Live in the moment. Things aren’t promised to anyone, enjoy every second that you have.
Khalil Thames ’21
Undergraduate Student
Look at the bright side of this, really keep your mind open to some of...
For the first time in what seems a lifetime, but is just over a year, we can see a glimmer of hope for better times ahead, even as we watch other countries experience the dire conditions we went through...
I come from a low income family, so that
has always been an issue, not having a lot of
money, but then COVID took that to
another level. That was really, really hard.
Thankfully, my parents weren't laid...
March 12, 2020
SJU Athletics announces the cancellation of all spring sports.
June 26, 2020
SJU Athletics releases their fall 2020 COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan, allowing student athletes to...
St. Joe’s contacted us, saying the
pandemic’s getting out of hand.
And then we all went virtual.
-Walt Bryz-Gornia ’21
Undergraduate Student
When I was stuck in my house and my mom was actually...
December 2019
First case of COVID-19 is identified in
Wuhan, China
Jan. 21
Jan. 21 First case of COVID-19 in U.S.
is identified in Washington state
Jan. 23
Wuhan lockdown begins
February 2020
Centers...
As of April 26, the city of Philadelphia had administered 1,193,155 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, with white individuals receiving their doses at higher rates than their Black and Hispanic counterparts,...
The coronavirus pandemic removed what were once daily-occuring characteristics of Samuel Gompers School: packed hallways, cheerful shouts during recess, spontaneous conversations among peers and even the...
Ting Wan, owner of EMei Restaurant located on Arch Street in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, remembers when her restaurant was fully booked months in advance for the Chinese New Year on January 25, 2020.
But...
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, many employers struggled to hire, in part, because they were not sure how to conduct interviews that were not in person.
But employers have become increasingly...
Grace Coyle ’22 was taking Painting II last March when the world first locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
So much uncertainty left her feeling unmotivated, and she said her work started...
It’s worse than you’d think
When I learned that I had been in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, I was strangely calm. It had felt almost inevitable that eventually it would...
