Campus Life

I love the food. There are many options to choose from.

Good food but sometimes seems too repetitive. Theme nights are fun.

Kimball (the dining hall) could use a lot of revamping. Lower Kimball is delicious, especially the CHALUPAS! And they count as a meal swipe! Crossroads (only uses dining dollars) is equally delicious and their pizzas are to die for. And last but not least, the science cafe. My second home. It's like Panera Bread but better.

There are a variety of eateries on campus, many of which are great if you want to grab a quick coffee and pastry on the way to class. With cafe's in many of the academic buildings there is no reason that students cannot eat breakfast before class. Some of the food in the main dining hall, which is all you can eat, is always the same which does not give a whole lot of variety. The food there is on a rotation and the best meals are only served once every three weeks or so. The best dining location on campus is only available to freshmen for dinner on weekdays, but upperclassmen can eat there all they like. The food there is definitely worth a 20 minute wait in line.

The Food is alright, nothing that is really spectacular. The thing is that when your parents or hometown friends come visit you they will be amazed because the main dining hall, Kimball, is like buffet style with salads, vegetables, dairy, meat/chicken, pasta, rice, pizza, bread/bagels, breakfast services, burger lunches, etc. However as students, after a few months of freshman year, we get tired of the food and it becomes very boring. This summer Holy Cross Dining received top honors in this year's national Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards contest, receiving Gold and the Grand Prize for the newly constructed Science Cafe. The contest, sponsored by the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS), chose the Science Cafe out a pool of 140 different projects from colleges and universities across the country. This with other food service areas on the Holy Cross campus, Crossroads, Cool Beans, and Cool Beans 2 are usually what students like over our main dining hall Kimball.

If I could change anything at this school, it would be for more dining options and for better quality food in the Kimball dining hall. However, I feel that the dining plan is easy to understand and use. He dorm is fitted with a kitchen, so if you do not want campus food for a meal, you can always make some food for yourself.

The meal plans include meal swipes in order to get into the main dining hall, Kimball, as well as dining dollars which allow you to buy food at all the other food spots and cafes. The food is decent and definitely improving due to the acquisition of a new nutrition expert. More vegan and vegetarian options are available and there is a movement to make the college fair trade certified.

I don't particiapte in any.

No Greek Life at HC

We are a Jesuit liberal arts institute with no affiliations with Greek life. Some students like that we don't have it and some students wish we did have it.

Holy Cross does not have a Greek life, which I find to not be a problem. It is such a small campus that the school ends up being a exclusive society in of itself.