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Greg Hausler ‘20 Eggplant Editor On Sunday night ESPN aired the first two episodes in its ten-part documentary series on Michael Jordan and the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls’ last title season titled The Last Dance. Like anything Jordan is involved in, the documentary has been met with mass acclaim […]
Matt Anderson ‘21 Award-Winning Holy Cross Choir Roadie Back in 2007, Google™ embarked on an ambitious project, one that would see every one of your ex’s homes photographed. This culminated in what we now call Google Streetview™. Now, in 2020, in a fit of genius as well as […]
Kelly Gallagher ‘22 Chief Features Editor In demonstration of music’s ability to bring people together, dozens of College of Holy Cross community members joined members of Las Cafeteras for a live conversation and demonstrations through Zoom. Sponsored by Arts Transcending Borders, “Beyond La Bamba: Music, Storytelling, and Activism […]
Davey Sullivan ‘22 News Editor Due to the irregularity of the Spring 2020 Semester at the College of the Holy Cross, it has been deemed appropriate to amend the traditional preparations for the 2020-2021 academic year by college officials. First, the class deans communicated to the students of […]
Jocelyn Buggy ‘22 News Editor On Wednesday, April 8, all current College of the Holy Cross students received an e-mail from the shared class deans’ account. The e-mail’s subject line read “Your Distance Learning Needs: Please Respond,” and it was signed by Class of 2020 Dean John Anderson, […]
By Hui Li ’21 Co-Chief Photographer During the last Dean’s Forum held on campus, Provost Freije said to students: “You and the faculty are going to be transitioning together.” This is certainly true, as while the vast majority of students have been settling back into their homes, the […]
Nicole Letendre ’23 Features Editor It is fair to say that quarantine has been quite the shift for many College of the Holy Cross students. Feeling detached from in-person academics, extracurricular activities, and athletics are worries that many Holy Cross students share. Among these uncertainties is the overwhelming […]
Bridget Flaherty ’21 Features Editor For those of you who have been struggling to fill the dull, seemingly endless days that continue to unravel before us, allow me to relieve the burden of choice by recommending some of my quarantine essentials: Peanut Butter I have recently updated my […]
By Maggie Connolly ’21Opinions Editor COVID-19 is not Donald Trump’s fault. He did not create the disease, he did not spread the disease across America himself. What Trump did do was not respond in a timely or effective manner to the threat of what has now become a […]
By Mario Micallef ’22Eggplant Editor Remember when the biggest concern for us first-world problem living folk was a paper straw with your coffee? As quick as the exponential rate of the virus exploded into the centerfold of our lives, society said goodbye to going green and hello to […]
By Julia Maher ’23Opinions Editor Undoubtedly, we are currently living in a very discouraging time. We’re stuck at home, many of us have lost our jobs, we have to practice social distancing, and we have no idea what the future holds. The list seems interminable. On top of […]
By Olivia Pan ‘20Chief Opinions Editor Last weekend, many individuals in various states took to their state capitals in order to protest social distancing measures and shelter-in-place orders, put into effect by their governors, due to the Coronavirus pandemic. According to Huffington Post: “The protesters have been mostly […]
