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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

Patrons line up at The Chilly Banana truck (Photos by Franki Rudnesky ’18).

StrEAT festivities

Franki Rudnesky April 17, 2018

Manayunk holds annual food truck festival. Despite unseasonably cold and rainy weather, Main Street Manayunk was packed on the afternoon of April 15, when patrons flocked downtown for the Manayunk StrEAT...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson 20.

Leaving little stories

Franki Rudnesky March 20, 2018

A review of "Goodbye Days." If you’re in the mood to reminisce on high school best-friendships and first loves and also be struck directly in the feels, then “Goodbye Days,” a 2017 novel by Jeff...

Patrons enjoy local food in Reading Terminal Market (Photo by Amber Denham ’18).

An anniversary worth celebrating

Franki Rudnesky February 27, 2018

Reading Terminal Market commemorates 125 years. Walking into Reading Terminal Market is like stepping into a time machine and entering another era, a simpler time, one before Uber Eats and GrubHub delivered...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson ’20.

We’ve got the Love

Franki Rudnesky February 20, 2018

Return of famous statue in LOVE park. Just in time for the season of romance, the famous LOVE statue has been returned to its rightful place in its namesake park in Philadelphia. The iconic statue by...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson 20.

Philadelphia style

Franki Rudnesky February 6, 2018

A preview of Philly Fashion Week. Love fashion but can’t make it to New York City, London, Milan or Paris for Fashion Week this year? Not to worry, because Philly’s own Fashion Week is happening this...

Rowells first young adult novel, Eleanor & Park (Photo by Dominique Joe 19).

A wistfully romantic ride

Franki Rudnesky January 24, 2018

Misfits fall in love in "Eleanor & Park." Looking for a novel to warm your heart amidst the bitter cold weather and maybe even make you believe in love again? That’s a tall order for sure, but Rainbow...

Fearless in a new image

Franki Rudnesky November 13, 2017

Taylor Swift evolves in "reputation" Taylor Swift is back with a vengeance. Swift released “reputation” on Nov. 10, and for those who thought she couldn’t completely reinvent herself any more than...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson 20.

Looking back at Old Taylor

Franki Rudnesky November 6, 2017

A retrospective before “Reputation” Look what you made Taylor Swift do. Once a doe-eyed, curly haired, sparkly dress-donning country singer, Swift is back with a vengeance after a three-year hiatus,...

(Photo by Luke Malanga 20).

Las Vegas: Processing violence and tragedy

Franki Rudnesky October 17, 2017

Students discuss how they cope with tragic events When Mitchell McIlhenny ’18 heard from a friend about the mass shooting in Las Vegas and turned on the news to learn more, he was shocked. “I couldn’t...

Photo by Rose Weldon 19

The power of poetry

Franki Rudnesky October 16, 2017

A new collection by Instapoet Rupi Kaur. ___________________________________________________________________________________ Has your Instagram feed been flooded with concise, powerful poems with ornate...

John Greens first and latest novels respectively (Photo by Rose Weldon 19).

An “Okay? Okay.” retrospective

Franki Rudnesky October 2, 2017

Anticipating the new novel from John Green. _______________________________________________________________________________ Fans of teen fiction novels, rejoice. Author and vlogger John Green is making...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson 20.

Building a college bucket list

Franki Rudnesky September 18, 2017

Suggestions from an alum at VisitPhilly.com In college, we sometimes halt our busy day-to-day schedules and ponder just how fleeting it all is. Whether we want to come to terms with it or not, our time...

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