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March 16, 2016

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Department of Public Safety reports (Feb. 26 - March 9) Feb. 26

Public Safety was notified by Philadelphia Police of an arrest of a high school student for possession of marijuana during the High School Public League/Catholic League Championship Basketball game at Hagan Arena. No students from Saint Joseph’s University were involved.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding her off campus residence located in the 2000 block of N. 63rd Street being burglarized by person(s) unknown. Philadelphia Police were notified and responded.

Feb. 27 Public Safety was notified by an area resident regarding students being loud in the 2400 block of N. 63rd Street. Public Safety Officers and the Philadelphia Police were notified and responded into the area. 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 and the Philadelphia Police were notified and responded into the area. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified by an area resident regarding students being loud in the 2400 block of N. 54th Street. Public Safety Officers and the Philadelphia Police were notified and responded into the area. Community Standards was notified.

Feb. 28 Public Safety was notified of a car fire behind the Hawks’ Landing Parking Garage. Philadelphia Fire Department was notified and responded. No St. Joe’s students were involved.

Feb. 29 Public Safety was notified of person(s) unknown removing the emergency phone from the second floor of Villiger Hall Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

March 1 Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding two males jumping on the hood of his personal vehicle while he was operating it near 54th and City Avenue. Public Safety Officers and the Philadelphia Police responded, but the juvenile had fled the area.

March 3 Public Safety was notified of two students smoking marijuana in the second floor bathroom of Villiger Hall. Public Safety officers responded and confiscated a smoking pipe.

Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding suspicious males outside of her off campus location in the 6000 block of Drexel Road. Public Safety Officers, along with the Philadelphia Police responded, but the males had fled the area.

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Public Safety was notified by the Lower Merion Police regarding two St. Joe’s students being cited for underage intoxication on City Avenue. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Public Safety was notified by Residence Life that while conducting room checks in the Pennbrook Apartments, a small amount of marijuana was located. Public Safety Officers responded and confiscated the marijuana. Community Standards was notified.

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March 4 Public Safety was notified of a power outage at the Pennbrook Apartments. PECO notified and responded. Power was restored later that day.

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March 9 Public Safety was notified regarding students on the roof of Hogan Hall. Public Safety Officers responded and spoke with the students. Residence Life notified. Community Standards notified.

Returning to their roots

St. Joe’s students promote healthy bodies and embrace natural hair CAT COYLE ’16 Editor Emeritus At Saint Joseph’s University, Imani Briscoe, ’17, and Tiana Pole, ’16, are members of SJU Naturals, an organization part of the Black Student Union that encourages women to practice self-love through natural hair care remedies and healthy body image.

African Americans make up less than seven percent of undergraduate students at St. Joe’s, according to the Fall 2013 Student Diversity and Demographic Profile.

This primarily white student body on the St. Joe’s campus made Briscoe think about her roots—those of her heritage and those on her head.

“Coming to campus was my real push to go natural,” Briscoe said. “I didn’t want to try to be someone I wasn’t and try to blend when I can’t blend. That’s just not who I am

or my personality.”

For Pole, an old family picture triggered her interest in reclaiming her hair.

“I saw a picture with my grandmother with her afro and was like ‘I want that,’” Pole said. “That was where my journey started, and now it’s more about me being more comfortable in my skin and accepting my hair texture.”

Instead of straightening and chemically taming their hair, many African American women like Pole and Briscoe are embracing their natural locks.

In the spring of 2015, several women came together to create the group, then called SJU Natural Hair. Their goal was to form a community that would discuss maintaining natural hair and keeping it healthy.

But they quickly found that this wasn’t all they wanted to discuss.

“We realized that when you’re taking

care of your natural hair, you’re not just taking care of your hair, you’re taking care of your whole body,” Pole said. “Because in order to promote healthy growth in hair, you have to promote a healthy body.”

The group now strives to focus on haircare, skincare, and overall well-being. In doing this, Pole explained, they attempt to encompass the Ignatian-Jesuit characteristic of “cura personalis,” which is Latin for “care for the whole person.”

SJU Naturals hosts events to help the university community embrace this idea. On Feb. 18, they held an event about combatting stress relief during midterms and throughout their lives, where they made DIY stress balls and discussed aromatherapy.

On Feb. 22, the organization held a seminar about the quarter-life crisis. They talked about how embracing natural hair can translate into what type of life they wanted to live.

“It’s tied into our natural hair,” Pole said. “We were discussing how promoting your natural hair is defining who you are as a person.”

As they continue to expand on their goals, SJU Naturals now must draw in a larger group of members, Pole said.

“Our goal is to not just encompass people from within the OML [Office of Multicultural Life], which is where we tend to get a lot of our members from, but to branch it out to other people around campus,” Pole said. “Because we’re not just talking about hair, we’re talking about skin care and overall body, which can apply to everyone.”

Their next step is becoming an official club outside of the Black Student Union, Briscoe and Pole said. They are also reaching out to other club leaders to discuss co-hosting events and attempting to gain funding from the Student Budget Allocation Committee.

Updates from the State of the University President addresses student body on changes to come

New Provost According to University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., the provost position was not offered to any of the final candidates. “I concluded that we have individuals here who can step up at Saint Joseph’s University,” Reed said.

Tuition Increase Reed announced Monday, March 14 at his State of the University address that there will be a two percent tuition increase starting in the fall.

Diversity Initiative Reed also announced the creation of the position of assistant provost for inclusion and diversity. When speaking about diversity Reed said, “We can be better. This is not a quick fix.”

Compiled by Ana Faguy ’19

Read about these issues and many more in next week’s issue of The Hawk on March 23.

March 16, 2016

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Revisiting counseling restrictions

How the 40-session limit set by CAPS is operating two years later KATRYNA PERERA ’16 Editor Emeritus

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is operating efficiently and without a waitlist two years after restructuring their counseling session model.

In the fall of 2014, CAPS was evaluated by a group of consultants who determined that a session limit needed to be put in place.

Before fall 2014, students were able to access the services of CAPS as frequently as they wanted, taking advantage of as many group and individual counseling sessions as they thought necessary. But issues arose as the student population grew and CAPS began to develop a waitlist.

According to Beverly Cutler, Ph.D., associate director of CAPS, the staff was worried that they wouldn’t be able to service students in an immediate crisis due to this waitlist. Therefore, the CAPS staff decided to limit students to 40 counseling sessions over the course of their four years at Saint Joseph’s University.

Greg Nicholls, Ph.D., director of CAPS, explained that it is typical for counseling centers to have a limit of some kind.

Various limit models were examined when the 2014 decision was made, including one in which students would be limited to 10 to 12 sessions per year. Ultimately, however, the maximum of 40 sessions was decided upon.

Mary Elaine-Perry, Ph.D., Title IX coordinator, explained that the staff was looking to bring the model back to a short-term structure and also serve more students. She said that what the center wanted to avoid was students over-using the services when they may not actually need them.

“They don’t want someone who says, ‘Well I got a therapist now and I’m going to see them every week for the next four years,’ because then the student who comes in as a freshman, we don’t have an appointment for you because somebody is coming in and doing long term therapy,” Perry said.

“It’s to service students who have needs particularly in the moment, and if a student comes in all disheveled and we can’t see them right away it can be harmful to them…[but] if we can get them in…in four or five sessions they’re fine.”

Photo by Katryna Perera, ’16

Perry also explained that the 40-session limit is more flexible and accommodating, as some students may be facing a specific ordeal during a certain time.

“Somebody might have a crisis [and] they could potentially use up 40 sessions in a year…or they could use up 15 sessions one year and four another,” Perry said.

When asked what would happen if a student exceeded their 40-session limit, Cutler explained that if the student is still really going through a crisis, the staff at CAPS will make exceptions.

Esteban Valencia, ’16, utilized the services at CAPS over two prolonged peri-

Photo by Katryna Perera, ’16

ods in his college career. When asked his thoughts on the session limit, he explained that he is currently not concerned, because he is a graduating senior. However, he has friends who are apprehensive about starting counseling because they are afraid they will quickly use up all 40 sessions.

“I think conceptually [the cap] makes sense…so from an organizational standpoint I think that is a solution…but, there might be this compromise between having a waitlist and perhaps having fewer students take advantage of services for fear of using up [sessions],” Valencia said.

He also pointed out that some students who need further counseling may not feel comfortable speaking with family members about needing therapy or may not be able to individually afford it.

If a student reaches their 40-session limit and still needs counseling, Nicholls explained that the staff at CAPS will assist them in finding external forms of therapy if necessary. However, if for some reason a student cannot afford to access outside counseling, services at CAPS will still be available to them.

“Any student in crisis is not going to be cut off from our services, ” said Cutler, who also explained that there are still many other counseling options available through CAPS for students who have exceeded their limit, including walk-in hours, group sessions, and a 24-hour call line.

Tuduetso Masire, ’16, who has also used the services of CAPS during her time at St. Joe’s, said she sees the rationality of

limiting the service, since technically it is something that is free for students.

“Doctors don’t come cheap, so for it to be free of charge is great,” Masire said.

“However, we go to a private school so these things should be the perks of it, so my answer to that is that I see both sides of the story but if I had to pick a side I would say I disagree with [the limit].”

Dan McDevitt, director of the Office of Student Success, works primarily with students who are facing day-to-day obstacles, and oftentimes he will refer students to CAPS. When asked his own thoughts on the limit, he explained that primarily, it is a capacity issue that unfortunately must be dealt with.

“I think it’s one of those necessary evils…the number of students needing treatment is going up,” McDevitt said. “…I think that we don’t want to be one of the universities where if a student needs help they don’t get it for three weeks because everybody is booked; I think that’s also part of why they do it, so that we are taking care of everybody.”

When asked if expanding the number of staff members at CAPS would help, Nicholls explained that adding more staff will just bring in more students, and in turn, could bring back a waitlist.

Since the session limit has been put in place, CAPS has been able to avoid a waitlist, said Nicholls. With the new system in place, the center is able to see every person that calls in either that same day or the next.

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March 16, 2016

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Editorial

No more silent suffering

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

Anxiety. Depression. Eating disorders.

Addiction.

According to the American Psychological Association, these are some of the most common mental illnesses among college students. With increasing instances of mental illnesses on college campuses, an increased focus on mental health services should correlate with our campus’s need.

We would like to address what we feel is an important issue in order to continue promoting the well-being and success of our student body.

In the article “Revisiting counseling restrictions” in this week’s edition of The Hawk, Katryna Perera, ’16, examines the limit on the number of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) sessions available to students, which was set two years ago. We believe that such a cap may discourage undergraduate students from seeking mental health services, when they know their number of sessions is finite.

Mental health is typically evaluated on a case-by-case basis, regardless of a timeline. If a student faces an issue so serious that it requires more than the allotted number of sessions, CAPS will extend their limit. How, though, should we as students know what constitutes an acceptable circumstance in which to use CAPS’ services?

This question makes us curious: What circumstances make certain cases more serious than others? At what point is a line

drawn? All mental health issues should be taken equally as seriously for students to feel comfortable in seeking support.

We assume, and thus understand, that these changes to CAPS were made initially to accommodate the financial state of our university. However, we believe that student mental health and well-being should be advocated regardless of financial availability.

We receive drug and alcohol information upon entering Saint Joseph’s University, but often do not consider being mindful of mental health until a problem has already developed.

A significant issue complicating improvements in mental health services is the overarching stigma our society has toward mental illnesses. Although conversation regarding mental health has become more open in our society and on our campus, there are still significant strides to be made in regards to the way that we handle mental illness.

This stigma makes it harder for students to seek help. If society took mental health more seriously, then programming such as CAPS would already be fully funded.

Overcoming this stigma is not easy, and it will probably take several years, if not decades, to implement openness about mental health. A concerted effort on our campus to increase mental health services is imperative if we are to both end this stig-

ma and provide our students with the appropriate resources.

Different organizations exist on campus to provide such resources, but we need to amplify them. Organizations such as Active Minds, the Psych Club, Hawks for Hawks, Student Outreach and Support Services, and Resident Assistants have numerous resources available online and on campus to help students understand signs of mental illness, strategies to cope, and statistics of how it affects college communities. Becoming more informed about mental health helps to create a more open dialogue, which allows us to start breaking down the stigma.

While CAPS exists as a wonderful resource for students struggling with mental illness on campus, the current restrictions do not foster a positive culture surrounding mental health in college. Psychological distress is a complicated, often messy experience that cannot be reduced to 40 appointments over the course of four years.

When we acknowledge mental health as an important issue that must be tackled on our own campus, as well as the thousands of other campuses across the country, we will better be able to serve those who are struggling silently, and create a more supportive community on our campus.

-The Hawk Staff

To those ‘feeling the Bern’ LIZ WARDACH ’16 Hawk Staff

Look, I get it. I’ve felt it too. The excitement of a candidate who isn’t trying to BS any of us. It’s refreshing. For months I was so jaded by my own biases that I actually thought that I could take part in a political revolution by giving my vote to Mr. Bernie Sanders, but I was wrong.

The real political revolution we have on our hands is so much bigger than any we have been faced with before. It has to do with policies: foreign and domestic. It has to do with rights for every person in the United States, especially women and minorities. This political revolution is one that can change the face of the 200-year history of American politics forever by electing the first woman president.

Now don’t stop reading here because you see that a feminist is supporting Hillary Clinton. I will not condemn those who choose not to vote for her. That’s totally a personal choice. I’m just asking that you hear this feminist out and take a closer look into why people think Sanders is a better candidate than Clinton. So stay with me; I have a lot to say.

There is a strong feminist argument for Hillary. She has shattered the glass ceiling in many arenas, and has the opportunity to shatter the largest in the world. She has been a constant advocate for the rights of children and women throughout her career, and has been extremely vocal about her family and women-friendly policies. Sanders has stated that he supports family-friendly policies, but rarely mentions them in debates like Clinton does (take Flint, for example). He has never mentioned his plans for women and girls abroad on his website, while Clinton appointed

the first U.S. ambassador for global women’s issues during her time in the State Department and outlines a comprehensive plan. Sanders speaks about free college tuition for all, but this will not help those to which college is a distant dream because they have to worry about how to feed their family.

Clinton’s policies are more comprehensive in scope, albeit less idealistic.

The truth is, Hillary Rodham Clinton is a woman. She is a strong woman. She is a woman actively fighting against patriarchal structures everyday in politics. She is a woman who many see as too rehearsed, too strong, and too diplomatic. She is scrutinized under our societal microscope at a much higher magnification than any of the other presidential candidates. I will not apologize when I call this out as sexist.

I’m saying we’re sexist because we are completely heightening her womanhood and erasing it all at the same time, but only wherever it fits our sexist ideals best. This is called the double bind. It requires that someone obey two mutually exclusive commands. In Clinton’s case: “be a good leader” and “be a good woman.” She cannot be both in the eyes of our society because being a good leader and being a good woman are not the same things. Leaders (men) are assertive, ambitious, and charismatic. Women are not. All of those assumptions we have work against Clinton just like they work against every other woman in America.

Many say that young feminists are voting for Sanders (which is not based on fact) because we are past thinking about gender as a barrier in the U.S. I’m sorry; I can’t help but laugh at this. It’s ridiculous to me that when I tell people I am a Clinton supporter I am accused of voting with my vagina. Policies aside, hell yeah I’m voting with my vagina.

Men have been voting with their dicks for 200 years, and

before 1920 you couldn’t vote without one. No offense to Sanders, but I’m sick of men barring the one place a woman has yet to stand. Clinton has been endorsed time and time again as the most qualified person for the presidency, PERIOD. Her credentials are superior to Sanders’. It’s ludicrous to me that Clinton, the first woman partner at her law firm, a former senator from New York, and a former secretary of state, might lose the democratic nomination to a 70-year-old white man who has been in politics for 35 years, but is someone still seen as “anti-establishment.” It’s like a sick joke.

So get real with yourselves Sanders supporters. Think critically about the state of our nation and the state of gender inequality, even seen on this campus. Think about why you don’t trust Clinton, and think about who is telling you not to trust her. And think about how sexist it is to hold someone accountable for their husband’s policies.

A real political revolution in 2016 would be electing a qualified woman as the leader of the free world. Now that’s badass.

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March 16, 2016

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RON DUFRESNE, Ph.D. Special to The Hawk Around the midpoint of my Essentials of Organizational Behavior class, students begin to pick up on the insight that almost all answers to questions that matter start with the phrase, “Well, it depends…” (of course the better students know they have to complete the sentence). As such, when asked to write this article about “one small moment that had the biggest impact on my time at St. Joseph’s University,” my first thought was, “Well, it depends…”

I have been a faculty member of the department of management in the Erivan K. Haub School of Business for nearly a decade. Over the past five years, I have been the program director of the leadership, ethics, and organizational sustainability (LEO) major and minor and a co-director of the Dean’s Leadership Program. Throughout these experiences, I’ve been very fortunate to have countless small moments that have had profound impacts on me and my time at Saint Joseph’s; the most impactful have been those moments with the great students within the community. The biggest impact? Well, it depends…

If it were an impact made on me in the classroom, then it might be the time that Marlena Brazil, ’17, dressed up like Jeff Bezos to illustrate his authoritarian style of leadership. Or when the members of the LEO capstone class of 2012 became passionate about having water bottle filling stations installed around campus; Or when a student last fall worked her tail off to overcome a failing first exam in order to pass Essentials of Organizational Behavior; Or when the students in my LEO capstone class in 2014 somehow found out about my birthday and threw me a surprise party at the start of our evening class. Or

seeing then-freshman Nick Merrill, ’17, not being intimidated—and, indeed, thriving—despite being one of the only non-seniors in my Perspectives on Leadership class.

If it were an impact made on me around campus, then it might be when Ryan Fox, ’14, challenged me to a semester-long contest that entailed keeping track of the number of people we could greet by name while walking together from Merion Hall to Bellarmine Hall between classes (For the record: Ryan won every time). It could be while I was giving a campus tour to a prospective student in Post Learning Commons, and paused to remark to him how vibrant and interactive our community was, as shown by the buzz of students collaborating around the tables. Not thirty seconds later, Steven Saladino, ’17, walked by, and when I put him on the spot and asked him to capture the essence of Saint Joe’s in one word, he immediately said, “Community.”

If it were an impact made on me through extracurricular events, then it might be watching Rachel Haney, ’15, rally other members of the Dean’s Leadership Program to produce a TEDx event on individual growth. Or watching Mariah McHugh, ’16, do the same by recruiting others to execute last fall’s Out of the Darkness suicide awareness walk. Or seeing Chris Wilson, ’15, excel both in the classroom and on the basketball court.

If it were an impact made on me in other places outside the classroom, then it might be watching Emily Kamelhar, ’16, Joey Giovanisci, ’16, Madison Smith, ’17, and Kailee Fisher, ’16, confidently represent the Dean’s Leadership Program at a Board of Trustees meeting last fall.

Or meeting then-high-school-student Becca Wheeler, ’16, during her campus visit to Saint Joseph’s and watching her grow into the campus leader she is today. Or working with a member of the class of 2013 who was nearly failing out of St. Joe’s before he found his calling in the LEO program and seeing him now working to place employees in companies that make a positive social and environmental impact.

If it were an impact made on me by my former students, then it might be hearing about Chrissy Szostak, ’14, developing a program to redirect surplus food out of landfills and into soup kitchens. Or seeing James Haslett, ’10, and Andrew Mason, ’14, at the Career Fair recently and hearing them share with me how useful their management classes have been to them. Or learning from Alicia Plummer, ’15, that she landed the job she worked so hard to attain.

I could go on. In reality, every student I’ve interacted with has impacted my time here at Saint Joe’s–all 1,500 or so students over the past decade. That includes you, current-or-former student who is reading this right now and thinking, “Hey! This jerk didn’t mention my name!” Yes, you too have impacted my time.

Life is a long series of stories, and my life here at Saint Joseph’s has been affected by a long list of protagonists.

Ron Dufresne, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Management, director of the Leadership, Ethics, & Organizational Sustainability program, and co-director of the Dean’s Leadership Program.

Building bridges, not walls Fences come in many forms: white picket fences, chain link fences that straddle properties, the fence between Gompers Elementary and Saint Joseph’s University—to name a few. One of the largest fences in recent news runs along the southern border of the United States, creating controversy over immigration.

In conjunction with Pope Francis’s visit to the Mexico-U.S. border on Feb. 17, Campus Ministry set up a mock border fence in front of the chapel with facts and photos surrounding the issue of immigration. This fence promoted education and prayer around this topic, as well as encouraged solidarity between members of our community and immigrants.

The following week, a smaller response fence was constructed anonymously in front of the chapel. Where the initial fence had displayed images and statistics regarding immigration, this new fence, for a few hours, displayed pictures of three individuals who had been killed by people deemed to be Latino and allegedly in this country illegally.

Two of the faces were referenced by Donald Trump in his speeches regarding immigration–who has repeatedly espoused bigoted views towards multiple groups, including immigrants.

Not only does this response perpetuate the fear of violence and of immigrants, it paints an inaccurate picture of an entire population. While this fence assumed that increased immigration correlates with increased violence, the FBI said that the violent crime rate in the United States went down 48 percent from 1990 to 2013, a time when our immigration rates had tripled, according to a September 2015 Forbes article.

This sort of fear-mongering is not part of the ideals that have been ingrained in me throughout my four years at St. Joe’s: tolerance, inclusivity, openness. Care for all people. Respect for human dignity. This anonymous response, I found, did not promote these ideals, but stood in stark contrast to them.

To the anonymous fence-poster, I would like to have a conversation with you, to understand where you’re coming from, in the hopes that we can find some common ground

LINDSAY HUESTON ’16 Opinions Editor between us: To build bridges instead of walls, to invite dialogue instead of misunderstanding.

I want you to know a little bit about my week in El Paso, TX, in the hopes you can understand where I am coming from, and I too can understand your story a bit better.

El Paso is a city on the border of U.S. and Mexico– where the lingua franca is Spanish, not English. I spent a week with my peers leading a Winter Immersion Program through Campus Ministry, immersing ourselves in the is-

Photo by Dan Mrazik ’11

sue of immigration from all facets: shelters, legal services, employment, Border Patrol, hearings, detention centers, and living and learning with community members.

You weren’t there when we talked with Juan and Oscar (names changed to protect privacy) about wage theft in El Paso. Being undocumented, they regularly have wages withheld from them by their employers, who abuse their workforce in this manner because they know people who are undocumented fear reporting it. You wouldn’t know that over the course of eight years, Juan has had $40,000 unjustly taken from him, simply because he is undocumented. You wouldn’t know that the average salary of an undocumented family living in El Paso is $10-15,000 because of this injustice. You wouldn’t have been at church on Sunday to see Oscar smiling with his daughter, dancing

playfully at the recessional song—looking like any other family, regardless of whether or not they have legal documents to be in this country.

You wouldn’t know this story and the stories of so many others that brought tears streaming down my face, breaking my heart that week and even currently. I’d love to tell them to you, if you’d like to listen.

To you, fence-poster, I assume you posted this fence out of fear: fear of what immigrants would do when they come to our country. Fear that many of them coming in might steal our jobs, rape our women, kill our citizens.

But I would like to present to you, fence-poster, that perhaps these people who you are so afraid of may be harboring more fear than you can potentially realize. I do not know your story, but I do know that so many people would not leave their hometowns, their families, their livelihoods, their cultures, their entire lives simply so that they could wreak havoc on Americans. No, I believe that many of these people are so afraid of living where they currently are that they see no other choice than to pack a few belongings and trek thousands of miles to the U.S., putting themselves and their family in danger so that they might survive—not just have a better life, but survive.

How do I know this? I have met many of them. I have laughed with them. I have danced with them. I have shared with them, cried with them, eaten with them, hugged them. I found kinship with these people during my week in El Paso, and found, as Greg Boyle, S.J., so eloquently writes, that “there is no ‘them’ and ‘us.’ There is only ‘us.’”

These people who have crossed the border are someone’s sister, father, granddaughter. They, too, are part of a family. Imagine if yours was so desperate to have a new life, a better life, that they willingly entered themselves into a dangerous situation—crossing the border, knowing they could get caught—just to provide for their families.

I don’t doubt that there are some people who have immigrated without documents and caused some sort of trouble on U.S. soil. I want to remind you, however, that these people do not make up the entirety of that population. The stereotype never speaks for the majority.

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The Tanner family is back, and they ‘don’t have it, dude’ Image courtesy of Creative Commons

ROSE WELDON ’19 Hawk Staff It’s been said that we are living in the Golden Age of Television.

Dramas like “Breaking Bad,” “Homeland,” and “The Walking Dead,” and comedies like “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “Veep” are being recorded on DVRs, binge-watched on streaming services, and enjoyed live every week by millions. Netflix has capitalized on this television craze: The streaming service produces the popular drama “House of Cards,” and funded a reboot of the beloved “Arrested Development.” Last year, Netflix set to work reviving another show with a following, the late ’80s and early ’90s TGIF staple “Full House.”

I was first introduced to “Full House” at age seven, and at the time, I found the show funny. As I grew up, though, I began to think that the show was superficial and

corny, a tone shared by its contemporaries, “Family Matters” and “Step By Step.” For that reason, I was willing to forgive “Full House” for its lack of substance. It had a naïve charm that seemed to say, “Oh, the ’90s! A time when going to Walt Disney World for product placement or forcing a cameo from Little Richard wasn’t criticized, but celebrated!”

After watching the first episodes of the recently rebooted “Fuller House,” I can say that the producers of the new show tried to capture this aura. They succeeded, but not in the way they anticipated.

Here’s the setup: D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Candace Cameron Bure) is now widowed with three sons and works as a veterinarian.

She has been living with her father Danny Tanner (Bob Saget) in the house she grew up in. Danny decides to give her the house.

D.J.’s sister Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and childhood best friend Kimmy Gibbler (Andrea Barber) move in, with Kimmy bringing along her teenage daughter. Joey Gladstone (Dave Coulier) and Uncle Jesse (John Stamos) make appearances, old catchphrases are repeated, and the kids have to learn to get along. Hijinks ensue, and it’s essentially the same premise as “Full House,” with some gender reversals.

So, that would be OK, right? Well, no.

Unfortunately, we don’t live in the ’90s anymore. What was once harmless appeal is now the worst thing a TV show can be today: fake.

Since the dawn of programs like “Seinfeld,” “The Sopranos,” and “30 Rock,” American viewers now appreciate realism in both their comedies and dramas.

Today, people laugh at “Modern Family”

(the most popular show on ABC, the same network that aired “Full House”), because it reflects what a family is truly like. Even pure fantasy shows like “Game of Thrones” are beloved because the characters act like real people would if they were thrust into extraordinary situations. “Fuller House,” however, is artificial in what its characters think, say, and do.

Negative reviews of the show have been dominated by comments like, “I know the show is really bad, but I can’t help but watch it anyway!” That’s an ironic love, not a pure passion for the show’s merits. It may have worked in the midst of TGIF programs, but in a world where television has evolved, “Fuller House” is stuck in another time.

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Disney’s newest animated movie is a box office hit MELISSA BIJAS ’18 Hawk Staff

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Come on over to our campus, or meet us online.

Earn credits toward your degree, or explore a new interest.

Visit our bustling downtown, and when school is out, grab a train to the shore or NYC.

It’s all happening at The Hall this summer.

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Disney’s newest movie, “Zootopia,” is a light-hearted comedy fit for young and old audience members alike. The movie follows the adventures of a rabbit named Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) who dreams of becoming the first rabbit police officer in the city of Zootopia.

While cute animals and a sweet storyline make the animated film entertaining for children, jokes about the popular TV series “Breaking Bad” and puns about other Disney movies like “Frozen,” “Tangled,” and “Big Hero 6,” among others, make it equally entertaining for adults. Brand parodies such as “Zuber,” “Mousy’s,” “lululemmings,” and “Bearberry” also make appearances that garner a chuckle from older audience members.

The film’s protagonist, Hopps, meets an unlikely ally, Nick Wilde, a red fox (voiced by Jason Bateman), while on duty as a meter maid. Though she is skittish at first about working with a natural predator, Hopps teams up with Wilde to take on a missing persons case. She wants to prove herself as a police officer, and her perseverance sends the message to young viewers that you can do anything, even if you are a bunny in a world full of lions, tigers, bears, and red foxes.

Adding to the already impressive adult-friendly joke repertoire, Hopps and Wilde first visit a naturist club owned by Yax the Yak (voiced by Tommy Chong).

The viewers first meet Yax while he is meditating in a sanctuary. Covered in bugs and flowers, he lives up to the “dirty hippie” stereotype. Adults who have seen any of Chong’s work can get a good chuckle out of his role in the film.

Another stop along the way is a visit to Zootopia’s crime boss, an arctic shrew named Mr. Big. Reminiscent of “The Godfather,” Big is a powerful figure who Zootopians know not to double cross. When Hopps and Wilde end up on Big’s bad side, Mr. Big’s daughter Fru Fru, a character similar to Snooki from “Jersey Shore,” spares them from a certain death to thank Hopps for saving her life earlier that day.

During its opening weekend in North America, the film grossed close to $80 million. On its opening day alone, it made $19.5 million, beating out “Frozen,” which brought in $15.2 million. With entertaining pop culture references and an unlikely friendship that appeals to younger audiences, “Zootopia” has rightfully earned its spot as one of Disney’s biggest hits.

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Lighten up your movie night with these junk food alternatives KRISTEN ADAMS ’17 Hawk Staff Going to the movies is something that almost everyone looks forward to. However, the food you eat when watching movies is not only unreasonably expensive, but is also loaded with calories, fat and sugar.

According to an analysis done by the Center for Science in the Public, a medium bag of popcorn at Regal Cinemas contains 1,200 calories, which accounts for 60 percent of your daily calorie intake in just one snack! This number doesn’t even include calories from the butter, which is everyone’s favorite part.

When we go to the movies, or even host an at-home movie night, we don’t anticipate eating fruits or veggies.

However, we also don’t expect to consume as many calories as we actually do. This week, I want to educate you on some healthier options when going to the movies: snacks you can buy at the theater, and those you can eat at home: Buying at the theater: Pretzel with mustard: A soft pretzel contains only 145 calories, and has zero grams of fat—just as long as you’re not drenching it in molten nacho cheese. If you drizzle some mustard on it, you can not only add extra flavor, but boost your metabolism up to 25 percent in the hours after you eat.

Mustard contains only five calories per teaspoon, and if you scrape off some of the pretzel’s salt crystals, then you can decrease your sodium intake as well! (Serving size: half of a pretzel. 145 calories, zero grams of fat, 425 milligrams of sodium).

Kit Kat bar: After you eat something salty, like the soft pretzel mentioned above, your body naturally craves something sweet. Kit Kats are a great choice for a chocolate bar because they are light and porous in the middle, which means that they have fewer calories compared to denser

chocolate bars. Another helpful hint is to share your snack with your “movie mates” (I know it’s hard), instead of eating all four pieces by yourself. (Serving size: one package. 200 calories, 11 grams of fat, 20 grams of sugar).

Swedish Fish: In a world where most candy is so high in sugar, Swedish Fish are a better option because they contain fewer calories and sugars than other candies. Try to cut yourself off after a few handfuls, though, and find a friend to split the box with! (Serving size: 19 pieces. 140 calories, zero grams of fat, 29 grams of sugar).

Eating at home: Popcorner’s Butter: Movie-goers tend to consume more calories while watching a movie because they’re too distracted to pay attention to the amount of food they are consuming. If you choose the Popcorner’s snack bag (1.1 ounces.), you can provide yourself with that yummy buttery popcorn taste, while also limiting the amount you’re consuming via a calorie-controlled package. (Serving size: One snack-size bag. 140 calories, 3.5 grams of fat, 310 milligrams of sodium).

Goldfish Cheddar Crackers: Anyone who knows me knows that I could eat an industrial size bag of Goldfish in one sitting, although I certainly do not recommend that by any means. However, Goldfish are low in calories, light in sodium, and will last you well beyond the previews! Just remember to portion out the amount you take to the movies to avoid overeating (Serving size: One snack-size bag. 130 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, 240 milligrams of sodium).

I hope these tips help for your next movie-watching experience and make you more aware of your subconscious movie snacking habits.

Photo by Sarah Suminski, ’16

Graduating Seniors Do you want to be the Student Commencement Speaker?

Submissions from seniors of the undergraduate class of 2016 from the College of Arts & Sciences and the Erivan K. Haub School of Business are welcome to submit a typed copy of a commencement address for consideration.

Criteria for selection Candidates must have completed all academic requirements by May 2016 with an overall superior academic record. In addition to the academic record, students will be evaluated on the basis of their leadership, service, and contribution to the SJU’s mission. The delivered speech should not exceed 4 minutes.

Finalists will be invited to appear before the five-member faculty panel to give a public reading of their proposed commencement speech.

Please submit a copy of your speech in an electronic version using M.S. word format and double spaced.

Submit to: Jacquelyn Panto at jpanto@sju.edu Deadline: March 25, 2016 at Noon.

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1. Virginia Johnson, Education

#ToPProfSJU

64. Jury Smith, Art 32. Jonathan Fingerut, Biology 33. Benjamin Fleming, Theology 17. Brian Forster, Natural Sciences

Lifestyle | 9 2. John McCall, Management 63. Lisa Nelson, Management 31. Ginette McManus, Finance 34. Eric Patton, Management 18. Kathleen Campbell, DSS

48. Aisha Lockridge, English 16. Elizabeth Becker, Psychology

47. Brent Smith, Marketing 15. Claire Simmers, Management

49. Melissa Logue, Sociology 9. Phyllis Anastasio, Psychology

50. Timothy Swift, Management 10. John Neiva de Figueiredo, Management

56. Usha Rao, Chemistry

55. Robert Teti, Accounting

24. Marybeth Ayella, Sociology

23. George Latella, Food Marketing

41. Shawn Krahmer, Theology 25. Lisa Baglione, Political Science

42. Patrick Saparito, Management

40. Paul Klingsberg, Math

39. Regina Robson, Management

26. Todd Erkis, Finance

8. Paul Angiolillo, Physics

7. Rashmi Malhotra, DSS

57. Thomas Burke, Economics 4. Richard Warren, History

58. John Yi, DSS 3. John Lord, Marketing

61. Becki Scola, Political Science 29. Jennifer Ewald, Linguistics

62. Ruben Mendoza, DSS 30. William McDevitt, Management

36. Patrick Garrigan, Psychology 20. Melissa Chakars, History

35. Matthew Sarkees, Marketing 19. Ronald Dufresne, Management 46. George Sillup, Pharm. Marketing 14. Michael Alleruzzo, Management

45. Elizabeth Linehan, Philosophy 13. Maria Marsilio, Modern and Classical Languages 52. Gregory Manco, Math 12. Ann Green, English 53. Thomas Brennan, S.J, English

It’s that time of year again—get ready to vote for your favorite professors. Each of these potential Top Profs were chosen and seeded based on teaching honors, such as the Lindback Award, or their standing in the 2014 TopProf Bracket. Tweet at our Twitter handle, @SJUHawkNews, with your picks using #TopProfSJU, and be sure to look for the next round in the upcoming issue of The Hawk.

21. James Hebbeler, Philosophy 44. Susan Liebell, Political Science 28. Mark Forman, Chemistry 37. Christina King Smith, Biology 5. Peter Norberg, English 60. Michelle Rowe, IHS

Aries

Libra

Taurus

Scorpio

Gemini

Sagittarius

If you’re still wondering how that special someone got away, worry no longer.

This week the stars will align and your romance will be rekindled. Be open to the opportunity, Taurus: Second chances are hard to come by.

Between work and your many other obligations, life has been very hectic for you these past couple weeks, Gemini. Take time this week to relax and hang out with your friends or significant other; your relationships are in need of some quality time.

Cancer

Some things are better left unsaid, Cancer. While at work this week, keep this advice in mind: Think before you speak.

You will thank yourself later.

Leo

Financial problems will cloud your head early this week, Leo. Try to remain positive because as the week progresses, there will be an opportunity for you to get back on your feet.

Virgo

Family and friends will need your love and support this week, Virgo, as they will encounter some difficult times. Make time for them and address their needs now, and eventually, the time will come to put yourself first.

54. Natalie Wood, Marketing 22. James Kelley, Food Marketing 43. Rajneesh Sharma, Finance 27. Alfredo Mauri, Management 38. Joseph Ragan, Accounting 6. Jeffrey Gossner, Management 59. David Steingard, Management

Horoscopes You’ve been waiting for all of your efforts and hard work to be recognized, Aries.

This week, your successes will finally be celebrated. Enjoy this time in your life and look forward to the great days to come.

51. C. Ken Weidner, Management 11. Dave Allan, Marketing

Stress will overwhelm you early this week, Libra. One way to make these problems vanish is to spend some time with your family. It will not only make you happier, but you’ll get a confidence boost as well.

It’s the perfect week for you to go out and market yourself, Scorpio. Whether it’s for a powerful alliance in the work place, or an attempt to find a significant other, you’ll be able to prove yourself worthy as long as you keep your head up.

Difficult family members will invade your home early this week, Sagittarius.

Instead of letting them ruin your positive environment, work with them to solve their problems.

Capricorn

You are quick to keep up your guard, Capricorn. But your wariness won’t benefit you this week. Instead, open yourself up to new opportunities to learn and travel, instead of being closed-minded.

Aquarius

You’ve been working hard lately, Aquarius, so this week, it’s time for you to live a little. Convince your friends to take you out for a good time. It’ll be good for all of you to enjoy one another’s company.

Pisces

Your heart has been torn into two separate directions lately, Pisces, leaving you confused about what you need to do.

Take the time this week to settle this matter, and you will find yourself in a much happier place.

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Photo by Christy Selagy, M.A. ’17

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atlantic 10 champions CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor

In 2014, the Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball team lost the last two games of the regular season. They earned the fourth seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship, and won the A-10 title with a 65-61 win over second-seeded Virginia Commonwealth University.

In 2016, the Hawks experienced deja vu; they lost the last two games of the regular season, earned the fourth seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship, and won the A-10 title with an 87-74 win over second-seeded VCU. The 2014 A-10 Championship game was close—the score was tied eight times. But the Hawks had a little more breathing room in the 2016 A-10 Championship game.

“We were one of the worst teams in the A-10 last year,” junior DeAndre’ Bembry said after the 2016 Championship game.“I’m just happy that like 80 percent of the guys that were on the team last year are on this team. I’m happy to see that we went through the struggles together, and now we’re going through the highs together.”

Bembry started off the scoring with a layup 49 seconds into the game, and would score a total of 30 points on the afternoon.

VCU took a one-point lead on a layup from junior JeQuan Lewis after two minutes of play, but St. Joe’s senior Aaron Brown dunked the ball less than a minute later to put the Hawks back in front.

The Rams tied the game with 15:07 left, Bembry put the Hawks back on top with a free throw, and the Rams took the lead 10 seconds after Bembry’s shot. Bembry fought back, and put the Hawks in the lead for good with 14:25 remaining in the first half, starting an 11-3 run that put the Hawks up 2013.

VCU came within five points with a layup from sophomore Justin Tillman, but St. Joe’s senior Isaiah Miles answered back with a layup of his own, which was the start of a 7-2 run for the Hawks and gave them their first double-digit lead of the afternoon.

“The basketball—that was special,” said St. Joe’s Head Coach Phil Martelli. “The ball movement, the shot confidence… It started right in the beginning, we took the ball at them, and we knew that they would be fierce. It’s what VCU is known for. I have a great appreciation for them.”

St. Joe’s continued to maintain their lead, though they didn’t have a double-digit lead for the remainder of the half. Bembry made a layup with 17 seconds left in the half to give the Hawks a 43-34 advantage going into halftime.

But VCU staged a comeback after St. Joe’s graduate student Papa Ndao was called on a double technical foul and was subsequently ejected from the game with 8:32 left.

The Rams went on a 16-4 run, bringing the score to 74-65 with 5:09 remaining.

A pair of free throws from Miles with 4:08 left started a 10-2 run for the Hawks, which finished with a dunk from Bembry to give the Hawks a 15-point lead. With 52 seconds left, the Hawks led 86-72. Towards the end of the game, Martelli subbed in lessoften-used bench players, including sophomore Mike Booth, freshman Chris Clover, junior Brenden Casper, sophomore Kyle Thompson, and redshirt freshman Markell Lodge.

Thompson hit a free throw with 16 seconds left to score the final point of the game, bringing the score to 87-74.

“Coming into the game, we just knew if we played defense and made the right plays… We would be good,” Bembry said.

“That’s what it was today, a team effort.”

After the buzzer, the Hawks celebrated and danced on the court, ecstatic about winning their second A-10 Championship in three years.

“I just started crying. Honestly, I just started crying,” Miles said. “I just, like I said, the moment is unimaginable. I’m happy for this group of guys. I’m happy for the seniors that we were able to finish off on top.”

Bembry finished with 30 points and five rebounds, Miles with 26 points and 12 rebounds, Brown with 13 points and five rebounds, and freshman Lamarr Kimble with six points and nine assists.

Miles was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player. Miles, Bembry, and Brown were named to the All-Championship team.

“Most of all, I want to thank my teammates,” Miles said, of the award. “I want to thank them for finding me. A lot of my points were them finding me and me getting open, but I definitely want to thank them.

I’m just proud of myself. All the hard work from all these years paid off, and I’m just proud of myself.”

After returning to St. Joe’s campus, a beaming Miles admitted he couldn’t fully describe what was going through his mind.

“I can’t explain this feeling,” Miles said.

“It’s a senior’s dream to finish out on top. We did that, and I’m speechless. The feeling is, you can’t put this feeling into words.”

At approximately 10:30 on Sunday night, the team returned to campus, where they were greeted by fans who lined up to create a tunnel leading to the court at Hagan Arena. Players were greeted with cheers, high fives, and handshakes from the fans.

Martelli was greeted with a “Phil Martelli”

chant.

Martelli spoke to the fans, thanking them for the support and reminding them that the season wasn’t over. After Martelli’s speech, players chatted and took pictures with the fans.

“It’s great, just knowing that we have so much support,” Miles said. “I love the Hawk family, just knowing that they’re always there for us. I definitely appreciate the fact that they’ve been with us all season. I appreciate it so much.”

The Hawks earned the number eight seed in the West Region for the NCAA Tournament. They will play the ninth-seeded University of Cincinnati Bearcats on Friday, March 18 in Spokane, Wash. Tip off is set for 9:57 p.m. Eastern Time, and the game will air on truTV. “I told them in August they were the best team in the Atlantic 10, as a team,” Martelli said. “Whether or not that was going to transfer to basketball, I didn’t know. I just think that to have played probably your best game in a year on this stage this late in March [is] a great tribute to them, to their willingness to be coached and the way that they’ve been coached by the assistants.”

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Hawks give it their all

March 16, 2016

Women’s basketball finishes 8-8 in A-10 play

NICK MANDARANO ’18 Hawk Staff The Saint Joseph’s University women’s basketball team finished their season on Thursday, March 3 with an 81-76 loss to the University of Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 tournament. Seniors Ciara Andrews and Sarah Fairbanks went out with a bang. Andrews finished with 20 points, and Fairbanks with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore Chelsea Woods also contributed with her sixth double-double of the season, tallying 16 points and 17 rebounds.

St. Joe’s grabbed their first victory of the season back on Nov. 29 against Temple University. Down 14 points, the Hawks climbed their way back into the game led by Andrews and Woods. Andrews totaled career bests in both points (27) and assists (six).

Woods also posted a career-high in points

that game with 20, including the game-winning basket and 12 rebounds. It was her first of several double-doubles this season. The following game at Hofstra University was just as impressive, ending in a three-point play by Andrews to give the Hawks a onepoint lead and the win.

Later in the season, St. Joe’s claimed their tenth Hawk Classic title and sixth under head coach Cindy Griffin. Their wins included a 104-45 blowout against the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the semifinals and a 76-66 championship win against Central Michigan University. Andrews was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament and scored a game-high 25 points in the championship game.

Aside from some exciting team wins,

the Hawks also experienced historical individual moments and saw impressive milestones. Both Fairbanks and Andrews reached the 1,000-point mark for their careers. Fairbanks reached it first against Fordham University on a free throw about halfway through the third quarter. She became the 24th player in Saint Joseph’s history to do so. Also this season, Fairbanks became the fourth ever Hawk to collect 100 career blocks and the second Hawk to accumulate 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 100 blocks—the other being Assistant Coach Steph McCaffrey. Andrews later reached the 1,000-point milestone as well against Rhode Island and became, in turn, the 25th player to do so in program history.

Andrews led the 2015-16 squad in scor-

Photos by Joey Toczylowski ’19 ing with 11.4 points per game. Fairbanks led the team in rebounds at 7.2 per game, and in assists with 2.7. During the season, some Hawks earned individual awards for their exceptional play. Freshman Alyssa Monaghan was the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week in mid-January. Fairbanks, who is the only player in history to be named the Big 5’s Most Improved Player twice, was the Big 5 Player of the Week in mid-December.

The Hawks finished their season at 1415, with an 8-8 record in regular season conference play. This year’s beloved senior class, however, walks away with a remarkable 7351 career record.

Getting ‘into a rhythm’ Baseball takes two of three CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University baseball team traveled to Florida over spring break, and won two out of three games this past weekend. From Friday, March 11 to Sunday, March 13, the Hawks (6-6) participated in the Snowbird Classic, taking on Western Michigan University, Michigan State University, and Central Michigan University.

The Hawks had an offensive outburst on Friday, beating the Broncos 17-8. The Broncos struck first, scoring one run in the second, but the Hawks struck back in their half of the inning. Junior Brian Lau doubled to left center field, and scored on a two-out RBI by sophomore Dominic Cuoci, who later scored on a wild pitch to give the Hawks the lead.

The Hawks scored three more runs the next inning to further pad their lead. Sophomore Deon Stafford hit an RBI double and scored on a two-out, two-RBI double from senior Charlie Coghlin.

St. Joe’s took over in the fifth inning, scoring nine runs. Senior John Brue led off the inning with a home run. Coghlin had an RBI single three batters later, and Cuoci followed with an RBI single of his own.

Junior Peter Sitaras drove in two more runs with a double down the right field line. Stafford drove in yet another run with an RBI

groundout.

“Honestly, some days, the ball looks a little bigger coming in, and it was just one of those days where it comes real easy,” said Lau, who had four hits and three RBIs in the game. “I think as a team, there’s a lot of competition in the team and a lot of feeding off each other’s energy. Once one guy gets going, it’s kind of contagious and everyone else wants to build off that.”

A double from Lau and a single from Coghlin drove in the final three runs of the frame.

“We got into a rhythm,” Head Coach Fritz Hamburg said. “I thought we did a really good job getting good pitchers to hit, and then putting good swings on it…We were getting hits all the way around.”

Western Michigan scored a run in the sixth, but St. Joe’s answered back in their half of the inning with three runs.

Junior Pat Vanderslice got his first win of the season after pitching six innings while allowing two runs on seven hits and walking three.

“It felt great [to get my first win],” Vanderslice said. “It [the game] was really good. Our bats were on fire. They couldn’t stop our hitters…We didn’t stop.”

Saturday’s game against Michigan State

proved more challenging for the Hawks, and they lost 8-7, despite battling back from a four-run deficit.

St. Joe’s scored a run in the first inning, but the Spartans tied the game with a run in their half. The Spartans added another run in the fourth inning, and the Hawks responded with a run in the fifth.

Michigan State hit the Hawks hard in the sixth, scoring four runs, all with two outs. Maul added another run for the Hawks in the seventh, but the Spartans again struck back, and scored a run of their own.

The Hawks staged a comeback in the eighth to tie the game. Junior Taylor Boyd drove in the first run of the inning, and Sitaras followed with a double to bring home two more runs. Sitaras later scored on a passed ball to tie the game.

The Spartans won after scoring on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth.

“We had opportunities to win,” Hamburg said. “We just didn’t. It wasn’t out of a lack of effort or desire, we just didn’t get over the hump…We feel really good about where this team is going. We’ve played probably the most rigorous first 12 games in my time at St. Joe’s.”

The Hawks bounced back the following day with a 5-2 win over Central Michigan.

The Hawks got on the board first with a run in the bottom of the sixth.

The Hawks added another run the following inning on an error from Central Michigan’s center fielder, and capped the score with three runs in the eighth.

Central Michigan scored two runs in the ninth, but Lau, who was pitching the ninth, was able to secure the win for the Hawks.

“Not that the game ever stopped being fun, but it’s a lot of fun to have success in all those areas and be able to contribute to help your team win in every area of the game,” Lau said of his multiple roles on the team.

Freshman Tim Brennan got his second win of the season after tossing seven innings, allowing two hits, walking one, and striking out five. Brennan was named the A-10 Rookie of the Week and the Big 5 Pitcher of the Week on March 14.

“Tim Brennan did a really good job pitching [Sunday],” Hamburg said. “He’s had two pretty good starts…He’s done a good job.”

The Hawks will play their first home games this weekend as part of the Big 5 Baseball Bash.