Mario Micallef ’22 Eggplant Editor [A 2004 Panasonic corded desk phone rings] [The ringing stops after the 3rd chimed loop] Randy (through the phone):Randy Bernice: Hi Randy, this is Bernice. Randy: Yeah, I know who it is. Bernice: I’m going to start the stew around five, do you […]
Matt Anderson ‘21 Big Christmas Guy As finals draw closer and most Holy Cross students teeter the line between ingesting lethal levels of caffeine and having a mental breakdown, a holiday mania has also begun to sweep campus. Trees, tinsel, and Mariah Carey have infiltrated every facet of […]
Greg Hausler ‘20 Chief Eggplant Editor You can’t spell elite without Eli. Giants fans and national audiences alike may have just witnessed our last primetime Eli Manning game. The ESPN broadcast did everything but play “Fix You” by Coldplay or “Ave Maria” as they followed the longtime Giants […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Losing it? Forgive poor English, Greg said I need to write with English letters in this article. Hmph. Well, is fine. Writing is not terrible, but you can perhaps notice accent. It has been entire semester in Russia, I have changed in many ways. I […]
Nate Ingalls ’20 Visiting Scholar San Francisco –Tidal (stylized TIDAL) has released curated playlists from each of their eight current subscribed members to celebrate its most successful year on record. CEO Jeff Toig in a press statement wrote “I’d like to thank each and every subscriber for their […]
Jackie Cannon ’20Picky Eater Extraordinaire Thanksgiving is a peaceful, fun holiday where families can spend quality time together, catch up with relatives, and enjoy delicious, home-cooked meals. That is, unless you’re a picky eater. “Turkey Day” is not a good time when turkey is literally your least favorite […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Eggplant Editor Finally, I am hydrated. My crops are thriving. My skin is clear, and my grades are up. And it’s all thanks to HC’s Health and Wellness department. This is surely the first time that they “get” me. In fact, surely this is the […]
Matthew Anderson ‘21 Eggplant Editor Something felt wrong the morning after the time change. At first, I chalked it up to the questionable choice of trusting a Kimball sausage patty. However sitting in Stein, as I emerged from a vivid daydream to look at the time, I was […]
Greg Hausler ’20 Chief Eggplant Editor As we have made the campus wide transition from Tapingo to Grubhub there has been quite the learning curve for both Grubhub and the entire Holy Cross community. For non first years this learning curve simply consists of changing our vernacular from […]
By Mario Micallef ’22Eggplant Editor If you were able to sift through the weekly dump of incessant Popcorn Tuesday emails as well as the totally indubitable Student Government emails, then hopefully Father Boroughs’ schoolwide email last Monday stood out to you. For those of you that got lost […]
By Hannah Johnson ’21Eggplant Editor It’s mid November. Temperatures are dropping. Deadlines and midterms are approaching. Who wants some jokes?? Courtesy of one of my Russian textbooks. Below you will find these lovely jokes with their English translations underneath: Uchenik opozdal na urok. Chto sluchilos’? – sprosila uchitel’nitsa. Na menya […]
By Matt Anderson ‘21 Eggplant Editor Coming off of Holy Cross’ dodransbicentennial milestone (that’s classics for 175), many have overlooked that another beloved fixture of the college is experiencing its own anniversary. The student academic records system, or, as it is more affectionately known, “STAR,” has just turned 75! […]
