Maggie Connolly Opinions Editor This past Tuesday, November 6th, the midterm elections were held across America. The midterm elections tend to be on the back burner … Continue reading Your Vote: Where It Counted, Why It Matters
Henry W. Noe Opinions Editor Stress is a force which affects students and professionals alike. Although stress is seen as a negative within modern society, in … Continue reading “How Stress is Debilitating and What Can be Done”
Spencer Caron Opinions Editor Ah, Sweden! The Scandinavian nation emphatically cited by Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, and other so-called democratic socialists when pressed if they … Continue reading Should the U.S. Follow Sweden’s Example?
John Murphy ’21 Guest Writer Let’s be real. Our school? Academically successful. Athletically? Successful historically. But, the Holy Cross athletic program’s last stint of relativity was … Continue reading The History of Holy Cross sports and why we stink nowadays
Olivia Pan ’20 Chief Opinions Editor The Trump administration is currently seeking to advance steps that may ultimately disregard the transgender community in its entirety, leaving … Continue reading Lost in Translation: The Threat of Trump’s Anti-Transgender Proposal
Spencer Caron ’20 Opinions Editor At this point, the premise of the so-called free speech debate is familiar to those who have paid attention. For the … Continue reading The Incompatibility of Trigger Warnings with Learning
Henry W. Noe ’22 Opinions Editor The opening to my freshman year at Holy Cross has been replete with excitement and change. Over the summer, I … Continue reading On the Importance of Change
Maggie Connolly ’21 Opinions Editor In the United States, there is a culture of attributing acts of hate or disdain against a community to race, regardless … Continue reading Debunking the Myth of Reverse Racism
Henry W. Noe ’22 Opinions Editor With the amelioration of the internet and e-readers, libraries are becoming less and less sought out as a valuable resource. … Continue reading Keep the Libraries Alive
Dear Editors, Buddy the Elf could mostly aptly describe the topic of the recent Charles Carroll lecture by David French, because French truly sat on a throne of lies. Before and after his lecture, French continually enflamed passions surrounding Brett Kavanugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. This included displaying an appalling willful ignorance towards the implications of confirming someone to the Court after an insincere and contrived hearing, which allowed senators in the majority the opportunity to pontificate about Kavanaugh’s virtuosity rather than establish the credibility of each witness. It is not that I have any objection to someone with … Continue reading Civil Hypocrisy on the Hill
Olivia Pan ’20 Chief Opinions Editor It seems as though you cannot look at social media lately without stumbling upon a viral video, showcasing white people … Continue reading White Privilege Is Real: How Understanding It Can Only Help Race Relations in America
Tyler Christiansen Staff Writer Damien Chazelle, writer/director of the critically acclaimed films Whiplash and La La Land, creates another near-perfect film about the trials of the … Continue reading First Man Review
