Within the past month, two racial bias incidents directed at Public Safety officers have been reported. According to an email from University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., a small group of male students...

A campus-wide forum to address the four bias incidents reported this semester was held in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena on Nov. 4.  The forum, attended by approximately 1,800 people, was organized by...

A first-year student called a female African-American Public Safety officer the n-word some time on the morning of Oct. 24. In the evening on the same day, University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., sent an...

Four racial bias incidents were reported on St. Joe’s campus since January 2019, reflecting the nationwide trend of an uptick in racial bias incidents and hate crimes on U.S. college campuses. According...

The N-word was discovered Oct. 5 on a whiteboard of a suite door in LaFarge Hall, prompting a report of a bias incident to The Office of Public Safety and Security. The residents of the suite had written the...

The student in this story who was called the N-word numerous times is identified by their initials. The student spoke on the record, but The Hawk chose not to use their full names in order to mitigate...

Proactivity needed for racial bias incidents The allegations of two other racial slur incidents happening on our campus, as reported in this week’s issue of The Hawk, should not shock anyone. Stories...