Joe Barbieri ’23 Opinions Editor Last Saturday, former vice president Joe Biden became President-elect after he passed the 270 electoral college vote threshold needed to win the presidency. As major news networks began declaring the news, it was clear that President Donald Trump would not accept this truth. Pushing […]
Julia Maher ’23 Opinions Editor When the Associated Press (AP) announced Joe Biden’s victory as President-elect after many long days of anticipation and stress, both positive and negative uproar ensued. Those who logically settled for Biden danced in the streets, completely overjoyed, while Trump duped his supporters into […]
Devyn Forcina ’22 News Editor The College of the Holy Cross’s former Jenks Chair of Creative Writing, Robin Hemley, returned to the Holy Cross community on November 5, 2020 as a speaker in the Working Writer Series. This two-part event featured a Craft Talk at 3:30 and a […]
Sarah Carter ’24 News Editor This past Saturday, the McFarland Center at the College of the Holy Cross welcomed students and faculty to a live first viewing of “Pakachoag: Where the River Bends,” a film illuminating on the significance of commemorating the history of indigenous peoples native to […]
Hui Li ’21 Co-Chief Graphic Designer On Tuesday, November 9, Derek DeBobes, Director of Title IX and Equal Opportunity at the College of the Holy Cross, sent an email to the student body regarding an upcoming event that his office is hosting. He, alongside Kara Hughes, Senior Investigator […]
Hui Li ’21 Co-Chief Graphic Designer On Thursday, November 5, nearly 50 members of the Holy Cross community participated in a special Zoom event called “Chinese College Students in the United States: A Conversation with Yingyi Ma.” Dr. Ke Ren, assistant professor of Chinese and east Asian history […]
Bridget Flaherty ’21 Features Editor This week, I interviewed my friend and Resident Advisor Eile McGinn about life as an RA during a remote semester. Eile is currently working as an RA on campus and she sheds light on this unique and novel situation and offers advice to […]
Caroline Wallace ’23 Staff Writer Whether you have seen the RPEs at a table in Hogan or have read the Stall Street Journals posted in bathrooms around campus, the Relationship Peer Educators (RPEs) have a prominent presence on campus. Despite most students not physically being on campus, the […]
Stacey Kaliabakos ‘23 Features Editor Name: Allan St.Clair Class Year: 2023 Hometown: Melrose, MA Major: Mathematics Campus Activities: Holy Cross Men’s Rowing, Pride Favorite Movie: White Christmas Favorite song: Waterloo-ABBA Favorite singer/group: ABBA Favorite color: Black Favorite sports team: Holy Cross Men’s Rowing (of course) Favorite class taken […]
Nicole Letendre ’23 Features Editor Dr. Leonard Doerfler, a faculty member of the Clinical Counseling Psychology program at Assumption University, highlighted the benefits of a graduate degree in counseling, as well as the particular strengths of Assumption’s rigorous program. First, the overall program is constructed for students to […]
Grace Bromage ’23 Chief Features Editors The Holy Cross website describes Qui Guyen’s “She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms” as “the story of Agnes, a popular high-school student whose sister, Tilly, is her nerdy opposite. Agnes’s discovery that she never really knew her sister at all sends her off […]
Ethan Bachand ‘22 Chief News Editor Over the course of the week between Oct. 30 and Nov.5, The Spire conducted a survey of the student body at the College of the Holy Cross to determine opinion on the current virtual semester, as well as their views of the […]