|
Post by td128 on Apr 22, 2021 5:42:23 GMT -5
The issues on the table are certainly not a one-size fits all and it is a disservice and unhealthy to everybody in our country for anybody to use the proverbial broad brush to paint it as such. It is also a disservice to dismiss any and all factors that might weigh in and influence what we see transpiring. There are real issues of racial discrimination and injustice in our nation. There are also a whole host of other real issues as well that factor in to what we see unfolding across our nation. I believe that they should not be viewed in a vacuum so to speak as so often happens. Especially regrettable when some use these issues for political purposes or to otherwise advance an agenda rather than fully and meaningfully address the wide spectrum of factors that impact society so as to effectively create true and meaningful change. Talk is cheap. We get a lot of that. Real change requires real actions. The essence of Jesuit education compels us to pursue truth. In that spirit, I welcome submitting the following as simply food for thought in the midst of assessing our current social dynamic. Perhaps the topics addressed herein might increasingly get a bit of attention for the good of each and every community in our nation. Did somebody say, cause and effect? Census Data Show Long Rise in Single-Parent Homes; Experts Link to Wide Array of Social Ills justthenews.com/nation/experts-say-growing-number-single-parent-households-will-lead-more-crime-poverty-depressionAs a point of reference, I know of a current student at Holy Cross who was going to write on this topic as part of a year end project. Regrettably this student's professor intervened and recommended he change his topic. Interesting.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 21, 2021 17:02:34 GMT -5
Given that countless loyal and faithful friends and fans of the Crusaders frequent these parts, I welcome sharing this post that went out yesterday to the 400+ Crusaders involved in our 90-Wide Mentoring program.
I want to publicly thank our fellow Crusader Artie Grutt '02 for taking the reins of the 90-Wide. In very short order, Artie and the 90W Executive team are taking our best in class mentoring initiative to ever new heights. Let's never forget the Mission of the 90-Wide and the Friends of Crusader Football: "A commitment to excellence in helping the Crusaders win on and off the field."
Let's Win!!
LD
Welcome to the 90-Wide Mentoring Newsletter: Winning On and Off the Field
Good morning Crusaders and congratulations on winning back to back Patriot League Championships! I write to you this morning with great excitement and passion for our Football Program. We look forward to watching our Crusaders take on #1 Seed, South Dakota State in a nationally televised event this Saturday in the FCS playoffs.
Our shared “purple blood” is a unique bond that bridges the generations of Holy Cross Crusaders and fuels our nation-leading best in class 90-Wide Mentorship program. I am honored and humbled to take the torch from Larry Doyle and lead the 90-wide. A special thanks to Larry and our Senior Advisors (Craig Cerretani '79, Mark Cannon '77 and John Moynihan '83) and Executive Leadership Team (Gary Acquah '14, Brian Cullinan '03, Daryl Brown '09, Casey Gough '07, Kevin Golden '09, and John O' Neil '06).
Enclosed you will find a few updates including a Save the Date reminder for our June 7th Golf Outing and also Championship Merchandise you can purchase here:
tickets.goholycross.com/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=fbmerch&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=&utm_campaign=FBMerch&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=AV&utm_content=ChampGear&SessionSecurity::correspondencedetail_id=%7BCorrespondenceDetail::correspondence_detail_id%7D%22%3E%3C/av:attribute%3EATH%20-%20FB%20Merch%3C/a%3E
Golf Outing: Save the Date for June 7th
Join us on Monday, June 7 for the Friends of Crusader Football Golf Outing to celebrate the past, present and future of Holy Cross football and present the Jackie 'Mo Award to Ron Perry ’54 P84,80,78 and the Tom O’Brien ’59 90-Wide Mentoring Award to Whitey Moynihan ’83 P13:
Hopkinton Country Club 204 Saddle Hill Road, Hopkinton, MA
9am Check-in
10:30 Shotgun Start
3pm Cocktail Reception
5pm Dinner
Questions? Please contact Jennifer Morahan, HC Golf Outing Coordinator morahanj@holycross.edu
The 90-wide success stories have been pouring in and our plan is to continue sharing these stories via email while also introducing new ways to build community, communicate and engage via social media in the near future.
Please invite any friends of the program to this newsletter: camlife.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=8e8fa2800f6f6953cba6034a9&id=28c0225582
With over 400 members in the 90-Wide, we look forward to building upon the great foundation of the 90-Wide that has been established and solidified over the past 12 years.
Yours in Purple, Artie Grutt, '02
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 18, 2021 13:29:24 GMT -5
A few years ago, a defensive lineman out of Florida committed to the Jack Rabbits but then subsequently signed with the Crusaders. I remember thinking that it must have been the first kid we took away from South Dakota State.
Regrettably when he showed up in Worcester for camp he was not able to make the adjustment and left camp before classes even started.
I forget this young man’s name but I do recall he was a prized recruit at the time. I believe it would have been 2018.
Anybody recall this kid?
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 17, 2021 19:12:56 GMT -5
A great photo
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 17, 2021 17:33:57 GMT -5
In the midst of all the other madness going on, somehow this standard for Alma Mater seems to resonate quite nicely: .
"A commitment to excellence in winning on and off the field"
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 17, 2021 17:18:34 GMT -5
Coach Chesney post-game interview in talking about the Crusaders: "Their commitment is second to none." Says it all but clearly his leadership is tremendous. A lot of athleticism on display out there this afternoon and ultimately a total team effort.
I also very much appreciated his statement that it was too bad that the parents of the Holy Cross players could not have been there. What a total embarrassment on behalf of Bucknell and the Patriot League, especially given the manner in which those in attendance were seated in that one section. That said, let's focus on the VICTORY.
IMO, Winning the Patriot League consistently is not and should not be the ceiling or the goal for the Crusader Football program. There is no reason that the Cross cannot be and should not be a Top Ten FCS program with a very real chance of winning the national championship.
Think Big!!
Holy Cross: in terms of Athletics, A FOOTBALL SCHOOL with the Crusader Football program being one of the vehicles for elevating the Mission and the Vision of Alma Mater overall.
Let Football set the standard for our other teams to operate.
Let's Win!!
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 12, 2021 20:39:05 GMT -5
We received a quick, "thank you but not happening" from AD Truax. No reason to enter into a debate with him so I welcome elevating the fight by writing to the Bucknell pres and copy the league officials in the process.
As I wrote to the Bucknell president, I can't help but thinking of the scene from Animal House in which the character (somebody can help me here) states, "I'm not going to stand by and allow you to insult the United States of America." Too funny but my writing is done in a very serious fashion for the parents of our Crusaders.
President Bravman,
I would assume that your Athletic Director Jermaine Trumax does not set attendance policy but rather implements the policy that is ultimately set by you and your staff. To that end, I am compelled to share the exchange below that I had with AD Truax earlier today.
As an avid supporter of Holy Cross Crusader Football, I am writing on behalf of the parents of the Crusader players who under your policy will not be allowed to attend the game this Saturday while the parents of your Bucknell players will be allowed to attend.
Think about that.
I am not going to debate the whys and wherefores of your policy. If you care to respond in an attempt to make some degree of sense to this inherently biased policy, I am sure many among the Holy Cross faithful would like to hear from you. I will simply state that from my vantage point, your policy is a stark example of the blatant exercise of controls in today's society that defy the inherent goodness and camaraderie that formerly defined intercollegiate athletics within the Patriot League.
I hope you will appreciate and respect the very essence of this league and accede to the wishes of the Holy Cross team parents to attend the game in person while respecting all the proper rules and regulations connected to this current health situation.
If you were to defy those wishes, I am hard pressed not to think that this inherently un-American stance should bring reason to no longer call the league the Patriot League but rather the un-Patriot League. I will allow those within the League Offices to ponder the branding of the league by that moniker and welcome copying them on this message.
I wish that I never had reason to write to you but on behalf of the parents of the Crusader Football team. I hope you might understand the error of your ways and welcome their attendance this Saturday. Think of it, with approximately 250 people in attendance spread across a 60 yard width of stands and assumed 30 to 40 rows, the spread of Crusader fans would take the phrase "social distancing" to an entirely new level.
Do the right thing. To not do so would be a new low in the annals of the Patriot League and intercollegiate athletics. I hope and trust we do not need to go there in terms of sharing that new low with the many Crusaders in major media outlets. That would not be a pleasant endeavor but given that our Crusader parents deserve to watch this game in person while obeying all appropriate measures, I am not going to sit idly by and have their basic rights trampled on in this fashion.
Regards,
Larry Doyle '83 Friends of Crusader Football
#America and #PatriotLeague
or
#unAmerican and #unPatriotLeague
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 12, 2021 13:52:42 GMT -5
Sent this message to the Bucknell AD, Jermaine Truax:
Sir,
As the founder and past chair of the Friends of Crusader Football, I have had the great good fortune of interacting with a host of fellow Holy Cross Crusader alumni and many other like-minded outstanding alumni and officials from fellow Patriot League schools.
I am writing to you today at the behest of the parents of the Crusader football team. They are beyond pained at the prospects of not being able to attend to watch their sons compete this Saturday against Bucknell in Lewisburg, PA.
I appreciate that we are living through challenging times but there comes a point where not only common sense but also wholesome and decent social interaction should no longer take a back seat in the fashion that you are implementing your policy on attendance.
While some venues in our country are now allowing full attendance with no restrictions, others are still maintaining meaningful restrictions with attendance limited to 10% to 35% or thereabouts. Aside from Bucknell, though, I have seen not one venue that is so blatantly biased and bold as to deny admission to family members of an opposing team while allowing the parents of Bucknell student-athletes to attend.
I certainly hope that you will amend this policy in very short order so that I might share news of that change to the parents of the Crusaders.
To not do so would be a new low in the annals of the Patriot League and intercollegiate athletics. I hope and trust we do not need to go there in terms of sharing that new low with the many Crusaders in major media outlets. That would not be a pleasant endeavor but given that our Crusader parents deserve to watch this game in person while obeying all appropriate measures, I am not going to sit idly by and have their basic rights trampled on in this fashion.
Please do the right thing.
Thank you for your consideration.
Larry Doyle '83 Friends of Crusader Football
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 12, 2021 11:32:47 GMT -5
Thank you efg. I do not mean for this thread to be taken off track. I do think the info relating to mental health implications and a whole host of other issues directly and/or indirectly relating to this health situation are deserving of a separate thread so as to form a repository of info that can be a good reference library so to speak. Just today I read another commentary from the WSJ entitled The High Cost of Isolation addressing in specific detail many of these points relating to mental health. That info might also help those on campus who read this board for informed thoughtful analysis and the formulation of protocols on the issues of the day. Additionally, as a further actual example of this fact is recent news relating to issues connected to our fairer and far more beautiful friends, faithful, and/or family members (is this allowed to be written ) who have taken the vaccine. Not looking to ring any unnecessary alarms but as I think we might all attest from our education atop the hill, Knowledge is Power. Back to football: BEAT BUCKNELL !! Let's Win!!
|
|
|
Bucknell
Apr 11, 2021 10:56:55 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by td128 on Apr 11, 2021 10:56:55 GMT -5
The track record of vaccines, especially those not FDA-approved, might cause some to ask a few questions. Why are many in the military currently reluctant to take the Covid vaccine? Likely due to prior experience with the vaccine used for anthrax. ICYMI ptsdlawyers.com/blog/anthrax-vaccine-presents-long-term-effects/I pose these questions not only because Jesuit pursuit of truth compels that we do do but also because they go to the posture the administration takes to managing campus. SMH that our Crusaders will seemingly be afforded two days of practice to prep for the PLC game. IMO, the team deserve better.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 11, 2021 8:51:40 GMT -5
Whatever happened to herd immunity?
Also, doesn't over vaccination promote the mutation of a virus?
Last question, I was always under the impression that a vaccine is to be used on a virus when there are no other known effective treatments. Is that science still applicable or not?
Given that the users of the vaccine are taking all the liability, I would think info/answers to these questions would be beneficial for all.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 11, 2021 8:26:50 GMT -5
I am more interested in the mental health data and statistics pre and post virus as those issues are proven and known to be very real for the college student demographic.
Anybody have that data/statistics?
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 11, 2021 7:52:35 GMT -5
Would think a fair question to ask would be that along with the recent increase (approximate 1% in total) of the student population testing positive -- although does the school report how many students actually display symptoms -- what percentage of students are displaying signs of serious mental health issues (increased anxiety, mental stress, disorders, and the like)?
Anybody have any meaningful data on this front whether specific to Holy Cross or even broadly speaking?
Who's looking out for the kids?
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 9, 2021 4:08:32 GMT -5
Who owns the liability attached to the use of the Astra Zeneca product used in this public health situation?
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 3, 2021 6:55:36 GMT -5
I have broached the topic of regulatory capture on this board previously both in regard to this public health debacle and other topics only to be met with an array of 'when you don't like the message, go after the messenger' type responses. I caught a whiff of that in response to my recent post here as well. At the risk of doing so again I will respond to prior posts referencing my name and requesting further background on why it is that The Editorial Board of the WSJ categorized our fellow alumnus in less than glowing terms. I want to make sure that this post is not viewed as political in nature by saying that any critique expressed here is done so from a vantage point that I believe that political officials and governmental regulators across the entire political spectrum feed from the same industry-funded trough. This unquestioned reality is the essence of the massive conflicts of interest that I see running throughout this public health saga much as they did the same in the housing crisis that brought upon the Wall Street crisis of 2008 and also the student loan racket (now ~$1.6T in size). So as to promote conflicts as right v left while the big money grab continues, a host of other issues are often and typically drummed up for purposes of distraction. Sad day in our country but not a surprise when pursuit of truth is relegated to the back burner by those charged in pursuing and promoting that prized virtue but I digress. I do not know Dr. Fauci. I have never met him. I hold no personal animus toward him. I do hold in real contempt the fact that he and many others are undoubtedly subject to significant conflicts of interest and in my opinion fail to fully uphold their mandate to protect the public interest. Feel free not to take my word for this fact. In fact, vigorous debate on these topics is healthy and represents what I thought a Holy Cross education is supposed to represent. Fellow Crusaders and others who frequent these parts may want to think long and hard as to why The Editorial Board of the WSJ pans Dr. Fauci in such a fashion. On that note and in regard to conflict of interest, here are some specific references further expounding on what I had linked from what The Editorial Board had to say: "The World Health Organization on Tuesday finally released its report on the origins of the coronavirus, and the result wasn’t worth the wait. The document is best understood as a whitewash heavily influenced by the Chinese Communist Party and Westerners with conflicts of interest."Further along the Editorial Board writes: "The WHO team is also compromised by conflicts of interest. Zoologist Peter Daszak, the American on the team, has collaborated with the WIV (Wuhan Institute of Virology) for years and supported gain-of-function research. As early as February 2020 he helped coordinate a statement in the Lancet condemning “conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin.” Another team member, virologist Marion Koopmans, oversees an outfit in the Netherlands that has conducted gain-of-function research and could face serious repercussions if the pandemic started in a lab."The statement referenced above about Daszak coordinating a statement in the industry periodical Lancet is par for the course in terms of how the conflicts of interest within the regulatory capture is evidenced. "The Biden Administration hasn’t taken a definitive position on the lab-leak theory, but Covid-19 spokesman Anthony Fauci played down the idea last week. Dr. Fauci’s institute financed work at the WIV and has backed gain-of-function research. He’s the wrong man to reassure the public about lab research on coronaviruses."That is a damning statement but again it goes straight to conflicts of interest. I wish the WSJ would pursue it even further. "Even the WHO recognizes the implausibility of the report. “I do not believe that this assessment was extensive enough. Further data and studies will be needed to reach more robust conclusions,” WHO director-general Tedros Ghebreyesus said Tuesday. “Although the team has concluded that a laboratory leak is the least likely hypothesis, this requires further investigation.” He’s ready to deploy more specialists, but don’t expect Beijing to welcome them."One does not have to look far or dig too deeply to learn as to how massively corrupted Dr. Tedros and the WHO is. The fact that Dr. Fauci sung his and their praises very early on was in my opinion a massive red flag. "The U.S. and 13 other governments released a statement Tuesday expressing “shared concerns” that the WHO study “was significantly delayed and lacked access to complete, original data and samples.” That’s nice, but it sounds like they’re prepared to conclude that Covid’s origin story is unknowable and move on.
That shouldn’t be the end of it. The Biden Administration knows the underlying intelligence and should release it to the public. Unless it does, China’s propaganda backed by the WHO’s failure will prevail in much of world opinion. The Biden Administration says it wants to revitalize multilateral institutions, and that should start with refusing to accept the WHO’s Wuhan whitewash."I was personally surprised that the WSJ Editorial Board wrote this editorial as I have often seen them fail to properly call out banks, academics, other industries, so called charitable organizations, non-governmental organizations and our pols and regulators who have fallen into the regulatory capture trap that is our national reality circa 2021. I gather that when that reality encompasses none other than the leaders of the PRC that even The Editorial Board of the WSJ looks upon that as a bridge too far. I commend them for doing so and again hope they might dig even deeper in this effort. In typical fashion, I have written too much but for serious students who may care to dive deeper into this topic and how it touches upon our fellow alumnus, I welcome providing this link:The Wuhan Whitewash - Dr. Fauci: www.google.com/search?q=The+Wuhan+Whitewash+Dr.+Fauci+&sxsrf=ALeKk01pVOwQ6HyTgVukP8g3KsRL2J_Zvg%3A1617453681557&ei=cWJoYK_GIdC3ggfn-onIBw&oq=The+Wuhan+Whitewash+Dr.+Fauci+&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgjELADECc6BwgjEK4CECc6CAghEBYQHRAeOgUIIRCgAToFCCEQqwJQ1g9Y0ihgyixoAXAAeACAAVOIAfAGkgECMTKYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEBwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz&ved=0ahUKEwjvwoTBjOLvAhXQm-AKHWd9AnkQ4dUDCA0&uact=5Additionally, this commentary addresses the topic of conflicts of interest within this sphere: How Conflicts of Interest Are Changing Medical Research daily.jstor.org/how-conflicts-of-interest-are-changing-medical-research/Navigate accordingly.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 2, 2021 7:50:28 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Apr 2, 2021 6:55:00 GMT -5
ICYMI . . . Our fellow alumnus was not exactly praised nor honored in a recent lead editorial in the widely read and typically highly regarded Wall Street Journal.
"He’s the wrong man to reassure the public about lab research on coronaviruses."
That is the WSJ Editorial Board writing that.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Mar 31, 2021 8:30:43 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Mar 11, 2021 17:47:23 GMT -5
Jack McGovern ‘80 RIP
Passed in fall 2019
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Mar 11, 2021 15:16:50 GMT -5
not a surprise
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Feb 10, 2021 13:20:36 GMT -5
I have placed an order for our new president's book, Christians in the American Empire, published in 2008. www.amazon.com/Christians-American-Empire-Faith-Citizenship/dp/0195188098/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Christians+in+the+American+Empire&qid=1612981016&sr=8-1What does it mean to be a Christian citizen of the United States today? This book challenges the argument that the United States is a Christian nation, and that the American founding and the American Constitution can be linked to a Christian understanding of the state and society. Vincent Rougeau argues that the United States has become an economic empire of consumer citizens, led by elites who seek to secure American political and economic dominance around the world. Freedom and democracy for the oppressed are the public themes put forward to justify this dominance, but the driving force behind American hegemony is the need to sustain economic growth and maintain social peace in the United States.
This state of affairs raises important questions for Christians. In recent times, religious voices in American politics have taken on a moralistic stridency. Individual issues like abortion and same-sex marriage have been used to "guilt" many Christians into voting Republican or to discourage them from voting at all. Using Catholic social teaching as a point of departure, Rougeau argues that conservative American politics is driven by views of the individual and the state that are inconsistent with mainstream Catholic social thought. Without thinking more broadly about their religious traditions and how those traditions should inform their engagement with the modern world, it is unwise for Christians to think that pressing single issues is an appropriate way to actualize their faith commitments in the public realm.
Rougeau offers concerned Christians new tools for a critical assessment of legal, political and social questions. He proceeds from the fundamental Christian premise of the God-given dignity of the human person, a dignity that can only be realized fully in community with others. This means that the Christian cannot simply focus on individual empowerment as 'freedom' but must also seek to nurture community participation and solidarity for all citizens. Rougeau demonstrates what happens when these ideas are applied to a variety of specific contemporary issues involving the family, economics, and race. He concludes by offering a new model of public engagement for Christians in the American Empire.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Feb 4, 2021 15:15:38 GMT -5
I am with Crucis#1 in regard to bringing leading experts to campus to speak on issues, especially in the field of public health, so as to recommit to what was our longstanding Jesuit inspired pursuit of the truth.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Dec 16, 2020 9:20:48 GMT -5
Phreek,
I greatly appreciate your sourcing and sharing the link to the NY Times interview with Cardinal Burke. I do not necessarily agree with each and every word that the good Cardinal puts forth but what I admire most is his heart and courage to stand on principle and speak out in defense of the church and guided by the word of Our Lord and Savior.
I witness this in the final two paragraphs which I welcome sharing here:
For my own part, I simply wanted to be able to say, with St. Paul, that I fought the good fight, I stayed the course, I kept the faith. And it doesn’t matter to me if people say, well, he’s just an old man who was out of touch with the world and it’s sad, he made this fuss, now it’s over and we move on.
I know that I have to give an account to our Lord and I wanted to be able to say to him that even if I made mistakes, I had tried to defend him, to serve him. That sounds like a pious comment, but it’s what really drives me — and that’s all.
I find this most admirable in a time when so much of society and regrettably our church and IMO our college are trending in an increasingly secular fashion. Thank you Cardinal Burke and thank you Phreek for sharing this commentary. Makes my day and my season.
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Dec 16, 2020 6:38:56 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by td128 on Nov 21, 2020 5:04:43 GMT -5
. . .
|
|