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Volume XCII, Number 16

April 24, 2015

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Holy Cross’ New Website Launches in June Lauren Hayward News Editor Holy Cross’ Marketing and Communications team will introduce a new website at the end of the June.

While the current Holy Cross home page is an interim step, the look and feel of the design is a sneak preview of that of the new website. Similar to the interim homepage, the new website will include more enhanced photography and compelling text.

The website content and structure will also be improved.

“Our hope is that the new site more accurately reflects our position as a leading liberal arts college and better showcases the unique characteristics of Holy Cross to all of our audiences,” said Christian Santillo, associate director for web communications.

The new website redesign project is being managed by the Holy Cross Marketing and Communications team comprised of Santillo, Ellen Ryder, chief marketing and communications officer, and Marisa Gregg, director of college marketing and communications. They have led a Website Redesign Advisory Team comprised of staff, faculty and students. The team has met regularly during each project phase to review project status and provide feedback.

It was time for the College to update the website. “The current ver-

faculty and staff, to finalize the direction and design of the new website. They have also enlisted the support of an outside partner company, OHO Interactive, which is a Boston-based web design firm.

OHO Interactive conducted analytic studies of the current website to provide recommendations for the new website. The new website design has been approved by Father Boroughs and the College Executive Team.

Some of the key changes for the new website will include a new navigation bar at the top of the website to provide links for specific groups, including current students, faculty and staff, parents and families, alumni, and prospective students.

For example, the current students page will have internal links and College news, which are most relevant for students. It will be easier Courtesy of Christian Santillo for students to access the informaA tentative option for the Holy Cross homepage tion that is pertinent to them. The new primary navigation of the site sion of our website was introduced new website will utilize responsive will also include links to Arts & in April of 2006, and web technol- technology, which means that the Culture and Faith & Service. ogy, user behavior, and trends have website will automatically adjust to Students, faculty or staff with changed dramatically since then,” the device of the visitor, providing a questions or feedback about the new said Santillo. “The proliferation of seamless experience.” website should contact Christian The Holy Cross Marketing and Santillo, associate director for web mobile devices, specifically smartphones and tablets, means that visi- Communications team has incorpo- communications in the College Martors are now using a multitude of rated feedback on the new interim keting and Communications office at devices and screen sizes to consume home page from many of the web- csantillo@holycross.edu. information on our website. The site audiences, including students,

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News.......................1 Opinions.................4 Features..................7 Shillelagh.................9 Sports.....................10

Noche Latina presents Quinceanera Page 3 Read student’s reaction to the attack at Garissa University College in Kenya The solution lies in the larger social structures that cause insecurity Page 4

Contemplative Center is Set Holy Cross Students Run for Fall 2016 in the Boston Marathon Kelsey Littlefield Chief News Editor On Thursday, April 16, President Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., announced plans for constructing a contemplative center for Holy Cross. The center will be built on a 52-acre site atop a hill overlooking the Wachusett Reservoir in West Boylston, MA. The center will be

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named the Thomas P. Joyce, ’59 Contemplative Center, in honor of the late Mr. Joyce, who was a member of the board of trustees. The Joyce family is a lead donor for the project.

Mr. Joyce grew up in New Rochelle, N.Y. and moved to Chicago after graduating Holy Cross. He joined Joyce

Jack Godar News Editor

On April 20, over 27,000 runners filled the streets and competed in the 2015 Boston Marathon.

Among the competitors were two Holy Cross students, Andrew Cook, ‘15, and Timothy Driscoll, See CENTER, page 3 ‘16.

This was Cook’s third time running the Boston Marathon. According to a press release on the Holy Cross website, Cook decided to run because he thought it would be a good way to cap off his time at Holy Cross. It didn’t hurt that the official color for this year’s marathon was purple either.

“I thought it would be a nice way to ring out my college years with a sense of completion,” Cook said in the press release.

Driscoll was running for the South Shore Hospital in memory of his late grandmother, who passed away this January. This was Driscoll’s first time running in the Photo by Tom Rettig marathon.

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Campus honors Denim Day Page 7 Courtesy of Andrew Cook

Cook, at mile 15, dressed up as a superhero

Cook ran the course in 3 hours, 52 minutes and 3 seconds, with a 8:52 mile pace and Driscoll ran it in 3 hours, 59 minutes and 5 seconds.

Though both times are a far cry from winner Lelisa Desisa’s time of 2:09:17, they are very good.

Even qualifying for the marathon is extremely impressive in and of See MARATHON, page 2 @thehccrusader

Women’s track and field takes first at Think Pink invitational Page 10

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April 24, 2015

Student Government Association Corner Providing You With Your Weekly SGA Updates UPCOMING EVENTS:

Congratulations to SGA Director of Business Relations, Patrick Rielly, ‘17, for his recent election as President of the Worcester Student Government Association!

Bring Your Professor to Lunch Initiative Ongoing--sign up on the Google form SGA Leadership Banquet Monday, April 27, Hogan Ballroom Cash Bar at 5:30 p.m.; dinner at 6 p.m.

Working for Worcester Saturday, April 25 Pet Therapy Room Wednesday, May 6, 7-9 p.m.

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CONTACT US: Facebook: Holy Cross Student Government Association Instagram: HolyCrossSGA Twitter: @HolyCrossSGA We welcome you to stop by the SGA Office in Hogan 220 at any time to voice your concerns, provide feedback, or chat with SGA members!

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Public Safety “Take Back the Night” Raises Sexual Blotter Friday, April 17 Fieldhouse: Student reportedly broke nose while playing basketball.

Hart Center: A student accidentally took another student’s wallet and sweatshirt, and subsequently returned it to the owner.

Saturday, April 18 Healy Hall: A television set was stolen and reported to public safety.

The television set was found because a friend was hiding it.

Loyola Hall: Students reported on the roof of the dorm; grouped back together inside.

Mulledy Hall: Medical assistance was administered after a student had a diabetic reaction.

Figge Hall: A few students with open containers were told to go back inside.

Monday, April 20 Wheeler Hall: Student reported heater was on too high; will use fan for the night and call back in morning

Assault Awareness on Campus

Emma Cronin Staff Writer This past Wednesday, April 15, the Holy Cross Women’s Forum sponsored “Take Back the Night,” an annual candlelit vigil to raise awareness of sexual violence and support survivors. “Take Back the Night” is an international event, taking the form of a candlelit vigil, a rally, a march, or a protest.

This event began in 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in response to the brutal murder of Susan Alexander Speeth on her walk home.

As Women’s Forum Co-Chair Liz Inman, ’15, explained, “Take Back the Night is a mass demonstration after sundown to show that women are not going to be afraid of going out at night because we shouldn’t have to be afraid to walk outside when it’s dark.”

This vigil, which occurs every year during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, is particularly relevant on college campuses. As Mary Kate Vanecko, ’17, said, “I think it’s especially important on a college campus where it’s very taboo to talk about things like this, and it gives a safe space for people to share their stories.”

“Take Back the Night” occurred

in conjunction with “The Clothesline Project,” another Women’s Forum initiative. “The Clothesline Project” is a t-shirt display on the sides of the main stairwell in Hogan. These t-shirts provide a space for survivors to write their stories and for allies of survivors to express messages of love and support. “It’s a public demonstration to remind people that sexual assault does happen, especially at Holy Cross, where people don’t talk about it very often,” Inman said.

In addition to these two events, Women’s Forum will be supporting SAFER during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, specifically by participating in “Denim Day” on April 29. This daylong fundraiser asks participants to wear jeans and donate to Daybreak, a local domestic violence shelter. Overall, “Denim Day” hopes to convey the idea that it does not matter what a women is wearing; certain types of clothing do not justify sexual assault.

Overall, Women’s Forum strives to support SAFER in their efforts to promote a more secure, supportive campus for all students. In addition to their work with “Take Back the Night” and “the Clothes-

line Project,” Women’s Forum also sponsors several unique events throughout the year to promote dialogue about women’s issues on campus. These events include, “A Seat at the Table” and the “White Ribbon Campaign” during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, along with the “Vagina Monologues” in February.

In general, Women’s Forum plans events throughout the year to both raise awareness of women’s issues and celebrates women’s success.

“Take Back the Night” and the “Clothesline Project” are noteworthy events, and this year was no exception. Natalie McDonough, ’15, summed up the events well by saying, “Take Back the Night is important. Honest conversations about sexual assault, especially those coming from survivors, and especially those that don’t involve statistics or legislation, don’t happen very often. Take Back the Night and the Clothesline Project make Holy Cross a safer, better place for everybody. Women’s Forum consistently does a remarkable job with it every year, giving support and a voice to those who don’t have them.”

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From MARATHON, page 1 itself as male participants in the 18-34 year old age range in the Boston Marathon must complete a prior marathon in less 3 hours and 5 minutes. Both Cook and Driscoll are extremely deserving of congratulations.

Reflecting on his experience, Cook believes he was in the right mindset during this marathon.

“This was my favorite Boston Marathon I’ve ever done,” said Cook.

“In years past, no matter how much fun I had, I always reached certain points where I was just done. My body would be screaming ‘STOP!’ and I wasn’t in a good mental place anymore. Not for one step of the 26.2 miles on Monday did I have anything less than an outstanding time.”

Cook appreciates the support of the crowd that day, and fed off of the spectators’ energy. “I know it didn’t seem like a great day weather-wise, but I actually enjoy running in the rain,” said Cook. “I think it helps keep you cooler. The millions upon millions of spectators out there cheering us on out there apparently felt the same way, and I’m not lying when I say the crowds were one of the biggest factors of the entire day. I rode their positive energy all 26.2 miles.”

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Noche Latina Presents “Quinceanera” Jess Bailot Former News Editor The Latin American Student Organization (LASO) celebrated its fifteenth annual Noche Latina event on Saturday, April 18. The theme of this year’s Noche was quinceañera, a tradition of celebrating the year a girl turns 15 years old. Since this was the fifteenth year of Noche, LASO decided to celebrate quinceañera style.

The hosts of the evening, Eunice Bernard, ’15, and Genesis Bautista, ’17, opened the night by discussing parts of the show. While dances and performances were on the schedule, LASO also decided to transport the audience into scenes from a quinceañera, with Genesis Torres-Alcántara, ’17, playing the girl coming of age. The show began with the court, consisting of family, performing a waltz. The waltzing allowed the ballroom dance team to show the history of the dances that would be performed as the show progressed.

A woman from Latina Achievers in Search of Success (LASOS) spoke about her organization and how it focuses on identity and communication between mothers

and daughters. She thanked everyone who supported Noche Latina because some of the proceeds from the event will go to LASOS. Following this empowering orga-

a few sniffles among the “awes” of the crowd as the pair then proceeded to twirl around the dance floor, blissfully happy. After Genesis and her father left the stage, a

Photo by Colleen Paddock Genesis Torres-Alcantara, ‘17, as part of the quinceanera portion of the night.

nization was the Reggaetón dance group, consisting of a unique group of girls from all class levels at the college.

The changing of the shoes, in which the father gives his daughter her first pair of heels to symbolize her maturity, changed the atmosphere in the room. One could hear

Latin quartet sang “Mi Nina Tiene Sueno, Bendito Sea” accompanied by guitar and violin, serenaded the audience with their lovely sound.

The evening presented the audience with a variety of on-campus dance groups and Latin dances.

The Rhythm Nation Steppaz and Fusion Hip Hop, along with the

Merengue, Salsa, and Bachata were performed.

The E-board then read “The Stranger (La Extranjera)” by Gabriela Mistral, the first Latina woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.

The E-board wove the English and Spanish readings together so that the audience could understand and appreciate the meaning of the poem. In celebrating famous Latin women, Ambar Sabino, ’15, sang two songs, one of which was one “I Am Dreaming of You” by Selena, with Nick Cormier, ’15, accompanying her on piano.

After E-board showed their video of a behind-the-scenes look at a quinceañera, co-chairs Oz Subillaga, ’16, and Mark Wallace, ’16, thanked everyone for their involvement and announced the new Eboard for the coming year. They also mentioned that a portion of the proceeds for the night would go to Holy Cross’s newest program, STEP (Student Education Program), an organization aimed at helping students learn more about technology through tablets.

Final Agape Latte of the Semester Draws Large Crowd Will Peters News Editor Last Thursday evening, nearly 300 Crusaders filled the Hoval at 8 p.m. to hear Fools on the Hill sing and Keith Maczkiewicz, S.J. give the final Agape Latte talk of the semester. Over the course of the semester, Professor Yuhl, Professor Bitran, and Keith all shared their diverse faiths with us students.

The first two Agape events were held in the Levis Browsing room in the basement of Dinand. Because the first two Agape evenings were “Standing Room Only” and also because of Keith’s acclaimed reputation here on the Hill, the final Agape evening was moved to the Hoval at the last minute in anticipation of an even larger crowd.

“Love to love to love ya,” was the title of Keith’s talk that told of the young Jesuit’s transformative experiences with God, prayer, and love. First, Keith talked about how he used to be “afraid” of God. He From CENTER, page 1 Beverages, which was founded by his grandfather in 1935. Joyce Beverages, under his leadership, became the nation’s largest 7-Up bottler with operations in seven states.

Joyce was also an active member in civic, religious, and social organizations. He was a member of the Holy Cross board of trustees from 1978 to 1994; chairman of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, and director of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s Big Shoulders Fund. He received an honorary degree from the college in early 1995 before his passing later that year. Joyce was survived by his wife and six children.

The Chaplain’s office is home to

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Keith Maczkiewicz S.J. reflects on God, prayer, and love

thought, “God was some really censorious deity who I had to impress, who was judging every little thing about me, and who was keeping score about how much time I was spending in prayer, and how much money I had been wasting.”

After entering the Jesuits, Keith began to realize that more than anything else, God loves us. Keith said he has “come to understand that

the fact that I exist pleases God greatly. God rejoices in it, in me, even when I’m doing everything wrong and screwing up, which, sadly, is more often than not.”

Next, Keith said he used to view prayer like a drive-through Starbucks: anything he’d ask God for, no matter how complicated, would be given to him. “Prayer means to be in touch with the deepest re-

many of the College’s retreat programs, which include Escape for first year students, Manresa for all class years, and the five-day silent adaptation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

Such programs take place at rented facilities and a few hours from campus. The purpose of the new contemplative center is for the College to give students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to expand on their own spiritual quests in new and old fashions in a closer proximity to the College.

The new facility will consist of a 33,800-square foot complex, designed specifically for the College’s programs. The main building will include a chapel, meeting rooms, and dining room. Adjoining the main building will be living

quarters with bedrooms and baths for 60 individuals.The estimated cost of the center is $22 million.

The center was designed by Lamoureux Pagano & Associates of Worcester, and is set to open during the academic year in the Fall 2016 semester. The construction timeline will be finalized as fundraising for the initiative progresses.

The Joyce Center, along with website updates and other initiatives across campus, is part of the “Become More: Campaign for the Future of Holy Cross.”

Other notable figures that participated in the groundbreaking announcement were John J. Mahoney, Jr., ‘73, chair of the Holy Cross board of trustees; Thomas P. Joyce, Jr., ‘82; Rev. Paul F. Harman, S.J., vice president for Mission; Ma-

THAT’S NEWS TO ME

News Stories from Around the World Thursday, April 16 Fall River, MA—Aaron Hernandez, former New England Patriots tight end, was convicted of first degree murder in the 2013 death of Odin Lloyd and was sentenced to life in prison.

Monday, April 20 Boston, MA—Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopia, came in first in the men’s elite division of the Boston Marathon.

Caroline Rotich, Kenya, came in first in the women’s elite division of the Boston Marathon.

Luxembourg—European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg for emergency talks after a ship carrying immigrants from North Africa to Italy capsized off the coast of Libya. Hundreds of people are feared dead. Human traffickers have taken advantage of political turmoil in Libya to use it as a launching point for dangerous Mediterranean crossings by migrants fleeing violence in Africa and the Middle East.

alities of life, my life, and the life of the world around me, and that prayer is to talk about them with the God who loves me,” Keith explained. Keith admitted to still not knowing many of the formal prayers. For him, when he goes to pray, “nothing is off-limits and very little is scripted or formal.”

And lastly, Keith started and ended talking about love. He said his initial, narrow definitions of love only allowed him to see love when someone said “I love you.” Keith described how he’s come to find love in the many individual interactions he as with others every single day. For Keith, love is “broadly defined, warmly felt, and authentically given and received.”

After being initiated at Holy Cross earlier this year, Thursday night marked the close of Agape Latte’s successful inaugural season.

The Holy Cross community can look forward to more InHouse and faith sharing in the fall.

Brenhan,TX—Blue Bell Creameries recalled all of its ice cream products after Listeria was detected in some half gallons of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. The company had been gradually pulling its frozen desserts from shelves for weeks before taking the more drastic action.

rybeth Kearns-Barrett, ‘84, director of the chaplains’ office; Megan Fox-Kelly, ‘99, associate chaplain and director of retreat programs; and many other individuals involved with donors and the board of trustees.

More information on the Thomas P. Joyce, ’59, Contemplative Center is available at www.alumni. holycross.edu/retreat

Tuesday, April 21

Charleston, SC—The Charleston, South Carolina, Post and Courier — a paper with a daily circulation of just 85,000 — won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service for a series of stories on deaths resulting from domestic abuse.

Iran—Iran is charging Washington Post Tehran bureau chief Jason Rezaian with espionage, “collaborating with hostile governments,” and two other serious crimes, Rezaian’s attorney said after her first meeting with him. Rezaian also is accused of illegally collecting classified information. The charges carry a sentence of up to 20 years.

Indonesia—An Indonesian court sentenced an American man, 21-year-old Tommy Schaefer, to 18 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend’s mother, Chicago socialite Sheila von Wiese-Mack, 62.

Wiese-Mack was beaten to death in a Bali hotel room, and her body was found stuffed in a suitcase.

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Why Don’t Black Lives Matter?

Diarmaid King Opinions Editor

Before the attack at Garissa University College in Kenya on April 2 that claimed the lives of 152 people, the situation in Garissa was tense. The city lies in Eastern Kenya, near the border with Somalia.

That has not been a cause for concern, nor has the fact that Garissa is home to many Somali refugees fleeing the conflict and uncertainty of their home country. Very generally speaking the problem in Garissa was uncertainty. The threat of violence from Al-Shabaab, a Somali terrorist organization with links to Al-Qaeda, pervaded the town. A lack of government efficiency and military protection has been regarded as the biggest internal contributor to this feeling of insecurity, and to the deadly attack.

A similar situation has developed in the United States with one source of tension being the contested interactions of black men and police officers. There definitely was tension when 50-year old Walter Scott was stopped on Saturday, April 4th in North Charleston, South Carolina by 33-year old Officer Thomas Slager for a broken taillight. Mr. Scott must have felt insecure in the situation as he attempted to run away during the stop, for reasons we currently do not know. Officer Slager engaged in a struggle which we can reasonably say left him feeling insecure as he proceeded to discharge his weapon five times into Mr. Scott’s back, before apparently planting his taser on the ground as evidence of the struggle.

I want to make myself perfectly clear and say that these incidents

are similar, not the same in scope, depth and tragedy, and likewise should not be evaluated and ranked on their impact. But these events have a link. They were products of “insecurity.” As such, they have been measured, blamed, and theorized by this initial condition.

In knowing how this insecurity is created, lies a possible key to how these situations might be resolved.

Officer Thomas Slager is guilty of the same crime that ex-Officer Darren Wilson committed.

They both killed unarmed black men. Yet in this instance, Slager has little to no support for his actions, as opposed to Wilson who received 225,000 dollars from citizens for legal fees. Why is that? I think that there can be a number of answers to this question, but the most powerful by far was the video that captured Walter Scott’s death.

He was shot in the back as he ran away. There can be no defense for that, but there must be dialogue.

A majority of pundits, “legal analysts,” Facebook commentators and friends have all been bashing Officer Slager and blaming him for the act. A majority of people who watched that video seemed to believe that Slager pulled the trigger with clear conscience and every intent to kill. A majority believe that Slager and officers of his ilk, are the problem that blight an otherwise fair and working system.

So are we to believe that a local policing system, that clearly targets young men of color from impoverished communities, works? Are we going to believe that lack luster training on mediation tactics and how to deal with members of the public is okay? Are we going to say

that internal reviews systems of local police departments that actively overlook or cover up corruption, fabrication of evidence, murder, assault, harassment, lying under oath, running brothels, drug dealing can hold officers accountable?

In South Carolina alone, there have been 209 incidents of cops shooting their weapons at suspects since 2010, all of which were deemed to be lawful uses of force. That is the crux of the reason why I cannot agree with those who demonize Slager. The burden of fault cannot solely fall to Slager, but a system of social control that values property and certain privileged identities over people. Hiding under the code of law and what is considered legal, this process is cyclical, reproducing poverty, death, crime through prisons, lawful killings and massive debt. Slager definitely should pay for his crime, but we need to interrogate why he decided to pull the trigger, or what kinds of rules, regulations, teachings, and tensions forced him and over 200 other officers to make that decision. Part of the answer is racial bias. Part of it is socio-economic position and crime. How and where police patrol is definitely an answer. But really all of these parts of the puzzle point to a widespread insecurity, grounded in our social relations and the very nature of interacting with one another. Fear, taught by society, by social groups, by law causes skewed evaluations and unjust human relations. Institutionally mandated and society approved fear made the death of Walter Scott a foregone conclusion, not the actions of a single man.

In the wake of the Garissa at-

tack, Kenyans have saturated the public discourse with ‘practical’ solutions to their problem of insecurity and fear. Students recently demonstrated in Nairobi for more safety on campuses nationwide.

President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the press to work with the government and be more patriotic in its reports, while also asserting that Kenya would take action by beefing up security measures, and freezing remittance assets, the only way foreign funding gets into the country.

One senior official in the Kenyan government berated the students held hostage and called for them to “fight back and do not be killed like cockroaches.”

Calling for more security at Colleges and Universities is not going to deter Al-Shabaab from attacking another site within Kenya. Increasing security is both costly to Kenyan workers, and has proven to be a completely ineffective strategy thus far. Freezing those remittance assets will stop the flow of nearly 1 billion USD into Somalia that is not funding a weakened AlShabaab but building a country out of the husk that was torn apart by colonialism, a harsh authoritarian ruler, and civil war. Also Kenya’s recent policy decisions will most certainly lead to more instability in Somalia which leads to increased poverty and growing numbers for Al-Shabaab. Blaming the victims of the attack is not a terribly useful comment, and does nothing to solve the problem of an attack happening again. Insecurity, of a national and religious bias is evident in these attempts at solutions, which ultimately leads to the ineffectiveness of the above sugges-

tions as policies.

Just like in America, Kenya is trying to increase its policing capabilities in the hopes that this will somehow lead to an increase in security. Vilified organizations like Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, ISIS, it is believed, need to be crushed by the use of force. However, military maneuvers, bombings, arrests, and tazings only attack the symptoms of a much larger problem. What turns these young men and women from citizens to killers is not what they have, a religion or radical ideology, but what they lack: Jobs, community, agency, opportunity, growth, development, fairness in legal proceedings, and wider societal acceptance of difference.

Systems of unjust social relations limit how people can interact with each other, and influence our interactions daily. In order to fix that problem we are going to need a lot of questioning, discussing, protesting, organizing for sure, but we can start with problems of insecurity. When institutions act through violence, through surveillance, through the processes of courts to solve problems, they are attacking superficial aspects of the problem and failing to place the situation in a larger context with complex roots and causes. Ultimately, I believe we all will be able to achieve more, if we realize that so-called “practical solutions” cannot be achieved and may actually cause more harm. Ultimately, if we want to be secure, then we have to realize the architecture of society is unjust, and aim to dismantle it.

much more than that. I have realized during my visits to the Writer’s Workshop, frequently to the point that every receptionist and tutor knows me, that it is a stress reliever and a self-esteem builder. But more importantly, the Writer’s Workshop has helped me figure out who I am and has gotten me one step closer to figuring out what I want to do with my life.

Listening to these feelings, I decided to enroll in a pedagogy class in order to become a Writer’s Workshop tutor, and it has turned out to be the best decision that I have ever made. Since I was eight years old, I always wanted to go to law school. I thought that becoming a lawyer was what I wanted to do with my life, but I have been faced with conflicting feelings that are dragging me in a different direction, away from the legal field.

My passion for writing and helping others succeed has made me think that maybe going into teaching is my calling.

Even though I am having conflicting feelings about what I want to do with my life, it is bittersweet.

Each day I go to the Writer’s Workshop where I have made friends, written successful papers, and found myself. Who knew that a room filled with the energy of students and tutors would have made a profound impact on me, warming my heart, and making me feel safe and supported? Maybe I am just a mushy and emotional person, but without the Writer’s Workshop, it is possible that I never would have found my love for teaching and writing so clearly. I guess everything in life is supposed to happen the way it is planned, and God has a plan for everyone; we just have to be smart enough to listen to ourselves and follow those feelings. We have to be brave enough to unpack and uncover those feelings because they could contain answers and a pathway to finding and making our dreams come true.

Julie Booth Opinions Editor

though the ranchers are supposed to abide by a “Recommended Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Horses in PMU Operations,” the actual execution of these measures is optional. These farms consequently are run similarly to how puppy mills are run: the mare is impregnated, confined, gives birth, and is immediately impregnated again and again until her body can no longer have foals.

During the long, 11-month pregnancies, the mares are kept in stalls so small they cannot move much or even turn around. They are given little water so that the PMU is more concentrated with estrogen, and they must wear uncomfortable, lesion-causing urine collection bags. The mares are forcibly and incessantly impregnated for about 12 years, thereafter they are subsequently sold.

Then, one might ask, where do the thousands of foals from these

A Place That I Call Home: Premarin The Writer’s Workshop A Hormonal Catastrophe Patricia Corey Staff Writer

Everyone on this campus has one or two spots that they like to go to on campus to relax, do homework, or to talk; it just so happens that my place is the Writer’s Workshop.

When I say this, I know I come off as a nerd and probably seem like an overachiever, but it is the truth.

Ever since I was a little girl, writing was and still is my passion. However, I never truly realized this until I couldn’t stop going to the Writer’s Workshop.

At the beginning of the fall semester, as a first year and first generation college student, there were many challenges that I faced and that I continue to face, and one of them was writing. Although I view myself as a “good” writer, I was not confident in my abilities. I thought when I went to the Writer’s Workshop, it was just because I wanted to receive help and feedback on my papers, but looking back, it was

No other drug in medical history has been the source of so much controversy as Premarin. Produced by the pharmaceutical tycoon Pfizer, Premarin is a hormonal replacement treatment (HRT) for the ups and downs of menopause. Since its creation and approval in the 1940s, over 30 billion doses of Premarin have been prescribed. Although excellent in theory, these conjugated estrogen tablets have been the source of ethical and medical debate for decades, focused on two main issues: the cost of producing the pills and the cost of taking the pills. Not the monetary cost, but the cost of lives.

One of the key ingredients in Premarin is purified pregnant mare urine (PMU). In order to attain the PMU, Pfizer operates about 26 farms in North Dakota and throughout Canada that house about 2,000 pregnant mares. Al-

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Life in These Student Affairs: 1+1=3 The Synergies of Social Justice

Jerry Maday Transportation Manager Being involved at Holy Cross is an honorable expeience. Recently, I had the opportunity to be at an afternoon reception for Community Partners to celebrate the programs shared between College Hill and Worcester social agencies. It was an hour well spent that filled all of our sails with gratitude, a sense of honor, and respectful admiration for all in attendance. It was co-hosted by our Office of Government and Community Relations, Community Based Learning, SPUD, the Chaplain’s Office, and Holy Cross’ Education Department. Holy Cross students shared how CBL, SPUD and volunteering enriched and expanded their personal life paradigms. Agencies shared how they appreciated Holy Cross sending students to help them in their missions. Several noted ardently that positions have been filled by Holy Cross alumni who volunteered

Courtesy of Jerry Maday

From PREMARIN, page 4 Pfizer farms that are born each year go? Some of the female foals are introduced into the same brutal and barbaric system that their mothers endured. Other foals, including all the males, are sold primarily to slaughterhouses. A foal condemned to be sold has less than a one-tenth chance of not being sold to slaughter. If the fact that Pfizer is running their farms like puppy mills isn’t disgusting and inhumane enough, we now see the mares’ poor offspring being mercilessly slaughtered. As if they are excess matter simply taking up space on Earth, the foals are given no chance for a life. They are either confined to a stuffy stall for most of their lives or butchered senselessly as if their lives mean nothing. I cannot even begin to imagine which one would be a worse sentence.

On top of Pfizer’s animal rights violations, Premarin is an extremely dangerous drug. On their site, they warn potential users that Premarin can increase the risk of uterine cancer, strokes, blood clots, heart attacks, dementia, and breast cancer.

The breast cancer risk is the most controversial of the fatal side effects, as the pill has been proven to increase the risk of developing it by almost 26%. In addition, the breast cancer that develops after the use of Premarin tends to be more advanced with a higher risk of death.

At one point in the lifetime of Premarin, Pfizer was introduced to a synthetic alternative to the drug.

It had the same benefits as Prema-

there.

Perhaps, at some level, you have been involved with one these local organizations: Centro Las Americas, Nativity School, Refugee Information and Assistance Center, Ascentria, Pernet School, Community Harvest, Mustard Seed, Boys And Girls Club, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Assumption Center, ELS at St Bernard’s, or Jeremiah’s Inn. The zenith of this reception was the honoring of Professor Mary Hobgood. She was recognized for her thought provoking and lifechanging curriculum in her Christian Social Ethics courses. She noted that “Jesus brought social justice to the forefront and put God’s face on it.” She was lauded by 2 former students who now work tirelessly in Education and CBL – Heather Johnson and Isabelle Jenkins, respectively.

As I observed all the good being done by all the good souls at the reception, I could not help but think of the synergies created by everyone’s efforts. From my perspective, being the person responsible for the van programs that bring the students to the agencies in Worcester, I saw another layer of synergy beyond our students getting hired in fulfilling jobs at the organizations in Central Massachusetts, and beyond the mutual learning that takes place by both the Holy Cross family and the agencies they

rin, but it did not contain anything produced from cruelty and did not increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer – seems like a can’t-lose kind of deal for Pfizer. They can get rid of the controversial aspects of their product while giving an effective and safe product to its consumers. Nonetheless, Pfizer turned away the synthetic alternate for unknown reasons.

Yet, despite Pfizer’s blatant abuse of their horses, apathy toward humane alternatives, and the critically dangerous risks involved with taking the HRT, Premarin continues to be the most prescribed oral estrogen therapy in the country with nine million women currently taking it. Most of them, I’m sure, have no idea what is actually in the drug they are taking. Unbeknownst to these women, their HRT is riddled with cruelty and danger and produced by a company that obviously doesn’t care about their well-being.

In fact, many women, once they have discovered the truth about Premarin, are appalled and stop the treatment or switch to one of the many humane alternatives, like “phytoestrogens,” a plant-derived HRT. It is critical that people become aware of this issue so that they can make informed and humane choices. One should be able to blindly trust the word and prescription of a doctor, but in fact, many doctors don’t even know about Pfizer’s carelessness for human and animal lives. Once the public is aware, possibly Pfizer will bow to the public pressure and change their monstrous ways.

serve at. There is a hidden blessing people need to know about and be grateful for within the ranks of our family at Holy Cross. And this good thing is a direct result of the work of one of the types of agencies we support from College Hill.

Let me introduce you all to Waleed Oudah – “Wally.” He is a new van driver on College Hill. His family received refugee status from the UN in 2010 as his family and community in Iraq was being severely maltreated for years. Much of the violence was a result of the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Wally’s family is part of a small pacifist faith community known as the Mandaeans. In Iraq, unlike other countries where refugee camps are established, Mandaeans were hidden in cities – scattered throughout apartment complexes and waiting for UN help.

Their faith community is neither Christian or Jewish. And it is not Islamic either. Mandeeans follow the ancient teachings of John the Baptist and other prophets. There are currently an estimated 5,00010,000 Mandaeans worldwide. Before the Iraq wars, the census had them over 70,000.

When Wally came to Worcester in 2010, he and his family received a lot of help from organizations like RIAC and Ascentria. The plan set-up through US / UN partnerships is to get the refugees “on their feet” by supporting them for

eight months after they arrive. The Worcester Public Schools even setup the Carradonio “New Citizens Center” to help families arriving with school age children. Holy Cross students help there as well.

like Wally, has found a place to give of his skills to the community and help to support himself as well.

And, how blessed are we, and Holy Cross students, that the seemingly small everyday deeds that are done,

Courtesy of Jerry Maday

Wally Oudah, left, with Jerry Maday, right

Without the help of these local Worcester agencies, good souls like Wally and his family would literally have nowhere to go.

The beautiful synergy that has been created by the consistent, thoughtful and enthusiastic efforts of our College Hill family, is that now, a once marginalized person

like tutoring refugee children or helping adults learn to use a computer, can result in people like Wally -who now helps drive other Holy Cross students to their local destinations? We couldn’t do it without each other. 1+1=3 . The synergies of Social justice. We couldn’t do it without each other.

Expressing Ourselves

Feminism, Masculinity, and Gender Expression in Student Affairs Aaron Jackson Guest Writer As an activist in training, I am always open to having new experiences that will enable me to enhance my understanding of social issues, human life, and the world as a whole. With this in mind, it was only naturally for me to feel drawn to attending a recent NASPA conference that took place at Southern New Hampshire University earlier this month, especially since the opportunity itself was a personal invite from Mr. Robert Jones of the Office of Multicultural Education.

While I did have to make some necessary accommodations to my schedule beforehand in order to attend the 1-day program on a lone Friday morning and afternoon, what I gained from the trip from an intellectual standpoint that was well worth the extra legwork.

Entitled “Expressing Ourselves: Feminism, Masculinity, and Gender Expression in Student Affairs,” the conference was a great offcampus compliment to the things I study here at the college, which are sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Educational Studies respectively.

During my stay at SNHU, I participated in an opening group activity called “My Identity Tree,” where

folks had to use a set number of leaves to rank the level of importance they place upon different aspects of their individual identities, such as age, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. Aside from that, I also participated in two informative sessions, each of which were a little over an hour long, and this is where the program itself really proved it’s worth.

The first session, called “Supporting our Cause (at the expense of your Cause),” was centered around devising concrete efforts of social growth and mutual understanding between groups of people who would otherwise avoid interacting and working with each other because of fear of the unknown, stubbornness to back off of one’s ideologies, or a mixture of the two. Meanwhile, the second session, titled “Beyond Micro-Aggressions,” was all about creating a

comprehensive approach to combatting the different “isms” of our day that often permeates the lives of many on a given college campus and in a workplace setting, as well as how to gradually weaken or even remove the effects of those “isms” on the ends of both students and professionals.

Though I unfortunately had to leave the conference early to secure an easier trip back to campus that same Friday, what I was able to experience overall before my departure from SNHU was quite pleasing, and conclusively, I think a number of other students at Holy Cross would have enjoyed it as well if they had the chance to attend the program.

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Greg Popovich and the Style of Winning John Albinson Staff Writer

As the NBA regular season draws to a close, we have learned many things throughout this 82-game span: Anthony Davis is the league’s next superstar, the Warriors have one of the most lethal offenses in history, and J.R. Smith somehow became super-effective when his jersey changed from ‘Knicks’ to ‘Cavs.’ All of these things, more or less, were not guaranteed to happen before the season started, but none of them matter. It doesn’t matter that Davis is posting a PER that’s higher than Wiz Khalifa vacationing in Denver.

It doesn’t matter that the Warriors are averaging 110 points per game and sit firmly atop the Western Conference. It doesn’t matter that the Cavs are finally putting it together and LeBron James is finally playing like his usual MVPself. The only thing that matters (and what other teams should care about) is that the San Antonio Spurs are playing like the San Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs are going to win the Finals. This is not so much a prediction as it is more of just a really easy equation. The Spurs are very good - good to the point where that, at their best, they are better than every other team in the league.

The Warriors may have put together one of the best regular-seasons in recent memory, but that season does have one noteworthy blemish: a recent 15-point loss to the Spurs in a game that was never close.

Steph Curry may win the MVP, but how disappointing would a 65-win season ending in a non-Finals loss be? The Warriors have put them-

selves in a position in that anything short of a championship will, unfortunately, be seen as a failure of some sort.

The Spurs, on the other hand, have won 11 straight and currently hold the No. 2 seed in the West. During this streak, they’ve also beaten Dallas, Memphis, and both Houston and Oklahoma City twice. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, they’ve managed to beat all of these teams by double digits.

For most of the season up until the past couple of weeks, the Spurs hovered in the 6-7 seed range and it finally seemed as if their miraculous dynasty was closing.

Tony Parker was battling a nagging hamstring injury and wasn’t playing like half of the point guard he really is, 2014 Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard was dealing with other injuries of his own and missed over 15 games, and they also lost a game to the Knicks (That was easily the brightest spot of this year for melancholic Knicks fans like myself).

And then, like every year since 1999, they turned it on just before the postseason and reminded everyone they’re easily the best team in the NBA. The Spurs and the postseason go together like peanut butter and jelly, or like Holy Cross and stress.

Which is why it’s silly to bet against them. They know how to win, they’ve won before, and they’re going to win again. Their roster currently holds the best power forward of all time in Tim Duncan who, after 18 years, is still playing like it’s 2003. They also have one of the best defenders in the league in Leonard, and the best foreign guard of all time in Parker. But, the most important piece to their

success is not in someone who dons the black and white jerseys for them, but rather a nice jacket and tie: head coach Gregg Popovich.

Popovich is currently the best head coach in sports, and is arguably the greatest coach in history.

This may seem outlandish because I’m writing this for a New England-based newspaper and failed to mention how Bill Belichick isn’t better. Popovich and Belichick are often naturally compared to one another because they’ve both experienced prolonged success with one franchise but, to me, I believe that Popovich is easily superior.

For starters, Popovich has been more successful on a basic numerical level: he has won five championships, while Belichick has won four. Popovich’s Spurs are 5-1 in their Finals appearances, while Belichick’s Patriots are 4-2. Popovich has a career winning percentage of .685, while Belichick has one of .659. These are all unarguable facts. But, sports aren’t just about statistics.

It also has to do with how you play the game, how you win, and how you act; this is where it gets hazy and opinion comes into play.

Popovich, in all of these regards, is better. One of the biggest differences between Popovich and Belichick, the Spurs and the Pats, is that the Spurs are a team. The Pats seem to be more like Tom Brady and a revolving array of position players, and there’s nothing wrong with that. The Pats are the most successful football team of the past 15 years, so their method clearly works. It’s just that the Spurs seem to have a more unified and familylike atmosphere about their team.

When players get old on the Pats,

In Defense of the Spring Concert Jonathan Thompson Chief Opinions Editor The spring concert reveal at Holy Cross every year is shrouded in mystery. In the time leading up to the big reveal, one is likely to hear myriad different predictions on campus. This year every day I heard a variation of at least one of the following: “I heard it’s Avril,” “I think it’s Akon,” “It’s definitely Jessie J.” It seemed that everyone had their own theory as to who the performer would be, based on either which artists were “too big” for Holy Cross to get or who is and is not going to be performing in the area, in addition to several other factors.

Once it was revealed that Jessie J is indeed our spring concert, I found, much like last year, that reactions were mixed. Some people were thrilled, others not so much. Truth be told, I could care less whom the spring concert is, as I see it as a fun event to go to regardless of the musical artist chosen. Last year, when Nelly was announced, I was rather ambivalent to the fact that such a rapper would be coming to Holy Cross simply because I had not listened to much of his music other than the few songs I had heard on the radio. However, I still saw the

concert as an event worth going to because at only $20 a ticket, I knew I would probably not get the opportunity again to see such a big artist for such a low price.

As a longtime listener to Jessie J since her “Price Tag” days back in 2011, I can say that once I found out that she would be coming to

perform on May 4, I was impressed given her recent success with such collaborations as “Bang Bang” featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj in addition to “Burnin’ Up”

featuring 2 Chainz. While I was excited to hear that the concert was going to be an artist I knew relatively well, I knew that I would go regardless of my familiarity with the chosen act.

I believe that the spring concert– whether you like the particular performer or not–provides a great chance for the entire school to go to an event that is quite impressive given the caliber of the chosen acts these past two years.

If anything, we should view the concert as a reward not only for the end of the spring semester but the entire academic year.

Those who seem to take a negative view toward the event–some it seems no matter who the performer is–should treat it less as something to criticize but more as something to enjoy as a social event more than anything else. Ultimately it’s just another opportunity to dance and blow off some steam before a stressful finals week that we all know is practically inevitable.

I will leave you with a final thought on this last “fun” event of the school year: if you want to go, go, and if you don’t want to, don’t. It’s as simple as that. If anything, I’ll just be that much closer to Jessie.

Belichick cuts them within minutes. When players get old on the Spurs, Popovich learns how to better control their minutes so he can maximize their performance while minimizing their playing time. 67% of the Spurs roster has been there since 2012. Only 38% of the 2014 Pats had been there since 2012.

Like I said, this is not a bad thing.

It’s two different styles of running a team. It just seems that what the Spurs have done and are still doing is more enjoyable.

After comparing the two numerically and based off of how they coach and treat their players, we get to another difference: Belichick is a jerk and Popovich isn’t.

They’re both very blunt and dry during interviews and press conferences, but Popovich is also known to joke around with the media as well as with his players. Belichick, on the other hand, is constantly serious and seemingly constantly in a bad mood. Again, there’s nothing wrong with this because the Pats have obviously been successful with this man helming the ship, but in terms of comparing them as people, Popovich just seems to be a better guy.

Popovich is the kind of guy who would stop and give you directions if you were lost roaming around in Worcester, while Belichick is the kind of guy who would give you a death stare and roll up his windows.

Lastly, the most important difference between Popovich and Belichick is that Popovich never cheated.

As cliché as this may sound, cheating says something about a person.

The Pats have always been good, and have never needed a reason to cheat. Belichick still felt the need to try and swindle his competitors,

which just shows that, deep down, he’s kind of a bad person. Popovich, on the other hand, has never cheated because his team is good and he’s not a psychopath.

The Spurs are destined for success this postseason because everything makes sense. No one can outplay their team chemistry, and no one can out-coach their head coach. They’ll lose a few games in the playoffs and people will say that they can’t keep up with young rosters like Golden State and Los Angeles, but then they’ll beat both of those teams. And then they’ll (most likely) play Cleveland in the Finals, and everyone will talk about LeBron getting revenge for last season, and how the Cavs are much better than the 2014 Heat.

And then Duncan will average a double-double in the series, Parker will outplay Irving, Kawhi will shut down LeBron in Games 4 and 5 just like last year, and Bellinelli and Green will outshoot Smith.

And, as easy as clockwork, Popovich and the Spurs will once again lift high the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy as black and white confetti rains down from the ceiling of the AT&T Center. It’s the most predictable outcome in all of sports, and also one of the most impressive.

The Spurs won their first championship in 1999, and won their fifth one just last year. That’s a sixteenyear gap. There are sophomores in high school who have never lived in a world where the Spurs aren’t good. If that isn’t something to tip your cap to, then I don’t know what is.

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Crusader of the Week:

Brendan “Hang-Ten” Higgins,’15 Hometown: Summit, NJ Birthday: 2 September 1993 Major: Classics and Philosophy double with a minor in Theatre Best Dorm: Lehy Favorite Animal: Timothy McCauley Favorite Book: The Bible Favorite Color: Polka dot Favorite Movie: Cruel Intentions Favorite Song: M*A*S*H* Theme Song Favorite TV Show: Seinfeld and Father Ted Favorite Holy Cross Class: While it’s not a formal class, I feel that I have learned the most through my conversations with head swim coach Barry Parenteau.

Favorite Meal On Campus: ;) Favorite Professor: I have had a lot of incredible professors and feel bad leaving anyone out but Cicovacki, Nagy, and Vineberg should be requirements for graduating.

Favorite Off-Campus Restaurant: The Greyhound Pub and Chilli’s (try the Guac Burger!)

Campus Activities: Captain of the swimming & diving, lacrosse, and hockey teams; former editor of The Shillelagh; Regular contributor to the “HerCampus” Page as well as regularly defending women’s rights and issues; Co-Liturgical Coordinator for Greeters.

Advice for Fellow Crusaders: Get involved early in things that excite you; don’t listen to your parents recommendations on classes; live off campus; don’t fall in love at the Jersey Shore.

Guilty Pleasure: Shmoney dancin’ with some goth teens Embarrassing Story: One time I was woken up by Public Safety in the elevator in the parking garage

in nothing but my boxers and a Beach Boys shirt!!

How About Another Embarrassing Story: I was the guy who ripped down the bathroom stall at Overtime!

Bragging Rights: My family was voted GQ’s “Beefiest Family of the Year” and I have four equally smart, handsome and athletic brothers, all five of us are international sex icons (Drew, Kyle, Liam, and Aidan).

Hobbies: Hurting myself on the diving board for all of SnapChat to see.

Pet Peeve: People saying that the bread of a sandwich in a photo makes the sandwich (it’s the person in the middle, the meat!).

Number One Thing On Your HC Bucket List: Make out with the following: Meg Fox, Courtney O’Neil, Annemarie Galvin, Connor Sofield, Paige Maslen, the girl with the nose piercing, the brown haired girl in the library I always smile at, breakfast girl, Katie Boyle, Layne Hubbard, and anyone else who wants a piece of the action.

Your Mantra: “A Baby’s gotta do what a baby’s gotta do” ~ Thomas Pickles Twitter or Instagram: I shine on both @Higgie_Smalls Crossroads or Kimball: My swim team homies swipe me into Lower-- shout out 2 Barbara Where Do You See Yourself In Ten Years?: Happily married to Lilly Pearce in Princeton with my own sitcom on NBC Goals for Second Semester: Get The Fenwick Review and their victim blaming writers defuned. And get Waka Flocka elected President.

SHAPE Up! Question: I brush my teeth thoroughly every morning and every night. Is it really necessary to floss too?

Answer: Brushing cleans only the surface of your teeth. Flossing is important to clean out the gaps in between your teeth, because bacteria reside there too! These bacteria can cause bad breath, and leaving food in between your teeth can make them look dirtier. People who don’t floss are more likely to have plaque build-up, which can lead to cavities, decay and even

gum disease. In time, gum disease can contribute to heart disease, diabetes and a higher BMI. For a healthier and more hygienic smile, floss carefully once a day.

Have a question concerning health? Email shape@g.holycross. edu and check out next week’s edition of The Crusader for a possible answer!

Find us on Facebook (SHAPE) and follow us on twitter (@HCSHAPE) for more health updates!

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Denim Day 2015 Natalie A. Correa Chief Features Editor Have you noticed a few posters around Hogan advertising to wear denim next Wednesday?!

Well if you haven’t, read the fine print. Know that you’re encouraged to wear jeans in honor of sexual awareness. Denim Day is a campaign to prevent sexual violence through education and public awareness. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Denim Day is a call to action for all people to come together by wearing denim as a visible sign of protest against sexual violence. By participating in Denim Day this April, you can

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Every year there are approx.

293,600 victims of sexual assault (US Dept. of Justice) Only 3 out of every 100 rapists will ever spend a single day in prison (RAINN/Dept. of Justice) The majority (68%) of rapes are still not reported (RAINN/Dept. of Justice) 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (National

play a role in the prevention of sexual violence. Holy Cross is asking members of the Holy Cross Community to make a social statement on April 29 to wear jeans as a visible means of protest against misconceptions that surround sexual assault.

Why Denim?

Denim Day has been internationally recognized since 1999 in protest of an Italian Supreme Court ruling that overturned a rape conviction because the victim was wearing jeans. In 1992, an 18 year old girl was raped by her driving instructor.

The Court overturned the verdict on the premise that “because the

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Institute for Justice and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) 80% of college age females who were victims of sexual assault knew their offender (Dept. of Justice 12/14) 28% of male rape victims were first raped when they were 10 yrs. old or younger (CDC 2/14) Victims of sexual assault are 3 times more likely to suffer from depression, 6 times more likely to suffer from PTSD, 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, 26 times more likely to abuse drugs, and 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide

victim wore very, very tight jeans, she had to help him remove them, and by removing the jeans it was no longer rape, but consensual sex.”

There will be an information table manned every Wednesday in April from 11 AM - 2 PM in Hogan. To help raise awareness of sexual violence, we ask that you stop by and sign your name on a pair of jeans. To help raise funds to help survivors, we ask that you donate up to $5.00 for the opportunity to wear jeans on April 29.

Your contributions will support the Daybreak program at the YWCA in Worcester, MA.

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(WHO) Almost 2/3 of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim (USDOJ) Women in the US Military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan than killed by enemy fire (Military Rape Crisis Center)

Make a social statement. Wear your jeans on April 29 as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual assault.

Donations up to $5 will support the Daybreak Program at the YWCA.

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Will it Be a Great Addition to the Nirvana Universe?

John Hodge Features Editor On May 4th Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Brett Morgen’s unprecedented look at the artist’s life, will premiere on HBO. The documentary will contain never before seen pictures, home videos, and music that Kurt’s family gave Morgen access to. Cobain was arguably the most influential musician of his time, the spokesman of Generation X, the tortured soul whose screech reached down our throats and squeezed our hearts.

Cobain’s lyrics were everything from nonsensical at times, to deeply meaningful and provocative. But he hated being asked what his lyrics meant. He much preferred his audience to embrace his lyrics and discover what they meant to them. Perhaps this is the mark of a true artist. This was an artist whose sole desire is to move people, not to become famous, and to link souls with someone else with a distorted guitar and a pop melody.

I’ve been anticipating the release of this film for quite some time now. Nirvana, I believe, made the greatest music of the entire decade of the 1990’s, and I am proud to call myself a Nirvana aficionado.

Aside from the unreleased music that is apparently featured in Montage of Heck, I have listened to every Nirvana EP, LP, every live record-

ing from Live at Reading to MTV: Unplugged. I have read every article I could find and watched all the interviews that YouTube has to offer.

I listen to Nevermind when I’m driv-

ing around. I listen to In Utero when I work out. I listen to Nirvana Radio on Pandora while I study. I love Nirvana.

Like many of the greats (Lennon, Morrison, and the others), Cobain had a distinct philosophy toward life. I think he, above all else, believed that there is a lot more ugliness in the world than most people think there is. He was extremely sensitive to the pain that others felt.

The pain that comes with being different, with being abused, whether

EARTH WEEK 2015 • Senator Gaylord Nelson founded Earth Day on April 22, 1970.

• There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any point in the last 800,000 years.

• Half the world’s tropical and temperate forests are now gone.

• Every year in the U.S., nearly 200 billion beverage containers are sold, two-thirds of which are landfilled, incinerated, or littered.

• Climate change could push food prices up by 50% to 60% by 2030, according to a recent report by Oxfam.

psychically or mentally, the pain of feeling worthless or unwanted. He was remarkably observant of all of these negative aspects of life, and he bashed on the strings of his guitar and screamed and screamed until he started to cough up blood to cope with the way he felt about them.

As a result, he spoke to the souls of his audience, whose bodies contorted and convulsed with passion as the pushed and shoved and didn’t care anymore all over the dance floor. Go and just watch a mere video of a Nirvana concert and tell me that, if nothing else, you were not at least impressed, left wide-eyed, by the raw intensity of the atmosphere of the show.

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck will hopefully be another fantastic installment in the Nirvana universe.

I hope that it will add to my understanding of who Cobain was and how much his music really meant to him. I pray that it was as precious to him as it is to all of his fans. I hope to learn more about the circumstances of his death. I’d like to really, truthfully know why, although I’m not sure that it is actually possible to. Most of all, I just hope that this is a film that does an honorable tribute to one of my favorite musicians. R.I.P. Kurt.

It’s Friday... Do you mind if we write some Thank You notes? *Queue the dramatic music* Thank you Burnett’s... for adding tropical flavors to jet fuel...

Thank you Wheeler... for keeping all of the weird freshmen far away from everyone else...

Thank you Spotify Private Session... for hiding the fact that I listen to “I Really Like You” by Carly Rae Jepson about 50 times a day...

Thank you Study Abroad Office... for nothing...

How to Manage Your Own Health and Safety Tips for college students Mackenzie Horl Features Editor Health and Safety week may have come and gone, but that does not mean that you cannot stay proactive in protecting yourself and your body. Whether it be through physical fitness, promotion of mental/ emotional health or even protecting yourself from the sun’s rays., everyone should remain cognizant of the risks that surround them on a daily basis.

Watch out for the sun because: - Sun damage to eyes can occur anytime during the year, not just in the summertime, so be sure to wear UV-blocking sunglasses and broadbrimmed hats whenever you’re outside - Don’t be fooled by clouds: the sun’s rays can pass through haze and thin clouds - Never look directly at the sun Looking directly at the sun at any time, including during an eclipse, can lead to solar retinopathy, which is damage to the eye’s retina from solar radiation.

When your feeling stressed: - Try Exercising, talking to friends or family, taking a nap, watching a favorite TV show, having a good laugh As a college student, always be aware of the harmful effects of

ages of 18-24 are unintentionally injured while under the influence of alcohol - More than 696,000 students between the ages of 18-24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking - More than 97,000 students between the ages of 18-24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape If you are in need of a little extra brainpower, or need to get rid of that stress you have been holding in this week, hit the gym because science proves that it helps! Keep your heart, brain and mind healthy by following these easy steps that you will surely appreciate in the long run. Do not let your health and safety be just a week long endeavor, but make them concerns for your longterm well-

alcohol: - 1,700 college students between the ages of 18-24 die each year from alcohol-related, unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes - 599,000 students between the

being.

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Tim Driscoll Blacks Out, Wins Boston Marathon Brendan P. Higgins Couldn’t Pay Him To Run 26.2 Feet Every generation has its talents.

Some go on to be legends of the game, heralded as the most talented or hardest working to ever play.

However, some athletes become legends for completely different reasons. Their successes come despite the incredible duress they put their bodies through, rather than because of it. Holy Cross’ own Timothy Driscoll seems to have become one of the latter.

Deemed “The Doc Ellis of Marathon Running,” Timothy, hot hockey player, did not plan on running the Boston Marathon this past Monday. According to him, he in fact did not know that it was going on and is still piecing together how this all came to be. But regardless

of the circumstances, our very own won the Boston Marathon this past Monday with a time of 2:09:17.

“To be honest I don’t remember a whole lot after Saturday,” said Tim, “We threw a huge party, one for the ages, and I remember thinking, ‘If I take this one last shot I am probably gonna blackout.’ Then someone called me a pussy and said I wouldn’t take the shot. The next thing I knew I’m at mile fourteen in nothing but a Chaminade lacrosse jersey, Holy Cross women’s soccer shorts, and Crocs.”

Tim went on to further describe the race. “I was still very much under the influence of alcohol when I came to and convinced myself that if I stopped running my legs would fall off, which only made me run faster. I passed one guy and convinced myself that I was the

Flash on ice skates and kept yelling at people, ‘MY NAME IS WALLY WEST AND I AM THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE’ as I passed

them in the race. Slowly but surely I sobered up and kind of realized the seriousness of the occasion and how I was probably in trouble for it, and around mile 22 I figured I was definitely going to get arrested.

Mt. St. James Reaches New Heights: Holy Cross Celebrates 4/20 Bud Greenley Resident Cannabis Expert Rallies and festivals took place from coast to coast this past Monday as the nation gathered to celebrate unofficial Marijuana day, 4/20. From cool cities like Seattle and Denver, to even cooler college towns like Berkeley and Boulder, swaths of revelers celebrated America’s favorite holiday with live music, dancing, chilling, sitting in circles, and a lot of the green stuff.

Even other colleges and universities not known for being as cool as Boulder and Berkeley, or having a significant cannabis culture got in on the action, colleges such as Holy Cross.

Here on the Hill, April 20 was marked by a number of spectacular events, consisting mainly of students going to class and then smoking in their dorm rooms. The Shillelagh was on the scene to cover the day’s events. From the wake and bakes of the early morning hours, to the ceremonial 4:20 toke, all the way to the late night pizza orders, The Shillelagh provided unprecedented coverage of 4/20 happenings here at Holy Cross. The Shillelagh conversed with students, faculty, and other members of the Holy Cross community throughout the day, talking about anything from plans for the big day, opinions on Marijuana, and favorite munchies. Here’s what people were saying about 4/20 on the Hill: “I do not support the use of any

illicit substance, including Marijuana. I can only hope that when students choose to use it they are doing so responsibly and reflecting upon the ways God is present in their lives” – Father Burroughs “When I get high I like to contemplate what Jesus would do if he was stoned” – Baked Student “I swear to God I ate a cheeto that looked like the Virgin Mary.” – Blazed Student “If I see any little hippy bastards toking up I won’t hesitate to use excessive force” – Worcester Police Officer “If I see any little hippy bastards toking up I won’t hesitate to beat them with a club. There’s nothing better than beatin’ up on some dirty, pot smoking hippies… reminds me of the good old days” – Retired Worcester Police Officer “Wait, so people do what today?”

– Clueless Student “My friends and I planned a huge ‘Legalize It’ rally in the Hovel where we’d sit in a huge circle and all light up, really stick it to the man. But then it started raining so we just smoked in our rooms”– Ambitious Student “I’m an athlete and I just think it’s horrible for your body. I’d much rather have a few Lime-o-Rita’s with my besties or some tequila shots at Leit’s than put that horrible plant in my body” – Dumb Girl “My favorite strain is ‘Spinal Tap,’ but I like ‘Incredible Hulk’ as well” – Stoned Student “Wait, isn’t that illegal?”– Concerned Student

“Personally, I prefer cocaine” – Hardo Student “I can’t believe I had to work on the best day of the year”– Disgruntled Public Safety Officer “I surprised the class today with some brownies and a Nat Geo movie on the Oceans. I think it went pretty well”– Badass Professor “This is by far the dopest dope I’ve ever smoked” – Saul Silver “The report says the fire alarm went off at 4:18pm. Damn kids couldn’t wait two more minutes”– Public Safety Officer “I like to get high before going to church. I always feel closer to the Good Lord”– Good Catholic Student “I ate a brownie, smoked three j’s, and took a MASSIVE bong hit.

I’m flying sooo high right now” – Legendary Student (he’s so chill) “Who are you! What do you want!?!”– Too much for this kid.

As usual the day went smoothly with very few, if any, harmless incidents to report. This, of course, is a far cry from the booze fueled chaos of weekends on the hill, constantly marred by transports and arrests.

After yet another harmless celebration of the kindest of herbs, one can only hope wide-spread acceptance of this miraculous gift of the earth continues to grow.

I didn’t feel my phone or wallet on me and just assumed that I was going to get reamed out by someone for this. And then I finished and they handed me a medal instead of handcuffs, so I went along with it.”

After acquiring his phone, which was found at the Holy Cross Track, Tim slowly but surely pieced together exactly how he got in the marathon. A text message thread with teammate Matt Ginn shows a challenge to run the marathon received at 2 AM Sunday morning, followed by a string of emails to groups running in the race about open spots. The charity “The Human Fund” luckily had a spot open and gave it to Tim. How he got from Worcester to Boston between Sunday at 3 AM and Monday at 9:32 AM will forever be one of the great mysteries of sports. “Yeah

usually I’ll just wake up on the front lawn of 23 Caro or in some random girl’s bedroom after a night that got too crazy. This is definitely the first time I’ve ever woken up in a marathon,” said Driscoll.

After being asked if he was going to compete in another marathon anytime soon, Driscoll dodged the question, stating that he planned on “laying low” for a while and “possibly seeing a shrink.” The good Lord only knows what kind of feats he could accomplish if he ever took care of his body and decided to train regularly.

The Fenwick Review: Desperate For Attention Shillelagh Staff On Behalf of Humanity It seems our not so friendly competition on campus is feeling a little desperate for attention these days. Perhaps readership is down, maybe private funding is running dry (hopefully), or perhaps they’re having trouble finding writers and articles to fill up the publication.

Whatever the case, it is clear the Fenwick Review’s starving for acknowledgment has reached new levels given the steaming heap of raw sewage that was recently featured on the front page. In what appears to be a bold new strategy to bring attention to the intolerant bastard of a newspaper, The Fenwick Review has resorted to publishing the most outlandish of articles on their unheralded front page. For anyone who didn’t see the last edition of The Fenwick Review, which is likely most of the student body, those audacious jokesters did just about everything but justify terrorism in regards to the tragic attack on Charlie Hebdo this past January.

One would think that after having three months to formulate an opinion on the event, the production team over at The Fenwick Review would have been able to come up with a more cohesive, nuanced, and less moronic response to the attacks in France. Bold is the only word that can describe an article like this, an article that claims the victims of a terrorist attack would have received more of the author’s sympathy had it “been a more serious publication.”

It’s unfortunate The Fenwick Review isn’t a more serious publication, for if they were, they proba-

bly wouldn’t have had to stoop this low. The Fenwick Review asks the remaining members of the satirical publication if “being crude, even in the name of freedom of speech, was worth the death of its editor, other members of the staff, and even people with no association with the paper beyond their proximity.”

First off, this is just an awful sentence. What a mouthful. Secondly, the Fenwick Review must consider if victim blaming is an appropriate use of the freedom of speech the members of Charlie Hebdo died for. Victim-blaming without even the faintest mentioning, let alone reprimanding, of those who were responsible for the attack. And by “those responsible for the attack,” we don’t mean the artists and editors who took the bullets, as The Fenwick Review seems to blame, but rather, the terrorists who pulled the trigger that day. While there are several other elements to the front page article we are simply dumbfounded by, it would take a full eight-page publication to adequately ridicule the nimrods in charge over there.

Thus, we end with a point on the need for journalistic and artistic freedom to be accompanied with responsibility. After all, it’s the responsibility of publications like Charlie Hebdo to exercise their freedom of speech by being critical of the world at large, and what better way to be critical of society than through humor. In their honor, we’ll continue to be critical of what he perceive is wrong with Holy Cross (looking at you TFR).

You’ve got a lot of growing up to do, get on our level and suck it.

10 The Crusader SPORTS April 24, 2015

Sports Emily Iannaconi Sports Editor The bar was already set high from last year.

The women Crusaders won the Think Pink meet on April 19, 2014 with a team score of 208.50 points. Current senior co-captain Abby Mitchell set a school record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:18.05, graduate Stephanie Okpoebo won the 100 and 200-meter dashes with times of 11.78 seconds and 25.41 seconds respectively, current junior Caroline Carley won the 1,500 meter run in 4:33.77, graduate Emily Hughes won the 5,000 meter run in 17:34.57, current junior Melissa LaCoste earned first in the high jump with a jump of 1.62 meters and graduate Christy Manning took first in the javelin throw with a throw os 38.81 meters.

Oh, and the 4 x 100 meter relay team won first place with a time of 47.28 seconds.

Last year, there was not a huge crowd at this meet because it fell during the Easter break when everyone was home. This year however, on April 18, many students and family members came to support the Crusaders as they competed for another win in their only home meet of the year, this time against Hartford, Bryant, Colgate, Central Connecticut, UMass Amherst, and Maine.

Leading the way for the Crusad-

Women’s Track and Field Takes First at Think Pink Holy Cross Invitational

ers was senior co-captain Brianna meter steeplechase with a time of best distance in the hammer throw Tabin who won both the 100-meter 11.20.22. Co-captain Michelle Mc- with a throw of 42.12 meters. dash and the 200-meter dash with Gahan and senior Alexandra Parise Both the 4 x 100-meter relay team times of 11.86 and 25.13, respec- tied for second place in pole vault and the 400-meter relay team posttively. Tabin has ed second place since been named finishes as well. the Corvias PatriThe 4 x 100 team ot League Female of Tabin, senior Track Athlete of Katie Bobinski, the Week for her sophomore Alp e r f o r m a n c e s. lison Maier, and Her time in the senior Marissa 100-meter dash Romano finished qualifies her in 49.18 seconds for ECACs and and the 4 x 400 places her in the team of freshtop-100 within man Meghan Dithe NCAA East etter, sophomore Region in the Gabriela West, 100-meter dash. senior Payton The women Shubrick, and also had three senior co-captain other first-place Fiorella Johnson finishes. Senior earned a time of co-captain Sarah 3:57.10.

Dahlstrom and There were also junior Morgan some impressive Zurlo tied for third place finfirst in the high ishes throughout jump with jumps the day. Freshof 1.60 meters. man Zoe MathCarley won the erne finished 1500 meter run behind Gildea Courtesy of goholycross.com with a time of in the 800-meSenior co-captain Michelle McGahan took second in the pole vault 4:40.61. ter run with a Additionally, time of 2:14.51 the women posted five second- with a height of 3.42 meters. Final- and classmate Hannah Hitscherich place finishes. Junior Cassie Gil- ly, junior Elizabeth Provost earned took third in the triple jump with dea earned a time of 2:14.31 in second place overall in the discus a jump of 11.40 meters. Freshman the 800-meter run while Mitchell throw with a throw of 36.48 me- Hannah finished runner-up in the 3,000 ters. Provost also posted a career- Jeter earned third place overall in

the 5,000-meter run (17:58.13) and sophomore Rachel Sowinski finished the 1,500-meter run in 4:48.67.

As for the seniors, Shubrick ran a time of 58.38 in the 400-meter run and Cailee Dean finished third in long jump with a career-best jump of 5.34 meters.

There were some additional career-best performances of the day.

Senior Romano jumped a distance of 11.15 meters in the triple jump and sophomore West earned a time of 59.52 in the 400-meter dash.

Sophomore Jennifer Kimball also had a career-best throw in the javelin with a distance of 38.78 meters.

All of these impressive finishes amounted to an incredible first place finish for the Crusaders on their home turf. The women scored 218 points overall to secure their fourth straight win at their own Holy Cross Invitational.

With the Patriot League Championships fast approaching, the team is looking for some final strong performances at the Brown Springtime Invitational this weekend, Sunday April 26. They hope to enter the upcoming Championship season strong and meet the high bar that they have set for themselves.

The Foxborough Be With You Christopher Fox Sports Editor As a sports writer and as a human in the 21st Century, I look forward to the distant future. Thus, now that summer has broken across campus and final exams loom terrifyingly like the Titanic’s icy nemesis, I’ve already turned my thoughts to the fall and football. Though the Patriots and their players have pulled back their reminders on social media of their shocking Super Bowl victory three months ago, it’s impossible for a diehard Son of Belichick to keep from thinking of 2015. In Brady’s fifteenth NFL season, he still has all the tools available to make a fifth successful Super Bowl run. Even without defensive veteran Vince Wilfork and cornerbacks Brandon Browner and Darrelle Revis, the Patriots added key offensive weapons, including former Bills tight end Scott Chandler—kryptonite against New England in AFC matchups—and former Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Gibson. Their additions on defense of cornerback Chimdi Chekwa, linebacker Jonathan Freeny, and defensive lineman Jabaal Sheard, as well as their pricey maintenance of veteran leader Devin McCourty does more than bolster a force weakened by the

dearth at cornerback. Even without Browner and Revis at corner, Belichick and defensive coordinator Matt Patricia can choose to employ Cover-2 defense more often.

in Cover-1.

To explain this unshakeable confidence of mine, one has to watch the YouTube video “Star Pats,” a Star Wars-themed compilation

the Patriots undeniable swagger.

Edelman views Tom Brady as a big brother, except when he compares himself to Luke Skywalker and Brady to Luke’s sister. Coach

Belichick and Co. gear up to try and do it all over again

Cover-2 defense has safeties playing the deep halves of the secondary as opposed to jumping wide receiver and tight end routes when defenders are playing man coverage

of videos Julian Edelman put together in anticipation for the 2015 season. Besides featuring awesome highlights from the previous season, the video clues its viewers into

Belichick is depicted as a Sith/ Darth Vader, as his hoodie-wearing monotone style invites a near-perfect double comparison. Although I loved the highlights of the video,

including Edelman’s legendary 51-yard pass to Danny Amendola in the AFC Divisional game, I heard a more reassuring message amongst the cacophony of light sabers clashing and low Darth Vader breathing; this year’s Super Bowl is ours to lose. Check out the recently released 2015 schedule. Though the AFC East bolstered its competition, I ultimately believe the Patriots will still cruise to their seventh-straight division title and into the playoffs as a top-4 seed. However, with back to back away games against Dallas and Indianapolis, as well as a marquee Week 13 matchup at home versus the Philadelphia Eagles, the road to Super Bowl 50 is once again paved with impediments. That being said, I have no qualms predicting the Patriots will go at least 11-5 with a healthy running game and a stout defense. In the words of William Shakespeare, “Uneasy is the head that wears the crown.” An Oregon-resembling Eagles team redesigned by Chip Kelly, revenge-hungry Broncos and Ravens teams, and perennial NFC powerhouses Green Bay and Seattle scare me. The force be with us, and the crown is up for grabs.

Come and get it.

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Bruins Fire Chiarelli-- Julien Next?

Patrick Walsh Chief Sports Editor At the time of this writing, the Celtics are still in the playoffs.

Well, when I really think about it, the fourth game of their openinground series against LeBron, Kyrie, and the rest of the Cavaliers will not be played until Sunday, so the Celtics will still be in contention until then. But let’s not kid ourselves. When spring comes, Bostonians turn to the team that plays on the surface underneath the hardwood. Unfortunately, TD Garden staff will not have to remove the puzzle-pieced floor for awhile since there is no need for the ice-layer due to the Bruins’ frozen finish to the regular season.

After missing the playoffs for the first time since 2006-07, the Bruins desperately needed some change in management. Until recently, precisely where that change was going to come from was unclear. Last Wednesday, owner Jeremy Jacobs and team president Cam Neely decided to fire general manager Peter Chiarelli, perhaps ending the shakeup in management for now—but possibly just setting it in motion.

Was the firing deserved? On one hand, glaring train-wrecks of trades involving Tyler Seguin and Jonny Boychuk naturally led to GM Peter Chiarelli receiving the blame.

While its very easy to judge these deals after the fact, at the time, the trades were not nearly as bad as they seem now. Consider the state of the Bruins at the time of the Seguin deal. Seguin certainly possessed talent superior to anybody else on the roster. At the same time, many analysts said that the Bruins’ environment wasn’t conducive to a superstar—though this could certainly be debated. However, Seguin wasn’t exactly a model citizen off the ice. Management said that Seguin not only needed to mature as a player, but as a person too. Seguin showed up late to at least one team meeting and was rumored to have engaged in extracurriculars during

the Bruins first-round playoff series in his hometown of Toronto when the Bruins played the Leafs a few seasons ago. Was this kind of behavior going to change as he matured? Well, that was uncertain.

What we do know is that Seguin was traded for Stars forward Loui Eriksson, who was playing at a higher level than Seguin at the time.

As we know all too well, Eriksson

years with the Stars as a result of playing on a line with center Brad Richards. However, the fact that Seguin’s production sky-rocketed once he joined Dallas and Eriksson’s value essentially fell off a cliff once he joined Boston seems like it has more to do with coaching then it does managing the roster.

Disbelievers in the fact that Julien should be blamed may point to

apparent lack of improved behavior off the ice—one of Chiarelli’s main reasons for trading him. However, this argument also suggests that while Chiarelli perhaps should have given Seguin a longer chance to mature, Julien was not able to capture Seguin’s value like Stars’ coach Lindy Ruff has been able to do while his player has endured the same off-the-ice problems. One

Chiarelli: Out as Bruins’ general manager

has not played to that level at any point since he’s been in Boston.

The disappointment is certainly impacted by injuries during his time in Boston, as well as potentially inflated stats during his final

the fact that Seguin was benched a few weeks ago by the Stars as a result of his late arrival to practice.

They could argue that Seguin’s production has improved significantly since his time in Boston, despite his

reasonable criticism of my argument that Julien is to blame could be that Seguin is playing with AllStar forward Jamie Benn in Dallas, while the Bruins didn’t have a player of this caliber to pair with Seguin.

As a response to this, consider the more recent case of Johnny Boychuk. Other than possessing a strong shot from the point that Bruins fans thoroughly enjoyed in last season’s playoffs, Boychuk was really only an average defenseman for the Bruins during his time here. He was a consistently average player both offensively and defensively during his five season with the Bruins. Last offseason, Boychuk was traded to the Islanders to clear cap-space. Like Seguin, his production soared. Boychuk’s average ice-time per game barely increased, but he just looked like a new player—many have seen his Sports Center highlight where he, after having fallen on his stomach, swung his stick out while he was in his defensive zone against the Capitals to knock the puck of Alex Ovechkin’s stick for a crucial Islanders clear. Boychuk—again, similar to Seguin—did not have his value captured by Julien and the blame has fallen back on Chiarelli.

While I am not a fan of Chiarelli the person—I thought it was terrible that he told Greg Campbell and Daniel Paille that they would not be back with the team before Chiarelli himself even knew if he had a job entering this season— I really believe that Julien should be let go next. He was not able to drive results out of Seguin and Boychuk. Who knows what current assets the Bruins possess which are being underused or overused?

The decision of retaining Julien is ultimately going to come down to the new general manager, Neely and ultimately, Jeremy Jacobs.

It is very difficult to operate as a general manager when the head coach has been locked in already.

The Bruins would benefit largely from change. One big change has already been made in firing Chiarelli. However, the most effective change has not happened yet.

Check out the Baseball and Softball Teams as their Regular Seasons Come to a Close!

Baseball:

Softball:

Sunday, April 26 - (DH) vs. Bucknell @ 1, 3:30pm

Sunday, April 26 - vs. Bucknell @ 12pm

Tuesday, April 28 - UMASS @ 5pm

Saturday, May 2 - (DH) vs. Lafayette @ 12, 2pm

Sunday, May 3 - vs. Lafayette @ 12pm

Saturday, April 25 - (DH) vs. Bucknell @ 2, 4:30pm

Saturday, April 25 - (DH) vs. Bucknell @ 12, 2pm

12 The Crusader SPORTS April 24, 2015

Purple Pennings with Patrick Buscone Celtics in four over the Cavs.

That was my first prediction about the NBA playoffs. I guess I’m 0 for 1. But, that’s not going to stop me from making even more, probably wrong, predictions about the NBA playoffs because, guess what, by the time we reach the NBA Finals, our finals will already be over and none of you will be able to call me out for being horribly wrong.

Good luck trying to find me after my last final is over. Depending on how bad my picks are, I might just go abroad for all of next year to avoid the ridicule on campus.

Anyways, I knew that picking the Celtics to sweep the series was an irrational pick. Of course, they are going to let the Cavs win at least a couple games until they get overly confident. And then the Celtics will start trying and blow them out. Trust me; we’ve got them right where we want them.

Yes, that might be wishful thinking because my wishful thinking usually involves LeBron losing.

And that’s the fun part about hating LeBron, even if the Celtics don’t win, I will still root hard for whatever team plays the Cavs next and after that and probably after that.

Unfortunately, there really is only one team that can put an end to LeBron’s glorious return to the most talented roster in the league to chase a title with two other AllStars (which coincidentally happens to also be the same city/ team/fan base whose hearts he tore out on national television).

Hopefully Cavs fans were able to brush the ashes off their burnt LeBron jerseys for the playoffs!

They’ll be able to wear them throughout the entire playoffs because I don’t see any realistic scenario where the Cavs don’t advance to the NBA Finals (except maybe Derrick Rose, but there is a better chance he gets hurt again in the next few games than him leading the Bulls over the Cavs).

The good part about the Eastern Conference being terrible this year is that the Celtics made the playoffs, but the bad part is that no team can beat the Cavs.

The Atlanta Hawks at their best will give the Cavs a decent series, but there is just too much talent on the Cavs. And speaking of the Hawks, has there ever been a more overlooked one-seed in the NBA playoffs? I mean, no one actually thinks they are going to win it all, which probably means they will if sports have taught us anything.

However, even the six seed San Antonio Spurs have a bet-

not even happen (as a fair warning, I was also this confident

there a more likable/fun player to watch in the league right now?

Who wouldn’t want to see Steph Curry win it all over LeBron James?

ter chance of winning it all, in my mind, because if history has taught us anything, it’s not to bet against the Spurs in the playoffs.

Yet, the Spurs, the rest of the Western Conference, and eventually the Cavs will fall to the future 2014-2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors.

I’m so confident in this prediction that I am already proud and happy for the Warriors for the accomplishment that might

in

Kentucky winning it all).

Though I feel as though this has already happened, I will keep my talk of them winning it all in the conditional tense so as not to confuse all three readers out there (you’re welcome Mom and Dad).

For the Warriors, it would be their first title in 40 years. Beyond just how long it’s been, I respect the way they have built their team over the years around Stephen Curry. And speaking of Curry, is

Curry wins my annual award for favorite non-Celtic (previous winners include Jamal Crawford, Kenneth Faried, Kawhi Leonard, and Kevin Durant), narrowly beating out Sim Bhullar, mainly because Bhullar only scored two points all season. Maybe next year, Sim, maybe next year.

Aside from Curry, Klay Thompson is another class act and coach Steve Kerr, not only should have been coach of the year in my

opinion, but also was one of the most likable players in his time.

He has the Warriors playing fantastic team basketball that has been a joy to watch. Yes, it helps that Curry and Thompson can both drop 50 points in a given night, but the role players have stepped up as well. Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala particularly have brought a great defensive presence to counteract the offensive juggernaut that is the Splash Brothers.

And then there is Leandro Barbosa, aka the Brazilian Blur, one of my favorite spark plugs off the bench.

All in all, the Golden State Warriors have been my favorite team besides the Celtics in the NBA this season. I won’t let my lifelong love for the Celtics sway me into predicting that they will win it all (I’m not that much of a homer), but I will let my sudden love for the Warriors sway me into predicting that they will hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy when it is all said and done.

Only the Celtics winning it all could make me happier. And nothing could make me more upset than the Cavs winning it all. I have great respect for teams that slowly build through the draft and free agency without making massive moves with the idea of forming a “super team”.

Again, the Celtics can’t beat LeBron. But as the old saying goes, if you can’t beat them, root for someone else to beat them.

In this case, rooting for the Warriors is my contingency plan.

Just like the Spurs the last two years. And the Mavs before that.

Maybe I’m a bad person for my hatred of LeBron and constant wish that he fails, but I don’t think that I’m alone in this. And someday when I finally get around to writing my book, “Hey LeBron, You Suck: 7239495 Reasons Why Jordan Is Better Than LeBron”, I will include the hatred for the King as one of my reasons. People didn’t actively root for Jordan to fail at life because he was just the best.

I guess people actively root for LeBron to fail because we all know he’s not the best and we don’t want there to be any confusion. This year the Warriors will help to avoid that confusion when they hand LeBron his fourth loss in the NBA Finals. 2-4 record or 6-0 record in the NBA Finals? It doesn’t take a mathematical genius to figure that one out. Go Warriors.