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The Assumption Greyhound women’s basketball team delivered a strong season, finishing with an 20-8 overall record and earning the No. 3 spot in the NE10 Conference standings. Throughout the year, the Greyhounds proved their ability to close out tight games, including late-season victories over the Saint Anselm Hawks (53-48) and the Southern Connecticut State Owls (54-48), as they battled through a competitive schedule.

Led by head coach Kerry Phayre, the Greyhounds embraced an up-tempo and high-energy style of play. Despite having nine underclassmen on a 14-player roster, Assumption used its youth as a strength, pushing the pace in transition and relying on strong ball movement to find the hot hand on any given night.

This chemistry helped guide the Greyhounds through a competitive season. Assumption earned a bid in the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament after a strong regular season and conference play, capping off a year of growth and resilience.

Graduate student Teagan Curran credited the team’s collective mindset and trust as key reasons for the program’s success this season.

“We take it day by day and game by game,” said Curran. “Everyone has a role and we need everyone. We have talented players, and an amazing coaching staff, and we know we can count on each other and trust each other.”

For Curran, one of three seniors alongside Olivia Found and Teagan Kamm, the season carried special meaning. The trio helped lead a young roster while leaving a lasting impact on the program.

“I really couldn’t ask for a better group of players and people to do it with,” Curran said. “We are very close off the court and that is what it is all about. I am just enjoying every moment that this group has together. I am so lucky to have my fellow seniors, Olivia Found and Teagan Kamm. We have been through all the highs and lows together. I am so lucky to have had them by my side for the past four years.”

While the Greyhound’s postseason run ended prematurely, the team’s strong regular season and development of its young roster helped to build momentum for the program looking towards next season.

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The Boston Bruins are in the midst of the 2025-26 NHL playoffs, so far, depending on a strong home ice presence and stellar goaltending to maintain their chances of making the playoffs. After a notable and monumental 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Mar. 3rd, the Bruins improved their record to 34-21-5 for the regular season and extended their home winning streak to 11 games total at TD Garden. The star of the night was goaltender Jermey Swayman, who stopped 34 shots and maintained the energy that enabled him to confidently return from the Winter Olympics. After giving up an early goal, Boston quickly struck back with two goals from Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt, who scored the goals only 50 seconds apart in the first period. On the other side of things, the Bruins’ offensive output has been inconsistent; TD Garden has become an important factor this year due to their success at home, where they are 23-8-1. On the road, however, the Bruins have struggled more, portraying the ongoing challenge of remaining consistent away from home.

With the NHL trade deadline coming up, the discussion continues over how Boston’s potential lineup improvement will be in the final stretch, where the team and its staff will face crucial decisions. Boston is in the Eastern Conference wild-card hunt, and any type of move made may have a significant effect on how the season plays out. The franchise should focus its attention on making wise, thoughtful, and strategic signings that enhance the bottom six and provide special teams an extra boost instead of making a major move. Additionally, management has to find that balance between short-term ambition and long-term stability since prospects and draft picks are key components of the team’s future. Young players have already taken on larger roles this season, indicating a change toward integrating experienced leadership with rising talent.

Overall, how consistent the Bruins remain will determine their fate. Although their 23-8-1 home record has turned TD Garden into a powerhouse, strengthening their road performances will be vital in the final weeks. If the Bruins are able to maintain a defensive structure and produce timely offense, then they will put themselves in a beneficial position for the playoffs and hopefully a championship, allowing them to get their 7th Stanley Cup since 2011.

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With the 2026 F1 season having started on March 8, it came with changes to the teams and the power units. There has been an addition to the grid layout, where now instead of the 10 teams and the 20 drivers on the grid, there are now 11 teams and 22 drivers. Cadillac is the edition to the grid with the team principle of the team being, Graeme Lowdon, and the 2 drivers for the team are veterans of the sport with a combination of 25 years, Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas, both drivers have experience being on the top step of the podium, as well as being on winning teams. 

There is also the complete change of the power units, the power units of the 2026 F1 season, there is a completely even split between internal combustion units and an electrical unit. The cars and engines will be completely run off sustainable fuels, helping F1 step in their environmental commitments, and fulfill their promise to make the sport greener.  Even with these changes to make the sport be able to continue to the future, there have been comments on the struggles this has been in regards to the engineering side and the struggles to adapt. 

There have also been revisions in regards to the aerodynamics, and they are just as dramatic as the engines.  This has been said to help improve the racing quality of the sport, as well as to help reduce the dirty air, and in theory, it will allow the cars to follow closer. But this has been shown in early testing there has been struggles of many teams and issues with the energy due to the hybrid systems and their developments. 

The history of this sport is strong, and if this is any guide to the reset of the regulations to the stability, it will help prolong the sport, and make it successful.  In the case for the fans, the changes that are being added, is something that will make the sport the most undetectable season there has been in all of the fans recent memories.

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With St. Patrick’s Day being so recent, let’s discuss some of the best Irish artists on the  music scene at the moment!

CMAT: Ciara Mary- Alice Thompson, professionally known as CMAT is an artist from Dunboyne in the Republic of Ireland. CMAT makes self-described “Euro-Country” music which is  a combination of indiepop and country. Her lyrics contain a blend of theatrical, humorous storytelling, and dramatic elements. Additionally, CMAT tends to sing about personal  experiences and performs with high-energy akin to Kate Bush.

Hozier: Andrew Hozier Byrne, or simply Hozier hails from Bray in the Republic of Ireland.  Hozier’s music contains elements of rock, blues, folk, and indie. His songs focus on a multitude  of topics ranging from religion, nature, politics, and literature. Hozier writes with a distinct poetic perspective that evokes poignant imagery within the listener. His live performances have an  ethereal setting around him and a strong sense of community binding everyone together.

Fontaines D.C: Fontaines D.C is a rock band that originates from Dublin city, hence the  D.C in their name. Their music focuses on themes of Irish identity as well as romance and  existential meaning. Their early work such as Dogrel (2019) and Skinty Fia (2022) focuses on the  band’s Dublin identity. Their more recent work such as Romance (2024) shifts to a romantic  theme as well as themes of finding one’s place in the world. Even though there is a distinct shift  from Irish identity, the band takes references from Irish writers such as James Joyce and W.B  Yeats.

Amble: Amble is an Irish folk band from the west coast of Ireland. Amble is the most  recently formed band, as they formed in 2022. The band focuses on themes of storytelling,  yearning, nostalgia, and Irish life. Amble opened for Hozier for his Unreal Unearth tour last year!

Ireland truly is the home to some of the most prolific artists of the moment!

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Remaking movies is something that has become incredibly popular in the past decade or two. Although remaking movies is something that brings back great movies and shows them to the newer generations. Although most times when the movies are being remade, the original movie is only taken as a suggestion, and movies that people considered classics are detrimentally changed forever.

The rise of remaking Animations in Live action is something that has been increasingly popular with companies like Disney. Where most of their older movies were all animated and in many cases do not fit the new rules of PG movies, and many parents now are less ok with allowing their young children to watch movies that either have crude jokes in them or are considered scary. They decide instead of redoing them in animation, they make them live action.

Each time a movie is remade from animation to live action, there is always the debate between whether the movie is better now by using CGI or if the original animations were better. Both sides of the argument have good points. The animations of the movies hold a nostalgia with them that brings many people back to their childhoods, and they enjoy seeing the old animation style of Disney.

Then some people would rather watch the new remake of the movie, where many things that were in the first movie, like the songs or the visual effects, have been improved. The remake also brings these old movies from the past back to the newer generation and enlightens the younger generations with things their parents grew up with, but now it is different and new.

In my opinion, I think that the remake of old animations is something that is not as negative as many people make it out to be. The reason I think that, though, is not because of the newer look to the movies, or the new soundtrack, but instead I enjoy the remakes of the movies, because from there it encourages people to watch the original movie before watching the new version, making people fall in love with the old movie first and foremost.

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As I sit down to write this piece amidst the second week of March, I find myself surprised that Lent is almost halfway over, and the countdown to Holy Week and the Resurrection of the Lord is less than two months away. 

This period of the Lenten journey is a good time to reflect and reset for the rest of this liturgical season, a time for contemplation about our faith, our relationship with God, and our relationship with one another as we strive to become better Catholics and better humans imago dei.

Campus Ministry & Ash Wednesday Services

On Ash Wednesday, hundreds of students participated in services offered by Campus Ministry. The Chapel of the Holy Spirit offered a morning prayer, two separate Mass times throughout the day, a Liturgy of the Word night-time service, and Eucharistic Adoration with the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) at late hours. 

It was moving to witness the amount of students congregating for the 5 PM mass on Ash Wednesday. Eager students were quite literally flocking into the chapel to meet their Shepherd, to submit to His will, and to begin their journey of self-denial and active worship that will guide their hearts, minds, and souls for the upcoming months.

Students were given opportunities to receive ashes throughout the day at these services – a physical representation that humanity was created from the dust of the earth and the breath of God, and to dust they will return. At the time of receiving ashes, students heard the words “Repent and believe in the Gospel,” a strong framework for beginning the Lenten pilgrimage.

Church Teachings about Lent

Lent is a forty-day devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ, symbolizing the forty days he spent fasting in the desert, facing temptation, and preparing for his public ministry. Catholics are called to deny themselves and grow closer to God during Lent through the pillars of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, which symbolize central tenets of Christ’s living Word and message.

In a Campus Ministry weekly newsletter sent out before the beginning of Lent, Luis Melgar, the Director of Campus Ministry, reflected, “As we prepare for this sacred season, we invite you to reflect on how you might grow intentionally in prayer, fasting, and generosity. It is a time that calls us to be attentive to our neighbors—friends and strangers alike—who long to be seen and accompanied. Know that you do not walk this journey alone; we enter this season together as a community committed to prayer, service, and solidarity.”

Lenten Midterm Reflections

Lent is always an exciting time of the liturgical year – following the New Year slump and bombarded with winter weather and snowstorms, it’s a consistent light in an otherwise dark season. The beginning of Lent is typically marked by hope, excitement, and high expectations for spiritual transformation.

Now we’re at the half-way point. I can’t speak for everyone, but on a personal level, I’ve noticed myself starting to drag my feet. Around this time is when we start to feel bored, lose inspiration and clarity of our goals, and experience deeper cravings than ever before to discard those things which we have pledged to pray for, fast, and give alms.

However, it is important not to lose hope. Now might just be one of the most important moments of this journey – embracing the Lenten mission when it is the most difficult. Not at the beginning of the season when great ideas about progress and transformation are in the front of our minds, and not at the end when the reward is near and we can celebrate the sacred mystery of the Resurrection. Now, when we feel the most empty, the most weak, and the most tempted, is the perfect time to dig in.

Particularly the fasting practice of Lenten penance forces us to deny those things which distract us from God and take His position when we are struggling. For some this might be screen time, for others it might be sweets or coffee. At this point in Lent, we’re probably all missing those favorite things in our everyday lives.

But the emptiness and craving that we feel are what makes space for inviting God into our daily lives. Through our sufferings, through our losses, and through our sacrifices, we can learn how to be fulfilled by the Lord and His eternal and self-giving love, truth, and goodness.

Now is the time. It is the most difficult test of faith, of resilience, and of determination. It is a chance to dig in and push for spiritual growth. It is the time to take up your cross and truly deny yourself. It might even be the perfect time to hit “refresh” and start over, if you don’t feel great about how Lent has been going so far.

Reset, Refresh, and Renew

Lent is a journey, not a destination. Because we are human, we too are imperfect. No one will have the perfect Lenten experience, no one will come out of this season as a saint, and no one will go through these forty days without struggling. That’s the point. By devoting ourselves to the pillars of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, we are reminded of the humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ and how truly difficult it can be to live up to his image and divine nature.

Perfection may be corporally impossible, but that doesn’t mean you should quit. If you’re feeling like you need to hit “reset” yourself, maybe go to Confession to seek the advice of a priest, go to a weekly or daily mass to hear the Gospel, listen to a podcast or YouTube video for inspiration, pick up a spiritual book, participate in Campus Ministry extracurriculars to surround yourself with like-minded pilgrims of the faith, or simply sit in the chapel and adore Christ in the Blessed Sacrament to spend time with Jesus in his Real Presence.

Keep your motivations and focus on God instead of yourself. Pick yourself up by the bootstraps as you carry your cross, and deny yourself over and over again. You’re halfway there. Now is the time.

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Believe it or not, but my favorite thing to do before or after class is to go to office hours. At this point, it’s just as much a part of my schedule as classes are. 

I’ll admit, I’ve been going to “office hours” before office hours. In high school, I would visit teachers during the five minute passing periods, which really only gave the teacher and I two minutes to talk, and then speed walk (because no running in the halls!) across Wachusett Regional High School before the bell rang. 

But here’s the thing: You would never see me in Founders Hall during my freshman year. It intimidated me! I wasn’t very outgoing at the time, and like every freshman, I only knew a handful of professors. 

I have to give credit to my Intro to Literature Professor, Kate Donius, who is now the Assistant Director of the Academic Support Center, for frequently getting me into Founders Hall. Whenever a due date for an essay was coming up, she required all of her students to meet with her one-on-one in her office to go over rough drafts. But after she gave me feedback, she always took the time to just ask what I was up to and how my classes were going. It was so kind, and we instantly built a rapport with each other. 

The next semester, when I no longer had Professor Donius, I would still regularly go to Founders to visit her and we would catch up. And then this turned into visiting Professor Gilbert, and Professor Norris, and Professor DiBiasio, and Professor Shields, and pretty much every professor I’ve had. I think office hours are fun, and more than half of the time, I’m just there to chitchat! Office hours are not just for students who need help or have questions. And the more you go, the more comfortable you’ll become. 

The only con I could possibly say about office hours is that I’m going to miss “making my rounds” around campus after I graduate! But I’m sure I’ll keep in touch with most of my professors in the future. 

All in all, take advantage of office hours! Your professors are there for a reason, and the reason is you! One of the best things about Assumption is how easy it is to build relationships with your professors, so don’t let that opportunity pass you by! At first, Founders was a building I was afraid to go into, but now it’s my favorite building on campus. I have made so many great memories in office hours and it’s all because I needed a little extra help.

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Like any other New Englander, I too find myself in the Dunkin drive through quite often, especially because nothing beats having a fun drink while completing homework. However, I had to do a double take after seeing the newly released Spring menu. As I am going down the new list of drinks, almost every drink contains the very spring flavor of…banana? Every new drink on the specialty menu, besides the new Dunkin’ Zero, contains an aspect of banana whether it be the Banana Puddin’ Cloud Latte, Banana Daydream Refreshers, Bananarama Iced Matcha, Banana Iced Protein Latte and many more.

Having very mixed (or should I say concerned) feelings about banana coffee, like any other good investigative journalist, I had to go try out the new spring menu for myself. I ordered the Banana Puddin’ Cloud Latte, and would not rate it very highly. The banana flavor was not overly strong, but the after taste was extremely artificial. It tasted like a liquidated banana Laffy Taffy which truly does not belong in any coffee. To me, the flavor profiles of coffee and banana just do not match and should definitely remain separate. Knowing I was a banana hater and would not drink the whole coffee, I also ordered another new Spring menu item, the Dunkin’ Zero Sunzest flavor. In this drink, there is a mixture of Tropical Mango and Peach flavoring in sparkling water which was surprisingly very good as it wasn’t too overly sweet and most importantly did not contain banana. 

Normally, Dunkin’ provides many different new flavors for their specialty menus as past spring drinks included pistachio, the signature Dunkalatte, and churro. In prior years, many different flavors were introduced rather than focusing the entire menu around one very distinct flavor. I may be banana’s biggest hater, but I wish there was more variety in the Spring menu rather than the extreme promotion of bananas.

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Carrie Bradshaw is one of the most iconic TV characters of all time, yet she irritates many  who come across her. I couldn’t help but wonder, why is Carrie Bradshaw so polarizing?  

Carrie Bradshaw, who’s played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the hit TV series, Sex and the  City. The show follows protagonist Carrie and her friends, Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Samantha  (Kim Cattrall), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) in their love lives as well as their personal lives. 

Carrie is more notably controversial and widely disliked. She is notorious for never taking  accountability for her wrong doings, instead she projects on her friends and finds an innocent  party to blame. She cheats on her boyfriend with her on again off again boyfriend who’s given the  nickname “Mr. Big” on her far more loving boyfriend Aidan Shaw (John Corbett). She also spent  her month’s rent on Manolo Blahnik shoes. 

At the same time, Carrie is also fiercely independent, is a great friend during her friends’ hardships and milestone moments; particularly when Miranda goes through her pregnancy, when  Samantha has breast cancer, and when Charlotte faces issues with her first marriage, a prolific  writer, and a fashion icon. We can’t help but admire Carrie for these qualities, but at the same  time shudder at her utter stupidity and selfishness. 

What makes Carrie such a polarizing character is her complexity. She’s violently human!  She cheats, she spends too much money on designer shoes, and she lacks accountability for her  actions. We hate Carrie because we are Carrie. We don’t like our mistakes to be called out  because it reveals how flawed we are. That’s why we gravitate towards characters like Charlotte,  Miranda, and Samantha because they represent some positive qualities, we want 24/7; kind,  smart, intelligent, and confident. But in the end, our human capacity for flaws takes over, and we  can’t be the romanticized unrealistic versions of ourselves. That is what Carrie serves to remind  us; we are imperfect. 

Carrie Bradshaw serves to remind us of our imperfections, to prove that we’re perfectly  imperfect. That we contain multitudes, and that we aren’t always the seamless version of  ourselves that we think we are.

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Alix Earle and Tom Brady, two names that have been on everybody’s tongues if they are involved in Pop culture. Are they together? Will they announce it? As well as comments on how odd the pairing is, the age gap, another football player, odd timing for both of them, and what else is going on in their lives with their ex-partners.

What we know so far about the possibility of their relationship is that they were first spotted together in Saint Barths during the New Year’s parties happening there, just a few months after Earle had left her partner, Braxton Berrios, wide receiver for the Houston Texans, and Brady’s ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, was having a baby with her new husband. When the news broke that the two were sports all cuddled up together, many thought it was a midlife crisis on Brady’s half, and for Earle, this was a one-off thing after the end of her prior relationship. 

Since they were spotted in Saint Barths during the new year, both pirates have been dancing around the fact that they have been spotted together and in the same area on multiple occasions. There have been many sources confirming their relationship, but many think there will never be a confirmation. 

There is also the possibility that the relationship will be confirmed in Alix Earle and her family’s new reality TV show, which has been filming during this rumor cycle. Although not much is known about this relationship, one thing is for sure: the sightings of the two of them in the same area are never just a coincidence.