Matt Anderson ’21Eggplant Editor Note: This article appears in The Spire’s satire section, The Eggplant. As they arrive on the Hill, many first-years must come to terms with the fact that their romantic notions of the college experience are, in fact, a fantasy. Although James McDavid ‘23 was […]
Hannah Johnson ’21Gamer Girl Note: This article appears in The Spire’s satirical section, The Eggplant. Word on the street is the REAL Scout from the beloved online free-to-play game Team Fortress 2™ was spotted at the Moscow Comic-Con © this weekend. Being from Boston, his Russian isn’t very […]
Here is a list of recommended Halloween movies to watch over fall break explained as if only the title was known with no background information what-so-ever. Beetlejuice: a lovely cooking movie featuring the long history of making juice from beetles featuring Julia Childs! The Craft: a movie about […]
By Hannah Johnson ’21Cat that really was gone In an effort to draw more students to its Moscow study abroad program, Holy Cross reached out to Hannah Johnson ‘21, currently in Russia, for ideas on ways to get people excited and interested in Russian culture. “Hear me out, […]
By Emanuel Parker ’22 Most members of the Holy Cross community have likely taken notice of the variety of signs around campus with the “Purple goes Green” logo. This initiative by the Holy Cross administration was designed to create awareness for the college’s efforts to help with environmental […]
By Mario Micallef ’22 A shuttle bus turned to chaos Monday night as a strange woman tried to take the bus hostage enroute to Boston. Reports say that a woman with glasses and frizzy hair wielded a small green dog at folks waiting in the bus. Jack Elizabeth […]
By Matt Anderson ’21Ciampi Truther It looked to be a normal day. The weather was fair and I was traveling to Cool Beans to interview a fellow student who had reached out. “I mean have you ever been inside it? Ciampi Hall I mean,” blurted the student, who […]
By Christine McLaughlin ’21Staff Writer Last Thursday I had the pleasure of sitting down for a meal with a member of the Holy Cross Class of 2020. She reached out to me the day before over email, saying that she was “deeply troubled” by something and “needed to […]
By Mario Micallef ’22Eggplant Editor Oh, what a terrific move that was. No, no one saw you. There you go, just like that. Put another in your mouth. Why don’t you wipe your hands off on your shirt again? You’ve got to be down to the last of […]
By Matt Anderson ’21Eggplant Editor On September 24, 2019, Governor Charlie Baker issued an order that sales of all vaping products be prohibited for the duration of four months. The response from the Holy Cross community was immediate and vicious. You see, much like shotgunning White Claws and […]
By Hannah Johnson ‘21Russian Queen Privet, rebyata. This is a special report: I, the only active Holy Cross student studying abroad in Russia, have also accepted a position as an Eggplant editor. Let me tell you…ohoho… we’re in for some fun. Little by little I shall conquer the […]
By Matt Anderson ’21Eggplant Editor and Fearful Junior Most of us who have lived on the Hill have felt it: the worry that something you love has been found by unworthy hands. You see it when an upper-class student takes the stairway beside Kimball, glancing behind them nervously […]