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Maggie Flaherty ’20 Sports Editor The Holy Cross Men’s Basketball team (1-2) fell just short of pulling off the upset against regional foe Providence College Tuesday night at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Downtown Providence. The Friars (2-1) come into the 2018-2019 season fresh off an impressive finish […]
Bobby Tuzzio ’20 Editor-in-Chief The men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Buffalo, New York last Friday to compete at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships. The Lady Crusaders finished in 24th place out of 35 teams with a total of 644 points, with two runners from the […]
Plymouth “The Rock” Johnson Newly Single Thanksgiving Break is a welcome refuge from classes and (hopefully) homework. Students can look forward to seeing family, hanging out with friends, and turkey that wasn’t cooked in Kimball. For first-year students, many of whom are still in relationships from high […]
William Browser Four-for-Four on STAR For years and years students at The College of the Holy Cross have carried out similar pre-enrollment day routines. From saying a prayer before bed, to purchasing ethernet cables, to camping out in academic buildings, students have thought of it all. Yet, one […]
Amanda McClure ’19 No Longer Carded at the Pub As the cold, bitter, winter months approach Worcester and the Hill, campus is becoming more desolate and students can scarcely be found outside of their warm residence halls and academic buildings. Night falls promptly at 4:12 p.m. and students […]
Henry W. Noe ’22 Opinions Editor The art of writing is oftentimes seen only as necessary to develop for humanity majors and less so for STEM majors and fields where writing is not a central focus. Practicing the art of writing garners professional and personal health benefits which […]
Maggie Connolly ’21 Opinions Editor The midterm elections gave women a lot of firsts in the world of politics. The first two Muslim women were elected to Congress, the first woman senator was elected from the state of Tennessee and so on. Needless to say, women are making […]
Olivia Pan ’20 Chief Opinions Editor These last several weeks, there has been an extraordinary amount of discussion regarding a caravan of immigrants making their way towards the United States border. According to BBC, “There are several caravans moving north. The first and biggest is the one that […]
Editor’s Note: The following is a letter written by Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard who was brutally murdered in a 1998 hate crime in Laramie, Wyoming. The letter was originally published in Out magazine on October 10, 2018 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. […]
Charlie Ryan Opinions Editor Sunday, November 11 marked 100 years since the of the end of the First World War, a global conflict that revolutionized warfare, shattered ancient empires, carved out new nation-states, and shaped the 20th century at the cost of some 15–19 million military and civilian […]
Spencer Caron ’20 Opinions Editor I would like to take this week to write about something lighter than usual. No politics, nothing about rights (and the violation of), or societal ills that one is all too aware of after this week’s news cycle. I want to review upper […]
