Michael Vail ’24 My name is Amon Gus. I am a freshman at the College of the Holy Cross, and I am petrified. I had just moved into my residence hall about a month ago, and I hadn’t been able to focus on my studies because of some […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Hallelujah This just in from Holy Cross–after weeks of Zoom classes day in and day out, it appears that students enjoyed the first vacation in the recorded history of this semester. Classes began without hesitation on September 1st, and pressed on even through Labor Day. […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Chief of memes
Matt Anderson ‘21 Big Music Guy PSA: This article was written well before Father Buroughs announced he would be stepping down in June. We wish him good luck in the future, and want to thank him for his grace and his position, and to apologize for him having […]
Mario Micallef ‘22 Eggplant Editor The Giraffa camelopardalis, or “Giraffe” as the uneducated would put it, is the tallest living terrestrial animal native enough to call the Savanna desert home for millennia. It may come with grave news to the 13 remaining fans of Kiss that Gene Simmons, […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Making ends meet The world is a harsh and unforgiving place, in these times. As we’ve seen, at the drop of a hat–one positive test–the dining hall can be shut down for a full 24 hours, sending the hungry students scurrying into the night, looking […]
Michael Vail ‘24 Resident Bard (Remote) Gather round, boys and girls, gather round! Tonight, I would like to welcome you all to a compelling story of a young soul beginning college… ‘Twas the night before August when a letter arrived.Young Tyler retrieved it and widened his eyes. It […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Fortune Teller Though it’s been long abandoned, there were yet a few scavengers living amongst the remains of the Holy Cross campus, and among these few, there lived an oracle on the ground floor of Williams. She was unknown until the Day of Reckoning, when […]
Mario Micallef ‘22 Eggplant Editor Stumbling back to campus, a group of nine men and three women made a scene in a few beloved late Thursday night hangout spots. Doting masks pulled slightly off the nose, these barbarous individuals proceeded into Dinand and each checked out 6 books […]
Dane Anderson ’20University of Phoenix, Class of 2020 “We are sending you home for your own safety.” I nod when I read this message from Holy Cross. It is still the third day before Plague Era (BPE). Life is sad but safe. The Lot is largely unoccupied. The […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21University of Zoomsylvania I haven’t been anywhere in N.C. besides Mebane since I came home. There’s been 9k-some cases here, 300 deaths or so, apparently. Haven’t heard about anything in our town. All I can speak to is my experience, which isn’t much, having been in […]
Matt Anderson ‘21Part-Time Tyrant Although J.D. Power and Associates™ ranked The Eggplant as the nation’s most trustworthy publication named after a fruit or vegetable, it may distress our hordes of dedicated readers – who depend upon our column for the current goings-on at Mount St. James – that […]
