The game started with the two teams trading nine-point runs. The Crusaders scored the first nine points unanswered and […]
By John Buzzard Ah, election season for the SGA. It ebbs and it flows like a winding river. One day we are running for office or senator and then the next day we read about our crushing defeat in the middle of Kimball and try to hold back […]
By Stephan Duncan Invest in Copper In light of recent events following the blockbuster trade between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Sacramento Kings that sent superstar center Demarcus Cousins to New Orleans in exchange for multiple players and draft picks, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has enacted a […]
By Alex Smith It’s been described as Gilt meets Instagram meets Pinterest. About a year ago Alexis Maybank and Leah Park, two of the founding members of Gilt, launched Project September and it’s been changing the world of ecommerce ever since. “I was searching blindly for items that […]
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