Media Mentions

• Philip C. Rule, S.J., associate professor of English, submitted an article in the fall 1998 issue of Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education.  Fr. Rule's article is entitled "The Liberal, Liberating Art of Reading."
• The New York Times of Dec. 25 included an art review of "Glory in Glass: Stained Glass in the United States."  The curator of the exhibit was Professor Virginia C. Raguin, of the College's visual arts department.  It was held at the American Bible Society and was a "shimmering and enlightening show . that explored the development of stained glass in American churches."
• "Renaissance Man: professor, poet, journalist tells story of Bosnian War" was the headline on an in-depth profile of Christopher Merrill, the William H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary Letters.  The feature ran in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette on Jan. 12.  The article notes the impact Merrill has had on Holy Cross due to his ability to attract several of the world's top poets and writers to readings at the College.
• New York Times Magazine of Sunday, Jan. 24, featured an article about CIA recruitment on college campuses.  The author noted that in the past the CIA used an underground network of "talent spotters" at places like Yale, Princeton, the University of Texas and Holy Cross.
• In the same issue of the New York Times Magazine, the crossword puzzle included the clue, 86 down: "Bob Cousy's alma mater."
• The Boston Sunday Globe of Jan. 31 featured a front page article about how colleges are demanding that students learn to speak well.  Holy Cross, MIT, Wesleyan and Smith College are noted as schools that are incorporating more speaking requirements and oral examinations into courses.  The article was subsequently picked up by the Associated Press and then appeared on the USA Today Web site.
• Chris Matthews '67, host of CNBC's program, Hardball, was profiled in the February issue of Capital Style, a Washington political magazine.  The author notes that the audience for Matthews' program grew by 113 percent in 1998 ("big numbers for a cable show"), which is why Hardball was expanded from a half-hour to an hour, five nights a week.
• Maria Shriver (Commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient in 1998) was featured on the cover of the March issue of Good Housekeeping Magazine.  She comments on a new book she is writing called "Ten Things I Wish I'd Known When I Graduated From College."  The article notes that "it's an expanded version of a well-received commencement speech she gave at Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., last May."
• Associate professor of psychology and sleep expert, Amy Wolfson, was quoted in the March issue of Teen People magazine.  She provided explanations to the answers of a health quiz on sleep.
• The Learning Section of the Feb. 28 Boston Sunday Globe featured a commentary by acting President Frank Vellaccio.  He wrote about the current generation of college students and the influences on their lives.  Vellaccio cites a liberal arts education as the antidote to the emptiness of today's culture.
• Holy Cross was mentioned in a March 24 New York Times article entitled "It's Spring, and New Science Centers Are Abloom on Campuses."  The article noted that this is the first science building boom since the late 1950s and early 60s.  Holy Cross is among a notable list of colleges and universities making a commitment to multimillion-dollar science buildings.
• The March 29 edition of the New York Times featured an article about the biggest surge in campus activism in two decades that is resulting in rallies about sweatshops and other labor issues.  The article noted: "Last month, 40 Yale students staged a "knit-in" to highlight sweatshop abuses, while students at Holy Cross and the University of California at Berkeley staged mock fashion shows in which undergraduates walking the runway described the dismal conditions in which many garments are made."

By the Numbers

• Number of Holy Cross alums serving as career advisors: 2,133 
• Number of resumes collected by the Career Office (as of Jan. 27): 2,174 
• Number of seniors who submitted resumes: 239 
• Number of student groups on campus: 131 
• Number of acres that make up the Holy Cross campus: 174 
• Number of endowed scholarships at Holy Cross: 448 
• Number of student rooms on campus: 1,050 
• Number of hits the Holy Cross Web site receives, on average, each month: 108,682 
• Number of films shown in the Kimball Cinema in 1997-98: about 52 
• Cost of admission to the Kimball Cinema: $1.50 
• Number of calls received by the ITS Help Desk each day, on average: 52 calls, 20 walk-ins 
• Number of Jesuits living in Ciampi Hall: 23 
• Number of Jesuits living in Campion Hall: 4  
• Number of games of pool played weekly in Hogan, on average: 30 
• Cumulative GPA needed to qualify for summa cum laude graduation honors: 3.87