Bridget Flaherty ‘21 Features Editor On May 21, 2021, I will officially graduate from the College of the Holy Cross. I will have spent four years of my life here. Some will say these are the best years of your life and others will disagree. These weren’t the […]
Bridget Flaherty ‘21 Features Editor Last year, Christine McLaughlin ‘21 adapted a short story into a play for a course. Her resulting work, “The Toast,” was going to be presented at the Academic Conference last year. However, her presentation ended up being postponed as a result of the […]
Bridget Flaherty ’21 Features Editor ACT’s production of The Theory of Relativity showcases the human experience in all of its glory, putting the emotional matter of human nature front and center through individualized stories. Like any good ensemble show, characters and stories that seem to not be connected […]
Bridget Flaherty ’21 Features Editor On Wednesday April 7th, the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture sponsored a discussion between three art historians which focused on the role of art during the COVID-19 pandemic. “A Return to Hope and Healing: Seeing Our Way Through a Crisis of […]
Bridget Flaherty ‘21 The Jo’s Resident Treadmill Squatter Editor’s note: This article appears in our annual Eggplant Edition, comprised exclusively of satirical articles. Worcester’s hottest club is … the Jo! It has everything — treadmills, ellipticals, squat racks, college-approved COVID tests, rowing machines, massive bottles of hand sanitizer, […]
Bridget Flaherty ‘21 Features Editor This week, I interviewed Brian Saville ‘22 who worked as the stage manager on the Theatre Department’s production of (Le) Deluge. We discussed how the role changed as a result of the pandemic and its remote environment and what he learned from working […]
Bridget Flaherty ‘21 Features Editor Clubs on campus have faced unprecedented challenges this past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I interviewed Sam Sweet ‘21, the chair of Alternate College Theatre, to see how ACT has adapted to the new normal. What has been the biggest obstacle to […]
Bridget Flaherty ‘21 Features Editor Last semester, I had the pleasure of interviewing first-year Daniel Maddigan who spent his first semester of college at home in California. Now that he’s on campus, I caught up with him again to see how his experience has changed. What is life […]
Bridget Flaherty ’21 Features Editor The Alternate College Theatre’s production of “The Fox” marks the first Zoom I’ve been excited for since that one night in March my friends hosted a virtual hangout before it became incredibly tedious to see your friends virtually. In my eyes, this production […]
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 […]
Bridget Flaherty ’21 Features Editor November always marks a stressful period in the school year when seemingly faraway deadlines creep up out of nowhere, assignments get longer, and tests get harder. The middle of the semester is never carefree — especially when it coincides with an extremely tumultuous […]
Bridget Flaherty ’21 Features Editor This week I interviewed our SGA Co-Presidents Noah Sisk and Victoria Tara to see how some of our student leaders have adapted to this semester and its remote environment. I. How has SGA adapted to the remote environment? Working remotely has created new […]
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