My favorite time of year has always been the days from Thanksgiving until December 25th – the Christmas season. It's a time filled with holiday cheer, good food, and Christmas music. It's the most hopeful time of the year, when little kids are giddy with excitement over Santa Claus and the anticipation of Christmas morning.

I-hua Lin and Wan-Chi Wu, the Taiwanese FLAs

What are your hometowns, and how did you decide to become a FLA at Holy Cross? I-hua: I'm from Tai-Chung. It's in the central part of Taiwan. We are different from other FLAs because this (teaching) is our future job. I wanted to teach Chinese as a second language and experience life in a foreign country teaching Chinese.

An Inside Look at Asperger’s Syndrome

 Hey. So, many of you probably already know me. I am a senior here at Holy Cross. I am a Multicultural Peer Educator, and I write for both The Crusader and the Holy Cross Advocate. And I'm an Aspie.    An Aspie is an individual with Asperger's syndrome, a neurological disorder that gives one more difficulty with interpreting body language, reading facial expressions, and understanding social interactions than most other people.

At the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Clock exhibit has its own private entrance: two glass doors leading into blackness. The viewer enters a dark room filled with leather couches oriented towards a large projection screen. The flicker of a film on screen softly illuminates the room, and the sounds of actors' words and activities vibrate through unseen speakers.