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Luke Anthony ‘23Sports Editor Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Holy Cross football team (6-5 overall, 4-1 Patriot League) is one win away from its first Patriot League title in a decade. The Crusaders currently sit in first place with a 4-1 conference record. […]
Emily Croce ’22 Staff Writer Over the course of the past week Holy Cross students underwent enrollment for the upcoming spring semester. With the stressful 7:00 a.m. wake up call, students and faculty alike experienced the frustrating task of selecting classes. Being a small college, the number of […]
Veronica Ruiz ‘23 Staff Writer The computer labs and libraries were crowded with people. There was tension in the rooms. The word “Enroll” was all up on everyone’s desktop screen, just waiting to be clicked on at exactly 7:00 a.m. The enrollment process can be one of the […]
Gianna Cravedi ‘23 Staff Writer In the past couple of years College of the Holy Cross has seen an influx of new buildings and renovations to existing ones. With the addition of the Luth Athletic Complex which was finished in April 2018, many students found the need for […]
Jackie Cannon ’20 Editor-in-Chief In the early morning hours of Wednesday, November 13, 39-year-old Lt. Jason Menard died in a four-alarm fire after helping to save two other crew members. Menard was assigned to Ladder 5 at the McKeon Road Fire Station, which includes the College of the […]
Update: Earlier versions of this article incorrectly stated that the Student Government Association (SGA) supported the protest against Mac Donald. Although some members of SGA participated in the protest, they did so in their capacity as students, not as SGA representatives, as the official SGA stance was to […]
By Maggie ConnollyOpinions Editor ‘21 Only three weeks left until my return to College Hill. Only three weeks left to listen to every episode of Pod Save America I’ve missed since I’ve been abroad. That means catching up on all of the news I’ve missed or brushed over […]
By Alex DiBlasi ‘23Staff Writer When I heard that conservative author and provocative commentator Heather Mac Donald would be speaking at Holy Cross, I did not plan to attend. However, as “Protest Heather Mac Donald” posters began to pop up all over social media, I made it a […]
By Max Hendrix ’23Staff Writer On Monday night, Nov. 18, Heather Mac Donald was invited into the College of the Holy Cross’ Seelos Theater to present her controversial views on diversity programs in higher education and challenge students to enter into dialogue with someone who is opposed to […]
By Julia Maher ’23Opinions Editor It is that time of year again—the time in which we are called to express gratitude for all of the gifts in our lives. Thanksgiving is an easy time for us to practice gratitude because we are motivated by the participation of other […]
Ryen Cinski ’22 Opinions Editor With Thanksgiving just around the corner, premature thoughts of Christmas are beginning to surface, signalling an entry into the holidays. To many, the holidays are about family: sitting down with those you love by the fire and enjoying each other. To others, the […]
By Johanna Mackin ‘20Guest Writer Following my own experience attending the Nov. 18 lecture by Heather Mac Donald and the defenses I have heard for hosting a “conservative” speaker on campus, as a student at Holy Cross, I’d like to express my concern for the speaker’s message as […]
