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Jack Ramsay The ultimate teacher GARRETT MILEY ’15 Editor-in-Chief

Former Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball player, coach, and athletic director, Jack Ramsay, Ph.D., ’49, lost his battle with cancer on Monday at the age of 89.

Ramsay’s impact on the Saint Joseph’s community, his teammates, his players, and the game of basketball are difficult to quantify and convey in words. He became a Hawk in the late 1940s, attending the university and playing basketball for coach Bill Ferguson.

It was in 1955 when the face of St. Joe’s basketball changed forever. Ramsay took over as head coach and worked on Hawk Hill for 11 seasons, amassing a 234- 72 record. Prior to his arrival, St. Joe’s had never qualified for the NCAA Tournament, but Ramsay was able to lead the Hawks to five straight NCAA Tournament appearances, which remains a school record.

The deepest postseason run in St. Joe’s history, and arguably their greatest season ever, Ramsay’s 1961 team reached the NCAA Final Four. However, despite all of his success on the court, Ramsay will always be known as more than just a basketball coach.

“He had an aura about him; it’s mythical in a way,” St. Joe’s men’s basketball Head Coach Phil Martelli said of Ramsay. “He walked and you found yourself riveted on where he was going and what he had to say. None of this has anything to do with coaching – it has to do with life.

He’s a hall of fame coach, but the person that he is, and the lessons that he left, and the teacher that he is, he left a lot more here than just a record in basketball.”

Martelli said that the number one lesson that Ramsay taught to those around him was the ability to listen; some-

The clock is ticking ERIN RAFTERY ’15 News Editor

Budget proposals due by May 2 BOT meeting

As the clock winds down on the academic year, administrators, faculty, and staff at Saint Joseph’s University are on a time crunch to propose budget recommendations to the Board of Trustees at their May 2 meeting.

A few key budget issues are still undecided, such as health care, long term care, salary, and employee benefits.

Proposals for all of these issues were presented at a Budgetary Advisory Committee meeting on April 14 from the Advisory Board on Faculty Compensation, the Personal Compensation Committee, and Brice Wachterhauser, Ph.D., university provost.

Wachterhauser sent out an email on April 15 due to the incomplete state of the budget in which he stated that letters of appointment for faculty members would not be sent out by April 15 this year, but

would be sent out no later than May 5, after the May 2 BOT meeting, However, this is in violation of the Faculty Handbook, which states that letters of appointment must be sent out by April 15.

“It just means they don’t have the information. I mean, an appointment letter usually comes with a salary or else it’s not much of a letter, and the salaries haven’t been approved by the board yet, and that’s all that is,” said Joseph Lunardi, associate vice president of marketing communications.

The entire budget process for FY15 has been delayed. According to William McDevitt, J.D., associate professor of management and co-chair of ABFC, the budget for the following fiscal year is usually finalized by January.

Continued BUDGET, pg. 3

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thing that he believed our society has lost in general. He was soft spoken in nature, but if you ask athletic director Don DiJulia, ’67, Ramsay was the fiercest competitor.

“If you thought practice was hard, if he selected you to play one-on-one after practice, you knew that was going to be the hardest part of your day,” DiJulia said.

“He’s had an impact on many people over the years, and many people that played with and for him went on to be coaches.”

One of those former players who later went on to become a coach was Jim Lynam, ’63. A three-year starter under Ramsay, Lynam’s career was set in motion after an apprenticeship as a coach under the legendary basketball mind.

Continued RAMSAY, pg. 14

Specialized freshman course caps reduced

Course cap rollbacks relieve faculty and incoming freshmen

CAT COYLE ’16 Managing Editor

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One budget rollout has rolled right back

On April 22, University Provost Brice Wachterhauser, Ph.D., notified faculty members that part of the course-capping plan for the 2014-2015 academic year has been reconsidered and altered.

In early March, the university faculty was notified that course caps would be increased due to a restricted budget and increased freshman enrollment.

As part of the new plan, the average class size of lecture-based courses in undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and Erivan K. Haub School of Business (HSB) would not be allowed to drop below 30 students per class.

Any signature core courses in philos-

ophy and theology would be set at 33 students, and all signature core history courses would be capped at 35. These caps were previously set at 30 students per class.

First-year service learning course caps would be set at 25, upper-level service learning courses would be capped at 30, and first year seminar courses would be capped at 25.

The first-level English course, Craft of Language, and all writing-intensive caps would be set at 22. In previous years, the caps set for all of these courses was 20 students per section.

A collective sigh of relief was heard throughout campus when an announcement came last week stating that parts of these new mandates were to be adjusted.

Continued COURSE CAPS, pg. 3

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Department of Public Safety Reports April 13 Public Safety was notified in regards to person(s) unknown damaging a water fountain on the first floor of Sourin Residence Center. Public Safety officers responded. Facilities Management was notified.

April 14

Public Safety was notified in regards to person(s) unknown damaging a liquid soap dispenser on the fifth floor of LaFarge Residence Center. Public Safety officers responded. Facilities Management was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a found wallet inside a classroom at Merion hall.

Public Safety secured the wallet. Student was notified.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student of being approached by a suspicious male near the area of City Avenue & Cardinal Avenue. Public Safety Officer and Philadelphia Police were notified. A search of the area resulted in negative results.

April 15 Public Safety was notified of an alcohol confiscation in LaFarge Residence Center. Public Safety officers responded and confiscated the alcohol. Residence Life was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm

inside of Lannon Hall. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed an electrical closet overheating. Facilities Management was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside of Lancaster Court Hastings. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed person(s) unknown discharging a fire extinguisher.

Facilities Management was notified.

April 16 Public Safety was notified in regards to person(s) unknown damaging an electrical box near Sweeney Field. Public Safety Officers responded. Facilities Management was notified.

Drexel University. The student did not require medical attention. Incident is under investigation.

April 19 Public Safety was notified of person(s) unknown damaging a second floor bathroom and kitchen in Xavier Hall. Residence Life was notified.

April 20 No incidents to report.

April 21 No incidents to report.

April 17

April 22

Public Safety was notified of person(s) unknown throwing trash in the parking lot of Ashwood Apartments. Residence Life was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a student refusing a bag check at the McShain Residence Center. Residence Life was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside of the Morris Quad Townhouses.

Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed a student cooking activated an alarm. Facilities Management was notified.

Public Safety was notified of person(s) unknown throwing trash in the driveway of Sullivan Hall. Residence Life was notified.

April 18 Public Safety was notified in regards to a St. Joe’s student being assaulted while at

April 23 Public Safety was notified of a group of St. Joe’s students drinking beer on the fifth floor of the Hawks Landing Garage. Public Safety officers and Philadel-

(Apr. 13-Apr. 24) phia Police responded and dispersed the group.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside of the Sourin Residence Center.

Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed person(s) unknown discharging a fire extinguisher.

Facilities Management was notified.

April 24 Public Safety was notified in regards to person(s) unknown damaging an emergency phone in Merion Hall. Facilities Management was notified.

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Freshmen will continue to have small class sizes Continued COURSE CAPS from pg. 1 Wachterhauser notified faculty members that University President C. Kevin Gillespie, ’72, S.J., had approved a new course cap for all Craft of Language courses, writing intensive courses, first year service learning courses, and first year seminars. The recommendation approved by Gillespie was made by the provost and the academic deans, and state that the courses listed above should have their caps reset to 20 students per section.

“I think that the administration heard from numerous faculty members about this issue,” said Robert Moore, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and Faculty Senate president. “Many faculty spoke loudly and clearly that this was the wrong way to go, and the fact that [the administration] reconsidered and brought [course caps] back down, at least somewhat, is a sign that they heard the concerns of the faculty involved.”

Although affected faculty members are encouraged by this development, many still have concerns about the mandates that were not lifted.

As part of the new course-capping plan, the dean will review all classes with less than 18 students, and sections with fewer than eight students will be cancelled unless the section is required for students to be able to complete their degree on time.

Those required sections with less than eight students will still run, but they will be treated as tutorials, not classes. This means they will not be part of a faculty member’s base teaching load, or primary three classes, so the faculty members that are still willing to teach them will have to do so as an add-on fourth course.

Due to budgetary restrictions, the university has communicated that the total compensation for these tutorial sections will be $500. Some professors are frustrated that these smaller tutorials would be seen as an overload course when they may in fact take just as much of their time as their other three courses.

“I think it’s completely inappropriate,” said Susan Liebell, Ph.D., assistant professor of

BAC currently reviewing budgetary recommendations Continued BUDGET, from pg. 1 The budget process for the ABFC and administrators, represented by Wachterhauser, begins by sending a joint or separate proposal to the BAC. PCompCom also makes proposals to BAC; BAC then creates recommendations that are sent to the president. And finally, the president then makes recommendations to be approved by the BOT. This year, there has been some initial disagreement between the administration and faculty members.

According to Catherine Murray, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and co-chair of ABFC, in his proposal to the BAC, Wachterhauser originally proposed eliminating the university contribution to the long term care plan; however, the final administration proposal has not changed this benefit.

According to Murray, the details of the health care plan are being adjusted as well.

This year, employees had two health care options. They could either use a high deductible personal choice plan or a HMO (Health Maintenance Organization). A high deductible plan requires members who are single to pay $1,500 up front, and members with a family to pay $3,000 up front.

The university has always given $750 to single employees; and to persuade employees to use the high deductible plan, this year the university gave $1,500 to people with families.

Murray is concerned, however, that the subsidies may be reduced.

“We used to have four plans, they wanted to reduce the number of plans...were they now to say, ‘We’re going to take back that subsidy,’ people would have no choice to go to the one plan which has no deductible, whereas before, people had a choice of two alternatives; so they kind of boxed us into a corner,” said Murray.

The university is also transitioning to a new external employee benefits company, Mercer effective May 1.

The ABFC is offering a few budgetary proposals to the BAC. According to McDevitt, they are proposing a 2.53 percent increase in salary. This can be broken down into 1.5 percent cost of living, .25 percent for regular merit, and .75 percent for high merit, the average being .5 percent. Another .53 percent is for promotions and structural adjustments. They are proposing no change in the retirement benefit.

Robert Moore, Ph.D., professor of sociology and president of Faculty Senate, expressed his concern that the budget will affect academics at St. Joe’s.

“Then there is a whole host of other issues that are affected by the budget. If the budget assumes, for example, course caps are a certain size, and the budget assumes that faculty will have ‘x’ number of contact hours per year regardless of the classes that they teach and just academics in general, the whole academic side of the house is affected by the budget,” said Moore.

political science. “If classes are required for students, then you need to pay the people who are qualified to teach them. It’s appropriate to offer people $500 to teach an independent study, but to teach a class? I have to produce a syllabus and assignments whether there is eight or there is 40 students… you’re stretching everybody so thin that I think you’re going to end up with a lack of quality in all the venues, research and teaching.”

Joseph Lunardi, associate vice president of communications, explained that the changes are all within the parameters of the faculty handbook. The handbook states that faculty members should normally expect to teach 90-110 students per semester, equating 270-330 contact hours per semester. Lunardi said that this standard will be maintained despite the increase in the course caps compared to previous years.

“There is a faculty handbook which sets pretty defined guidelines for student contact hours for faculty, but what has been presented to the Board and others is that the current faculty is below all of those measures,” said Lunardi. “On average, faculty are not all teaching to the currently stated number of student contact hours, and that is a good thing. In none of these scenarios of increased enrollment does it get above the line. No one in any department is asking any faculty member against their will to teach what’s in the handbook.”

Despite the legality of the course cap change, some worry about the impact the caps will have on the academic status and integrity of the institution.

Nicholas Paolizzi, ’15, student body president, expressed concern at the lack of university communication to students about the course cap change.

“I don’t think there has been much communication about the decrease at all,” said Paolizzi. “I think that it’s good that [the administration] is actively listening to the faculty and using their feedback to make revision to their decisions.”

Both faculty and students express a hope for continued review and adjustment of university plans to rectify budget issues and makes financially sound decisions.

Associate deans will review fall class sizes before any schedules are finalized, but they cannot review freshman classes until early August. In the April 22 communication, Wachterhauser said that all course caps will now remain in place for the upcoming year, but the university budget and course caps will be reviewed for the 2015-2016 school year.

News Editor Erin Raftery, ’15, contributed interviews to this story

2.53 Proposed percent increase in faculty compensation

1.5%

Cost of living

0.53% Promotions/ Structural adjustments

0.5% Merit (average)

Moore also officially resigned from his position from the BAC after the April 14 BAC meeting, due to his concern that the process did not allow for significant faculty input in the budget for FY15.

“I did not wish to participate in a process that would or could be seen to provide legitimacy to a budget that I had no input into, and so I resigned from the BAC,” said Moore.

Nicholas Paolizzi, ’15, student body president, explained how the BAC process was challenging because of its rushed nature.

“It was not an ideal situation. It was very overwhelming to be called in and to be told ‘You have two weeks. We’re going to meet ‘x’ amount of times, and give you all the information you need, and then you need to make your recommendations so we can then get a consensus for the committee.’ It was a very, very challenging task,” said Paolizzi.

The budget process is currently in the hands of the BAC, who are still deliberating on their recommendations, which will go to the president before being reviewed by the BOT. As the budget process continues to be negotiated, Lunardi emphasized that the university cannot afford to fund everything, and that the main budget concerns are to keep tuition at the inflation rate and enroll a class by giving them sufficient financial aid.

“Obviously you want to say yes to everything, but that’s not going to happen. You want to be able to fund 100 percent of everyone’s health insurance, but that’s not going to happen,” said Lunardi. “We’ve moved away from that.”

In addition, University President C. Kevin Gillespie, S.J., ’72, sent out an email on April 8 regarding the budget.

He discussed how the university will budget a three percent operating margin, or in other words, a surplus of roughly $6 million to sustain our bond rating; our budget will grow at a rate of 1.5 percent.

Gillespie stated that there may have to be $4 million in expense reductions for discretionary expenses next year. Discretionary expenses are not necessary, but are helpful – they include funding guest speakers, for example.

The budget continues to be negotiated and finalized, but administrators will present budget recommendations at the May 2 Board of Trustees meeting. There, the budget for the next fiscal year will be finalized, although it is subject to change.

University Provost, Brice Wachterhauser, Ph.D., University President C. Kevin Gillespie, S.J., ’72, and vice president of financial affairs, Louis Mayer, ’79, Ph.D., were all unavailable to comment

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Green Fund gains approval for solar panels Hagan Arena is top contender for newly installed solar panels EVAN MCKERNON ’16 Hawk Staff Due to the former Saint Joseph’s University president Timothy Lannon, S.J., calling for what has now become the SJU Sustainability Committee, which may bring the installation of solar panels and has previously brought successful recycling challenges to the St. Joe’s campus, the university is making strides to becoming an ecologically friendly place.

The SJU Sustainability Committee is a collection of administrators from several groups that encourage and promote ecological awareness as well as host projects on campus. These groups include recycling, organized by Mary Feeney, administrative assistant of biology and chair of the recycling program, and energy, overseen by Kevin Kane, director of facilities management.

The recycling program has successfully increased recycling across campus, from the newly installed recycling bins in every freshman dorm room to the recycling competition across administrative, academic, and residential buildings.

According to Feeney, the recycling program was recently in the RecycleMania competition, and placed 81st out of 460 universities across the nation.

In addition, the program won first place in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

“It’s the small ways in which they [students] participate, it doesn’t hinder anyone’s lifestyles; they’re able to do something without really going out of the way,” says Feeney.

The energy committee is currently planning to install solar panels this summer. The project was proposed by Michael McCann, Ph.D., associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and chair of the Sustainability Committee, and was approved by the Green Fund.

According to Kane, a group of engineers is currently conducting a feasibility study, in which they will determine which building on campus is the best candidate for solar panels. This is based on how much sunlight the roof of a particular building gets, which can be affected by tree growth and cover of nearby buildings. Right now, the top contender is Hagan Arena; however, nothing is set in stone.

“I think this will bring an awareness

to the community… and good press for the university,” said Kane.

These solar panels will be able to produce two kilowatts of energy, which will be used to generate power for educational purposes and open the door for more ecologically friendly tools across campus.

Solar panels are scalable, so there is potential to add additional panels after the initial panels have been installed.

These new solar panels would decrease the cost, however small it may be, of running the building upon which they are installed, and will most likely be used for emergency lighting.

The Green Fund, which plays a major role in this project, is a student-run organization that promotes and approves funding of ecologically-friendly activities and programs on campus.

Dylan Skwira, ’16, moderator of the Green Fund, explained the fiscal aspect of the solar panels. The initial investment was $20,000 on behalf of the Green Fund, an additional $6,000 was received from an anonymous donor, and a $3,000 grant was given from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Studies.

“The big project this year was the solar panels…That’s going towards education of the entire student body,” said Skwira.

For those students who are interested in becoming academically involved with the environment, the Institute for Environmental Stewardship on campus was formalized this academic year, and will offer Jesuit perspectives on both food and water issues.

According to McCann, some of many of the successful projects that make St. Joe’s a more ecologically-friendly university are the insulated glass windows, high efficiency fluorescent and LED light fixtures, vegetative roof systems on the Science Center and Post-Learning Commons, rain gardens to capture storm water, and recovery of used fryer oil in Campion Dining Hall and Dining Court by an outside company to make biodiesel fuel. Solar panels may be the next addition to this already impressive list of environmentally conscious improvements.

Marketing class analyzes campus cheating culture Student research reveals LEIGH ANNE TIFFANY ’15 Hawk Staff

Student research at Saint Joseph’s Uni- selves. versity has revealed that while 70 percent of Kasey McKenna, ’14, one of the stustudents admit to having cheated on exams, dent researchers, says these findings relate only 10 percent of faculty have reported en- to a phenomenon known as the “cheating countering academic dishonesty here at St. chain.”

Joe’s.

“When another student sees a peer Students in Marketing Strategy, a cap- cheating, they are more likely to then cheat stone course taken by all marketing majors themselves because they think that it is unand minors, conducted research projects ex- fair that another student has an advantage amining the different factors that comprise over them, and believe that they should be cheating and plagiarism in order to develop allowed to have the same advantage,” McKan Integrated Marketing Communications enna explains. plan that encourages a culture of academic From these results found, the students integrity on campus. collaborated to create a plan to develop a Janée Burkhalter, Ph.D., assistant pro- culture of academic integrity here at St. Joe’s. fessor of marketing and the lead investigator One suggestion was for professors to for the Marketing Strategy course, formed remind students regularly of the Academic the research endeavor when she noticed a Honesty Policy through discussions on the lack of student perspective on the issue af- meaning of academic integrity by having ter joining the Academic Integrity Council students sign papers to indicate they did not (AIC). plagiarize, and placing bags and electronics “I am always looking for interesting… at the front of the room before exams. projects that will allow my students to conAnother recommendation was to intenect the course to grate academic integthe ‘real world,’” Bur- 60 percent of students reported rity into student life khalter says. “Since that they get mad when they see through student-led these are seniors, another student cheat, but 58 per- discussions at freshI thought…that it man orientation cent of those students who get would give them a and other key events chance to impact mad will then cheat themselves. throughout the year. other Hawks.”

Faith Vaccaro, Each research ’14, another student group conducted on-the-street interviews, researcher, put this plan into action through similar to those on “The Tonight Show with the “Because I’m a Hawk” campaign. “Our Jay Leno,” in order to ask their questions on goal was to make this [academic integrity] academic integrity to their target audience seem as natural as the feeling of being a of students and faculty.

Hawk,” Vaccaro says. “Above all, our camThese interviews, along with primary paign was focused on making academic and secondary research done through focus integrity align seamlessly with our Jesuit groups and fielded studies, revealed a much identity.” more prevalent issue with academic integriThe students presented the results from ty than anticipated. their research and their Integrated Mar“I am constantly hearing stories of ac- keting Communications plan to the AIC, ademic dishonesty from colleagues,” Bur- which works to educate the school commukhalter shares. “However, I didn’t know the nity about academic integrity and enforce issue was as widespread as what the students the Academic Honesty Policy. uncovered.”

In addition to the findings on academThe research showed that while only ic dishonesty itself, the student researchers a small number of faculty reported notic- also found that 60 percent of students were ing cheating in their classes, 90 percent of not familiar with the job of the AIC. teachers sit in the front of the classroom Brendan Ryan, ’14, a student researcher during exams, not walking around the room who presented for the AIC, says the Council looking for signs of cheating. was taken aback by the ineffectiveness of the “I think this project is important for anti-cheating posters in classrooms. “The faculty to know about because the findings AIC is open to new ideas to reach students, indicate that we are grossly mistaken re- but sometimes does not really understand garding the level of academic dishonesty on what goes on and how easy it is to cheat at campus,” Burkhalter said.

St. Joe’s,” Ryan said.

In addition, 60 percent of students reIn the end, the final decision of whether ported that they get mad when they see an- or not to accept a culture of academic integother student cheat, but 58 percent of those rity lies with the students themselves. students who get mad will then cheat them-

Money missing from management department’s account KATRYNA PERERA ’16 Assistant News Editor

When donations are made to a specific department or academic program at Saint Joseph’s University, the donated money is put into each department’s corresponding account, referred to as a 2410 account. The money in these 2410 accounts is primarily comprised of donations, but can also come from other sources such as revenue sharing from external consulting and various other projects.

According to Claire Simmers, Ph.D., chair of management, the 2410 accounts are like savings accounts, and the money held in them should roll over from year to year.

The funds held in the 2410 accounts belongs to each respective department and is used for various purposes and projects, especially those that occur outside the classroom.

“If you want to have guest speakers or if you want

surprising results on academic integrity

Designated funds transferred out without notice

to have a reception, if you want to give end of the year awards, if you want to have a membership to a professional association, all extracurricular activities to support the students, you could use that money,” said Simmers.

But recently, the management department found that its 2410 account money is either inaccessible or has been transferred out of the account.

Simmers explained that when she took over as chair of the department, she was aware of the amount of money in the account; she was not sure where the money came from, but assumed it was from external consulting and donations.

Simmers went on to explain, however, that sometime in November of 2013 when she went to look at the accounts and the budget, the numbers didn’t match up.

“So we had an idea of what money was coming in,” she explained. “But when we went to the budget accounts, we tried to match what we knew we got from development and what we spent…we subtracted the two and we could never find the matching.”

After trying and failing to reconcile the sums, Simmers began to question members of the administration, Office of Financial Affairs, and others involved with designated funds and 2410 accounts as to where the money belonging in the management account was, and where it had gone, but could not find an explanation. “They don’t know,” Simmers said. “The response has been ‘We don’t know’ or ‘Talk to this person.’”

Additionally, Simmers explained that during the pg. 5 Continued 2410,

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Conversation begins University responds to Gillespie’s proposals Dear Members of the SJU Community, Last week I spent several days meeting with state legislators and other officials, many of whom expressed concerns about the ways in which government budgets restrict their operations, reduce the attainment of priorities and adjust the state’s fiscal year goals and purposes. I readily identified with their concerns and dilemmas, and voiced my own as they applied to how budgets are often similarly restricted at colleges and universities.

The legislators, a fair number of them SJU alumni, nevertheless believe as I do that there are ways to tackle our respective budget challenges. Here are several that I am proposing as they apply to Saint Joseph’s for the 2014-15 academic year: • SJU will develop its overall budget to include a 3% operating margin. This is the low end of the expected 3-5% range normally associated with fiscally healthy colleges and universities, but one that allows our overall expense base to continue growing at a modest rate of 1.5%.

• As our total fixed costs – including salaries, benefits, facilities maintenance, service contracts, etc. – continue to increase faster than additional revenue is realized, we may have to reduce discretionary expenses by up to $4M. However, before any new budget actions are considered, the Provost and Deans will recommend to me core components of the academic affairs budget that should be excluded from this process. My priority in any scenario will be to maintain academic quality via the essential faculty-student experience, especially for incoming freshmen. So I have asked the Provost and the Deans to work with faculty on an affordable plan to roll back some of the recent course cap increases to lessen any potentially negative impact on the first-year experience.

• I will be recommending a contingency reserve of $4M, which is approximately 2% of the operating budget and consistent with prudent financial practice. This action should also minimize the risk of significant budget adjustments during the year.

• The budgeted undergraduate enrollment level for Fall 2014 is now 1,400 freshmen and 100 transfer students. While it is still very possible for us to enroll a larger class, we have admitted only those applicants who can succeed at Saint Joseph’s.

From all indications, the quality of the Class of 2018 is nearly identical to that of prior years. The average GPA for students admitted for Fall 2014 is 3.54, compared to 3.56 for Fall 2013. Of the 82.5% of admitted students who opted to submit standardized test scores, the average SAT is 1165 (compared to 1160 for Fall 2013 admission, when all applicants were required to submit test scores).

Allow me to further note that the ongoing state of the economy has prompted an increase in the financial aid budget from $60M to $77M over the last three years. Next year, the amount of financial aid awarded is expected to increase another 12% to more than $86M. There is simply no easy way to work around that critical expense. So while we strive for wider representation in the budget development process, please understand that financial aid spending – and thus the budget itself – is not expected to normalize under current market conditions until the year after next.

To assess these assumptions from a faculty perspective, I am charging the Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) with reviewing these top-level financial assumptions for FY15. Moreover, the BAC will advise me on the salary and benefit recommendation made by the Advisory Board on Faculty Compensation and the Personnel Compensation Committee.

My final recommendations on the overall budget will go to the Board of Trustees on May 2. Although it may take a period of time after the May meeting to finalize all divisional and departmental budgets, enrollment and revenue projections will be closely monitored throughout the summer to track progress to the overall budget goals approved by the Board.

In the meantime, I am encouraged by the valuable feedback offered last month by the entire University community to the visiting Middle States team. We may differ at times on the most effective ways in which to deliver the Saint Joseph’s experience to our students, but it is clear the passion and dedication to that mission never wavers.

I am also impressed by the shared governance activities surrounding proposals recently submitted by the University Council. The proposals include the following new academic initiatives: an Entertainment Marketing major; a major in Information Technology; a minor in Justice, Ethics and the Law; a major in Secondary Education; a double major in Biology and Secondary Education; a major in Linguistics; and a minor in Creative Writing. In approving all of these programs, I commend those faculty who participated for their ongoing commitment to curricular innovation that better serves our students, enhances institutional competiveness and promotes the overall mission of Saint Joseph’s University.

Finally, allow me to note that for so many of us, it has been quite a long winter. While some challenging days and decisions remain, I am hopeful that with the arrival of spring we are planting a clearer understanding of our shared purpose and cultivating effective methods through which they will come to fruition.

Sincerely, C. Kevin Gillespie, S.J., ’72 President

News | 5 As the university community continues to debate several administrative decisions made this semester, University President C. Kevin Gillespie, S.J., ’72, has responded with several suggestions for moving forward in an email on April 8, 2014. These proposals have begun a conversation on campus about where the university must move next.

This three percent equals a roughly $6 million surplus that is necessary to keep our bond rating.

--Joseph Lunardi, associate vice president of marketing communications “Another way to look at it might be, you can’t spend what you don’t have. So if it was $20 million being cut, some exorbitant number you couldn’t help but impact negatively the experience, and this is where we get in trouble a little bit; but it doesn’t seemed to have come across very well and that is, in this past year’s budget reductions there already was a disproportionate reduction of non-academic expenses.”

--Lunardi “What I’ve seen does not look drastic. I’ve seen changes in multiple, like four students, and I’m not minimizing that teaching an extra four students isn’t significant, but the reality is that’s the way the higher ed industry is going because of the economics of the nation, not because an administrator decided that a faculty member should work harder.”

--Lunardi “First of all, they have to make a realistic estimate of revenue, which means they have to make a realistic estimate of the number of students who will come here. I think that they could cut some administrative expenses without loss of function to the place, without loss of efficiency. There are a lot of administrators in this place, there are a ton of administrators, and they are all making a lot of money.”

--George Webster, associate professor of finance “I think they wisely budgeted at 1,400...the Board listened and essentially took 1,500 off the table.”

--Lunardi “The administrators here have decided it’s better to get $5,000 less from a student than to not get that student, because without students we don’t have [a university]. All of this grinding with shortfall and cuts over the last three years, which is going to exist for one more year, then every student, all four classes, will have gone from that average financial aid from $11,000 to $16,000.”

--Lunardi “A lot of the problems that the university has faced over the years, I believe, stem from the fact that we are a tuition driven university... decisions could have been made 50 years ago that could have put us in a different situation.”

--William McDevitt, J.D., associate professor of mangement, co“I truly did not understand how it would be possible for members of the BAC to have meaningful input into this budget when it was due to the Board in less than three weeks… I did not wish to participate in a process that would or could be seen to provide legitimacy to a budget that I had no input into and so I resigned from the BAC.” --Rob Moore, Ph.D., president of faculty senate

Management department continues to seek answers about missing funds Continued 2410, from pg. 4 Additionally, Simmers explained that during the months of December 2013 and January 2014, when the university was dealing with financial issues, a plan was set in motion to move money into the university’s endowment. The university’s endowment is legally restricted, meaning once money is transferred into it, the funds can no longer be touched.

Simmers said they are aware that donations to the department that have come in, but the department has yet to receive the funds; she doesn’t know where that money is.

Additionally, some faculty from the Haub School of Business, including Simmers, decided to conduct some external consulting, but explained that the revenue that was accumulated from the consulting was never found.

Simmers went on to explain, however, that the money was eventually made up by the dean and given to them. The management department received $4,000, but when Simmers went to check the account some time later, some money was once again missing.

“Someone took $2,000,” she said.

Money has continued to be taken or simply not transferred into academic departments’ accounts throughout the school year. Simmers said of the management department, “To this day we are missing about $17,000 that we can’t find.”

However, according to an email from Joseph Lunardi, associate vice president of marketing and communications, the issue of 2410 accounts was resolved several weeks ago.

“The deans of each school made determinations of what funds could and should be spent in the current year, what funds would be placed into endowment, and what funds could not be spent given overall budget reduction targets,” said Lunardi.

When asked what he thought about the recent situation with the 2410 accounts, Dennis McNally, S.J., Ph.D., chair of the art department, said, “There is a sense that someone is working to make sure the academics don’t get their hands on too much money.”

Simmers also went on to explain that because of these recent mishaps, faculty members have begun asking donors to legally restrict their donations.

“What we have told the board members is please make sure if you want [donated money] to come to us that you restrict it [legally], that you do not just make it designated, because it will not come to us in the current situation,” said Simmers.

The management department continues to investigate the $17,000 that is still missing from their accounts.

Jeanne Brady, Ph.D., interim dean of the college of arts and sciences and Joseph DiAngelo, Ed.D., dean of the Haub School of Business were both unavailable to comment.

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April 30, 2014

The Hawk

Editorial

Developing a vision for our future Editor in Chief Garrett Miley ’15 MANAGING EDITOR Cat Coyle ’16 COPY CHIEF Molly Grab ’17 Business Director Teddy Ryan ’16 Faculty Adviser Dan Reimold News editor Erin Raftery ’15 ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Katryna Perera ’16 OPINIONS EDITOR Joseph Cerrone ’14 FEATURES EDITOR Connie Lunanova ’16 Karen Funaro ’16 A&E EDITOR Caoimhe Nagle ’15 FASHION EDITOR Gillian Murphy ’14 FOOD EDITOR Amanda Murphy ’14 HEALTH EDITOR Gianna Melendez ’16 SPORTS EDITOR C.J. DeMille ’16 ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Nate Vancil ’16 LAYOUT EDITOR Andrew Nguyen ’17 PHOTO EDITOR Shannon Adams ’16

By reasserting our shared identity we can move forward to a brighter future As the final days of the semester slip away, it can seem attractive to reexamine the many events that have transpired at Saint Joseph’s University over the past several months. There is a strong temptation to bemoan the numerous failures and crises that have plagued Hawk Hill, offering justified criticisms of what has truly been a disastrous time for our community.

Although enticing, there is one problem with this approach—it is too easy.

In our previous editorial comments, we have firmly and clearly asserted our opposition to the current direction of the university and our serious doubts about our leaders’ willingness and ability to offer realistic solutions to our many troubles. Nevertheless, instead of belaboring the same points once again, we would instead like to end the semester with our own vision of what St. Joe’s is at heart and what it has the potential to be.

Our vision is not based on unfamiliar concepts or unrealistic expectations.

Rather, it uses as its keystone, several features that are commonly found in descriptions of our campus. Our identity as a liberal arts university and a community founded in the Jesuit tradition is at the core of who we are; therefore, we believe that reclaiming their meaning will offer us an ideal path to the future.

Although asserting our identity as a liberal arts university may at first appear to be stating the obvious, making clear what this phrase actually means is essential to preparing a way forward. As a university, we are committed to supporting an intellectually stimulating environment—one that encourages faculty research, provides a variety of academic programs to students, and inspires in all our members an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. Yet our academic mission goes beyond just scholastic excellence—our liberal arts identity demands that we promote a broad range of academic areas, regardless of how profitable they are.

While the modern job marketplace may not always appreciate this area, the study of the liberal arts is essential in educating well-rounded citizens, imparting transferable skills, widening our horizons, and deepening our personal identities. Regardless of the financial and market pressures our university may face, our mission as an academic institution is foundational

to who we are and cannot be sacrificed.

We also often describe our campus as a community, but the frequency of this term’s usage does not mean it is easily understood. By community, we are indicating an association of people who have shared interests, rights, and responsibilities. The strength of our community completely depends on the opportunities for all members to freely voice their opinions, take part in decision-making processes, and interact with each other in a respectful and constructive dialogue. This notion of community has been severely weakened this past semester, but we believe it can be restored.

Although numerous possible solutions exist, two we propose include distributing more frequent communications with students regarding the state of the university and establishing regular town hall meetings to bring together administrators, faculty, and students to discuss the issues we face.

Recognizing our communal character also requires us to acknowledge that we are a part of the larger Philadelphia community. Through service opportunities and daily exchanges, many St. Joe’s students interact with our neighbors and leave the bubble that often encircles college campuses. By taking an interest in others, both our fellow Hawks and our neighbors, we can develop a stronger and more evident sense of community.

This discussion of our identity would be incomplete if it did not address our Jesuit tradition, which is the bedrock of our history and mission.

As students and professors of a Jesuit institution, we are called to question everything and engage in a hands-on approach to our education that places it in the context of the wider world. We are inspired by the magis to promote the greater good and find God in all things. We are called to live the “cura personalis” and care for the whole person—taking care of our intellectual, personal, social, emotional, physical and spiritual needs. As “men and women, with and for others,” we are commissioned to care for others and live in solidarity with those less fortunate than ourselves. This Jesuit identity is what makes us distinctive, what makes us unique, what makes us Saint Joseph’s University.

Despite the variety of perspectives and opinions of various sectors of our university community, we should be able to unite around this definition of our identity and mission. A shared sense of who we are will not only provide unity in our present circumstances, but also unite us to Hawks past, present, and future. Drawing confidence from the value of our identity as a liberal arts university founded in the Jesuit tradition, let’s get to work and develop a better vision for our future.

—The Hawk Staff

Letter to the Editor

Hot/Not

Response to IHS article

on Hawk Hill

To the editor:

HOT

Relay for Life brings fight against cancer to Hawk Hill For the third year in a row, members of the Saint Joseph’s University community gathered together for the Relay for Life, a nightlong fundraiser to raise money for cancer research and support those who have experienced the effects of this disease. Held in the Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena on Sat., April 25 with approximately 60 participating teams, the night included music, games, survivors’ stories, and a 12-hour walk-a-thon. The night was inspirational and reflective for all those in attendance.

Certain course caps to decrease After a decision earlier this semester to increase course caps drew heavy criticism from students and faculty, the administration has backed off of some of the proposed changes. In particular, the cap for first year seminars, writing intensive courses, service-learning classes, and ENG 101 Craft of Language has been returned to 20 students, down from previously increased levels. Although more must be done to implement across-the-board reductions in course caps, this is a positive step in the right direction.

NOT Constructive Day causes confusion among some Although it was previously scheduled to make up for the Monday classes missed during the spring semester due to holidays, the Constructive Monday to be held on Thurs., May 1 has still caused confusion and frustration among some students and faculty. Various professors have chosen to not hold courses on this day, while many students were not aware of this feature of the schedule. Although the desire to ensure that classes held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday meet enough times, using a Thursday to rectify this situation can be difficult for students who have internships or professors who may work at other universities. In the future, a more proactive ad campaign for this policy should be adopted to notify the university community.

The Hawk recently published an article entitled “Interdisciplinary Health Services: Broad program requirements benefit some, dissatisfy others” with the continuation entitled, “Students interested in certain health sciences fields transfer.” Although the article was written with admirable intentions for helping a fellow student, this story may be misleading without the following important data.

Interdisciplinary Health Services has graduated hundreds of students over the past 18 years and the rates of job placement and graduate school admission has been exceptionally high. It has grown from one of the smallest majors in 1996 to its current state as one of the largest majors in the College of Arts and Sciences. Many healthcare organizations throughout these years have expressed their satisfaction with how well prepared they find our students in comparison to similar programs in the Philadelphia health care region. Most importantly, the overall retention rate for IHS majors is 99.2 percent, while the overall retention rate for all undergraduate majors at Saint Joseph’s University is 88 percent. This means that less than one percent of IHS majors transfer to other universities, while in comparison, 12 percent of all majors from St. Joe’s transfer to other universities.

Clearly, the retention rate of IHS majors at St. Joe’s is exemplary. Indeed, it is very unfortunate that a student may have been misadvised prior to entering the Interdisciplinary Health Services major at Saint Joseph’s University. However, the 99.2 percent retention rate in IHS as well as its long history of preparing students for positions in the health care field and for related graduate study in allied health speaks volumes on this issue.

Respectfully, Michelle Rowe, Ph.D. Past Founding Director, Interdisciplinary Health Services Professor of Health Services

April 30, 2014

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The Hawk

Letter to the Editor Faculty sabbaticals To the editor: I am writing to protest the recent decision made by the university to deny semester-long sabbaticals to almost two dozen deserving members of Saint Joseph’s University faculty, all of whom were recommended for sabbatical by the university’s Board on Faculty Research and Development for 2014-15. This decision, which saves little money and generates much ill will, frustration, and bad feeling, was a bad mistake (and should be rectified by our leaders, including President C. Kevin Gillespie, ’72, S.J., Senior Vice President John Smithson, ’68, Provost Brice Wachterhauser, Ph.D., and Chair of the Board of Trustees Robert Falese, ’69).

In order to recapture a limited amount of money, perhaps $200,000, the university has alienated a significant number of its senior faculty and prevented them from developing their scholarly production as members of a larger academic community. Their option now is to apply again next year, with no assurance that they won’t be turned down again; the present action suggests sabbaticals come only once in a career, and they’ve had their chance.

As someone who is at a similar stage as those denied, yet who applied in 2012 and not in 2013, I can attest to what my colleagues are having to give up. I spent my sabbatical last fall working in archives in another city on a new book-length project, as well as completing a lengthy manuscript and writing a textbook chapter. All of these efforts enhanced my position as a scholar, and if I had had to teach last semester (and prepare for teaching last summer) I would have been hard pressed to finish even a small amount of this work. I might add that my students are already learning from what I did on my sabbatical; like all my colleagues, my scholarship informs my teaching every day.

It seems that the administration and the Board of Trustees has little understanding of the focus and energy that teaching demands in the throes of an average semester; moreover, a classroom presence, and the preparation, advising, and grading of assignments that go with it all make it impossible to travel to archives, or to spend blocks of time researching or writing. It is for this reason that some schools provide a pre-tenure sabbatical. St. Joe’s does not, of course—but once a faculty member has made it through tenure, to inherit all the committee work, department leadership, and other obligations that descend on those in the middle ranks, regular sabbaticals are even more necessary to maintain momentum in one’s scholarship.

We have already seen our health premiums go up several times, as well as university contributions to our retirement go down. Our travel funds have been cut. Our compensation unquestionably has fallen owing to these measures, as others have well pointed out. Merit pay is also now largely a fiction, too. But this most recent step takes us beyond “mere” pecuniary cuts to faculty, and strikes at the very marrow of what we are as a scholarly community. In the wider academic world we inhabit, this policy will absolutely affect Saint Joseph’s University’s position as a respected institution. If faculty opportunities for research and publication are so limited, and sabbaticals are now placed in a “one– off ” situation, this will greatly undermine the university’s reputation as a place of scholarship. Certainly, faculty working toward promotion to full professor will be stopped in their tracks.

There are many places to cut $200,000, it seems to me, that would generate far less ill will, diminished morale, and lower productivity. I certainly hope that the administration will recognize this, and see a more active, positive path forward than this regressive step—and thus that our leaders will reverse the decision and grant sabbaticals to all those that the Board on Faculty Research and Development recommended as quickly as possible.

Yours, Katherine A. S. Sibley, Ph.D. And joining me in endorsing the letter are more than 50 colleagues: Mary Applegate, Ph.D. Lisa A. Baglione, Ph.D. John Berberian, Ph.D. Raquel Kennedy Bergen, Ph.D. Frank Bernt, Ph.D. Milica Bookman, Ph.D. James Carter, Ph.D. Judi Chapman, Ph.D. Nancy Childs, Ph.D. Peter Clark, S.J. Thomas Donahue, Ph.D. Joseph Feeney, S.J. Babak Forouraghi, Ph.D. Richard Fusco, Ph.D. Richard George, Ph.D. Owen Gilman, Ph.D. Melissa Goldthwaite, Ph.D. Ann Green, Ph.D. Eileen Grogan, Ph.D. Richard Herschel, Ph.D. Jonathan Hodgson, Ph.D. Karen Hogan, Ph.D. Maria Kefalas, Ph.D. Ronald Klimberg, Ph.D. Paul Klingsberg, Ph.D. Sally Kuykendall, Ph.D.

Althier M. Lazar, Ph.D. Graham Lee, Ph.D. Donald Leitner, Ph.D. April Lindner, Ph.D. John Lord, Ph.D. Maria Marsilio, Ph.D. John McCall, Ph.D. Vincent McCarthy, Ph.D. Ginette McManus, Ph.D. Dennis McNally, S.J. Jodi Mindell, Ph.D. Randall Miller, Ph.D. Todd Moody, Ph.D. Jo Alyson Parker, Ph.D. Joseph Ragan, Ph.D. Agnes Rash, Ph.D. Philip Schatz, Ph.D. Richard Sherman, Ph.D. Claire Simmers, Ph.D. Cathleen Spinelli, Ph.D. John Stanton, Ph.D. Samuel Smith, Ph.D. Michael Solomon, Ph.D. Kristopher Tapp, Ph.D. Richard Warren, Ph.D. David White, Ph.D.

My final installment A letter to my readers

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I wanted this column to be an embrace of everything that we are and we can be. I wanted it to be a place of empowerment, of education, of curiosity, of self-love, acceptance, and trust.”

CARINA ENSMINGER ’14 Hawk Staff

Dear readers, Well, it’s officially my last week of classes as an undergrad. Which means this will be my last installment of Womanifesto. Group sob altogether now. Or group cheer. But do me a favor and don’t tell me if it’s the latter.

As my college career draws to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about this column and how much it has come to define my year. Writing Womanifesto has truly been the most rewarding endeavor of my time at St. Joe’s. Truthfully, it is the legacy I am most proud of leaving behind.

So for my final installment, I want to tell you why I chose the name Womanifesto. I want to talk about what that phrase encompasses for me and what this column and your support have meant to me. So for one last time, please open your hearts and open your minds.

Womanifesto is a combination of the words “woman” and “manifesto.” It wasn’t just the convenient mash-up that attracted me to the title, but also the way in which I perceive these two words.

Let’s start with “manifesto.” Aside from reminding me of one of my favorite bands (Streetlight Manifesto, anyone?) it represents exactly what I wanted this column to be. I wanted this column to be a place where I explored the world around me from the lens of my gender studies minor. I wanted it to be my manifesto, a statement of who I am and what I believe. But more than just a statement of my views, I wanted it to be a chance for you all to engage with me and perhaps look at the world differently. Which brings me to the term “woman.”

Like so many things in our world, the word woman seems so simple. We use it every single day without thinking twice about what being a woman means. And I know this from experience. I have not always thought about gender in such depth. Hell, becoming a feminist was actually a bit of a 180 for me.

On one of my older sister’s college breaks, she came home wearing a t-shirt that said, “This is what a feminist looks like.” I was a junior in high school then, and I distinctly remember thinking, “Holy crap, my sister is a crazy insertthe-stereotype-of-your-choice-here feminist now.”

But that night we talked about her gender studies minor, what she was learning, what she was doing on her campus and in her community.

Did I understand and believe in everything she said at once? Dear God, no. But the important thing was that she sparked an interest in what was happening around me. She encouraged me to think of the world in a way that I never had before. She is a major reason why I am sitting here writing this article, and big reason I now believe the word “woman” encompasses so much more than we are taught to think.

There are women who wear dresses, and there are women who wear shirts and ties.

There are women who shave every day, and women who have never shaved in their lives.

There are women who have children and women who will never have children. There are women who have vaginas, women who have penises, and women who have a combination of the two. There are women who are black, are white, are Asian, and are Latina. There are women who sleep with men, with women, with whomever they like, or with no one at all.

When we look at our world and the immense and beautiful diversity therein, how can we justify defining people so narrowly? How can we as a society assert that to be a woman you must do this, wear this, be this? We can’t.

We can only say if you are a woman, then you are a woman. We can only say you are you, and I am me.

I wanted this column to embrace everything that we are and everything that we can be. I wanted it to be a place of empowerment, of education, of curiosity, of self-love, acceptance, and of trust. I hope I have achieved that. And I hope, perhaps, I have sparked something in you.

I never anticipated the success this column has had. I have only been given love and respect and positive feedback from you all. For that, I want to thank you. You have made writing this column such a joy.

And with that, go forth my loves and set the world on fire. Like the bras I torched last weekend.

Kidding.

Sincerely, Carina

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The Hawk

Moving forward and looking back JOSEPH CERRONE ’14 Opinions Editor

As opinions editor on The Hawk, I have rarely been accused of being at a loss for words. But as I sit here at my desk on our final production night of the semester, staring out into the Campion courtyard with my headphones in and hands poised above the keyboard, I find it difficult to write.

It may be that the barrage of essays and projects at the end of the semester has finally taken its toll on me, or that the inevitable symptoms of senioritis are beginning to kick in. Although these are both plausible explanations, I think it is something else—the fact that after four years on the newspaper, these words will be my last published in The Hawk.

Deciding what to write about for this last piece really wasn’t too difficult. With our mission to tell the everunfolding story of the Saint Joseph’s University community, I’ve already covered a wide range of issues. But one story I have yet to tell, and which I have waited a long time to

“I hope that all of you reading have found a place to call your own as well.”

Flying away to find your home WEIYI (DAWN) CAI ’15 Hawk Staff

I don’t know if you have ever felt the urge to express your sensations when you are traveling; it’s as if all the feelings hiding in your body start to magnify. It sure has happened to me. As I sit here on the train, gazing through the window upon the countryside of a foreign land, passing by the houses of people I will never meet, I start to think about my own home. I feel like a kite, attached to an invisible string extended from home. The further I go, the stronger the string pulls me back. It is when I am flying high and far away from home, but suddenly feel that pull from the string on my back, that I start to cry. I’m vulnerable, yet too proud to admit that I am homesick.

My home is roughly 8,000 kilometers from where I am now, and over 10,000 kilometers from Saint Joseph’s University; it is my third year away from home, and I am in the third continent in which I have lived. In the past three years, I have set foot in over 15 American states, seen marvelous Renaissance art in foreign museums, and have been blown away by the Alps. However, what really strikes me is the gradual realization that going away not only means seeing the world and expanding my own horizon, but also means understanding where I am from, what makes me who I am, and the reason why I left home.

When I was little, I always wondered why my home was

share, is the story of The Hawk and what it means to me.

Even though such a self-referential piece is unusual for a news organization, bear with me for a moment while I give you a glimpse behind the presses.

I’ll never forget the first time I walked up the 34 stairs that lead to The Hawk office to meet with my editor and receive my first assignment. As a timid freshman, I had no idea what would await me in our perch atop Simpson Hall.

There was no way for me to understand how this undefined space would soon turn into a familiar place filled with valuable lessons, treasured relationships, and unforgettable memories.

I was quickly thrown into the rush of writing, editing, and designing that goes into making each issue of the newspaper; at first a little overwhelming, I now count these experiences among the most educational during my four years on Hawk Hill.

As a staff writer I learned the basics of journalism—our ethical practices, office protocol, and belief that free speech and a well-educated population are invaluable facets of our society. It was as features editor that I gained a true appreciation for my role as a storyteller, and also developed my love affair with the Oxford comma. My time as managing editor brought with it the realization of the power of the press and the immense responsibility we have towards our readership each and every week. Now, as opinions editor, I have learned to facilitate collaboration and consensus in the composition of The Hawk’s weekly staff editorial—knowing that the words I put on a page are not just my own, but will represent the entire newspaper.

While these opportunities for personal growth have been strong motivators for me over the past several years,

Hangzhou, China, and why I always had to go back to it. I would hungrily read every sign on the highway and blindly desire the furthest destination; I would stare at the international departure board in the airport and wonder when I would be able to find out what all those places looked like.

Now I am used to sliding my passport through windows for checks and stamps, used to finding the next gate in different terminals. I seem to be living the life the 10-yearold me so desired; however, in the past three years I have been living with a shame that knocks on my door secretly at night. A shame that reminds me that I have left my family behind. It reminds me that my Chinese is getting worse every day. It reminds me I know so little about my roots.

However, that shame does not stop me from going further – instead, it motivates me to read more about the history of my homeland, to compare what I see around the world to where I am from, and now I finally realize that leaving is not denying. Being away from home gives me a new perspective, and makes me think more critically about everything I observe. I see China’s shadow while learning about Italy’s battle between conservation and innovation; I see that people’s distrust in government is not just China’s specialty; I see that the world is such a complicated place, and that “I like” and “I don’t like” are simply inadequate phrases that cannot express the emotions that a place makes you feel. I also get the sense that I rush to learn about other cultures while I don’t even really know my own. This is certainly a feeling I would not experience if I never left home.

It is the curse of human beings that once you grow accustomed to something, you stop appreciating it. Therefore, in order to keep your sensitivity acute, you have to remain aware. That is my reason for leaving home. Leaving home has unexpectedly brought me so much appreciation for the country that gives me black eyes and black hair, to the city I was born and raised in, and to my family, who have supported me all along. In the meantime, it has pushed me to go further to find the place that makes me want to settle down.

Home is the root that will always be there. The root

April 30, 2014

just as important in putting the newspaper together every week has been you, the reader. Your dedicated patronage week in and week out makes all of our efforts worth it; with your hands stained black with newspaper ink, you have continued to read, question, debate, dialogue, and prove that everyone has a story to tell.

But despite The Hawk’s professional endeavors, the newspaper has always been more of a home than an office for me. Long days and even longer nights with the same group of people has allowed our relationships to evolve and develop in a way I never believed possible. In my fellow editors I have found collaborators, motivators, mentors, role models, and friends. Our deep conversations in the office that have forced me to think critically about my life and the world around me, have confronted me with views and opinions that contrast to my own, and have allowed me to grow not only as a writer and a journalist, but as a person.

These amazing people have taught me the importance of humble leadership that does not revel in authority, but discards it in favor of collaboration, dialogue, and mutual respect. They have created an environment in which it is the norm to forgo personal gain and instead do what is in the interest of the entire team. As weeks turned into months and months into years, they taught me what it means to truly be a part of something bigger than myself, to do something I believe is intrinsically worthwhile – to be a part of a community of friends that embraces each other, trusts each other, teaches each other, and learns from each other.

I can’t even attempt to recount the ways in which The Hawk staff has affected my life, but I can say that they have taught me that people and experiences come into our lives for a reason. Sometimes we don’t expect it or understand it at the time, but in retrospect, it becomes clear how important they are to us.

Without a doubt, The Hawk has been a home for me during my time at St. Joe’s, and I hope that all of you reading have found a place to call your own as well. Whether it is through a Greek organization, sports team, service experience, or simply a group of roommates or friends, I hope Hawk Hill is no longer just a space for you, but a place that is full of memories and experiences. And years later, I hope you can look back on your St. Joe’s experience and make my final words your own, “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

from which the kite string on our back extends—it keeps us safe. However, there is no limit on how long the string can be. The only thing that matters is that however far away you fly, you never sever the string on your back. If, in the end, you wind up back at home, then this may have just been a game life plays.

Weiyi (Dawn) Cai, ’15, is a communication studies major and art minor. She is from Hangzhou, China and is currently studying in Florence, Italy.

April 30, 2014

‘Seek and ye shall find’ Stop settling and find the incredible

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The Hawk

We are our own worst enemies when it comes to settling.”

KATHERINE GRYGO ’16 Hawk Staff

If I were to ask if you are 100 percent happy with your life, what would you say? Would you be answering truthfully if you said you are happy with your college experience, your work ethic, and your relationships? If I asked you if you feel like you have settled for something in your life, would you tell me the truth? Maybe I am being skeptical, but I think you would tell me “No,” while in your head admitting, “Yes, I have.”

I do not want you to think you have been personally victimized

by Katherine Grygo after I have asked these questions. I don’t mean to cause deep, internal reflections or the questioning of facets of life, but I think that, to an extent, we are a generation of settlers. Every day, people are working dead-end jobs they cannot stand, spending time with people who leave us tired and filled with angst, and are in romantic relationships in which we are unsatisfied and ultimately end up resenting our partner.

My question is, why do we settle? Why do we not go out and find a job we are passionate about, friends who fill us with joy and cause us to cry from laughing so hard, or a person who leaves us with feelings of butterflies in our stomach and caresses that send electric currents down our spine? After contemplating these questions, I think I may have come up with a few reasons.

We settle because we are terrified to go out and change the situations in which we find ourselves. Human beings love to find a pattern in the randomness of life and establish some sort of routine in the chaos that is our world. We are obsessed with having security in our lives, but this obsession can inhibit us from leading truly fulfilling lives. Our desperate desire for stability jeopardizes our chance of finding the incredible because we are afraid of the uncertainty that comes with abandoning the sub-par qualities of our lives.

We settle because we are afraid of failure. We are afraid to go out on a limb for the dream internship or go after the cute boy from our class because the idea of being rejected and falling flat on our faces terrifies us. We would rather save ourselves the embarrassment and humiliation. But my question is this: what if you applied and got the internship? What if you went up to the cute guy and introduced yourself and you two had an awesome conversation?

We do not give ourselves enough credit, and thus sell ourselves short. Our lack of confidence causes us to settle, and I am tired of missing out on opportunities due to a lack of self-esteem and a pessimistic mindset. We need to stop accepting failure before we have even gone out and tried.

When it comes to settling, we are our own worst enemies.

It is time to take a stand and stop simply going through the motions of life. It is time to abandon the awful job and the people in our lives whose voices make us cringe. You might be thinking that this is impractical or that the world does not work that way. You might tell me there are bills to pay and groceries to buy. You’ll contend that you would rather stay with those people than be alone. But I promise you, there will be other jobs. I promise you there will be people who love your quirks instead of merely tolerating them. It just takes some time and a little bit of elbow grease to find the more fulfilling aspects of life.

There is a great quotation from Francois Rabelais, a French Renaissance writer, who said, “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” It is time to go and find the incredible. It is time to feel satisfied and delighted with our lives. We are not doing ourselves justice if we do not take advantage of everything this world has to offer and seek out people and opportunities that fill us with excitement and joy.

Relationship countdown Top 10 rules of college dating GREG FERRONI ’16 Hawk Staff

As we prepare to leave Saint Joseph’s University for the year, keep in mind that new love interests and opportunities for dating may present themselves over summer vacation. Many of us may need a few reminders to refine our dating technique. As a final send-off to summer, here are the top 10 rules of dating and being in a relationship in college.

10. Punctuality

I cannot stress how important punctuality is to a first impression, especially if the person you are dating is punctual. Being on time, or even a little early, will not set off fireworks that you are the perfect human being; however, being late can kill your chances. Look at it this way: being late not only shows that you are not on top of your own schedule, but also signals to your date that you don't value them enough to show up on time.

9. Complimenting

This is often stressed, yet also frequently overlooked when on an actual date. Sure, you may think your date looks nice, but how often do you voice this sentiment without using it as a simple conversation filler? Make note of your date’s outfit early on. My personal preference is to compliment my date’s shoes when she gets up from the table. It's easy to work this compliment into a date, because you can claim you hadn't seen them until she got up.

8. Meeting new people

If you're in a rut and can't seem to find a new or interesting person, try meeting new people. Reach out to those you haven't talked to in a while, join a new club or student organization, or stalk the St. Joe’s Class of 20 (insert 14-17) Facebook group for people. Get out of your dating funk by any means possible, and make it known that you are available.

7. Know who is right – and wrong – for you

This is arguably the most important, and most difficult, rule. It is not easy to determine who is right for you, but it is pivotal to your dating success. You can find guys and girls with similar interests by doing things that you like. So don't go searching for a hookup at DMB or ZBB this summer if you hate country music. Find a place where you can meet someone on common ground that you both enjoy.

6. Surprises

Keep your fling on his or her feet! Be unpredictable and savvy. If your girl likes flowers, surprise her with some. If your guy likes the Phillies, buy some standing-room only tickets. Dates are a lot more fun when they are unexpected. But make sure your date is free if you plan to surprise them with something.

5. Stay interested

This ties in to the last rule. Stay interested in the person you’re on a date with– don’t let your mind wander. You’ll find yourself watching Lebron posterize the Eastern Conference while your date is asking if you're paying attention to her story about her cat. Yes, your date might tell stories that you don't find interesting; however, chances are, you have some boring stories that you want your date to seem interested in as well.

4. Looking like you are (and actually) having fun

Not having a positive vibe can be a bigger deal breaker than showing up late to a date. No matter how much you kill the texting game, if you get on a date and have nothing to say, don't smile, and don't make your date feel comfortable, you will not have a second date. This is especially important for group hangouts. It's OK to be quiet, but do not mope around because you aren't alone with the person you like. You're only hurting yourself.

3. Letting go

Let go of all your worries about what could go wrong. Go out and have fun.

2. Being true to yourself

This relates to knowing what to look for in a partner. Do not change to fit the mold someone else wants you to fit. If you two don't work well together, don't force it. You're only going to end up miserable when you wake up in skinny jeans and a tank top getting ready for a 10 a.m. rave that you have no desire to go to. Do yourself a favor and discover who you are before you search for someone else.

1. Honesty

Finally, honesty is the most important rule for dating in college. Honesty is integral in any relationship. If you cannot trust your partner, or your partner cannot trust you, the relationship is already over.

Be honest with your partner and with yourself. My own rule of thumb is to never do anything you couldn't tell your partner about comfortably.

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Brian Forster, Ph.D., is...

TOP PROFSJU The votes are in. The students of Saint Joseph’s University have chosen Brian Forster, Ph.D., as their first official Top Professor of St. Joe’s. As the winner of Top Prof, Forster has been recognized as one of the many beloved professors here on campus. The majority of the votes were cast for Forster due to his dedication to his work and the way in which he encourages his students to enjoy the learning that they do in his classroom. Forster’s previous students from Bishop McDevitt High School tweeted in to vote for him, demonstrating that the impression he has made as a teacher is a lasting one. With his sunny disposition and eagerness to help, Forster has truly earned the title of Top Prof.

Photo courtesy Twitter user @EmCD3974

Photo by Shannon Adams, ’16

Q&A with novelist Valerie Sayers CONNIE LUNANUOVA ’16 Features Editor

The English department of Saint Joseph’s University had the pleasure of hosting Valerie Sayers, professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and a six-time novelist this past Thursday, April 24. Sayers read an excerpt from her latest novel, “The Powers,” which deals with the ideal of heroism associated with baseball legend, Joe DiMaggio, during the time of the United States’ impending decision to fight in World War II. In an interview with The Hawk, Sayers offered an insight into her new book as well as advice for young writers.

Were you first an English professor or a published novelist?

“This is an old writer’s story, but I’ve been writing my whole life. My parents and my teachers all said, ‘Oh you’re going to be a writer,’ and I actually resisted that path because I found it hard. I was lazy and wanted something more glamorous than a writing life, but it was actually in college that it became clear. That’s what I was doing the most. It was a secret life, almost, and I just had to own up to it and own it.”

Why write about World War II? Why that time period?

“I actually became interested in writing a book about pacifism when my sons were debating the Iraq war and they were actually both on the same side – they both didn’t think it was a good war to fight – but what they began to debate on was what they would do if they were drafted. Their conversations were so good and so rich that I really wanted to write about them [in regards to WWII]. As soon as I started do-

Photo courtesy of The Word Cure. ing research, I found that 1941 was the key year, and that’s when I realized that I was in Joe DiMaggio’s streak year and that it would be a lot of fun to think about that and about what kind of hero he was just when the country was really looking for a hero.”

How accurate are the superstitions that DiMaggio and the other ball players followed?

“DiMaggio himself was actually really superstitious, not that that’s so unusual for ball players. They have a long tradition of little rituals they perform, so that began in reality and then I played with it and had some fun with it.”

How do you go about putting yourself in to the mindset of writing in a character’s voice?

“Well, it’s a gradual process… you just have to spend long hours trying to get the voice right. I might misspeak when I say ‘long hours’ because sometimes at the beginning of a book, you’re not ready to work long hours, but by the end of a book, you can work through the day and the night and not even notice when the sun went down because you are so involved at that point. I forced myself to stay with that voice until I feel that I am getting it right. I think I wrote that first chapter with Joe DiMaggio 17 times.

I just kept rewriting it over and over and over thinking ‘not quite right, not quite right.’ I think also in the beginning, that’s really useful to get the voice of somebody whose circumstances you really know well, before you really even worry about people of whom you know little.

You really do grow in confidence or audacity.”

How do you know what idea or thought will make a good novel?

“I have a good sense now, although I did not in the beginning, of what would make a good novel and what would make a good story. I do think that is very much the result of experience.

Sometimes, it’s just a matter of sitting down to write what you think will be a story to see what just keeps growing.”

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Live for the night: Krewella hits the stage for St. Joe’s Spring Concert

Photos by Amanda Murphy, ’14

KATIE DAUBERT ’15 Hawk Staff This spring, the Verge Campus Tour, featuring Krewella, Radical Something, and Logic, has been traveling up and down the East Coast putting shows on for numerous college campuses. On April 23, Saint Joseph’s University students were given the chance to see the rising EDM artists perform in Hagan Arena. Contrary to the genre of music the Spring Concert typically showcases, the selection of an EDM artist caused a lot of curiosity and anticipation in the weeks before the show.

Krewella, featuring sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf and producer Kris Trindl, also known as Rain Man, formed in 2007. However, it wasn’t until the release of their EP “Play Hard” in June of 2012 that they began to be recognized as major breakthrough artists. Their typical musical style features qualities of house, dubstep, hardstyle, and drum and bass music. The unshakable trio has headlined major EDM festivals all over the globe, including Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival, and Electric Zoo. Krewella entered Hagan arena with their hit song “Live for the Night” getting the crowd wild and excited for an upcoming storm of fast-paced music and major vocal talent. Their set consisted of many of their top songs from

their recent album “Get Wet,” as well as other well-known songs such as a “Wonderwall” remix, “Reload” by Sebastian Ingrosso, and a short throwback ’90s hip-hop section.

The show’s major highlights included an acoustic version of “Human” with one of their managers on guitar, an encore into an extended mix of their song “We Go Down,” and their final song and biggest hit, “Alive.”

Although lacking their team member and producer Rain Man, the Yousef sisters put on a wild show that included lots of double time drum and bass and kept the crowd exhausted yet hyped.

The duo worked up a sweat as they powered through their show, pouncing and running around their infamous reflective and multi-tiered stage structure they call “The Volcano.” The structure, designed by Krewella, provides an intense visual presence that amplifies Krewella’s loud, impressive performance and allows the artists to connect with a large-scale audience to intensify an already emphatic and powerful show. The Volcano is a 30’ by 18’ structure of LED lights in crystal-like compartments, which conceals hidden steps from the stage to the DJ booth and mixing stations that would typically feature Rain Man. At this performance, however, while she wasn’t jumping and singing on stage, Jahan took control of the DJ booth as her sister ran around the stage and interacted with the crowd.

Krewella’s presence at St. Joe’s was undeniably received with mix reactions. The artists’ typical EDM scene allowed students to experience a show unlike those of the Spring Concert’s past. The more unfortunate parts of the show really came down to personal preference and crowd participation. The show itself was much shorter than the typical set times of past Spring Concert shows, ending uncomfortably before midnight and leaving many students surprised and dissatisfied. Not only this, but it was shocking to see the small size of the St. Joe’s crowd in relation to Krewella’s massive EDM following, typically performing in front of thousands of fans and recently being one of the bigger names featured at this year’s notorious Ultra Musical Festival in Miami.

Overall, the two-month Verge Campus Tour has been a very successful venture for Krewella, and will be ending on May 10. It was refreshing to see the Spring Concert present an artist that is not of the typical rap or rock genre.

As the trio of Krewella continues to perform worldwide and produce chart-topping hits, it is only natural that their reputation as influential artists will continue to grow and conquer both pop and EDM scenes. It was purely an amazing opportunity to see an artist as powerful as Krewella perform at this year’s Spring Concert.

Student Leadership & Activities would like to congratulate the following student leaders and organizations and thank them for all that they do for SJU! Kelly Rogers - Student Leader of the Year Nominees - Mike Bucher, Caitlin Chrgwin, Ryan Fox, Emily Kamelhar, Ian Klinger, Allyson Langley, Michael Moulton, Nicholas Paolizzi, Kelly Rogers, Kathleen Shull, Marissa Siu, Dylan Skwira, Brandon Talisesky and Kayla Walker

Hawks for Heroes - Student Organization/ Program of the Year Nominees - Alpha Gamma Delta, American Marketing Association, Food Marketing Association, Gay-Straight Alliance, Hawks vs.

Cancer, Hawks for Heroes, Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams, Student Union Board, The Hawk Student Newspaper and WADE Peer Educators

The following students completed the SJYou LEAD Servant Leadership Program. Congratulations!!

Chris Alexander Shannon Alexander Dylan Blades Caitlin Coia Amy Fanelli Alex Hutta Andrea McFadden Megan Millevoi Zach Monagan Shaun Scholl Lauren Sheridan

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The colors of summer

April 30, 2014

The Hawk Mary margaret ewens ’17 Hawk Staff

Trending hues of summer 2014

It’s that time of year again! Finals are almost upon us, and soon we will arrive at the light at the end of the tunnel: summer break.

If you’re like me, you can’t wait to pull out your summer wardrobe and leave those spring layers behind. However, it may be time to update your warm-weather wardrobe with new summer trends. What exactly are the newest trends and colors, you ask? What should I invest in for the hotter months? Well, never fear – your fashion fairy godmother is here to answer all of your questions, and help you create the best summer wardrobe in all the land!

First things first – the “it” color of the season. Every year, the Pantone Color Institute comes out with the hottest color of the year, and this year they’ve decided on radiant orchid. In my opinion, the tone of radiant orchard ranges between a darker version of lavender and a lighter version of typical purple. Not only do I love this color because it can be paired with almost anything, but anyone, from those with darker skin tones to their pale counterparts, can wear this season’s “it” color.

If you’re looking for a way to work that orchid into your current wardrobe, try pairing a pair of radiant orchid pants with a white silk blouse and a pair of gold sandals. The key to wearing orchid is to let it shine. Pair orchid with colors that will make it stand out even more to put the spotlight on the beautiful hue. Another outfit to try is an orchid jacket paired with a crisp pair of white jeans and neutral-colored wedges. To top it off, try a pop of color like a sea green necklace or cocktail ring to set off the radiant color of the orchid item.

Another hit color this season is the classic orange hue. This color is, quite literally, becoming the new black. Designers from Monique Lhuillier to DKNY have been adding the poppy color to their collections. While most of the pieces that I’ve seen on the runway recently have been fancy ball gowns or dressy skirts, orange can be applied to any kind of outfit.

If you’re looking for a solid statement color, try a light cashmere sweater in orange.

Pair it with anything from simple white jeans to a colorful Lilly Pulitzer skirt. If you’re

looking to make orange the centerpiece of your outfit, try an orange shift dress and a pair of gold heels with dangling pink and gold earrings to create the perfect, dressy summer outfit, fit for any event from church to a summer wedding. If you’re feeling that orange really isn’t your most flattering color, try incorporating it into your accessories. A pair of orange and gold earrings or bracelets adds just enough color to an otherwise plain summer outfit.

One of the last color trends to consider adding to your summer wardrobe is pieces in icy pastels that have been popular on the runways and in our closets. With everything from the light pinks of Ralph Lauren’s spring collection to the blue hues of Rebecca Taylor’s sweaters and skirts, this season is sure to bring out your inner Frozen character.

If you’re searching for an easy, laid back look, try a light pink cashmere sweater with a pair of relaxed jeans and a pair of white Converse. Not only will you achieve the effortless look you’re going for, but you’ll also look chic while you’re doing it. If you’re opting for more of a dressier look, try a light blue ruffled blouse, a pair of white jeans, and a pair of gold wedges to achieve a fabulous look! The key to wearing these icy hues is to avoid pairing them with something too dark, like navy or black. Instead, pair them with lighter colors to keep that fresh, summer feel.

The last popular color trend of the season is the white-on-white look that every designer seems to be showing off this season. One way you can wear this style is by pairing a simple white draped t-shirt with a pair of white jeans and a simple pair of gold sandals to offset the monochromatic look. For a dressier outfit, pair a white silk blouse with a pair of white trousers and add a pop of color by adding a pink or red bow belt or a colorful statement necklace.

Summer is a time for relaxing, working, and swimming, so have a little bit of fun with the newest and hottest colors of the season. With a little bit of work, you can create your ideal summer wardrobe by adding these four summer color trends, which will no doubt leave you looking nothing short of the best dressed chica of the summer!

We’ll never be royals

James Sanders ’14 Hawk Staff

But now we can dress like one

Her Royal Highness, Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge, became a style icon the minute she married one of royalty’s most eligible bachelors. People wanted to know what the young royal-to-be was wearing, and if they wanted to dress like her even when she was just the ordinary Kate Middleton, the desire to follow Middleton’s fashion lead only increased when she became royal.

If she were a character on an American TV show, in terms of personal style and influence, she’d be Blair Waldorf from “Gossip Girl.” Her influence in fashion is so renowned that the dress she wore in her official royal photo with Prince William and their baby, a blossom knot-front lavender dress from British label Séraphine, sold out within hours of the photo’s release.

Like Blair, Kate Middleton employs a classic style, while experimenting with interesting cuts and prints. She utilizes pops of color, but uses them sparingly. The media has expressed, on multiple occasions, that the Duchess is reminiscent of a young Princess Diana.

Middleton’s uber-feminine, understated class was right in line with the personal style of a woman of high society. When she became royal, Middleton’s personal style called for daring risks – within reason. Contradiction aside, Middleton has mastered the art of blending sophisticated fashion with youthful British tailoring.

What’s most interesting about Middleton is her usage of millinery. For her wedding, attendees wore hats, and while this is a popular fashion at British weddings, it was a testament to the bride’s own style. The Duchess will typically pair hats with tailored suits and simple dresses. Often, she’ll wear basic and muted colors with simplistic jewelry – a single pair of pearls, a modest ring, and a bracelet.

This summer, emulate the Duchess of Cambridge’s style with classics. Build a strong wardrobe around basic pieces and then add to them to create individualized looks. The pleated skirt over the blazer was a huge Middleton trend. She wore both the blazer and skirt in a muted pink. Pastels look great, especially in the summer, but if they’re not your thing, do a color-blocked look by mixing bold colors together.

Middleton wears what is generally referred to as “hat couture.” Look to specialized shops for hats that have a formal element to them. Thrift and vintage shops are going to be your best bet for this style. When wearing hats, especially those that are similar to the ones that Middleton wears, go with an understated wardrobe; too much of a good thing can be bad. You don’t need the statement hat with the statement dress and the statement shoes. The Duchess tells a quiet story through her personal style. Something loud and intrusive would be in direct opposition to this.

Don’t be afraid of flats and shorter heels. Middleton doesn’t just wear Christian Louboutins, though her shoes are easily one of the most diverse elements of her wardrobe. There are flats and kitten heels that convey an element of old glamour. She rarely wears platforms, and can be sporty with her sandal selections. Look everywhere, and ignore the popular trends when shopping for shoes.

Middleton wore a custom Alexander McQueen wedding dress designed by Sarah Burton. While McQueen is traditionally known for being an edgy label, Middleton’s gown was understated with lace, beading, straight lines, and classic cuts. She worked closely with Burton on the design.

There’s a way to integrate the look of the Alexander McQueen wedding dress into your own wardrobe. Pay attention to detail – Burton did intricate lace along the sleeves and top. When looking for inspiration, go for lace this summer. The simpler the dress, the more you can do with shoes and accessories, and topping a basic lace dress with pearls and a Middleton-style hat is the perfect way to complete the look.

The new-age Woodstock

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons Gillian Murphy ’14 Fashion Editor

Coachella and other popular music festivals inspire a laid-back look

The summer of 1969 was characterized by peace, love, good music, and free-spirited style. On a weekend in mid-August, 400,000 people gathered on a 600-acre dairy farm to celebrate life and listen to the music of many talented artists. That weekend made pop culture history, and since then, no festival has had quite the same impact as Woodstock.

45 years later, however, outdoor music festivals are appearing by the dozens once again, becoming increasingly popular events in the summer. As a carefree style pervades the crowds, loose-fitting and barely-there clothes are causing hippie-chic to make a long-awaited come-

back.

The annual Coachella Music and Arts Festival has gained so much popularity and national attention that this year, an additional weekend of music was added to the lineup. From April 11-13 and April 18-20, masses of people swarmed multiple stages in the deserts of Indio, California. The star-studded event has attracted the attention of both paparazzi and the national media, which has turned the music festival into another “see-and-be-seen” fashion opportunity.

Reminiscent of a new-age Woodstock, Coachella draws a fun-loving and vibrant crowd together to revisit simpler

times; disconnected, unplugged – though maybe this is just a result of the location, in an area of the desert with questionable cellphone reception – and absorbed in the upbeat energy of multiple live concerts.

The free-spirited vibes of this event make it the perfect venue to experiment with unique and unusual trends. Here are the top trends spotted on the festival scene: - Flower Crowns - Headbands - Hair feathers and chalk - High-waisted shorts with cro-

chet crop tops - Maxi skirts with tied cotton tees - Rompers

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Floral prints Tanks with ironic sayings Anything with an American flag Layered necklaces Stacked, beaded bracelets Stacked rings, and knuckle rings Two-piece dresses (skirt and a

top in the same print) No matter what combination of the festival trend you opt for, or if you decide to introduce your own, know that the laid-back spirit of the festival scene is the perfect place to mix and match different elements of your wardrobe this summer.

The New Burn Book

April 28, 2014

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Social media becoming the new way to bully MARIA SANTASIERI ’16 Hawk Staff

The movie that exposed the world to the harsh “realities” of high school turns 10 years old today. While much of “Means Girls” doesn’t truly depict what high school was like for most of us, is does expose some unfortunate truths about how “mean girls” behave. Regina George and her sidekicks created a book that essentially bashed certain students and teachers in their school, called the “burn book.” It did not matter to the girls whether or not the burn was true – if they felt like writing it or thought it was funny, the insult made it into the book.

Today, people actively partake in a new type of burn book: social media. Just like Regina and her friends, means girls and boys alike turn to social media to express their feelings about certain people. Twitter is the dominant forum for the modern burn book.

The people that get tweeted about, for example, have no say in what others may post about them. These people fall victim to rumors, trashed reputations, and the overall feeling that they are inferior. This is the new type of bullying students face. Instead of being able to escape at home, victims now find that bullies have the power to transcend the confines of school. Similar to how Regina plastered the halls with copies of her burn book, peoples’ newsfeeds will be swarming with subtweets, hateful statues, and unflattering pictures that last forever.

There is such a thing as healthy confrontation. In a generation that hides behind computer screens, it is imperative that issues be addressed head on. Rather than tweeting about your issues, texting someone angrily, or messaging a person, sit down together and have a face-to-face conversation. So many conflicts stem from simple misunderstandings; talking about the problem in a calm manner can provide you with a clear solution. If you are dealing with a serious issue and are uncomfortable broaching the matter alone, there are ways to address the problem. For example, having roommate issues? Sign out of Twitter and ask your RA to mediate a conversation. No matter what issue you are experiencing, social media will never – ever – be the answer.

Regina George may have been pretty and popular, but let us not forget that everyone secretly hated her because she was a bully. The pandemonium that broke out when the pages of the burn book were exposed caused people to be extremely hurt. You may think your passive aggressive tweets and posts aren’t hurting anyone, but they are. The next time you are upset or angry, the first thing you should do is put down your phone and close your computer. Next, think about the situation and come up with a plan. Finally, put yourself in the other person’s shoes. How would you feel if someone put something on social media for the world to see, and you had absolutely no way to defend yourself?

It is a hopeless feeling, one you should never want to cause someone else to feel. We can put an end to this new burn book culture by preventing the destruction of other peoples’ reputations via Twitter or Facebook.

‘Don’t have sex ’cause you will get pregnant and you will die.’

Debunking summer health myths with Gretchen Wieners

Gianna Melendez ’16 Health Editor

Whether it’s as dramatic as pregnancy causing death or the rumor that drinking cranberry cocktail juice for 72 hours will make you lose three pounds, at some point, we have all heard a health myth and believed it. With the semester quickly coming to a conclusion, the beach and sun are within grasp. Who better than the queen of secrets, Gretchen Wieners, to share a few summer health tips that she follows. Here are some debunked summer myths that will help you enjoy the sand beneath your toes even more.

MYTHS

1. “I heard that on cloudy days, you couldn’t get sunburned. So I never wear sunscreen.”

2. “I always wait to go talk to a cute boy in the pool after I eat because you can, like, drown, and that’s not cute.”

3. “Regina says that air conditioning makes you sick, so when we go driving we don’t put it on.”

4. “Oh, I always go tanning before our family vacation to our house in Boca, you

know, because Daddy invented Toaster Strudel.”

5. “Janis Ian peed on her jellyfish sting one time; it was disgusting. That’s why her and Regina aren’t friends anymore, you know. Oh no, you’re not supposed to know that!”

FACTS

1. Do not let the cloudy skies deceive you. Just because you can’t see the sun does not mean it’s not there. The worst thing you can do is skip sunscreen on cloudy days.

The sun’s UV rays penetrate clouds, causing you to get sunburned without even knowing.

2. Drowning as a result of being full has never been documented. People believe that drowning after eating is a result of cramping; however, even if you experience a cramp from swimming, you would still likely be able to exit the pool.

3. Keep your air conditioning on, ladies and gentlemen! The amazing machinery that generates artic blasts in 100-degree weather is not the source of your summer cold.

Air conditioners also reduce humidity, which is a major aggravator of allergies.

However, if the filtration system within the unit is not changed regularly, allergies may flare up.

4. The sun will burn you regardless of a previous tan. Check the UV index if you are prone to sunburns and take necessary precautions such as using sunscreen with at least SPF 30 and wearing a hat to protect your face.

5. Urination on a sting can actually cause more pain, not relief. People originally believed the salt concentration in urine could stop the venom, and thus the stinging sensation. However, the salt concentration in urine is unpredictable, which can hurt you more. Seawater or vinegar are the best solutions.

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Photos courtesy of Saint Joseph’s University Creative Services

More than a building

Ramsay’s legacy continues on Hawk Hill

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“Well, if you go all the way back, he offered me a scholarship to St. Joe’s, number one,” Lynam said. “That turned into an experience that I couldn’t dream of. Two years later he called and offered me a coaching position at St. Joe’s. Just to be around him on a daily basis was something that I literally treasure… I really could not overstate what he meant to me both personally as well as professionally.”

Ramsay’s success as a head coach in the NBA, and later as a broadcaster, cements his reputation as one of the most prominent basketball minds in history. He was ahead of the times in terms of incorporating science into the game, placing a major emphasis on stretching.

“I would absolutely say [he was a gift to basketball],” DiJulia said. “He was a special person… his unique concern for the game, the respect for the game, and how he taught

the game and wanted to share his knowledge of the game. David Stern will tell you he’s the man he selected to bring basketball worldwide in the ’80s.”

Ramsay’s legacy on Hawk Hill reiterates all of the Jesuit ideals for which St. Joe’s stands. A teacher, mentor, friend, and humble family man, Ramsay’s legacy is sure to live on far into the future.

“We have to do more as coaches in Philadelphia and coaches at this university to make sure that the history is understood and appreciated and then passed on,” Martelli said. “He will never be, as long as I am here, just a name on a building.”

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Week in review Baseball went 7-1 with a seven game winning streak. After sweeping a three game series against La Salle over the weekend, the Hawks are now 26-10 overall and are 13-4 in the Atlantic 10. Junior infielder Stefan Kancylarz tallied a hit in every game, going 11-25 with 9 RBIs and 7 runs over the eight-game stretch.

Softball went 4-3 after dropping a doubleheader at Massachusetts. Junior first baseman Ashley Alden scattered six hits along with seven runs scored over the seven-game span. Sophomore pitcher Liz Mendez picked up losses in both games of the doubleheader after giving up 7 earned runs over 6.2 innings pitched.

Men’s tennis won their first match of the Atlantic 10 tournament against La Salle, but failed to advance against Duquesne in the quarterfinals. Against La Salle, the Hawks went 4-0 with wins in singles from Pierre Brondeau and Andres Urrea, and in doubles from the teams of Pierre Brondeau and Jose Sierra, and Kyle Chalmers and Andres Urrea. Duquesne halted the Hawks, and the team’s only win came from a singles victory by Jose Sierra. The Hawks finished with a program best 16-5 regular season record.

Women’s tennis defeated George Mason 4-0 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 tournament, but were then defeated by George Washington 4-0 in the quarterfinals. In their first round

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matchup, singles players Aurora Davis, Kristina Eisenbrand, and Arianne Polatnick, as well as the doubles teams of Aurora Davis and Alex Zachem, and Devi Jadeja and Kelly Mulquin all earned victories. The Hawks finished with a 16-7 regular season record and set a season record for number of wins.

Men’s lacrosse was victorious in both of their matchups, scoring wins over Sacred Heart and Hobart. The Hawks defeated Sacred Heart 21-9 on senior day; both junior attack Ryan McGee and freshman attack Michael Rastivo scored four goals each as well as tallying three assists apiece to lead the offense. Against Hobart, the Hawks won 15-8 to capture the 2014 Northeastern Conference regular season title.

St. Joe’s will host the NEC Championship. Their first game is against Hobart on May 1 at 4:00 p.m. on Sweeney Field.

Women’s lacrosse went 1-2 over their threegame stretch, with a victory against George Mason and losses to La Salle and George Washington. In the Hawks’ 14-10 loss against George Washington, senior attack Val Paolucci recorded her 100th career point. The Hawks scored 9 of their 10 goals in the second half, causing their run to fall just short of a win.

The final buzzer

Photo courtesy of Sideline Photos, LLC.

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Redshirt junior attack Ryan McGee led the St. Joe’s men’s lacrosse team in their 15-8 win over Hobart with three goals and two assists. The win secured the Hawks’ Northeast Conference regular season title in their first season in the league. McGee leads the Hawks in scoring and assists on the season with 33 and 20, respectively.

The ball flies through the Houp for the last time Continued HOUP, from pg. 16 Maybe that’s how we’re supposed to start measuring success. Humility is not about trophies or accolades, awards or achievements; it’s about your own quiet sense of selfworth. Your measurement of success is set in your terms alone. I’ve begun to discover that the single greatest hindrance to my success is myself. I think for a lot of people, that’s the case. Self-loathing and apathy are often times my calling cards, and I’m sure everyone out there struggles with something negative in their own deck. We’re dealt our hands and we’ve got to play them. We all do.

In sports, it’s fairly easy these days to define success. Most people simply equate championships to greatness, often with elementary logic. “Well, Michael has six and Lebron only has two, so Michael’s better...Meh!” On the question of the G.O.A.T., I’ll still side with his Airness. And I disagree with this “Rings=Respect” idea. Greatness, success, one’s value, one’s worth, is not determined simply by arithmetic, by who has more, but by who wants more, or who lives more. Success, in the end, for us Mad Men will be judged on our deathbeds; us dreamers and poets, us romantics and believers, us all, we’ll find success in the last glimpse of our lives, in the last breath from our lips.

Sports have given me so much more than just entertainment. The life lessons I’ve learned from some of the great ambassadors of sport are some of my most dearly held.

Jim Valvano once said that in living a full day, you should laugh, you should cry, and you

should think. I think it’s time for a brainstorming session. I believe it’s time I can have that discussion with myself. My inner voice is bringing me down, and at the end, no less.

My days are tainted by negative self-talk. But it’s time for an intervention. A change.

“If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation,” said Don Draper.

Debate, dialogue, and discourse are our best means for growth and progress. It’s why democracy is so highly effective. Decisions are made after deliberation, after measuring, and before it’s all said and done, the right path has been chosen. Ideally, this is what happens. And so I’m going to try, because in two and a half weeks, I’ll step up onto that platform and cross that threshold into the unknown.

I’m going to try harder, because that’s what Mad Men do.

They try, knowing full well they may rip and stain their suits in the process.

They try, despite the fear of falling off some precipice, in some city, to an unforeseen doom.

They try, because that’s what Mad Men do.

16 Sports

April 30, 2014

The Hawk

How to measure a Mad Man’s success in the end

ALEXANDER HOUPERT ’14 Hawk Staff

Illustration by Alexander Houpert ’14

“Well, I hate to break it to you, but there is no big lie. There is no system. The universe is indifferent.”

—Don Draper It’s the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, full count, two outs. At bat is the young kid, Alexander, who’s been hitting .356 for the season – very impressive. He only has eight homers on the year, so the power’s certainly been lacking. He gets on base often, though; in fact, he’s third in the league with a .9375 OPS, and with 43 stolen bases, it’s apparent that he can certainly create runs with his legs. “The Real World” winds up, and here’s the pitch...

We’ll soon be gone ourselves, smacked over the fence to the cheers of a grand slam game-winner. I daydream of rounding those bases during class; tossing a graduation cap instead of a batting helmet as I cross that threshold, the plate, the stage. I jog down the aisle to the high-fives of my friends and the distinguished handshakes of my professors.

I jump the steps up onto the platform. The crowd goes nuts. Champagne’s sprayed over the grandparents. I do a little dance, and end with my signature 3-point shot salute, which I gave to Lang every time he drilled one from downtown. The crowd goes ballistic. I straighten my bow tie, readjust my robes, cock my cap, and proceed to the podium.

Snap back to reality— How are these last few days to be spent? The sun keeps shining, and I always remember Ferris Bueller’s famous line, “How could I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?” To be honest, things have been a blur of half-assed class assignments; common homework has lost its value at this point. Just graduate. Want to hear

something hilarious? If I skip Forging the Modern World one more time, I could fail the course (yeah, you heard me). I’m almost tempted to no-show, just to see.

I’m sorry, these sort of musings don’t really belong in a sports column. But then again, this column has never been just a sports column. It’s been way more than that –for me, at least. Writing these columns, drawing the illustrations; the whole process has truly been a joy. I thank everyone for reading this year. My idea behind “Through the Houp” was to provide a different perspective on the world of sports; I wanted to mix sports, culture, and storytelling, à la Grantland. I feel like I’ve been successful with “Through the Houp,” but how am I really to know? How is one supposed to measure one’s success?

What does it even mean to measure success? There’s no formula for it. Against one’s peers or against history, against all the other sports columnists that have ever put pen to paper, what am I? Sure, I’ve made my mistakes, so we can rule out perfection as my legacy. I wrote every column to the tail of the last “e” in “deadline,” so late I was amazed they were still accepted. I hand drew the illustrations because I thought that in a world of photos, it’d be nice to remind myself again of what a hand-sketched face looks like.

Again, I was humbled that my doodles were able to make it to mass print.

Continued HOUP, pg. 15

Run a mile in these shoes Training for the Broad Street Run JOSEPH CERRONE ’14 Opinions Editor The sun brightly beams on my sweat-covered forehead as I pound my feet into the gray, concrete sidewalk that runs along Latches Lane. Miles one and two of my afternoon jog were a breeze, but by the time I begin mile three, I feel the torture that the hills of Lower Merion inflict upon my legs, knees, and ankles. But I keep running, knowing that I have only weeks—or by now, days—before I reach the starting line of the 2014 Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run. I was one of the lucky few to receive a spot in this 10-mile run during the lottery held in February. At the time, I thought only of the excitement the day would bring: friends and fellow runners barreling down Broad Street, cheered on by crowds of enthusiastic supporters. I spent little to no time contemplating what preparing for this type of endeavor would involve, especially for me as a non-athlete.

Although traversing across the rising and falling paths of Hawk Hill on a daily basis is no child’s game, I knew I would have to adopt an actual workout routine if I wanted to have a legitimate chance of finishing the run of my own. This prospect at first appeared daunting; I honestly didn’t even know where to begin. But gradually, I pieced together practices that have been vital in my preparation. There is plenty of advice I wish I had known when I started the process, which can be useful for any college students looking to challenge themselves in the

athletic realm. So for all of the non-athletes out there, here are my top five tips on stretching muscles, burning calories, and preparing yourself for a more active future.

Find time Without a doubt, the most difficult challenge in this process is finding time in your already busy schedule to workout. With classes, extracurricular activities, and social obligations to friends and family, leaving free time to go to the gym or take a jog may seem an impossible task.

The best way to fit exercise into your routine is to utilize small openings in your day, such as right before lunch or during a gap between two classes. Even if it is just for 15 minutes, taking this bit of time will definitely pay off.

Eat right Making good dietary decisions is also key to preparing for an athletic event like the Broad Street Run. I’ve never been a big fan of breakfast, but over the past several months I have been sure to have at least a small bite to eat each morning before heading out. Fresh fruit, such as bananas and oranges, or oatmeal are my favorite choices for a fast, easy meal. Eating a balanced diet during the rest of the day is also important and will ensure you have plenty of energy when you hit the treadmill, track, or street.

Find Friends One of the most important aspects of the training process for me has been working alongside a core group of friends. Some will be running with me, while others cheer from the sidelines, but all have been vital in motivating me every day to keep running. So if you’re a non-athlete like me, try to embark on a task like this as a

member of a larger group. The presence of other people will give you partners to train with and friends to share this experience with you.

Know your limits With my body unaccustomed to the physical impacts of regular running, I was surprised and worried when, during a run at the beginning of April, I felt a sharp pain in my right knee that stopped me in my tracks. Although it may be tempting to adopt a mindset of personal invincibility, never let your ego get in the way of your health. Feel free to change or stop your routine if it begins bothering you, and never be afraid to seek medical advice. Remember that you are doing this for yourself, but it is not worth a serious injury.

Have fun When embarking on your first run or other athletic event, do not view it through the lens of competition. The point is not to come in first or win recognition; this is instead an opportunity to finish strong and prove something to yourself. Remove from your mind the expectations of others—from their reasons for participating to their desired run time. The only thing that matters is that you enjoy yourself and end the day with a sense of personal accomplishment.

So whether you are looking to enter an organized event or just to add a bit more exercise to your routine, have the confidence to give it a try. All you need to begin is to lace up your sneakers, hit the street, and start running.