March 21, 2018

The Student Newspaper of Saint Joseph’s University

Volume XCVII | Est. 1929 | www.sjuhawknews.com

March 21, 2018

Study draws mixed returns DESHAWNA BRISCOE ’20 Special to the Hawk ALEX KARPINSKI ’20 Assistant News Editor Despite efforts in its final weeks to get students to complete the Campus Climate Study, the study fell short of its targets for student populations.

At the survey’s close, 24.2 percent of undergraduate students had taken the survey. The target was 50 percent. Graduate student participation fared worse with only 5 percent of the 50 percent target having taken the survey.

Still, more than 2,000 students, faculty Mike Scanlan ’21, prays at the statue “Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time” outside the Chapel of Saint Joseph after a prayer service for Mark Dombroski and staff took the survey, said Monica Nix’21. Scanlan lived in the same residence hall as Dombroski. “The energy he brought to the people around him was incredible,” Scanlan said. “It wasn’t hard on, Ed.D., assistant provost for inclusion and to see the impact he made on the people around him. I was praying for his family and friends.” (Photo by Luke Malanga ’20). diversity, enough to ensure “a rich set of findings to analyze.”

Launched last month, the Campus Climate Study survey was designed to understand the current state of equity and inclusion in the learning, working and living LUKE MALANGA ’20 Photo Editor environment for students, faculty and staff at the university.

The St. Joe’s community is mourning the death of Mark Dombroski ’21, The survey was originally set to close on March 9, but Nixon said it was extended who went missing in Bermuda while on a tournament trip with the St. through spring break in order to encourage Joe’s rugby team. The Bermuda Police Service, joined by local resicontinued participation. dents, conducted a search March 19. By the afternoon, police report“During spring break, a good number of the staff from our contracted vendors also ed Dombroski’s body was found. At St. Joe’s students filled the Chapel participated,” Nixon said. of Saint Joseph that night for a prayer service.

Chastity Nadeau ’20 and Erin Duffy ’20 both said they took the survey after their resident assistant, Christopher Stevens ’18 in Rashford Hall, told them about it. But Ashley Obrikis ’18 said she had never heard of it, and Nathan Tracy ’21 was not sure he understood what it was.

“I think I saw something hanging up on a wall,” Tracy said.

Leslie Briggs ’17, M.A. ’18 was one of the starting to come up clear with this,” Bernt like anybody saw it coming because it didn’t ALEXA POLLICE ’21 said. “A couple years ago when there was a used to be something we needed to worry small number of graduate students who did Special to the Hawk take the survey. college shooting involved, St. Joe’s did that. about. It certainly is now.”

“It’s pretty simple and straightforward,” We had a simulated lockdown, so we walked CONTINUED ON PG. 3 Briggs said. “One of the most helpful things is In the wake of recent school shootings, through it, but it was in reaction to it. It wasn’t there’s a glossary at the very beginning.” education majors have something else to conSome populations did reach their tarsider as they prepare to become teachers: how get. Tenured and tenure track faculty, along to protect their future classes from potential with university administration and staff, gun violence. finished with a response rate that exceeded “There’s a lot of violence in schools to their respective 50 percent target. The faculworry about,” said Terrance Furin, Ph.D., ty response rate was 53.4 percent, while the adjunct professor of education and author of administration and staff had a 50.9 percent Combating Hatred: Educators Leading the response rate. Affiliate faculty fell short of Way. “I think over 10 years what has haptheir 50 percent target with a response rate of pened is no one used to have metal detectors 40.8 percent. or worry about schools being shot up.”

Rankin & Associates Consulting, the During their first year, education majors company hired to conduct the study, required at St. Joe’s are required to participate in field a 30 percent participation rate for each popobservations where they observe classes. ulation, according to Katie Bean, assistant According to Frank Bernt, Ph.D., chair director of Student Outreach and Support of the teacher education program, with this and a member of the Campus Climate Study real-life experience comes real-life potential Working Group. issues. Crisis procedures are crucial to safety in these situations.

CONTINUED ON PG. 3 “My hunch is that schools are just now

Death of a fellow Hawk

Future teachers on gun violence Ed majors discuss recent school shootings

A student holds a sign during a walkout in Center City (Photo by Luke Malanga ’20).

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Department of Public Safety reports (March 2 – March 15) March 3

March 5

Public Safety was notified by Residence Life regarding an odor of marijuana coming from a 4th floor room in Villiger Hall. Public Safety officers responded to the room with Residence Life. A search of the room revealed no signs of drugs or drug paraphernalia present.

Community Standards notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside Hagan Arena. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated by a faulty pipe. Facilities Management notified.

Public Safety was notified by an area resident of a loud party involving St. Joe’s students taking place in the 2400 block of N. 56th Street. Public Safety and Philadelphia police were notified and responded. Community Standards notified.

March 4 Public Safety was notified by an St. Joe’s student regarding person(s) unknown removing her laundry from a dryer inside the Pennbrook apartments. Residence Life notified. No police report at this time. Incident under investigation.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside the Sourin Residence Center. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated by a faulty washing machine.

Facilities Management notified.

March 6 Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding person(s) unknown removing his pants from an unsecured locker in the O’Pake Recreation Center. No police report at this time. Incident under investigation.

March 8

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside an apartment in the Morris Quad Townhouses. Public Safety Officers responded.

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

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March 9 Public Safety was notified regarding a St. Joe’s student being assaulted outside a bar in Manayunk, Pennsylvania. The student required medical attention. Philadelphia police investigating the incident.

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ELECTION 2018 Pennsylvania special election for 18th District JULIA SNYDER, M.A. ’19 Hawk Staff On March 13, Pennsylvania held a special election to fill a seat for the 18th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democratic candidate Conor Lamb was unofficially announced as the winner by approximately 700 votes, a feat that The New York Times dubbed a “narrow but major upset.” Lamb ran for the position against Rick Saccone (Republican) and Drew Miller (Libertarian).

Although the election took place a week ago, there still is no official answer about who won the vote. As of March 16, provisional and military ballots were still being tallied; however, there has been speculation that there are not enough uncounted ballots to push Saccone ahead.

Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District is known as a “reliably Republican” seat. According to the New York Times, President Donald Trump won the vote in the 18th District by twenty percentage points in the 2016 presidential election.

Who were the candidates?

Lamb, a Democrat, is a former Marine Corps captain and prosecuting attorney from Pittsburgh, according to his official campaign site. Key components of his campaign agenda included alleviation of student debt, “taking immediate action to fight the heroin crisis” and protecting government programs such as Social Security and Medicare.

Saccone, a Republican, also comes from a military background: before running for Congress, he worked as a counter-intelligence agent for the U.S Air Force and was on the counter-terrorism task forces for two Olympic Games, according to his campaign site. Saccone’s campaign platform was centered around immigration reform, healthcare reform and lowering taxes.

Drew Miller, Libertarian, emphasized his fiscally conservative yet socially liberal platform: on the financial side of his agen-

ALEX MARK, ’20 Assistant News Editor da, he intended to work for tax reform, increased jobs and a reduction of government spending. Socially, Miller announced he would legalize marijuana, reform drug enforcement, “end the opioid epidemic” and limit government surveillance on civilians, according to his campaign site. Previously, Miller worked as Legal Counsel to the Majority Whip of the Pennsylvania Senate; currently, he is working as an energy attorney in Pittsburgh.

voters and delaying attorney Russell Giancola, who was with the Saccone campaign, from watching the counting of the votes, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Other accusations from the Republican Party, CNN reported, included voting machines not being calibrated appropriately and voters not appearing on voter rolls (the lists of people eligible to vote in a district).

Why a special election?

Once all of the remaining uncounted votes are tallied, the counties involved in the 18th Congressional District will have a fiveday window to challenge the count. Republicans from the counties have already taken precautions to ensure that all necessary materials, such as voting machines and ballots, are made secure to allow for a recount.

Due to the reconfiguration of the Pennsylvania Congressional District map, however, Lamb will have to select a different district to run in for reelection. What was previously Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District now overlaps approximately five of the newly determined Pennsylvania districts.

According to the Washington Post, Lamb has filed to run for office in the new 17th District, which includes both the Pittsburgh suburbs he won this past Friday and the more conservative Beaver County.

While he has not officially conceded a loss to Lamb as of March 19, Saccone will run in the new 14th District, which includes the more rural, conservative areas of the old 18th District.

In Oct. 2017, Tim Murphy, a Republican who held a seat in the house for the 18th district of Pennsylvania, submitted his letter of resignation after allegations of an extramarital affair came to light.

It was later revealed that Murphy had pressured the woman to receive an abortion following the affair. The seat associated with Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has been vacant since Murphy’s letter of resignation went into effect on Oct. 21, 2017.

Murphy had been active in the U.S. House of Representatives since the year 2002.

How did the opponents react?

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson ’20.

In the 2016 election, the 18th District voted heavily for then-Republican candidate Trump. The district’s high potential for a Democratic vote is then a shock to the GOP. As of March 17, the Pennsylvania Republican Party has asked the Department of State to check for “irregularities” in the election, accusing county officials of such mistakes as not making the election public enough to

What happens next?

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"It's On Us"

St. Joe's receives second sexual assault prevention grant ALEX MARK ’20 Assistant News Editor Last week, St. Joe’s received the It’s On Us grant, which awarded the university $30,000 for sexual assault awareness education and prevention, according to Mary-Elaine Perry, Ph.D, title IX coordinator.

The university applied for the grant in January, Perry said, and the funds will be available to the university until the end of this December.

With this money, Perry explained, the university hopes to potentially hire Jackson Katz, Ph. D., a well-known gender violence and sexual assault educator, to speak about the role men can and do play in the issue.

“It [sexual assault] is everybody’s issue,” Perry said. “We just don’t know it yet.”

Perry said that the grant could also potentially be used to make new educational materials, such as a new, updated video to be shown to freshmen at orientation and student groups like fraternities and athletic teams.

St. Joe’s Rape Education and Prevention Program (REPP) member Brooke Boykas ’18 said that new educational materials would be beneficial to the student body, to increase awareness of such issues

as sexual assault and domestic violence.

“If they don’t know what a healthy relationship is,” Boykas said, “it’s really easy to confuse an abusive one for a normal one.”

One more use for the grant money is something that the student body will not see: a more efficient computer system to compile reports of sexual assault experienced by students. Currently, Perry explained, the system is not computerized, and every incident must be recorded manually, a process which is often time-consuming and which does not allow for easy data analysis.

Something else which complicates the reporting process is the way survivors will respond to the trauma of an assault, which tends to vary from person to person, Boykas said.

“A lot of people want to take different paths, and a lot of those don’t involve reporting to the police,” Boykas said.

Perry said that the new system would provide for much more efficient and thorough record keeping and reporting, and that assault trends could be analyzed more easily.

Last fall, the federal Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), in the U.S. Department of Justice, awarded the university a three year grant of $300,000 to increase sexual assault education on campus. So far, Perry said, the university has delivered on

its promise to hire a sexual misconduct prevention specialist: Christopher Morrin.

Gabby Southworth ’18, president of REPP, was directly involved in meeting and interviewing the candidates. To Southworth, a major factor in interviews was their approaches to reaching the men on campus.

“That’s something we’ve really struggled with here at St. Joe’s, is getting guys involved in these issues,” Southworth said.

Southworth explained that, while she originally thought a woman would be a better candidate, she realized that having a man as the university’s sexual misconduct prevention specialist could potentially help to encourage men on campus to get involved.

“Going into this process, I remember thinking that I wouldn’t want a guy to get hired," Southworth said. “I was thinking I would want it to be a girl because I would feel more comfortable talking to a girl in this kind of situation. But he was so approachable. I felt like I could talk to him, and not only did he have so much experience and qualifications for this, he was just so genuine.”

Boykas said that having a man as the university’s sexual misconduct prevention specialist is “awesome.”

“It’s really hard when the only people who come out are women,” Boykas said.

Overall, with all the opportunities provided by the grant, Perry hopes that the student body will gain more awareness of the issue. “[I hope] students will be more informed of elements of sexual assault, as defined by the federal government," Perry said. We will be more public with students about these issues."

Stickers by REPP list campus resources for survivors of sexual assault (Photo by Luke Malanga ’20).

Education majors discuss gun violence in schools CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Zara Dugan ’21, a double major in early childhood education and special education, participated in a lockdown practice during her field experience in a kindergarten class.

“It was not a drill for the whole school but the students in my kindergarten class practiced what to do in case there was a drill,” Dugan said.

The recent shooting in Parkland, Florida that killed 17 students has brought this issue into the spotlight and is a relevant issue for future educators, according to Dana Latella ’20, an English and education major.

“Because of the recent happenings in schools with gun violence, I think there should be discussion on gun violence,” Latella said.

“It’s a shame that that’s even a question, but I do think future educators need to be aware.”

Christina Photiades ’20, an English and secondary education major, said the subject of gun violence came up in one of her education classes last month, after the shooting in Parkland, Fl. “My professor was visibly upset about the incident, because she did not want any of us to be swayed in our opinions about becoming educators,” Photiades said. “She initiated the discussion and used it as an introduction to

the lesson we would be working on that day— which related to how teachers can maintain check-ups with their students.”

Mary “Mollie” Sheppard, Ed.D., a special education professor, acknowledged she initiated the conversation about the Parkland shooting, in Photiades’ class.

“If there is one place it should be discussed in an open constructive fashion, it is in the classroom,” Sheppard said. “It is scary and it is very real and they [future teachers] will do lockdown drills and hopefully they will only ever do lockdown drills. In your education classrooms is where it should be talked about.”

Catharine Lance ’21, an early education and special education double major, agrees that this discussion needs to occur in college classes.

“At the university level, it is imperative to impart information that will realistically help and guide educators in handling violent situations,” Lance said. “Personally, I see a true value in having more discussions and information sessions about how to protect children and find ways to speak to lawmakers about the need for safer classrooms.”

Photiades said she is even more com-

mitted to her calling.

“I think that it encourages me more to ensure my students know they are appreciated and are aware that someone cares if they are going through a tough time,” Photiades said. “I would never be reluctant to do something out of fear, especially if I knew that I could make a difference or prevent such an action.”

Educators at St. Joe’s want to remind their students that these incidents occur and that it is important to acknowledge them.

“I hope it doesn’t deter anyone at all, but I think violence can happen in any job, but sadly it has happened in schools.,” Sheppard said.

“And that is why I think it needs to be part of the conversation.”

During her field experience, shortly after the Parkland shooting, Photiades witnessed a discussion between a male teacher and his students in an all boys school in West Philadelphia. The teacher mentioned that the school’s policies are not always “realistic,” and he has to prepare himself as well for possible dangerous situations.

“He is certain that if it was an active shooter situation, there would be no concise way to shove 30 guys who are over six feet tall in a corner and tell them to be quiet,” Photiades said.

“Admitting this to his class, one of the students asked then what plan he would use. The teacher responded that using the resources and materials in the classroom for self-defense was a viable option, or perhaps escaping through the window could be a possibility.”

Photiades said this kind of planning is essential to her and other future teachers, not just in the classes they work in outside of the university, but here at St. Joe’s as well.

“I think dialogues like these are extremely important between students and professors, not only in education courses, but in all classes throughout campus,” Photiades said. “For me, it is difficult to plan out the specific steps of action because these incidents are often situational; however, I strongly believe that having a plan is essential.”

Erin Hicks ’21, an elementary education major, is almost a year into her college career, but recognizes the relevance of gun violence to her major.

“The sad reality is it probably should be something you learn,” Hicks said. “It shouldn't be an issue we have to talk about it in class, but in today’s society it is probably something we should do.”

Finding areas of improvement for inclusion and diversity CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 Although the survey did not reach its 30 percent goal for each population, Nixon said there will still be valuable information to gain from the survey.

“A 30 percent response rate for a particular group allows us to generalize findings from the survey participants to the entire group,” Nixon said. “Overall we ended up somewhere between 20 and 25 percent.”

Nixon said the university and the outside consulting group will move forward now that the survey has concluded. Representatives from both institutions will present their findings to the university in

September 2018.

“Rankin & Associates will begin cleaning up and analyzing data after the survey closes,” Nixon said. “In the meantime, the Climate Study Working Group is meeting next week to lay out next steps, which include generating ideas for action steps and working with the President’s Council on Inclusion and Diversity.”

Paulina Syracuse ’18, along with other members of the Student Senate, were heavily involved in marketing the survey and getting people to take it. That included staffing tables in Campion Hall, wearing stickers and putting

information on Facebook.

“Although participation was low at first, it significantly increased very quickly and that was largely due to word of mouth from students,” Syracuse said. “I saw many posts on social media from all different people marketing the survey and encouraging participation.”

Nixon said she was pleased with those efforts.

“I’m proud of the work of the University Student Senate, the Climate Study Working Group, and myriad formal and informal climate study ambassadors to create a buzz

about the survey,” Nixon said.

Nixon said Rankin’s findings based on the survey responses will be key in helping the university improve going forward.

“A key takeaway is that the survey is just one part of the process of creating a more inclusive community,” Nixon said.“The findings will illuminate areas for improvement and growth that we are already working to address through the President’s Council on Inclusion and Diversity and many other groups and departments on campus.”

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Remembering an entreprenuer The legacy left behind by Erivan K. Haub

CHARLEY REKSTIS ’20 News Editor Erivan K. Haub, a successful German businessman and the man for whom the St. Joe’s business school is named, passed away on March 6.

Haub is survived by his wife, Helga Haub, and his three sons Karl-Erivan, Georg and Christian Haub.

Haub is most known for being a successful entrepreneur and serving as managing director and part owner of the Tengelmann Group, one of the largest privately owned retailers in the world.

Tengelmann owned A&P, a grocery store chain, after Haub brought it out of bankruptcy in the 1980s.

“During the war, it was hard to maintain a business especially a food retail business,” said Joseph DiAngelo, Dean of the Haub School of Business. “He brought that company back after World War II. He was the fifth generation of his family owned business. He was very determined, he was very loyal, and he was very smart.”

Haub came to know and love St. Joe’s when A&P was a part of St. Joe’s food marketing program and a board member asked Haub if he wanted to come to St. Joe’s and see the program.

“Mr. Haub decided one year to have their board of directors meeting here,”

DiAngelo said. “Father Rashford came to meet Mr. Haub when he came to the board of directors meeting.”

Nicholas Rashford, S.J. was president of the university at the time, and met Haub at lunch where they came up with a plan to allow Tengelmann employees, who couldn’t come to the states because of immigration laws, to get their education at St. Joe’s while also working for Tengelmann in the United States.

“I said they can come to St. Joes to come to school and we can have part of the schooling be working in your stores,” Rashford said.

“So we sat down on the back of napkins and we worked out an executive program for employees of Tengelmann and we laid out the whole idea of me putting together an executive conference room in McShain on the top floor.

That was the start of a great friendship.”

Rashford said that Haub was known for being a successful entrepreneur.

“I think he was an innovator, I think he was an entrepreneur,” Rashford said. “He took over his family business as the only surviving heir and didn’t let it bother him. He made it work and let it happen.”

Rashford and Haub became close as Rashford went to visit Haub's stores in Germany, Italy, Vienna and more. He baptized Haub’s children, who were all born in the United States and through this relationship Haub grew an attraction for St. Joe’s.

With this attraction, Haub donated mon-

Erivan Haub, his wife Helga and his son Christian in 2010 (Photo courtesy of Saint Joseph's University).

ey in the mid 90s to help build Mandeville Hall and that is when the business school was named after him.

“Allowing us to use their name on the Haub school allowed us to brand the Haub School of Business,” DiAngelo said. “We were able to create an entire quality academic brand for the business school. Not only in the United States, in Europe. In Europe, having the Haub name opens up the doors for us to collaborate with schools in other parts of the world.”

Mark Reed, president of the university, released a statement on March 13 that acknowledged Haubs accomplishments and appreciated what Haub did for St. Joe’s.

“The Haub Family has generously supported business education at SJU for over 30 years,” Reed said in the statement. “Their generosity and partnership has assisted the Haub School in its transformation to a nationally recognized business school and the entire SJU community is deeply grateful to the Haubs.”

Haub was focused on education because he thought it was a way for people to advance themselves, which is why he was loyal to St. Joe’s, according to DiAngelo.

“He was a wonderful gentleman and he loved St. Joe’s and we will never be able to repay the debt to his family for what they have done for us,” DiAngelo said.

Bettering Jewish-Christian relations

Rabbi Abraham Skorka coming to Hawk Hill in the fall RYAN MULLIGAN ’21 Hawk Staff Rabbi Abraham Skorka has been appointed to the position of “University Professor,” according to a Feb. 19 announcement made by University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D. Beginning in the fall of 2018, Skorka will work closely with the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations and will directly collaborate with the institute’s directors, Philip A. Cunningham, Ph.D., professor of theology and Adam Gregerman, Ph.D, assistant professor of Jewish studies, who both work in the department of theology and religious studies.

“He has a lot of experience in interreligious dialogue and Catholic-Jewish relations,” Cunningham said. “We’re looking forward to working with him on expanding and developing programs in connection with the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations.”

Skorka’s voice in interreligious dialogue has been at the forefront internationally because of his close friendship with Pope Francis. Their relationship was born in their shared home of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has flourished as each has risen towards the top of their respective faiths.

Gregerman added that Skorka’s international reputation is an asset to the university.

“We hope he’ll have the opportunity to speak to public offices in different settings on campus,” Gregerman said.

The Institute for Jewish-Catholic relations is still in the early stages of planning exactly how to utilize Skorka’s gifts.

Both Cunningham and Gregerman said discussions are ongoing about Skorka’s precise role.

“We’re really at the stage now of trying to present a spectrum of possibilities for his involvement once he’s here,” Gregerman said.

“This is a period of planning for his visit in a

Rabbi Skorka meets with Pope Francis at St. Joe's on Sept. 27, 2015 (Photo by Vatican Photo Services).

couple of different realms: on campus, in the community, and even internationally.”

For the last 20 years, Skorka has done much of his work out of Buenos Aires, where he has served as the rector of the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano, which trains people from all over South America to become rabbis and cantors. He has emerged as a voice for the demographic of Latin American Jews.

“In addition, he has served as a pulpit rabbi in a local synagogue in Buenos Aires for a long time,” Cunningham said. “So he brings what in the Catholic world we’d say a pastoral touch to people in their everyday lives and the spirituality of everyday life drawing upon rabbinic texts.”

Jewish-Catholic relations have been improving since the Second Vatican Council, both Gregerman and Cunningham agreed. So too did William Madges, Ph.D., professor of theology at St. Joe’s and co-director of a widely viewed traveling exhibit on the Second Vatican Council.

“Currently I think the relationship between the Catholic church and the Jewish people, really in many ways is quite positive,” Madges said. “This is the outgrowth of more than 50 years of dialogue between the two faith traditions that really was strongly promoted by the Second Vatican Council and its document ‘Nostrae Aetate.’”

‘Nostrae Aetate’ stated Catholics no longer considered Jews guilty for the death of Jesus Christ. The St. Joe’s Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations was formed immediately after the Second Vatican Council in 1967.

“There is a history in the relationship of St. Joe’s to the wider Philadelphia community and the wider Jewish community that spans decades of positive interaction,” Cunningham said.

Skorka’s presence was initially felt on

campus in the days prior to the pope's visit in 2015. He was the keynote speaker at the dedication of the sculpture of Synagoga and Ecclesia which now sits in the center of Cardinal Campus just outside the Chapel of Saint Joseph.

It depicts, as equls, two women, one a symbol of Judaism and the other of Christianity. In an embrace during Pope Francis’ visit, Skorka pointed out the sculpture resembled the two of them saying, “They are you and I, pope and rabbi learning from one another.”

“All of that work that they’ve been doing at the Institute and the relationship between Rabbi Skorka and Pope Francis gets symbolized in this idea,” Madges said. “When people really pay attention to that sculpture, notice what’s happening. It’s like they’re both at the same level, so they’re looking at each other as equals, which is really different in the history of Jewish-Christian relations.”

It is as if the sculpture has acted as a symbol, foreshadowing the appointment of Skorka. However, Cunningham sees it as no coincidence.

“The mission of our institute flows very naturally from the mission of the university,” Cunningham said. “Part of the Jesuit identity of Saint Joseph’s makes a priority of interreligious dialogue. So, the sculpture is an expression of the commitment to interreligious dialogue and infuses the mission of Saint Joseph’s University.”

What may seem like a welcome addition to the St. Joe’s community, may have implications far past West Philadelphia, Madges said.

“The work that he is going to do here could have implications far beyond improving relations here in our local community, but really has the potential for improving and strengthening relations on a very high international and institutional level,” Madges said.

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Making sense of sorrow Why we need positivity Editor in Chief Ana Faguy ’19 Managing Editor Nick Mandarano ’18 Copy Chief Rose Weldon ’19 Faculty Adviser Shenid Bhayroo Contributing Adviser Jenny Spinner Copy Editor Hayley Burns ’20 Copy Editor Annie Clark ’19 Copy Editor Kaila Mundell-Hill ’20 News Editor Charley Rekstis ’20 Assistant News Editor Alex Karpinski ’20 Assistant News Editor Alex Mark ’20 Editorial Page Editor Ann Marie Maloney ’18 Assistant Opinions Editor Dominique Joe ’19 Lifestyle Editor Amber Denham ’18 Assistant Lifestyle Editor Emily Graham ’20 Sports Editor Alex Hargrave ’20 Assistant Sports Editor Nick Karpinski ’21 Photo Editor Luke Malanga ’20 Assistant Photo Editor Matt Barrett ’21 Creative Director Kaitlyn Patterson ’20 Social Media Manager Kelly Smith ’19 Assistant Social Media Manager Erin Castellano ’20 Business Manager Jarrett Hurms ’18 Advertising Manager Richard Bell ’18 Distribution Manager Addie Guyer ’19

In the past few months, we as a local community and as citizens of the world have gone through our fair share of tragedy and hard times. It can feel almost like a constant barrage of demoralizing and disheartening moments. These moments can have the potential to pull us into downward spirals of grief or melancholy.

So in times like these, when we feel as though the world is falling apart or that sadness is permeating into our personal lives or school, local or national community, we seek out ways to cope and deal with all of the negativity.

One common way to combat negativity is to make attempts at its natural opposite, positivity. Often it’s easier said than done, but having some form of constructive or helpful support, be it through one’s faith, a memorable philosophy or even a favorite upbeat book, can assist in coping.

There are a myriad of ways of doing so, and no one method is the exact same as the other. For some, coping can really only begin after they have spent the time reflecting on the hardship itself.

Reflection through self introspection seems to be a way in which people work

through hard times. Self introspection on tragedy allows people the moments of silence and solitude to work through the complex emotional toll that these kinds of experiences take. Reflecting on the tragedy gives people the almost invaluable ability to process tragedy in their own time, and thus begin to cope with it as well.

In other instances, being by oneself just isn’t enough.

Possibly the worst emotion to feel in conjunction with a tragedy is loneliness, and feelings of abandonment and desertion are awful in any instance. The ear of a trusted friend, family member or their wider college community, provides them the sound board some people need to fully articulate their emotional response to a tragedy. Joining and participating in a welcoming community, even just to talk one’s feelings out, is the most basic form of help one can engage in.

The beloved children’s entertainer Fred Rogers would often repeat a mantra that his mother told him to help deal with sad or scary news: “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”

Remember that there are people

around who want to support and help us and our communities more broadly in our times of need, whether they are professionals, activists, or the friends and family around us who may be grieving too. It is in this camaraderie, this search for community in times of hardship, that positivity can truly thrive.

In an era of seemingly ceaseless breaking news, where we can learn of a casualty across the world and the death of a classmate in our own community in the same hour, it is imperative that we continue to seek out positivity where we can.

It could be in a majestic gesture of love, a simple, friendly compliment, an embrace, an affirmation. But they’re all there, and perhaps they’re all we need to pull through.

—The Hawk Staff The Hawk welcomes Letters to the Editor, typically no more than 300 words. They can be emailed to hawk. editorial@gmail.com.

MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GETS HOT March Madness is in full swing. Whether the luck of the Irish is on your side or not, we can all agree it has been an exciting tournament. And with multiple upsets in the first few rounds, it truly is anyone’s year.

ALLERGY SEASON Spring has sprung, and with it comes everyone’s seasonal allergies.

Just when we thought we had overcome the flu, it’s time to break out the tissues again.

SISTER JEAN AND THE JESUITS Following the Loyola-Chicago Ramblers’ win, we are proud of our fellow Jesuit university’s success. No matter how well they do on the court, Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the 98-year-old team chaplain, is the true star of the team.

BRACKET BUSTER Although this NCAA tournament has been exciting to watch, many of us have been regretting our bracket choices. With every victory and upset, we cringe and hope we didn’t lose too much money in our pool.

BLACK AND WHITE BALL Although it may seem cheesy, it’s always fun to dress up for a night and dance with your friends. This year’s Black and White Ball will be held at the Phillies Diamond Club, so it’s sure to be a fun night.

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS While we’re enjoying extra hours of sunlight, we’re still recovering from the lost hour of sleep. For those of us who spent our spring breaks working, we really could have used that extra hour.

TWO BREAKS IN MARCH March is one of the longest months, but with spring break and a four-day weekend for Easter, it feels almost nonexistent. Only eight more days until we’re home again.

BACK FROM BREAK Whether your break was full of service or relaxation, it’s still a struggle to get back into the grind of papers, homework and, for some of us, graduation stress. We’re all just holding out until the next break.

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Music as self-care

The benefits of quiet time and tunes ETHAN FLANAGAN ’18 Columnist One of the things most closely associated with our generation is the notion of “selfcare,” of doing activities or engaging in behaviors that are beneficial to your overall well being: mental, physical, emotional, etc.

Self-care is supposed to help you destress in any number of ways, providing you with a new, calmer and more centered version of yourself.

The notion of self-care is wrapped around a number of facets of millennial life, but maybe none more so than music.

Lorde, often singled out as the voice of a particular subsection of our generation, even sings about it in her breakup song “Hard Feelings/Loveless:” “I care about myself the way I used to care about you.” Focusing on oneself, rather than the other people in your life, is a freeing feeling, but the emphasis in that lyric is the word “care.” Not only is Lorde putting herself first, she’s caring about herself.

I will freely admit that I have struggled with my mental health over the years. I have visited CAPS on campus and gone to thera-

py privately at home. Self-care is something that I don’t have a penchant for as a person struggling with depression. It is not always easy to think about caring for yourself as a proactive activity instead of something done out of necessity to repair the damage of a depressive episode.

A lot of self-care activities are often out of reach for me and others, both financially and in other ways. Personally, I cannot afford to spend $30 on new face scrub and a relaxing bath bomb. I cannot lose myself in a trip to

I’m in a self-reflective mood and I’ll listen to Lorde’s “Melodrama,” or I know I need to get a good cry out and I’ll listen to Death Cab for Cutie’s “Plans.” There are a million different albums for a million different moods and sitting down and listening to each one of them can be so helpful for me.

Being able to sit back, shut off my brain, and envelop myself in one of my favorite albums is, to me, the epitome of self-care. I am doing something that I love, something that I know will make me feel good, and

Being able to sit back, shut off my brain, and envelop myself in one of my favorite albums is, to me, the epitome of self-care. the Bahamas or other vacation spots. What I can do, and what I’ve found to be most helpful for me, is to listen to music.

Listening to music might not sound very therapeutic or within the vein of self-care, but for me, there is no better feeling than sitting in my bedroom alone and playing an album all the way through. I put down my phone, plug in my headphones, and I am able to get lost in a world outside of my own. Maybe

something that does not stress me out exponentially. Plus, with the hyper-availability of music now, it’s even more accessible as a form of self-care.

So whether it’s Pitbull, Bob Dylan or Nirvana, I recommend closing your eyes and listening to music. It’s not the be-all end-all of self-care, but it can be a start. I know it is for me.

Their fight and grit stole my heart How I became an avid fan of a smaller school

JOSEPH PANICHELLI ’20 Columnist The St. Joe’s men’s basketball team recently finished out their season with a loss to the first seeded Rhode Island University Rams. St.Joe’s held the lead for the majority of the game but eventually fell due to high percentages from the three point line late in the game.

And I’d like commend the Rams, on their run in March Madness, but more importantly would like to congratulate the team on an inspiring and productive mid to late season push, despite crucial injuries.

It’s going to be the second year in a row, though, that our own team won’t be actively participating in the whole of March Madness.

As I continue to watch what has turned out to be one of the most exciting and unanticipated tournaments ever, I’ve noticed something that I view as a really interesting and favorable trend or tradition at St. Joe’s.

From a college basketball fan’s perspective, it’s almost as though we have the best of both worlds. We have a historic and exciting basketball program, yet have the luxury of our star players staying for four years, allowing us as fans to build relationships and really get to know the guys.

Of course, to root for a team like Duke or Kentucky would be exciting, given the biggest names and hottest prospects land there for a year until they’re shipped to the pros.

But there, it’s a different type of fandom, and in my perspective, a less legitimate and more robotic one.

There are Duke fans all across the country. There are people in China wearing a Kentucky jersey right now. To be a St. Joe’s ’s fan without some sort of affiliation with the school, or living within the general proximity of the Philadelphia area would be almost kind of strange. To me, this type of exclusivity is what makes the triumphant times that

much more special, and the bad times that much more heart wrenching.

Maybe that speaks to my selfish and braggadocious attitude as a sports fan, but I take pride in our basketball program, and I think that might have to do with the fact that I see the players around campus and I know the work that they put in everyday. Here, you get to watch kids come in as freshmen as they grow into leaders of not only athletics, but of our prestigious community.

When I watch Mo Bamba of the University of Texas, Austin or Deandre Ayton of the University of Arizona, it’s easy for me to see that they’re ready for the NBA. Not to say they don’t play hard, or give it their all,

we didn’t know were shooting around and the one said, “we’ll play.”

As the game started, I noticed one kid in particular was an unbelievable talent. He was shooting half court shots and draining them, making the defenders look silly, and pulling off some moves that probably have never been seen in a recreational gym. It wasn’t until weeks later that I saw a flyer for the men’s basketball team and realized that kid was none other than Newkirk .

Fast forward to the semi-finals of the Atlantic 10 tournament. Newkirk is playing his last game as a senior here at St. Joe’s. An awkward brace is wrapped around his knee, and a foot injury sends him to the bench late in the

I take pride in our basketball program, and I think that might have to do with the fact that I see the players around campus and I know the work that they put in everyday. but they know, the universities know, and the fans know that the only reason that they came there is because they were required to by some outdated and pointless regulations that are designed to make annual profits for the institutions.

If you’re a fan of those teams, the elite, I’m sure it’s fantastic to enjoy the newest crops of the most highly-touted talents, but once you learn to love and appreciate their players they’re off to the pros, and more than likely have cut ties and disassembled any type of allegiance to the school.

When I think about my two years here at St. Joe’s, one player exemplifies what I’m attempting to propose here: Shavar Newkirk ’18.

One of my first weeks at school, a couple of friends and I went to play basketball in the O’Pake gym. We started running 5 on 5’s on the main court, and when it was our turn to play, two of my friends and I needed two more players to complete a team. Two guys

game. Despite this, he’s creating shots, working his ass off, and perpetually chasing loose balls. You could see in his eyes how much this game meant to him, and that he had no intentions of losing.

Unfortunately, Newkirk won’t get his A-10 championship ring, but hat he will get is an outstanding commemoration from myself and the rest of the basketball fans who, for the last four years, have watched him grow into a passionate leader and put everything on the line for this program. He has become one of my favorite college basketball players of all time, and it makes it even more special to me that I have gotten to meet him off the court in a civilian and normal way.

As guys like Newkirk and James Demery ’18 wrap up their time here, I look forward to continuing my fandom of guys like Charlie Brown ’20 and Taylor Funk ’21. Luckily, these next two years I have here will be filled with guys who share Newkirk’s mindset.

GILLIVER’S TRAVELS

A satirical take on spring break ALEX GILL ’18 Columnist In a darkened bedroom, in the early hours of the morning last week, local college student Ralph Johnson discovered a fascinating and seemingly inexplicable trend through his Instagram account.

“I didn’t think anything of it at first when spring break began, the first few pictures I thought might just be coincidences,” Johnson said. “But by the end of the week, I just couldn’t avoid the truth anymore.

Somehow, almost everyone I know ended up in some incredible, exotic location for their spring break.”

A quick glance through Johnson’s Instagram feed makes the picture clear: a long string of images, each one captioned about the user’s “life changing service experience,” their “incredible tour through Southeast Asia” or a “clever” and “original” caption about alcohol.

“It’s mind-boggling,” Johnson said “One week, we’re all sitting in class, commiserating about the money struggles of a college student and how we need a real job. Then somehow everyone I know is spending money on adventures all around the globe.

What happened in the middle there? How did they budget for this?”

'Somehow, almost everyone I know ended up in some incredible, exotic location for their spring break.'

Indeed, Johnson’s finances seem sound.

He showed reporters a detailed budget spreadsheet that he maintains regularly, all expenses carefully calculated. But there is not even a bit of wiggle room for such a trip.

A local financial advisor at a major company also confirmed that the trend was inexplicable: “These college students have barely any income, how are they possibly able to make such financial decisions?” the advisor said. “I have a full time job and I can barely afford a trip like this.”

Johnson is not the only student to have noticed this trend. Sophomore Emily Morris also had the same experience.

“I was just scrolling through my social media feeds one morning and suddenly realized I was the only person who wasn’t spending the break on a foreign beach,” Morris said. “Have the FAFSA people heard about this yet?”

Other students just felt confused. Junior Conor Lang felt that he had simply not known that this is what spring break was about.

“Honestly, I just wanted to sleep in for a few days,” Lang said. “I didn’t realize I was supposed to be having a life-changing experience. Sure, my few extra hours of shut-eye was nice, but it hardly changed my worldview. I didn’t expect anything quite so dramatic from a few days off.”

The students who own the Instagram accounts in question could not be reached for comment, as they were still on their flights at the time of publication.

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Understanding PA's election 2018

How face to face engagement can cause a political upset JULIAN LUTZ ’19 Columnist How do upsets happen?

And what do they mean?

How did the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus (UMBC) men’s basketball team humiliate the top-seeded University of Virginia?

How did the Philadelphia Eagles outlast the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII? And how, in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, in a part of the state that went bright red in 2016 did Democrat Conor Lamb beat better-funded, Trump-supported Republican Rick Saccone?

Lamb won because he ran a better campaign. In the heart of what was once steel country, Lamb put unions and union workers at the center of his campaign; Saccone didn’t even ask for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)’s endorsement.

In a district full of hunters and gun owners, Lamb opposed most kinds of proposed gun regulation, even--and most visibly--after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

When Republicans tried to tie Lamb to the right-wing’s bogeywoman Nancy Pelosi, Lamb declared he would not support her for

the House Speakership. On abortion, Lamb struck the Catholic Democrat’s moderate position, saying he does not support abortion but respects its legality.

And even with all that moderation, Lamb drew support from every wing of the Democratic party: Joe Biden cam-

year by Congressional Republicans, and styled himself as “Trump before Trump was Trump.” This was a misfire: Saccone’s campaign thought that, in 2016, 18th District voters were excited by Trump and Trump’s policies; they weren’t. They were excited because they thought a candidate

By breaking from the party, even on minor issues, Lamb made his other, more conventional stances seem less like partisan positions and more like realistic solutions for the community. paigned for him, progressives like John Fetterman supported him, and, pivotally, Democratic voters turned out for him far more than Republicans did for Saccone.

Lamb’s finesse feels like luck, and maybe it is. Maybe it’s a look at what center-left politics can look like: hyper-local, grassroots, inclusive and effectively messaged.

Each of these issue stances, on one level, showed voters that Lamb could prioritize his constituents’ values over his party’s ideology--running for the House of Representatives, Lamb showed he could, well, represent the people.

Saccone’s campaign was oddly cookie cutter-he praised the tax plan passed last

finally stood with them. Lamb knew that, ran on that and won with it.

Beyond the specific issues, Lamb’s moderate positions also made him seem pragmatic and practical. By breaking from the party, even on minor issues, Lamb made his other, more conventional stances seem less like partisan positions and more like realistic solutions for the community.

Adding to this was Lamb’s own persona: he’s a local son who went to the University of Pennsylvania, went to war and then took drug dealers to court amid an opioid epidemic that’s a vivid reality to much of the district. When a guy like that comes to your door, shakes your hand, gets your

union’s endorsement and lays out a platform you hadn’t heard from a Democrat in ages, you will almost certainly find him credible and maybe even worthy of your vote. That happened in enough households across the 18th District to make Conor Lamb the first Democrat in a generation to win there.

That win, of course, isn’t the most consequential. Pennsylvania’s new Congressional maps put Lamb into the new 17th District, where he’ll now run against another hardline conservative Republican, Representative Keith Rothfus.

But when 230,000 Pennsylvanians shock the nation with their votes, there is a lesson to learn. Lamb’s campaign found a way to win by starting and ending face to face with voters, ideologically and literally.

UMBC beat Virginia after surviving a season of hard practice and tough wins.

The Eagles beat the Patriots with team unity and a few trick plays. Lamb’s campaign is a reminder that upsets aren’t accidents.

His campaign gave Democrats a practical map to riding the “Blue Wave:” forget complete ideological purity, match the energy of your most engaged citizens, tailor your platform to the specific electorate, stay unified and find candidates who can do all that convincingly. Clearly, a lot has to go right. But that’s how upsets work.

Reflections on International Women's Day Inspiration from the day’s radical history

ANN MARIE MALONEY ’18 Editorial Page Editor I returned to my apartment on International Women’s Day on March 8 and, because my afternoon classes were cancelled before spring break, I indulged in an hour or so of lying in bed, checking Twitter, Instagram and the like.

On Instagram, I was surprised to find story after story and post after post by the people I follow with “inspirational” messages and “girl power” quotes like “empowered women empower women,” and “here’s to strong women: may we know them, be them, and raise them.”

On Twitter, I was greeted by more of the same, plus some reporters and organizations live-tweeting events celebrating the day. Some of my peers shared memes or more serious content reminding celebrants to keep the day inclusive of marginalized women and trans and nonbinary folks.

I also took part in the day’s slacktivism, sharing stylized quotes from two of my

personal feminist inspirations, bell hooks and Flavia Dzodan.

As someone who has been celebrating or honoring the women in her life and

appointment with people’s social media slacktivism during the day: while the inspirational messages on Instagram certainly contributed to the festive nature of the

Against the radical history of the day, a simple Instagram post with a “girl power” message seems like an all too simplistic way of honoring the legacy of the women and other activists who came before us the women of the world on International Women’s Day since eighth grade, I was pleased to see that seemingly more of my peers, men and women alike, were celebrating the day with me than ever before.

At the same time, I was a bit confused and disappointed in this social media-heavy celebration as well. In her book “We Were Feminists Once,” Andi Zeisler critiques the commercialization and dilution of feminism from its foundations as an ideology, politics, and practice of advocacy in to a corportatized “girl power” pop culture commodity.

Zeisler’s critique explains my dis-

day, I couldn’t help but find the posts a bit unsatisfying and insufficient to the significance of the day.

National Women’s Day was first observed in the United States in 1909 by the Socialist Party of America in remembrance of women garment workers’ strike in New York the previous year to protest their poor working conditions. Many of the garment workers in New York during the strike were some combination of poor, undereducated, or immigrants.

In the years following, the Socialist International continued to celebrate Women’s

Day in 17 countries. Other countries and women celebrated International Women’s Day formally or informally in Europe and Russia by protesting for women’s rights, economic security, peace and against World War I. The United Nations started celebrating International Women’s Day in 1975.

Against the radical history of the day, a simple Instagram post with a “girl power” message seems like an all too simplistic way of honoring the legacy of the women and other activists who came before us, advancing the civil and political rights for marginalized people. They took the first steps to transform our society into one wherein all people can flourish without the debilitating forces of racist, sexist or classist oppression.

Like most of us, I too couldn’t resist marking the day with a couple of posts on Twitter and Instagram. When everyone’s doing it, it’s too tempting to not join in.

But that’s exactly why we should use the day wisely not by sharing often shallow celebrations of genitalia or girl power, but by discussing the continuing relevance and importance of feminist politics--whether more moderate and liberal or radical and extreme.

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Trump administration turnover

Why we shouldn’t just be worried about these new hires BRITTANY SWIFT ’20 Columnist After serving only 406 days as one of the most, if not the most important member, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will leave his job position on March 31.

President Donald Trump announced his plans to fire Tillerson in a tweet on March 13 and revealed the immediate replacement, Mike Pompeo, simultaneously.

While Tillerson may not have been performing up to standards of advising on foreign affairs considering his inexperience, the announcement over Twitter characterizes important decisions like this one as unofficial, inconsiderate and possibly even rash.

While the announcement breaks expectations for White House decisions, it comes with little surprise—Tillerson is far from the first cabinet member or senior staff to leave the Trump administration in the last 14 months.

While turnover is a normal aspect to

any job, the current administration has an unusually high turnover rate compared to past presidents.

By the end of year one, 34 percent of senior staff members in the Trump administration had left their positions by resigning, being fired or switching positions.

When one compares the turnover rate to past administrations, these numbers embody a new meaning: President Barack Obama lost nine percent of senior staffers

It’s time to stop rewarding simple obedience during elections and stop focusing purely on politics as a game. and President George W. Bush lost six percent by the end of year one. As Trump continues in his second year, the most recent displacement of Tillerson leaves the original turnover rate even higher at 43 percent now.

The White House must be able to replace cabinet members that do not perform up to expectations, but the consistent and rising job displacement rates destabilize the

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Quick decisions to reorganize top political positions after an election and transfer of power may blind us from other potential red flags. While Tillerson did not leave his position through scandal or rumor, others before him did so.

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Steve Bannon, once the White House’s Chief Strategist, left his position amidst controversy and outrage among the media. The president himself later wrote in a press release that Bannon had “lost his mind.” These examples are just a few of the 43 percent that have left the Trump administration since last year.

While many of the worrisome new hires have left the White House, we need to take a hard look at why the turnover rate rose greatly in the past year and why so many potentially inexperienced or worrisome people were hired to top government positions.

It’s time to stop rewarding simple obedience during elections and stop focusing purely on politics as a game. If this high turnover and array of scandals aren’t enough of a warning for future elections, we may never take the hint.

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March 21, 2018

High school sucks

Netflix original “Everything Sucks” gets teens right EMILY GRAHAM ’20 Assistant Lifestyle Editor “Everything Sucks,” a new Netflix original series, is yet another story about teenagers struggling to navigate school, family and, of course, love.

It sounds like any other coming-ofage tale, but “Everything Sucks” does succeed in taking a new spin on this common theme. While the show may remind some of “Freaks and Geeks” or Netflix’s own “Stranger Things,” the setting and characters make it stand apart from the crowd.

The show takes place in the late 1990s, and that alone gives a unique feel compared to the endless 80s shows out there. From playing with a Tamagotchi to listening to “Wonderwall,” the show will look familiar, even to those of us who were toddlers when the decade ended.

The opening shot of the first episode is of the high school, which is fittingly named Boring High School. Though it may seem like an exaggerated metaphor, Boring, Oregon is a real place and a perfect setting for show about ordinary high school life.

The west coast setting is interesting, too, as every other comparable show seems to be set in the Midwest, such as “Stranger Things” in Indiana, “Freaks and Geeks” in Michigan and “Glee” in Ohio.

What really makes the series stand out, however, is the characters. It focuses on two students, Luke O’Neil (Jahi Di’Allo Winston) and Kate Messner (Peyton Kennedy).

Luke is a freshman who develops a crush on Kate, the principal’s daughter. Both are in the A/V Club, so Luke decides to make a video to play on the high school’s morning news show to ask Kate out. Under the pressure of live television, Kate agrees.

Luke and Kate make fresh leading char-

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Leaving little stories

A review of "Goodbye Days" FRANKI RUDNESKY ’18 Editor Emeritus

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson ’20.

acters that do not always hold the main positions in a teen series. Luke is half African-American, while Kate is questioning her sexual orientation, and both live with single parents.

In many high school-themed shows and movies, people of color are rarely more than the token sidekick or background character.

Luke is mainly surrounded by white people, with the exception of his mother and one other student with a speaking role. However, Luke’s white friends are highly underdeveloped, making for an interesting reversal of roles. The fact he plays a lead role is drastically different from the norm.

Kate is a strong female character who is independent, stubborn and smart. Although in the beginning she is still trying to figure out how she feels - a quiz that will determine her sexual orientation does not help - Kate is largely confident in herself, and she overcomes the cruelty and misunderstanding of her classmates.

She has a relatively easy time dealing with the little bullying she faces, which is not the reality that most LGTBQ students

endure. However, strength and confidence are clearly two of her character strengths, and she will likely experience more hardships as the series continues.

While Luke and Kate’s relationship does not last long for obvious reasons, they build a strong friendship and support each other through their struggles in family life.

Despite these heavy topics, “Everything Sucks” has a fun, absurd humor with over-thetop acting, realistically awkward encounters and the unlikely dynamic between the A/V Club and the Drama Club. What starts out as a rivalry after Kate accidentally destroys the upcoming play’s set turns into a collaboration to create Boring High School’s first ever movie, “Intergalactic Lust.”

The first season is awkward and exaggerated, but it introduced what looks like a ground-breaking take on an overused theme. In an era where nostalgia is a feeling viewers expect from their entertainment, “Everything Sucks” is perfect for college students who will and won’t remember the decade itself.

Word Search

Color palette edition EMILY GRAHAM ’20 Assistant Lifestyle Editor Solve the clue and then find the word in the word search. Parentheses indicate number of letters.

1. This citrus fruit is a color somewhere between red and orange; ___ orange (5).

2. The Hawk's favorite colors: ____ and Gray (7).

3. This deep shade of green represents this year's Super Bowl champions (8).

4. Despite the Valentine's Day rhyme, this flower is a light shade of purple (6).

5. This shade of brown named after an animal would be perfect to wear on Hump Day (5).

6. After retiring this flower-inspired color, Crayola introduced a new blue crayon called “Bluetiful” (9).

7. While the name comes from a pale blue flower, this color is also the name of a species of snail (10).

8. This light orange color can also be found in reefs in the ocean (5).

9. This blue shade can be found in your printer (4).

10. This color may refer to wealth, value or an Olympic medal ___(4).

11. A lighter tint of this bold color can also mean the color of an embarrassed face; ___ pink (5).

12. This ice cream flavor can be white, but most people will only eat it if it's green (4).

If you’re in the mood to reminisce on high school best-friendships and first loves and also be struck directly in the feels, then “Goodbye Days,” a 2017 novel by Jeff Zentner, is the perfect read.

The story follows Carver Briggs, a bookish soon-to-be senior at the prestigious Nashville Academy for the Arts.

Carver has got serious writing talent and an eccentric group of best friends who call themselves “Sauce Crew,” which is pretty much all he needs.

But amidst juggling college decisions and a summer job, Carver is struck with a life-altering tragedy: the deaths of his three best friends, Mars, Eli and Blake, in a texting-related car accident. The worst part is, Carver feels responsible for the accident because the driver, Mars, was found to be responding to a text when the accident occurred.

As if things couldn’t get any worse for Carver in his grief, the father of one of his deceased friends is considering pressing charges against Carver for his text to Mars that possibly caused the accident: “Where are you guys? Text me back,” a text that seemed harmless at the time.

With his sister heading back to college and his best friends only existing in memories, Carver feels extremely alone starting back at school. The only flickers of light in the darkness are a blossoming friendship with Eli’s girlfriend, the new girl at school, and Blake’s Nana Betsy, who suggests she and Carver partake in a “Goodbye Day” to honor Blake’s memory by doing all his favorite things.

The novel is told from Carver’s perspective, and shifts back and forth between his bleak present reality and the colorful memories he shared with his best friends.

Anyone who’s ever lost a young friend unexpectedly would surely find themselves relating to Zentner’s heart-wrenching description of the grief that Carver experiences and his struggle to understand the fleeting quality of life.

It also obviously warns readers of the dangers of texting while driving, demonstrating how quickly and unapologetically it can rip away lives of anyone, no matter how old or how young, in an instance, and even how there can be criminal implications for texting while driving or texting a friend who is driving knowing they will feel obligated to answer.

“Goodbye Days” is lyrical, poignant, nostalgic and heartbreaking in the most beautiful sort of way. It’s the perfect book to make you smile, cry, and hug your friends a little tighter, because you never know what moment, what memory will be your last with them.

After all, as Nana Betsy tells Carver, “Funny how people move through this world leaving little pieces of their story with the people they meet, for them to carry.”

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Marching is for women

Philadelphia celebrates Women's History Month LAUREN BOURQUE ’19 Hawk Staff In March, we celebrate women and the historical movements they have cultivated throughout the course of our history. With the many movements in our current culture such as #MeToo and Time’s Up in the news, this month now holds the additional importance of reminding the public of all the accomplishments and triumphs women have .

While it is important that we talk and learn about these accomplishments that have happened, it is also important to find ways in which we can celebrate amongst women.

During this month, there are many events and activities to attend in Philadelphia that celebrate all women and their lasting legacies.

The Women’s Film Festival Films are an important platform for informing the general public about different

causes and challenges happening in the world around them. From March 16 to March 24, the Women’s Film Festival, coming to Philadelphia for the fourth year in a row, over 75 films will be screened as well as a host of many different panels and workshops.

This event brings multiple movies that either portray strong female-centered stories, performed by women actors or have women in directorial and producer roles.

The screenings of these films are hosted at the Center Annex at Drexel University while other events will be held all over the city at different locations.

Tickets cost $8 per film for students. If one wishes to grab an all access pass to the films, panels, and workshops there is a student discount for $100. It was noted on the official website that view discretion is advised for the films – so be mindful of young children if you choose to bring them. Tickets are available at thewomensfilmfestival.org.

Protestors hold up posters at the march (Photos by Luke Malanga ’20).

Participants gather in Philadelphia for the Women’s March.

Colonial Chocolates at the Betsy Ross House Women had a large historical presence in the Revolutionary War that is also being celebrated this month. At the Betsy Ross House, there are several upcoming events to celebrate the presence of women during this time, one of them being chocolate making.

The event showcases three female entrepreneurs and how they played a role during the American Revolution. Making chocolate and coffee was a way that women could stand up to the British Monarchy, instead of purchasing tea.

This event highlights the importance of women, while simultaneously offering samples of the hot chocolate drank by people of the revolution. This event is on March 30 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Pricing for the event is included in the ticket to enter the Betsy Ross House, which is $5.

Women’s Suffrage with Lady Gaga Lady Gaga has been one of the lead activist in the #MeToo movement as well as a strong representative of women’s rights, LGBTQIA rights and an overall role-model.

As part of Women’s History Month, Gaga has recreated her “Bad Romance” music video in order to talk about the 19th Amendment and the history of women’s suffrage. Her idea for this was to be able to talk about women’s suffrage in a way that was not only informative, but entertaining as well hoping to get the audience to think about the presentation afterwards.

This event is being held at the National Constitution Center and is playing throughout the whole month of March. Tickets are on sale for $10 at philly.com.

Professional pop-ups

Career Development Center holds professional clothing shop KAITLYN PATTERSON ’20 Creative Director The Career Development Center (CDC) is helping students dress for success by providing them with free access to professional clothing at pop-up shops on campus.

Inspired by “career closets” on other university campuses, the pop-up shops are a joint venture between the CDC and the American Marketing Association (AMA).

The pop-up part is St. Joe’s own spin on the concept, said Danielle Fichter, coordinator of events and recruitment for the CDC. “It was created out of a need that we saw for there to be professional clothing more readily available to students on campus,” Fichter said.

The shop pops up about two or three times a semester in different locations on campus, usually before the Career Fair or the Talk With Hawks networking event.

Since its conception, the shop has provided about 80 students on campus with about 130 pieces of professional clothing. In addition to clothing, the students also received advice on what to wear for certain events.

Students who visit the shop are given the option to take three articles of clothing and can either borrow the clothes or keep them for further use.

Each piece of clothing is donated from faculty, staff or students and from employer partners of the CDC. Angela Yu ’18, vice president of programming and fundraising for the AMA ,helped team up with the CDC to get the shop started. Her involvement is based, in part, on her own experience.

“When I was a freshman I didn’t have any professional clothes,” Yu said. “I came to school with a mini skirt, jeans, leggings, nothing that you could wear to a Career Fair.”

Not having the right clothes was a key reason why Yu did not attend the fair as a first-year student. Yu said her goal is to never hear a student say that again.

Caitlyn Landau ’20, marketing intern for the CDC said donated items are gently worn or brand name.

Landau said the pop up shop provides an easy way to get professional clothes on campus for those who may not have time or access to this type of clothing.

Yu sees this as especially beneficial for students who may not want or be able to commit to making an investment into these types of clothes.

“If you don’t have the means to go out and buy a $300 suit, that shouldn’t stop you from possible options in terms of network-

ing with other people,” Yu said.

The purpose of the pop-up shop is to allow students to feel confident and concentrate on networking.

“That was the goal,” Yu said, “Focus on networking without having to worry about

your clothes, whether you don’t have them or you’re not dressed appropriately or anything like that.”

As of now, there is not another popup shop scheduled for the remainder of the semester.

Students at a table at the pop-up shop with their chosen professional attire (Photo courtesy of Angela Yu ’18).

Lifestyle

March 21, 2018

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A portrait of an American family

“Quest” is the best documentary you haven’t seen yet ANNIE CLARK ’19 Copy Editor The best documentaries don’t only educate; they tell deeper narratives which illuminate parts of our world often not given substantial consideration.

“Quest,” released this year and directed by Philadelphia-based filmmaker Jon Olshefski, achieves this goal. Olshefski’s documentary follows the ten-year journey of the Rainey family as they navigate everyday phenomena of loss and joy, their story often speaking to broader issues facing inner city communities, such as gun violence.

The documentary’s namesake is Christopher Rainey, a music producer known as Quest to friends and those in his North Philadelphia neighborhood who come to Freestyle Friday in his home music studio.

Christopher and his wife Christine’a, who works in a shelter for domestic violence victims, are parents to seven-year-old daughter PJ and teenage son William, who battles brain cancer early in the film, finding out meanwhile that his girlfriend is pregnant.

The film is given real-world narrative structuring in its depiction of the Raineys’ reactions to the election and re-election of Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, as well as the election of Donald Trump in 2016.

Olshefski met the Raineys in 2006 while teaching a photography class at New Jerusalem Now, an addiction recovery center in North Philadelphia. One of his students was Christopher’s brother James, who invited Olshefski to the Raineys’ house to take pictures for what Olshefski then planned on turning into a photo essay. Christopher Rainey invited Olshefski to continue filming his family’s life, to which Olshefski immediately agreed.

Accumulating more than 400 hours of

footage over ten years, Olshefski’s project took several turns creatively, becoming an ambitious solo-documentary project and subsequently a fully-staffed documentary film that would eventually premiere to rave reviews at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. Since then, it has been met with critical praise from major newspapers and smaller publications alike; Variety magazine called “Quest” “a living, breathing, stunning documentary study of an African-American family in North Philadelphia weathering a tumultuous decade.”

I called Olshefski while he was in Los Angeles for the Independent Spirit Awards, where he was nominated as a director for the Truer than Fiction Award, and where “Quest” was nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Olshefski won the Truer than Fiction Award, along with a $25,000 grant for his next project.

Annie Clark: “Congratulations on all the success! How have people been reacting to “Quest” both in the North Philadelphia community and outside of it?”

Jon Olshefski: “Thank you! The Rainey family feels like they can get behind [the film] and say, ‘This is what our lives are like.

It’s true.’ They feel good about the film, and are willing and interested and continue to be a part of it now that it’s out in the world.

[That] folks in the community have seen it and have gotten behind it is really encouraging…that’s been the greatest thing. Critics have been very nice, but the feedback that I hold most dear is the feedback from the people who come from that place, and it’s been very positive.”

AC: “‘Quest’ does not have any third person narration, even intertitles. Why did you choose to present the story of the Rainey family the way you did, and how did

The Rainey's before filming a scene (Photo courtesey of Jon Olshefski).

you decide what made the final cut?”

JO: “The sense that they Rainey family was telling their own story was very intentional. I wanted the viewer to feel like I felt, like someone who was invited in as a guest but was present as a family member, just that warmth and openness that I experienced. I wanted the film to create that same sense, and allow the Raineys by telling their own story to invite the viewers in. Everything was measured up against being authentic and telling the truth but [considering] what we can do so that the viewer can know, understand, and connect to the Rainey family and North Philadelphia and see themselves in that story. [We were] looking for the universal moments that were very relatable.”

AC: “How did you approach making a cohesive, feature-length story out of a family’s day-to-day life?”

JO: “In crafting the story, [we want] every scene, every shot to add something

new. There are sort of these repetitions of routine, like PJ going to school. We see PJ go to school three times; the first time when she’s probably eleven years old, and she’s on the back of her dad’s bike. And then you have another scene that takes place a couple of years later while she and her dad are walking to the bus stop on election day [in] 2012. And then you have another scene where they’re walking to the bus after she’s come through [a] crisis. In each of those [scenes], you see this connection between father and daughter that sort of transcends time. Between walking to the bus in 2012 and walking to the bus in 2013, PJ’s life is completely changed, but her dad is still a presence in her life.”

Temple University will host a screening of “Quest” at the Howard Gittis Student Center at 5 p.m. on March 26. More information about the film can be found at quest-documentary.com.

Lifestyle

March 21, 2018

12

Ratings before registration

A look at review-based website RateMyProfessors MOLLY DIXON ’18 Hawk Staff With registration for Fall 2018 classes beginning in a few weeks, the hunt for classes has begun. For many students, the first stop in that search is the review-based website RateMyProfessors.

Founded in 1999, RateMyProfessors invites students to grade their professors on a scale of 1 to 5 and to leave reviews about a class so other students can get a better idea of what to expect about the course and the person who teaches it.

Students also have the ability to assign specific tags to professors such as “lecture heavy,” “get ready to read,” “caring,” “gives good feedback” and “hilarious.”

At St. Joe’s, where the average professor rating is 3.7 out of 5, more students visit the site than leave reviews.

Andrew Schallenhammer ’18 uses RateMyProfessors religiously every semester and said he finds the reviews to be accurate.

“I will go on there to see a basis of the class like how many tests they will give, how they grade - that’s a big one - how the class is if it’s heavy lecture or more interactive,” Schallenhammer said. “One of the biggest influencers would be how hard of a grader the professor is.”

Molly Sweeney ’18 also uses RateMyProfessors every semester and while she finds the site to be accurate for the most part, she also finds it hard to trust when there are only a few reviews about a professor.

“I generally wouldn’t trust a RateMyProfessors page if it only had one review,

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson ’20.

either positive or negative,” Sweeney said.

“That’s not to say people aren’t trustworthy, but it’s easier to trust multiple people who each corroborate the other’s experiences rather than rely on one person who had a single positive or negative experience.”

Phyllis Anastasio, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, said Sweeney’s reaction makes sense from a psychological standpoint.

“The more reviews there are, the more we trust them for their accuracy,” Anastasio said.

Anastasio is rated 4.6 for overall quality based on 25 student ratings. She is also rated 2.2 on level of difficulty. She said she rarely looks at RateMyProfessors and the last time she did was five years ago because she finds standard course evaluations to be more accurate.

Maria Marsilio, Ph.D., director of classical studies and professor of modern and classical languages, is rated St. Joe’s top professor with a 5.0 based on 20 reviews. She said while she is flattered by the positive reviews, she is even more pleased that her students like the way she teaches her class.

“I would hope that it’s a combination of things,” Marsilio said. “It’s not just the material that the students like, but they like my style of teaching.”

While Marsilio said she thinks RateMyProfessors is a good platform for students to

leave reviews anonymously, she also believes reviews are typically more inappropriate, especially when a student is discontented.

“If you have a system like RateMyProfessors where it is completely free form, the student can say anything they want to say, then maybe there is a little too much freedom,” Marsilio said. “Maybe they are getting a bad grade and want to choose that form to lay out a professor about something. I think there is a greater chance for students to say things that are inaccurate or inappropriate.”

According to Anastasio, there is a psychological aspect behind online reviewing, especially with negative reviews.

“There are many reasons to review, but one of the main reasons is that it gives people a sense of control and a feeling of justice,” Anastasio said. “A student doesn’t have too much control over what goes on in a classroom, but reviewing the professor gives her a modicum of control and a feeling of righting a wrong if she disagrees with the professor’s policies.”

Lauren Platero ’19 said she left a negative review about a professor she had previously taken, but did so to advise fellow classmates.

“There were really specific things that I wasn’t expecting from the professor,” Platero said. “I wanted to make sure I give a heads

up to future students.”

While some students use RateMyProfessors to vent about a bad experience with a professor, others share their positive experiences and recommend favorites to other students.

“One of the food marketing professors I had was a very good professor, and I figured he deserved a review so I left one,” Schallenhammer said. “That was good because I definitely want to give guidance to other students that are going to take the class.”

While RateMyProfessors may be a useful tool for some students, Angelo Hastie ’18 said he will stick to choosing classes based on times that fit his schedule rather than on higher rated professors.

Hastie also said he has encountered multiple professors who were rated very low on RateMyProfessors who turned out to be some of his best at St. Joe’s.

“You really can’t just rely on ‘oh, he’s terrible because he’s boring’ or ‘he’s a hard grader,’” Hastie said. “Most of the reviews are written in heats of passion like when a student receives a grade they think they shouldn’t have got, but really deserved.

You really have to take their word with a grain of salt.”

Sports

March 21, 2018

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Overcrowding at O'Pake

Students struggle to find workout space MATT DELEO ’20 Special to The Hawk Overcrowding at the O’Pake Recreation Center has left many students struggling to find space to work out in the university’s main workout facility.

While cardio machines are available to the campus community in Hagan Arena, only athletes are allowed to use the weights there. Non-student athletes who lift must do so in O’Pake.

The workout space in O’Pake is 3,100 square feet and includes both free weights and cardio machines. In addition to students, full-time employees at St. Joe’s along with their families can use the workout facilities at O’Pake free of charge.

Part-time students, alumni and “friends of SJU” can purchase memberships to the gym at prices ranging from $100 a year for part-time students to $1,200 a year for a “Friend of SJU” family membership.

As a result of the overcrowding, many students must rearrange their workout schedules or do not go to the gym as often as they would like.

O’Pake Recreation Center sits on the Merion side of campus (Photo by Matt Barrett ’21).

Abby Alexis ’19 heads to O’Pake three times a week in the morning to avoid the crowds.

“The building could use extra equipment,” Alexis said. “It’s too small for the number of students on campus.”

Like Alexis, Justin Pacullio ’20 is a regular at the workout space. He goes Monday through Saturday at around 2 p.m., and said he is frustrated by the overcrowding.

“There are so many people in there, you can’t exactly do what you want,” Pacullio said.

Compared to the other universities in the area, St. Joe’s workout space for non-athletes does not measure up.

“We are losing an armed race of fitness to the local colleges,” said Corey Shannon, director of Campus Recreation at St. Joe’s.

Lisa Harris, associate athletics director for intramurals and recreation at Villanova University, said the main fitness center at Villanova is around 9,000 square feet. In all, Villanova has about 17,000 square feet of fitness space on campus, she said.

One of the ways St. Joe’s is trying to relieve overcrowding at O’Pake is by adding fitness classes.

Ann Maria Catonia, a Hawk Fit coordinator in O’Pake, said St. Joe’s has tried to fix part of the problem by adding more fitness classes daily. The classes are $7 per class, or $5 per visit with a 10-class card pass.

Shannon said he has proposed multiple plans to the university about improving the O’Pake workout space.

“Currently, I am optimistic about change,” Shannon said, although he did not specify whether or not the university has agreed to adopt any of those plans.

Intramural competition heats up

City 6 basketball tournament to be held at St. Joe’s MATT DELEO ’20 Special to The Hawk St. Joe’s will host the City 6 basketball tournament on March 24 at Hagan Arena.

City 6 tournaments function as playoffs for intramural teams at six schools in the Philadelphia area, including Temple University, Drexel University, Villanova University, the University of Pennsylvania, La Salle University and St. Joe's.

The organization sponsors four tournaments each year in flag football, volleyball, basketball and softball. The winners of each school’s intramural program-one each from men’s, women’s and co-ed leagues-are invited to complete in the City 6 tournaments.

St. Joe’s does not have a women’s league this year, according to Conor Lesch, assistant director of Campus Recreation.

The upcoming basketball event consists of teams made up of five players each. There are two 20-minute halves, with the clock

moving constantly except in the last two minutes of the second half when play stoppage takes effect.

There are a total of 32 Mens teams in intramural currently. The team leading is 4-1, called Triple B’s. Ryan Alexander ‘21 is on the leading team.

“The reason for our recent success is that we have good group of guys that understand each other’s tendencies,” Alexander said. “The league is a good experience in that it is casual but we are competitive at the same time.

Steve Young from Temple University and Mike Diorka from St. Joe's started the City 6 organization in 1986. The idea began in a bar, with them writing the concept on a napkin.

“The history of City 6 is quite remarkable,” said Jay Gallagher, City 6 coordinator and associate director of programs at Temple.

“I am not sure if then they thought 30 plus years later it would still be growing.”

Gallagher added that behind the scenes, it takes a lot of staff members from the various schools to keep City 6 tourna-

ments running smoothly.

“Everyone is chipping in from officiating, scorekeeping, cleaning up the trash or anything that is needed,” Gallagher said. “That is something that you probably will not find elsewhere.”

Angela Nagle, assistant director of club sports at St. Joe's, played in the City 6 softball tournament at Temple when she was an undergraduate there.

“It is playing for something bigger than yourself,” Nagle said.

St. Joe’s has not won a City 6 championship since 2014 in softball. Lesch said it is hard for the university to compete with the diversity of talent of public college has like Temple.

Kenny Evely ’18 played flag football his junior and senior year.

“When I stepped onto the field both years, I was proud knowing I got to represent my school at this event,” Evely said. “If I had the chance to go to City 6 all four years I was at St. Joe’s, I would have done it in an instant.”

Graphics by Kaitlyn Patterson ’20.

Sports

March 21, 2018

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End of the road

Women's basketball falls in NIT second round ALEX HARGRAVE ’20 Sports Editor The St. Joe’s women’s basketball team saw their season come to an end in the second round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). The Hawks, who finished the season 19-15 overall, fell to West Virginia University (23-11) by a margin of 28 points, 79-51.

After playing 34 games this season, the Hawks set a program record for the number of games played in a single season. Graduate student Amanda Fioravanti etched her name into the record books, setting the program record for games played in a single season with 34.

The Hawks’ berth into the WNIT earned them their second straight post-season appearance.

“Our body of work in the month of February and into the conference tournament secured a bid for us to play,” head coach Cindy Griffin said.

St. Joe’s made a name for themselves in the first round of the tournament where they faced Seton Hall University (16-16) of the Big East Conference on March 14. The Hawks ended the Pirates’ season with a 7557 win. Senior Chelsea Woods led the effort with 20 points and 11 rebounds while graduate student Amanda Fioravanti also contributed with 19 points.

The Hawks led for all but three and a half minutes, taking control of the game af-

ter trailing in the beginning, 6-2.

Once the Hawks found their momentum, there was no turning back. They ended the first quarter up 20-14 and went into halftime with a 13-point margin, up 39-28.

Seton Hall scored early in the second half to come within nine points, but St. Joe’s pushed back. The Hawks led by at least 13 for the remainder of the game, cruising to their first post-season win since 2014.

St. Joe’s faced challenges against a physical West Virginia team of the Big 12 Conference on March 18. The Hawks were not able to lead at any point in the game and they eventually fell to the Mountaineers by 28.

“They [West Virginia] were a different beast,” Fioravanti said. “Their conference is very tough. They play in a conference with much bigger players than we see in the A-10.”

Woods led St. Joe’s in her final game as a senior with 15 points, and Monaghan added 11. According to Griffin, the score did not reflect the Hawks’ quality of play.

“We didn’t hang our heads or give up,” Griffin said. “We didn’t feel out of the game even though the score clearly said that it was out of reach. We needed a couple plays to go our way to make the transition but it just never happened for us.”

The physicality and defensive skill of the Mountaineers made it difficult for the Hawks to get anything going offensively.

“Defensively, they switch a lot of screens and disrupt your flow on offense, so it was difficult to get into offense,” Griffin said.

“Once we got into it, we got some good

Graduate student Jaryn Garner celebrates a first-round win over Seton Hall (Photo by Luke Malanga '20).

looks; we just needed to make some better decisions and not turn the ball over.”

St. Joe’s found themselves down 10-0 from the tip off, but they were able to cut West Virginia’s lead to seven by the end of the first quarter. That would be the closest the Hawks would get, as the Mountaineers led by double digits with just under eight minutes left in the first half, and they would for the remainder of the game.

Four seniors and two graduate students saw their last game, leaving a lot of room for younger players to come in next season.

“It will be a rebuilding year,” Fioravanti said. “They’re losing a lot of the scoring

they had this year. Players who didn’t play as much this year will have to step up and fill the roles of the graduating seniors.”

Woods, Fioravanti and Franklyn are among the team’s leading scorers that will be graduating in the spring. Junior Sarah Veilleux, Monaghan and junior Kristalyn Baisden are leading scorers who will be around next season as seniors.

Griffin said she will look back on the season as a success.

“This team really worked hard and they played together as a team,” Griffin said. “I think they had a lot of fun.”

Jumping into the record books

Claudine Andre earns A-10 and ECAC titles in high jump RYAN MULLIGAN ’21 Hawk Staff High jump record holder and senior Claudine Andre has culminated her track and field career by emerging as one of the Atlantic 10’s top athletes, capturing two high jump titles in three weeks.

After setting personal and school records at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships with a height of 5’9 1/4 feet, she took home yet another gold medal at the 2018 ECAC Indoor Track and Field Championships with a height of 5’8 3/4.

“Claudine is such a fierce competitor, but she’s also a great teammate,” head coach Melody O’Reilly said. “When she excels the way she is now, it just inspires everyone else on the team to perform better.”

Andre’s contributions have helped propel a young team to a ninth place finish out of 13 in the A-10 Championships, and a 23rd place finish out of 44 teams at the ECAC Championships.

Andre credits her success to a mindset dedicated to personal improvement. Instead of comparing herself to others, she competes against herself, trying to break her own previous records.

“For me, every time I go out I want to compete,” Andre said. “I just really want to focus on bettering myself, so getting a PR is always a huge accomplishment.”

While Andre simply saw this honor as a sign of personal improvement, O’Reil-

Andre completes the high jump at the ECAC ’s (Photo courtesy of Tom Connelly).

ly again pointed to Andre’s impact on her teammates, describing a scene of teamwide euphoria.

“Everybody was just waiting for her last jump,” O’Reilly said. “And when she went

over the bar, the team just erupted into this loud scream, and it was just so amazing to watch her do that and see so much support for her and the team.”

Andre has attained numerous honors

throughout her years at St. Joe’s, beginning with the 2015 SJU Best Freshman Award, all the way up to being immortalized in the St. Joe’s athletics record books for her high jump. While success has never been foreign to Andre, both her and O’Reilly identified mental growth that have helped her become the physical force that she now is.

“She’s matured with the sport,” O’Reilly said. “She’s always had a great work ethic, but now I see focus with it and I think that’s why Claudine is excelling the way she is right now.”

The senior standout will move into her final season at St. Joe’s, with outdoor meets beginning March 24. Andre said she is not looking forward to any specific meet, but she is excited for all of them. O’Reilly pointed to the NCAA preliminaries in Florida as a goal she has for Andre.

Regardless of the athletic success or honors Andre achieved or will achieve, O’Reilly will continue to rely on her to lead by example both in her mindset and in her performance.

“She just has a way about her that pulls everybody in,” O’Reilly said. “She’s soft spoken but she has a great attitude. People love Claudine for who she is and she’s a great leader.”

Her likeable disposition off the track as well as her thirst for success on the track is a mold that many of her teammates can look up to.

“I expect nothing less than greatness,” Andre said.

Sports

March 21, 2018

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One game short of championship berth St. Joe's stumbles in the semifinals of the A-10 Tournament

NICK KARPINSKI ’21 Assistant Sports Editor The St. Joe’s men’s basketball team concluded their Atlantic 10 Championship run with a 90-87 loss in the semifinals against Rhode Island University on March 10. One day prior to this game, the Hawks took down George Mason University 68-47 in the quarterfinals.

St. Joe’s got off to a sloppy start against George Mason. Senior forward James Demery did not start; after being injured for two of the last five regular season games, he has yet to make his way back into the starting lineup. Head coach Phil Martelli said that Demery is more effective off the bench.

“Early on, when he was starting, he was playing too many minutes,” Martelli said. “I wanted James to be the best sixth man in the country. Not in the league, in the country.

With fewer minutes, he can be more effective.”

Sophomore guard Nick Robinson attributed St. Joe’s first half struggles to a lack

Newkirk drives past a defender in the paint.

of ball movement.

“Our offense was really stagnant,” Robinson said. “We knew if we started moving the ball we would be fine. Once we focused, it showed.”

After concluding the first half with only a one point lead at 26-25, the Hawks quickly extended. At the twelve minute mark, St. Joe’s was up by 10 points. Three minutes later, their lead increased to 16.

George Mason made a late game charge to get to within 9 points. However, the Hawks regained focus and finished the game with their largest lead at 68-49.

After suffering two regular season losses to George Mason off buzzer beaters, St. Joe’s finally got the job done. Senior guard Shavar Newkirk said they weren’t worried about vengeance.

“We were focused on this game,” Newkirk said. “We weren’t worried about vengeance.

We just try to play one game at a time.”

Ball movement was key for St. Joe’s in the second half. Robinson said they’re a good team if they move the ball.

“Every possession matters,” Robinson said. “If we come out and move the ball, we’re a really good team.”

The Hawks took control of the first half in the semifinals against Rhode Island. Efficient ball movement allowed players to take advantage of open looks. Freshman forward Anthony Longpre drained a few early threes to help give them a 26-17 lead at half.

St. Joe’s continued their strong play early in the second half. They led by as much as 11 points. However, their zone defense did not hold up. Rhode Island drained threes from what seemed to be every aspect of the arc. They took the lead at the five minute mark.

Earlier in the game, Newkirk limped off

Demery and Newkirk speak after beating George Mason (Photos courtesy of Mitchell Leff).

the court with a foot injury, from which he quickly returned. At the two minute mark, he tweaked it again and subsequently did not get cleared to return. The Hawks weren’t able to utilize his speed in the closing minutes, according to Martelli.

“We weren’t able to use his straightaway speed,” Martelli said. “He gave us everything that he had.”

St. Joe’s was down by five with nine seconds left. Robinson made a deep three to get them within two with three seconds left.

After Rhode Island made one of two free throws, St. Joe’s turned the ball over and the clock ran out.

Despite major hits to the roster, Robinson said that the Hawks fought hard to get to where they are.

“We have a never quit attitude,” Robinson said. “It showed toward the end of the season. Our record wasn’t what it should

have been because we didn’t finish games.

We just never quit.”

Martelli said that he was surprised at how well his team managed the situation.

“It shocked me how well they handled it,” Martelli said. “It took a very long time.

We went back to the idea that this is the day, let’s be a championship team. They put their heads down and never overreacted.”

As for Newkirk and Demery, they played their last game for the Hawks against Rhode Island. St. Joe’s won’t play in any postseason tournament. Even if invited to the College Basketball Invitational or the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, they will not play.

Next season, St. Joe’s will have a much healthier roster with sophomore guard Charlie Brown and junior guard Lamarr Kimble both looking to make their mark.

Spiking the competition

The St. Joe's men's club volleyball team prepares for their season opener NICK KARPINSKI ’21 Assistant Sports Editor The St. Joe’s men’s club volleyball team is currently preparing to kick off their first tournament of the season on March 25 in Hagan Arena.

Junior captain Coulton Terry said commitment has been hard to come by, but things are starting to come together.

“I want to get a little more commitment from everyone and try to practice more consistently” Terry said. “We’re a young team so we want to define a culture and keep improving ourselves.”

In a logistical sense, Terry said that high school volleyball is different than club. Practice is not nearly as frequent, which makes high quality play more challenging.

“Club is more challenging in a sense,” Terry said. “In high school, you have more commitment. Here, you have to manage people’s schedules because they’re all doing different things.”

Sophomore middle blocker Rob Young said that the club dynamic also has its simi-

larities to that of high school.

“It’s similar in the way that we all know each other very well,” Young said. “It’s different because we don’t see each other as much.

Everyone has a good relationship and everyone is comfortable.”

Terry said that chemistry on the team is good, largely because of friendships within the squad.

“We’re all pretty friendly,” Terry said.

“There’s a few guys on the team that I’m personally more close to. That’s the same with everyone. We’re a close team. All of us are friends.”

According to Terry, teammates get competitive when it comes to gametime. However, he also said that it’s difficult to maintain quality of play when practice is limited.

“It gets pretty competitive,” Terry said.

“The problem is we don’t practice that much.

We want to be competitive. Everyone wants to win, it’s just hard when we don’t practice.”

Going into his first year as captain, Terry said he embraces his responsibilities.

“I’m in charge of a lot of the technical aspects of the team,” Terry said. “I definitely like to have control over it all.”

Terry said the team’s strengths lie with-

in their athleticism. What the team lacks in skill they make up for in athletic ability, according to Terry.

“All of us are very athletic,” Terry said.

“We’re not all incredibly skilled. We can hold down pretty much any team because of our athleticism.”

Headed into his second year on the team, Young already has favorite moments as a player.

“In my first tournament, I didn’t think I was playing,” Young said. “My coach threw me a jersey. I wasn’t prepared mentally or physically. I didn’t think I was at the level I needed to be at until I got there.”

Young said that each member of the team has goals for the season. He said that it’s important to leave it all out on the court.

“Internally we all have goals,” Young said. “Going into every match, we make sure to do everything to our highest potential. We make sure we leave everything out there.”

The Hawks will play their first tournament of the spring season on March 25 in Hagan Arena.

Graphic by Kaitlyn Patterson ’20.

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March 21, 2018

While you were away

Women’s Basketball

Mar. 14: WNIT First Round W v. Seton Hall 75-57 Mar. 18: WNIT Second Round L v. West Virginia 79-51

Men’s Basketball

Mar. 9: W in A-10 quarterfinals vs George Mason 68-49 Mar. 10: L in A-10 semifinals vs Rhode Island 90-87 Sophomore Nick Robinson goes for a layup against Rhode Island (Photo courtesy of Mitchell Leff).

Softball

Junior Alyssa Monaghan takes a shot against Seton Hall (Photo by Luke Malanga ’20).

Women’s Tennis

Mar. 11: L 6-1 v. Davidson Mar. 14: W 5-2 v. St. Bonaventure Mar. 16: L 7-0 v. Duquesne

Men’s Tennis

Mar. 11: L 6-1 v. Davidson Mar. 14: W 4-3 v. St. Bonaventure Mar. 16: L 6-1 v. Duquesne

Women’s Lacrosse Mar. 11: W 12-10 v. Vanderbilt Mar. 14: L 13-2 v. Towson

Men’s Lacrosse Mar. 10: W 11-5 v. Monmouth Mar. 13: W 10-9 v. Drexel Mar. 16: W 14-5 v. New Jersey Inst Tech

Mar. 9: W 5-4 v. Central Michigan Mar. 9: L 9-1 v. UCF Mar. 10: L 2-1 v. Quinnipiac Mar. 10: L 5-2 v. Army West Point Mar. 11: W 1-0 v. Robert Morris Mar. 16: L 2-1 v. Florida Gulf Coast Mar. 17: W 7-4 v. Butler Mar. 17: L 1-0 v. USF Mar. 18: L 4-1 v. Quinnipiac

Baseball

Mar. 9: W 3-2 v. FIU Mar. 10: L 8-5 v. Western Michigan Mar. 10: W 4-3 v. Georgetown Mar. 11: L 4-1 v. Georgetown Mar. 13: W 10-8 v. Notre Dame Mar. 14: W 6-4 v. Notre Dame Mar. 16: L 11-1 v. Wagner Mar. 17: W 13-1 v. Sacred Heart Mar. 18: W 6-3 v. Manhattan