Ethan Bachand ‘22 Chief News Editor On Monday, March 1, Vincent D. Rougeau, the incoming president of the College of the Holy Cross, sat down for an interview with The Spire. Over the course of the call, which was conducted over Zoom, Mr. Rougeau answered a variety of […]
Jocelyn Buggy ‘22 News Editor The largest student organization on campus, Student Programs for Urban Development (SPUD) represents a major part of the Holy Cross experience for many people on the Hill. In a typical semester, over 500 students volunteer weekly with more than 40 diverse community partnerships […]
Davey Sullivan ‘22 News Editor On Thursday, February 25, the COVID Core Team announced that an outbreak of COVID-19 had been pinpointed as occurring in Brooks Hall. This outbreak comes after multiple consecutive days without any cases on campus at all. Brooks Hall is the largest residence hall […]
Devyn Forcina ‘22 News Editor On March 1, the McFarland Center hosted Caroline Chen for a talk on “Public Health Reporting in a Pandemic of Disinformation.” Chen, an investigative reporter for ProPublica, has a background in health reporting, as she covered the Ebola outbreak in a previously held […]
Davey Sullivan ‘22 News Editor With over 27.5 million cases so far in the United States, COVID-19 changed the way that education operations occur across the world. Even as vaccinations have begun rolling out, those at educational institutions have remained extremely vigilant. Colleges across the country have brought […]
2/8/21 Speaker Updates: Meetings between Class Senators and their Class Councils will begin shortly. A bill is being drafted to restructure the Senate so that the Speaker and Parliamentarian become in charge of Internal Affairs. The restructuring would also expand the Student Outreach committee to include academic affairs […]
Sarah Carter ‘24 News Editor Since opening its doors to students once again late this past January, Kimball Main has been at the center of many students’ on-campus experiences. Although the facility operates quite dissimilarly from its pre-COVID days, the dining hall still serves its same essential purpose […]
Jocelyn Buggy ‘22 News Editor Attending community worship represents a major part of the College of the Holy Cross experience for many students on the Hill. Before COVID-19, hundreds of people would pack into St. Joseph’s Chapel each week to share in faith and fellowship. Even those who […]
Hui Li ’21 Co-Chief Graphic Designer Spring 2021 marks the first semester that College of the Holy Cross has opened its campus to a larger portion of its student body since it closed around this time last year, when COVID-19 cases were first starting to rise both in […]
On Wednesday, February 10, 2021, the next segment of our series will take place from 6:00pm-8:30pm EST via Zoom. The Good Trouble Series: The Analysis and Goals of Allyship is a webinar which will discuss the importance of this topic and explore the stories of Holy Cross alumni. Our event will utilize a wide range […]
Ethan Bachand ‘22 Chief News Editor As the end of January approaches, the College of the Holy Cross continues to release more information about the reopening process. With the class of 2024 scheduled to arrive this weekend, the College has introduced both a new COVID monitoring system and […]
Devyn Forcina ’22 News Editor How does a virtual, diverse, interdisciplinary group of students come together on Zoom and share knowledge they’ve gained, as scholars? Alexander Hamilton. His name is Alexander Hamilton. All jokes aside, the smashing hit musical Hamilton can be approached from various academic angles, and on […]
