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 […]
Jimmy Casey ‘22 Sports Editor In this week’s edition of the Spire’s weekly Athlete Spotlight, I talked with Bryce Dolan ‘22 of the Men’s Hockey team. Throughout his first two years, Dolan played a crucial role as a defenseman for the Crusaders. As a freshman, he played in […]
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 […]
Jocelyn Buggy ‘22, News Editor The search for Father Boroughs’s successor continues as Isaacson, Miller, and the Presidential Search Committee begin researching what the Holy Cross community needs from its next president. On Monday, November 2, members of the Isaacson, Miller team and the Search Committee held its […]
Hannah Johnson ‘21 Spooky scary skeleton I thought maybe it was just me who felt a little anxious about these update emails, but after listening in on some student conversation about the latest, I realized that it’s probably a universal feeling. And that seems very odd: so far, […]
Ethan Bachand ‘22 Chief News Editor On Tuesday, Oct. 6, College of the Holy Cross alumnus Dr. Anthony Fauci, Class of 1962, appeared before the Holy Cross community in a student forum hosted by the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture. The director of the National […]
Devyn Forcina ’22 News Editor The 1620/2020 Speaker Series began on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. This specific event, “Politics of Memory and Commemoration: Columbus Statues and Beyond,” facilitated conversations about narrative-building monuments and “the discourse of disappearing Indians” in the words of Senior Lecturer Thomas Doughton. The speakers […]
Grace Bromage ‘23 Chief Features Editor As the 2020 election approaches, the McFarland Center started the HC Election Forum. The forum has spent the semester organizing lectures and discussions, and recommending articles, spanning a wide variety of political issues. I was able to talk to Marisa George ’21, […]
Nicole Letendre ’23 Features Editor Christopher Smith ‘22, an environmental studies major from Tillson, NY worked as a Head Student Research Intern at New York Medical College, as well as with the medical professionals at Westchester Medical Center, on important research concerning both flu and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. […]
Stacey Kaliabakos ’23 Features Editor Name: Ryan Wynn Hometown: Haverhill, Massachusetts Major: History Campus Activities: Manuscripts, Inscriptions, and Documents Club; Parnassus Journal; Co-editor of History on the Hill Newsletter Favorite Movie: Saving Private Ryan Favorite Song: Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver Favorite Singer/Group: The Beatles […]
Ethan Bachand ‘22 Chief News Editor On Thursday, Sept. 17, an Africana Studies class at the College of the Holy Cross experienced a racially charged “Zoombombing.” This incident, which was first alerted to the campus community the night it occurred, is currently under investigation by the Department of […]
09/20/2020: Confirmation Hearings: The Senate confirmed Jimmy Lunny, Margaret Telling, Bianca Miccolis, Connor Murphy, Erin Reinhart, Meaghan Lanctot, and Maggie Ober to the SGA 2020-2021 Cabinet. Congratulations to all! Speaker Updates: The RSO liaison program starts this week, as Senators were assigned their RSOs to communicate with. Elections […]
