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Campus Poetry Walk: (Re)Creating And Reconnecting A Community (Presentation), Lisa Villa Dec 2021

Campus Poetry Walk: (Re)Creating And Reconnecting A Community (Presentation), Lisa Villa

Staff publications

In January 2020, the Outreach and Engagement Team at the College of the Holy Cross began preparing a poetry walk, which was reconfigured to a social media “poetry event” due to COVID-19. With the anticipated return of students to campus for the Spring 2021 semester and a need for the community (especially students) to have recreational opportunities that were safe, socially distanced and preferably outside, the Team attempted for a second time to plan a poetry walk. CrossWorks, the institutional repository for the College, was a part of this plan from the beginning. Foremost, CrossWorks would support the scholarly and …


Black Thing (1971), College Of The Holy Cross Feb 1971

Black Thing (1971), College Of The Holy Cross

Student Publications

This is the second issue of a journal produced by Black students at the College of the Holy Cross." The works included in this issue use creative writing and art to express reflections on being Black, race, racism, racial relations, history, politics, religion and social issues in the United States.


Black Thing (1970), College Of The Holy Cross Dec 1970

Black Thing (1970), College Of The Holy Cross

Student Publications

This is the first issue of a journal produced by Black students at the College of the Holy Cross in order to address the need for a better understanding of the "Black Aesthetic." The works included in this issue use creative writing and art to express reflections on being Black, race, racism, racial relations, history, politics, religion and social issues in the United States.

This inaugural issue includes letters of endorsement from Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J, (President of the College) and Gilbert L. Taylor (Director of Human Relations at the College).


The Purple, June 1899 Jun 1899

The Purple, June 1899

The Purple

The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:

  • Advertisements
  • The First Graduation Day at Holy Cross, Fifty Years Ago
  • The Growth and Development of Athletics at Holy Cross
  • "Don't"
  • A Young Man's Search for Health
  • To the Law's Recruits
  • An Untold Incident of the Late War
  • For the Ordination of P.M.C., S.J.
  • Purple Prizes
  • Editorial
  • College Chronicle
  • Alumni
  • Athletics
  • Includes photographs of students, dignitaries, Purple prize winners, athletic teams