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Holy Cross Moot Court Earns Collegiate Moot Court Championship Title In Los Angeles

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Evangelia Stefanakos

Just before the start of the spring semester, members of the College of the Holy Cross’ moot court team competed in the American Collegiate Moot Court Association’s (ACMA) 2015-16 National Championship Tournament in Los Angeles where they collectively earned four awards, including a national title. Captain Bethany Fogerty ’16 and assistant captain Daniel Murphy ’18 were awarded the national championship for the written legal brief they authored; the runner-up title also went to Holy Cross for the brief submitted by captain Briana Mora ’16 and assistant captain Megan Izzo ’17; Izzo chose to participate in the brief writing competition while abroad at Mansfield College, Oxford University. The briefs earned the top two titles from a pool 72 briefs.

Additionally, Fogerty and Murphy were awarded third place in the oral advocacy competition from among 80 teams, and Murphy was named the seventh highest scoring orator at the tournament, earning awards in three competitive categories: written brief, team oral advocacy and individual oral advocacy.

Moot court is a forensic activity where students from different schools compete against one another in simulated Supreme Court arguments. Teams of two students must study and master two legal issues, usually involving constitutional rights, submitting written briefs and presenting oral arguments before panels of practicing attorneys and sitting judges at various competitions across the country; this year the case focused on the free exercise of religion and immigration.

Holy Cross was among the top 80 teams invited to compete in the National Championship Tournament from the dozens of colleges and universities competing at regional tournaments across the nation, a group of nearly 800 students at the beginning of the season.

“The ACMA has seen a boom in new schools over the past few years with prestigious institutions becoming more involved in Moot Court,” says John O’Donnell ’04, co-coach of the moot court team along with Neil Petersen ’04. The elite colleges and universities that competed in the national tournament, many of which are far larger than Holy Cross, included: Williams College, Duke University, the United State Air Force Academy, the University of Chicago, George Washington, the University of Connecticut, Bentley University, and Texas A&M. “To be successful in this atmosphere, our students have to work extremely hard and be talented in their own right. Winning the brief writing contest is a real testament to that work and skill,” O’Donnell adds.

Scott Sandstrom, coordinator of the mock trial and moot court teams, explains that the coaches have a distant role in the execution of the legal briefs. “We as coaches and advisors do not, and cannot, advise, review, or correct any of the briefs submitted. While we were involved in making sure the students understood the various issues in the case at bar, the submitted brief was 100 percent their own work and effort.”

Students begin work for the new season on May 1, spending the summer reading, analyzing and preparing written summaries of cases in preparation. When they return to campus, the team meets for three to four hour weekly seminar-style sessions with their coaches. By the time nationals roll around in mid-January, students have put it hundreds of hours of work, both on their own and as a team.

“I am thrilled to have won a national championship. It really lends credence to the saying that hard work does pay off,” says Fogerty, who notes that moot court was one of the reasons she came to Holy Cross. Fogerty earned this national title at the end of her four year tenure on the moot court team. She plans to continue on to law school after graduation where she will apply the skills developed while on the team—of analyzing, writing, building arguments and applying cases to new sets of facts.

The moot court team’s national success is indicative of the growing success of the team. Since beginning to compete in 2003, Holy Cross students have won a total of 104 awards in moot court, 71 percent being won by female students. The team was national runner-up in 2004 and 2005, the southeast regional runner up in 2008, and the eastern regional runner up in 2014. Holy Cross has also won countless individual oralist awards including the national runner-up won by Michael Bender ’15 in 2015.

Murphy, who earned his first national title as a sophomore, is determined to keep the positive trajectory going. “Our team’s success this year means that I and the rest of the younger members have a responsibility to make this level of success a regular occurrence, so I am looking forward to helping improve our program and getting more of my teammates to nationals every year.”

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Community-Based Learning Director Receives Two Awards for Dissertation on Spiritual Impact of Service Learning

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Maura Sullivan Hill

Michelle Sterk Barrett, the director of the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning at the College of the Holy Cross, has received two awards for her dissertation on spiritual growth during service learning experiences. She received the Dalton Institute on College Student Values Dissertation of the Year Award, which is given by Florida State University to an outstanding doctoral dissertation relevant to the field of college student character and values development. She also earned an Honorable Mention Dissertation Recognition from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement.

Sterk Barrett completed her dissertation work and Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2015. Using data from her nine years as the assistant director of the PULSE Program for Service Learning at Boston College, she set out to find what circumstances led to spiritual growth during a student service learning experience.

She found that the key to spiritual growth is a balance of challenge and support. While participating in community service, students are challenged to think about the injustice that they are witnessing, oftentimes by building relationships with people who didn’t fit their assumptions and stereotypes.

“Witnessing the injustice is an eye-opening experience that leads to spiritual struggle. Students have to think about really hard questions: ‘Why does suffering exist? What is my meaning in life if this is happening around me? How should I respond? How does a God let this happen?’” Sterk Barrett says. “They have to deal with these questions, but at the same time have the support of class discussion and reflection, and it leads to spiritual growth.”

The support is a key element, because it provides a framework for the students to reflect on these tough questions, rather than being overwhelmed by the enormity of the issues.

Sterk Barrett first wanted to explore the spiritual impact of community service more than 20 years ago, after a life-changing service experience of her own. “I first wanted to study this when I did a postgrad year of service,” Sterk Barrett says. “That year of service impacted me so deeply, on a spiritual level, that I wanted to figure out what happened to me.”

She has integrated her research findings into the work she does here at Holy Cross with community-based learning (CBL). CBL gives students the opportunity to connect academic learning with civic engagement, bringing classroom learning to life through a range of projects and direct service opportunities that meet community identified needs. CBL courses span a wide variety of disciplines and have even been integrated into sections of the first-year Montserrat program.

“What is so exciting about the awards is that it helps to get the work out there,” she says. “It is not about me and my knowledge or getting a degree, but about having a positive impact on the way people operate in higher education.”

Down the road, she hopes her research will inspire college and university administrators to incorporate service learning into all academic areas, even in courses where the content is not directly related to religion or spirituality. She also wants to investigate how a student’s race and ethnicity impacts service learning experiences.

Related information:

Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning

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Holy Cross Ranks Among Princeton Review’s Top ‘Colleges That Pay You Back’

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Holy Cross in the News

The College of the Holy Cross is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking great academics, outstanding career preparation, and generous financial aid – according to The Princeton Review. The publication featured the College as one of 200 schools in its new book , “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck” (Penguin Random House / Princeton Review Books, Feb. 2, 2016).

Students told The Princeton Review “I realized with a degree from here, I can get a job almost anywhere,” and the “large and strong” alumni network provides further professional connections. Students say Holy Cross “does an incredible job of giving its students a very broad education [and] preparing them with the tools for the real world.”

The Princeton Review editors praised professors for making students’ four years at Holy Cross an extraordinary value. “The emphasis here is on teaching and learning, not research,” said an enthused a freshman to the publication. “Faculty is accessible in and out of the classrooms.”

“No student or family should be dissuaded from applying to Holy Cross because of the price tag,” said The Princeton Review. “Holy Cross is need-blind in its admissions policy, which means the decision to admit students to this highly selective liberal arts college is made without regard to a student’s ability to pay. Additionally, Holy Cross meets 100 percent of a student’s demonstrated financial need with a combination of scholarship grants, loans, and work-study.”

The Princeton Review chose the schools based on ROI (return on investment) ratings it tallied for 650 school last year. The publication considered everything from academics, cost, and financial aid to graduation rates, student debt, and alumni salaries and job satisfaction.

This “Holy Cross in the News” item by Cristal Steuer.

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‘Chicago’ Director Christine Freije ’13 Offers a Glimpse Backstage of the Ambitious Production

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Evangelia Stefanakos

After commencement, Christine Freije ’13 never thought she’d be back at Holy Cross directing another Alternate College Theatre (ACT) production. Two years since directing “Spring Awakening” as a senior, Freije returns to take on “Chicago,” an equally ambitious and well-known musical. The production will run on Feb. 4-6 at 8 p.m., and Feb. 6-7 at 2 p.m. in the Fenwick Theatre, and promises to address contemporary themes of celebrity culture and issues of justice with timeless songs, theatrical storytelling, and cutting dialogue, says Freije. We sat down with the alumna-director to get an inside scoop on all things “Chicago”:

Is it true that “Chicago” will be a bit bigger than usual Alternative College Theatre (ACT) productions?

The show demands that everything be a little bigger than usual. There are seventeen people in the cast, an extensive backstage crew, a fairly complicated set with pieces flying out, some extra lighting instruments, and tons and tons of costumes. My team and I have pretty big ambitions for making this show look great.

The play was originally staged in 1975, but continues to be a cultural favorite. Why do you think it still resonates with contemporary audiences?

There’s a lot about the world of “Chicago” that continues to resonate today. The plot, as I see it, follows Roxie Hart, a selfish, desperate aspiring starlet as she rises to fame on the support of her bad behavior and then sees that fame suddenly dissipate. We live in a world today where fame is more attainable than ever. We are inundated with reality shows, where men and women are encouraged to be their worst selves for our entertainment. A homemade Youtube video can launch someone, literally overnight, into national public consciousness. However, because the media and public attention move so quickly, fame has become more difficult to hold onto than ever before.

It’s also a play about the way issues of justice, of guilt and innocence, and of morality get pushed aside in favor of spectacle, distraction, and the manipulation of public opinion. In a presidential election year, at a time in which issues of criminal justice are prominent in our collective consciousness, I think that these ideas of public performance and how it relates to truth and fairness continue to be really relevant.

Is there added pressure considering the musical’s popularity?

There is some added pressure because the show is so well known. People will definitely come into this production with certain ideas and expectations based on their past experiences with the show. But it’s also exciting to be working on a show that is so beloved by so many.

How are you tackling the challenge?

The great thing about working in theatre is that you can steal like crazy and still come out with something unique. That being said, I first returned to the script and the score and tried to figure out what I thought the show was about. I tried to focus in on the main drive of the plot, the themes and images that pervade the script, and the way the characters go after what they want. After that, I went back to the secondary materials—videos and pictures of past productions, Maurine Dallas Watkins’s play upon which the musical is based, Rob Marshall’s film version. I tried to do a substantial amount of research, to collect a lot of ideas and images that might be useful, and then I was able to pick and choose sources of inspiration that suited my vision of the play.

What is one of your favorite scene, song or line in “Chicago”?

There’s this moment in Act Two that I love—Billy Flynn says to Roxie, “You’re a phony celebrity, kid. In a couple of weeks, nobody’ll even know who you are. That’s Chicago.” It’s become a joke among the cast and I—whenever I give them a tough direction or make a dramatic change, I say “That’s Chicago” to really put a button on it.

“Chicago” will be held during Winter Homecoming. Are you excited about being able to welcome alumni back? Are any of your friends coming back to check the production out?

Yes! I love that the timing worked out that way. A lot of my friends are planning on coming back for the show, particularly people who did shows in the theatre department or with ACT. This whole semester has felt like a kind of homecoming for me, so it will be exciting to have other alumni back as well.

What do you want current students to walk away with from working on this production?

I hope that I can help the students appreciate the experience of working on this show and the ACT community. Making theatre has been an amazing experience for me both during and after college, but I’ve never had anything close to the kind of supportive, strong group of friends that I had as a student through ACT. It’s something really precious.

Tickets to “Chicago” are $10 for members of the Holy Cross community, $15 for the general public, and can be reserved by calling the ACT box office at 508-793-3536.

Related Information

Holy Cross’ Alternate College Theatre to Present America’s No. 1 Longest Running Musical ‘Chicago’

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2016 Bob Cousy Award Watch List Narrowed to 10 Finalists

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Cristal Steuer

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the 10 watch list finalists for the 2016 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award presented by College of the Holy Cross. Named after Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy ’50, the annual honor now in its thirteenth year recognizes the top point guards in Division I men’s college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates in October, which has now been narrowed to just ten.

“The athletes on this list represent the most dedicated and skillful point guards in college basketball,” said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. “They exhibit many of the characteristics that made Mr. Cousy such a successful player and we are pleased to be recognizing them for their accomplishments. We thank College of the Holy Cross for their continued support of this esteemed award.”

Bob Cousy played for Holy Cross from 1946-1950 winning an NCAA Championship in 1947. He was named a Consensus First-Team All-American in 1950. His success continued at the professional level as a six-time NBA Champion (1957, 1959-1963), NBA Most Valuable Player (1957) and 13-time NBA All-Star (1951-63). In 1996, he was named a member of the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.

In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Cousy and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee for the 2016 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. The winner of the 2016 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show live from Club Nokia in Los Angeles, Calif., on Friday, April 8, 2016. Broadcast information will be released at a later date.

Previous winners of the Bob Cousy Award include Delon Wright, Utah (2015), Shabazz Napier, Connecticut (2014), Trey Burke, Michigan (2013), Kendall Marshall, North Carolina (2012), Kemba Walker, Connecticut (2011), Greivis Vasquez, Maryland (2010), Ty Lawson, North Carolina (2009), DJ Augustin, Texas (2008), Acie Law, Texas A & M (2007), Dee Brown, Illinois (2006), Raymond Felton, North Carolina (2005) and Jameer Nelson, St. Joseph’s (2004).

For more information on the 2016 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award presented by College of the Holy Cross, log onto www.CousyAward.com.

2016 Bob Cousy Award presented by College of the Holy Cross Finalists:

Kyle Collinsworth, Brigham Young University
Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Monte Morris, Iowa State
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Melo Trimble, Maryland
Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame
Kay Felder, Oakland
Gary Payton II, Oregon State
Kris Dunn, Providence
Nic Moore, SMU

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Acclaimed Actor Roger Guenveur Smith to Take Brief Residency at Holy Cross

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Emma Collins '16

Acclaimed actor Roger Guenveur Smith will be in-residence at the College of the Holy Cross from Feb. 22-23, 2016. His time at the College will include a performance of his award-winning monologue “Rodney King,” a screening of Spike Lee’s “A Huey P. Newton Story,” which was written by and features Smith, class visits, discussions, and workshops in conjunction with Black History Month. The residency is sponsored by Arts Transcending Borders.

“I am honored to bring ‘Rodney King’ to the College of the Holy Cross and I’m particularly excited to engage the student body in dialogue on the many questions posed by the show,” says Smith, “issues that are tragically relevant in our society today.”

Smith’s “Rodney King” monologue will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in Seelos Theater. This powerful performance combines history, poetry, and tragedy as Smith tackles the thorny odyssey of Rodney King, a construction worker darkly deemed “the first reality TV star” when his violent beating at the hands of police in 1991 was caught on film. When the officers involved were acquitted the following year, protests turned into the deadly Los Angeles riots and King involuntarily became a martyr of police brutality. From harsh national spotlight to a lonely death at the bottom of a swimming pool, Smith offers a mediation on the flawed, yet goodhearted everyman and reveals America’s endlessly complicated relationship with its racial past and present. Smith’s monologue won a 2015 Bessie Award for Outstanding Production. There will be a post-show discussion with Smith and Michael West, associate professor of history at the College, followed by a “Meet the Artist” reception in the Seelos Theater lobby.

A screening of Spike Lee’s “A Huey P. Newton Story” (2001) will be held on Monday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in Hogan 519. Adapted from Smith’s Obie-award winning play of the same name, this film explores the controversial life and times of the co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Huey P. Newton. Smith draws from Newton’s unpublished manuscripts, recorded interviews, and correspondence, to bring passion and authenticity to this powerful film. The Peabody Awards said of the film, “As one of the most volatile participants in the era of the Civil Rights Movement, Newton can be seen as a microcosm for issues as diverse as community service and violent actions taken in the name of justice. All complications, ambiguities, and moral quandaries bound up in America’s ongoing struggle with racism are captured in this virtuoso performance.”

There will be a post-screening question and answer session with Smith and Scott Malia, assistant professor of theatre, in Seelos Theater.

Smith graduated from Occidental College in 1977 where he was a student of American Studies. He attended Yale University as a student of the inaugural class in Afro-American Studies and served as a research assistant for the Frederick Douglass Papers. He also attended Yale Drama School and hails originally from Berkeley, Calif. He grew up in Los Angeles and is a writer as well as a prolific actor, known for such roles as Nate in Ridley Scott’s “American Gangster” (2007), Rudy in Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X” (1992), and Smiley in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” (1989). Smith has also been featured on the HBO series “K Street,” “Oz,” and in “Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narrative.” In addition to “A Huey P. Newton Story” and “Rodney King,” his written work also includes “Frederick Douglass Now,” a current, ever-fluid interpretation of Douglass’ classic 19th century texts.

Arts Transcending Borders, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is a new initiative designed to enhance the role of the arts in every aspect of the Holy Cross experience by infusing the arts into students’ academic lives and creating new opportunities throughout the curriculum and the community to cross cultural, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries.

These events, which are free and open to the public, are also sponsored by the diversity and inclusion office and funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional support from the six New England State Agencies.

Related Information

View the Arts Transcending Borders spring schedule
Telegram & Gazette, Feb. 18: “‘Rodney King,’ to be performed at Holy Cross, reclaims humanity of tragic symbol”

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Co-Founder of the Black Lives Matter Movement Opal Tometi to Speak on Campus

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Emma Collins '16

In observation of Black History Month, the College of the Holy Cross community will host a variety of discussions, film screenings, lectures, and a fashion show, planned by a range of academic departments, offices, and student organizations across campus.

Opal Tometi, a Nigerian-American writer, strategist, community organizer, and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, will speak to the Holy Cross community on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Hogan Ballroom. The event, sponsored by the Black Student Union (BSU), Campus Activities Board (CAB) and diversity and inclusion office, is free and open to the public.

Tometi’s talk, titled “#Black Lives Matter,” will take a look at the current issues facing the movement. A dedicated activist working at the intersection of racial justice and immigrant rights for more than a decade, Tometi started the Twitter hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, (with Alicia Garza and Patrisse Cullors), which prompted activism nationwide.

In addition to the Black Lives Matter movement, Tometi is the executive director at the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), where she is at the helm of the country’s leading black organization for immigrant rights, steering initiatives including the first Congressional briefing on black immigrants. She has also presented at the United Nations and has participated with the UN’s Global Forum on Migration and Commission on the Status of Women.

Tometi’s passionate interest stems from experience as the child of Nigerian immigrants. She was named a “New Civil Rights Leader” by the Los Angeles Times for her work building movements that bridge immigrant and human rights initiatives to the ever-growing black liberation movement. In 2015, Tometi and her fellow Black Lives Matter co-founders were included on The Root’s Top 100 List for the movement’s social and political impact.

All Black History Month events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Harvard Fellow to Give Talk on the Black Power Movement and American Social Work
Feb. 4 at 4:30 p.m., Levis Browsing Room

Joyce M. Bell, fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, will present research from her book, “The Black Power Movement and American Social Work” (Columbia University Press, 2014). She will discuss the impact the Black Power movement had on the profession of social work.

Sponsored by Africana studies, the history department, and the sociology and anthropology department.

Black History 101 Mobile Museum
Feb. 18, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Hogan 401-403

The Black History 101 Mobile Museum is an innovative traveling table top exhibit depicting Black memorabilia spanning slavery to Hip Hop. The mobile museum presents historical artifacts to schools systems, communities, colleges and universities throughout the nation. The museum has more than 5,000 rare treasures among its collection, including original documents from historic Black figures whose contributions helped shape the U.S. Artifacts in this mobile collection represent items from the categories of slavery, Jim Crow era, music, sports, the Civil Rights and Black Power era, and popular culture.

Sponsored by the multicultural education office, Latin American and Latino studies, peace and conflict studies, Africana studies, and the Multicultural Peer Educators.

A Huey P. Newton Story (2001)
Feb. 22, 7 p.m., Seelos Theater

Adapted from acclaimed actor Roger Guenveur Smith’s Obie-award winning play of the same name, this film explores the controversial life and times of the co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, Huey P. Newton. Smith draws from Newton’s unpublished manuscripts, recorded interviews, and correspondence, to bring passion and authenticity to this powerful film. There will be a post-screening question and answer session with Smith and Scott Malia, assistant professor of theatre.

Men’s Lacrosse Team Rings the Nasdaq Closing Bell as Part of Job Shadow Program

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Cristal Steuer

On Jan. 25, the College of the Holy Cross men’s lacrosse team and head coach Judd Lattimore rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square. The news ran on Fox News, Bloomberg News, CNBC, and in the Telegram & Gazette’s business section and sports section.

The event was part of a job shadowing day with the lacrosse alumni network career mentoring program. Crusader Lax Connect is a career mentorship program whose goal is to connect current lacrosse players with Holy Cross lacrosse alumni across different fields.

This program, geared towards the business community in New York City, has numerous alumni participants including Robert H. McCooey, Jr. ’87, senior vice president of Nasdaq’s Listing Services unit; Shaun McGowan ’03, vice president and assistant general counsel at JPMorgan Chase; and Hank Prybylski ’87, partner at Ernst & Young LLP.

The men’s lacrosse team recently placed first in the nation in the NCAA Division I Team Works Competition presented by Helper Helper in recognition of their commitment to community service.

The Crusaders are coming off a season in which they earned their first ever national ranking (No. 19) by defeating national powers No. 8 Loyola (Md.) and No. 9 Army West Point. The Crusaders also set a school record for Patriot League victories.

Watch the video and see more photos of the team ringing the Nasdaq Closing Bell.

This “Holy Cross in the News” item by Cristal Steuer.

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Holy Cross Music Department Announces Spring 2016 Concert Series

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Cristal Steuer

The College of the Holy Cross music department will kick off its spring concert schedule on Feb. 2 at 12:30 p.m. with a First Tuesday Lunch Concert performance by Jan Müller-Szeraws, artist in residence (cello), in the Brooks Concert Hall. Performances this spring include an artists-in-residence concert; a Vietnam project performance; the senior recital of Adam Ouellet ’16, tenor; and a performance by critically acclaimed soprano Rochelle Bard ’98.

The Artists-in-Residence concert on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m. in Brooks Concert Hall will showcase Saul Britrán, violin, Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello, Adam Golka, piano, and associate professor of music Chris Arrell, composer, features the world premiere of Arrell’s “Breathless,” which has been described as a swirling kaleidoscope of melody and color. Beloved 18th and 19th century classics will also be performed in collaboration with the music department’s Brook scholars, Ouellet, Christopher Goessling ’18, Teresa Murphy ’19, and Ana Dulskiy ’19.

“Questions for the Moon,” a multi-media song cycle, is a collaboration between composer Shirish Korde, Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the music department, and Karen Turner, professor of history. It will be presented Thursday, March 31 at 8 p.m. in the Brooks Concert Hall. Inspired by stories of the many North Vietnamese women who answered Ho Chi Minh’s call in 1965 for youth volunteers to fight American forces, this music-theater work is a mediation on the boundaries crossed and the potent forces unleashed in wartime.

Video projections for this production are based on archival footage from Karen Turner’s documentary film “Hidden Warriors,” and designed especially for this production by internationally renowned visual artist Raphael Shirley. The world music infused score by Korde will feature Vietnamese performer/composer Van-Anh Vo, Wu-Tong, a dramatic vocalist and performer who is a featured soloist with Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, and the dramatic lyric soprano Sonja Tegbland plus a chamber ensemble of five musicians. The event is co-sponsored by Arts Transcending Borders.

Critically acclaimed soprano Rochelle M. Bard ’98 will perform a concert of arias, lieder, and music from the American Song Book on Thursday, April 5 at 8 p.m. in Brooks Concert Hall. Bard has won top prizes from prestigious national and international vocal competitions. She has appeared on the stages of Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Tampa, Sacramento Opera, Baltimore Opera, Utah Festival Opera, and Tanglewood, performing in “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “Madama Butterfly,” and “The Merry Widow,” and in such roles as Violetta in “La Traviata,” the four heroines in “The Tales of Hoffmann,” and Gilda in “Rigoletto.” She is a sought-after concert artist as well, with recent performances including: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony; Mozart’s Requiem; Handel’s Messiah; Brahms’ Requiem; the role of “Norma” with the Knoxville Opera; and “Tosca” with the Cambridge Symphony.

Adam Ouellet ’16 will perform from Benjamin Britten’s poignant canticle “Still Falls The Rain” for his senior recital on Saturday, Apr. 16, 3 p.m. in Brooks Concert Hall. Ouellet will explore the lighthearted, romantic themes and grim realities in a series of juxtapositions. Light and darkness, realism and impressionism, love and sacrifice, this recital will examine the diverse shades of musical expression across space and time and will also feature music from Schubert, Bach, Britten, Tosti, Faure, and Debussy.

The concert series will also include the following musical performances on campus and throughout the spring semester. All events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact the music department events line at 508-793-3503.

Sunday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m.
Worcester Symphonic Project
Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra
Mechanics Hall, Worcester

Thursday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m.
Lisa Leong, piano
Brooks Concert Hall

Friday Feb. 19, 8 p.m.
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Brooks Concert Hall
Sponsored by Music Worcester in collaboration with the music department

Wednesday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m.
Recital
Peter Sulski, viola
Jonathan Yasuda, piano
Brooks Concert Hall

Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.
Trio Tremonti
Saul Bitrán, violin
Jan Müller-Szeraws, cello
Sally Pinkas, piano
Brooks Concert Hall

Tuesday, Mar. 1, 12:30 p.m.
First Tuesday Lunch Concert
Piano students of Adam Golka
Brooks Concert Hall

Monday, Mar. 14, 8 p.m.
Paul Houghteling, bass baritone
Brooks Concert Hall

Tuesday, Mar. 15, 8 p.m.
Solo Recital
Adam Golka, piano
Brooks Concert Hall

Saturday, Mar. 19, 7 p.m.
Holy Cross College Choir & Chamber Singers
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Saturday, Apr. 2, 3 p.m.
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus
Main Reading Room, Dinand Library

Sunday, Apr. 3, 3 p.m.
Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series
Senior Recital
Abraham Ross, Holy Cross Organ Scholar ’16
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Tuesday, Apr. 5, 12:30 p.m.
First Tuesday Lunch Concert
Saul Bitran, violin
Brooks Concert Hall

Thursday, Apr. 7, 8 p.m.
Inspired by Song
Magdalena Filipczak, violin and soprano
Adam Golka, piano
Brooks Concert Hall

Saturday, Apr. 9, 3 p.m.
Senior Recital
Meaghan McGeary, piano
Lisa Petricca, piano
Brooks Concert Hall

Sunday, Apr. 10, 3 p.m.
Holy Cross Chapel Artist Series
Francis Chapelet & Uriel Valadeau
French Concert Organists
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Tuesday, Apr. 12, 8 p.m.
Holy Cross Jazz Ensemble
Spring Concert
Brooks Concert Hall

Friday, Apr. 15, 8 p.m.
Ted Slingerland
Talk, Panel Discussion, and Workshop
Co-sponsored by Philosophy, Music, Arts Transcending Borders, Asian Studies
Brooks Concert Hall

Tuesday, Apr. 19, 8 p.m.
Tony Arnold, soprano
Jacob Greenberg, piano
Brooks Concert Hall

Thursday, Apr. 21, 7 p.m. lecture and 8 p.m. performance
Byzantine Chant
Brooks Concert Hall

Friday Apr. 22, 8 p.m.
Holy Cross College Choir & Chamber Singers
Brooks Concert Hall

Wednesday, Apr. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Holy Cross Chamber Orchestra
Brooks Concert Hall

Tuesday, May 3, 8 p.m.
Student and Faculty Recital
Brooks Concert Hall

Friday, May 6, 8 p.m.
Gamelan Gita Sari Concert
Brooks Concert Hall

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Working Writers Series to Kick Off Spring Semester with Travel Writer and Poet Gretel Ehrlich

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Emma Collins '16

The Working Writers Series will kick off the spring semester with a reading by Gretel Ehrlich, an American travel writer, poet, and essayist. Ehrlich will read excerpts from her work on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library, located in Smith Hall. The event, sponsored by the English department’s Creative Writing Program and the Environmental Studies Program, is free and open to the public.

Ehrlich is the author of 15 books, including the 2014 National Book Award nominee “Facing the Wave” (Vintage, 2014), which also won the PEN USA Award for nonfiction. “This Cold Heaven” (Vintage, 2003), her book about traveling by dogsled in Greenland, won the PEN Thoreau Award for Nature Writing. Ehrlich’s other books include “A Match to the Heart” (Penguin Books, 1995), which recounts an experience of being struck by lightning that incapacitated her for several years, “The Solace of Open Spaces” (Penguin Books, 1986), and “Heart Mountain” (Penguin Books, 1989). Her work has appeared in “Best Essay of the Century,” “Best Essays,” “Spiritual Writing,” and “Best Travel Writing.” Ehrlich’s writing has been supported by fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as three National Geographic Expedition Grants for travel in the Arctic.

The Working Writers Series will also present readings from the following writers throughout the semester. All events will take place in the Rehm Library (unless otherwise noted) and are free and open to the public.

Thu., Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m., poet and memoirist Christian Wiman will give both a talk and a reading. Wiman is the former editor of “Poetry,” America’s oldest magazine of verse, and the author of five books of poetry and two volumes of essays. He teaches literature and religion at Yale Divinity School. Wiman’s first collection of poems, “The Long Home” (Story Line Press, 1997), won the Nicholas Roerich Price; another collection, “Every Riven Thing” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), won the Commonwealth Prize from the English Speaking Union, was a finalist for the Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award, and was named one of the New Yorker’s top 11 poetry books of the year. Wiman’s latest collection, “Once in the West” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014), was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His most recent nonfiction book, “My Bright Abyss: Memoir of a Modern Believer” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), recounts his struggle with a rare incurable cancer. Wiman’s work appears widely in magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Book Review, and The New Yorker. The event is co-sponsored by the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture as one of the Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity.

Thu. Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m., poet and actor James Keegan ’83 will return to campus to give a performance and hold a discussion. Keegan is a poet and actor with the American Shakespeare Center. He has been with the center for more than 11 years and has performed more than 80 roles in approximately 60 productions. His performance will include monologues from his favorite roles, including King Lear, Iago, Macbeth, Falstaff, Shylock, Prospero, and Titus Adronicus. Keegan has performed at The Folger Shakespeare Theater, Pittsburg Irish and Classical Theater, and the Delaware Shakespeare Festival. He is an associate professor of English and Theatre at the University of Delaware’s Georgetown campus. The event is co-sponsored by the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters and the theatre department.

Tue., Mar. 15 at 7:30 p.m., author Christopher Castellani will give a reading. He is the author of three critically-acclaimed novels: “A Kiss from Maddalena” (Algonquin Books, 2003), which won the Massachusetts Book Award in 2004; “The Saint of Lost Things” (Algonquin, 2013); and “All this Talk of Love” (Algonquin, 2013), which was a New York Times Editor’s Choice and a finalist for the Ferror-Grumley Award. His book, “The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story,” a book of essays on the craft of writing, was published by Graywolf Press in January 2016. Castellani is the artistic director of GrubStreet Writing Center and teaches fiction in the M.F.A. Program at Warren Wilson College and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He recently won the “Poets & Writers”/Barnes & Noble “Writer for Writers” Award in recognition of his generosity to other writers and to the broader literary community. He is currently working on a new novel, “Leading Men,” for which he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014. The event is co-sponsored by the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters.

Thu., Apr. 7 at 7:30 p.m., screenwriter and dramatist Laura Cahill will offer a dramatic reading of a screenplay in the Rehm Library. Cahill has written screenplays for Miramax, 20th Century Fox, CBS, Lifetime, and the USA network, among others. Her screenplay for HBO’s “Hysterical Blindness,” starring Uma Thurman, Juliette Lewis, and Gena Rowlands, was adapted from her critically acclaimed off-Broadway play which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002 and went on to receive nominations for Emmy, Independent Spirit, and Writers’ Guild Awards. Cahill’s television credits include pilot scripts for HBO, IFC, Touchstone, Warner Brothers, and Paramount, among others, as well as an episode of the one-hour drama “The Beat.” Her new play, “Sad and Serious News,” was chosen by Vineyard Theatre for their new reading series last fall. Cahill’s other plays include “Mercy,” “Jersey Girls Go to the Park,” “Home,” and “The Way.” The event is co-sponsored by the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters.

Thu., Apr. 21 at 7:30 p.m., fiction writer Matt Bell will give a reading in the Rehm Library. Originally from Michigan and now teaching creative writing at Arizona State University, Bell is the author of several books of fiction, including “In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods” (Soho Press, 2014), which was a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, a Michigan Notable Book, and an Indies Choice Adult Debut Book of the Year Honor Recipient. It also won the Paula Anderson Book Award. Bell’s other books include the story collection “How They Were Found” (Keyhole Press, 2010), the novella “Cataclysm Baby” (Mud Luscious Press, 2012), and a nonfiction book about the classic video game “Baldur’s Gate II” (Boss Fight Books, 2015). His work writing has also appeared in “Best American Mystery Stories,” “Tin House,” The New York Times, “The American Reader,” and many other publications. Bell’s most recent novel, “Scrapper” (Soho Press, 2015), was published in September.

Thu., May 5 at 4 p.m., a celebration will be held featuring the writing of graduating seniors in Creative Writing: Danielle Burford, LiAnn Butterfield, Christopher Conley, Leonardo Hernandez, Mikayla Michienzi, Catherine Rutter, Hannah Shaw, Christopher Smith, Samuel Stenard, Margaret Walsh, and Kayla Zenk.

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Holy Cross’ Alternate College Theatre to Present America’s No. 1 Longest Running Musical ‘Chicago’

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Emma Collins '16

The Alternate College Theatre (ACT), a student-run organization at the College of the Holy Cross, will present “Chicago,” written by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, with script adaptation by David Thompson and music by John Kander. Recent graduate Christine Freije ’13 will return to campus to direct the production; Erik Schneider ’16 and Tim Rice ’16 will co-produce the play. “Chicago” tells the story of two women accused of murder, who use their notoriety to advance their careers. Performances will be held in the Fenwick Theatre, located on the second floor of O’Kane Hall, on Feb. 4-6 at 8 p.m., and Feb. 6-7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for members of the Holy Cross community, $15 for the general public, and can be reserved by calling the ACT box office at 508-793-3536.

“Chicago” the musical is based on the 1926 play, “Chicago,” written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, inspired by actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story was intended to be a satire about the corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of a “celebrity criminal.” The original Broadway production opened in 1975, and after the musical’s revival in 1996, it is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Set in the Prohibition Era of the late 1920s, Roxie Hart meets Velma Kelly when she is locked up in Cook County Jail. With Velma, a vaudeville star accused of murdering her sister and husband, Roxie enlists the help of lawyer Billy Flynn and the Matron “Mama” Morton in order to achieve tabloid fame, vaudeville gigs, and the admiration of the public. This dark, brilliant musical dives deep into a world in which crime is entertainment, virtue is mocked, innocence is punished, justice is for sale, and everything, especially fame, is fleeting.

“Chicago” being an intensively involved musical of excellent reputation, may have seemed like a tall order for ACT. But after considering such factors as the strengths of student actors, budget, dancing, availability of rights, and ACT’s own creative vision, the group felt that “Chicago” fit their needs perfectly. “We have a strong choreographer, several upperclassmen who are strong singers and actors, and a team that was really inspired by the material,” Freije says about putting on this well-known play.

“People will definitely come into this production with certain ideas and expectations based on their past experiences of the show,” Freije explains, when asked of the pressure such a performance might have on a student-run group. The show demands everything to be a bit bigger than typical ACT productions. With 17 people in the cast, an extensive backstage crew, and a fairly complicated set with moving components, Freije and her team have big ambitions for the final product. “It’s also exciting to be working on a show that is so beloved by so many,” Freije says.

In addition to her co-producers, Freije’s team includes: choreographer Carly O’Brien ’17, vocal directors Phil Losquadro ’18 and Hannah Gabriel ’17, music director Meaghan McGeary ’16, set designer Thomas Kehoe ’17, lighting designer Christopher O’Neil ’17, costume designer Lexi Elracher ’17, and stage manager Julia Dunn ’16, who was an assistant stage manager for “Spring Awakening,” which Freije also directed her senior year.

Since graduating, Freije has been pursuing a career in theatre, primarily as a director. She worked as a directing assistant with the Berkshire Theatre Group on a production of “The Lion in Winter” the summer after graduation. That fall, she moved to Philadelphia and spent a year working as an apprentice at the Walnut Street Theatre. When she returned to Massachusetts, she began work as a teaching assistant at a theatre camp in Wellesley. After “Chicago,” she will be returning to Philadelphia to work with a theatre collective of emerging artists known as Reject Theatre Project to produce an original adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” in the spring, as well as working as an assistant director at Theatre Horizon.

ACT is one of the largest and oldest student groups at the College. ACT provides a venue for students – both theatre majors and non-majors – to put their skills to work. Students are responsible for all aspects of production – directing, designing, and producing, as well as performing. The theatre department provides artistic advice and technical supervision.’

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Spring Semester Brings Another Full Slate of Arts Events

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Evangelia Stefanakos

This semester, the College of the Holy Cross is offering a dynamic series of arts events aimed to excite, engage and challenge audiences.

From the staging of renowned theatre productions and installations of multimedia gallery exhibitions, to world premieres of compositions created by our own artists-in-residence and performances by internationally admired dancers, there is much to look forward to.

“Arts events help us to think about our world differently,” says Lynn Kremer, director of Arts Transcending Borders and professor of theatre. “A piece of art, music, theatre, dance, or creative writing can transport us and open our minds to unforeseen possibilities.”

Highlights of the spring semester include:

Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Rehm Library, Smith Hall
Performance and Discussion by James Keegan ‘83
James Keegan ‘83, a poet and actor with the American Shakespeare Center, performs monologues from some of his favorite roles, such as King Lear, Iago, Macbeth, Falstaff, Shylock, Prospero, and Titus Andronicus. The event is a part of the Working Writers Series and is co-sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters and the theatre department.

March 31, 8 p.m.
Brooks Concert Hall, Fenwick Hall
Questions for the Moon
A multi-media song cycle, “Questions for the Moon” is a collaboration between composer Shirish Korde, Distinguished Professor of Humanities, and Karen Turner, professor of history. Inspired by stories of the many North Vietnamese women who answered Ho Chi Minh’s call in 1965 for youth volunteers to fight American forces, this music-theater work is a meditation on the boundaries crossed and the potent forces unleashed in wartime. The event is co-sponsored by the music department, Asian Studies and Arts Transcending Borders.

March 14-April 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (M-F), Noon-5 p.m. (Sat.)
Cantor Art Gallery, O’Kane Hall
“Alexa Horochowski: Club Disminucíon”
This exhibition is a multi-media video and sculpture installation by artist Alexa Horochowski, who immigrated to the United States as a child with her family from the Argentinian Patagonia. The exhibition is a video-immersive work inspired by her residency at Casa Poli in Chile and is co-sponsored by Cantor Art Gallery and Arts Transcending Borders. ATB is planning ancillary programming and cross-disciplinary academic engagement opportunities around this exhibition in the Cantor Art Gallery. Opening reception is March 15, 5-6:30 p.m.

April 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 8 p.m.
Fenwick Theatre, O’Kane Hall
“Hamlet” by William Shakespeare
This provocative, modern-dress production explores the angst of a young man trying to find his way in a corrupt world filled with dissembling politicians, paranoia and surveillance — perhaps a bit like the one we inhabit today. Directed by Edward Isser, professor and chair of the theatre department.
Ticket Box Office: (508) 793-2496

April 29, 8 p.m.
Location to be determined
A Jookin’ Jam Session with Lil Buck and Friends
The College’s “Become More: Campaign for the Future of Holy Cross” kicks off with an evening of celebration headlined by the international jookin’ phenomenon Lil Buck, who came to international attention when ballet star turned director Damian Woetzel paired the young dancer with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The performance, captured on video by Spike Jonze, went viral with more than 3 million views. Lil Buck has gone on to perform with the New York City Ballet and in Cirque du Soleil’s “Michael Jackson: One,” the Spike Jonze film “Her,” and Benjamin Millepied’s “NOWNESS” videos. In the latest series of unique performances created by Damian Woetzel, Lil Buck is joined by a stellar cast of musicians, marking the welcome return of Fall ’15 ATB artist-in-residence, Galician gaita player Cristina Pato. This event is happening in conjunction with the College’s 2016 Academic Conference.

View the arts calendar for a full list of arts events taking place this upcoming semester.

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Holy Cross Alumni Volunteer a Year of Service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Emma Collins '16

Fourteen recent graduates from the College of the Holy Cross have dedicated themselves to a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) and the Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. Over the course of the year, the volunteers will serve hundreds of thousands of people while addressing issues such as hunger and homelessness, poverty, domestic violence, end-of-life care, mental health, and food justice. JVC has recruited eight volunteers from Holy Cross and JVC Northwest, which operates independently, recruited an additional four volunteers. Two Holy Cross volunteers will be serving internationally with JVC in Chile and Tanzania. Holy Cross graduates have a long history of volunteering with these programs: in 2014, 18 volunteers joined JVC and 13 joined JVC Northwest; while in 2013, 11 volunteers joined JVC and three joined JVC Northwest

“At Holy Cross we are grateful for the seriousness with which so many of our graduates engage the Jesuit commitment to ‘the service of faith and the promotion of justice’ that is at the heart of our mission,” says Marybeth Kearns-Barrett, director of the chaplains’ office. “Our graduates who devote themselves to one to two years of volunteer service in under-resourced communities around the United States and internationally in organizations such as the Jesuit Volunteer Corps are an inspiring witness to all of us to seek ways to place our gifts and talents in the service of the most vulnerable.”

Rooted in the core values of social and ecological justice, simple living, community, and spirituality, the JVC and JVC Northwest programs give young men and women the chance to work full-time for justice and peace. Participants serve for one or two years, during which time they live among the poor and marginalized, and strive for social justice within these environments.

Jesuit volunteers work at schools, health clinics, legal clinics, parishes, domestic violence shelters and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Those working in the Northwest also teach in schools on Native American reservations.

Holy Cross graduates are among 267 Jesuit volunteers serving in 37 U.S. cities and six countries across the world. There are 148 Jesuit volunteers serving in 24 locations throughout the five states of the Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington).

The following Holy Cross graduates are currently serving as Jesuit volunteers:

•   Hannah Grace Stokes ’15 – Native American Health Center, Berkeley, Calif.
•   Carly McCabe ’15 – Back on My Feet Chicago, Chicago, IL.
•   Barbara Silva ’14 – Loyola High School, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
•   Maura Tracy ’15 – Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Houston, TX.
•   Samuel McGrath ’14 – Verbum Dei Jesuit High School, Los Angeles, Calif.
•   Shane Garner ’15 – St. Francis Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
•   Erin Reilly ’15 – Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice, Los Angeles, Calif.
•   MaryGrace Brogioli ’15 – St. HOPE Public Schools, Sacramento, Calif.
•   Casey Donahoe ’15 – South Bay Community Services, San Diego, Calif.
•   Lauren Hammer ’14 – Hogar de Cristo & Jesus Obrero Parish, Santiago, Calif.

The following graduates serve as Jesuit volunteers in the Northwest:

•   Marielle McKenna ’14 – HomePlate Youth Services, Inc., Hillsboro, Ore.
•   Erin Clifford ’15 – Southeast Alaska Independent Living, Juneau, Alaska.
•   Naomi-Ann Gaspard ’15 – Catholic Charities of Spokane, Spokane, Wash.
•   Connor May ’15 – Pretty Eagle Catholic Academy, St. Xavier, Mont.

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McFarland Center to Present Talks on Faith, Violence, Education and Love

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Cristal Steuer

The Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross will bring in special guest lecturers in February for talks on violence and genocide, education and equity, religion and ethics through history, the humanities, and more. Following the principle that faith and learning are partners in liberal education, McFarland Center programs foster dialogue that respects differences and provide a forum for intellectual exchange that is interreligious as well as interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international in scope. The talks, held in the College’s Rehm Library, are free and open to the public.

FEBRUARY 2016

Thursday, Feb. 4, 4:30 p.m.
Does Religion Promote Violence? — William Cavanaugh, director of Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology and a professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University, will argue that the premise that religion promotes violence is comforting and ideologically useful. One of the Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity.

Monday, Feb. 8, 4:30 p.m.
Survivors into Minorities: Armenians in Turkey during and after the Genocide —Lerna Ekmekcioglu, a historian of the modern Middle East, is associate professor of history and women’s studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is author of “Recovering Armenia: The Limits of Belonging in Post-Genocide Turkey” (Stanford University Press, 2016). Co-sponsored by the Middle Eastern Studies concentration and the McFarland Center.

Tuesday, Feb. 9, 4:30 p.m.
Equity, Schools, and The American Dream: What the Data Tell Us about the Future of Equity-Oriented Policy — Douglas Gagnon, a research associate at the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey School of Public Policy, will draw from his own research and others’ to examine the state of equal opportunity in our nation’s schools and describe what we might expect from equity-oriented education policy in the near future. Co-sponsored by the education department and the McFarland Center.

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 4:30 p.m.
Jesus: Bad Jew or Good Jew? — Adele Reinhartz, professor in the classics and religious studies departments at the University of Ottawa, Canada, will lecture on how Jesus’s Jewishness has been construed in 19th-21st century scholarship and in the Gospels of Matthew and John. Supported by the Kraft-Hiatt Fund for Jewish-Christian Understanding.

Thursday, Feb. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Talk and Reading by Poet Christian Wiman — The author of five books of poetry and two collections of essays, Christian Wiman was former editor of “Poetry,” America’s oldest magazine of verse, from 2003-2013. A confluence of events, including a diagnosis of incurable cancer, prompted a spiritual journey that he traces in his recent memoir, “My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013). One of the Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity and co-sponsored with the Creative Writing Program’s Working Writers Series.

Thursday, Feb. 25, 4:30 p.m.
Choosing Love: Bearing the Weight of the Other — Cultural critic David Kyuman Kim, professor of religious studies and of American studies at Connecticut College, will examine the status of love in politics, public life, religion and the arts, drawing examples from the work of American playwright Tony Kushner and choreographer David Dorfman. His current book project is titled “The Public Life of Love.”

Monday, Feb. 29, 4:30 p.m.
Patriarchy and Gender: Understanding the Spiraling Incidences of Sexual Violence on Women in India — Shaji George Kochuthara, associate professor of theology at Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore, India, will speak on culture, sexual violence, and gender justice in India. It is part of the Deitchman Family Lectures on Religion and Modernity.

LOOKING AHEAD

Wednesday, March 2, 4:30 p.m.
Equity, Schools, and Testing: What National Achievement Scores Do and Don’t Tell Us — Educational historian Ethan Hutt, assistant professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland, will explore the origins and implications of talking about educational achievement — and educational equity — in national terms, and by relying on standardized test scores. Co-sponsored by the education department and the McFarland Center.

Many talks are video recorded and made available online. Visit holycross.edu/mcfarlandcenter to learn more.

About the Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture:
Established in 2001 and housed in Smith Hall, the McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture provides resources for faculty and course development, sponsors conferences and college-wide teaching events, hosts visiting fellows, and coordinates a number of campus lecture series. Rooted in the College’s commitment to invite conversation about basic human questions, the Center welcomes persons of all faiths and seeks to foster dialogue that acknowledges and respects differences, providing a forum for intellectual exchange that is interreligious, interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international in scope. The Center also brings members of the Holy Cross community into conversation with the Greater Worcester community, the academic community, and the wider world to examine the role of faith and inquiry in higher education and in the larger culture.

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Holy Cross Presents Seelos Film Series for Spring 2016

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Emma Collins '16

The College of the Holy Cross will be featuring the following films in Seelos Theater this spring. All films are free and open to the public.

“Black Mass”
Wed., Jan. 27: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Dakota Johnson. This true story follows the infamous Whitey Bulger, leader of the Boston Irish Mob crew known as the White Hill Gang. A brother of a Massachusetts state senator and the most violent criminal in all of South Boston’s history, Bulger is recruited by the FBI to help take down a rival gang.

“Everest”
Fri., Jan. 29 and Sat., Jan 30: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, and Thomas M. Wright. Rob Hall, leader of the commercialized guided climbing group known as Adventure Consultants, must fight to keep his team alive. Based on the 1996 disaster that took place on Mt. Everest, this story explores the struggle of life and death expert and amateur climbers faced during that fateful storm.

“Freeheld”
Wed., Feb. 3: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, and Steve Carell. Based on the 2007 documentary short-film of the same name, this movie follows the struggle of same-sex partners Laurel Hester and Stacie Andrew after Laurel, a New Jersey police lieutenant, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Laurel and Stacie must fight to ensure that Laurel’s pension benefits will transfer to Stacie upon her death.

“Aladdin”
Fri., Feb. 5 and Sat., Feb 6: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated G. Starring Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, and Linda Larkin. This Disney classic tells the tale of street urchin Aladdin and his wild adventures when he falls in love with the beautiful princess Jasmine and uses a genie’s magic to make himself a prince and marry her.

“Sicario”
Wed., Feb. 10: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, and Benicio Del Toro. The war against drugs being waged at the U.S.-Mexican border takes a savage turn upon the gruesome discovery of dozens of bodies hidden in the walls of a house. FBI agent Kate Macer is plunged into a violent and dangerous world that will test her beyond her limits when she is recruited by a government task force to help take down the leader of a brutal Mexican drug cartel.

“Straight Outta Compton”
Fri., Feb. 12 and Sat., Feb. 13: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated R. Starring O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell. This biographical drama follows the mid-1980s music group NWA, who revolutionized the Hip Hop culture with their music and raw tales of life in Compton, Los Angeles, California. The group endures highs and lows as they emerge from obscurity on the mean streets of L.A. into the spotlight of fame.

“Chi-Raq”
Wed., Feb 17: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, and Wesley Snipes. A contemporary adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, this satirical musical drama touches on the gang violence that plagues Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods. The wife of a gang leader rallies together a group of women who take a vow of abstinence to punish their men for involvement with street violence.

“Mockingjay: Part 2”
Fri., Feb. 19 and Sat., Feb. 20: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth. The war in Panem has escalated, and rebel leader Katniss Everdeen must rally her closest friends and allies for the final fight against President Snow. But with so much at risk, Katniss struggles to keep her loved ones safe and liberate the millions of innocent lives from President Snow’s tyrannical reign.

“Suffragette”
Wed., Feb. 24: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Carey Mulligan, Anne-Marie Duff, and Helena Bonham Carter. This historical period drama depicts the struggle of those women who fought for equality during the early suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. Against increasingly aggressive police action, women endure violence, heartbreak, and risk everything for the right to vote.

“Creed”
Fri., Feb. 26 and Sat., Feb. 27: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, and Tessa Thompson. Adonis Johnson is the son of Apollo Creed, the late rival-turned-friend of former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa. With boxing in his blood, Adonis seeks Rocky out to train with him so that, like his father, he too might find glory in the ring.

“Phoenix”
Wed., Mar. 2: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, and Nina Kunzendorf. A German-Jewish nightclub singer is unrecognizable after enduring facial reconstruction surgery to repair the gruesome violence done to her in a Nazi concentration camp. Returning to the war-ravaged Berlin after the end of the war, she must play a dangerous game of deception to uncover the truth: Did her husband, the one she loves, betray her to the Nazis?

“Trumbo”
Wed., Mar. 16: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, and Helen Mirren. Dalton Trumbo was once Hollywood’s best screenwriter. Until, in 1947, he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo must rely on his wits and the power of words to show the injustice of this blacklist and go on to win two Academy Awards.

“Spectre”
Fri., Mar. 18 and Sat., Mar. 19: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Daniel Craig, Chistoph Waltz, and Lea Seydoux. James Bond returns. This time, he must follow a cryptic message to pursue and uncover a sinister organization. As the future of the secret services hangs in the balance of politics and bureaucracy, Bond must decode the intricate layers of deceit to reveal the horrible truth behind SPECTRE.

“The Danish Girl”
Wed., Mar. 30: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, and Amber Heard. Inspired loosely by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener, this drama tells a fictitious love story that chronicles the struggles and evolution of marriage as Lili navigates the trials and stigma of being transgender in the 1930s, undergoing one of the world’s first gender-reassignment surgeries.

“Sisters”
Fri., Apr. 1 and Sat., Apr. 2: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated R. Starring Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Maya Rudolph. This comedy follows two sisters, polar-opposites, who decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their childhood home. When they return to the place of their childhood, they rediscover who they are and take a close look at their lives through laughs and misadventures.

“The Big Short”
Wed., Apr. 6: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Ryan Gosling. This biographical comedy-drama follows the historic 2007-08 financial crisis. When four members of the world of high-finance predict the collapse of the credit and housing bubble, they decide to take on the big banks and hold these financial giants accountable for their greed and lack of foresight.

“Spy”
Fri., Apr. 8 and Sat., Apr. 9: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated R. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, and Jude Law. Susan Cooper, A humble and goofy CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover and unmask the deadly world of a dangerous arms dealer to prevent global disaster. Susan’s transformation from desk jockey to field agent is filled with chaos and comedy as she attempts to prove herself in the slick world of espionage.

“Carol”
Wed., Apr. 13, Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, and Sarah Paulson. Based on Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novella, “The Price of Salt,” this drama follows the unprecedented love that blossoms between a young, aspiring female photographer and wealthy, older wife in 1950s New York.

“The Martian”
Fri., Apr. 15 and Sat., Apr. 16: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, and Kristen Wiig. Astronaut Mark Watney is stranded on the surface of Mars and presumed dead after a freak storm forced his team to abandon their mission and return home. Watney must figure out how to survive on the barren and unforgiving martian surface long enough for a rescue party to bring him home.

“Spotlight”
Wed., Apr. 20: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, and Rachel McAdams. This biographical drama is based on the true story of how the Boston Globe’s “Spotlight Team” uncovered the horrific scandal of child molestation and its cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese. Investigating widespread Boston child abuse cases, the discovery sent shockwaves through the entire Catholic Church.

“Bridge of Spies”
Fri., Apr. 22 and Sat., Apr. 23: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, and Alan Alda. In this historical drama, an American lawyer is tasked with the duty of defending a Soviet spy during the Cold War. He must then help the CIA negotiate a prisoner exchange of the arrested spy for the captured American U2 pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

“Brooklyn”
Wed., Apr. 27: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, and Domhnall Gleeson. An Irish immigrant on her own in 1950s Brooklyn falls in love with a tough Italian plumber. But when she faces the temptation of an Irishman when she visits her homeland, she must choose between two loves, and two countries.

“45 Years”
Wed., May. 4: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R. Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, and Geraldine James. Based on the short story “In Another Country” by David Constantine, this British drama tells the story of married couple Kate and Geoff Mercer. They receive shattering news that will forever change their lives while celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary: a body has been found, and it is the body of Geoff’s ex-girlfriend who fell 50 years prior in the Alps.

“The Hateful Eight”
Fri., May. 6 and Sat., May 7: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated R. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. This American Western mystery tells the story of John “The Hangman” Ruth and his fugitive prisoner. After the Civil War, while racing to the town of Red Rock, the cold, bitter Wyoming winter forces John and his prisoner to take shelter in a stagecoach stopover that is already occupied by a violent collection of nefarious characters.

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Fifth Annual Multifaith Prayer to Celebrate Faith Traditions at Holy Cross

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Cristal Steuer

When students return to campus in January, the chaplain’s office will host its fifth annual Multifaith Community Prayer to celebrate the rich faith traditions represented at Holy Cross. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to gather and participate on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in Mary Chapel. Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of the College, will preside at the prayer.

Fr. Boroughs will be joined by other faith leaders in the Holy Cross and Worcester community. The program will include readings from the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Unitarian Universalist and Christian traditions, as well as performances from various music groups including the Interdenominational Praise Team, Chapel Choir, College Chamber Singers. The program will also include a performance of Balinese dance and music by I Nyoman Winda, visiting fellow in Balinese music at Holy Cross.

“The Multifaith Community Prayer celebrates the diversity of faith traditions and beliefs held by students, faculty and staff at Holy Cross,” says Emily Rauer Davis, assistant chaplain. “It’s an opportunity to come together to honor these important elements of our identity in a spirit of unity, respect, and gratitude.”

The celebration will be followed by a reception in the Loyola Ballroom featuring foods from around the world.

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With a Record Powerball Jackpot, Media Across the Country Turn to Economics Professor for Expertise on Lottery

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Cristal Steuer

While most of America was out buying their tickets for the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot, reporters were calling Victor Matheson, professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, for his expertise on the game, which resulted in Matheson being quoted in more than 250 stories in media outlets across the county.

In three different CNN stories, Matheson talked about the odds of purchasing a winning ticket. There were 440 million tickets sold leading up to the previous drawing. According to Matheson “If you used those numbers, buying every combination, you’d guarantee yourself a victory, but you’d have just a 22% chance of buying the only winning ticket and keeping that jackpot all to yourself,” he told CNN. “You’d have a better chance (33%) of sharing with one other person or even two other people (25%). You’d also have a 12% chance of sharing it with three people and a 6% chance of splitting your winnings with four others.”

The story titled, “Could you guarantee yourself a Powerball jackpot?” garnered more than one million page views.

In another piece for CNN Money, Matheson talked about how Powerball entices the poor. According to the article, multiple studies in states such as Texas, Connecticut, South Carolina and Minnesota have shown that the majority of people who play instant lotto games have a below-average income. The reason? “Winning $5,000 on an instant game is a huge amount of money if you’re struggling financially — it can be life changing for someone just trying to get by,” said Matheson.

In a story for CBS MoneyWatch, Matheson said about $1.6 billion of the Powerball sales probably will go to fund the payouts of jackpots, with states getting another $1 billion or so. “The rest of the money will be spent on administrative costs, advertising and retailer commissions,” explains Matheson.

In The Economist, Matheson explained that sales are much more sensitive to the size of the jackpots than to the likelihood of winning. “After a particularly big prize is won, there is a halo effect, whereby ticket sales remain high even though the jackpot has reverted to the norm. So lottery designers go to great lengths to boost the size of the big prize,” he said.

In between interviews on the lottery, he was also fielding calls from the New York Times Yahoo! News, and Fortune Magazin e about the NFL trying to move a team to L.A.

Select Media Coverage

CNN Money, Jan. 14: Can you improve your Powerball odds?
Boston Globe, Jan. 13: More than half of Powerball tickets sold this time will be duplicates
Fiscal Times, Jan. 13: What’s the Chance There Will Be No Powerball Winner Tonight?
BBC World News, Jan. 13: US frenzy for world’s largest lottery draw (No link available)
Yahoo! Finance, Jan. 12: The $1.5 billion Powerball is everything that’s wrong with America

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Video: Winter on the Hill Is All About Making Memories

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Amy Kotsopoulos

Winter at Holy Cross — a time to cement friendships by creating cherished memories.

A glistening snow-covered campus plays host to impromptu snowball fights, inspiring artistic performances and spirited competitions. And a plate of Crossroads’ legendary mac and cheese (seriously, you have to try it) provides the perfect comfort food to warm the soul on a frigid night.

Take a moment to reflect on scenes of winter on the Hill.

Video produced by Tom Rettig; additional footage provided by Holy Cross Athletics and Brad Ross ’18

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Philosophy Professor Writes New Book on Gandhi’s Legacy

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Cristal Steuer

“Although Gandhi’s legacy has not been forgotten, it has often been distorted,” explains Predrag Cicovacki, professor of philosophy and director of Peace and Conflict Studies at the College of the Holy Cross. “I admire Gandhi, but I am also critical of him,” he continues. “People in India worship him, but they do not actually know that much about him.” This premise is what led him to write his new book, “Gandhi’s Footprints” (Transaction Publishers, October 2015).

The idea for this book came to Cicovacki in 2012, while he was a Senior Fulbright-Nehru Fellow at the Malaviya Centre for Peace Research at Banaras University in Varanasi, India, where he taught and performed research on a project titled “Educating for Peace, Nonkilling, and Humanity.”

“Mahatma K. Gandhi’s dedication to finding a path of liberation from an epidemic of violence has been well documented,” shares Cicovacki. “The central issue of this book is its focus on what Gandhi wanted to liberate us for. He is called ‘Mahatma,’ meaning ‘great soul’ in Sanskrit, and venerated as a saint, but not followed and often misinterpreted. For example, Gandhi’s sainthood is based on his views of nonviolence and for living a nonviolent way of life, but India has built one of the strongest and largest armies in the world, and has become a nuclear power: what would Gandhi say about that?” questions Cicovacki.

In “Gandhi’s Footprints,” Cicovacki attempts to de-mythologize Gandhi and take a closer look at his thoughts, aims, and struggles. He looks at the footprints Gandhi left for us, and follows them as carefully and critically as possible. Cicovacki concludes that Gandhi’s spiritual vision of humanity and the importance of adherence to truth (satyagraha) are his lasting legacy.

“Gandhi should be followed without being imitated,” says Cicovacki, in response to what he would like readers to take away from the book. “He had strengths and weaknesses; he was a human being.”

Arun Gandhi, author of “The Forgotten Woman: The Untold Story of Kastur, the Wife of Mahatma Gandhi” (Ozark Mountain Publishing, 2008) and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, praises Cicovacki’s book: “When Gandhi said he discovered new aspects of the philosophy of nonviolence he was right. His philosophy of nonviolence is so deep that the more you explore it the more you learn. Predrag Cicovacki’s book, ‘Gandhi’s Footprints,’ is one more serious and profound attempt to reach the depths of Gandhi’s vibrant way of life.”

Cicovacki’s research interests include Kant, violence and nonviolence, and problems of good and evil. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester and his B.A. from the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1991, he was the editor-in-chief of “Diotima,” the College’s philosophical journal, from 2000 to 2002. Cicovacki has published more than 92 essays and papers and authored or edited more than 16 books, including “Dostoevsky and the Affirmation of Life” (Transaction Publishers, 2011) and “The Restoration of Albert Schweitzer’s Ethical Vision” (Bloomsbury Academic, 2012).

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Holy Cross to Honor and Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Evangelia Stefanakos

In observation of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion will host a campus-wide book read at the College with the intention of bringing community members together to engage with Dr. King’s legacy on an intellectual level and to explore how it still resonates today.

More than 125 students, faculty and staff will be reading and discussing Tavis Smiley’s “Death of a King,” which focuses on the final year of Dr. King’s life. “Sometimes Dr. King’s legacy is oversimplified; his work becomes largely symbolic,” explains Greta Kenney, associate director of diversity and inclusion, who is organizing the book read. “This book engages with the nuances of Dr. King’s life and work, including the complexities. It’s our hope that the book discussion provides faculty, staff, and students with an opportunity to look deeper at Dr. King’s work and to ask: where would Dr. King stand on issues we’re faced with today?”

In addition to three discussion sessions that will take place from Feb. 2-4, the chosen book, “Death of King,” will also serve as the theme for the ninth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon taking place on Monday, Jan. 25 in the Hogan Ballroom. The event, co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Education and the Office of Student Involvement, encourages the development of leadership and activism modeled by Dr. King who began his social activism as a college student.

“In preparing our students to become leaders and responsible citizens, we must understand that King was more than a dream, more than an eloquent and passionate speaker. He was a man of great compassion and an immeasurable visionary,” says Mable Millner, associate dean of students for diversity and inclusion and director of the office of multicultural education.

The luncheon, a part of the Aptissimi Leadership Conference which invites students to explore and develop their leadership skills, will feature a keynote address by Robert E. Johnson, the tenth and current president of Becker College. Johnson has dedicated his more-than-25-year career to transforming the lives of young people. Challenging students to build upon the three pillars of global citizenship—academic excellence, social responsibility, and creative expression—he encourages them to embrace the opportunities inherent in a rapidly changing future and an increasingly global society.

“Dr. Robert Johnson, a Morehouse graduate like Dr. King, experienced the same teachings and philosophy which have purposefully molded the men of Morehouse,” explains Millner, who says Johnson’s commitment to social betterment makes him a fitting speaker for a luncheon dedicated to the work of Dr. King and themes of leadership. “Throughout his career, Johnson has been guided by the same commitment of service, community, and humanity.”

The College will continue to embrace diversity and inclusion through the fifth annual Multifaith Community Prayer taking place on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in Mary Chapel. The prayer, sponsored by the Chaplains’ Office, will welcome local faith leaders to campus to celebrate the many faiths at Holy Cross with our community.

Media Coverage

Telegram & Gazette, Jan. 26: Becker president, at MLK luncheon, tells Holy Cross students to have faith

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