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WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at the Seelos Theater at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, visit http://events.holycross.edu.

Shutter Island
Wed., Sept. 1: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Get Him to the Greek
Friday, Sept. 3 and Saturday, Sept. 4: Showing at 7 p.m.

Please Give
Wednesday, Sept. 8: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Robin Hood
Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 10: Showing at 7 p.m.

The White Ribbon
Wednesday, Sept. 15: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Green Zone
Friday, Sept. 17 and Saturday, Sept. 18: Showing at 7 p.m.

The Last Station
Wednesday, Sept. 22: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Alice in Wonderland
Friday, Sept. 24 and Saturday, Sept. 25: Showing at 7 p.m.

Babies
Wednesday, Sept. 29: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Iron Man 2
Friday, Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 2: Showing at 7 p.m.

The Secret in Their Eyes
Wednesday, Oct. 6: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

The Ghostwriter
Wednesday, Oct. 20: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Kick-Ass
Friday, Oct. 22 and Saturday, Oct. 23: Showing at 7 p.m.

I Am Love
Wednesday, Oct. 27: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Wednesday, Nov. 3: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Greenberg
Friday, Nov. 5: Showing at 7 p.m.

Winter’s Bone
Wednesday, Nov. 10: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

The Karate Kid
Friday, Nov. 12 and Saturday Nov. 13: Showing at 7 p.m.

Ondine
Wednesday, Nov. 17: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Splice
Friday, Nov. 19 and Saturday, Nov. 20: Showing at 7 p.m.

The Kids Are All Right
Wednesday, Dec. 1: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

Salt
Friday, Dec. 3 and Saturday, Dec. 4: Showing at 7 p.m.

Inception
Wednesday, Dec. 8: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m.

The American
Friday, Dec. 10 and Saturday, Dec. 11: Showing at 7 p.m.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of three new faculty members in tenure-track positions for the 2010-11 academic year and two new teaching fellows funded through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. They are:

Florencia Anggoro (assistant professor, psychology) specializes in language and conceptual development, science learning, relational thinking, and culture and cognition.  She has presented her research at conferences around the world and published her work in academic journals, including Psychological Science.  Previously, Anggoro taught at Georgia State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.  She earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Northwestern University.

Amber Hupp (assistant professor, chemistry) focuses her teaching and research on analytical chemistry.  She has presented her work at scientific conferences throughout the U.S. and published papers in peer-reviewed journals.  Previously, she was a visiting assistant professor at Holy Cross in 2009-10.  She earned her B.A. in chemistry from Kalamazoo College and her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Michigan State University.

Michelle Mondoux (assistant professor, biology) specializes in cellular and molecular biology.  She is the recipient of several fellowships and grants, including the Nancy Nossal Fellowship Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, where she was a postdoctoral fellow since 2007.  In addition to teaching positions with Princeton University and the National Institutes of Health, Mondoux conducted research in the department of pediatric oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  She earned her B.A. in biological sciences from Smith College and her Ph.D. in molecular biology from Princeton University.

Brian Moskalik (Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, biology) focuses his teaching and research on behavioral ecology, animal behavior, evolution, invertebrate zoology, nutritional ecology and anatomy and physiology.  He has given numerous public lectures, as well as presentations at academic conferences, and has published his research in academic journals.  Moskalik earned his B.S. and M.S. in biology from the State University of New York at Fredonia, and his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Cincinnati.

Carolyn Richardson (Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, philosophy) has expertise in the philosophy of language, epistemology, 20th century continental philosophy and environmental philosophy.  She has presented her research at conferences throughout the world, and has published work (including original poetry) in academic and literary journals.  Earlier this year, she contributed a book chapter to Lyric Ecology: Twenty-five Meditations on the Work of Jan Zwicky (Cormorant Press).  Richardson earned her B.A. in philosophy and English from Mount Allison University (New Brunswick, Canada) and is completing her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Jordan Cyr, a 2010 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, has signed with the ECHL’s Stockton Thunder. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Thunder are the affiliate of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers and the AHL’s Springfield Falcons.

“Jordan was a player we were trying to sign toward the end of last season when college players became free agents, so we’re excited to finally get him on board,” said Thunder head coach Matt Thomas. “He was one of the first players I actively recruited this offseason and all signs point to him being a first year, impact forward, similar to Oren Eizenman and Chris D’Alvise when they were rookies. He has touch, ability to put the puck in the net and make other players better that are around him.”

“I’m looking forward to bringing a very hard working approach and scoring touch to Stockton, night in and night out,” said Cyr. “I pride myself on being an offensive player and reliable at both ends of the ice. It’s very exciting to come to what seems to be an absolute, first class organization in the Thunder, that has tons of fan support and is a fun place to play.”

Cyr, who was named MVP for the 2008-09 season as well as 2009-10, is only the third two-time MVP since 1995. He led the team with 14 goals and a career-best 16 assists for 30 points in his final season. This past season he was named the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week three times giving him this honor four times in his career. He was also the leading scorer with 19 goals and 13 assists for 32 points in 2008-09. His 19 goals in 2008-09 were third all-time on the Holy Cross Division I list. For his career, he had 34 goals and 29 assists for 63 points in 77 games, including one goal for RPI in 11 contests in 2006-07. The 2009-10 season was Cyr’s second and last season with the Crusaders as he transferred from RPI and had to sit out the 2007-08 season athletically. Cyr was the first Holy Cross player from Manitoba.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Nicolás Sánchez, professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, and two of his students, seniors Christopher Kopp and Francis Sanzari, are the authors of a new book that critically examines the U.S. financial crisis.  In Destined for Failure: American Prosperity in the Age of Bailouts (Praeger Publishing, August 2010), they take the Bush and Obama administrations to task for budget deficits and cronyistic subsidies and bailouts.

According to Sánchez, Kopp and Sanzari, if U.S. economic policies continue along previous paths that generated economic bubbles and unemployment, then our economy is destined for failure.  “Neither the Bush nor the Obama administrations have faced up to the economic problems,” they say.  “Bailouts fail because they do not address productivity growth, which is the main factor driving our economy.  The U.S. faces a serious recession not because there has been a lack of demand for goods and services but rather because there are structural problems that have made the country less competitive relative to other nations.”

Arguing that Keynesian economics is an outdated, detrimental ideology, the authors explain the effects of government regulation, political interference in the housing and job markets, misallocation of resources in health and education, moral hazard, environmental constraints, and excessive taxation.

Kopp and Sanzari are the first undergraduate authors to be published by Praeger Publishers, a division of the Greenwood Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading publishers of reference titles, academic and general interest books.  Interested in reaching a broad audience, Sánchez invited them to collaborate on Destined for Failure, which provides a conceptual framework accessible to the general public and can be used as a supplementary text in classrooms.  “The experience was wonderful,” says Sánchez.  “We had several opportunities to present the work-in-progress in venues across the United States.  People who have heard Chris and Francis speak have been in awe of their intelligence, knowledge and poise.”

Christopher Kopp ’11, of Hamburg, N.Y., is a double major in mathematics and economics.  He is a member of both the economics department’s and College’s honors programs.  During the summer of 2009, he studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  This summer, he is an intern in the Alternative Investments Product Management division of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in New York City, through Holy Cross’ Summer Internship Program.

Francis Sanzari ’11, of West Hartford, Conn., is a double major in political science and economics, and is in both the economics department’s and the College’s honors programs.  He has presented his research in venues across the country, including at the 2010 Eastern Economic Association’s Annual Conference.  This summer, he is working for a global IT company in Singapore.

Nicolás Sánchez, professor of economics, has been a member of the faculty at Holy Cross since 1977.  During that time, he served as chair of the economics department and director of its honors program. His publications have appeared in some of the top economics journals in the U.S. and abroad.