Joseph Abrams ’23 Chief News Editor With finals season in full gear and a withering amount of dining dollars to spend on Winter treats, you may feel as though your holiday aura hasn’t quite returned to form. Holy Cross had its own Christmas Tree lighting and is hosting […]
Joseph Abrams ’23 Chief News Editor Holy Cross, as an institution, thrives on the love and excitement students and alumni have for it. A lot of this adoration takes the form of donations– the gifts of current and former students are often allocated to school resources, new buildings, […]
Joseph Abrams ‘23 Chief News Editor The topic of gender affirming care is likely one near the top of most people’s minds, especially considering how seemingly important it was to the recent midterm elections. Some state legislatures are currently debating the topic as it pertains to transgender youth, […]
Joseph Abrams ’23 Chief News Editor Four years ago, as the College grappled with faculty sexual assault allegations and a violent hate crime on campus, students, faculty, and staff came together to ask the pressing question: “Where do we go from here?” That collective, which was the first […]
Joseph Abrams ‘23 Chief News Editor Last Thursday, Holy Cross had the immense pleasure of hosting Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi at the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture. Gandhi, an associate professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA and an author, traveled all the way from the […]
Joseph Abrams ’23 Chief News Editor A little over forty years ago, Joseph McCartin joined the rest of the class of ‘81 on the hill for the first semester of their freshman year. With hopes of being a doctor, McCartin believed he knew what he wanted from his […]
Danielle Dentrement ’25 News Editor On September 21st, Holy Cross’ Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Department hosted an event called “Religious Support for Abortion Rights: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Perspectives” in the Hogan Ballroom. The panelists included Reverend Elizabeth Kaeton, Professor Lisa Fishbayn Joffe, and Professor Zahra Ayubi, […]
John O’Keefe ’25 Staff Writer Holy Cross, an institution known for its high academic success and national recognition, has recently seen yet another rise in two major national college rankings as students return to campus this fall. These improvements in national excellence have been fulfilled in recent alumni […]
Joseph Abrams ‘23Chief News Editor Much like the newest style of L.L. Bean boots and the unparalleled capacity to wear shorts in the cold, sickness has spread throughout the Holy Cross student body. It seems that most classrooms are filled with tense, room-silencing sneezes and enough sniffles to […]
Joseph Abrams ’23 News Staff The long-awaited and highly anticipated Prior Performing Arts Center is set to open during the Community Day event beginning at 1 p.m on Sept. 24. In this opening event, community members will be able to tour the 84,000 square-foot arts center consisting of […]
Joseph Abrams ’23 Four years ago, a movement across students and alumni rattled the campus and brought a long-needed period of reflection back to the hill. Most of those students, if not all, have graduated by now and assimilated into the ranks of the alumni that joined them, […]
Joseph Abrams ’23 News Editor Faculty and alumni made their way to campus last month for this year’s Women in Business Conference- a day of workshops and talks instated by the Women in Business Club 16 years ago. Aspiring women at the college from a range of different […]
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