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Prominent Barbelin figure removed until May Historically significant statue of Virgin Mary to be repaired SAM HENRY ’19 Assistant Distribution Manager

The Virgin Mary is seen around the world as a symbol of faith, grace, and devotion. However, here at Saint Joseph’s University, she is known for much more.

The Blessed Virgin Mary statue, located in the Barbelin Hall courtyard, was donated by friends and family of St. Joe’s alumni who gave their lives in WWII, and the statue has been at St. Joe’s since 1947. However, the statue was in significant disrepair with pieces missing. Recently the Virgin Mary has been removed, leaving the base bare in the Barbelin quadrangle.

“One of the things I noticed is that people will pass by that statute and will bless themselves, and it seems to mean that there is a significance for people,” said Nancy Komada, senior director of Student Life.

The statue was facing significant disrepair; it was very dirty and Mary’s thumbs were eroded, according to Komada.

“It is such a hallmark statue to be like

The Barbelin quad is without the statue of The Blessed Virgin Mary for the first time in decades (Photo

by Matthew J. Haubenstein M. A., ’17).

that [in such condition] especially since it’s a WWII memorial,” Komada said.

In an effort to return the statue to its previous state, Komada reached out to Carmen Croce, director of Saint Joseph’s University Press and Curator of the University Art Collection, about repairing the statue.

“This was bought by students of Saint Joseph’s, and it should be there,” Croce said.

“When they bought it, they meant for students to see it for as long as the institution existed.”

Despite how much the campus of St. Joe’s has expanded, today Barbelin Hall is still considered one of the central points of campus, just as it was in 1947.

“Barbelin was the only building on campus, there was nothing else,” Croce explained. “So anybody who went to Saint Joseph’s in those days went to Barbelin because there was no other place to go to. The quadrangle was the heart of the campus.”

Commencement took place in the quadrangle, where the president stood and addressed the graduating class from behind the statue of the Blessed Mother, according to Croce.

“So, the president would stand up there, speak from the rostrum, and then after 1947, he was speaking with the Blessed Mother right there in front of him. Really speaking through this monument to the war [and to the] dead, because to people who would have been present, that would have meant everything to them.”

In addition to the memorial of those who lost their lives in WWII, Croce further explained the historical impact of the statue concerning St. Joe’s Catholic identity.

Catholics everywhere were anxious to put forward war memorials to prove that they were both good Catholics and good Americans, according to Croce. He added that placing the statue in the heart of St. Joe’s “modeled honor, loyalty to the country, dedication, and self-sacrifice”—all of which are important Jesuit values.

Past Saint Joseph’s University class holding graduation in Barbelin quad. The statue of Mary can be seen at the center of the ceremony (Photo courtesy of Saint Joseph’s University Archives).

“In a world that is very easily distracted through the secular media, symbols of faith on the campus help remind us of who we are, and may inspire us to emulate the virtues and good works of our faith heroes and heroines,” Brendan Lally, S.J., said. “While a statue, in itself, is only an object of marble

or bronze, if it reminds us that we are not alone and points us to the God, whose love surrounds us, it will well serve its purpose.”

The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary is currently being repaired by donor money and is expected to return to its home in the Barbelin quadrangle by May 1.

St. Joe’s mourns risk management pioneer Jean Heck, Ph.D., dies after battling cancer

ANA FAGUY ’19 News Editor The death of Jean Heck, Ph.D., professor of finance and the Brian Duperreault ’69 Chair for Risk Management and Insurance in the Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University was announced Feb. 8, in an email from University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D. Heck spent almost 10 of his 30 years of experience at St. Joe’s developing the risk management program.

“Jean authored more than 50 articles in

academic journals and has published four books on financial management,” Reed said in an email. “He was the founding president of Academy of Business Education and the Financial Education Association and the executive editor of the Journal of Financial Education and Advances in Financial Education, managing editor of the Journal of the Academy of Business Education, and associate editor of Financial Services Review.”

Heck’s presence in the risk management world was noted at St. Joe’s.

Heck was essential in the creation of

the risk management major, was one of only four chaired professors on campus, and he was the university’s major benefactor, according to Edgar St. Pierre, professor of accounting and Sutula Chair.

“He was a prolific researcher, and he was a very dedicated teacher,” said Morris Danielson, associate professor of finance.

“The lesson is find something that you really love doing and that you want to do until the day you die because that’s essentially what Jean did. He loved teaching and he loved doing research.”

Photo courtesy of Erivan K. Haub School of Business

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The Hawk

Department of Public Safety reports (Feb. 5 - Feb. 11) Feb. 5 Public Safety was notified of two males entering Campion Student Center with open containers. Public Safety Officers responded and conducted an interior search, which was met with no results.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside of the Campion Student Center. Public Safety Officers responded.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the alarm was activated by a child of a guest pulling the alarm. Facilities Management was notified.

Feb. 6 Public Safety confiscated a quantity of empty beer cans near the fire escape in Tara Hall. Residence Life was notified.

Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety confiscated a quantity of alcohol from a Saint Joseph’s University student inside his room at LaFarge Student Residence. Residence Life was notified. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified by an area resident regarding students being loud in the 2400 block of N. 56th Street. Public Safety Officers, along with the Philadelphia Police, were notified and responded to the area. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside of the LaFarge Student Residence. Public Safety Officers responded.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the alarm was activated by a student cooking. Facilities Management was notified.

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NEWS BRIEFS U.S. Supreme Court Justice dead at 79

American journalists arrested in Bahrain

Antonin Scalia, the longest serving justice on the Supreme Court, died in his sleep over the weekend.

Scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986 by Ronald Reagan. He was found dead in his room on the morning of Saturday, Feb. 13, during a trip to Texas. Scalia’s death has sparked political debates over whether President Barack Obama should nominate a new justice, or if the duty should be left to the next person to take office. Known for his conservative views, Scalia was one of the most influential justices on the court.

(CNN)

On Feb. 15, four American journalists were arrested in Bahrain for providing false information and taking part in violent protests. Three men and one woman have been detained in Sitra. These protests mark the four-year anniversary of Bahrain’s uprising in 2011.

Bahrain, a small island nation in the Persian Gulf, has been reported as “highly problematic” by the Human Rights Watch and is known for detaining peaceful protestors. (NBC)

Trump and Sanders win New Hampshire primary

Last week, Donald Trump won the Republican primary in New Hampshire, taking home 35 percent of the vote. All other Republican nominees received less than 20 percent of the vote, including Ted Cruz, who won the Iowa caucus. On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders won with 60 percent of the vote, beating Hilary Clinton, who also won in Iowa. Following the results of the New Hampshire primary, Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie suspended their campaigns. (Associated Press)

Hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders destroyed in airstrike

Pope Francis visits Mexico

During Pope Francis’ five-day-trip to Mexico, which started Friday, Feb. 12, the pontiff will say mass in Ecatepec, a suburb of Mexico City. The Pope’s visit is to bring messages of encouragement and comfort to an area that is plagued by drugs and gang violence, executions, and kidnappings. Francis focused his homily on these dangers presented by “the devil.”

(The Guardian)

On Feb. 15, an airstrike destroyed a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders in Syria, leaving at least seven dead. This toll includes five patients, a caretaker, and a guard. Eight staff members were still missing, as of press time. The head of the mission, Massimiliano Rebaudengo, believes that the attack was intentional, but it is unclear who was behind the attack. (NBC)

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the aftermath of his abduction ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Managing Editor Less than two months before Brad Pearson, ’06, was set to graduate from Saint Joseph’s University, he was kidnapped a block from campus.

While Pearson survived the harrowing ordeal, 10 years later, it is still with him.

He remembers the three teenagers from West Philadelphia who approached him while he was walking to his car, parked on 58th Street and Overbrook Avenue.

He remembers being pushed down to the ground at gunpoint and forced into a car.

He remembers the three kidnappers, later identified as Jerry Price, Tyree Brown, and Mordi Baskerville, threatening to kill him as they drove around looking for a Wachovia National Bank ATM where they could use Pearson’s card to clean out his account.

He remembers the men withdrawing $700 from his account, and dividing it between the three of them, using it to buy cocaine.

He remembers them driving him around before finally deciding to let him go, dropping him off in a wooded area.

He remembers lying with his head buried in decomposing leaves and counting to 100, just as he was instructed, while the men drove off.

He remembers thinking he was going to die and praying he wouldn’t. He still remembers everything.

The Office of Public Safety report from the incident is concise: “Robbery, 58th and Overbrook, 3/27/2006. A student was walking to his vehicle parked at 58th and Overbrook. He was approached by two black males who forced him into a vehicle and took him to an ATM where they forced him to withdraw cash. The males claimed to have a gun. There were no injuries.”

Pearson’s version is much longer, and he has been writing and re-writing his story ever since it happened.

Immediately after the incident, Pearson,

who worked for The Hawk Newspaper as a staff writer and Op-Ed editor, wrote a 5,000word story about his experience for a literary journalism course taught by Jenny Spinner, Ph.D., associate professor of English.

“It was typical 21-year-old prose,” Pearson said. “I became a much better writer over time. Two years ago, I started thinking about the fact that that version of the story didn’t have any impact on anyone but me. I wanted other people to have more of a connection to it.”

Several of Pearson’s friends were in that class, including Sean Woods, ’09. Not only did they read Pearson’s story, they watched him try to live with the aftermath of it.

“He was rattled,” said Woods, who worked with Pearson on The Hawk staff. “I don’t think I had the maturity at the time to understand what happened. Having worked at the newspaper, we always saw the instances of crime. It happened to other people, but we didn’t think it would happen to us.”

“He’s a really good friend of mine, we were on The Hawk together,” said Steve Elwell, ’06. “I had to write up the news story, and it was a weird balance. Because you want to be protective, but you want to get as much detail in the paper as possible so people can be safe.”

Pearson said that while he does still think about the incident frequently, it wasn’t the experience that defined his time on Hawk Hill.

“I kind of ended up using it [the incident] as a crutch,” he said. “I drank for free, which is obviously not the best way of coping with that. It’s complicated. I stopped really looking for jobs for a while, which is a big issue when you’re about to leave college.”

Last fall, Pearson published “What Happened After My Kidnapping” in the Sept. 15, 2015, issue of Philadelphia Magazine.

In this latest version of his story, Pearson writes about the three men who kidnapped him—and the fact that he wasn’t their only victim.

In fact, two more Saint Joseph’s students were kidnapped within a week of Pearson.

Photo by Matthew J. Haubenstein, M. A., ’17

Photo courtesy of Brad Pearson, ’06

The students’ names were not available, as The Hawk does not identify victims of crimes.

“It doesn’t make me think poorly of the university. Obviously the school could’ve handled it better…I feel bad for the next two people. The school did [them] a disservice,” Pearson said. “I feel bad for them, because they might not have had to go through it.”

Bill Mattioli, director of security at the time, is no longer employed by the university.

In an article published in the April 7, 2006 issue of The Hawk, Mattioli acknowledged that the university did not send out a mass notification immediately after finding out about Pearson’s kidnapping. Only after the second and third students were kidnapped did Public Safety notify all students.

Mattioli stated in the article that Public Safety had been previously unaware of how to send a mass email to students.

In all, Pearson was one of 13 people whom Price, Brown, and Baskerville kidnapped and robbed.

Prior to their hearings, the three young men all pled guilty.

Baskerville, the youngest, was the first to plead, and in exchange was given a lighter sentence—seven to 15 years. Price, 17, was sentenced to nine to 18 years. Brown, a legal adult at age 18, was given a 10 to 20 year sentence.

As Pearson began working on his story for Philadelphia Magazine in the summer of 2014, he couldn’t stop thinking about his three kidnappers. So he decided to do something that seemed almost unprecedented: Go talk to them.

“I began writing letters that summer [2014] to see if they wanted to talk to me,” said Pearson. “The prison system has an understandably difficult process of how victims and their offenders can meet, for the safety of the victims. I had to work with the victims’ services office in Pennsylvania to help bypass that whole mediation process. Then I had to get the warden’s permission, which

took forever, and then talk to the victim services coordinator. It took a really long time.”

Over a year later, Pearson was finally able to meet with Price and Brown. Pearson discussed with both men their families, their pasts, and their hopes for their futures.

In some ways, what happened to Pearson during his last semester at Saint Joseph’s became a defining moment for his career as well.

After discovering his passion for journalism while working for The Hawk, Pearson went on to work for several publications before becoming managing editor of Southwest Magazine, a position he has held since March 2015.

“Everybody that wants to be in journalism thinks that they need to have some sort of life experience that makes them realize, ‘I want to do this!’” Pearson said. “This, kind of, in a really dark way, served as that for me.”

“It [the incident] brought me closer to Kelleen,” he said, referring to his then-girlfriend Kelleen O’Fallon, ’07. The couple, who met during their time on Hawk Hill, married in October 2012, six and a half years after Pearson’s kidnapping.

“It ended up being a positive thing.

The immediate aftermath was not great, but in the end, I know it made me a stronger person and a better person to have gone through this sort of test,” he said.

Pearson said he is, in a way, grateful for what happened. For example, he’s less afraid of things, and more willing to take risks.

“It definitely changed me as a person,” he said. “I don’t fear things anymore. I’m not saying that to pat myself on the back.

Stress and trauma affect people differently.

It manifested itself in my experience as I’m not afraid to take risks at all anymore.”

Pearson will be back on campus April 7 and 8 to talk to students about writing and editing. He will be giving a guest lecture at 6 p.m. on April 7 in the Merion Hall atrium.

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The Hawk

Editorial Your primary concern EDITOR IN CHIEF Molly Grab ’17 MANAGING EDITOR Angela Christaldi ’17 COPY CHIEF Ashley Cappetta ’17 BUSINESS DIRECTOR Julia Le ’19 FACULTY ADVISER Jenny Spinner NEWS EDITOR Ana Faguy ’19 OPINIONS EDITOR Lindsay Hueston ’16 ASSISTANT OPINIONS EDITOR Maria Spirk ’17 ASSISTANT COPY Victoria Tralies ’18 LIFESTYLE EDITOR Katie White ’17 ASSISTANT LIFESTYLE EDITOR Ciarra Bianculli ’17 SPORTS EDITOR Christy Selagy, M.A., ’17 ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Maddy Kuntz ‘17 CREATIVE DIRECTOR Krista Jaworski ‘17 PHOTO EDITOR Matthew J. Haubenstein, M.A., ’17 ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR Joey Toczylowski ’19 DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGER Jess Cavallaro ’16

Hidden behind the contentious political din of the current presidential race lies an important fact: We have the right to vote. We live in a country where we have a voice in our political process. We have a say in what our government can do, and we at The Hawk find that pretty cool.

Despite the fact that college students and young adults tend to be some of the most passionate about social issues and politics, the 18-29-year-old demographic is the least politically active group in our country.

Even though we have the ability to be a force of change for our world, the majority of us simply aren’t voting. In failing to take action, many of us are essentially refusing to engage our peers and communities, and therefore forfeiting our participation in the issues that we discuss each and every day. This is a complaint

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that college students hear quite often, but it’s also one that needs to be addressed immediately.

Unfortunately, a lot of confusion typically surrounds the voting process, particularly for college students living away from home. People often wonder where and when they can vote, and might even be unsure of how to register to vote. Even more frequently in recent years, young people are beginning to question why voting matters, especially when it seems like their voices aren’t being heard.

We as a staff believe that these are important questions that are worth answering.

When can we vote?

Though the general election (the one that actually helps to decide who the next president will be) is 264 days away, there are many important steps that voters need to take now in order

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to have their voices heard in the political process. These will begin with the primary elections this spring, in which voters choose the candidate they wish to represent their party in the general election in November.

The problem with primaries is that students are registered to vote in their hometown, not on their college campus. This means that you will need an absentee ballot to send in the mail in case you cannot make it to your polling location for the vote.

Where we can vote or send in an absentee ballot?

We have included resources for a few local states in the chart below. A more comprehensive list of procedures and dates can be found on rockthevote.com or on your state’s election website.

In most states, you can register to vote if you will be 18 years old by Election Day on Nov. 8.

Absentee Ballot Deadline

Why is voting this year important?

Every election is important. However, the 2016 primaries are especially crucial because as of now, there is no clear frontrunner for either party. The Iowa caucus showed us that the Democrats will still be duking it out for a while and some GOP upsets prove that the tables are perpetually turning.

Most importantly, voting determines our future.

Elections from the federal to the local level affect laws and policies implemented in our everyday lives. We live in a unique country where we have a say in our government, and we need to both recognize and exercise that privilege.

- The Hawk Staff

For More Information

Application by April 19, Ballot by April 27

votespa.com

Application by May 31, Balloy by June 7

njelections.org

Application by April 12, Ballot by April 18

elections.ny.gov

Varying application dates, Ballot by April 22

elections.state.md.us

The Hawk welcomes letters to the editor (400-600 words). They can be emailed to hawk.editorial@gmail.com.

Unrequited Love What’s the worst that can happen?

KATHERINE GRYGO ’16 Hawk Staff Another Valentine’s Day has come and passed.

Absurdly large stuffed animals wearing “I Love You” t-shirts, and heart shaped boxes of chocolate are now on sale at Target and CVS. Some of us spent the Hallmark holiday with our significant other or with someone we are currently fancying. For others, Feb. 14 is just like any other day of the year, or, we may choose to celebrate the other name it has come to be known as: Singles Appreciation Day. However, I think that there is one more name the day can be given: Unrequited Love Awareness Day. Unrequited love is when one person has romantic feelings for another human being, but said human does not reciprocate those feelings. I personally think that unrequited love can be broken into different categories: the person who is the object of your feelings is unaware of your existence; the person who you love knows about your feelings for him/her but doesn’t return them; and finally the one I find most interesting—the situation where you have feelings for a certain someone but that person has no idea.

In the situation where the person you have feelings for is unaware of your existence, you can rectify this situation by introducing yourself to the person. But, if it is a case where you are head-over-heels in love with a celebrity, then I think you need to re-evaluate things. Honestly, I do not think you can have feelings that qualify as love for someone you have not spoken to. I think the word “lust” is more fitting because love implies that there is some connection that has been made.

The most common form of unrequited love occurs when you have revealed your feelings to somebody, but then that person has told you he/she unfortunately does not feel the same way. This situation is horrible and I am sure it is disappointing and heart-

breaking in every way. You allowed yourself to be vulnerable by opening your heart up to someone only to have it shut down. If you find yourself in this place, go and buy yourself some ice cream, listen to a sad song or two (I recommend “Cough Syrup” by Young the Giant), and give yourself a day to wallow. But, after your twenty four hours, pick yourself off the ground. Do not put your life on hold in hopes that one day that person will change his/her mind, and come knocking on your door with a dozen roses ready to ride off into the sunset with you. Yes, it could happen, but the chances are slim.

My personal favorite situation of unrequited love is where you have feelings for a certain individual, but he/she is completely unaware of those feelings. We do not express these feelings to the people we like maybe because we are socially awkward and not very good at the whole “feelings” thing; or because we are terrified that if we do, they may serve us with a big plate of rejection.

But we cannot be so scared and instead, we must make our move. If we don’t, then we may end up missing out on something that could be really awesome.

Yes, it is terrifying to put ourselves out there, but what if that person actually is into us and has not been able to verbalize it either? The worst thing that they can say is “no.”

Even if we are met with rejection, then we can be comforted with the fact that we gain some closure on the situation and can pick ourselves up and move on with our lives.

The bottom line: If you have feelings for someone then go and tell them, no matter what day of the year. You may discover that the person has been feeling the same way about you, too.

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Ad Hawk is a column showcasing voices around the university with a new writer each week. Each writer has the same purpose: to reflect on a small moment that had a great impact on their time at St. Joe’s.

BETH HAGOVSKY, Ed. D. Special to The Hawk I am not a Hawk.

When I started my journey as an administrator at Saint Joseph’s University in October 2006, I had no idea what could be so special about “the hawk” —the literal one or that unusually strong spirit that supposedly exists at St. Joe’s. I had been in Philadelphia since 1989, both as a college student and a professional, so I knew that the St. Joe’s mascot always had to flap (what?!) and even witnessed it at a UPenn/St. Joe’s basketball game I attended at the Palestra. Even though I thought I heard the St. Joe’s students chant something about the hawk never dying, I really couldn’t imagine how a student in an oversized hawk costume could possibly symbolize or be anything more than an overly enthusiastic prop that gets people to actually pay attention to the game.

When I started at Saint Joseph’s as the Director of Student Leadership & Activities after having spent more than a decade at Penn, I thought, “College students are college students, how different can St. Joe’s kids be?” While I was excited for my new professional opportunity and to get to know Saint Joseph’s and its students, as someone who considers herself a bit of cynic and hard to impress, I still didn’t think much of the Hawk Hill spirit and pride that people assured me existed when I interviewed for the position.

In my role in the Office of Student Leadership and Activities, I have the privilege of working with the orientation program and team as well as the large community of various student organizations—which means that every day, I meet with, talk to, and see a lot of St. Joe’s students. I have also had the opportunity to interview hundreds, if not thousands, of students over the years for leadership positions and awards. During my St. Joe’s experience, I’ve asked the questions, “Why did you choose Saint Joe’s?,” “Why do you want to be a Red Shirt?,” and “What was your inspiration and motivation for being a student leader at Saint Joe’s?” more times than I

could possibly imagine. I’ve climbed the Rocky Steps more times than I ever thought I would (I hear the music in my head every time and it never gets old!). I’ve attended more Black Light Dances than anyone at St. Joe’s. And I’ve learned a strange rallying call—“Game Time”—that mentions both dogs and hawks in the same cheer.

I have also seen nearly every incoming first year student over the last nine years as they walk onto to campus for their first day of orientation (usually nervous as they anxiously engage in obligatory small talk about where they’re from at seven a.m.) and leave 36 hours later a completely transformed person, hot and sweaty, hugging and high fiving their orientation leaders and group members with happy, confident smiles knowing they made the right choice.

So when I’m asked about a small moment that has made the greatest impact on my time at St. Joe’s, I have the pleasure of saying I couldn’t possibly think of just one because I have been blessed to have so many. Whether it’s been hearing the story of why someone has spent hundreds of hours during their time at Saint Joseph’s committed to being a person with and for others through service, or beginning each orientation session with my Red Shirts waking the campus up to “Game Time,” or simply being present during the everyday student interactions, conversations, and sometimes unusual discussions in my office, each moment I have spent at St. Joe’s has impacted me.

These are the moments that have made and continue to make that spirit I was promised come alive. It has been you—the students of St. Joe’s—that made even the most cynical part of me a believer in the spirit of Hawk Hill. And now I am proud to say: I am a Hawk.

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Beth Hagovsky, Ed. D., is the Director of Student Leadership and Activities.

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A REFLECTION ON CAMPUS CLASSISM Design credit Krista Jaworski ’17

IRINA GRINBERG ’17 Special to The Hawk I want to begin this piece by saying that I adore Saint Joseph’s University. I picked this school over others because when I toured here, I fell in love. This campus is gorgeous—a perfect mix of medieval architecture accommodating the contemporary world. The professors and staff are helpful no matter how many times I drop by their offices. My fellow students are generous. In general, this is an incredible community.

However, it is an expensive university, which is why I need to criticize it.

I do so not to bash or place blame, but to bring light to a subject that is so subtle that I do not even remember it being represented in the “LINES” performance during orientation. I criticize so that this university can become better, financially speaking.

I want to discuss the subtle classism I have seen and personally experienced—a sort of stereotyping based on

people’s different social classes. The classism is so understated, that it took me a while to realize how classist it is to ask questions such as, “Oh, why don’t you invest in a car?” to “You don’t have money to buy the book?”

I am not able to afford housing, so I have to commute. My commute is about an hour and a half to two hours, depending on traffic. I also am not able to afford a car, so I take public transportation. Public transportation is my only means of transportation to come to class and get back home. If buses and trains are not running, I am not able to make it to class. And I am not the only one. Saint Joseph’s has a community of commuters, including students, faculty, and staff, who also rely on public transportation to get to school each day.

I also know what it feels like to survive a winter with no heat because my family simply could not pay the bill. I know how it feels to eat one to two meals a day in order to afford a textbook that costs $150. But it could be worse. There are people who eat only one meal a day, or maybe three per week. I am in my third year

and only in $15,000 of debt. I will leave with my B.A. in about $30,000 of debt. The problem is that $30,000 is considered normal. There will be people who will leave their undergraduate careers with over $60,000 of debt.

Despite economic setbacks, I am still here.

I am not asking for a pity-check. I do not want anybody to feel sorry for me. I just want this classism bubble to pop. I want people to realize how many simple things they say are inherently classist, like asking someone why they don’t invest in a car. If I had the money, do you think I would take a two-hour bus or subway ride to class?

The maliciousness of others is not present, but classism operates regardless of intent. I just want people to be aware of their class privilege. I am not asking for a sudden money fix. I know there are upper-class people who recognize the issues of a classist society. I am only an English student. The only thing I can do is write this article and hope that it pops somebody out of their bubble.

Classism is an issue at this university, subtle or not, and it needs to be brought to the surface.

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Feb. 17, 2016

The Hawk

SWEET STUFF STORIES FROM INSIDE A GOURMET CHOCOLATE STORE

LAUREN CARROLL ’16 Hawk Staff “Hello, Sweet Stuff,” Meaghan Millison said.

“Haven’t been called that before,” said a customer over the phone.

This exchange is a daily occurrence at Sweet Stuff, a gourmet chocolate and candy store located within Suburban Square in Ardmore, Pa. Mara Cassidy opened the store in 1990, and she still runs and actively works in it 26 years later. Before moving to this larger location, the store spent five years in the cramped farmers market right down the street.

Cassidy has built a staff through personal friends and family who all get along, which has benefitted the culture of the store.

Sweet Stuff is a small, quaint store that sells some of the highest quality chocolates on the Main Line, provided by Asher Chocolates.

While the store is not hidden, it is also not prominent. It has dark, tinted windows so that the chocolates and candies do not melt.

A signature black and white striped awning leads to the door that bears the store’s name in white cursive letters.

As one enters the store, the smell of chocolate is overwhelming. Truffles, chocolates, dipped fruit, and chocolate-covered pretzels fill the cases, directly parallel to an entire wall of bins containing too many types of candy to count. From every flavor of Jelly Belly Jellybeans, to Swedish Fish, to nonpareils, and chocolate-covered nuts. If you can name it, they have it.

A typical reaction when entering Sweet Stuff ranges from obsessing over the smell, to wondering how you have never been in the store before, to saying every parent’s favorite quote: “My kid is like a kid in a candy store.” The owners say that response never gets old.

Sweet Stuff is a staple in many customers’ lives. Many regulars order from the store year after year–regardless of the season. These orders do not take place online, either, but in person or over the telephone, old-school style.

Millison, who started working at Sweet Stuff as a teenager, has worked there for over 20 years, continuing now after she has had five children. She knows the drill: pretzels are $18 per pound, chocolates are $20 per pound, and truffles

are $25 per pound. Millison recognizes certain customers and even remembers their orders.

“The Matron of the Main Line,” as Millison calls her, comes in each Monday morning as the store opens and typically buys five chocolate vanilla buttercreams.

“Her name is Barbara Donahue and she comes in the door and says, ‘I’m here’ in her cracking voice, regardless if I’m with another customer or not,” Millison recalled. “She usually changes her order to eight buttercreams because she tells me she is not going back to the doctor until spring. She is a riot!”

Another regular, a man named Luke, comes in each week to refill the Dum Dum stock in his car for his two blueeyed, curly-haired young daughters. He brings his kids in on the occasional weekend and lets them look around and choose a few sweets.

Another longtime employee of Sweet Stuff, Dolores Mannion, only works at Sweet Stuff during the holidays.

She spoke of a holiday season regular, a 98-year-old woman named Mrs. Meckle, who she said is sharp as a tack for her age.

“I always wait on her. It is such a coincidence because she only comes in during the holidays when I am actually here!” Mannion said.

Meckle always wears the same outfit: a tan, fashionable hat, navy coat with dark gray fur cuffs, and her silver, wirerimmed glasses. Her two remaining front teeth show when she smiles and she laughs throughout her whole experience in the store.

“I always have a very enjoyable experience at Sweet Stuff,” Meckle said.

Mannion responded,“Oh, you are so pleasant to work with. It was great to see you again. Have a great holiday!”

“I will see you at Easter!” said Meckle.

Whether the customer is a regular, or someone who stumbles in while strolling the sidewalks of Suburban Square, the store is full of great gifts and unique candies to browse.

The bin wall consists of candy from top to bottom, and takes up the entire length of the store, approximately 60 feet. The bins are about five feet high.

On the opposite side of the store, there are two temperature-controlled cases filled with chocolate. One has an assortment ranging from caramels to buttercreams to clusters and jellies. The other case is filled with truffles that look more like art than candy, There is a long island in the center of the store topped with one to three pound baskets and trays filled with chocolates, foiled candies, and chocolate-covered pretzels. There are also plastic containers and bags of chocolate drizzled popcorn, a specialty of Sweet Stuff, scattered on the island and around the store.

One would think working in a candy store would be pretty uneventful, but according to Millison, occasional crazy customers make for some unbelievable stories.

Mannion and Millison recently worked a five-hour shift together where they recalled an outrageous moment they still laugh about.

Scattered around the store are a few pinecone candleholders, which are for sale as a decoration for around a house.

A customer picked one up and was about to pay when she told Mannion, “It looks so good, and I cannot wait to eat it.”

Mannion also recalls a longtime customer named Kathy Monday, who is particular about how fast her orders should be filled. Mannion lightheartedly said, “Kathy Monday always wants it on a Tuesday.”

While Mannion was joking, there is a little bit of truth behind her statement about the demanding customersof Sweet Stuff, especially around holidays like Valentine’s Day, Christmas, and Easter. During those times, it is not unusual to see a line wrapped around the store.

Sweet Stuff gets some of the friendliest and kindest customers around. Millison said it brightens her day when a customer is so happy to find Sweet Stuff and talks about how beautiful the store is set up and how great all of their candy and chocolate are. This Main Line staple hopes to be around for many more years. It delivers a unique product and service that customers come back for again and again.

Bar hopping

The search for the perfect healthy bar KRISTEN ADAMS ’17 Hawk Staff

If you’re anything like me, you love to grab a granola bar on your way to class in order to curb your appetite and fill you up until you can get a full meal. Unfortunately, some bars aren’t as healthy as you might think they are. So, I’m here to break it down for you.

First and foremost, it’s important to know that granola bars—protein bars, nut bars, breakfast bars, or whatever you want to call them—will never be quite as nutritious as fruit, vegetables, Greek yogurt, or even a handful of almonds. However, when picking out your bar, remember these facts: your daily intake should be aimed at achieving 75 grams of protein and limiting saturated fat to under 20 grams. Also, for those of you who don’t get a lot of protein and look to meal bars to fill that void, seven grams of protein is equivalent to one ounce of meat.

Here are the bars that I recommend based on their nutrition--specifically calories, saturated fat, total sugars, and protein.

When eating bars, always make sure to look at the nutritional information and see what you’re putting in your body.

Bar Kashi Chewy - except Cherry Dark Chocolate (35g) Kind Fruit and Nut Delight (40g) Kind Healthy Grains - except Dark Chocolate Chunk (35g) Kind Plus Almond Walnut Macademia (40g)

Calories Saturated Fat (g) Total Sugars (g) Protein (g) 140

1

6

6

200

1.5

9

6

140

1

7

3

200

2

7

10

Kind Strong and Kind (45g)

230

1.5

6

10

Lärabar Über Mixed Roasted Nut (40g)

230

2.5

6

6

Nature Valley Nut Crisp (25g)

130

2

6

3

Nature Valley Roasted Nut Crunch (35g)

190

1.5

7

6

Nature Valley Simple Nut (33g)

180

1.5

6

6

90

1.5

6

1

130

0

6

2

Nature Valley Thins (17g) Nature Valley Trail Mix - Cranberry and Pomegranate or Fruit and Nut (35g)

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Q&A

With Jennifer Boylan

Transgender author and mother discusses identity, storytelling, and the power of love

“Her quotable quote was ‘I’m so glad it’s that you’re a woman, I was afraid it was something serious,’” Jennifer Finney Boylan laughed as she remembered a conversation with her sister-inlaw minister about her decision to come out as a transgender woman.

After reading from her book, “She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders,” on Feb. 11 at Saint Joseph’s University, Boylan, Thomas J. Brennan, S.J., and I got cozy at Landmark.

Photo by Matthew J. Haubenstein, M.A. ’17

SHANNON ADAMS ’16 Editor Emeritus Adams: So, you said in your speech that you kind of knew at age four or five that you didn’t feel right in yourself, […] you struggled with it, obviously, until you said you were 40 when you transitioned?

Boylan: For a long time, yeah, I kept hoping it wouldn’t be true. […] I felt that if I were loved deeply enough by others, that I would be content to stay a boy. I thought that that was my second best life but that, you know, my first best life would be unlivable and it would mean marginality and I just thought it would be a very hard life. I didn’t want to struggle, you know? […] I think, when I finally came out, it’s not that I finally just decided to do this, it was that I tried everything else and failed. I became a woman—it’s kind of like what Winston Churchill said about the Americans, “Always do the right thing, but only as a last resort.”

Brennan: I would just say one of the moving parts for me is, at the beginning of your book, in the preface of the most current edition— and we talked a lot about this in class—that you feel that stories, maybe even more than hormones or surgery or whatever, defined you or helped to define you as a woman as much as anything else.

Boylan: [W]hen you develop a story, when you develop a narrative of your life, you see how it connects the present to the past and the future. So, for me, writing about this experience helped me understand where I’d been and where I was going to go. […] I get letters from people in the Mid East who live in, you know, countries where to come out as gay means beheading. I get letters from people who identify as trans in Muslim countries who wear a burka all day long and no one knows anything about them; it’s just amazing. I mean, I have no way of knowing these letters are real, but I get them.

Brennan: [T]he chapter “The Yankee Doodle Girl […] juxtaposes going into the surgery, having it, and coming out, with stories from

the distant past. Well, why? Why did you choose that mode, or that style, of presenting this?

Boylan: […] They’re scenes that have to do with American identity, which I think have to do with independence, creation of self. And so, I saw the experience of finally going through surgery as, in some ways—and I mean, I know this happens around the world—but I saw it, in literary terms, as fundamentally American.

Inventing the self. And I also didn’t want to tell a straight narrative because the problem with a lot of transgender narratives is that surgery becomes like the climax of the book. And we shouldn’t be defined by the surgery. The surgery can also be—it’s not gross to talk about, but it’s kind of not the point. It’s needlessly corporeal. So, I thought, I’ll tell it in this other way and I’ll kind of juxtapose a lot of stories about self invention and love.

Adams: You also touched on male privilege during your presentation and I was just wondering if you could elaborate on that because you’ve seen it, obviously, from both sides and how the transition effected your view of it.

Boylan: I think it might be one of the defining aspects of privilege is that, if you don’t have it, you don’t know about it or you undervalue it.

And I can only tell you, and this may be obvious, but there’s a difference between understanding something as a concept and having it happen to you. […] So, the fact that men can be abusive, the fact that, as a woman, I’m now vulnerable in this culture in a way that I wasn’t before, none of these things are things that I didn’t know before, but like I said, it’s different when it’s you. And that makes all the difference in the world.

Adams: A lot of things come up about the misusing of pronouns and I was just wondering if you could speak on that topic. Do you still get that?

Boylan: I haven’t gotten it for a while. The people who are mostly likely to do it are the people who knew me back in the day. […] I know they don’t mean harm, but it still does cause harm. I can say this—if you accidentally use the wrong pronoun with somebody, you should always stop and apologize every single time. Don’t ever say, “Oh, well you can forgive me because I knew you back in the day.” You should not be in the business of forgiving yourself. The person whom you’ve misgendered should be in the position of doing that.

Adams: [I]f there was a parent whose child came to them saying they were transgender, is there any advice you would have to them?

Boylan: I’m not really in the advice-giving business. I’m a storyteller and other people are better with the psychology and the policy.

I will say it’s important, whether it’s a member of your family, or whether it’s a school, or even if it’s just your friends, it’s important for people to feel safe. So we have to think about establishing [a] safe space for people to tell and live their truth.

You know, for me, the big thing was not going from male to female, it was going from someone who had a secret to someone who didn’t… but if you want to know the simplest reason why I’m here and not at the bottom of another cliff somewhere? My wife, my children, my mother. And, you know, many transgender people lose their families. I know many people whose spouses have walked out on them the day that they opened their mouth. I know people who have been told that their fathers, formerly fathers, are dead. People who’ve given court orders that mean they’re not allowed to see their children or talk to them. I have a friend, a very good friend in fact, who hasn’t seen her daughter in 40 years. And that happens too. So, this is the power of love. Why is my life not like that? Love.

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‘After all this time? Always.’

J.K. Rowling’s popular series returns to bookshelves in July 2016 ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Managing Editor

“Whether by page or by screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”

J.K. Rowling’s words from the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two,” on July 15, 2011, still hold true for fans of the ever-popular series. Since the release of the final film, fans have been rabidly waiting for any news related to the Wizarding World. Rowling’s announcement of the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” film trilogy—the first of which is being released Nov. 18, 2016—sent shockwaves throughout the fandom.

However, on Feb. 10, Rowling announced via Pottermore—Rowling’s site, described as “the digital heart of the Wizarding World”—that there will, in fact, be an eighth installment to the original seven-book series.

Rowling, in conjunction with writers

Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, is writing “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” a play that takes place 19 years after the ending of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” It will tell the story of Harry Potter’s youngest son, Albus Severus, and how the Potter legacy affects the new generation.

While the story will open initially as a two-part play on London’s West End on July 30, the full story will be published in script form by Little, Brown and Company and released on July 31, a very important date for the Harry Potter fandom: both Potter’s and Rowling’s birthday.

According to the BBC, “The Cursed Child” has already reached number one on the pre-order charts of both Amazon UK and Waterstones, one of Britain’s largest bookstore chains. Waterstones expects the script to break any previous records; it has already surpassed preorders placed for

Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman.”

The first edition, currently being called the “Special Rehearsal Edition,” will only be available for a limited time; afterward, it will be replaced by a Definitive Collector’s Edition.

Fans have dreamt for years about a new release in the series. With theme parks opening in Hollywood and Japan, and the upcoming new film trilogy, hype about the boy wizard has clearly not died down since the 2011 release of “Deathly Hallows, Part Two.” For many, “Harry Potter” isn’t just a favorite series, it’s a major part of their lives. People have based friendships and relationships on these books and films, and the series’ presence is still obvious today.

The signs of Rowling’s influence are everywhere: tattoos, battered copies of the novels that are duct-taped together, posters in

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While some may question why thousands of adults are so excited about a script of a play that they may never see, those of us who don’t mind being called “Potterheads” know that it’s so much more than just a play. It might be imaginary, but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t hold infinite amounts of meaning for those whose lives were shaped by the original series.

To quote the perennial wisdom of Albus Dumbledore, “Of course it’s happening inside your head… But why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”

If anyone needs me, I’ll be counting down the days until July 31, when I’ll be happily standing in line at midnight alongside my best friends, counting down the minutes until we can return to the world that we call our second home.

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The compassionate side of you will kick back into action this week, Virgo. Use the time either to volunteer or to help others out.

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Your outlook this week will turn fairly optimistic, Libra, which will help create the balance you need between your personal life and your work life.

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Learn how to control your rage this week, Scorpio. A stressful situation that’s been surrounding you may become worse.

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You will be in a very talkative mood this week, Sagittarius. Take this time to rekindle relationships with friends and family. It will be much appreciated.

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Your mind will be on making money this week, and rightfully so, Capricorn. There are great opportunities coming your way.

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The new year may have brought unneeded stress, Aquarius, but your laid back demeanor will be back this week, making room for open conversations with your friends and family.

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You’ve been incredibly social for the past couple of weeks, Pisces. It’s time to take a step back and recharge your battery. It will not only benefit you, but it will benefit your bank account, too.

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‘THE ART OF THE DEAL: THE MOVIE’ Reviewing Johnny Depp’s parody performance as Donald Trump ROSE WELDON ’19 Hawk Staff For months, an elite organization had been working to complete a mission that would hopefully entertain thousands of people. That organization is Funny or Die, and that mission was to make the greatest Donald Trump parody on the Internet. And, as many saw last week, that mission was accomplished.

On Wednesday, Feb. 10, out of the blue, Funny or Die dropped the parody film “The Art of the Deal: The Movie” on its website.

The film’s fake backstory was delivered by real-life filmmaker Ron Howard in a cameo in first few minutes of the film. He explained that the footage was filmed in the ’80s and directed and written by Trump himself, before being lost to the ages. What follows is meant to be a parody of rags-to-riches TV moviesof-the-week that aired in the ’80s, complete with a title song performed by Kenny “Footloose” Loggins.

“AOTD” features both comedic and dramatic actors alike, including Patton Oswalt, Alfred Molina, Henry Winkler, Kristen Schaal, Jack McBrayer, and Michaela Watkins. But the star of the show is the man who plays The Donald, none other than Captain Jack Sparrow himself, Johnny Depp.

He’s hidden beneath pounds of makeup, but under the tanned face and helmet hair, Depp gives a skilled impression of the tycoon. It’s a marvel to watch him spar with Oswalt’s Merv Griffin, have montages of phone conversations, chitchat with his thenwife Ivana, played by Watkins, and pine after the Taj Mahal Casino. Depp embraces the character of Trump in what is truly one of his greatest comedic performances.

With director Jeremy Konner, co-creator of “Drunk History,” and writer Joe Randazzo, who in the past was a contributor and editor for “The Onion,” the film was shot in secret over the course of four days in December 2015, and its current state serves it well.

Randazzo takes advantage of every joke the situation could possibly give him, from wisecracks about Trump’s purchase of a now-extinct football team to a cameo appearance by ALF. In short, while “The Art of the Deal: The Movie” isn’t hard-hitting satire, it serves its purpose well as a riff on Trump’s built-up image, performed by a group of people who see past it. The ensemble cast is great, the comedy is entertaining, and it’s sure to please any member of the Web 2.0 generation.

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Running towards records

Men’s and women’s track and field shine in weekend meets CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor

Photos by Dylan Eddinger ’19

In their final meets before the Atlantic 10 Championships—the Fastrack National Qualifier on Friday, Feb. 12 and the Monmouth Winter Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 13—the Saint Joseph’s University men’s and women’s track and field teams had a strong showing, including a number of new personal records for both teams.

At Friday’s meet, the men’s 4x400 relay team of sophomore David Henderson, junior Torey Doaty, junior Eddison Gulama, and senior Alec Peabody finished in first in the event with a time of 3:11.20, just 0.08 behind the school record.

Men’s Head Coach Mike Glavin was

pleased with the performance, especially considering the mishap that occurred in the third leg of the race.

“With about 50 meters to go in the third leg, which Torey Doaty was running, the [University at] Albany runner started to get tripped up, and the guy from Penn State got tied up with him,” Glavin said.

Doaty avoided the pile up by running to the outer lanes to finish his leg of the race.

The time is the second fastest in St. Joe’s history, and the top three 4x400 times have all come within the past year, according to SJU Athletic Communications. Doaty has run in all three of those relays.

Sophomore Dan Ferraiolo’s 800m race was another notable performance. Ferraiolo finished in fourth place with a time of 1:53.69, which set a new personal record. “[That] is the fastest he’s ever run for 800, indoors or out, and he qualified for the IC4As,” Glavin said. “That was a big race. A real big race, actually. Dan Ferraiolo’s race was probably one of the high points of the day.”

Ferraiolo’s goal going into the race was to qualify for the IC4As. “The standard was 1:54.50 [for the 800m], so anything under that was my goal time,” Ferraiolo said. “I didn’t think it was going to be the time that I had, but I was obviously happy that it was.”

The following day’s meet featured a number of new personal records for the Hawks, including freshman Tommy Higley, who finished fourth in the 3000m with a time of 8:48.17, an improvement of over 10 seconds from his previous record.

One of the main focuses of the weekend was to prepare for the A-10 Championships,

according to Glavin.

The women’s team also had a successful weekend, including in the 4x400 relay at the Fastrack National Qualifier, in which they placed eighth. The team of junior Courtney Foster, junior Angelena Minniti, junior Ashley Gerald, and senior Dannah Hayward finished in 3:51.95, which qualified for the ECAC Championships.

Similar to the men’s 4x400 race, not everything went as smoothly as possible in the relay. Minniti got boxed in during the second leg, and Hayward had to fight to stay in her lane during the final leg.

“It became a very physical race. She [Hayward] kind of had to elbow a bit to keep her lane and everything,” said women’s first-year Head Coach Melody O’Reilly. “So I was relieved when they came around and hit their time just under the standard.”

Hayward admitted that she and her teammates were nervous about qualifying for the ECACs prior to the race, and the mishaps during the race didn’t help with the nervousness.

Hayward and her teammates felt the same sense of relief when they knew they met the qualifying mark.

“Seeing that time on the board was really just a weight off our shoulders,” Hayward said, “knowing that going into conferences, we don’t have to have that in the back of our minds the whole time.”

A number of runners posted significantly-improved personal records at the following day’s meet. Freshman Elaine Estes finished the 3000m in 11:00.61, an improvement of more than 20 seconds from her previous record. Fellow freshman Erin McGuire shattered her previous 5k record

by more than a minute, finishing with a time of 20:32.20.

“That was a huge PR,” O’Reilly said.

“Erin has been working out really hard and really, really well, and consistently for a while. She’s just had a tough semester with being sick a lot this semester, off and on with colds.”

O’Reilly and Hayward both see a positive energy in the team that they believe will help them be successful at the A-10 Championships.

“We’re all just really excited, being under Coach Mel for the first time,” Hayward said. “We’re going to see how improved we’ve become and how much better of a team we are, and just see where all of our hard work is going to take us.”

Over the net, under the radar

Men’s club volleyball spikes in member commitment CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor Before current senior Andrew Kulesh decided to attend Saint Joseph’s University, he was completely certain of one thing: Wherever he ended up going to college, the school needed to have a club volleyball team.

“I played in high school,” said Kulesh, president of the club volleyball team. “I had to go to a school that had volleyball. There were some schools I ruled out because they

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didn’t have a club team.”

Fellow senior Kevin Viola chose St. Joe’s for a similar reason. Viola played volleyball all throughout high school, and he knew he wanted to play a club sport in college.

“I just wanted to be involved in club sports, whether it was soccer or volleyball or something [else],” Viola said. “So that was a factor, club sports, because St. Joe’s is supposed to be really good with clubs.”

Both Kulesh and Viola joined the club volleyball team their freshman year, and they’ve seen the club grow significantly in their time at St. Joe’s. The two agreed that practices their freshman year weren’t very structured, partially because the club president would be running the practice and the team didn’t have a traditional coach.

Involvement in the team also wasn’t very high, with some practices having a turnout as low as four people, according to Kulesh.

At the beginning of the last academic year, Alex Notaristefano, ’98, who started the club volleyball team when he was at St. Joe’s, emailed Kulesh to ask if the team would want a coach.

“Once we got a coach, it was more structured, more interesting to go to practice, and commitment shot up because of that,” Kulesh said.

Notaristefano provided the team practices with a structure that they had not had before, fostering a more focused environment overall as well.

“He motivated [us],” Viola said. “You can’t just goof off during practice. We do, but at the same time we don’t. We take it somewhat serious, whereas before we would just do drills… and people would go over and check their phones [during practice].”

According to Kulesh, about 10-12 people show up for practices. It can be difficult to organize practices, though, as many of the team members have night class or other commitments during practice times.

The team practices in the red gym in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena during the fall, but have to practice in the O’Pake Recreation Center during the spring semester, which also presents a challenge. The net system in O’Pake isn’t as up-to-date as the one in Hagan is, and it can be difficult to set up at times, according to Kulesh.

“You’re very dependent on a net,” Kulesh said. “The men’s [net] height is different than the women’s height. The O’Pake net really only goes to the women’s height.”

The issues with the O’Pake net are frustrating to the team, and commitment even drops off in the spring, which is when match play is. The team plays in a few tournaments during the fall, but they play almost every weekend in the spring.

While Kulesh and Viola are pleased with the progress the team has made over the years, they’d like to see the club continue to grow. Viola believes that one of the things that would help the team grow is the ability to practice in the red gym with the better net year round, not just during the fall.

Despite the hardship the team faces, they try to maintain a positive attitude on and off the court. The team has been finding more time to bond with one another outside of practices, which motivates them to come to practices, according to Viola.

“It was definitely a really good decision to join the team,” Viola said. “It got me more friends, and it’s something to do every week and stay active.”

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Home with the Hawks Demery’s journey to St. Joe’s NICK MANDARANO ’18 Hawk Staff “I remember for my fifth-grade class one day, the teacher was like, ‘What do y’all want to be?’ I said, ‘I am going to the NBA.’ I wrote that on the piece of paper. I’m going to play D1 college, and I’m going to the NBA. I didn’t say ‘I would like to be.’ No, I said ‘I am.’”

From a very young age, sophomore James Demery had aspirations of playing basketball at a high level. At the age of 10, he made it his goal.

“If y’all just know how hard I worked for this, it’s crazy,” Demery said.

It was Assistant Coach Dave Duda that first discovered Demery for Saint Joseph’s University, and it was completely by accident.

“I actually saw him in a game that I wasn’t there to see him. I didn’t know who he was,” Duda said. “In that game, James attempted 24 foul shots. I kept going, ‘God, this kid just keeps getting to the basket.’”

Demery had plenty of big-time schools recruiting him, including Virginia Tech, Oklahoma State University, Tennessee State University, and, among others, St. Joe’s. Just as his stock was rising to a peak towards the end of the Amateur Athletic Union season, he suffered an injury to his knee.

“It was a good two months [that I was out],” Demery said. “I had tendonitis real

bad where to the point I could hardly walk.”

The schools that were once watching his every movement began to question whether or not he was worth the risk.

“A lot of schools would come [to games], but I couldn’t play,” Demery said.

Schools began to back away from Demery, unsure whether or not he’d return to full form. One school, however, never lost faith—St. Joe’s.

“When [Head Coach] Phil [Martelli] and I talked, I said, ‘Well look, some of these schools are a little tentative now because they want to see him play more,’” Duda said.

Demery appreciated the way Martelli treated him, even with his injury.

“One thing I liked about Coach Martelli is he kept it real with me the whole time,” Demery said. “He and Coach Duda said, ‘We see your potential. We know what you can do once we get you right.’ They just let me know that they were there for me.”

Martelli flew to Demery’s mother’s house in Greenville, N.C., sat on her couch and told her how much he loved her son.

“That’s a real old school move,” Demery said. “I took that as a great respect.”

After fully recovering from his knee injury, Demery led his high school team to their second consecutive state championship. When it came time to make a decision,

Demery still had some big-time schools that had jumped back onto his bandwagon.

No one in North Carolina expected that Demery would commit to a Philadelphia school, but Demery described his mentality as, “We have to find the school that best fits me. I mentally thought about it. And I was like, ‘Nah, I want to go to this school even though I know the distance.’”

That school was St. Joe’s.

Demery hasn’t regretted his decision for a second, and has said on multiple occasions that he loves Saint Joseph’s. He loves that Martelli never gave up on him and that the school stuck with him in times of doubt.

That’s what made the decision so easy.

“That’s one thing that’s big with me, family,” Demery said. “That’s one thing I like about Coach Martelli, he’s always talking about family first, education second, basketball third. But the family part is big on my side. You’ve got to watch out for the people around you. You gotta have their back no matter what it is. Just knowing that Phil Martelli had that same vibe that I was raised with, that’s why I liked [St. Joe’s] so much.”

“St. Joe’s fans and people that support us, I just really appreciate them,” Demery continued. “They want us to go all the way, and that’s our plan as well.”

Photo by Joey Toczylowski ’19

A day in her spikes Keegan’s day, meter by meter MADELINE KUNTZ ’17 Assistant Sports Editor

Photo by Madeline Kuntz ’17

Caroline Keegan is a sophomore interdisciplinary health services major from West Grove, Pa. She’s also a member of the Saint Joseph’s University women’s track team, and her main events are the 400m and 800m. Keegan also stays involved on campus through the Center for Developing Everyday Champions.

8 a.m.: The alarm goes off Keegan wakes up at 8 a.m. on most days. After waking up, she makes breakfast. As Division I athlete, it’s important for her to fuel her body with nutritious food.

Some days she’ll have oatmeal with peanut butter powder, and other days she’ll make eggs with veggies. She’ll also accompany her breakfast with a banana or an apple.

9:30 – 10:45 a.m.: Spanish Keegan has Spanish class at 9:30. She either goes to class in her practice clothes or packs them to bring with her, since she’ll be leaving straight from class to go to practice.

11 a.m.: Practice As soon a Keegan is done with class, she heads to practice. If it’s cold or snowing,

the team takes a bus to Haverford College to practice in their indoor facilities. If it’s a nice day outside, the team will practice on campus.

Keegan provided a run-down of a recent workout: she trains in the “long sprints plus” group, which are the athletes that race any distance from 400m-1000m.

“It’s definitely high-volume, highspeed,” Keegan said. “Last Tuesday we had 4x800m, and then 4x200m. [Head Coach Melody O’Reilly] will give us a starting time for the first one, and then we have to drop [our time] a little bit on each one.”

After the team cools down from the running workout, they have a 10-minute core circuit before the end of practice.

“We do core, if not every day every other day,” Keegan said. “We always end with a three-minute plank. For the other seven minutes we’ll do things like crunches and leg lifts.”

1:15-1:45 p.m.: Break time When the bus returns to campus, or when Keegan heads from the track to the

locker room, she has a small break before it’s time to head to her next class. She tries to grab lunch during this time, as well. Her goto lunch is a peanut butter & jelly, a banana or apple, and a handful of almonds. If she’s pressed for time, she likes to grab a Quest bar or a Kind bar to replace her sandwich.

2:00-4:45 p.m.: Photography At 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Keegan has a photography class that lasts two hours and 45 minutes on Merion campus.

5 p.m.: Back to the dorm At 5 p.m., Keegan finally gets to head back to her dorm.

“I usually shower first,” Keegan said.

“Then depending on how hungry I am I’ll start making dinner. I usually do chicken, a potato, and green beans or asparagus.”

6 p.m.: Library After dinner, Keegan always goes to the library or the student athlete study hall to get some work done.

“Even if I don’t have something that’s due the next day, I try to get ahead or review,” Keegan said. “It’s hard when we’re

traveling almost every weekend right now.

You lose all that time to study or do your work. I try to catch up during the week.”

7:30-9 p.m.: Developing Everyday Champions Some nights Keegan has the chance to escape the stress of school and track and reflect on the week with fellow student athletes at the Center for Developing Everyday Champions. Student athletes from all different sports meet in the Hall of Fame Room in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena to have discussions or listen to guest speakers. Her favorite guest speaker was Vince Papale, a St. Joe’s graduate and former track runner who went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles.

10-11 p.m.: Time for bed Keegan tries to get to bed no later than 11 p.m. Sometimes, she’ll bring a reading assignment to work on in bed before she falls asleep, so that she has less to do during the rest of the week.

12 | Sports

The Hawk

Feb. 17, 2016

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Photos by Joey Toczylowski ’19

CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor In a game that saw all 16 uninjured players on the court, the Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball team won their 21st game on Saturday, Feb. 13. The team’s 21 wins in 25 games is the most victories the team has seen since the 2003-2004 team, according to SJU Athletic Communications.

The 03-04 team was undefeated in the regular season (27-0, 16-0 A-10), went to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament, and featured two future NBA players, Jameer Nelson and Delonte West.

The Hawks (21-4, 10-2 A-10) trounced the La Salle Explorers (5-18, 1-11 A-10) by a final score of 88-62. St. Joe’s started the game with a 9-0 run, and held their lead for the entirety of the game. After a turnover from La Salle redshirt sophomore Tony Washington, St. Joe’s freshman Pierfrancesco Oliva ran the ball down the court and dunked it to give the Hawks a 9-0 lead 2:30 minutes into the game.

The Hawks increased their lead to double digits on a free throw from junior DeAndre’ Bembry with 9:52 left in the first half.

Following Bembry’s pair of free throws, La Salle trailed by at least 11 points for the remainder of the game.

“La Salle [was] really playing with a short deck. I feel for those guys,” St. Joe’s Head Coach Phil Martelli said. “They have a plan and they hit a wall. I think that we encouraged them to hit that wall. We were aggressive, and DeAndre and [sophomore] James [Demery] did a wonderful job on [redshirt junior] Jordan Price.”

Bembry finished the night with 13 points and nine rebounds in 23 minutes.

With 12:07 remaining in the second half, Bembry was called on his fourth foul of the night, and didn’t play for the rest of the game.

“Don’t leave here without recognizing what James Demery did,” Martelli said.

“When DeAndre’ got in foul trouble, he [Demery] had Price.”

Demery played 23 minutes off the

bench, finishing with 17 points, two rebounds, and three steals. Demery shot 7-for-9 from the floor, and sunk all three of his free throws.

“Just come out and do what I normally do,” Demery said of his performance in the game. “Play with energy, drive to the basket and do what I’m comfortable with.”

Senior Aaron Brown had two dunks within 35 seconds of each other in the second half of the game. A few minutes later, Demery followed with a dunk of his own with 5:07 remaining, giving the Hawks a 30-point lead over the Explorers.

La Salle scored 13 points, including four three-pointers, in the final four minutes of the game, and St. Joe’s scored nine, including seven free throws, to bring the Hawks to their 26-point victory.

Despite their decisive win and dominant play overall this season, both Martelli and Demery see areas in which the Hawks need to improve.

“In order for us to move from a good team to one of the elite teams…There were

several things that needed to happen,” Martelli said. “We need to make more two-point shots…We need our point guards to play better individual defense…And Pap [graduate student Papa Ndao] and Checco [Oliva] need to give us some baskets opposite of [senior] Isaiah [Miles] so that we have balance.”

Demery thinks the team will continue learning and improving, especially with the Atlantic 10 Championships less than a month away, and with Dayton University (21-3, 11-1 A-10), first in the A-10, coming to Michael J. Hagan Arena on Wednesday, Feb. 17.

“It’s a great opportunity to get this win, and now we just learn from the mistakes we had this game and develop from it to get ready for Dayton,” Demery said. “We’re not perfect, so we’ve always got stuff to work on…We got a lot to learn from each other.”

After taking on Dayton, the Hawks will travel to Davidson College on Saturday, Feb. 20, where they’ll look to preserve their undefeated road record, 9-0, the best in the nation.

Falling short Women’s basketball falls to Duquesne NICK MANDARANO ’18 Hawk Staff The Saint Joseph’s University women’s basketball team (11-13, 5-7 A-10) lost 73-59 to Duquesne University (232, 11-1 A-10) on Saturday, Feb. 13. The Hawks trailed by as many as 21 points in the game. Three players for the Hawks managed to score double digits, including senior guard Ciara Andrews who scored a team-high 13 points.

Senior Sarah Fairbanks, who reached 1,000 points for her career on Wednesday, Feb. 10, and Andrews each pulled down six rebounds for the Hawks, who totaled 35 in the game. Although in the stat sheet St. Joe’s had more rebounds than Duquesne, Head Coach Cindy Griffin felt her squad was outrebounded.

“I think [our rebounds] came at a time when the game was already decided,” she said following the game. “Quite honestly, Duquesne had all the key rebounds. I thought we battled. We just never capitalized on our offensive rebounds.”

The Hawks didn’t attempt a single three-pointer in the first quarter, although the Dukes took seven. Three point shots have been something St. Joe’s has struggled with throughout the entirety of the season. They’ve shot under 30 percent this year from long distance, but

Griffin said they’ve adjusted the game plan.

“We decided we haven’t been shooting the ball well from three, so we just want to get better shots inside,” Griffin said.

For Saturday’s game, the Hawks were 4-13 on three-point attempts, with three of the four made by junior Kathleen Fitzpatrick.

Duquesne senior April Robinson and freshman Kadri-Ann Lass led all scorers with 16 points each.

“April Robinson is a terrific senior point guard,” said Griffin. “She runs the team really well. She has eyes in the back of her head.

She makes everybody around her better.”

According to Griffin, In Order for St. Joe’s to compete in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, they’ll need excellent play from Andrews and freshman guard Alyssa Monaghan, said Griffin.

“This time of year, you’re going to go as far as your guards will take you,” Griffin said.

Now at 5-7 in conference play, St. Joe’s sits in 10th place in the A-10, but Griffin stands firm that St. Joe’s is still in the hunt.

“I think it’s a very competitive league and I think it’s wide open,” Griffin said. “Let the fun begin!”

The Hawks have four games remaining before the A-10 Tournament. They’ll play at La Salle University on Wednesday, Feb.

17, two home games against University of Rhode Island and Davidson College, and then at University Richmond to finish the regular season.

If the Hawks can hold on to at least the 10th spot in the standings, they’ll get a bye to the second round in the tournament.

Otherwise, they’ll have to play a first round play-in game.

Photos by Joey Toczylowski ’19