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‘I’m not like other girls’

‘I’m not like other girls’

Karleigh Lopez February 28, 2020

Discussing the ways women interact with women I have always found that I can be especially impatient when dealing with “pick me” girls. I am all but certain that every single person has experienced...

The genius behind the release of Disney+

The genius behind the release of Disney+

Karleigh Lopez December 10, 2019

Bringing young adults back to their childhood As a communications major, I have been taught to consider the implications of major corporations owning digital content and overseeing the means by which we...

Senioritis Season

Senioritis Season

Karleigh Lopez December 3, 2019

Five tips from a senior on surviving four years A few weeks ago, I pulled one of those terrible yet not nearly as valorized almost all-nighters: working in the library until it closes at 2 a.m. Alone...

Letter to the Editor: Response to A Minute With McCloskey

Letter to the Editor: Response to “A Minute With McCloskey”

Karleigh Lopez November 19, 2019

To the editor: I would like to express my frustration after reading James McCloskey’s column “Free tickets will hurt men’s basketball.” I understand this is an opinion piece, but this article...

Mourning the “White Monster”on campus

Mourning the “White Monster”on campus

Karleigh Lopez November 19, 2019

Finding an on-campus alternative caffeine fix Nothing has ever tested my will and disordered my soul more than when St. Joe’s switched from Coca-Cola to Pepsi products. I remember a much simpler,...

Heart monitors are located in the weight room in Hagan Arena. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s athletes wear heart monitors during workouts

Karleigh Lopez October 29, 2019

Beginning in the 2019-’20 preseason, the softball team became the sixth team in St. Joe’s athletics to implement the Polar heart rate monitor and System into their strength and training routines. Polar...

Cheerleading is a sport, champions or not

Cheerleading is a sport, champions or not

Karleigh Lopez April 16, 2019

A perspective on the sexist perception of female athletes On April 5,  the SJU Cheer Team made history, being the first team to win a national cheerleading championship for St. Joe’s.   Over the past...

When service is a photo op

When service is a photo op

Karleigh Lopez October 30, 2018

How APEX isn't promoting a kind of selfless service When the temperature drops and the candle section in Target makes the much-anticipated shift from candy floral to cozy autumnal scents, there is an instinctive...

The importance of caring conversations

The importance of caring conversations

Karleigh Lopez October 9, 2018

DMAX club combats mental health stigma on campus Though we are creative, ambitious and driven, our generations’ biggest limitation is our propensity to privatize our emotions. We find it more natural...

Moving past stereotypes

Moving past stereotypes

Karleigh Lopez December 5, 2017

A look at the lack of appreciation for cheerleading and women's sports To our peers, cheerleaders seem to only exist  as a stereotype: high ponytails clad in gaudy ribbon, crimson skirts, cumbersome pompoms...

Protecting against gun violence

Protecting against gun violence

Karleigh Lopez October 16, 2017

A look at tragedies like the Las Vegas shooting Our country faced the most horrific and deadly mass shooting in American history on Oct. 1, with many of us watching it unfold through news updates and Twitter...

United we stand and united we kneel

Karleigh Lopez October 4, 2017

The right for NFL players to protest In this recent geopolitical climate, it is difficult to escape the inevitable polarity between liberals and conservatives, making day-to-day life unreasonably tense....

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