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College of the Holy Cross

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Maybe you should know that downloading music is banned during certain hours of the day.

What about going to The Pub? The on-campus bar is a right-of-passage for juniors, since there are no fraternities or sororities.

Or that there is a cleaning service in the dorms, so you don’t have to clean up after yourself.

Did you know that it is okay to wear pajamas to class, as long as it is a morning class?

Find out about the exorcism room on the fourth floor of Fenwick with a hidden staircase.

And you definitely should know that most students are very happy at Holy Cross, as evidenced by the school’s unusually high retention rate: 96 percent. Don’t be the one that wants to get away!

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