Brendan Bonner ’23 News Editor The exhilaration on The Hill has been tangible after an incredible football win this past weekend. Yet, aside from being crowned four time champions of the Patriot League, there are plenty of events to be excited about as November progresses. One of these […]
Joseph Abrams ’23 Chief News Editor Four years ago, as the College grappled with faculty sexual assault allegations and a violent hate crime on campus, students, faculty, and staff came together to ask the pressing question: “Where do we go from here?” That collective, which was the first […]
Nathan Howard ’25 News Editor From Sept. 12 to Oct. 22,, The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross displayed a special exhibition titled “Afterimage: Visual Arts Faculty 2022.” This exhibition is particularly unique as it was the first exhibition since […]
Will Muller ‘23 Staff Writer Conversations surrounding affirmative action have become increasingly inflammatory over the past few years, especially as the standards for college admission become more rigorous. The program itself is far from new, however, as Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) made affirmative […]
Nathan Howard ’25 News Editor On October 26, 2022, Kyle Frisina, Interim Director of the Prior Performing Arts Center announced multiple new opportunities for members of the Holy Cross community to become involved at the center. The Prior Center recently opened this semester to promote “inclusive learning and […]
Joseph Abrams ‘23 Chief News Editor Writing about the many lectures and discussions that Rehm Library’s McFarland Center presents is a Spire staple and a personal hobby. Many students glance curiously at the emails and posters that advertise these events, but the topics and dates often recede behind […]
Sarah Carter ’24 News Editor On Thursday, October 27, the Working Writers Series held its third event of the semester. The event underscored the work of Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a novelist from Spring Valley, New York. The event featured both an afternoon discussion and a nighttime reading of […]
Danielle Dentremont ‘25 News Editor Another successful family weekend came and went this past weekend from Oct. 28 to Oct. 30 with a record-breaking number of families in attendance. At one of the highlights of the weekend, the annual Ram-Crusader Cup game, the number of families tailgating and […]
Michael O’Brien ‘23 Editor-in-Chief With the midterm elections less than two weeks away, politicians around the country are gearing up for one final push to have their messages heard and convince voters that they are the right candidate for the job. For many lawmakers, engaging with young voters […]
John O’Keefe ‘25 News Editor Phoebe grew up with a strong desire to help and protect others, especially those closest to her within her community. “Information around food and nutrition, that is something I was never taught,” Phoebe said in regard to this growing insecurity across the nation. […]
Joseph Abrams ‘23 Chief News Editor Last Thursday, Holy Cross had the immense pleasure of hosting Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi at the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture. Gandhi, an associate professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA and an author, traveled all the way from the […]
Seneca Bardi ’26 Staff Writer When Andrea Kinney urged Holy Cross to allow her to study abroad for the D.C. semester, despite her being a D1 field hockey player, she did not know that her internship would lead to her first post-graduate job. She now works for the […]
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