Grace Manning ‘21 Opinions Editor In the year after Breonna Taylor’s tragic death at the hands of Louisville police officers, rage and indignation resurface as one of these policemen, Jonathan Mattingly, prepares to release a book telling his side of the story that rocked the U.S. and the […]
Grace Manning ‘21 Unsolicited Senior Holy Cross Critic Editor’s note: This article appears in our annual Eggplant Edition, comprised exclusively of satirical articles. The Senior class was relieved to see that they were kept on the list of those who received Father Borough’s email concerning Fall 2021. Without […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey has gone viral over the past week. Social media is flooded with tweets and posts calling for the end of the monarchy and wondering aloud whether this interview will mean the death of a […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor After nearly a year of waiting for the light at the end of the pandemic’s long tunnel in the form of a vaccine, we fear, and question being vaccinated. This fear is not so much due to a distrust of the vaccine itself […]
Grace Manning ’21 This past weekend, thousands of people in Myanmar participated en masse in peaceful protests, calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy party. The party won the recent democratic elections, but military armed forces refused to […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor We are a troubled generation. Studies show that over 90% of Gen Z adults have experienced regular bouts of stress-related depression. One could argue that even before COVID-19, we had more to worry about than generations past, if you look at the increase […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor Although his two-hundred-and-some birthday will take place in January, Edgar Allan Poe continues to be an incredibly prominent feature in American, and in world, literature. We most likely have all studied him, or at least one of his poems or stories, at some […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor Over the past few years, I, along with many Catholics of my generation, have struggled to find reasons to be proud of our religion. Our experience with Catholicism has involved scandal, abuses of power, crime, ostracization and often hate, which features prominently in […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor With the results of the election finally established, there is a palpable sense of relief among my friends and family members. Many of us, young people in particular, have regained a sense of pride and hope that we had lost over the past […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of posts circulating on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, urging people to educate themselves in order to help combat issues of violence and government corruption on the African continent. It started with news on SARS or the […]
Grace Manning ‘21 Opinions Editor There is a saying that is common in many American households: “No politics at the dinner table”. My family doesn’t ever follow this rule and we have engaged in many a rousing dinner debate, often resulting in someone stalking off and others refusing […]
Grace Manning ’21 Opinions Editor I was shown a video recently which started with the phrase, “if every high school principal gave the following speech, America would be a much better place”. My mind immediately jumped to words of inclusion, promotion of diversity and equal access to quality […]
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