{"id":1068,"date":"2012-04-13T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admissions.me.holycross.edu\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2012-04-13T10:44:22","modified_gmt":"2012-04-13T14:44:22","slug":"why-holy-cross-the-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/admissions\/2012\/04\/13\/why-holy-cross-the-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Holy Cross? The People."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When no one is watching, in the dim early morning light, employees scurry around this campus like parents on Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

Some are planting perfectly placed impatiens on Linden Lane while others apply the final glaze to the decadent chocolate doughnuts in Kimball Dining Hall.<\/a>\u00a0 Other times of the year they might be sanding and salting sidewalks in front of Dinand Library <\/a>or delicately seasoning the clam chowder at Crossroads<\/a>.\u00a0 Perhaps my favorite would be this \u2013 on mild spring mornings, as the sun rises and warms O\u2019Kane Hall<\/a>, I look out the window of my office and see one veteran school employee turn on the fountain in Memorial Plaza <\/a>so that when students parade to class an hour or two later, they might be soothed by the sound of the bubbling water and tempted just for a minute to test the temperature with their hand.<\/p>\n

No matter the time of year, each and every day, while students sleep, there are literally hundreds of people preparing this campus and this school just for them.\u00a0 I\u2019m often asked what my single favorite thing about Holy Cross is and I know for a fact that I\u2019ve given more than just one answer to that question.\u00a0 But if someone asked me today, I\u2019d say this: my favorite thing about Holy Cross is the people \u2013 those employees who care enough to make sure the flowers are perfectly aligned and those curious students who stop just for a moment to run their hand through the warm water of the fountain and appreciate where they go to school.<\/p>\n

Andrew N. Carter
\nAssociate Director of Admissions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When no one is watching, in the dim early morning light, employees scurry around this campus like parents on Christmas Eve. Some are planting perfectly placed impatiens on Linden Lane while others apply the final glaze to the decadent chocolate doughnuts in Kimball Dining Hall.\u00a0 Other times of the year they might be sanding and … <\/p>\n

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