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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

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The shootings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo

The shootings of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo

Carly Calhoun April 20, 2021

What happened to Daunte Wright?  On April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officers pulled over 20-year-old Daunte Wright for driving with expired registration tags and having an air freshener...

The class of 2019 celebrates at their commencement ceremony. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

University updates commencement plans

Carly Calhoun April 13, 2021

The university released updated information detailing plans for this year’s in-person commencement ceremony for the Class of 2021. The updated information, as it appeared on April 9, can be found under...

‘New Normal?’

‘New Normal?’

Carly Calhoun March 30, 2021

The end of a pandemic sparks the return of an epidemic After living through a yearlong pandemic which has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of Americans, millions of people are getting vaccinated...

PHOTO COURTESY OF VICTORIA PICOZZI ’23

Obituary for Patrick Byrne ’23

Carly Calhoun March 2, 2021

Patrick Byrne ’23 died Feb. 22 at age 19 after a battle with cancer. Known to his friends and family as Pat, Byrne attended Springfield High School in Springfield, Pennsylvania. At St. Joe’s, Byrne...

HawkHub is located in the Writing Center in Merion Hall. PHOTO: THE HAWK

Changes to SNAP benefit students in need

Carly Calhoun February 9, 2021

Certain St. Joe’s students are now qualified to receive help buying food using funds from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to a temporary extension of eligibility requirements...

Inside Campion Food Court. The foreground features a sign on a table that says, Takeout Service Only. In the background is someone walking.

St. Joe’s implements new dining regulations

Carly Calhoun February 3, 2021

Eliminated and restricted seating in St. Joe’s dining halls and eating areas at the start of the 2021 semester are the result of new dining regulations in the City of Philadelphia that went into effect...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD 23/THE HAWK

Timeline of the 2020 Presidential Election

Carly Calhoun November 23, 2020

Election officials have determined that presidential nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris are the president-elect and vice president-elect of the U.S. They won 75,629,199 of the popular vote and 290...

Check that box

Check that box

Carly Calhoun October 20, 2020

Organ donation can save lives When I got my driver’s license at 17, I never considered how checking the “yes” box to be an organ donor would affect me. Eight months later, that “yes” became a...

Students return to U.S. from study abroad programs

Students return to U.S. from study abroad programs

Carly Calhoun April 13, 2020

Bronagh Douglas ’21 planned to travel the world through the Semester at Sea (SAS) program for her spring 2020 semester, but the program was cut short because of the coronavirus. While SAS typically stops...

Study abroad students sent home due to coronavirus

Study abroad students sent home due to coronavirus

Carly Calhoun March 3, 2020

Some St. Joe’s students studying abroad for the spring 2020 semester are returning to the U.S. as a result of the global spread of the novel coronavirus from China. The 21 St. Joe’s students in...

100-Second Lecture Series highlights women leaders on campus

100-Second Lecture Series highlights women leaders on campus

Carly Calhoun February 19, 2020

Cheryl McConnell, Ph.D., provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at St. Joe’s, was the first speaker in the 100-Second Lecture Series held in the atrium of the Francis A. Drexel Library on Feb....

Coronavirus jeopardizes China study program

Coronavirus jeopardizes China study program

Carly Calhoun February 4, 2020

At least four Philadelphia-area colleges and universities have decided to cancel spring 2020 study abroad programs to China because of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus from China. St. Joe’s has...

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