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Bridget Flaherty ‘21 Features Editor Last year, Christine McLaughlin ‘21 adapted a short story into a play for a course. Her resulting work, “The Toast,” was going to be presented at the Academic Conference last year. However, her presentation ended up being postponed as a result of the […]
Nicole Letendre ’23 Features Editor Holy Cross Athletics and COPE (Counseling Outreach Peer Educators) welcomed guest speaker Ivy Watts, a former track and field athlete who holds a Master’s in Public Health and who is the founder of the mental health self-love blog “Beautifully Simply You”, to discuss […]
Stacey Kaliabakos ‘23 Features Editor Every year, the Holy Cross Classics Department’s Manuscripts, Inscriptions, and Documents Club (MID) hosts the Hackathon, an all-day event designed to allow high school and college students to come together to analyze, read, and transcribe ancient manuscripts. Typically (at least not during global […]
Name: Giovanna (Gio) Ragusa Class Year: 2023 Hometown: Boston, MA Major: Psychology Campus Activities: Kimball Captain Favorite Movie: Favorite song: The Chain- Fleetwood Mac Favorite singer/group: Harry Styles Favorite color: Black Favorite sports team: Boston Red Sox Favorite class taken at Holy Cross: Educational Psychology Item on HC […]
Grace Bromage ‘23 Chief Features Editor The Fenwick Scholar Program at Holy Cross is described as “the highest academic honor the College bestows on a student. The scholar designs and participates in a rigorous academic project over the course of the senior year.” This year’s Fenwick Scholar’s project […]
Ethan Bachand ‘22 Chief News Editor Over the past few months, a group of workers at the College of the Holy Cross have been at an impasse with the Human Resources department. Members of the Holy Cross Hourly Employees Alliance (HCHEA), an unofficial organization comprised of a variety […]
Caroline Wallace ‘23 Features Editor Because of the ongoing pandemic, sports were put on a pause for a period of time. This had repercussions for other student organizations as well as athletics, such as student radios and podcasts that provided commentary on games. I had the opportunity to […]
Jocelyn Buggy ‘22 News Editor On the evening of April 26, the Student Government Association (SGA) emailed the Holy Cross community with the results of their 2021 elections. After three years of service in the SGA, Maggie Ober ‘22 and Connor McNerney ‘22 were elected as Co-Presidents for […]
4/25/21 Speaker Updates: Congratulations to all newly elected members of the Senate! The newly elected Senate met on 4/25 via Zoom and chose Helena Sabo for Speaker of the Senate, Sophia Fiordalice for Parliamentarian, and Sagar Patel for Sergeant-at-Arms. The RSO Lobbying Association meeting met on 4/22. RSOs […]
Mike O’Brien ‘23 Chief Sports Editor As cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and more have sent the Internet and financial sector into a frenzy recently, cryptos have started to form an intersection with the world of sports. Recently, cryptocurrency trading platform Blockfolio announced a partnership with NFL superstar […]
Jimmy Casey ‘22 Sports Editor MVP Candidates Nikola Jokic The first and most popular choice to become the league’s most valuable player is the Nuggets’ do-it-all center Nikola Jokic. He’s averaging an insane stat-line, especially for a big man. 26.2 points, 11 rebounds, and 8.7 assists per game […]
Patrick Grudberg ‘24 Staff Writer The Holy Cross football team’s season came to an end on Saturday, April 24th, suffering a crushing loss to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits in the first round of the FCS playoffs by a score of 31-3. While it’s tough to find any […]
