By Billy Fitzpatrick ‘20 Miserable Mets Fan This past week, the New York Mets proved again just how classy of an organization they are. With spring training coming to a close, most teams (read: literally every other Major League Baseball team) prepared to travel to the city where […]
A Really Relaxed English Major It’s a normal Monday afternoon, which means that I’m in my bed watching the fourth episode of the second season of “Friends” for the sixth time. I haven’t left my bed today. I know that I should probably go get my work for […]
Carolyn Ahern ’20 The ‘Jonathan’ of her friend group All things just keep getting better on Healy 2! Sophomore Matt Basic of New Jersey was nominated by his roommate John Average of Connecticut to be featured on Season 4 of Netflix’s hit reality show “Queer Eye.” Tan France, […]
Allyson Noenhghsadufydsiujksgfuhfkdskjcjdhsbvjfgckx ‘19 Fig Resident This month the College unveiled plans for the new fieldhouse, and aptly nicknamed it “The Jo” before construction has even begun. The plans and sketches eased students’ fears about the now asbestos-filled eyesore on our beautiful campus and got freshmen excited for the […]
Allyson Noeshghsadufydsiujksgfuhfkdskjcjdhsbvjfgickx ’19 USC Crew Team Captain Oh Mylanta! Apparently Aunt Becky wasn’t the only one to stoop to bribery to gain college admittance for a relative. The Spire recently uncovered a paper trail that disclosed a questionable donation made to the College and undisclosed sums of money […]
Johnson Browser Back in the 2015-2016 academic year, when the current seniors were freshmen, there was a highly beloved lawn in front of the Hart Center where students could relax and enjoy time outside. Then all of the sudden, it was gone the next year as construction began […]
Jayquelin Cannonononon ’20 Almost Failed High School Gym If you give a NARP a gym, she’s going to try to go on the treadmill. When the treadmill doesn’t work, she’s going to ask for it to be fixed. When you refuse to fix the treadmill, she’ll probably ask […]
Carolyn Ahern ‘20 Has Taken Two Poetry Classes … she was chicken parm night but he went to lower. … you make my heart burn hotter than an easy street dorm in august. … i loved you from afar across the classroom of intro to philosophy until you […]
Allyson Noeshghsadufydsiujksgfuhfkdskjcjdhsbvjfgickx ‘19 Montserrat Survivor Do you ever find yourself saying “I miss my Montserrat?” Are you often bored on weeknights without endless co-curricular cluster events to attend? Do you miss the comfort of being in a residence hall that serves as both a living and learning community? […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor With the recent surge in numbers of Gen Zs speaking out against climate change and striving to be more environmentally friendly (think reusable coffee cups and metal straws), College of the Holy Cross has instituted a new school-wide policy. This policy, entitled “Leave […]
Allyson Noeshghsadufydsiujksgfuhfkdskjcjdhsbvjfgx ’19 Self-proclaimed Spire Dictator Nearly three years after the ever-successful and highly praised Mulledy/Healy Legacy Committee, which was charged with making a recommendation regarding the naming of Mulledy and Healy Halls, Father Borough$ announced a new exploratory committee––the Mulledy/Healy Sandwich Renaming Committee. While the formerly named […]
Read the following pub safe logs and guess if they are real incidents reported in old editions of the Spire/Crusader, or made up by the editors of the Spire. 1. Fieldhouse: Public safety was advised that there were students sitting in a laundry cart, riding down the hill […]
