We here at Saint Joseph's are wrapping up the academic year, and every end calls for some deep introspection, a little nostalgia and, perhaps, a well-directed montage to a meaningful song. In the spirit of final assessments, I have compiled a lis...

It's hard to believe that just a few short weeks ago we were trudging to class through the mid-March snow, swearing off wearing our North Faces ever again. Yet here we are, just two weeks shy of finals. It's crunch time, which means not only will your ...

I was a high school success story. Top 10 percent of Malvern Preparatory's Class of '07 with a 4.15 cumulative grade point average. A score of 1400 on the college board exams. Co-editor of the school literary magazine. Singer in t...

Six months old is too young to be diagnosed with a life threatening illness. On Thursday April 14, St. Joe's communications students congregated in front of Campion Student Center for a bake sale in an effort to raise $15,000 for Niko, a ten-month-...

Even though Easter doesn't happen for about another two weeks, that doesn't stop the grocery stores from doing what they do best: prematurely stocking the shelves with holiday candy. ...

'I swear,' a sophomore friend of mine told me this week, her eyes large with surprise and perhaps a tinge of fear, 'everyone is breaking up. I've seen six couples call it quits in the last two weeks. It's crazy.' ...

For many students, the very first day of freshman year can be just as anxiety-ridden as the day when they finally receive their diploma. The modern pressures that college students face from day one of their college experience, up until graduation...

In upcoming weeks, The Cap and ' Bells Dramatic Arts Society will be showing 'The Phantom of the Opera' at Bluett Theatre. Patrick Bishop, '13, and Kelly Curran Slota, '12, star as the leads in the play, which starts on April 7 at the Bluett Theatre. ...

This year's the McNulty Scholars lecture series at Saint Joseph's University introduced students and faculty to the basics of U.S. food policy on March 30. Elisabeth Hagen, '91, under secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USD...

When most college students stay up late at night, it is usually due to procrastination with homework or the typical midnight adventure to find a party. That all changed on March 24 when Saint Joseph's University students decided to donate one night to ...

Although it's been hard to focus on anything else other than the thirty-degree temperature drop taking place outside, I've still managed to shift my focus a bit to find some new recipes to try out while the wind and snow flurries keep me inside. Instea...

Human beings, for as long as we've been literate, have loved and celebrated the written word as a legitimate means to express the most powerful emotions. That written word has since migrated from paper to screen, but should not have to lose any impact....

With spring seeming as if it's moved in for good, last week's rising temperatures and warm sun put one thought running continuously through my mind: I needed to eat a meal outside. The second the clock hit 11:50 a.m. last Friday marked the end of my we...

While St. Joe's students were spending their spring break flying south to the tropics, several geese made a pit stop on campus during their journey north. A small flock of geese made the jungle gym next to Merion Hall their temporary home before contin...

At 6:14 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, my life changed. As a foodie, I am embarrassed to even reveal this next sentence. But before tonight, I had never eaten a burrito. ...

During the four years spent in college, students are presented with many new circumstances that challenge not only their intellect, but also their lifestyle habits. This past week, St. Joe's hosted various activities promoting healthy lifestyle h...

There is no such thing as too much coffee, right? Maybe?Apparently, according to Starbucks, the phrase 'too much coffee' is as obscure-sounding as Philadelphians hoping for a week sans rain, snow, or 20 degree temperature drops. To prove this poi...

With spring in the air, it's time to say goodbye to the soups, sauces and heavy, hot meals that have occupied our plates for the past four months. The above 36-degree weather change this past week was an absolute tease, to my state of mind and my palat...

Every Wednesday, St. Joe's students travel to the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center (PICC) in the Torresdale section of the city to study alongside inmates. ...

With Valentine's Day just past , it's as if everything in the world was cast under a big, heart-shaped spell resulting in excessive usage of reds, pinks and any derivative of 'be mine,' which could be found plastered around stores, commercials and even...