Bianca Miccolis ’21 Features Editor Only a few more days until we will be sitting with our families at the table carving into a turkey and scraping our forks against the nearly empty plate as we finish our dinners. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to show gratitude for […]
Ethan Bachand ’22 News Editor This past Sunday, the Holy Cross Admissions Office put on its Fall 2018 Open House for prospective students to showcase the college. High schoolers from across the country came to explore the campus as well as the different programs that are offered to […]
Co-Writers: Nakyah Lucas ‘20 and Art Martin ‘72 This anniversary represents where we came from and where we plan to go! Holy Cross was an institution that had the mission of only educating young white men. Before the Black Student Union came into existence, there was a group […]
BSU Timeline Compiled by Nakyah Lucas 1968: The Black Student Union was founded. 1969: The College honors student’s petition to eliminate the reference to “Old Black Joe” from the school song “Mamie Reily.” 1969: The College approves black students’ request for a separate corridor in healy hall. Know […]
Maggie Flaherty ‘20 Chief Features Editor The star-studded cast and countless mysteries that surround the plot of the film “Bad Times at the El Royale” should have been enough to keep me interested on a Sunday afternoon, but unfortunately the two and a half-hour run time lost me […]
Maggie Flaherty ‘20 Chief Features Editor The last time we saw Claire Underwood, she was sitting in the oval office as the newly inducted President of the United States. Her husband Frank had just stepped down in an attempt to cover up his season 2 murder of journalist […]
Bianca Miccolis ’21 Features Editor Hometown: Garden City, NY Major: Undecided, but most likely Econ or Math Activities involved in on campus: SPUD program director, volunteer in the admissions office Favorite Netflix series: “Gossip Girl” TV or movie that you refused to watch: Anything science fiction Favorite song: […]
Bianca Miccolis ’21 Features Editor Last Friday, the Italian Studies Department welcomed Algerian bilingual novelist Amara Lakhous, for a lecture explaining “why immigration is the most exciting experience in life.” Lakhous’s talk was unlike most discussions and associations with immigration. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects […]
Maggie Flaherty ‘20 Chief Features Editor November is officially upon us, and what better way to celebrate the last full month of the fall semester than with a new playlist? Here is a sample selection of what I will be listening to this weekend: Have You Ever […]
Kelly Gallagher ’22 Staff Writer “An Absolutely Remarkable Thing” is the sort of title that sets high expectations for itself, but Hank Green’s debut novel rises to the challenge. Already a bestseller after its September 25 release, it tells the story of April May, who becomes a social […]
Margaret Goddard ’19 Staff Writer What’s been echoing in my head since the performance of Black Inscription a week ago is actress Tatyana Gessen’s silky whisper, playing a freediver, at full volume in the dark of the Pit, “There must be something I should remember, should try to […]
Annie Henschel ’19 Eggplant Editor Seniors on the Hill are facing their busiest year yet. In addition to keeping up with their upper-level classes, they now have to navigate cooking for themselves, focus on finding a job for next year, and maintaining the perfect swug aesthetic. Swug stands […]
