Grace Bromage ’23 Editor-in-Chief At 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18, dozens of students crowded around the Stein Quad to witness the 2021 performance of ACT’s Midnight Theater. In the past, this event has been held in the “Pit” in the lower level of O’Kane, but to comply […]
Rea Nassif ‘24 Features Editor Walking through the cocurricular extravaganza on Saturday, I was approached by two seniors, Allison McGrath ‘21 and Avery Faires ‘21. Their ebullient presence prompted me to stand by their table and observe the presentation for their club, The Delilahs. As a member of […]
Stacey Kaliabakos ‘23 Features Editor This past summer, I visited the MET in New York City a couple of times. While I was there, I gravitated to the ancient art sections of the museum, such as Greek, Roman, and Chinese art. As a Classics major, I have always […]
Caroline Wallace ‘23 Features Editor Caroline Tornatore ‘23 is spending her fall semester in Washington D.C., where she has the opportunity to work and learn from various professors and congresspeople about what it is like to work for the federal government. Students from Holy Cross that participate in […]
Grace Bromage ‘23 Editor-in-Chief On a typical weekend, students can expect Holy Cross’ campus activities board, known to most students as CAB, to be hosting a variety of activities. So far this semester, students have engaged in mini-gold on the hoval, Worcester Bingo, and 10-Spot coffeehouse performances. To […]
Owen Whaley ’24 Features Editor On September 11, 2001, thousands perished in devastating attacks on the American homeland by the terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Seven Holy Cross alumni were lost that day: John Ryan ’78, Thomas Burke ’85, Edward Brennan ’86, Neilie Heffernan Casey ’90, John Farrell ’91, Todd […]
Nicole Letendre ‘23 Chief Features Editor Céili Donnelly, a Holy Cross sophomore on the pre-med track, recently became a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) through the Central Piedmont Community College EMT Program, which ran approximately 2 months from May-July, and met once a week for 9 hours. Many […]
Name: Yvona Safi ‘24 Hometown: Haverhill, MA Major: Neuroscience Campus Activities: Member of SPUD, Volunteer at neuroscience lab with Professor Basu Favorite Movie: Greece Favorite Song: “Chasing You” by Morgan Wallen Favorite Singer/Group: Ariana Grande or Harry Styles Favorite Color: Pink Favorite Sports Team: Bruins Favorite Class taken […]
Catherine Yackira ‘24 I’m a big fan of this one philosopher, pretty mainstream guy you’ve probably heard of him: Aristotle. I particularly like his writings on virtue ethics, which focuses on virtues and moral character rather than rules or consequences. I may butcher this explanation, so I recommend […]
Bridget Flaherty ‘21 Features Editor On May 21, 2021, I will officially graduate from the College of the Holy Cross. I will have spent four years of my life here. Some will say these are the best years of your life and others will disagree. These weren’t the […]
Nicole Letendre ’23 Features Editor On Friday April 30th, “Massively Distributed,” an audiovisual display brought about by the collective work of Masary Studios, Monserrat’s “Natural World” cluster, and Arts Transcending Borders, was projected onto the side of the future Performing Arts Center for students to view. Upon arrival, […]
Stacey Kaliabakos ‘23 Features Editor At the end of the fall semester, I asked a few students about virtual finals season. Due to the fact that many people are on campus this spring, I decided it could be interesting to see how student opinions on this topic have […]
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