Bianca Miccolis ’21 Features Editor Last Friday, the Italian Studies Department welcomed Algerian bilingual novelist Amara Lakhous, for a lecture explaining “why immigration is the most exciting experience in life.” Lakhous’s talk was unlike most discussions and associations with immigration. Instead of focusing on the negative aspects […]
Billy Fitzpatrick ’20 Let’s take a look at how Holy Cross athletics teams in action have been faring recently. Football The Holy Cross Football team (2-6) made a statement by defeating Patriot League foe Lehigh 56-0 last weekend in Worcester, Mass. The Crusaders put on a great display […]
Macklin Kortebein Sports Editor With the recent addition of the $90 million Luth Athletic Complex to the Holy Cross campus, which included new coaches’ offices, weight rooms, basketball courts, a hockey rink, swimming pools, and an indoor turf field, it seems appropriate to consider spending in college athletics […]
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 envisioned for myself the paradigm college experience which I wanted to see become fully realized; this included joining every club that caught […]
Maggie Flaherty ‘20 Chief Features Editor November is officially upon us, and what better way to celebrate the last full month of the fall semester than with a new playlist? Here is a sample selection of what I will be listening to this weekend: Have You Ever […]
Jacob Alfarah ’19 Guest Writer This past weekend, on our very campus, one of the most disgusting acts of hate was carried out on Mt. St. James. Carried out in the hallways of Figge or the stacks of Dinand, a member of the Queer community was targeted by […]
Eaton D. Condiment Lost in the Sauce “At first I thought it was some sort of sick joke,” said jaded junior Neil English. “But when I got closer to the condiment station in Kimball I saw that it was true, Heinz condiment dispensers had been phased out with […]
Sofia Maietta News Editor Next Tuesday, November 6 will mark Election Day, as voters across the country head to the polls. For Massachusetts residents, early voting began on October 22 and will end on Friday, November 2. Massachusetts residents voting via absentee ballot should be sure to […]
Jackson Skelley ’20 Eggplant Editor We’ve all heard of the famous Catalina Wine Mixer. Popularized by the 2008 comedy “Step Brothers,” the event is marketed as “the largest helicopter leasing event in the Western Hemisphere.” However, most people don’t know that the event, although known for being in […]
Kate McLaughlin ’21 News Editor Professor Bukatko, Professor of Psychology, Distinguished Professor of Education, and Affiliate of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, was awarded the 2018 Donal J. Burns ‘49 Career Teaching Medal at the Provost’s address given by Dean Margaret Freije. The medal, which honors “long-term teaching […]
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 of the race of the discriminated community. More specifically, there is a predominant community of people who believe that with the rise […]
Jackie Cannon ’20 Chief News Editor The College of the Holy Cross community received a report of aggravated battery and assault against a student, committed in the early morning hours of October 27. The report contained few specifics of the incident, which is currently under investigation, but […]
