Ryen Cinski ’22Opinions Editor In high school I took Spanish, played volleyball, and went to National Honor Society meetings. I did all these things because I felt that I should, and to be completely honest, I wasn’t fully invested in any of them. While I did find enjoyment […]
Olivia Pan ’20 Chief Opinions Editor On Friday, September 20th, it was officially announced that the Patriots would be releasing wide-receiver, Antonio Brown, due to rape and sexual misconduct allegations that have been swirling around him in recent weeks. Brown’s release from the Patriots came shortly after Sports […]
Clara Joy Gibson ’21Guest Writer Here at the College of the Holy Cross, we pride ourselves on being a community that values social responsibility, activism, and fights against injustice. Our leaders exhort us to take the values and tools we learn here and go out and change the […]
On the morning of May 7th, President Boroughs offered our community a 20-minute address regarding faculty sexual misconduct and related challenges we have faced this year. The intention of that address, as stated in his original invitation, was to outline how we can move forward as a community. […]
Dear President Boroughs, Dean Freije, and Dean Murray, I am writing to express my frustration and disappointment at the administration’s lack of response to the Bishop’s discriminatory comments against transgender individuals. I appreciate that there was a statement made specifically regarding the writing and missteps of the article, […]
Anne-Catherine Schaaf ’22 Guest Writer When I saw the Fenwick Clock Tower lit up blue weeks ago, at first I was confused. Had we suddenly changed our school colors and I had simply been too caught up in homework to notice? However, when I when I saw the […]
Britt Axelson ‘21 Guest Writer Our country is polarized, and we need to work on speaking with people we do not agree with. It can be challenging to be empathetic to views other than our own. However, examining our underlying assumptions and making the effort to consider the […]
Henry W. Noe ’22 Opinions Editor What feeling rises within you when you walk up the steps to Dinand library? Beauty? Awe? Anxiety? It is undeniable that architecture holds a kind of mystical power over those who reside in a particular community. What is most remarkable about the […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor “Rebuild This Cathedral,” dares a collage of photos depicting a rainforest, a reef, a beach coated in garbage and a cluster of bees swarming a hive. It has been shared and liked and has circled the world, drawing more and more attention to […]
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, […]
