Julianna Mariani ‘24 A Pretty Pessimistic Chief Congratulations, guys, we made it through the week! TGIF. To be honest with you, I don’t know how I did and I’m feeling pretty on top of the world. Fall break is fantastic, don’t get me wrong, but it’s so weird. […]
Mario Micallef ‘22Has all the tea College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Senior falls asleep in class only to wake up as a Sophomore in March 2020. Uber-Eats driver leaves a cold, mediocre, & slightly incorrect order at Hogan 3, but returns for it 2 minutes later […]
Julianna Mariani ‘24 Chief of Being Desperate For Fall Break Go apple picking: don’t eat the ones off the ground Attend the fall concert – it’s today! get pumped! Go costume shopping: buy seven for the inevitable week of Halloween that will last on this campus Wear pink […]
Michael Vail ‘24 Wants to Get Serious for a Moment, Please …that I was disturbed, horrified by the rancid gust within That I was anxious, hesitant to approach that field of sin (Though it has been worse.) But also to make clear that I was taken back, quite […]
Brian Saville ‘22 Tostitos Major, Gatorade Minor Life on the College of the Holy Cross campus as you know it will soon look a bit more… bubbly. Last Wednesday, in an email with the subject line “Please Actually Read This One I Am Literally Begging You ❤ ❤ […]
Julianna Mariani ‘24Chief of Fenway Park If you’ve ever been to an MLB game, you know “The Wave” is a thing. But it’s not just any-thing, it’s the greatest-thing. Personally, I’m mesmerized every single time I experience one. This Saturday was different though. Different because I made it […]
Michael Vail ‘24 I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map! I’ve gotten a lot of questions about College of the Holy Cross’ prestigious Integrated Science Complex. Students across campus love the complex; many love it for its architecture, others enjoy […]
Mario Micallef ‘22Big Monopoly Guy Worcester, MA — After devouring a Fluffernutter French toast the size of her own head, a local woman told reporters Sunday that the ATM at Miss Worcester’s diner printed out Monopoly money over the weekend. “I was freaking out because practically half a loaf […]
Brian Saville ‘22 Wishes his name were Jack right now After appearing as a guest writer for the Eggplant several times last semester, I was delighted that you all thought I was funny enough to take on a staff writer position this year. I was going to open […]
Julianna Mariani ‘24Antisocial Gal Our first edition of The Spire! Welcome back to The Eggplant! It’s certainly been an eventful two weeks since arriving on campus… a lot has happened thus far… more than I was anticipating anyways. As a sophomore, this is my first official fall on […]
Michael Vail ‘24 Reporter Prodigy, Looking to Serve a Cause Greater Than Himself Hot Dog, 440.3 grams of sodium. 2,446% of daily value. Buffalo Chicken, 802.3 grams of sodium. 4,457% daily value. Pork Ribs, 3,251.1 grams of sodium. 18,062% daily value. All of the above statistics were taken […]
Mario Micallef ‘22Certified Deck-Scrubber “I guess we’ll just have to get used to this.” oozed Professor Diameter with his usual nasally monotone utterance. It was the second class we had in the Fundamentals of Stapling, the first course requirement for the Accounting major, and already there were 5 […]
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