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Caroline Ahearn ‘20 Chief News Editor Since the spring of 2017, Holy Cross has been working to address the need for a college-wide shared philosophical statement on Freedom of Expression. This need arose from a response to crises many colleges and universities were facing regarding controversial guest speakers, […]
Mario Micallef ’22 Eggplant Editor New England’s Largest Furniture store ‘Rotmans’ claims that they have been robbed. We sent our top reporter to get some information on the case. Tomisthe TheifJones spoke with the manager of Rotman’s to get her take on the matter: Tomisthe TheifJones: Hello. You […]
Billy Fitzpatrick ’20 Chief Sports Editor Despite a week in which the Holy Cross Men’s Basketball team picked up perhaps its most important win of the season, a nailbiter over Patriot League-leading Bucknell, the Crusaders (14-14 overall, 5-10 Patriot League) fell to the cellar of the conference with […]
Patrick Wareham ’20 Sports Editor The Holy Cross Baseball team opened its 2019 season with four games down in Waco, Texas, last weekend, facing off against a Baylor team that is ranked fifteenth in the country. The Crusaders suffered a four game sweep, struggling to keep up with […]
Jackie Hart ’19 Sports Editor On Saturday, February 16, the Men’s and Women’s Lacrosse teams went 1-1 with a 9-7 loss at Vermont for the men and a 20-3 at home victory for the women against Central Connecticut State. Junior midfielder Dan O’Connell was named the Patriot League […]
Bobby Tuzzio ’20 Editor-in-Chief Netflix made a big splash in 2018. The company has continued to prove that it can release amazing content. Two Netflix movies that I saw in 2018 were directed by fairly well-known directors, Alfonso Cuaron’s passion project “Roma,” and Paul Greengrass’s historical drama “22 […]
Henry W. Noe ’22 Opinions Editor Spring break is fast approaching and Holy Cross students will be gifted with nine days free from classes and from the stresses of the academic day. As a result, a newfound problem presents itself: how should we make best use of this newfound […]
Grace Manning ’21 Staff Writer We have all experienced, partaken in, or heard of discrimination in our society today. Unfortunately, it is something that still very much exists and is relevant to everyone, whether white, black or any other ethnicity. However, we aren’t as familiar with discrimination towards white […]
Ryen Cinski ’22 Opinions Editor “No, we’re actually going to stay together,” I said with a confident smile. Prior to leaving for college, I was asked what my boyfriend and I were planning to do time and time again. This question is one that is unavoidable when you are […]
Charles Krumsiek ’20 Sports Editor This year’s NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte showed off the league’s biggest stars and started off with an exciting Rising Stars game on Friday night. The matchup of Team USA and Team World saw a massive offensive output, punctuated by Lakers star and […]
Maggie Flaherty ’20 Sports Editor The Holy Cross Women’s Track and Field team shattered multiple personal records last weekend at the Patriot League Indoor Championships held at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The Crusaders scored 43.66 points and placed sixth out of ten teams at the meet. […]
Emily Kulp ’19 Chief Copy Editor Weeks have passed since the historic, Holy Cross sit-in that occurred asking the faculty of the college for more of, well… everything. More transparency, more action, more interaction, and more justice. Although the sit-in was a direct response to Professor Dustin’s sexual misconduct and […]
