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Bobby Tuzzio ’20 Editor-in-Chief Mark Shriver, a member of the Holy Cross graduating class of 1986, has lived his entire life in public service. His mother was Eunice Kennedy Shriver and his father was Sargent Shriver, a significant figure in the Kennedy Administration and beyond as the first […]
Sofia Maietta ’19 News Editor On Tuesday, February 5, President Trump gave the annual State of the Union Address from the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives before a joint session of Congress. The original date of the speech was set for January 29, but had to […]
Kelly Gallagher ’22 Features Editor Art, American author Toni Morrison argues in the documentary, “The Foreigner’s Home,” is something that “human beings do, love, and cannot – I swear to you – cannot live without.” Art takes many forms, ranging from painting to dancing to writing, but it […]
Allyson Noenickx ’19 Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, February 12, Michele Murray, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, informed the student community that Professor John Panteleimon Manoussakis of the philosophy department is now on leave. Prof. Manoussakis started the semester initially teaching three classes––two sections of Medieval […]
Ryen Cinski ’22 Opinions Editor On the night of February 7th, I was so tired that I could’ve gone to sleep at 9:30. All my work was completed, and I had absolutely no reason to stay up, except for the release of Ariana Grande’s 5thalbum, “thank u, next” […]
Alex Kanya ‘22 Staff Writer Each day, people are born, and people die. A new movie is released, and another bookstore shuts down. The world’s landscape, once appearing constant, now incessantly shifts as chaos threatens to consume the established order of modern society. This reality is inherently frightening, […]
Mango Cherry Bliss The Forgotten Flavor In what could be called the most unfair situation of the 2018-2019 academic school year at the College of the Holy Cross, a junior’s supply of Polar Seltzer Summer Edition Flavors has dropped dangerously low, clocking it at only 64 crates. Few […]
Henry W. Noe ’22 Opinions Editor The first week of February has already past and time during the semester seems to slip quicker and quicker still. To harness this passing time, incentivizing organization is absolutely crucial. WIthout a clear means to aggregate assignments, keep track of files and […]
Paige Cohen ’21 Staff Writer From February 2nd to the 5th, four Holy Cross students — Yankelly Villa ‘19, Jennifer Feraud ‘21, Motherlove Agbortoko ‘21, and myself (Paige Cohen ‘21) traveled with Robert Jones, Associate Director of the Office of Multicultural Education, to the 2019 Catholic Social Ministry […]
Caroline Ahearn ’20 Chief News Editor On Monday, February 11, students and community members gathered in Hogan for “Freedom of Expression: A Fishbowl Chat.” Sponsored by the Student Government Association, the event sought to be a dialogue on what freedom of expression is, what it looks like on […]
Maggie Connolly ’21 Opinions Editor 2020 has always sounded like a foreign year to many people. It has been used in TV series and movies of the past generations to allude to a futuristic time where people travel around on hoverboards and cell phones all create holograms instead […]
Billy Fitzpatrick ’20 Chief Sports Editor With the dust settling after last week’s NBA trade deadline and All-Star Weekend giving us a chance to take a step back, new questions are emerging as recent developments have provided answers to those that dominated the first four months of the […]
