Kate McLaughlin ‘21 News Editor On February 13 and 14, dozens of students gathered in the Hogan Ballroom for Holy Cross’ seventeenth annual performance of “The Vagina Monologues.” Sponsored by the SGA Office of Diversity, Relationship Peer Educators, and HC Feminist Forum and directed by Lizzie Flynn ‘19 […]
Ethan Bachand ’22 News Editor On February 18, candidates for the highly coveted positions within the Student Government Association presented their ideas and aspiration at the annual Meet the Candidates. Despite speaking to a small crowd, students tried their best to promote their candidacy heading into the elections, […]
Caroline Ahearn ‘20 Chief News Editor Since the spring of 2017, Holy Cross has been working to address the need for a college-wide shared philosophical statement on Freedom of Expression. This need arose from a response to crises many colleges and universities were facing regarding controversial guest speakers, […]
Sofia Maietta ‘19 News Editor On Tuesday, February 12, Father Boroughs sent out a campus wide email in which he outlined the College’s plans for its ‘Campus Climate Action Steps.’ First, he mentioned that membership for two groups, the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Planning Group and the Sexual […]
Kate McLaughlin ’21 News Editor On Wednesday, February 6, a group of students and Community Based Learning (CBL) interns gathered in the Levis Browsing Room of Dinand for the Toxic Charity Dialogue Session. The session was led by CBL interns Paige Cohen ‘21, Caitlin Grant ‘21, and Yesenia […]
Alex Kanya ’22 Staff Writer As Holy Cross students returned to campus to start the second semester of this academic year, the campus was abuzz with change as a campus fixture closed its doors for the last time. The Field House was originally opened in March of 1948, […]
Ethan Bachand ’22 News Editor Former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough visited Holy Cross to give a speech regarding refugees on Wednesday, February 6. The talk, given in Rehm library, provided personal anecdotes as well as a deep analysis into the current situation facing the United […]
Sofia Maietta ’19 News Editor On Tuesday, February 5, President Trump gave the annual State of the Union Address from the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives before a joint session of Congress. The original date of the speech was set for January 29, but had to […]
Allyson Noenickx ’19 Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, February 12, Michele Murray, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, informed the student community that Professor John Panteleimon Manoussakis of the philosophy department is now on leave. Prof. Manoussakis started the semester initially teaching three classes––two sections of Medieval […]
Caroline Ahearn ’20 Chief News Editor On Monday, February 11, students and community members gathered in Hogan for “Freedom of Expression: A Fishbowl Chat.” Sponsored by the Student Government Association, the event sought to be a dialogue on what freedom of expression is, what it looks like on […]
Jackie Cannon ’20 Editor-in-Chief Following the release of a Worcester Magazine article detailing accusations of sexual misconduct against College of the Holy Cross Professor Christopher Dustin, Professor Dustin has been placed on academic leave. This information was shared in a January 30 letter to the campus community, six […]
Allyson Noenickx Editor-in-Chief After a historic two-day student-led sit-in and discussions between groups of students and members of the executive team, Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president formally addressed the student community in a written statement, offering an apology to students. Hundreds of students lined the hallway directly […]
