A population still facing discrimination
Living in the U.S. as a Latina is frustrating, and living here for the past four years has made me realize that my community continues to face discrimination.
I...
A panel discussion sponsored by the Faith-Justice Institute on Feb. 5 focused on the need for the Catholic Church to better respond to the disproportionate impact of the criminal justice system on...
The St. Joe’s University Student Senate continues to be disappointed by the lack of respect for human rights and dignities shown on our campus. Although discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation...
Condemning St. Joe’s discriminatory actions
Noel Koenke, a former director of music for Campus Ministry who openly identified as gay, was hired at St. Joe’s in 2010 and said she expected that as a...
To the Editor,
The Dec. 4 issue of The Hawk reported on yet another incident of a member of the St. Joe’s community being verbally demeaned, this time apparently because of religious caricature and...
...And you might learn something
Recently on two separate occasions, I had my boyfriend and best friend, who are both black, voice that they felt their white group members in class were not listening to...
To the editor,
The St. Joe’s faculty unequivocally condemns racism and bigotry in all forms. We name recent events racist because they were perpetuated with racist intention: historically, the use of...
Sexism in the music industry
This past summer, Taylor Swift’s former record label, Big Machine Records, was sold to record executive and music industry giant Scooter Braun. Braun is known for assisting...
Encouraging discussion about campus climate
Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) hosted their monthly meeting on Nov. 14 to discuss the correlation between the recent university sponsored forum and the...
The impact of Warren’s pregnancy discrimination case
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 2020 presidential candidate, made headlines recently for standing by her account of the way she was treated when she...
The St. Joe’s Community Standards process is currently under review by a third-party consultant hired by University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D.
Reed announced the consultant would review the community...
A perspective on the college admissions scandal
Welcome to the game of Monopoly: College Admissions Edition. Your Mr. Monopoly Man is no longer Rich Uncle Pennybags, but instead William Singer. In this...
