HAPPY MAY!! Volume XCIII, Number 15
April 29, 2016
Worcester, Massachusetts
Holy Cross Launches “Become More” Fundraising Campaign Jack Godar Chief News Editor This weekend Holy Cross celebrates the public kickoff of its most ambitious capital campaign in the school’s history. The campaign, titled “Become More: Campaign for the Future of Holy Cross” aims to raise $400 million dollars by June 2020. “This is a chance to bring back donors and future investors back to the college to see what we’re doing so far with their resources and to hear about what we have planned for the future,” said Vice President for Advancement Tracy Barlok, regarding the kick-off weekend. The kick-off will begin at 8pm tonight officially with the Gravity and Grace performance by Lil’ Buck and Christina Pato(see
page 2 for a full article on that performance). Before that, however, will be a reception and dinner for
ni and donors will have a chance to take a class with selected Holy Cross faculty. Then, at 11:30 am, alumni,
Artist’s rendering of the finished and renovated Hart Center
the Board of Trustees, who have one of their triannual meetings this weekend as well. The next day, alum-
donors, students and faculty can take part in the Hart Center ceremonial groundbreaking and subsequent
Emily Conn, ‘16, Named Valedictorian
Do We Need Planned Parenthood? by Marian Blawie, ‘16
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Lauren Hayward News Editor
“We don’t need Planned Parenthood” because women, men, and children are better served by local organizations that offer comprehensive, not only reproductive, healthcare. We need to expand and support the 13,000 federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) throughout the country, rather than pouring more than $500 million into only 700 Planned Parenthood clinics (PP). Defunding PP is not about reducing access to healthcare. It’s about getting the greatest number of quality services to the greatest number of underserved people. In fact, FQHCs provide triple the number of services offered by PP, serving almost 20 million more patients per year than PP as of 2014. To be clear, defunding PP is also not about reducing access to abortion, as some FQHCs do offer abortion. The difference is glaringly apparent in that PP is an international, impersonal corporation. It makes profit on a large scale and is armed with tremendous political lobbying power. Moreover, the alleged corrup-
I love the Jesuits. I love that they’re kind of the “bad boys” of the Catholic Church: the free thinkers of social justice initiatives, the compassionate advocates for those people and places society shuns, the fearless educators of those “Men and Women, for and with others” who are taught to face the world in search of solidarity. I love the Jesuits, but this week, I was tremendously disappointed that our Jesuit institution would allow an event like “We don’t need Planned Parenthood” to happen. If you feel you “don’t need Planned Parenthood”, consider yourself fortunate to have the economic privilege of privatized health-care. You aren’t one of the millions who rely on government assistance and funds to secure the inalienable right to healthcare— to whom Planned Parenthood extends a crucial lifeline. The proposed redirection of Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) would cut this line, and vastly decrease reproductive services. In 2015, the U.S. Government
Last week, Emily Conn ‘16 was selected as the valedictorian of the Class of 2016. She was selected from a group of academically outstanding seniors who submitted valedictorian speeches to the Valedictorian Selection Committee. The Valedictorian Selection Committee and Dean Margaret Freije reviewed the submissions and selected Emily as the valedictorian. Emily will deliver her valedictorian speech at graduation. Emily is humbled by this recognition. “I was completely shocked,” said Emily. “To be honest, I just sat and stared at my computer screen for a few minutes before the news really sank in.” Emily, who is from Melrose, MA, is in the College Honors Program and the English Honors Program. She is a member of the Sigma Tau Delta and the Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Societ-
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“beam signing”, where attendees can sign their name on a beam that will then go in the renovated Hart Center. The Luth family, who made a record setting $32 million donation to the renovation project, will also be honored. On Saturday afternoon, there will be a symposium titled “The Value and Relevancy of a Jesuit Education in the 21st Century” with Holy Cross CEO’s and leaders. Members of the panel include: Douglas M. Baker Jr. ’81, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Ecolab Inc.; AnnMaura Con-
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ies. As an English major in the College Honors Program, Emily has completed a research thesis on Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” Emily’s favorite academic experience at Holy Cross was the “Ways of Knowing” seminar she completed sophomore year. The interdisciplinary seminar focused on the different ways of understanding the world around us, and it was taught by three professors from the Philosophy, Psychology and English departments. Emily recalls, “I will never forget when we read Virginia Woolf ’s To the Lighthouse as a class. It was incredible. I declared as an English major that semester.” Emily has been very involved on campus for the past four years. She has been RA for the past three years and has lived in all three first year residence halls. Emily was an Orientation Leader for both the summer and fall sessions. She participated in a Spring Break Immersion for See CONN , page 2 @thehccrusader
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Lil’ Buck and Christina Pato to Perform Tonight Jack Godar Chief News Editor This Friday, the internationally acclaimed jookin’ dancer Lil’ Buck and Galician gaita player Christina Pato will team up tonight at 8pm on the Hoval for a performance titled “a Jookin’ Jam Session with Lil’ Buck, Christina Pato, and Friends”. The event is sponsored by Arts Transcending Borders and kicks off Holy Cross’ Become More Campaign. Lil’ Buck hails from Memphis, Tennessee, where jookin’ is a popular style of dancing unique to the area. Jookin’ is noted for its impressive footwork, and skilled practitioners of jookin’ can seem like they are gliding, as if they are not beholden to the laws of
Public Safety Blotter Thursday, April 21 Healy Hall: There was an incident of malicious destruction in the first floor bathroom. Williams Hall: Students reported that the water from the kitchen sink smelled like a septic system. Friday, April 22 New Garage Level 2: A student’s white Lexus needed a jumpstart. Fieldhouse: Public safety was advised that there were students sitting in a laundry cart, riding down the hill by the side of the fieldhouse. All parties were gone upon arrival. Saturday, April 23 Carlin Hall: A noise disturbance was reported. Officers spoke to the students involved and peace was restored. Sunday, April 24 Lehy Hall: Burnt popcorn activated a smoke detector.
friction, or time, or other physics stuff that humanity will never be able to free themselves from the bonds of. It can also seem like moonwalking on steroids. Lil’ Buck started jookin’ at the young age of 13, and later had training in hip-hop and ballet dancing. His wide range of dance training gives him a unique approach to jookin’. Lil’ Buck first came to international prominence when former New York City Ballet principal dancer and now director of the Aspen Arts Program Damian Woetzel paired him with famed cellist YoYo Ma for a jookin’ interpretation of “The Swan” by Saint-Sens. Famous movie director Spike Jonze filmed the performance on his cell phone and posted the video. The video went viral, racking up over
3 million views, and propelling Lil’ Buck into collaborations with pop stars such as Janelle Monae and Madonna, the French artist JR, and
Lil’ Buck, presumably jookin’
the New York City Ballet. Lil’ Buck has performed on the Ellen DeGeneres’ show, in Madon-
na’s Super Bowl XLVI perfomance, in Jonze’s movie Her, and in Cirque de Soleil’s Michael Jackson tribute show. He was also named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2012, and Wall Street Journal’s 2014 Performing Arts Innovator. Christina Gato returns to Holy Cross after spending last year as ATB’s artist in residence. She is a Galician gaita player and pianist. The gaita is a type of bagpipes unique to the Galicia region of Spain. She was the first female gaita player to release a solo album, which she did in 1999, and is currently a member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble. This is not the first time she has collaborated with Lil’ Buck, as she performed with him at the Vail International Dance Festival, where
Woetzel is the artistic director. In a press release on the Holy Cross website, director of ATB and professor of theatre Lynn Kremer is quoted as saying, “After seeing a video of Lil Buck dancing with Cristina Pato playing gaita and piano at the Vail International Dance Festival, a performance they closely collaborated on with Damian Woetzel, I was smitten and have been eager to have them perform at Holy Cross ever since,” “These artists bridge genres, languages, and generations. ATB is committed to crossdisciplinary collaborative work, and these artists are the perfect embodiment of that idea.”
Rogers Delivers Semester’s Final Agape Latte Talk Liv Paulo Staff Writer It is often difficult to be able to put a finger on love- what it means, what it looks like, even what it feels like. Yet the Holy Cross student body sees love manifest itself into something tangible—into music, coffee, company, a reflective talk—with the final Agape Latte event of the semester, featuring assistant chaplain Mike Rogers, SJ, ‘02, on a beautiful night last Wednesday on the Hoval. Leading the fall semester Agapes were Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Amit Taneja, and Director of Distinguished Fellowships and Graduate Studies Anthony Cashman. In the spring we heard from religious studies professor Matt Eggemeier, and, finally, associate chaplain Mike Rogers, SJ, ‘02. Previously taking place in Lower Kimball and the Loyola Ballroom, Agape Latte’s final event was hosted outside on the Hoval. The talk was preceded by a musical performance by Off the Record. The talented ladies brought the lyrics of The Script, the Dixie Chicks, and Adele into the coffee filled air. It felt quite fitting to hear “Wide Open Spaces” while sitting outside on the Hoval—a full moon in attendance
and spring begging to be sprung. Father Rogers took to the podium under a clear, Wednesday night. He was introduced as the man who carries out the Mother Teresa quote, “Never let anyone come to you without coming away better and happier.” photo by S. McArdle
Rogers at the podium
Students huddled together on blankets, while Father Rogers gave them tips,along with nostalgic anecdotes, for moving forward in life. He urged us to be giraffe, because giraffes, he said, have ten pound hearts. He told students to take risks (this does not mean riding your skateboard down Campion hill), reminiscing on the time he asked to go to Rome and thought it would be a shot in the dark. Yet, as Father Rogers said, when we are not afraid to hear no we may just be surprised at the opportunities that present themselves. Perhaps the most en-
couraging piece of advice the former Holy Cross student gave his audience was that these are not the best days of our lives. Those who had heard that these were the best days of our lives were asked to raise their hands and nearly everyone did. Father Mike joked and said, “since when is sharing a bathroom with twenty other people the best time?” He reassured students that there were far greater moments awaiting them on our horizons. And that, therefore, they should stop living like life did not exist beyond the iron gates of Mount Saint James, because it does. Finally, Father Rogers promised each student that no matter what happens in this life we are loved. He ended with a quote from Father Pedro Arrupe, “Nothing is more practical than finding God, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way. What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, whom you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.” While those in attendance
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CONN, from page 1 all four years, and she led the Immersion in the Appalachian community of Pearisburg, Virginia. Last January, Emily traveled to Nicaragua on an international immersion trip. She also led the Fall Break Immersion in Worcester last fall. Emily is involved with the Chaplain’s Office, as a Manresa Leader, an Escape Leader, a lector, and a liturgical coordinator. It is difficult for Emily to choose one favorite memory at Holy Cross. “I’ve had so many great experiences here! What comes to mind at the moment are my resources hours from last year when I was an RA in Wheeler,” said Emily. “I loved getting to know the residents of the building and we had some really great conversations over the course of the year.” Following graduation, Emily will be joining the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. She will move to San Jose, CA in August, and she will work as the Community Involvement Coordinator for Sacred Heart Community Service.
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Holy Cross Updates Gender Identity Housing Policy Allyson Noenicx News Editor Beginning during the 20162017 academic year, students will be able to live in mixed housing. This new addendum to the Holy Cross housing policy states that in addition to maintaining housing for different sexes, “The College also assigns housing on the basis of gender identity as required by applicable law.” The update to the policy will allow students of different sexes to room together based on gender identity. This new modification to the housing policy was spearheaded by Keith Plummer ’17. Plummer, who is currently studying abroad at Mansfield College, Oxford, was inspired by Oxford’s gender inclusive policy which made xim* feel more comfortable there. In September of 2015 Plummer drafted a letter to the Dean of Students, Dean of Residence Life, Chief of Diversity, and Class Chaplain, among others, in which xe expressed xyr concerns with the College’s current housing policy as someone who identifies as genderqueer, neither male or female. “Under this whole housing policy
of the male-female dichotomy, I feel very alienated and excluded. I want gender inclusive housing accommodations, I want to live with the people who are my closest friends at Holy Cross, even if they happen to be girls. Gender identity is included in our nondiscrimination statement,” says Plummer. In March Plummer was informed by the College that they would be changing the policy to allow for accommodations based on gender identity. Beginning next academic year, Plummer and others will be taking advantage of the new policy and living in mixed rooms. While the exact scope of the clause is still being determined, Plummer asserts that the policy needs to be better publicized and that it is still rather ambiguous. “There is room for the College to be more accommodating. I feel like there is a barrier between housing and having to contact housing and these departments about gender identity. The policy could be even more open,” says Plummer. Although, Plummer did applaud the College on the inclusion of a transgender designation on housing forms for freshman. “That’s important. I feel like that’s
*Keith identifies as genderqueer and prefers the gender neutral pronouns xe/xem/xyr to he/him/his
nolly ’86, Chief Strategy Officer & Executive VP, City Year; Brian P. Kelley ’83, President and CEO, K e u r i g G r e e n Mountain, Inc; Mary A g n e s “Maggie” Wilderotter ’77, Executive Chair man, Frontier Commun i c a t i o n s. After the panel will be a gala to celebrate the campaign and kick-off weekend. Then the next morning, the events will end in typical Holy Cross fashion: with 9:30 am mass in St. Joseph’s Memorial Chapel. This weekend signals the end of the leadership portion of the campaign, which focused on garnering large donations for big projects, such as the Hart renovations, the Thomas P. Joyce,
‘59, Contemplation Center, for which the Joyce family were lead donors, and the Prior Arts Center, photo by J. Godar towards which Neil Prior, ‘56, made a $25 million donation. Typically the leadership portion of a capital campaign ends when around half the goal has been reached. Holy Cross raised $239 million in the leadership phase. Thus, in addition to kicking off an exciting new part of the Become More Campaign, this weekend is also a celebration of how well the campaign has done so far. ‘This weekend is really an opportunity to stop and celebrate the momentum that we’ve gotten so far,” Barlok said. “You also hope that the momentum of the weekend inspires donors.”
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NO from page 1 tion and scandal within PP should be enough for us to reconsider our trust in such a business, and refocus our efforts on expanding FQHCs. Sure, PP provides cancer screenings and contraception. But FQHCs can do even better: they provide primary care, preventative care, urgent care, dental services, vision care, behavioral health, and mental health and substance abuse services, in addition to the full scope of reproductive healthcare that PP offers. FQHCs also provide patient education for adults and adolescents. They even offer transportation services necessary for adequate patient care. As grassroots community health clinics, FQHCs are more effective at delivering care in the communities they serve. They receive federal money to work in underserved areas with medically underserved populations. They do not turn patients away based on ability to pay, and use a sliding-fee scale. Since “FQHC” is a funding designation rather than an umbrella organization, each clinic has the freedom to be invested in its community. In fact, the majority of the board of directors of each FQHC must be composed of patients. This local grounding allows each FQHC to tailor its services to the community’s needs.
a way to recognize the needs of that class early on.” Plummer added that, “Moving forward, in terms of trans inclusion, not only do we have to improve our housing policy, but also we have to improve bathrooms.” Xe went on to describe a simple solution to this problem. “There are some single stall restrooms that are gender designated, but they should be allgender restrooms so that people who don’t identify as male or female will feel comfortable.” While this modification to the housing policy is a step in the right direction in terms of gender inclusivity, Plummer assured that there are still more changes to be made. Those interested in requesting a housing assignment on the basis of gender identity or in obtaining more information on the policy are directed to contact the Assistant Dean/Director of Residence life, Dean Coolbaugh.
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FQHCs have also been shown to be economically advantageous for the communities they serve by stimulating job growth and household incomes. They have a crucial role in caring for minority populations, lowincome patients, and those who are uninsured or under-insured, including populations such as migrant and seasonal farmworkers. In a given year, 98% of American women never step into a PP clinic. In fact, if PP were to be defunded, FQHCs would absorb only two additional patients per week. If funding for FQHCs were increased by reallocating the tax dollars that PP currently receives, they could serve even more patients, expand their staff, upgrade their services, and even grow in number. I’m not contesting that many at PP have good intentions, that their clinic staff is friendly, and that many women who go to PP feel good about their experience afterward. In fact, we have a lot of common ground here: all people, especially women, deserve to receive the best health care possible, or we have failed as a society. However, given an honest appraisal of the facts, we would be doing ourselves a disservice if we did not divert funds from PP to FQHCs.
Accountability Office (GAO) published a report surveying federal obligations to different reproductive care organizations. According to the report, there are more FQHCs than Planned Parenthood locations in the United States (1,198 FQHCs compared to 700 Planned Parenthood centers as of 2012). The GAO categorizes both FQHCs and Planned Parenthood as safety-net organizations, meaning that each provides health-care to underserved populations. This safety-net classification establishes the eligibility of FQHCs and Planned Parenthood to receive government funds, appropriated primarily through Medicaid. In 2012, Medicaid funded the top three services offered by FQHCs: wellness visits for children (21% of services), general immunizations (20%) and seasonal influenza vaccines (16.6%) (GAO, 15). “Contraceptive management” constituted less than 12% of total services provided by FQHCs in 2012 (GAO, 15). Comparatively, the top three services Planned Parenthood provided in 2012 were all reproductive care services— STI/STD testing (41% of services), contraceptive services (34%) and “general women’s services” (11%). Because government funds are restricted under the Hyde Amendment of 1976, federal programs (read: Medicaid) may not pay for abortion services—though such care represents only 3% of Planned Parenthood’s total services, all abortion services are privately funded (GAO, 25). While there are fewer Planned Parenthood sites than
there are FQHCs, Planned Parenthood annually provides more contraceptive care to more women. A 2016 report by the Guttmacher Institute found that of the 8,000 safety-net centers providing contraceptive health-care, 35% were FQHCs and 10% were Planned Parenthood clinics. However, over 36% of women who received contraceptive services from safety-net centers did so from a Planned Parenthood, while only 16% of these women received contraceptive care from FQHCs (Guttmacher Institute). Importantly, these safety-net statistics primarily refer to individuals with incomes at or significantly below the Federal Poverty Level, who, under the Affordable Care Act, are largely dependent on Medicaid-funded programming for care. Further emphasizing the economic necessity of Planned Parenthood is a 2015 analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) which discussed the theoretical consequences of federally defunding the organization. As a program, Medicaid operates as a joint partnership between states and the federal government— states provide approved services that Medicaid then reimburses (Medicaid usually pays around 90% of approved expenditures, while states assume the remaining 10%). To strip Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding would force states to decide whether to fund the organization completely from state budget (economically not feasible) or to halt funding Planned Parenthood altogether. Should the federal government
defund Planned Parenthood, the CBO estimates that between 2016-2025, taxpayers could save an estimated $520 million. Consequently, 5-25% of individuals would face less access to care, and of that statistic, 15% would lose their access altogether. The absence of easily-accessible, affordable contraception causes unplanned pregnancies, of which, according to Planned Parenthood’s “By the Numbers” report, the organization prevented upwards of 515,000 of in 2014 alone. The CBO reports that the influx of unintended pregnancies would add to the 45% of all births Medicaid already pays for, and likely add to the number of children dependent on other federal assistance programs. The CBO estimates that to cut funding of Planned Parenthood programs would cost taxpayers $650 million between 2016-2025 alone, far surpassing any proposed savings with an added deficit of $130 million dollars (Hall, Keith. CBO report). The fact of it is, we do NEED Planned Parenthood. I’m not advocating to defund FQHC programs, or for pro-life/pro-choice, but for the understanding that affluence should not breed indifference or ignorance. The idea that we do not is a condemnation of economically-accessible health-care that problematically utilizes qualitative questions of morality over the careful analysis of fiscally quantifiable problems to define “need” for society’s most marginalized members.
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Opinions This Week Students are Thinking About... Beyoncé’s Emotional Victory on Lemonade John Albinson Opinions Editor On April 23, 2016, Beyoncé Knowles surprisingly released her sixth full-length studio album, Lemonade, exclusively on Tidal (The same music streaming site where Kanye West released his latest album, The Life of Pablo, two months ago). Besides the release of the album’s first single, “Formation,” back in February, there was no marketing or hype surrounding this highly-anticipated record. With Lemonade, Beyoncé has created an album both consumed with and devoid of the concept of “pop music.” Featuring a wide range of artists from Kendrick Lamar to Jack White, Lemonade cannot truly be categorized as one structural type of music. From the Americana-inspired country ballad of “Daddy’s Issues,” to the dreamy atmosphere enveloped in “Love Drought,” Beyoncé’s latest effort sees her both at her most emotionally volatile and vulnerable. On the album’s opening track, “Pray You Catch Me,” Knowles verbally expresses the harsh dichotomy found on the album. In the piano-laden song, she sings, “I’m prayin’ you catch me listening/I’m
prayin’ to catch you whispering”— lyrics that openly suggest the “you” she’s referring to is her husband of eight years, Jay Z (or Shawn Carter,
tion that’s heard throughout Lemonade. On the one hand, Beyoncé is “Queen Bey”—an era-defining, international icon of female em-
in which the first disc contained songs by Beyoncé and the second songs by her alter ego “Sasha Fierce,” Lemonade shows Knowles
or HOV, or The Guy Who Was Inexplicably Featured on Two Songs with Justin Timberlake in 2013). The album focuses, in large part, on someone allegedly cheating on Beyoncé—and her emotional reaction to this. These words in the album’s first song show the conflic-
powerment. But, on the other hand, she’s still just a regular person who was cheated on—and that hurts, regardless if you’re one of the most successful and recognizable artists in the world. Similar to her ambitious 2008 double album I Am…Sasha Fierce,
in two starkly contrasting personas (though not as clearly defined as Sasha Fierce was). On songs like “Don’t Hurt Yourself,” Knowles sings “I am not broken, I’m not crying, I’m not crying/You ain’t trying hard enough.” Four tracks later, on “Sandcastles,” she deliv-
ers the line, “What is it about you that I can’t erase, baby?” Knowles is clearly conflicted—which helps create a record constantly changing and surprising listeners in its emotional content. Lemonade is an album that will be labeled as “pop.” It is music that, because it was released by Beyoncé, was destined to be popular before it was even conceived. It will be played on the radio, at parties, and on commercials. But Lemonade is not a Taylor Swift or Ariana Grande album in the sense that each song vaguely sounds alike due to a meticulously boring and overused writing and production method. Lemonade is a body of work where each song sounds like the beginning of a new album— and the lone thread intertwining these songs together is the fact that they share the same artist. We may never officially know who cheated on Beyoncé with who, or if that aspect of Lemonade’s lyrical content is even autobiographical. All that matters is that she’s created an album that’s as artistically versatile as anything that’s been released this decade—and that’s something worth praising.
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Mark Elizabeth Twain Anonymous Contributor Attention all vegetable lovers of the world! I am here to discuss my opinion on this dagger-esque, orange, and green fruit wannabe. There is no sound quite like the breaking of this vegetable’s brittle body. This delicious taproot makes any salad a party. Existing in full, diced, and sliced pieces, there is nothing quite like this unique piece of produce. That’s right, folks, I’m talking about the delicious little devil commonly known as the carrot. Being the favorite food of everyone's favorite little animated bunny, Thumper, the carrot has made many a vegetable hater into a believer. The only food found in both a salad and a
cake is also found in lovely colors such as red, white, and Crusader purple. The carrot has also made numerous cameos in telvision, movies, and plays. Look out for them next time you watch Game of Thrones, because I can guarantee that you see one of these beauties. For all you crazy carrot cooking kooks out there trying to enjoy a carrot festival, look no further than Holtville, California, the self-proclaimed “Carrot Capital of the World.” Nationally ranking as everyone's second favorite orange food behind only Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Puffs (Shrek Edition), it has been rumored that Tony the Tiger (formerly the mascot for Frosted Flakes), is now the spokesperson for carrots, following in the footsteps of his longtime friend, The Artist Formerly
Known as Cookie Monster. While some believe that the carrot originated in Peru, it is actually a native plant of Argentina. Professional athletes such as soccer player Lionel Messi have been quoted as saying, “If it were not for carrots, I would never have become the striker I am today. I strictly follow the All Carrot Diet as designed by fitness sensation Workout Guy.” For those looking to match Lionel Messi’s accomplishments, they can find his custom diet and workout schedule on YouTube under the channel MagicHugs. Well, I have run out of carrot content to write about, but don’t worry faithful readers: I will be back next week with an article about another obscure fruit.
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Speaking of Student Affairs... Pamela Ahearn Center for Career Development While we understand that the IDEAL situation for you this summer is a full time, paid internship in the exact industry and functional area that you are interested in exploring, unfortunately this does not always occur. Even for the most conscientious and eager students, internships can remain elusive. The internship search process is very competitive with thousands of college students vying for the same positions throughout the academic year. If you haven’t secured and internship yet and need a Plan B, check out the following suggestions: 1. Focus on skills you want to develop and target ways to improve those skills whether that is through summer employment at a local eatery, camp or the local pool. Think about how you can articulate these transferable skills to a prospective employer. I recently attended a conference where an employer shared the story of a student with only waitressing and babysitting experience. He said that during her interview she was able to clearly articulate the skills that she had developed through both of those jobs and how those skills aligned with the position at hand. She convinced him that she was the best person for the job and was hired! 2. Network. Network. Network. Networking with alumni during the summer months is a great way to discuss your career interests
and ask for advice and guidance. Meet for coffee and conduct informational interviews to learn more about an industry and the various ways to gain entrance into that field. Ask for suggestions on courses, co-curricular involvement, and professional journals to read. Holy Cross alumni are generous with their time and completely willing to discuss careers with undergraduates. The Holy Cross Career Advisors Network
and LinkedIn are both effective resources for identifying possible connections/contacts. In addition, you can leverage any personal contacts you may have. There is no shame in contacting aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, neighbors, or friends to inquire about summer opportunities like internships, jobs or even shadowing experience. 3. Consider a part time, unpaid position that would allow you to gain exposure to an industry or career of interest. Volunteer work shows a demonstrated interest and commitment to a particular field and allows you to better understand the different roles within that area. Ideally you could additionally work at a part time, paid job to offset the cost of volunteer work. Shadowing experiences can
also show a demonstrated interest in an industry and allows for exposure to a particular field. 4. Return to your former summer job and ask for more responsibility. Employers like to have workers return because they don’t have to be trained. You can literally hit the ground running on their your day back. What employer wouldn’t love that? Consider inquiring about leadership positions within the organization such as head lifeguard or shift manager. This is a great way to show progression within an organization. Additionally talk to your manager and offer to help out with the organizations’ social media presence, website development or logistics depending on your area of interest. 5. Finally, consider taking a class and/or get certified in something of interest to you, i.e. certified nursing assistant, actuarial exams. These certifications can give you a leg up on your competition when looking for a full time position or internship next year. We are continually posting internships year-round. Continue to search in Crusader Connections. The Center for Career Development staff are available to answer your questions during the summer months. We see students in scheduled appointments and via phone/Skype appointments. We will also respond to emails sent to careers@holycross.edu.
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CRUSADER OF THE WEEK:
Alissa He ‘19 John Kim Features Editor
Hometown: Boston, MA Major: Accounting Best Dorm: Mulledy Favorite Animal: Polar Bear Favorite Book: I Kill Giants by Joe Kelly Favorite Color: Turquoise Favorite Movie: Fast and Furious 7 Favorite Artist: Tori Kelly Favorite TV Show: The Walking Dead Favorite Meal on Campus: Steak chalupas made by Ivana Favorite Professor: Professor Santos Favorite Off-Campus Restaurant: Bocado Campus Activities: E-Board of ASIA, SPUD (Big Brother, Big Sister), SABAR Advice for Fellow Crusaders: “Never take Accounting and Econ in the same semester” Guilty Pleasure: Strawberry ice cream Embarrassing Story: When I was selling tickets for ExplorASIAn, I asked a student if she wanted to buy tickets for the wedding (The wedding event occurred in the fall). Then I told her to not eat at Dinand at the day of the event, but I meant Kimball Bragging Rights: I sled down the hill behind Williams Hobbies: Snowboarding, swimming, watching movies Pet Peeve: Other people’s alarms in the morning Cool Beans Drink: Caramel Javiva Role Model: My mom Number One Thing On Your HC Bucket List: Enjoy Spring Weekend to the fullest Proudest Moment at Holy Cross: Baking a blue velvet cake for Ivana’s birthday (topped with minion gummies) with John Kim
Funniest Moment at Holy Cross: John Kim and I successfully smuggled 6 PBJ sandwiches out of Lower Kimball at work Your Mantra: “Everything happens for a reason.” Twitter or Instagram: Instagram (@alissa_he) Crossroads or Kimball: Lower Kimball Where Do You See Yourself In Ten Years? Travelling the world (Europe and Australia in particular) Plans after Graduation: Hopefully working for one of the top accounting firms
Overheard on the Hill... “I can’t wait to be on Clark 4 next year!” -Rising Sophomore “Sorry I can’t do anything for the next two weeks, I have too much work.” - Literally everyone “I love those Alpacas more than I love myself ” - Junior on the Kimball Quad “I loved the warm weather, but I’m happier when it’s cold” -Senior in Cool Beans “I’m studying abroad so I didn’t need housing next year” -Lucky Soul
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Long Distance Friendships: From One Home to the Other John Buzzard Chief Features Editor It seems like something so trivial. A column about friendship? That just seems ridiculous. Well, in a stressful time like the end of a semester, we will need people to lean on. A shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen to our complaints. That person would be a friend. To define friendship is to look at the many factors behind how we know each other. Are our friends people we associate with or people we know? What is the precise definition of friendship and how does that affect our lives? The Oxford dictionary describes a friend as, “A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection.” Simply put, they are two people who can stand being with each other. That definition seems to be a little vague. Does a friend have mutual affection for a long period of time? Is a person I just met my friend? One of the most important questions one may ask about friendship could be, “Can friendship exist at a distance?” We all have our friends here at college. Whether they’re called “fam”, “squad”, or even just “The Boys”, it’s all the same. We eat our meals with them, we go out on the weekends with them, and they give us advice on how to cope with our collegiate life. We also have
friends from back home. These are the people we grew up with, our high school classmates, or just some people from the town over. It’s comforting to have basic commonalities with people such as hometown, school, or family friends. When we are separated from our college group during breaks, we return back home to those that have been waiting for us. These two groups share different slang, different in-jokes, and different stories. With that, there’s a potential to find issues or drama that exist in one group and not the other, leading to a certain preference. While these thoughts exist, it’s important to remember the trials that friends go through and remember the good times. Friend groups change over time, but it’s up to individuals to keep up and show interest. Now, I’m writing this week specifically about friends from back home. More specifically, I want to write about my friends from high school and adjusting to college life and distance. I’ve known these guys for 4 years at least. We ate lunch with each other, we had class together, and we hung out on the weekends. We saw each other almost every day (barring sickness of course). Once college came around, it has been tough to keep in touch. By not seeing each other every day,
Live As If You’ll Die Today Shannon Burns Staff Writer It was my nineteenth birthday on Sunday. To me birthdays have become less exciting over the years. Some of our best memories come from our Barbie or Harry Potter themed birthday parties when we were kids. We would wait eagerly in anticipation for all of our friends to come over, to get the chance to hit our piñata and hopefully be the one to cause the candy to shower down. And we would wait for our cakes of different shapes and sizes that had our names carefully iced on. As we get older, we don’t always think much of our birthdays. We don’t always celebrate them as elaborately as we used to, and we don’t need to. “It’s just another birthday,” we may think. But even if we leave the extravagance behind, we can’t forget to appreciate that we have lived another year. My favorite quote came from James Dean. Dean said, “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.” It can be very easy to go about life in an automatic fashion. Just going day by day, doing what needs to be done, not giving much thought to what you’re doing. People tend to live as if they will live forever, in the sense that they don’t take advantage of every day that they are blessed with. They walk around as if life will always be there. But it won’t. Of course we don’t always want to think about our lives ending. But to live your life, you have to keep in mind the bigger picture; that we have only been given a
short life on earth to live. This realization, which hits us at different moments, pushes us to live the life that we are meant to live; a life that we will hope to look back on and smile about, because we didn’t waste a single moment. Thinking about the fact that your life on earth won’t last forever makes you live every day more fully. In college, we can get into this pattern of going to class, doing schoolwork, sleeping, eating. We are so focused, as we should be, but we need to take time to enjoy the life that we have been given. We should enjoy meeting people every day on campus, the opportunities that we are given to find out what we want to do and who we want to be. As with each stage of our lives, with each day even, our time in college is limited and fleeting; our time here is short. Each day should be the best day you can make it. Honestly, any of us can be gone tomorrow. It is not a pleasant thought to think, but it is a thought that is real. We don’t know how much time we have, and we don’t know how many birthdays we are going to have left. So each year that rolls by, each year that we get, we should be thankful for, and we should live to the best of our ability.
the group has to change to account for the distance between us. It’s also difficult to not be able to communicate with each other every day. A lack of communication can lead to problems. For some, this means that the group falls apart. I’ve been fortunate enough to have my group stay intact. Maintaining long distance friendships is a difficult task. It requires interest to be taken to actually see each other during breaks. It requires work. That seems daunting, but if they’re your friends it shouldn’t matter. Send those texts to hang out. Message your friend about their college life. Get together during breaks. That’s how you maintain these friendships. Losing contact is a difficult thing in our age of technology. Losing contact means apathy for one another and that is a sign of bigger problem. Friends from high school could be the ones that were in your Prom group, friends that you graduated with, or members of teams or clubs in which you were active. Those memories don’t just fade away unless you let them. Enjoy the time with college friends because when summer comes around you won’t see them every day. Take advantage of the time that you have with your friends because it won’t last forever. That is, unless you make the effort.
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PROF. OF THE WEEK:
Professor Timothy Joseph John Kim Features Editor Hometown: Chicago. IL Class Currently Instructing: Latin 102 Education: B.A. in Classics from Holy Cross; Ph.D. in Classical Philogy from Harvard Hobbies: Board and card games with my wife and daughter, tennis, and fantasy baseball Role Models: My mother and father Favorite Subject (other than your department): Probably U.S. History, but I also experience the pangs of nostalgia for Math class. Least Favorite Subject: None Favorite Animal: Birds of all sorts Favorite Book: It’s a close call between Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid. More recently, Netherland by Joseph O’Neill Favorite Movie: This is Spinal Tap Favorite Musician: Bob Dylan and Sam Cooke, for starters Favorite Teams: The Chicago Cubs and Chicago Bulls; the Holy Cross teams Favorite Color: Various kinds of Blue Favorite TV Shows: The Larry Sanders Show; Breaking Bad; currently, Transparent and The Americans Favorite On-Campus Meal: The world-famous Mac n’ Cheese Favorite Off-Campus Meal: A good burger
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April 29, 2016
A Q&A Series with Title IX Coordinator Elizabeth Canning Katie Bowles Staff Writer This is the final part of a three part series on the role of Title IX at the College of the Holy Cross.
Favorite Part of Job: Talking about words and ideas with students One Thing on Your Bucket List: I hear that the coffee in Australia is worth the trip Proudest Moment at Holy Cross: The student discussions and debates in the Fall 2015 course, “Julius Caesar in the Roman Literary Imagination,” were a highlight Something students do that frustrate you: Ear buds in the ears whenever and wherever possible. Advice to Students on How to Excel in Your Class: “Be curious” If you can change one thing about the college, what would it be? The mascot. I’d like to think that a marauding holy warrior on the attack in not representative of who we are and what we do. What do you admire most about Holy Cross? The committed students. Your Mantra: “Wait 5 minutes” Funny Holy Cross Story: Students of mine know of my penchant during class for tripping on cables, cords, table and chair legs, and even my own feet
The Crusader Thank You Notes
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Thank you Game of Thrones... for bringing us back to our television sets, or to our computers for questionable streams. Thank you Social Media... for showing us all of our friends heading home for the summer while we dread our finals Thank you Housing Selection... for making our dreams come true by selecting at 3:45 PM
In terms of athletics and Title IX…Women’s teams’ games have lower attendance, receive less alumni donations, etc. so although it may not be an institutional problem, how can we work on that as a campus community to represent female athletes equally and empower them? I put that to the students. You want all teams, clubs, and organizations to have that support, and as a former female athlete, I know it’s really nice to have people’s support there. So the question is, how do we promote the teams and have the whole community see that they are great games to go to? It’s a good question to ask yourself. It’s on all of us. I encourage people to take it on and support all of our athletes. If there’s a difference there, who owns that, and how as a community do we rally behind our teams? Who should students go to when something comes up? First of all, it’s really important for students to know that they only have three confidential resources on campus: the Counseling Center, Health Services, and the Chaplains’
Office. If something’s happened to them, it’s very important that students receive medical and wellbeing care, and these resources can also help them process and figure out next steps in a confidential way. I want to make sure that students understand that even if you are not ready to talk with me or commence an investigation, we want you to receive support and help in a confidential setting. That’s step one until and if you’re ready to participate in our process, because we want students to go to someone they’re comfortable reporting to, but they must understand that there’s limited confidentiality outside of those three resources. So if it is a staff member, an RA, someone from student affairs, one of the deputy Title IX coordinators (listed on our website), in the end all reports come to me and my job is to meet with parties, make sure they understand the process, assign an investigator and manage that investigation and hearing process. We have an investigatory process and trained individuals who handle the investigation who would be trying to get all that information, so it’s really important for students to understand our process, so that I don’t want people to feel like “I’ve had to tell my story again and again and again” or “wait I thought I was done” because that’s
emotionally difficult. We don’t force complaining parties to meet with us if they don’t want to. It may limit our ability to respond effectively because we’re dealing with limited information, but that’s a way to be survivor focused. Finally, if you wanted everyone on campus to know one thing, what would it be? I’ll give you three: 1. Your confidential resources are the Counseling Center, Health Services, and the Chaplains’ Office. Seek appropriate resources, and only engage in this process when you’re ready. 2. This is very important to the college. They’ve hired someone into this role to do this work, and we really want to have a dialogue about this and make sure people are informed. 3. I am a resource. I am neutral. My job is to advise people. I want you to be informed about what the process looks like and if you have any questions please talk to me. If people have any ideas or suggestions, I’m very open to partnering. My office is Hogan 505. I want to be responsive to community needs. My door and email is open to ideas and anyone who wants to collaborate. I know there are a lot of dedicated, invested individuals here who are very dedicated to these topics, and I welcome their ideas and feedback.
A Game of Thrones Recap Liz Lavoie Staff Writer *A Message from the Editor* There are Spoilers ahead. If you get spoiled, please don’t blame us! For those people who have not yet begun the journey of watching HBO’s Game of Throne, you should know that the cheers and screams that filled the hallways on Sunday night were most likely caused by the long awaited season premiere. True fans of the show were counting down to the start of season six, especially after last year’s cliff hanging ending. So did the first episode live up to your expectations? Let’s recap! The show opened right where we left off-- with Jon Snow definitely dead. (I still think it’s a flesh wound, shake it off, Jon) Sir Davos and Melisandre show up and everyone’s expecting her to magic Jon back to life, but no such luck. Then Alliser starts talking and you can’t help but compare him to Trump. I’m sure I’m not the first
person to see this, but seriously? Can’t let any wildlings in through the wall? Sounds too familiar. Things turn to Sansa and Theon running to escape from Ramsay’s hounds. Theon tells Sansa to go to Jon at Castle Black. When will anyone ever tell Sansa to go to the right place? Just when you think Sansa will never catch a break, Brienne and Podrick show up and kick some ass. First, when did Podrick become a badass? Second, this might be Sansa’s death sentence because everything Brienne protects happens to die. Meanwhile, Cersei almost finds a hint of happiness in her life, but instead she learns her daughter died. What a shame. Margaery’s not having a great stay in prison at the moment. All the way in Dorne, the women rise up and kill the leaders. But to quote Chicago, “they had it coming, they only had themselves to blame.” Tyrion and Varys are back at it again as they try to work with the city, but it caught on fire so they
are not off to a great start. Jorah and Daario start their journey and all I can hope for is a romantic comedy montage of their trip. In The Dothraki hoard, Daenerys starts listing off her business card title to the new khal. The Khal tells her she has to go to basically a convent to mourn for the rest of her life because she’s a widow. I somehow can’t picture Daenerys mourning anything for too long. Arya is now both homeless and blind and being hit by that hag with a stick. So that sucks. Lastly, we turn back to Melisandre and she gets naked, and I’m like “now is not the time! We need Jon to make like Jesus and resurrect already!” Instead, she turns into an old lady, which caused a universal “ew.” So with all the questions left at the end of last season, not much was answered. We can only hope that the most pressing questions will be answered quickly and not dragged out. We will have to wait to find out next Sunday at 9!
Coming Next Week... The final issue of the Spring 2016 semester! Everyone’s favorite section will be back next week, but will there be enough articles? The answer to that question and more on May 6th!
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The Eggplant The Crusader’s Satirical Page Kasich and Cruz: Power Couple Emily Kulp Staff Writer It has recently become public knowledge that Republican presidential candidates John Kasich and Ted Cruz plan to join forces against Trump by dividing support in upcoming state primaries between one another. It is, however, still private knowledge that the two have become best buds. An inside source revealed the Ohio Governor and Texas Senator spent last weekend “just chilling” on the couch while frantically calculating the number of delegates available to them if Trump wins or loses upcoming
state primaries. They were later spotted grabbing a bite to eat while they discussed the crippling and devastating impact Trump’s nomination would have on the Republican Party, as well as their own political careers. They indulged on mimosas and an endless waffle buffet at a fancy restaurant, apparently not seeing the irony in their actions. Despite their busy lives on the campaign trail, John Kasich and Ted Cruz prove they are just like any other friends, casually brought together by the impending doom of a left-leaning racist 310 delegates away from their party’s nomination. At press
time, Kasich and Cruz were seen opting for a light morning jog, while they slipped horrifying posters with threatening messages and Ted Cruz’s face on them under the doors of local Trump supporters. This casual BFF behavior is now typical of Cruz and Kasich. Underground fans, dubbing themselves the “K Crew”, wait for Instagrams with the pair of politicians in designer fashion (one of the latest posts was of the pair’s feet in matching Yeezeys, which garnered only 200 likes on Cruz’s private account, normally called a “Finsta”) and the duo relaxing in Kasich’s
kitchen decorated with authentic Ohioan farmhouse charm. This newfound relationship has been called “a politician’s version of #squad goals” by the Wall Street Journal and “worrying for the democratic candidates” by the New York Times, even though their BFF status is still not well known, mostly due to the fact that no one reads the papers because print journalism is dead. Media-obsessed tweens are relatively split in their hatred of the phenomenon for challenging media mogul Taylor Swift’s #squad and embracing the fatherly and poltical duo as underground celebrities.
Kasich’s warm and relatively moderate charisma has been called “the only redeeming thing about Cruz” by our inside source. We here at the Crusader would tend to agree. The Trump campaign has, per usual, given us comment on the situation even though we did not ask for it. We are also unsure as to how he found out about this article. Trump’s spokesperson said, “We are excited to announce that very soon, Trump will have his own BFF! And they will be bigger, better, and louder than Kasich and Cruz.” We can certainly hope.
Meet a Student: Kevin Julia LeBlanc Roving Reporter Today at Holy Cross, I crossed paths with Kevin, a senior here at Holy Cross. Let’s just say he was a good find, and that I was definitely not stalking him. Through our brief interaction, I was able to learn a lot about going abroad. And honestly, now that I have heard what he had to say, I want to go abroad myself! Kevin is from Westfield New Jersey, a “homogenous town.” He also regards Holy Cross as a “homogenous” place… I beg to differ. When I asked him why he decided to go abroad, he told me he wanted to have the chance to really “branch out, adventure, and travel Europe.” Kevin says he looked forward to meeting different types of people. Did he feel he would miss out on HC life seeing that he would go abroad for the whole year?? I wondered if the whole “fear of missing out” thing ever crossed his mind. Although the vast majority of his friends didn’t end up going abroad, he chose to embrace this “once in a lifetime
opportunity.” He claims he will never have the time or the means to go to another country for a year like that seeing that you have to work right out of college. Kevin chose to go to Ireland to study at Dublin University. He tells me how “nice and welcoming” the people were there. My family and I went on a vacation to Ireland a couple of years ago; I agree with this statement one hundred percent. Kev tells me (Kev?! What, am I giving nicknames to boys I just meet now??) that he was on the running club there. The running club was called Running Club DUNAC. (DUNAC standing for Dublin University Harriers Athletics.) FYI, “Harriers” are long distance runners. He tells me that there were about thirty people in the group. They went to different colleges to do intercollegiate competitions. The team had a “spring training” trip at the Canary Islands in Spain. Try typing “Canary Islands, Spain” into google images. Unreal. The Canary Islands are off the tip of Africa. They are closer to Africa than they are to Spain. It had a kind of “desert-like” climate to it. Kevin says they would run
in the morning, and then go to the beach all day. What a life… Then they would then go out and party at night. (Perks of having no official coach!) They have no coach, so naturally, the captains “run” the team. Kevin tells me that you can decide how dedicated you want to be, nobody gets kicked off the team for missing a practice. With that said, he tells me that everyone who shows up truly wants to be there. The whole thing is “fun, easygoing, and calm.” Fun, easygoing, and calm? What a trio. Kev and his other dedicated American friend chose to go to running club religiously. They were able to branch out and meet other passionate runners that way. So. Kevin was in Ireland his entire junior year. Aside from his three week Christmas break, that is. Kevin tells me that he made good friends with kids at the orientation at Dublin University, but that most of those kids only stayed half a year. This forced Kevin to meet more Irish students the second semester. I asked him about the academics in Ireland. He told me the classes had much more independent work. The teachers didn’t take attendance, and
there was no nightly or weekly homework. Say whaaaat?! Instead, the majority of his classes had a huge essay constituting for 20% of the grade, and a final that stood for 80% of the grade. He says the grading was just as hard, if not harder, when compared to Holy Cross. Kevin tells me his grades went significantly down in Ireland. However, abroad grades don’t affect GPA. Holy Cross does this for fairness reasons as the rest of the junior class continues to take continuously difficult Holy Cross classes. In regards to GPA, Kevin tells me “they freeze the whole thing.” How nice? The class style at Dublin University differed from Holy Cross’ small seminar styled classes. For someone like Kevin with a history major who enjoys small participatory classes, the class style in Ireland wasn’t exactly to his liking. There weren’t many opportunities to talk. Kevin did comment that the professors were “really good.”
Patriots Sign Unknown Quarterback Bom Trady To Four-Game Contract Ali Larkin Sports Reporter Monday, the Patriots learned they would be without their quarterback Tom Brady for the first 4 games of the 2016-2017 upcoming season. Unfortunetly for the Patriots, the NFL’s unbridled hatred of the “Belichick Method” and Tom Brady following Deflategate had come at a price. The ruling came after a US Court of Appeals reinstated the 4-game ban under the premise that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell exercised his right to hand down the punishment under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). It’s safe to say the organization didn’t see this coming. While restructuring Brady’s contract, they made it so where the quar-
terback and mogul would lose only about $200k instead of $2 million. With Brady’s finances secure, the Patriots took the next step before this was announced, and began scouting prospective quarterbacks to take Brady’s place in case the suspension was reinstated. Because this happened so late in the spring, trading with the top of the draft was not an option. Actually using their backup quarterback? Also not an option, although no one knows why. There was one quarterback that came up on the radar though. A quarterback by the name of Bom Trady. Trady, currently a free agent that went un-drafted during the 2000 NFL draft, out of a small division 4 program, Muniversity of Ichigan. He was visited by Patriots scouts and
though not impressive in measurables, he was reportedly impressive enough with his throwing ability. According to sources, at the workout all he had to do to get the nod was show he could throw better Colin Kaepernick (which throwing the ball to the receivers instead of the ground marked that one off the checklist) and finish the session with both ACLs in-tact, which put him ahead of Sam Bradford as candidate for the fill-in Patriots quarterback. Trady’s wife Bisele Gundchen spoke to reporters outside the Patriots’ practice facility when they arrived Tuesday morning. “We’re proud of him, he’s worked so hard for so many years awaiting a call from an NFL team,” she said when asked about her husband’s surprising call up to the figurative big leagues. “I hated seeing him
deflated just waiting and waiting for the phone to ring. That all changed today, and I want to thank the Patriots for giving him a chance.” New England signed the QB to a contract spanning only 4 games, and will once again become a free-agent after that. When handed a portion of the playbook, Trady seemed to pick to pick it up at an “astonishing rate” according to team insiders. Trady is expected to attended the team’s offseason workouts. When the media asked for Trady to take off his glasses, and whether or not his mysteriously drooping black moustache was real, he declined comment and hid behind Coach Belichick.
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SPORTS
April 29, 2016
Men and Women’s Track Teams Win Holy Cross Invitational
The only home meet of the year was made more exciting by first place finishes from both the men’s and women’s track and field teams this past Sunday, April 24. With beautiful weather, friends and family came out to support everyone competing at the Hart Track and Turf Field.
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As per tradition, the women’s team decorated the track with signs for each member of the team Also, to raise awareness for breast cancer, the women wore different “Think Pink” shirts and pink shoelaces. Both the seniors on the women’s team and the men’s team were honored after the meet.
place overall with a time of 2:13.4, while Matherne finished closely behind in second place with a time of 2:13.63. Junior Rachel Sowinski won the 1500 meter run with a time of 4:46.97 while classmate Kirsty Gargiulo finished closely behind in second place overall. Sophomore Annie Sullivan won the 5k race with a time of 17:47.32, nearly 23 seconds faster than the second place finisher.
In the field events, senior Melissa LaCoste earned the top height in the high jump with a jump of 1.65 meters and sophomore Jamison Briggs won the pole vault, setting a height of 3.40 meters. Junior Alexa Eldracher earned the best distance in the triple jump with a mark of 11.03 meters and classmate Jennifer Kimball won the javelin throw with a distance of 35.32 meters. The men’s team had equally impressive finishes as they had seven first place finishes to defeat Maine and Stonehill. In the sprinting events, senior Kalif Raymond won the 100 meter dash with a time of 10.72 seconds. In the 400 meter dash, sophomore Nichola Boire also finished first overall with a time of 51.00. Also, freshman Brandon Thornhill won the 110 meter hurdles with a final time of 15.04. Sophomore James Donohue rounded out the scoring in the individual sprinting events with a first place finish in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 56.14.
Feeding off of the energy of the crowd, the women’s team recorded first place finishes in nine different events as they defeated Maine and Stonehill with a total of 158 points. In the sprinting events, freshman Alexandra Curtin placed first overall in the 100 meter dash with a time of 12.16, which is just 0.48 seconds off the Holy Cross record. Sophomore Tori Zamarra placed second in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.94 seconds, which is 54 seconds off of the school record.
Together, Thornhill, Raymond, junior Darrius Lacy and junior Andre Harton won the 4x100 meter relay, recording a time of 42.90. Lacy also earned the top distance in the long jump with a a mark of 6.31 meters. Finally, senior Lucas Keefer won the 800 meter run with a final time of 1:53.54.
Additionally, the 4x400 meter relay team of senior Cassie Gildea, sophomore Zoe Matherne, sophomore Stefanie McArdle and sophomore Meghan Dieter won the race with a time of 3:56.79.
Both the men’s and women’s team look to carry their momentum from their successful home meet into the weekend as the Crusaders get ready to compete at the Skyhawk Invitational at Stonewall in Easton, Mass. tomorrow, Sat. April 30.
In the 800 meter run, senior co-captain Cassie Gildea finished in first
Check Out the Crusaders in the Following Games! -
Saturday, 4/30 Women’s Track and Field, Skyhawk Invitational @ Stonehill @ 10:30 a.m. Men’s Track and Field, Skyhawk Invitational @ Stonehill @ 10:30 a.m. Men’s Baseball Doubleheader vs. Lafayette @ 2&4:35 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse vs. Colgate @ 1:05 p.m. Softball Doubleheader vs. BU @12:05&2:05 p.m. Sunday, 3/6 Softball vs. BU @ 12:05 p.m. Men’s Baseball Doubleheader vs. Lafayette @ 1:05& 3:35 p.m.
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April 29, 2016
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Holy Cross Baseball Team Defeats Bucknell
Christopher Fox Chief Sports Editor
Recap: Game 1: Holy Cross 5, Bucknell 3 (8 innings) Game 2: Holy Cross 12, Bucknell 10 Records: Holy Cross (2222, 11-5 PL), Bucknell (1628, 7-9 PL) Location: Depew Field, Lewisburg, Pa. Date: April 24, 2016 Sophomore second baseman Cam O’Neill went three-for-nine with a double and four runs batted in, as the Holy Cross baseball team won both ends of a doubleheader with Bucknell at Depew Field. The Crusaders took the first game 5-3 in eight innings, before posting a 12-10 victory in the nightcap to sweep the four-game weekend series.Holy Cross claimed a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a two-run homer by freshman designated hitter Travis Cloney.Bucknell responded with a run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second, then tied the game at 2-2 in the sixth inning on another sacrifice fly. The score was still tied at 2-2 at the completion of the seventh, forcing extra innings.The
Crusaders pulled back in front with three runs in the top of the eighth, on a RBI single by O’Neill and a tworun homer by junior first baseman Anthony Critelli. Bucknell scored once in the bottom of the eighth and then loaded the bases with
pitcher George Capen earned the victory in relief, throwing 1-2/3 scoreless innings. Game 2: The Crusaders opened game two by jumping out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
inning and three more in the third, including a two-run homer by Danny Rafferty. Holy Cross then plated five more runs in the top of the fourth inning to make the score 11-5. A two-run double by O’Neill was the biggest hit
three-run shot. In the top of the ninth, an RBI single by O’Neill increased the Crusader lead to 12-10. Junior righthanded pitcher Joe Cravero then retired Bucknell in order in the bottom of the ninth to end the game. Freshman righthanded pitcher Danny Barlok picked up the win out of the bullpen, while Cravero earned the save. Lovullo went threefor-eight with a triple and two RBIs on the day. Indeglia was threefor-seven with a pair of RBIs. Critelli finished the day three-for-eight with a homer and two RBIs.
two outs, before freshman righthanded pitcher Pat McGowan retired Brett Smith to end the game and earn the save. Junior righthanded pitcher Justin Finan threw 5-1/3 innings in a no decision, allowing two runs on five hits. Junior righthanded
Junior catcher Alex Voitik had a two-run triple during the inning, while senior outfielder Bobby Indeglia added a two-run single and senior shortstop Nick Lovullo had an RBI single. Bucknell cut into the lead with two runs in the second
of the inning, while Cloney added an RBI single and Lovullo had a sacrifice fly. The Bison responded again with a run in the sixth and four more in the seventh to make the score 11-10, as Rafferty hit his second home run of the game, a
With the two victories, Holy Cross clinched a top-two seed in the Patriot League Tournament, and a home series in the semifinals. At 11-5 in the Patriot League, the Crusaders are just one game behind first place Navy (12-4). Holy Cross returns to action on Tuesday, April 26, when it plays host to Connecticut at 5:05 p.m.
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April 29, 2016
Purple Pennings with Christopher Fox “He’s back!” I can’t help but that Brady for sure Brady suspension story is hear that hushed gasp from the “participated in a scheme to like when you wake up from a daft Minister of Magic, deflate footballs”? No nightmare in your nightmare, Cornelius Fudge, of J.K. fact-based argument about the but you’re still having a Rowling’s Harry Potter series Ideal Gas Law. No legal nightmare.” It just validates when he sees the assumed-dead argument over the burden of everything Goodell believes Voldemort in the atrium of his proof. Even a 7th grader from about himself and says to Ministry. But instead of the Lynn, Massachusetts can himself in the mirror when no shocking return of one evil disprove DeflateGate with the one is watching. He wants more humanoid, another has Ideal Gas Law with his science than anything for all the NFL, returned to the worried fair project, but the U.S. Circuit neigh all of America, to respect thoughts of New Englanders: Court of Appeals can’t bear to him as the hegemon of SunRoger Goodell and the mention it. Roger Goodell has day. He knows NFL on CBS, fabricated “DeflateGate” absolute power and it corrupts Sunday Night Football, and smoking gun. Unless you don’t him absolutely? A corrupt Monday Night Football have habitate one of the dorms on organization like the NFL, consistently finished in the top campus, and instead reside under a rock, you doubtless heard the horrible news – the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the NFL in the DeflateGate case. The worst part of it is all is the language used in the prevailing opinion from Chief Judge Katzmann and Associate Judges Parker and Chin: “Following an investigation, the National Football League imposed a four-game suspension on New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. The suspension was based on a finding that he participated in a scheme to deflate footballs used during the 2015 American Football Conference Championship Game to a pressure below the permissible range.” Are you serious? The last time I checked, the consensus agreed upon by U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge (and Saint of New England) Richard Berman was that the The G.O.A.T prepares to be slaughtered for sacrifice once again. claim made by Holy Cross graduate of the class of 1972 Ted Wells was that fueled by the equally corrupt 5 of TV ratings for the past 10 Tom Brady was only “at least talking heads of SportsCenter, years, and that he enjoys more generally aware” of the is not in the business of compower than most African and footballs purposefully being muting justice, and apparently South American heads of state. deflated below the 12.5 PSI neither is the U.S. Circuit Court And that’s what sickens me minimum, and that it was of Appeals. most – for the time being, he’s “more probable than not” that won. The bad guys have won. the Rosencrantz and I think the best summation The silver lining is that the Guildenstern of the sideline, of the week’s unjust events I court of public opinion is officials’ locker room attendant saw came from Jared Carrabis, finally shifting. Owners envious Jim McNally and equipment a Red Sox writer for Barstool of the Patriots’ 15-year reign assistant John Jastremski were Sports and a contributor for of terror and despisers of the complicit. So how can you CSNNE and 98.5 The Sports Kraft-Belichick Way have even arbitrarily come to the claim Hub. He tweeted “This Tom said the reversal and ruling
is too harsh. Several players, coaches, and executives interviewed by BleacherReport. com agreed upon the same word to describe Goodell’s treatment of the Patriots: railroaded. Goodell has railroaded the Patriots. Even New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has fired at Goodell, saying on the Dan Patrick show Tuesday “I think this was an issue again where the commissioner’s authority was challenged and the league is gonna do whatever they can
cap and any team can beat another on any given Sunday?
Tom Terrific and his plight have elicited the support from such polarizing figures as the eventual Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, and former Democratic Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid. I suppose that and a dime buys you a cup of (What else but Dunkins?) coffee, but don’t get too discouraged, New England. We #DefendedTheWall all winter, and another attack from Commissar Goodell and his Red Army will be repulsed in the only way we know how: crushing bottles of Sam’s Summer, watching highlights from the Snow Bowl, Vinatieri’s Three Kicks, and at least 10 repeats of Malcolm Butler’s end zone pick. Maybe the historical reference is a bit of stretch. A better comparison to this present-day “little war of dubious provocation” (Thank you, Prof. Baylor and Richard Ellis) would be ESPN as the Nazis, Goodell and his Red Army as the Soviets, and Brady as unassuming Poland – both just can’t help themselves from drudging up a nonexistent judicial blitzkrieg and raining bombs down upon an innocent guy. Who the hell is Goodell anyways? The NFL Commissioner gets his power from the (powerful) owners, and the big 5 of Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys, Robert Kraft, Courtesy of TheAtlantic.com Jerry Richardson of the Carolina Panthers, John Mara of the New York to make sure they know that Giants, and the Rooney family he is in position to make these of the types of unilateral decisions, Pittsburgh Steelers could take and there’s nothing anybody this puppet out if they wanted can do about it.” Ultimately, to. I’ll close out this angsty, the league at-large has reached heavily biased diatribe with one a crossroads. Do we allow the bit of sagacious wisdom for the Commissioner to sink the Commmish: You can’t turn a football clubs with which he G.O.A.T into a sacrificial lamb. has a personal vendetta, and prop up the ones he sees fit? Or will we return to a state of fair competition where all clubs are restrained by the same salary