Media Mentions

• The Jan. 21, 2000 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education contains the article, "Colleges in Worcester, Mass., Help Families of Dead Firefighters." The article notes the College's matching-donation fund, which raised $90,000 for the fallen firefighters. 
• The Jan. 15-22, 2000 issue of America contains the article, "It's All in the Family," by Joseph A. Califano Jr. '52, president of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. 
• The New York Times of Jan. 12, 2000 featured the profile, "Outsider? Insider? New Partner at Powerful Law Firm Wins as Both," by Jan Hoffman. The article reported the move by Ted Wells '72 to the international law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Wells is the first outside lawyer in 30 years to be brought into the firm as a partner. 
• "Their Century" was the cover story of the Boston Globe Magazine on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2000. The article profiled 10 New England college students including Charles Meyer, a member of the Class of 2000 at Holy Cross. Meyer cites his parents as his mentors. "My mother [an Air Force major] helped coordinate relief operations for Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. My father was a surgical operating technician during World War II in the Solomon Islands in battles such as Guadalcanal and Bougainville." 
• Boston Software News (December 1999) featured an interview with the incoming Holy Cross president, Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J.
• The Boston Globe offered its take on the Top 100 New England athletes of the past century. Two Holy Cross alumni appeared on the list. In the Dec. 24, 1999 edition of the Globe, Bob Cousy '50, was ranked number eight. "Cousy would play 13 seasons for the Celtics, leading the team to six titles while singularly changing the way the game was played."  Tommy Heinsohn '56, was ranked 45th on the list. "Heinsohn played on eight championship teams in nine years, coached the Celtics to two more titles, and gained fame as a broadcaster. He also has achieved recognition in a very different venue as an accomplished artist."
• The New York Times of Dec. 19, 1999 featured the article, "On Literary Bridge, Poet Hits a Roadblock," by Bruce Weber, a profile of Billy Collins '63. (see Page 25 for more on Collins). 
• New Woman magazine included comments from sleep expert Amy Wolfson, associate professor of psychology at Holy Cross. Wolfson noted that "the majority of women work full time, but most are still more responsible for the care of the home. They neglect sleep as a result." The article, "How to get the sleep of your dreams," was featured in the December 1999 issue. 
• The New Yorker (Nov. 22, 1999) featured a profile of Kieran Suckling '88, co-founder and executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, "the most important radical environmental group in the country and a major force in the life of Arizona and New Mexico." 
• The Boston Globe of Nov. 18, 1999 included the views of Acting President Frank Vellaccio in an article about the Roman Catholic bishops' vote on Ex Corde Ecclesiae (see Page 70 for background on the bishops' decision). 
• See the Holy Cross Web site, www.holycross.edu. for numerous articles (from The Boston Globe and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette) about the selection of Fr. McFarland as the next president of the College. 

By the Numbers

• Number of honorary degrees awarded by the College since its inception: 698
• Number of Commencements held at Holy Cross: 153
• Number of compact discs in the music library: 3,970
• Number of books in Dinand library: 560,000
• Number of journals received weekly by Dinand: 1,728
• Number of lights on the Christmas tree in front of O'Kane: 150
• Number of years the Nativity scene has been on the library steps: 47
• Number of Crusader Chaos stickers handed out on Purple Pride Day 1999: 1,100
• Number of purple balloons used to decorate the campus on Purple Pride Day: 200
• Number of Holy Cross alumni who are involved in ministry: 320
• Number of current faculty and staff who are Holy Cross alumni: 70
• Number of red ribbons passed out on World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) at Holy Cross: 500