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17-year-old-freshmen, the law treats those students as if they were adults because they are approaching 18.

After the deliberation was finished and the resolution was formed, it was sent to University President Mark Reed, Ed.D., for approval.

Once received, Reed spoke with faculty and made the decision that background checks would no longer be mandatoryat St. Joe’s.

“The text is very explicit. If you are a current faculty member and you haven’t been fingerprinted and background checked, you do not need to go through the process if you do not work with minors,” Green said. “If your situation changes and you work with minors, it is your job to report to Human Resources and get yourself taken care of [and] background checked.”

St. Joe’s faculty must send a letter to HR in order to be exempt from background checks, according to Parry.

“There was a feeling among many faculty that since background checks haven’t been shown to protect children, since training is the best way to protect children, why invest the resources in background checks especially if it’s not required by the law?”

Green added.

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After much deliberation and conversation amongst the Saint Joseph’s University community, background checks for facultywere deemed as no longer mandatory.

This decision came after years of debate in the Pennsylvania legislature, as well as ongoing conversation on Saint Joseph’s campus.

“There was concern about background checks since the first university announcement about background checks,” said Ann Green, Ph.D., professor of English and president of Faculty Senate. “Faculty feel like it is an invasion of privacy and that if you have been a long term employee of the institution and you have served in good standing, why does anyone need to invade your privacy and do a background check?”

Former governor Tom Corbett signed a law in October of 2014 mandating that all faculty, administrators, and staff on college or university campuses partake in background checks, according to the Faculty Background Check Policy Resolution. St. Joe’s complied with this law two months later. In July of 2015, current governor Tom Wolf signed a law that exempts employees of higher institutions from needing background checks. The law was signed, but St. Joe’s did not comply with that law until the end of last semester.

Instead they kept the initial law and still required that all employees get background checks. Employees felt as though the university was going above the necessary requirements. The first place they went to voice their concerns was the Faculty Senate.

“As early as last spring faculty were upset about background checks,” Green said.

“It came up several times in the summer. …

St. Joe’s was going beyond the law in requiring background checks of all employees.”

The Safe Environment Taskforce was formed in 2012 in order to research background checks and report the information found to the Board of Trustees. At the end of the investigation in December 2012, a recommendation was made.

“The taskforce recommendation overall was [that] training was more important than background checks,” Green said.

“Getting people familiar with what your policies are and who to report to if you see something. So see something, say something, that’s more effective than background checking your employees. The committee recommended that it didn’t make sense to do retroactive background checks because they don’t increase the safety of children on your campus.”

During the October Faculty Senate meeting, a vote took place to decide the faculty’s stance on background checks. The executive council of the Faculty Senate, or the members elected to represent the faculty’s voice, voted 23-0 with one abstention to put the proposal forward, and so came the Faculty Background Check Policy Resolution.

When explaining the reasoning behind the faculty’s decision, the proposal stated: “Whereas background checks and fingerprinting that, by definition, violate privacy and can lead to situations in which due process is suspended, can be tolerated if deemed necessary, such abridgments of privacy should not otherwise be endured.”

The law stipulates that if a professor is dually enrolled in a higher education program and a program that works with minors, they are still required to be background checked, according to David Parry, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of communications. He also added that despite the fact that some faculty work with

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Although the process has now been changed, faculty who were fingerprinted under the previous law gave their information to a third party source that then conducted the background check.

“Once that information is out there you can’t get it back,” Parry said. “I know of no way possible to get that back. Data once in the world is very hard to erase. You have to be vigilant if you want to protect your privacy.”

Center for International Programs in transition Office restructures after staffing changes SAM HENRY ’19 Assistant Distribution Manager

The front door of the CIP office on City Avenue (Photo by Matthew J. Haubenstein, M.A., ’17).

Last semester, 43 staff and administrative positions were terminated, resulting in the layoffs of 14 Saint Joseph’s University employees. One of the offices affected by these structural changes was the Center for International Programs.

Saint Joseph’s Center for International Programs (CIP) provides services and programs for international students and for students who wish to study abroad or travel through a study tour.

“At the beginning of the academic year, or say back in June, the Center for International Programs had one director, three assistant directors, two coordinators, and an international student advisor. So seven people,” said Cary Anderson, Ph.D, vice president of Student Life and associate provost.

The Center for International Programs reports to Anderson, as well as the Office of Student Life.

Three individuals have left the office, leaving the CIP understaffed. There were originally seven positions in the office, but currently only four of those positions remained filled.

The temporary lack of employees in the office has not made it easy for the remaining staff.

“Quite frankly, people are doing double duty [and] doing some extra work,” said Anderson. “For example, the assistant director, in our international students program that works with our international students who come here, is assisting in doing the visa forms and all those kind of things, where the international student advisor would have done much of that work.”

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Feb. 24, 2016

The Hawk

Department of Public Safety reports (Feb. 12 - Feb. 18) Feb. 12

Feb. 15

Public Safety was notified by an area resident regarding students being loud in the 2400 block of N. 57th Street. Public Safety Officers, along with the Philadelphia Police, were notified and responded to the area. Community Standards was notified.

Feb. 13

Public Safety confiscated a quantity of beer from a Saint Joseph’s University student who had just boarded the shuttle escort at the Merion Gardens Apartments. The alcohol was transported to Public Safety Headquarters and disposed of.

Public Safety was notified by Residence Life regarding an odor of marijuana coming from a room in the Merion Gardens Apartments. Public Safety Officers responded to the room with Residence Life. A search of the room revealed no signs of drugs or drug paraphernalia. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified in regards to person(s) unknown damaging a room door inside of Sullivan Hall. Residence Life notified and Facilities Management were notified.

Public Safety was notified in regards to person(s) unknown damaging a men’s bathroom on the fourth floor of Villiger Hall. Residence Life and Facilities Management were notified.

Public Safety was notified of a male (non-St. Joe’s student) attempting to sell tickets to the men’s basketball game outside of Hagan Arena. Public Safety officers responded, but the male had left the area.

Feb. 14 Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside the Lancaster Court Weymouth Apartments. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated by a student cooking. Property Management was notified.

Public Safety was notified in regards to person(s) unknown damaging a sign inside the elevator of Rashford Hall.

Residence Life and Facilities Management were notified.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding person(s) unknown removing her coat and St. Joe’s I.D. card from an unsecured locker inside the O’Pake Recreational Center. The incident is under investigation.

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ALCOHOL RELATED INCIDENTS

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No incidents to report.

Feb. 17 Public Safety confiscated a quantity of wine from a St. Joe’s student inside the lobby of Rashford Hall. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

On campus

Public Safety was notified in regards to a St. Joe’s student punching a hole in the wall at the Morris Quad Townhouses.

Residence Life and Facilities Management were notified.

Off campus

DRUG RELATED INCIDENTS

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Public Safety was notified of a St. Joe’s student regarding removing a boot from his personal vehicle. Lower Merion Police was notified. Community Standards was notified. Incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding person(s) unknown removing currency from his dresser drawer. Residence Life was notified. Incident is under investigation.

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Public Safety was notified by an area resident regarding students being loud in the 2400 block of N. 57th Street. Public Safety Officers, along with the Philadelphia Police, were notified and responded into the area. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a St. Joe’s student being approached by an older male (non-St. Joe’s) on 54th Street near the Landmark Restaurant. According to the student, the male grabbed the student’s arm but the student managed to keep walking without further incident. Public Safety Officers and Philadelphia Police responded to the area. Incident is under investigation.

NEWS BRIEFS Jeb Bush suspends presidential campaign

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush dropped out of the 2016 presidential race on Saturday following the South Carolina primary. Bush finished in fourth place in the South Carolina, winning only 7.8 percent of the vote, falling behind Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz. (New York Times)

Cyclone Winston leaves 20 dead

Tropical Cyclone Winston hit Fiji on Saturday, leaving at least 20 dead. This is the most powerful storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere, with winds reaching 184 mph and leaving many Fijians without food, water, or shelter. A government-implemented curfew has been lifted, but residents are still encouraged to limit their movement until roads and power lines have been repaired. (CNN)

6 killed in Michigan shooting

Jason Brian Dalton has been accused of a seven-hour shooting rampage on Saturday evening in Kalamazoo, Michigan, leaving six dead and two injured. Dalton, an Uber driver, picked up passengers in between shootings. Dalton is currently in custody. He has no criminal record and his motive is still unknown. (CNN)

Apple and FBI continue feud over privacy

Last week, a federal judge ordered Apple to allow the government access to encrypted data on the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Shortly after, Apple CEO Tim Cook released a statement refusing the court order, expressing concerns for the privacy of iPhone users. Prosecutors say they need access to the phone’s data to find out who the shooters were communicating with prior to the shooting. (NBC)

140 killed in Syrian bomb blast

The Islamic State (IS) carried out two bomb blasts in Syrian cities Homs and Damascus on Sunday, leaving 140 dead. IS suicide bombers attacked the same district last month, leaving 71 dead. US Secretary of State John Kerry said a partial truce has been reached with Russia that includes the possibility of a cease-fire. (BBC)

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Feb. 24, 2016

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Literary community mourns loss Author Harper Lee dies at 89 ROSE WELDON ’19 Hawk Staff American author Harper Lee died Feb. 19 at age 89.

Lee is best known for her debut novel “To Kill A Mockingbird,” published in 1960, which became a staple in high school English classes. The book has been translated into 40 languages and remains in print more than 50 years after its original publication.

“To Kill a Mockingbird” tells the story of Scout, a young white girl, whose father Atticus Finch is tasked with defending Tom Robinson, a black man, in a small, Depression-era Alabama town.

Owen Gilman, Ph.D., professor of English, first taught “To Kill A Mockingbird” last semester in his “Re-Reading the Sixties” course.

“No book has more attraction, readership, interest or effect than ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’” Gilman said. “It was a huge contributor to the spread of the Civil Rights movement, the expansion of it, reach of it.

I’m sure that many of the Freedom Riders who went to Southern states in the early ’60s were inspired by this novel.”

Jenny Nessel, ’19, is a longtime fan of Lee’s work.

“Harper Lee was able to help us all remember the deepest feelings that have long since gone dormant, love and understanding,” Nessel said. “They are feelings that bind us all in mutual admiration for one another. They remind us that we are human.”

Born Nelle Harper Lee in 1926 in

Monroeville, Alabama, Lee’s best friend as a child was future novelist Truman Capote, whom she later immortalized in “To Kill A Mockingbird” as Scout’s friend Dill. Lee assisted Capote in his research for his truecrime work “In Cold Blood.”

Lee began writing fiction in her late 20s. “To Kill A Mockingbird” was published to critical acclaim and won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

In 1962, Lee saw her novel adapted into an Academy Award-winning film: Gregory Peck won Best Actor for his portrayal of Atticus Finch.

In 1964, Lee began to shun the spotlight, turning away interviewers, and little became known of her private life. Lee received multiple honors in her lifetime,

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including the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom and the 2010 National Medal of the Arts.

Last year HarperCollins published Lee’s novel “Go Set a Watchman,” the original manuscript for “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The book received mixed reviews.

Critics questioned whether or not Lee approved of publishing the manuscript, but the book became one of the top-selling books of 2015.

Although she only published two fulllength novels—“To Kill A Mockingbird” and last year’s “Go Set a Watchman”— many readers, including those at Saint Joseph’s, claim that her impact on American culture is undeniable.

Drawing new LINES St. Joe’s students perform skits to foster diversity on campus ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Managing Editor The Saint Joseph’s University Office of Multicultural Life (OML) held auditions last week for its diversity program that freshmen attend during their summer orientation on Hawk Hill.

The program, Leaning Into New Experiences and Situations, better known as LINES, is written, produced, and performed by students. It showcases issues that students face every day and puts them in the context of college life.

In addition, the show points out campus resources for students like the Black Student Union, the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, the Women’s Center, and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

At last week’s auditions, students were asked to prepare a monologue on a social issue of their choice.

“Many times, they are the stories we don’t hear very often if at all,” said Natalie

Walker Brown, M.S., program administrator of the OML. “We’ve dealt with what it means to be a student of color at a PWI, or Predominately White Institution, mental health, coming from a low-income background, religious and cultural upbringing, derogatory language, being a first generation college student, gender identity and gender roles, and colorism.”

In 2014, 83.6 percent of full-time undergraduate students at St. Joe’s were white, according to statistics taken from the Saint Joseph’s website. Out of all of the students enrolled at the university in that year—including graduate students and doctoral students—72 percent were white. The site states that 19.9 percent of students at the university were students of color. “[LINES] introduces the concept of difference and inclusion to first-year students at the start of their college career,”

said Walker Brown, “at a time in life where many of our students may be confronted with living outside the ‘bubble’ of their own upbringing, what it means to be ‘other’ and open their eyes to the complexities of navigating through the world through the lens of multiple identities.”

Deanna Martin, ’19, saw the presentation at orientation and said it opened her eyes to some issues that she hadn’t previously considered.

“It made me uncomfortable in a positive way,” said Martin. “It’s kind of like drawing back the curtain and revealing a monster that we’re in the process of defeating through discussion.”

For Elizabeth Wardach, ’16, that’s the point.

“Many people coming into our school come from middle class to upper middle class, white, suburban backgrounds, and

seeing or living with people who are unlike them can be a challenge,” said Wardach.

“LINES challenges those views and focuses on people with marginalized identities.”

LINES is part of an ongoing effort to foster diversity on campus, in a place where there is little, said Walker.

Despite these efforts, some students still believe that there is room to improve.

“Our world is diverse, and SJU is behind the times,” said Wardach. “Diversity is one of the largest issues I see on campus.”

LINES, however, is part of that commitment to diversity.

“We’re evaluating what the terms ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ mean and how we are creating an environment that is equal, empowering and welcoming,” said Walker Brown.

of going through the approval processes in HR, review, and all those things that happen with any position. So, the plan is once those approvals are in place, then we will advertise for those two positions,” Anderson explained.

This process, however, will take time.

“The soonest someone could be in place would probably be six weeks,” Anderson said. “The other thing you have to remember is that people are on an academic cycle, so perhaps the best candidate won’t be available until the end of the semester because he or she is working at another position; that’s not uncommon.”

Despite the lack of employees in the office, CIP is still providing the same pro-

grams and services for students. The center is still receiving applications for study tours and has a record number of applicants for the semester study abroad program for this upcoming fall.

“At this point, I’m not getting any feedback from students or from the staff that it hasn’t been manageable,” Anderson said.

“It can’t be sustained for a long period of time, but for the current moment, it’s sustainable. Just like in any area of the university, if somebody leaves a position, it takes a while to fill it. People are going to have to step up and do some work.”

CIP looks to fill vacancies CONTINUED FROM P. 1 Students do not seem to be affected by the current lack of employees. Nicole Capuano, ’18, said that while the CIP office was difficult to find, she had a great experience when she met with the study abroad advisor, Courtney Tomlinson.

“I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to study abroad with two majors, so I originally emailed her [Tomlinson] and she got back to me very quickly,” said Capuano.

Though Capuano considered going on a study tour, as she wasn’t sure if she would be able to go abroad for an entire semester, she was still encouraged to do the semester-long study abroad program—a popular

conversation in the CIP office.

“It’s not a difficult process. I think a lot of people are discouraged to go there [the CIP] because they are afraid they’ll be told they can’t study abroad. But she [Tomlinson] made me a lot more confident,” said Capuano.

The CIP position that normally organizes study tours is currently being covered

by CIP Director Thomas Kesaris, according to Anderson.

CIP is in the process of filling the positions in order to get the office back to normal.

“We currently have two openings in the office and we are moving forward with hiring two new people. It’s in the process

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Editorial 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 CREATIVE DIRECTOR Krista Jaworski ‘17 PHOTO EDITOR Matthew J. Haubenstein, M.A., ’17 ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR Joey Toczylowski ’19 DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGER Jess Cavallaro ’18 The Hawk welcomes letters to the editor (400-600 words). They can be emailed to hawk.editorial@gmail.com.

Feb. 24, 2016

The Hawk

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

This week, we mourn the death of one of the most renowned American writers, Harper Lee, who wrote the above quote in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” published in 1960.

In the classic novel, set in the South during the 1930s, Lee subtly criticized systems of institutionalized racism.

Lee infused her words with tolerance, especially in the character of Atticus Finch—a lawyer who defends an innocent black man, Tom Robinson, who is accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell.

Despite the recent controversy over the release of Lee’s original manuscript, “Go Set a Watchman,” in “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Atticus advocates for those whose voices have been silenced by society.

At a Jesuit university that teaches and promotes care of the poor and marginalized, we can’t help but think that Atticus Finch would be a tireless advocate for the type of social justice that we espouse on our campus, and in our city and world.

This type of tolerance is one that we are first exposed

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to at orientation as incoming freshmen. We watch the LINES performance and are implored to think about the other people surrounding us, as well as how our classmates may differ from us, our friends, and the environments we grew up in.

Once we set foot on Hawk Hill as impressionable freshmen, we are opened up to avenues of thought that expose us to diverse views.

We have a Gender and Sexuality Alliance with a strong presence on campus; the events of Unity Week every fall are well-attended. We now have all-gender restrooms on campus.

We are required to take diversity overlays in the general education program; we have minor programs in Latin American Studies, Africana Studies, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

We have an Office for Multicultural Life that aims to strengthen our campus understanding of diverse cultures and backgrounds of its students.

We are a Catholic institution, but Catholicism is not forced upon students who don’t identify as Catholic. We have a statue blessed by Pope Francis that commemorates Nostra

Aetate, a Vatican document applauding enhanced relations and understanding between Catholics and Jews, as well as people of other faiths. This Saturday, Feb. 27, Campus Ministry is hosting a trip to a local mosque to promote interfaith dialogue.

The Women’s Center recently opened on campus, and the Women’s Leadership Initiative has run several events in the past academic year that promote the advancement of women in the professional sphere.

Though the university is working on expanding the Office for Inclusion and Diversity, as mentioned by University President Mark C. Reed Ed.D., in an email to the university community on Nov. 16, we don’t currently have an official head of that program.

We recognize that there are several efforts to promote diversity on campus, but we don’t believe that they are enough. We can be doing more, saying more, thinking more, acting more.

Though we consider ourselves to be an open-minded campus, there Safe Zone signs were vandalized and removed from Barbelin Hall several times this past summer.

Our campus is difficult to navigate, to say the least, for stu-

dents with handicaps.

We have international students, yet are they all truly integrated into campus life?

How many white students attend events coordinated by the Black Student Union?

Though we have study abroad locations on six continents, how many students are interested in immersing themselves in countries that aren’t European?

Education at St. Joe’s is holistic and interdisciplinary.

It is an education that stretches beyond the confines of the classroom; it is an education that stretches into the territory of a diversity-focused dialogue that our campus and our world so desperately needs. If, in our classes and our campus organizations, we hold discussions about accepting people for who they are and where they come from, we need to follow through with our actions.

The thoughts of the staff of The Hawk are in alignment with Harper Lee: “There’s one kind of folks. Folks.” We hope to see this idea carried out more strongly in the future on Hawk Hill.

- The Hawk Staff

SARAH COONEY ’17 Hawk Staff

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The universality of math, a universe away

Before you go abroad, people tell you about culture shock, and they try to impress upon you how different life will be. But as you pack for your four-month European adventure, you think to yourself that it can’t be that different. Sure, the buildings may be a little older and the landscape a little different, but you’re staying in “the western world.”

It’s all modern, isn’t it? The Irish even speak English, you tell yourself, so there won’t even be a language barrier.

And then you arrive to find that the Irish grocery store Tesco sells store-brand whiskey and that lined paper has four holes while binders have two rings. You find that the people trying to warn you were right all along: You’re 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) from home, but you’re in a totally different world.

Since arriving in Cork City, Ireland, just over a month ago to begin my semester abroad, I’ve experienced just how different life “across the pond” can be. Although the Irish speak English, it’s liberally sprinkled with colloquial phrases. I can never remember if “half six” is 5:30 or 6:30; crisps are chips, chips are fries, biscuits are cookies, and cookies are… Well, I don’t think they’re anything, actually.

Once you get past the vocabulary differences, there is still the Irish accent. I can assure you everyone thinks it’s a sext accent, but as much as I love to hear to it, if they speak too fast or too low, they might as well be speaking French for all I can understand.

(But hey, the French accent is just as sexy…)

School in Ireland is much different, as well. Some differences are good—no textbooks! But some are actually pretty bad: All of my finals are worth more than 50 percent of my course grade. Some are just, well, different—like my schedule. Although my classes meet twice a week, there is no method to the madness. The classes are on two arbitrary days, at two arbitrary times, in two different rooms, and maybe even in two different buildings.

However, as different as life abroad may be, there is one thing that remains the same

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wherever I am: No matter where I go, math stays the same. A vector space is still a commutative ring with scalar multiplication, and if elements “a” and “b” from a group are in a subset of the group implies “ab-1” is in the subset then it’s still a subgroup.

My American Literature class comes from a very different perspective than it would if it were taught at home, despite the American authors of the material. When my sociology professor starts spouting the names of Irish cities I get lost between Kilkenny, Kilarney, and Knocknaheeney, but whether I’m in Ireland, Iceland, or India, the derivative of “x2” is “2x” and prime numbers are infinite. One of the beauties of math is that it is a universal language.

Despite the fact that my math class is made up of students from Ireland, France, Germany, and the United States, math is our shared language. The numbers, letters, and symbols that my non-mathematical friends find foreign and confusing allow us to have fluent conversations without a language barrier.

Math does more than bridge the communication gap between my classmates and I. It’s like a little piece of home that I can bring with me to Ireland and wherever else I might go. Although the disdain the Irish seem to have for street signs can make the unknown cities hard to navigate, given a first and second derivative I can easily navigate an unknown function. Math is a comforting constant (pun intended) even when it seems nothing else is the same.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m embracing my time abroad. I’ve kissed the Blarney Stone, eaten lamb stew and lots of potatoes, and drank my fair share of Irish cider. However, at the end of the day when the rain is pelting against the windows (again) and the shower is lukewarm (again), sometimes you just need to splurge on that expensive little jar of peanut butter, make mac-and-cheese for dinner, and bask in the comfort of knowing that the Chinese Remainder Theorem is still true.

Feb. 24, 2016

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The Hawk

Ad Hawk is a column showcasing voices around the university with a different 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.

ANDREW STAUB ’16 Special to The Hawk I may be a senior biology major, but my Saint Joseph’s University “moment” came in a place that is a far cry from the laboratory.

Going back two years ago in the space formally known as the Commuter Lounge, a group of 33 actors, directors, and writers were getting ready to perform in The Perch.

We had rehearsed for months and we had a mammoth of a final dress and technical rehearsal two days before the first show.

This was the moment before first production of the Followed by a Bear Student Theater Company. And this was my moment.

The room was abuzz; most people were first-time writers and some even first-time actors, but everyone was feeling the nervous energy that happens before any great play.

I was the last one to walk into the lounge, and was charged as head director to give a speech to pump up the cast before our show. When I walked in, I spoke about how this was a moment in which the months of hard work, organization, and dedication would pay off, and we would finally get to show a crowd of our peers how creative and bold the artistic community of St. Joe’s was on that day.

We went out there and left it all on the court, so to speak. We had lots of laughs, a few dramatic and shocking moments, and a few artistic scenes that to this day, I still don’t fully understand. But the show was epic. Our production was so successful that our numbers quadrupled for the next year.

Now, despite my biology major and my many other involvements, most people who know me end up associating me with theater—which is a fair association, because I am always working on at least two shows at all times (shameless plug to go see “How I Learned to Drive”). I have been involved in many great experiences at St. Joe’s, but theater has become a quasi-home for me. More than the SJU Theater Company, the Followed by a Bear Student Theater Company became the platform where I found my voice on campus.

Everything we do is ours. The message, the writing, and the acting are all products of the students. Moreover, we have made it our mission to cast anyone who walks in the door. The hope is that anyone who wants to do theater on this campus should have the opportunity to be a part of a show.

We are now reaching another critical moment in the world of student theater. The original board members of Followed by a Bear will be gone after I graduate, leaving both a gap and a great opportunity for the artistic St. Joe’s community to fill and make their own.

The great pull of a university like this is that there is the potential for expression. Better than that, there are chances for new voices to be heard across all artistic mediums—such as Improv, The Hawk, Crimson & Gray, and, of course, theater.

As I write this, I realize my St. Joe’s moment has passed me, and I will graduate soon, but there is the opportunity for others to take my place and take the things I love and make them fresh and new.

I found my moment by finding what is important to me and giving it my all. I encourage anyone who even remotely likes theater to audition for either the SJU Theater Company, or the Followed by a Bear Student Theater Company. The next leader is on campus, and you may have the next great story to tell.

Andrew Staub is a senior biology major, R.A., and involved with APEX and Followed by a Bear Student Theater Company.

Can men be true feminists?

Thoughts from an unapologetic feminist and queer rights advocate LIZ WARDACH ’16 Hawk Staff Can a man be a true feminist? I’ve grappled with this question for years.

I believe that men must play some role in the liberation of women. In fact, I believe that men almost have more of a responsibility in ending the systematic oppression of women because they are the ones perpetuating that oppression (say hello to the patriarchy).

However, I do not believe that men can be feminists in today’s definition of the term. Men can be pro-feminist, or anti-sexist, but they cannot remove themselves from their privilege and power over women in order to be effective advocates for the feminist cause.

I can make a clear analogy with race as an example.

Just as I believe that men cannot be feminists, I believe that I, as a white woman, cannot be a black nationalist.

I can be anti-racist and a man can be pro-feminist, but we cannot identify with the lived experiences of the marginalized groups with which we do not identify. Being a feminist and being a black nationalist require some kind of political consciousness and even activism.

Feminism is not only about believing in equality, but also actively advocating for the feminist cause. Challenging the patriarchy by defending those who feel its effects is what feminism is all about. I am acknowledging that men can feel the effects of the patriarchy and sexism, but they do not feel the effects as greatly as women do in an institutionalized manner. They can (and do) oftentimes benefit from this system.

I believe that people, especially those in positions of power, attempt to advocate for identities with which they do not belong. For example, men often advocate for “women’s issues.”

I do not believe that an out-group member’s advocacy effort is as valid as an in-group member who does hold that identity. Out-group members are not true advocates.

For example, it is great for a man in politics to advocate for women’s rights. However, he is not giving space to a woman to advocate for herself and others. That man is using his privilege to work within the system, but should be working to change that system.

If this man were a true advocate for women’s rights, he would give space to women in politics to express their viewpoints and then support them. He cannot successfully advocate for women because he is participating (with the best intentions) in an institution that has systematically oppressed women for most of history. He should be giving a seat at the table to a woman.

Feminism is about space for women, plain and simple. Feminists are used to not being taken seriously by the patriarchy, and I find that a man who uses his male privilege to speak on behalf of women is no better than someone who actively oppresses women. The voices of men in feminist activism do not count as much as the women’s, even though they are greatly appreciated.

A man should never voice actively in feminist advocacy, but he can aid the feminist cause.

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Oh Mama Africa!

GEORGE SHADRACK KAMANDA ’16 Oh Mama Africa, Special to The Hawk Just one day, you can smile again, And someday, you can rise again.

A Rise that will come as a surprise, For those, who see you as deprive Oh Mama Africa, Just one day, your values will once again be the center of our identity, Our “Identity” lost to Western Modernity.

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Oh Mama Africa, One day, you shall be named a developed land, Not an undeveloped land, Underdeveloped to exploiters exploiting your land, They mine from it, they building in it, And they make fortunes from it.

And yet, they say you as weak and inferior!

Oh Mama Africa, I bet no one can imagine your pain?

Yet alone, put on your shoe of despair and anguish?

Oh Mama Africa, Your sons and daughters have failed you, And to date, they continue to disappoint you.

The signs are breath-taking, but worth reminding: Poverty stricken, Inequality ridden, Economy broken, Politics suppressing, and just when education is in disrepair.

Oh Mama Africa, There are some that feel your pain but cannot help, There are some with ideas but cannot express it.

There are some with talents but are unable to cultivate it, And there some craving to play a role in your new beginning, But, are politically crippled.

Oh Mama Africa, Your children continue to fail you, But yes, we believe in ‘you’.

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Oh Mama Africa, If you set us free from the clutches of colonialism, There is no doubt, you can set free from neocolonialism.

Oh Mama Africa, If you set us free from slavery and brutal civil wars, There is no doubt; you can save our dwindling continent.

Oh Mama Africa, Your day of reckoning is near That day—just one day, You will rise again And your children can smile again.

Oh Mama Africa, You are one, and our all!

Graphic by Krista Jaworkski ’17

GEORGE SHADRACK KAMANDA ’16 Special to The Hawk Have you ever been asked what makes you real, or better yet, what is your reality?

My reply is simple in words but complex in understanding. To all who have asked me questions along these lines: What makes you real? What is your identity? And to what can you attribute your identity?

In simple terms, my answer is: “My African Identity is my reality.”

To this answer, I attribute three factors: its history, its traditions, and its imagined future. As an African, hailing from Sierra Leone, and as an international student in my final year of university studies here at Saint Joseph’s University, I can tell you that I face questions and have daily conversations about my identity.

My African history is at the core of my reality. One famous saying by George Santayana goes like this: “Those who cannot learn from History are doomed to repeat it.” For me, studying Africa’s positives and negatives is one of my favorite hobbies and it is no surprise that I see myself as an aspiring African scholar.

In reality, I have not taken a single African studies class in my entire college and university education. However, my determination to pursue further understanding of the core of my reality comes from what I have learned at Saint Joseph’s University—namely, the magis in me.

My aspiration and self-interests in learning about my origin, my past, and my

continent comes from personal readings and studying of my history; that process has helped me to see the uniqueness and invaluable facets of my continent and myself.

As a flashback, the ideals of Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere, Kwame Nkrumah, Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, to name a few, have helped shaped my life and the way I see Africa and my identity.

Personally, I have mentored myself around the life and positive impact of these people—who I see as Africa’s greatest pioneers, leaders, and generational builders.

So I hope you can understand why I am driven, motivated, and active in learning about the African continent, its peoples, and its history. For me, all these factors build my worldview and my reality.

Secondly, my African traditions and culture have served as a transmitter of ideas and have guided me my entire life. Growing up in Sierra Leone, I learned how to survive and never give in–even in the worst of times.

This skill set has not only helped me as an individual but has improved my social and cultural view of life. Today, I think about my life’s experiences back in Africa, and I conclude that life has been fast, challenging, and transformative.

When I first came to the United States in March of 2012, I had no clue that in four years time, I would be

graduating from a prestigious university such as Saint Joseph’s University. My track is not a traditional one. I took and passed the General Educational Development Exam (GED), and then I attended Delaware County Community College and now—I am a senior at St.Joe’s.

Would you believe it? If you follow what I am saying here now, you cannot only understand my spirit of self-determination and my passion for education, but I believe you can also infer my personal struggle and challenges in life.

Without a doubt, the transition process into the American educational system and way of life were challenging but fulfilling.

However, one thing I know for sure is that I never stopped believing, never stopped working hard, and never accepted failures of any kind. In all, my African traditional spirit of hard work, humility, and self-belief have kept me thus far, and I intend to keep such virtues as the cornerstone of my African identity—that of which is my reality.

Finally, it is beyond any doubt that the African continent has a great future in years to come; from all works of life—scientists, economists, environmentalists, and political scholars—have tipped the global world in such a way that Africa is the next economic frontier in the coming generation.

According to World Bank sources portrayed in Business Insider’s arti-

cle “The 13 Fastest-Growing Economies in the World” by Elena Holodny, four African countries–namely Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, and Rwanda–help make up the first thirteen; Beating all odds, Ethiopia holds the number one spot (Holodny).

I highlighted this phenomenon to showcase the “imagined future” of the African Continent in years to come. As an aspiring African scholar, it is fair game to believe, and to enable the pathway of unlocking the African dream by developing the passion for serving and by gaining a great education like I have at Saint Joseph’s.

To close the curtain on this issue, I hope I have helped convince this university community and especially my fellow Africans, African-Americans, international students from different countries, and even to any concerned individual – that with self-determination, traditional discipline, and pride in one’s identity, you can achieve anything in life.

As of today, I am three months away from achieving my own magis by graduating from a university. I believe the magis in me has played an essential role in fostering my identity positively to not only gain a better education, but love and respect all while being a global citizen in our globalized world.

Once again, and for the final time, my African identity is my reality.

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Electrifying Energy of Club Lib

Sorority member observes the culture of second floor PLC

Image created by Krista Jaworski ’17

MADELINE MORR ’16 Special to The Hawk It’s 11:15 a.m. on a Tuesday morning.

The campus of Saint Joseph’s University is filled with traffic, and students are darting from one building to another. The vestibule of the Post Learning Commons (PLC) and Drexel Library have sprung to life. The doors barely close before more students pile in. The floors of the PLC have awakened— specifically, the second floor.

“Club Lib,” as the second-floor inhabitants have dubbed it, is not an actual “club” at all. Rather, it is a traditional reading room with 24 standard library tables. Each table is equipped with lamps, ideal for late-night studying. New faculty portraits line the back wall. Large windows along the building’s façade face City Avenue, offering a glimpse into the outside world. It is the perfect setup for the dutiful, dedicated student.

Unbeknownst to the outside world, however, many of the students here want nothing to do with the life that may exist outside these four walls. Their world is here, gossiping with all their friends, relishing in all of the scandals and secrets that college has to offer.

This is the major dilemma of the modern academic library: drawing the line between academic pursuits and a common space for campus social life. Evidence of the library being used as a social space is found in the empty liquor bottles discovered in the ceiling of study rooms and the numerous pizza deliveries addressed to “Saint Joseph’s University Post Learning Commons.”

While some students do in fact utilize the library for opportunities to maximize their study time, more often than not, the library is a general meeting point for students in between class periods, causing the volume of chatter to expand throughout the walls of the building.

“I need to socialize while I study,” said

Brynna Robinson, ’18, a member of the Greek community. “If I sit tucked into a cubby on the old side of the library, I’ll go crazy.

And obviously, the second floor new side is the best place to socialize, so I sit here.”

The “old side of the library,” or the Drexel Library, has the traditional components that one would expect from a university library. In comparison to the bright, expansive ambiance of the PLC, the old side of the library seems to cast a spell of silence over the students who choose to sit here.

Anne Krakow, director of the Drexel Library and PLC at St. Joe’s, has a hard time comprehending that a library on the collegiate level has become the home of campus social life.

“When the PLC opened in 2012, student attendance doubled,” Krakow said.

“The library became the hub of student affairs on campus. What was once an old, traditional study space transformed into a modern hangout for many of the social clubs on campus.”

Krakow’s office is tucked into the corner of the second floor PLC, and she is well aware of the social interactions that take place throughout the day.

“I have a love/hate relationship with the second floor PLC,” Krakow said. “On one hand, I’m thrilled that students come here to work in groups and chat with friends amidst their studying. But on the other, this is still a library, and the amount of socializing that goes on here completely contradicts the idea of an academic library.”

A multitude of different students can be seen on the second floor PLC throughout the day; however, on Tuesdays and Thursdays during free period, the group that dominates the space has specific characteristics that separate them from the rest of the student body.

The typical student who hangs out in Club Lib at 11 a.m. on a Tuesday morning can be categorized as one of the following: Sorority Girl, Red Shirt (a student who leads freshman orientation sessions), Gui-

do Boy (a student who lives in Manayunk and frequents cocaine and keg beer), and Wet Boy (a young man who is the friend of the Guido Boy, lacks the iconic Italian features, but still participates in cocaine and keg beer).

These are the categories in which the students refer to themselves or each other.

In fact, the iPhone group message of the Wet Boys is called “WBN” for Wet Boy Nation. Wet Boys are characteristically “dripping wet with coolness,” an attribute that has dominated a slice of the male senior class since the name originated some years ago.

What attracts these students to the second floor PLC has nothing to do with studying, homework, or even group assignments.

Coming to Club Lib is a see-and-be-seen event, which is why when a poor group of sophomores mistakenly took an Alpha Phi table, everyone turned and stared. The glares from across the room made the girls squirm with discomfort, as did the obnoxious, “Who are they?” shout from one of the Guido Boys. To everyone’s surprise, the newbies remained at their post, holding their heads high, all while calming their trembling legs.

“There’s a reason why everyone in here knows each other,” said Morgan Ricciardi, ’17, a member of the Greek community.

“For example, my friends sit here, and their friends do, too, who are also my friends, so it’s my group. Who just so happen to be friends with everyone else, as well.”

On this particular day, most of the buzz in the room involves parties in Manayunk, the off-campus housing hot spot for St. Joe’s juniors and seniors. Some can’t contain their excitement as they count the seconds until Mad River Thursday.

The local bar of choice, Mad River has become the party scene for most of St. Joe’s upperclassmen, as well as the underclassmen members of Club Lib who happened upon a killer fake ID. If these students aren’t hanging out on the second floor PLC, they’re dancing on tables at “the Riv” every Thursday night.

“You know what I think we should do?”

“Ugh, I’m trying to write this paper.

What?”

“Ok, well, you know, like, how last Thursday, we had that super fun pregame with all of us?”

“Like, I think we should start doing that more often, like, take turns at each other’s houses, ’cause, like, none of us really live near the bars.”

“But I live close to ’Cuddy’s!”

“Yeah, but, like, in the winter we’re gonna Uber anyway.”

“Ugh, yeah, I had so much fun on Thursday. I was so drunk.”

“Oh, my god, same. It was awesome.”

Some of the Wet Boys can’t wait until the weekend to begin partying, as evidenced by two men who emerged from the bathroom wiping their noses on their sleeves.

Krakow often toys with the idea of policing this area, perhaps by making administrative rounds more frequent or posting more “Quiet, Please” signs along the walls.

But the dilemma that she faces is if the second floor new side needs admonishing at all, or if it should be preserved as the social environment it is.

“The second floor PLC provides a level of comfort for the less serious students,” Krakow said. “I don’t think stripping this area of its qualities is the best idea. We have no complaints from students, but where does that leave me and the rest of the staff?”

The concept of Club Lib is a shared secret that all St. Joe’s students are made well aware of as they pass through the second floor on their way downstairs. It’s like the kids who hang out here are part of some underground society, bound together by small degrees of sexual separation and keg beer.

Free period on this particular Tuesday comes to a close, and Club Lib kids begrudgingly bound down the steps to attend their next class. Their tables, vacant and littered with crumbs and ripped paper, will remain empty for the time being. Like a dark house with a single light kept on, the second floor new side will patiently wait for the activity to return.

A view of the Post Learning Commons (Photo by Maddy Kuntz ’17)

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Navigating a serious story

Cast members discuss their approach to performing ‘How I Learned to Drive’

Horoscopes Aries

As the week starts, you may feel lost.

However, by the end of the week, things will fall into place. Take a chance to break out of your social shell and hang out with a different crowd, as it will stimulate your creativity and imagination.

Taurus

At work this week, think outside of the box and take some initiative.

Your ambition will be rewarded.

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Expand your horizons this week and engage in intellectual conversations with your family and peers.

This change of pace will nourish your mind and put you in a positive mood for the rest of the week.

Cancer

Nick Nelson ’16, and Catherine McParland ’16 in a pivotal scene in “How I Learned to Drive” (Photo by Joey Toczylowski ’19)

FRANKI RUDNESKY ’18 Hawk Staff SJU Theatre Company is pulling off an impressive feat: performing a full-length play with a cast of only five actors.

The play is Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “How I Learned To Drive,” a tragically moving coming-of-age story that explores toxic relationships, shades of good and evil, and the struggles of growing up as a female in the 1960s.

“I’ve never done a show with a cast this small,” said Madalena Michowski, ’19. “Being the only freshman, the other actors really brought me out of my shell and I got to learn the ropes of SJU Theatre from them. My favorite scenes were when all five of us were on stage at the same time vibing off of each other.”

Since the cast is so small, almost all of the actors—excluding Catherine McParland, ’16, and Nick Nelson, ’16, the two leads—had to take on multiple roles. Hannah Field, ’18, plays the mother and aunt of the main character, Li’l Bit. “It was challenging to make the two sisters appear distinct, because they are two women from the same time period, same age, and same family,” Field said. “I overcame this by separating their personalities in order to figure out what each one would look like and do in any given situation.”

McParland, who plays the protagonist Li’l Bit, faced her own set of challenges, given the play’s unique timeline. The story is not told in chronological order, but rather by jumping between events that occurred throughout Li’l Bit’s life.

“Preparing for the role involved a lot of listening to music from the 1960s to see what cultural themes were prevalent at the time, and a good amount of self-reflection—trying to remember the person I was at 13, 16, 18,” said McParland.

Aside from the difficulties of performing such a complicated timeline with a small cast, the play’s dark subject matter also posed a unique challenge for the five actors. Much of the play revolves around the sexual abuse that takes place between the middle-aged Uncle Peck and his young niece, Li’l Bit. “Overall, the most challenging aspect of the role is the struggle Li’l Bit feels between the genuine love she has for her uncle and the respect

she has for herself,” McParland said. “Overcoming this challenge was made so much easier by Nick [Nelson], who brings so much thoughtfulness and talent and honesty to the character of Uncle Peck, and it was such a gift to be able to rely on him and act with him.”

Nelson said it was his goal to make his character seem real—someone that the audience could possibly empathize with.

“Our director, Dr. Pattillo, emphasized for us to find reality in these characters,” Nelson said.

“Everyone’s striving for something, and Uncle Peck is striving for control.”

Both McParland and Nelson said the most memorable scene in the play for them was the photo shoot between Uncle Peck and Li’l Bit. The tension between the young girl and the old man as he tries to photograph her made for an especially powerful moment when combined with the atmosphere created by the lighting and music.

Although the play deals with heavy topics, the actors said they found solace and comfort in each other.

“My favorite part of being in this play has been sharing in and being inspired by my fellow cast and crew,” McParland said. “Because the subject matter can be dark at times, it was wonderful to share the experience with people who can make each other laugh.”

The play itself is loaded with meaning, but in order to get that meaning, Nelson said that audiences need to go into the play with open minds and not close themselves off to the characters and the message.

“The message of the play is that no matter what experience you have, you need to realize that it’s not just black and white, but there’s a lot of gray area. As bad as the experience with Uncle Peck was for Li’l Bit, he gave her the tools to escape him and to escape her oppressive family,” said Nelson.

Field had a similar view on the meaning of the play. “Every single character is both good and bad,” she said. “There may be a hero and a villain, but the hero could do some questionable things and the villain might be the only person helping the hero. It’s important to understand that people are complicated.”

It may be hard for you to verbalize your thoughts, but by the end of the week, you will find the right words you need to liberate yourself. Your hard work this week will be recognized, Cancer, and leave you with some financial success.

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It’s time for you to get things done this week, Libra. Instead of hiding your feelings, speak up and act on them. You won’t be disappointed by the outcome.

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Even though you like your independence, make sure to spend time with your loved ones this week. Towards the end of the week, set some time aside for yourself to work on the specific goal you’ve been dreaming about.

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Sagittarius, you may be feeling a lot of stress and anxiety towards the beginning of the week. When this happens, don’t isolate yourself. Instead, reach out to your friends and family who will help you through this rough patch.

Capricorn

This week will be the perfect time for you to sit yourself down and list out your plans, Capricorn. You have some serious ideas that you want to pull off. So make them happen!

You want love, Leo? You got it. Set your sights on a certain potential significant other this week and you will not be disappointed. You may just find someone who is responsible, caring, and loyal.

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It may seem as if your friends have been ignoring and cutting you off lately. Instead of giving in, reach out to them and try to clear things up.

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hrom St. Joe’s to Citizen’s Bank Park Murphy interviewing Jim Thome after his game-winning home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in 2012 (Photo courtesy of Gregg Murphy).

An exclusive interview with the Philadelphia Phillies’ own announcer Gregg Murphy, ’93 CHARLIE GALLAGHER ’19 Special to the Hawk Charlie Gallagher: You were coming straight out of St. Joe’s as an English major—we were probably a business school then just like we are now—what was it like?

Gregg Murphy: When I realized that I wanted to do TV or radio, I realized pretty quickly that I needed to do some internships. I met Neil Hartman. He’s a sports anchor on CSN; he’s been around forever. I called him and he said, “Hey, yeah, you should do an internship with us,” and I was able to go over and do it. I always kept in touch with Neil.

When I graduated, he was one of my most important contacts.

CG: Your job kind of looks like a dream. Is that a fair assessment?

GM: I grew up the biggest Phillies fan on the planet. At age six or seven, I fell in love with the Phillies. I loved baseball and I played baseball. I grew up listening to Harry Kalas and Andy Muster and Chris Wheeler and Ben Whitey. I was the kid that was under the covers listening to the games. So, to find myself where I am today, yeah, it is a dream.

CG: How is the job itself?

GM: The job itself is a blast. I go to work every day at a ball park and I watch a baseball game. I talk to the players before the game, I talk to the players after the game, and during the game I talk to the fans—you know, just try to bring them a little bit of insight.

CG: Are there any downsides?

GM: I’ll say this. There are downsides to every job. I travel seven months out of the year.

And I’ll head to spring training on Monday and I won’t come back until April—and that’s awesome. I’m in Florida—I get to stay in a condo right on the beach and watch baseball. And it’s all great. But my kids are here so you miss them. So that’s the tradeoff.

I miss a lot during summer—but my kids are tired of me by this time in the winter [laughs] because I’m everywhere.

CG: What do you think is most important in getting a job in sports or in journalism now? We actually have a communications program now, and the newspaper and radio. We have sports shows almost every night.

GM: I think the number one most import-

ant quality to have when you head out into the work force is the ability to relate to other people. Communicate. Being able to relate to the people around you—being able to treat the folks that you’re working with the right way.

CG: Any advice for journalists? Or sports journalists?

GM: In terms of our business, be willing to do anything to get started. Anywhere. Travel to the middle of nowhere to be on TV—and if you want to be on television, you should do that. If you want to be a sports writer, go cover field hockey and go cover volleyball and go cover little league soccer. If someone is going to give you an opportunity to write about it, do it. I’ve done everything from beach volleyball, to professional rodeo, to major league baseball. Every opportunity and everything I’ve done has helped. Nothing is too little and nothing is not important enough for you to do.

CG: You’ve won six Emmys in your career.

How did you stand out?

GM: Believe me when I tell you: That has as much, if not more, to do with the people that I worked with than it did me. I worked with a guy named Seth Magalaner who was absolutely brilliant and just the best television producer I’ve had a chance to work with.

CG: What kind of place does St. Joe’s have in your heart now?

GM: Not only was it the place where I got my education and started my career, [but I] met life-long friends here that I’m in touch with every day, guys that were in my wedding. There was eight of us in a group chat watching the Dayton game together last night. My father’s an education professor here. He came well after me but he’s been teaching here for about 15 years. I met my wife here; we have three kids. St. Joe’s remains a huge part of my life. I come back at least a couple times a year and see different events on campus or off campus.

CG: Like campus radio?

by play. I said, “Sure, I’ll do it.” My very first game on the air was at the Palestra, St. Joe’s vs. Drexel. So my very first play-by-play ever in my life was at pretty much the coolest place in the world to watch college basketball. I’ll always remember that. It was great for me. I left here knowing exactly what I wanted to do and had somewhat of a plan on how to get there.

CG: Was there a moment when it hit you, that you were becoming really successful?

GM: One of my best friends in high school [Keith] and I lived together one summer and we used to go out on the roof of my grandmother’s house in Northeast Philadelphia after work and sit on the roof, listen to the radio, and drink a beer (we were 21). We would do that every night. So, fast forward

20 years later, and I got asked to do a playby-play because Tom McCarthy had his son’s high school graduation. I was calling my first Phillies game and I swore I was not going to look at my phone because I knew Twitter would be going crazy and text messages were going crazy and I didn’t want to look and see like, “This guy sucks!”

But in the third inning, I was starting to feel pretty good, and I looked at my phone and I had a message from my buddy Keith, and all it said was, “You’ve come a long way from your grandmom’s roof.” And I remember just thinking “Oh my god, here I am calling a Phillies game for god’s sake. That’s crazy!

I’m sitting in the same seat as a guy like Harry Kalas and doing the same thing he did.”

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‘Limitless’ Track’s Torey Doaty exceeds expectations CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor Junior Torey Doaty holds school records at Saint Joseph’s University in the indoor 4x200 relay, the indoor 4x400 relay, and the outdoor Distance Medley Relay. He also ran legs in the top three 4x400 records in school history.

He also quit track twice.

Growing up, Doaty was primarily focused on soccer, playing for a club team as well as for his high school. Both of his sisters ran track, and Doaty decided to join their club team the summer before he started sixth grade.

“I did it [track] for one summer, but I didn’t really like it because it was too much running,” Doaty said.

Doaty started running track again his freshman year of high school, but the practices often conflicted with his club soccer practices. He was also coming off of an inju-

Photos courtesy of Tom Connelly

ry, so he didn’t want to do a lot of running.

He stopped running track again.

He rejoined the track team his sophomore year, and started to take the sport more seriously.

“I was starting to run fast, so I liked it,” Doaty said with a laugh. “I was in pretty good shape from soccer, I had no injuries, so it felt pretty good. I started liking it, and it helped me get in shape for soccer, also.”

After his sophomore year, Doaty quit his club soccer team, though he continued to play for his high school. At his father’s suggestion, Doaty decided to focus fully on track.

“My dad told me, ‘I honestly think you should quit soccer. Just club soccer, quit it and give track 100 percent,’” Doaty said. “I trust him—I trust everything he tells me to do…I quit soccer, I listened to him, and it ended up being a really good decision. One of the best decisions I’ve ever made.”

St. Joe’s was the first college Doaty visited, and he immediately loved the campus. Though he was initially unsure about attending a school so far from his home in Wexford, Pa., Doaty decided that St. Joe’s was the right fit.

His freshman year presented a few challenges, though. Doaty had trouble adjusting to the intensity of college track practices, admitting that he often threw up. Doaty also had his appendix removed, and missed most of the indoor season.

“His parents are in Pittsburgh,” Head Coach Mike Glavin said. “How would you like to be 18, maybe 19, sitting in a hospital and knowing your dad’s a five-hour car ride away? Once they [doctors] really started talking about operating and all that, I went over for a bit. I was there for an hour or two because his dad was on his way.”

Doaty recovered, and went on to be voted St. Joe’s “Best Freshman.”

Doaty’s times have significantly improved while at St. Joe’s, and his personal growth is one of the reasons he’s a team cap-

tain as only a junior.

“I haven’t had a junior who’s a captain on the team in track in a long, long time. I don’t do it very often,” Glavin said. “Torey was a 49-second quarter miler when he came to St. Joe’s. By the end of last year, he was running 46.5 on our 4x4. That’s a large amount…When you take off two plus seconds in two years, I think people should follow what you did.”

Doaty’s passion and dedication for the sport is apparent to his teammates as well.

“He always is just a focused individual and tries to make the best of everything,” said senior Alec Peabody, who runs the 4x400 relay with Doaty. “When he’s running, he’s very aggressive. It doesn’t matter what place he’s in—he always finishes his race…He always finds some way to finish strong, and he does it well.”

Glavin and Peabody also had high praise for Doaty off the track. Doaty always has a positive attitude that’s infectious to those around him. He also places a large emphasis on academics, always trying to do the best he possibly can, according to Glavin.

On Sunday, Feb. 21, Doaty won the 500m at the Atlantic 10 Championships.

Glavin looks forward to seeing what Doaty will accomplish during the rest of his time at St. Joe’s.

“You lift, and you do core work and track workouts and you learn form because those are the things you can control,” Glavin said. “That’s what makes his future a little more positive than some other athletes… because he’s willing to do all those things…

So what do I expect? My expectations are limitless.”

Getting into the swing of things Softball starts season on a rough note NICK MANDARANO ’18 Hawk Staff

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

The softball season kicked off for Saint Joseph’s University down in Charlotte, N.C. The Hawks played five games in the First Pitch Classic from Friday, Feb. 19 to Sunday, Feb. 21, but their only win came against

Presbyterian College on Friday.

On Friday, the Hawks opened their weekend with a game against Stony Brook University. Junior catcher Kaylyn Zierke provided the only run for the Hawks in a 3-1 loss. The Hawks then took the field against Presbyterian in a game that resulted in the club’s only win of the weekend.

Zierke, a transfer student who previously played at Temple University and Murray State University, homered twice in her St. Joe’s debut as the team split its season opening games at the First Pitch Classic on Friday. The Hawks fell to Stony Brook, 3-1, in the opener, but bounced back for an 8-0 victory over Presbyterian in five innings.

Freshman pitcher Ashley Ventura debuted in Friday’s second game and pitched a phenomenal game. In five innings, she allowed five hits and struck out five. Of-

fensively, the Hawks were able to push five runs across the plate in the third and fourth innings, including a homerun from senior Sarah Yoos and another from Zierke.

Saturday featured a pair of losses for the Hawks, first to Presbyterian and then to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

A pitcher’s duel against Presbyterian resulted in a 1-0 final score. The only run came from an RBI double in the bottom of the first. The next nine innings were scoreless for St. Joe’s. Against Charlotte, it took until the fourth inning for either team to plate a run. Charlotte struck first, and the Hawks didn’t strike once. Five runs off four hits in the fourth put Charlotte up by a score of 5-0, where it would stand until the sixth inning.

Yoos drove in junior Madeline Brunck on a sacrifice fly for the Hawks’ only run before losing 5-1.

In their final game of the weekend, the Hawks lost to Stony Brook by a score of 3-2.

The Hawks scored first with an unearned run before giving up the lead in the fourth.

Senior Brandi Harkness plated Brunck with a double in the top of the sixth to tie the game. However, Stony Brook immediately answered in the following half-inning to regain and hold onto a one-run lead.

Brunck led the team with five hits, bringing her batting average to an early but impressive .318. Zierke’s two homeruns contributed to her .769 slugging percentage. Ventura stuck out 13 batters in her three starts, and sophomore pitcher Madison Clarke was able to maintain a sub-three ERA across her two outings.

The Hawks return to action this weekend starting Friday, Feb. 26 in Harrisonburg, Va. as a part of the JMU Dukes Invitational.

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Hawks strike back

Men’s and women’s track bring medals home to Hawk Hill

Photo by Dylan Eddinger, ’19

CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University men’s and women’s track and field teams headed up to the University of Rhode Island this past weekend to compete in the Atlantic 10 Championships. The men placed fourth out of 10 teams while the women placed seventh out of 13 teams, their best finish since 2006.

Junior Torey Doaty placed first in the 500m with a time of 1:04.44. Doaty won the A-10 500m title last year, and became the only runner in St. Joe’s University to win the title in consecutive years.

“I’m just now hearing that, so that’s pretty cool,” Doaty said upon hearing he’s the Hawks’ only back-to-back indoor 500m champion. “I hope to win it next year, too.”

Doaty also ran in the 4x400 relay, which won first place with a time of 3:17.72. Sophomore David Henderson, senior Chris Banks, and junior Eddison Gulama rounded out the rest of the relay team.

Rhode Island and George Mason University were in a tight contest for first place overall going into the 4x400 finals, according to St. Joe’s Head Coach Mike Glavin.

He knew the two schools would be fiercely competitive in the relay. St. Joe’s also had a chip on their shoulder from last year’s A-10 4x400 final, when the Hawks dropped the baton against George Mason, according to Doaty.

The Hawks struck back this year.

“The guy from Rhode Island stepped on the foot of the kid from George Mason,” Glavin said. “The kid from George Mason went down, the guy from Rhode Island was trying to get over him, [and] Chris Banks had to get around the fallen runner… But Banks stayed on the guy from Rhode Island, and E. Gulama took the lead in the third leg.”

For Doaty, winning the relay was the best part of the weekend.

“It was like good karma,” Doaty said. “I feel like our team deserved it. We worked real hard, we had the fastest time… It felt really good to win that medal with my teammates.”

Senior Alec Peabody brought home the other gold medal for St. Joe’s with a 400m time of 48.00, which was over a full second faster than the second place finish.

“He wasn’t in a hotly contested event,” Glavin said. “He was in an event where he went out and took control at 150 meters, and then literally ran alone for the next 250 meters. It was dominant.”

Sophomore Steve Thompson, who ran the 800m, and junior Jack Magee, who ran the 1000m, both placed second in their events.

The women’s team also had a strong showing at the championships. Junior Sarah Regnault brought home the gold in the 1000m with a time of 2:55.04. Regnault had posted a then-collegiate best in the preliminary round with a time of 2:55.23, the fastest time in the preliminaries.

“In all honesty, I was ranked eleventh in the overall A-10s when I was running the prelims, so I was just kind of saying to myself, ‘Okay, all I need is first or second [in the heat] to get to the finals. That’s all I need,’” Regnault said. “I pushed myself and when I was in second, I was like, ‘I might as well just go for first in this one.’”

After Regnault finished, she needed to check something—something more important than the times.

“I was checking to see if my legs were still there,” Regnault said with a laugh. “I knew when I was running that the pain was already there, and I might as well make it hurt more in order to make it worth it.”

Regnault’s was the first individual championship the women have won since 2010.

Regnault is also the third athlete to win the 1000m championship in St. Joe’s history.

“Sarah truly is a championship performer,” said women’s Head Coach Melody O’Reilly. “She comes through in the big meets with her big performances. I feel like the timing was just right for her.”

The Hawks also brought home two more medals. Sophomore Claudine Andre tied for second in the high jump with 1.70m, and junior Courtney Foster placed third in the 400m with a time of 57.56.

Another notable performance came from freshman Nathaniela Bourdeau, who placed fifth in the 60m and fourth in the 200m.

“For her first Atlantic 10 outing...she had great composure,” O’Reilly said. “I’m just so impressed by her. As a rookie performer, she did great things for our team.”

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Feb. 24, 2016

The Hawk

Women’s basketball

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Fitzpatrick breaks personal record, Andrews reaches 1000 points

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NICK MANDARANO ’18 Hawk Staff The final few games for the Saint Joseph’s University women’s basketball team are important, as the Hawks look to climb through the Atlantic 10 standings before the conference tournament commences in early March.

The Hawks took on the University of Rhode Island in a game that seemed evenly-matched on Saturday, Feb. 20. Historically, St. Joe’s leads the all-time series 51-7, but both teams entered the game 5-8 in conference play, and 11-14 overall this season. By Saturday evening, it was clear who was the better team.

At the start, it was about milestones.

Prior to the tip, senior Sarah Fairbanks was honored at center court for scoring her 1,000th career point earlier this season against Fordham University. Then, less than two minutes into the game, senior Ciara Andrews scored the first basket for St. Joe’s and reached the same milestone herself.

Andrews entered Saturday’s game just a point shy of 1,000 and became the 25th player in program history to reach the mark and the second this season.

“I think it’s fantastic,” Head Coach Cindy Griffin said. “Both of them [Fairbanks and Andrews] didn’t play a whole lot in their freshman year, so what they’ve done in those three years has been incredible with the contributions that they’ve made.”

Following the first quarter, the Hawks already had 25 points. By halftime, the Hawks were able to extend their lead to 42-24 with some help from long distance shots. During this season, the Hawks had shot under 30 percent from beyond the arc and averaged less than four three-pointers made per game. By halftime, St. Joe’s was shooting 46 percent and had already hit six three-pointers.

Freshman Charise Wilson made 10 of Rhode Island’s 14 first quarter points, in-

cluding two three-pointers, after both of which she showed a little competitive spirit to her defender, junior Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Towards the end of the quarter, Fitzpatrick pulled up from a distance that may have been closer to half court than the actual three-point line and drained it. It was her third three-pointer in four attempts.

Things weren’t much different in the second half. The Hawks continued to dominate and Fitzpatrick continued to drop buckets. She was 8-of-14 in three-point shots and totaled 26 points, breaking the career high she set last year against the same team. “[Rhode Island] came out in a zone, and shooters love zones,” Fitzpatrick said. “We anticipated them to play zone, so in practice we focused a lot on zone passing, getting open looks, and I think that really helped me today.”

In addition to Fitzpatrick’s 26 points,

Photo by Joey Toczylowski ’19

sophomore Chelsea Woods and freshman Alyssa Monaghan each added another 11.

Woods also gathered ten rebounds for her second double-double of the season.

Rhode Island found some life at the end of the game, but it was too little too late.

Their 17-4 run was only able to pull them within 11 points before St. Joe’s walked away with a 74-63 victory.

The Hawks play their final home game this Wednesday against Davidson College before their regular season finale at the University of Richmond on Saturday.

Wildcats pounce, Hawks fall Men’s basketball suffers first road loss of season CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball team (22-5, 11-3 A-10) lost to the Davidson College Wildcats (16-9, 8-6 A-10) by a final score of 99-93 on Saturday, Feb.

Photo by Joey Toczylowski ’19

20, ending their undefeated road record. It was the Hawks’ highest scoring game of the season.

Senior Isaiah Miles led the Hawks by scoring just over one-third of the team’s points. Miles scored 32 points while grabbing five rebounds in the game. He made 12-of-18 shots from the floor, including fiveof-six from the free throw line.

According to Head Coach Phil Martelli, the biggest issue for the Hawks was the defense.

“We were not attentive, for the first time all year, we were not attentive defensively,” Martelli said. “We need to be much better defensively, and we weren’t there…You have to communicate better on the road and we didn’t. We didn’t communicate well enough.

We didn’t communicate coach-to-player or player-to-player on the floor.”

The game started off at a frenzied pace, with St. Joe’s leading 22-16 after the first four minutes of play. The Hawks led by as many

as eight points in the half. A steal set up a shot for sophomore Shavar Newkirk, who made a layup to give the Hawks a 24-16 lead.

The Wildcats did manage to tie and lead the game in the half. Davidson junior Jack Gibbs sunk his fourth three-pointer of the half to tie the game at 30 points apiece. Later, another three from Gibbs gave the Wildcats a 39-37 lead.

The Hawks retailed with a three-point play from Newkirk to regain the lead. St. Joe’s kept the lead for the rest of the half, and led 48-43 going into halftime.

Miles finished the half with 19 points, 13 of which came in the first seven minutes of play.

The Hawks held the lead for much of the second half. Junior DeAndre’ Bembry was a key part of an eight-point stretch that put the Hawks ahead 68-66 with over 10 minutes left in the game.

The Hawks and the Wildcats fought for the lead with 8:34 remaining. David-

son took the lead on a pair of free throws, but Miles reclaimed the Hawks’ lead with a three-pointer. The Wildcats quickly tied the game at 74-74, but Miles again reclaimed the lead for the Hawks with a jumper at 7:48.

With 5:04 left, Davidson broke a 7979 tie, taking the lead for good. The Hawks came within two points, but the Wildcats emerged victorious.

In total, the lead changed 13 times in the game, and the score was tied 10 times.

Another problem Martelli noted was the number of fouls in the game. St. Joe’s had 16 free throws in the game, whereas Davidson had 38, making 29 of those shots.

“It’s a disappointing result, but it’s a result,” Martelli said. “On Monday at 3 o’clock [at practice], we have to start, and we have to be better.”

The regular season for the Hawks is coming to a close, and the Atlantic 10 Championship begins on Wednesday, March 9.

Lacrosse season openers

Men’s and women’s lacrosse opened their seasons on Saturday, Feb. 20. Men’s won over Virginia Military Institute, 15-5. Women’s lost to American University, 15-12. Junior Mike Rastivo was named the Northeast Conference Men’s Lacrosse Player of the Week on Monday, Feb. 22. Junior Nora McCallion was named the Atlantic 10 Women’s Lacrosse Co-Player of the Week on the same day. (Photos by Christy Selagy, M.A., ’17 and SJU Athletics.)