Today is Purple Pride Day!

Today isn't just any ordinary Friday - it's Purple Pride Day! So pull that Holy Cross attire out of the closet, get dressed and get involved! A group of very dedicated Purple Key, CAB and SGA members have been working hard all semester to plan this day - now it's your turn to show your school spirit! Check out the following schedule and we look forward to seeing you at today's events.

Rise and Shine 7:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m., Dinand Library steps Have an early morning class? Stop by the Purple Key table and pick up an early morning treat! Hot chocolate, coffee and purple cookies are a great way to start off a Purple Pride Day morning.

Crusader Mayhem in Hogan 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Hogan Campus Center The Hogan Campus Center is bursting with Crusader chaos. Pick up your Purple Pride stickers, get your face painted and munch on some purple candy. Also for the first time show your spirit by purchasing your very own Purple Pride Day T-shirt.

Community Lunch 11 a.m. - 1:15 p.m., Kimball Dining Hall Come eat in Upper Kimball for lunch. Make sure you get there early because the first 50 faculty and staff members that are accompanied by a student, or that are decked out in purple, eat for free. So ask your favorite professor to join you for lunch! Sponsored by Residence Life.

A Day Full of A Cappella 1 p.m. - 3 p.m., Cool Beans Your favorite a cappella groups are back.  Come hear them sing the songs of Holy Cross and a few of their own classics too. Every hour catch a different group: 1 p.m. The Naturals 2 p.m. The Delilahs 2:30 p.m. Off the Record

A Special Purple Dinner 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m., Kimball Dining Hall This is no ordinary dinner. The Crusader chaos continues with Kimball's annual Thanksgiving dinner. Come early! The Crusader Pep Band will perform. Get some special goodies from the Purple Key Society and don't forget to get your Purple Pride Day shirt! Come Support Crusader Athletics 11 a.m. Hart soccer field - Men's Patriot League Soccer Championships 6 p.m. Hart Center rink - Men's Ice Hockey vs. Bentley 7 p.m. Hart Center - Women's Basketball vs. UMASS 9 p.m. Hart Center - Men's Basketball vs. Quinnipiac Holy Cross Chamber Singers 8 p.m. - 10 p.m., Brooks Concert Hall The Holy Cross Chamber Singers, with orchestra and under the direction of Bruce Miller, will perform Arcadelt's "Ave Maria;" madrigals by Farmer, Dowland and Morley; Finzi's 20th-century madrigal, "My Spirit Sang All Day;" Stephen Foster's only vocal ensemble, "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming;" JS Bach's Cantata #118 "O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht;" and two choruses from Handel's "Messiah"

Get Down with ACT 10 p.m., Hogan Ballroom ACT finishes off Purple Pride Day with their annual Decades Dance. So get out those bellbottoms, the big hair and your dancing clogs and dance the night away!

"Loyalty, excellence, reverence, commitment, a capacity to enjoy life: where do these virtues which reflect the spirit of Holy Cross come to the surface?

"They appear wherever the men and women of Holy Cross are found: in the faces of students on their first day; in the atmosphere of concentration in the libraries and the labs, in the buzz of conversation in the dorms and dining hall, in new insights in the classrooms and excitement in the theater and concert hall; on the playing fields, the ice and the water; in the handshakes, smiles, and tears of Commencement day; in the voices of graduates vowing marriage in the campus chapel; in the handshakes and smiles at homecoming and regional meetings; in the series of personal achievement and the statistics about generosity; at the reunions, with all their memories and friendships; in the silent witness of those whose names are engraved in stone in the campus cemetery and on tablets in the St. Joseph Memorial Chapel; in sharing an approach to life that makes all the difference - ad maiorem Dei gloriam, men and women for others; in the pride of belonging to Holy Cross, not just for what it gives but also for what it asks.

" 'Spirits loyal, true, and strong,' runs a line in the Alma Mater. After 150 years, those words still have meaning. Their challenge is firmly in place."

Rev. Anthony J. Kuzniewski, S.J., "College of the Holy Cross: One Hundred and Fifty Years"

Special thanks to the Purple Pride Day Committee: John P. Keller '03, vice-chair, Purple Key Society; Timothy Quinn '04, Purple Pride Day co-chair; and Alexa Simeone '03, Purple Pride Day co-chair.