Author Archives: College of the Holy Cross

Walk by the Cantor Art Gallery on the first floor of O’Kane Hall, and you are likely to do a double take. Are those really more than a hundred wooden statues in the gallery? Last week, artists Yin Peet and … Continue reading →

Health Services is every student’s answer to the common cold, and the first stop for a flu shot. But did you know that it can also be the perfect solution to a stressful week or an aching back? In keeping … Continue reading →

Seven years ago, an Emergency Medical Technician certification class debuted on campus. The state-approved course prepares students to take the written and practical exams to be certified as an EMT Basic in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Since then, the course … Continue reading →

The election is over. The ballots have been counted, the electoral votes have been tallied, and President-elect Barack Obama is already announcing decisions about his administration. As we look back on a marathon campaign that lasted longer than two years, … Continue reading →

The Class of 2010 and 2012 Class Councils plan on brightening up the holidays for underprivileged children around the world. They are participating in Operation Christmas Child through Samaritan’s Purse and inviting the Holy Cross community to drop off gift-filled … Continue reading →

Every year, Holy Cross welcomes newly minted Ph.Ds to teaching positions that may last a semester or a year. However, it is not every year that five of these visiting professors and lecturers happen to be young Holy Cross alums. … Continue reading →

Bumping into him on campus or chatting with him over dinner in Kimball, you’d probably think that Matt Harper, a sophomore from Los Angeles, is a typical Holy Cross student.  Day-to-day, he’s busy trying to decide whether to take up … Continue reading →

Tickets are almost entirely sold out for the game where all-time Holy Cross basketball greats George Kaftan ’49, Bob Cousy ’50, Togo Palazzi ’54, and Tom Heinsohn ’56 will have their jerseys lifted to the Hart Center rafters, a first … Continue reading →

“We don’t want you to leave here tonight and take all your money out of the bank,” joked David Chu, director of the Ciocca Office of Entrepreneurial Studies and Holy Cross’ prebusiness advisor, to a full room of students in … Continue reading →

Each semester, Clarence Thomas ’71, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, makes it a point to meet with the 16 Holy Cross students who take part in the College’s Washington Semester Program. “He brings them up to the Supreme … Continue reading →

Twelve of us participating in the Washington Semester Program have witnessed history unfold before our eyes, as Senator Obama laid claim to the presidency of the United States at 11 p.m. We didn’t miss the opportunity to show our support … Continue reading →

America’s historic presidential election is the subject of classroom and dining hall conversations at Holy Cross today. Early reports suggest that there was a record turnout among young voters across the country. On Mount St. James, hundreds of students watched … Continue reading →