College Media Network - Search the largest news resource for college students by college students Jobs and internships for students -

To ease students’ worries, install swipe access

One of the things students expect from our school is safety, both of ourselves and of our possessions. Even when we are not here, we expect that the security institutions that protect us during school remain intact to guard our apartments and our TVs, iPods, jewelry, or whatever else we may leave in our living spaces. Full story

Editorial: 2008 a year of change for nation and St. Joe's

"Change" was the catchphrase of the 2008 election season, but the word came into play here at Saint Joseph's University as well. This year, an extremely ambitious vision for the university, which has been in play for years, finally came to fruition with the start of construction in Campion and the Fieldhouse, along with the official acquisition and opening of the Maguire Campus.

Full story

Editorial: Good community relations work both ways

When it comes to impressing its neighbors, St. Joe's may be fighting an uphill battle. Over the course of the conflict with Lower Merion residents surrounding the improvements to Maguire Campus, the university has been accused of accepting "80 percent of its applicants" because it's "big on sports," suggesting that the quality of the students is below par.

Full story

Editorial: Merion resident's comments reveal disconnect between community and St. Joe's

A recent quote attributed to a Merion Community Coalition (MCC) member, Irene Glickman, in this weekend's Philadelphia Inquirer has left St. Joe's administrators, faculty, and staff fuming even more than the decision by the township's Zoning Hearing Board to halt alterations to the baseball fields on Maguire Campus this past Thursday.

Full story

Staff Editorial: Pope's words taken out of context

Last week, Pope Benedict XVI unwittingly brought the Catholic Church into recent global trends of religious tension and violence. In response to statements he made last Tuesday, al Qaeda militants in Iraq declared a war on the Church and burned an effigy of Benedict in an enraged protest.

Full story

Editorial: Campus facelift a means to prestigious ends

It is apparent that Saint Joseph's cares about attaining the facilities it needs to be counted among the ranks of the best schools of our size and demographic in the Northeast. The administration has done a commendable job making Maguire a cohesive part of the campus footprint in less than a semester's time, the expansion of Campion Student Center appears to be moving swiftly, and the renovations to the Fieldhouse are already generating excitement among rabid basketball fans.

Full story

Staff Editorial: Haiti requires new attitude

For many St. Joe’s students, the biggest disappointments of the holiday season involved what lay under a tree. But for some of our peers and millions of Haitians, this Christmas season will forever be marked as one of immense destruction and heartache—a strike to the very soul of a nation. Full story

Campion renovations do not serve students

The Hawk is now composing editorials as a staff. Each week at our editorial board meeting, we will discuss issues that we believe are on the minds of students, and put forth our consensus. To an extent, we also aim to reflect the general feelings of students. Full story