by Emily Kulp, Opinions Editor The decision of whether to change the name of our newspaper is a difficult one for both the staff of The Crusader and the entire campus community. Are we embracing dangerous ideals by having our school’s newspaper share its name with the Ku […]
By Sam Arciprete, Chief Opinions Editor The Editorial Board of The Crusader partnered with the SGA a few weeks ago to host a fishbowl event to discuss a potential name change to the newspaper. This came after a faculty petition was signed by several dozen faculty members and […]
by Olivia Pan I have written previously that my family is not a politically correct group per se, and although we are certainly sophisticated in our dealings with the outside universe, we are true to ourselves, which brings me to this story. I belong to an invitational Facebook […]
By Max Lies The 2016-17 academic year has been one for the books—the death of notable celebrities, one of the most divisive election cycles in history, and internal change have made the year one of the most unique in modern memory. As an outgrowth of that, we’ve seen that […]
Maybe It’s Time to Download Lyft I’m not much of a fun of ride sharing apps. In fact, I’m really pretty apathetic towards the industry entirely. At least, I was before recently. I use them when I absolutely have to. But recently, Uber has been generating a lot […]
Labels And How They Deepen the Divide by Olivia Pan Recently, Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario decided to remove scales in their gym, becoming the target of outrage, primarily from conservative media outlets and conservative twitter users. According to Bruce Marshall, the manager of wellness programs at […]
by Emily Kulp Last April, it was revealed that abolitionist Harriet Tubman would be replacing former president Andrew Jackson on our $20 bill. There has, however, been recent speculation that President Trump will seek to reverse this motion since he previously referred to putting Tubman’s face on the […]
By Carly Priest On Wednesday, February 22nd, 1957, President Donald J. Trump revoked protections for transgender students that allow people to use the restroom and locker room facilities that match their authentic gender. Wait, excuse my typo—Wednesday, February 22nd 2017. Forgive me: for a second I really thought […]
By Emily Kulp A purple-robed and foam-armored figure on the sidelines of a football game. A knight-like symbol on the upper left-hand corner of a student’s hoodie. Everywhere you go on campus our mascot, the Crusader, seems to have a presence. Even this newspaper has taken its name. […]
The following editorial is a response to a February 6, 2017 letter to the editors, co-signed by 48 members of the Holy Cross faculty. The original letter can be accessed here. We, the Editors-in-Chief, wish to voice our solidarity with the 48 members of Holy Cross faculty who have proposed a […]
On February 6, 2017, the Editors-in-Chief of The Crusader received the following letter co-signed by 48 members of the Holy Cross faculty. Our response to the letter can be accessed here. To the editors, In response to the growing anti-Muslim tensions in our country, and to the fact that […]
By Sam Arciprete This past week, the College launched a wildly successful giving campaign, I Heart HC, that collected 6,111 gifts in a 24 period. The marketing for this campaign, which was well done as always, featured students all over campus saying what it is they love about […]
