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Caroline Ahern News Editor On Friday, September 22, Alternate College Theatre (ACT) put on the fall edition of their biannual “Midnight Theatre” competition. This semester’s showcase included four plays, one written and directed by Sage Leimer ‘21, one by Carlito Beal ‘18 and Patrick Connolly ‘18, one by […]
Sofia Maietta News Editor On Thursday, September 21, the well-known public intellectual and editor of First Things magazine, R. R. Reno, visited the College of the Holy Cross to give a lecture. Also an author of several books, Dr. Reno focuses his work largely on Catholic theology and […]
Meghan Shaffer Culture Editor In a season so full of critically-acclaimed heart-wrenching dramas like This is Us and The Handmaid’s Tale, T.V. comedies seem to have taken a backseat. So, enter onto the scene NBC’s The Good Place, a 30-minute comedy from the creator of The Office and […]
Alexandra Smith Chief Culture Editor The first time I listened to New Jersey born singer Sza’s (born Solána Rowe), debut album Ctrl, I felt a beautifully disarming mixture of uneasiness and joy. I could tell by listening to the album’s first two tracks, “Supermodel” and “Love Galore” featuring […]
Hometown: Cohasset, MA Major: Economics Best Dorm: Clark Favorite Holy Cross Class: Economics of Sports with Professor Matheson Least Favorite Holy Cross Class: Environmental Science Number of All-Nighters Last Semester: 0 Favorite Animal: Matt Brown’s hedgehog Favorite Spot on Campus: the MRC Favorite Color: Purple! Favorite Ice […]
Sammy Gjeltema Staff Writer Being a female computer science major at Holy Cross, I hear all the time, “Oh, you’ll totally get a job because you’re a girl.” Gender equality, a common buzz phrase of the modern 21st century has become especially relevant in the workplace; specifically, the […]
Anamika Dutta Culture Editor NBC has been home to some of television’s most emotional series. It has brought us “Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood,” and now, “This Is Us.” We cared so deeply for the Taylor family of “Friday Night Lights” that they might as well have been our […]
Evo Fearnley Staff Writer Ten Candles is an interesting game. Billed as a “roleplaying game of tragic horror,” the game revolves around a group of survivors who are trying to survive in a world that has “gone dark.” As the game progresses, ten lit candles are gradually darkened […]
Carly Priest Opinions Editor [Trigger warning from the author: This piece contains statistics and themes surrounding sexual assaults on college campuses, including instances of rape.] As I tried to unleash the first “1972” column of the 2017-2018 school year, I sat stumped. Not with writer’s block— just the […]
By Meghan Shaffer If this past Sunday’s Emmy Awards showed us anything, it’s that it has been a good year for women in television. The standout of the night, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” brought home a total of eight awards, including the big award of the night: Outstanding Drama Series. […]
By John Albinson This past weekend saw the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams travel both locally and not-so-locally, as they competed at two different meets (a “meet” is equivalent to what a “game” is in other sports—the more you know!) The top eight runners on the men’s […]
Image Courtesy of Whosestreets.com Jackie Cannon Chief News Editor On Monday September 18, The College of the Holy Cross held a screening of the documentary “Whose Streets” in Hogan. This film offers documentation of the 2014 crisis in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of teenager Michael Brown by […]
