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Taylor Stokes ’22 listens to her peers speak at a BSU forum responding to racism on campus. Alyvia Benson ’22 (left) and Camille Lodugnon ’22 (right) sit behind her. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA ’20/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s handling of racist slur called ‘bullsh-t’

Ana Faguy December 5, 2018

Two months after a white student rearranged letters on the felt board on their Villiger Residence Center room door, spelling a racial slur, Alyvia Benson ’22 and Camille Lodugnon ’22 remain disappointed...

A felt letter board, which was on the door of African-American students’ room, with words rearranged by a white student, spelling a racial slur.

Racial slur left on students’ dorm room door

Ana Faguy November 28, 2018

The female students whose door was vandalized are identified in the story by their initials. The students and their parents spoke on the record, but The Hawk chose not to use their full names in order...

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson 20.

What midterm election results mean for St. Joe’s students

Ana Faguy November 13, 2018

Over 49 percent of registered voters in the U.S. went to the polls on Nov. 6 to vote in the 2018 Midterm Elections. In Pennsylvania, voter turnout was slightly higher with 57 percent of registered voters. This...

Protesters hold up letters spelling Familia. PHOTOS: LUKE MALANGA 20/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s students advocate to shut down family immigration center

Ana Faguy November 13, 2018

About 100 people participated in a vigil at a local detention center which detains undocumented immigrant families, to speak out against family separation and advocate for shutting down the center. Sixteen...

Restructuring leads to layoffs

Ana Faguy September 4, 2018

Budget changes prompt layoffs The university laid off at least 20 people in the days that followed the 2018 Commencement, citing efforts to restructure the upcoming year’s budget. “They did good...

Former Vice President Joseph Biden on stage in Michael J. Hagan 85 Arena (Photo by Luke Malanga 20).

Joe Biden visits Hawk Hill

Ana Faguy April 24, 2018

Former Vice President provides leadership lessons to students As a line was wrapping around the side of Michael J. Hagan '85 Arena, four students and their faculty advisor waited anxiously in the lobby...

Communities mobilize

Communities mobilize

Ana Faguy March 27, 2018

Crisis demands education and action To our readers: Every day, more than 100 Americans die from opioid overdoses, a grim sign of a public health crisis that shows little sign of abating. That...

Furey-Bastian ’20 and friend at a Christmas party two days before she was injured (Photo by Dylan Eddinger ’19).

“I miss us”

Ana Faguy February 13, 2018

As a soft snow started to fall, the Campion Dining Hall slowly filled with hungry students. Wearing her burgundy Frida Kahlo sweatshirt, Julia Furey-Bastian ’20 walked in from the darkness, her long...

Panelists discuss gerrymandering in Mandeville Teletorium (Photo by Luke Malanga 20).

Wolf participates in panel on gerrymandering

Ana Faguy and Alex Karpinski January 31, 2018

Students, faculty and community members discuss redistricting measures Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf participated in a six person panel on gerrymandering in the Mandeville Teletorium on Jan. 31. Wolf’s...

Pictured from left to right: Natalie Walker Brown, Director for Student Inclusion and Diversity, Jennifer Dessus, Director for Inclusion and Diversity Access Programs, Maggie Oliver, International Student Advisor, Office of International Students and
Scholars, Meryl Halpern, Director, Office of International Students & Scholars (Photo by Luke Malanga ’20).

Making a house a home

Ana Faguy January 30, 2018

Office of Inclusion and Diversity: One year later On the one-year anniversary of its move to renovated space in Campion Hall, the Center for Inclusion and Diversity (CID) has become a place where students...

Julia Furey-Bastian (second from left) and SJU Writing Center student staff (Photo courtesy of the Writing Center).

Sophomore identified as pedestrian struck during finals week

Ana Faguy January 23, 2018

A St. Joe’s student who was gravely injured last month when struck by a vehicle while she was crossing City Avenue is recovering in a rehabilitation hospital in a Philadelphia suburb. Julia Furey-Bastian...

Photo by Luke Malanga 20.

Selection process takes off

Ana Faguy April 27, 2017

CAS seeks permanent Dean After two years with temporary leadership, the search for the new Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences has lifted off. Jeanne Brady, Ph.D., provost, at Saint Joseph’s...

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