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Post by sader1970 on Apr 30, 2016 11:49:09 GMT -5
Here is Fr. Boroughs speech. Fr. McFarland also in attendance.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 1, 2016 5:53:17 GMT -5
Jennifer's article. www.telegram.com/article/20160430/SPORTS/160439963'New' news of note: rink is getting a re-engineered sound system and a videoboard. Hoops teams will be practicing at WPI, Clark, and Assumption. In the T&G link, there are several photos of the white beam. Traditionally, this is the beam erected when the building 'tops out', and it is lifted into place with an American flag and a Christmas tree. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 1, 2016 7:39:26 GMT -5
This tells us everything we need to know
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Post by hchoops on May 1, 2016 8:07:24 GMT -5
Seems as if it was a great day at the top of the hill.
Fine article
smart to invite past stars, Gordie and Ronnie
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Post by rgs318 on May 1, 2016 8:19:19 GMT -5
Links to tradition and the past are almost always a good idea! ("Without memory there is no deed.")
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Post by sader1970 on May 1, 2016 10:36:16 GMT -5
The beam signing was just part of a larger "Become More" campaign program that lasted this entire past weekend. It was a very impressive weekend and I invite you to this link about the priorities: www.holycross.edu/becomemore/campaign-prioritiesFor the sports lovers among us, in the hard copy program disseminated, it said about our athletes under "Empowering Athletics, Health, and Wellness: " . . . giving them the facilities they need to become champions in the years ahead and for decades to come." |
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Post by sarasota on May 1, 2016 15:04:49 GMT -5
The website says 60% of students receive financial aid. Really?? Then 40% of students are paying or borrowing the full freight? $60K plus! If that's true, the students body cannot be ECONOMICALLY diverse. Think about it.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 1, 2016 17:54:03 GMT -5
So what? Smart, well-educated people often earn good incomes and also have smart children who want to go to schools like HC. Do you really expect half the student body at a strong academic school to come from the lower half of the socioeconomic spectrum?
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Post by sader1970 on May 1, 2016 19:12:18 GMT -5
Shame on me for not taking notes during the lunch hour presentation on financial aid by Frank Vellaccio and Ann McDermott. Fortunately, I have a brochure they passed out, which I had not had the time to read.
It states:
"Approximately 2/3rds of our students currently receive financial aid."
"Nearly half receive Holy Cross funded scholarships. Of these students, the average award was more than $29,500."
"On average, financial aid-eligible students at Holy Cross graduate with loans totalling $32,000."
"$199 million of the College's total $726 million endowment as of 6/30/14 (or 27% of all endowment funds) is used to fund financial aid."
Holy Cross is one of only 36 colleges and universities in the country with "Need Blind/Meet Full Need Institutions." This includes 7 of the 8 Ivies, BC, Notre Dame, Duke, Georgetown. some of the Patriot League schools. Only UND, BC and HC are the Catholic schools included.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 1, 2016 19:38:10 GMT -5
That is something to be proud of
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Post by sarasota on May 1, 2016 22:38:13 GMT -5
Need-blind and Full-need depend on the actual formulas each school uses, and that's never revealed. I don't believe the formulas are invariant among schools. Let's see the precise definitions of those concepts, showing the metrics. Families with one kid--or often two kids at a time--paying/borrowing the full cost at a $60K plus school are not just middle class. They are upper middle class. So until shown otherwise, I conclude that 40% of HC's student body come from upper middle class families. I find that surprising and disturbing. And I'm no Socialist who hates the wealthy.
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Post by hcgrad94 on May 2, 2016 5:48:17 GMT -5
Would you prefer that Holy Cross deny admission too smart for kids in favor of less qualified rich kids like the other 99.9% of the institutions in America? The fact that Admissions and financial aid operate independent of one another is an incredible point of Pride and if you can't see that then I feel sorry for you.
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Post by sarasota on May 2, 2016 7:20:54 GMT -5
Newbie- Who says they're "independent?" I believe anyone who simply takes their word for it is naive.
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Post by matunuck on May 2, 2016 8:15:41 GMT -5
Shame on me for not taking notes during the lunch hour presentation on financial aid by Frank Vellaccio and Ann McDermott. Fortunately, I have a brochure they passed out, which I had not had the time to read. It states: "Approximately 2/3rds of our students currently receive financial aid." "Nearly half receive Holy Cross funded scholarships. Of these students, the average award was more than $29,500." "On average, financial aid-eligible students at Holy Cross graduate with loans totalling $32,000." "$199 million of the College's total $726 million endowment as of 6/30/14 (or 27% of all endowment funds) is used to fund financial aid." Holy Cross is one of only 36 colleges and universities in the country with "Need Blind/Meet Full Need Institutions." This includes 7 of the 8 Ivies, BC, Notre Dame, Duke, Georgetown. some of the Patriot League schools. Only UND, BC and HC are the Catholic schools included. Hi Sader, did McDermott speak on our admissions to any extent? I continue to be concerned with both our inability to grow our application numbers and the geographic diversity of our classes. |
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Post by sader1970 on May 2, 2016 9:17:17 GMT -5
She did but as I said, I took no notes and don't recall the numbers.
BTW, the construction is ahead of schedule for the athletic work per multiple sources in the know. More specifically, they did not have to use explosives at all for the ledge which they were pleasantly surprised about. Since the entire area is fenced in, pretty much all you can see are huge mounds of dirt.
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Post by Fr. K on May 4, 2016 14:37:21 GMT -5
The dinner in the evening was also fantastic. Social was held in the Quad, where tents had been set up. The dinner in Kimball was punctuated with music and drama (including a scene from the recent production of Hamlet). Dean Frieje and Fr. Boroughs spoke, eloquently and not too lengthily. Mark Shriver emceed the dinner and did a great job--love of the College, humor, faith. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Stan Grayson, whom I had not seen in a long time.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on May 6, 2016 13:15:41 GMT -5
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Post by sader1970 on May 6, 2016 14:19:41 GMT -5
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Post by CHC8485 on May 6, 2016 16:40:20 GMT -5
Thanks, PP.
And in addition to my son who is in the first picture playing the sax, that is my daughter standing right next to him playing her sax, but she's hiding behind her music!
They both show up in the final picture too - my son behind Joe McCabe, '65 and my daughter at the end of the beam wearing her sunglasses. They both signed the beam too.
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Thanks for posting. Besides a nice shot of 8485's son Joe in the band, a very nice shot of my wedding ring to the left of Fr. McFarland in the close up and and even better shot of my bald spot leaving the beam behind Fr. McF. 
