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April 2019

All posts published in April 2019

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Agape Latte speaker shares key to “Falling Up”

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Skyler Hesch Staff Writer On Monday, April 1st, Agape Latte hosted their second event of the semester in Charlie’s. Despite having to cancel their event many times, due to illnesses and conflicts, Agape Latte was finally able to reschedule their event. This ... More »

Fire breaks out on Merrifield Street

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Amber LaBonte Copy Editor Early Tuesday morning, around 2:30 a.m., a fire broke out at 77 Merrifield St. in Worcester, Mass. Flames emerged from the windows and residents were trapped inside, according to reports from Deputy Fire Chief Adam Roche. Police were ... More »

Disney closes deal with Fox

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Eric Guditz Copy Editor On Wednesday March 20th, Disney completed a 71.3-billion-dollar acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets. The deal, announced in December 2017, is Disney’s largest acquisition in its 96-year history. “This is an extraordinary and hist... More »

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Civil Rights Activist advises Students to keep Fighting

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David Cifarelli Editor-In-Chief As a keynote speaker for the College of the Holy Cross’ Unity Week, civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson gave a talk about racial injustices in the country’s legal system. The talk was held at 8:00 p.m. in the Hogan Campus C... More »

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Trump’s Collusion with Russia

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Tyler Cullen Staff Writer On Sunday March 24th, Robert Mueller and his team reached a conclusion in the Russia investigation that was led. The investigation found that there was no compelling evidence showing signs of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaig... More »

A defense of the Electoral College

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Katie Samalis Copy Editor There has been a lot of discussion about the Electoral College from many recently. Presidential candidates have been arguing for its abolishment claiming that it is incompatible with a democracy, since it sometimes does not reflect th... More »

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I left my heart in Admissions

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On Sunday, April 7th, I worked my last Accept Assumption event at the college. As I sit back and write this I am overwhelmed with the emotions stemming from the short, but amazing, experience I have with working in the Admissions House as well as alongside som... More »

Behind the ink

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This past spring break I took a trip down to Miami with one of my best friends at Assumption. Her and I enjoyed a relaxing vacation away from school, work and most importantly, the snow. As we traded our boots for flip-flops, we explored the Miami Beach strip ... More »

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Timothy Tran Staff Writer On Saturday February 23rd at 7:30 p.m and Sunday February 24th at 2:00 p.m., Assumption College Chorale, accompanied by staff band, hosted their annual Broadway Revue in the Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall located in the Tsotsis Fam... More »

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Commencement speaker announced

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Office of Communications Robert Lewis, Jr., chief executive officer of The BASE, a Boston-based nonprofit that provides athletic, education and career-building resources to enable student-athletes to pursue a college degree, will deliver the Commencement addre... More »

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Presidential candidates set stage for 2020 election

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Tyler Cullen Staff Writer With the 2020 election taking place a year from this upcoming November, many Democrats have been announcing their bid against President Trump, who is currently the only Republican running. While many consider President Trump a controv... More »

Assumption announces division of schools

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David Cifarelli Editor-In-Chief Following recent updates that the college was on the track to become a university, President Francesco Cesareo announced an official breakdown of four schools to make up the institution. On the first of the month, a general emai... More »