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Bianca Miccolis ’21 Features Editor Hometown: Garden City, NY Major: Undecided, but most likely Econ or Math Activities involved in on campus: SPUD program director, volunteer in the admissions office Favorite Netflix series: “Gossip Girl” TV or movie that you refused to watch: Anything science fiction Favorite song: […]
Aidan Largey ’21 Staff Writer As part of its fall program, the Holy Cross Theatre Department recently presented a play adaptation of Mark Haddon’s novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” which ran on November 1-3, Nov. 8, and can still be seen on Nov. […]
Mario Micallef Eggplant Editor Tis the season, so they say, for us all to sprout pumpkins from our eyeballs and secrete merriness from our toes for four months straight. Quick, think now to the annual first nauseating uses of the phrases, “it’s that time of year again” and “I just […]
Julia Metzger ‘19 Enjoys Pizza in Moderation This past Friday evening, the Class of 2019 celebrated Senior Ball at the DCU center. Hogan buses departed campus at 6pm sharp. In anticipation for low quality food, the Students for Responsible Choices club decided to serve pizzas to students, assuming […]
Maggie Flaherty ‘20 sports editor Holy Cross Men’s Hockey (1-5-0) fell to Providence College (5-1-1) 3-0 last Saturday, November 3, at the Hart Center in Worcester, Mass. The sold-out crowd set a new attendance record at Hart, with 2,502 people in attendance, over 500 of whom were […]
Sean Lisa Maurer “Hey! Sweet! That was so easy.” This past Thursday, a senior in Figge went four-for-four during enrollment. “I mean, I’m not surprised. I’m going to be a second semester senior. It makes sense that I get all of the classes that are essential to my […]
Allyson Noenickx ’19 Definitely did not design this logo The Eggplant’s investigative team has uncovered an uncanny resemblance between the late Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign poster and the logo of our own ACI. For the many dedicated Spire readers who likely don’t know, A Contest of […]
Maggie Flaherty ’20 Sports Editor Holy Cross rugby (3-1-1) impressed Family Weekend spectators last Friday, October 27, with an 11-try performance against Bryant University (3-2-0). Plenty of friends and family braved the cold temperatures to support HCRFC for its 9:30 p.m. match at Father Kuzniewski Field, and they […]
Olivia Pan ’20 Chief Opinions Editor The Trump administration is currently seeking to advance steps that may ultimately disregard the transgender community in its entirety, leaving those who identify as transgender completely vulnerable to discrimination. According to the New York Times, the Department of Health and Human Services […]
Greg Hausler Sports Editor The two-time defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors appear as dominant as they have ever been. As of October 31st, they are tied for the league lead in wins with seven, and as expected, lead the league in offensive rating by a wide margin […]
