Jackie Cannon Chief News Editor The College of the Holy Cross will no longer be using the knight mascot in association with the “Crusader” name, according to a letter to the campus community by President Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. on Wednesday, March 14. The college will “phase […]
Seamus Brennan ‘20 News Editor On Wednesday, Feb. 14, Holy Cross Dining Services hosted its first ever Pop-Up Valentine’s Day Dinner. Held in Suite A of the Hogan Campus Center, the event featured a gourmet four-course meal, and availability to students was extremely limited. Although each course offered […]
Caroline Ahearn News Editor Beginning on February 19, five of the College’s student organizations hosted a week-long “Summit on Human Dignity,” focusing on immigration and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which protects an estimated 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children from […]
Aidan Largey ‘21 Staff Writer On February 14 and 15, The Feminist Forum sponsored its annual production of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues” in the Hogan Ballroom. The monologues are compiled from interviews that Ensler conducted with hundreds of women that explore their experiences with female sexuality, identity, […]
Kate McLaughlin ‘21 Staff Writer On Thursday, February 15, Shayne Piasta ‘04 gave a presentation in which she discussed the influence of her Fenwick Scholar Project on her current research in education. According to its webpage, the Fenwick Scholar Program, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, allows […]
Caroline Ahearn, News Editor Just two hours after students received an email informing them of the $2,200 increase in tuition, standard room and board, and mandatory fees for the 2018-2019 academic year, the Student Government Association hosted a Tuition Transparency Town Hall in Rehm Library on Wednesday, […]
Seamus Brennan News Editor On Monday, Feb. 12, Peace and Conflict Studies and the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture co-sponsored “Race, Poverty, and the Criminal Justice System: Lessons Learned From Wrongful Conviction Cases,” a lecture given by Tricia Bushnell, director of the Midwest Innocence Project. Bushnell […]
Kate McLaughlin ‘21 Staff Writer The first installment of the spring semester’s Working Writers Series took place on Thursday, February 8, featuring Eric Marcus, the creator and host of the award-winning podcast series “Making Gay History.” Marcus has produced three documentaries and is the author of a […]
Katie Bowles ‘18 Staff Writer The Black Student Union hosted historian, writer, and educator Jelani Cobb for a talk titled, “The Half Life of Freedom: Race & Justice in America Today” on Tuesday, February 6 in Hogan Ballroom. Cobb began by celebrating the life of Dr. Carter […]
Jackie Cannon Chief News Editor After hours of discussion amongst the members of the board of trustees, they have made their decision: The crusader mascot and moniker of the College of the Holy Cross will remain. This decision, released in the form of a letter by President Rev. […]
Jack Godar Editor-in-Chief The Board of Trustees has decided that the College of the Holy Cross will keep the Crusader moniker. College of the Holy Cross President Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. and Board Chair John J. Mahoney announced the decision in an email to the Holy Cross […]
The two editorials below appeared in this week’s issue of the Crusader to explain why we are changing our name. James Gallagher wrote the “Last of the Crusader” part, and Jack Godar wrote “Up Next: The Spire” The Last of The Crusader On January 7, 1955, our predecessors at […]
