Maggie Connolly ’21 Opinions Editor Interestingly enough, this year there are more familiar names than just the incumbent president on the ballot for 2020. Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders have both officially declared their candidacy for the Democratic primaries, Sanders falling short in the primaries in the 2016 […]
Ryen Cinski ’22 Opinions Editor I am currently enrolled in an environmental science class here at Holy Cross, and over its course I’ve learned many things about the environment that we live in. As someone who has never been science-oriented, it’s been nice to learn and understand concepts […]
Tyler Christiansen ’21 Opinions Editor Whenever I tell people that I love movies, I am always asked the same, impossible question: “What is your favorite movie?” I could say ten different ones on any given day. The “Star Wars” and “Toy Story” films are always brought up, […]
Jack Quinn ’20 Staff Writer As the Navy band played and families filled the Hart Center Basketball Arena on the afternoon of Friday, April 12th, the midshipmen of the Holy Cross NROTC prepared to march into the basketball court and commence the annual President’s Review ceremony. And while […]
Izzi Lambrecht ’19 “You are undeniably changing the city.” “Who do we do this for!?” “For the kids! For the kids! For the kids!” They continue to chant for another two minutes or so. Next comes the speech about how significant this work is for the city and […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor Forwarded the article through Facebook by a concerned aunt, I was urged to read about Samantha Josephson, a senior at the University of South Carolina who was brutally killed by a man Josephson mistook as her Uber driver. This seemingly random crime of […]
Clarabel Smith ’20 Opinions Editor Last week, the clock face on Fenwick clock tower was lit up blue, but like me for most of the week, students might have been too busy running between Stein and Dinand on a caffeine high to notice, let alone wonder why. But […]
Maggie Connolly ’21 Opinions Editor As a Holy Cross student from the Midwest, I am seen as a borderline foreigner in Massachusetts. Being from Indiana can make matters even worse; most of the time people ask me if I am from the south, or what the weather is […]
Tyler Christiansen ’21 Opinions Editor Since its inception in 1995 with the release of “Toy Story,” Pixar has owned the animated movie landscape. Ask anyone what their favorite Pixar film is and you will most likely get a vast array of answers: “Finding Nemo,” “The Incredibles,” “Up,” etc. […]
Ryen Cinski ‘22 Opinions Editor At 2:00 a.m. on March 29, 2019, USC student Samantha Josephson got into a car that she believed to be her Uber. 14 hours and 90 miles later, her body was discovered in a field. Samantha died due to the many sharp force […]
Emily Nichols ’22 Guest Writer It’s a typical Saturday night and I’m sitting alone in my room. Most everyone on my floor left to party hours ago. How I long for a fun and lively venue to hang out with others like me that have chosen a substance-free […]
Dear members of the Holy Cross community, We, the members of Alpha Sigma Nu, write in support of the recent motion presented by the ad hoc Committee on Faculty Sexual Misconduct dated April 5, 2019. As members of this Jesuit Honors Society, we are motivated to strive to […]
