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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

The Hawk News

Editorial: Feb. 1

The Hawk Staff February 1, 2023

With the O’Pake Recreation Center on Hawk Hill closed for reconstruction, us Hawks will have to work a bit harder to get our daily exercise in. Everyone knows how important it is to stay fit, especially...

Display of future OPake renovations at the entrance of OPake.
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

O’Pake to close for renovations in 2023 

P.J. O'Hara October 26, 2022

The O’Pake Recreation Center will be closed for all of 2023 for “a full renovation,” according to an Aug. 3 email sent by Dessler Watson-Sharer, facilities and game management specialist to the...

The new cardio room is located on the lower level of O’Pake. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CAMPUS RECREATION

Campus Recreation opens updated cardio and strength rooms

Riley Frain February 3, 2021

Campus Recreation opened new strength and cardio rooms for students, faculty and staff looking for a safe place to workout indoors.  Reservations to use the workout rooms, located in the O’Pake Recreation...

Students work out in OPake Recreation Center on a Monday night. PHOTO: Mitchell Shields 22

The Department of Athletics releases campus recreation updates

Jackie Collins August 7, 2020

St. Joe’s released campus recreation updates for students to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in an Aug. 7 university announcement from Jill Bodensteiner, J.D., director of athletics.  During the summer,...

Adam Janowicz ’23 winds up for a kick during SJU Sunday League soccer. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS 22/THE HAWK

SJU Recreation introduces indoor soccer

Matt Deleo February 4, 2020

Intramural soccer will debut Feb. 18 and will be held on Tuesday evenings in the O’Pake Upper Gym, according to Alex Kissinger, recreation and intramural coordinator for Campus Recreation. “We...

Net Night takes place every Sunday in O’Pake Recreation Center. PHOTO: Mitchell Shields ’22

Pickup volleyball games welcome all students

Riley Frain November 12, 2019

The students who gather for Net Night, an evening of pick-up volleyball games every Sunday in O’Pake Recreation Center, are also helping to breathe life into the university’s intramural programs,...

Students work out in OPake Recreation Center on a Monday night. PHOTO: Mitchell Shields 22

O’Pake renovations still years out

Eddie Daou October 8, 2019

After the university’s latest master plan was released last spring, community members began buzzing about what they welcomed as a much needed upgrade to campus: renovations to the O’Pake Recreation...

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