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Basketball Preview

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Pay it forward

Fioravanti gives back to the community CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor Senior forward Amanda Fioravanti is much more than just a basketball player for the Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball team.

Fioravanti volunteers with multiple organizations, including the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and won the team’s Roosevelt Hunter Community Service Award last season.

St. Joe’s strives to produce “men and women with and for others,” and women’s basketball Head Coach Cindy Griffin sees that solidarity in Fioravanti.

“She has a heart of gold,” Griffin said.

“She’s a person for others. She puts other people first.”

Fioravanti’s passion for volunteering comes from her close relationship with her 29-year-old brother, Andrew Fioravanti, who has muscular dystrophy. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke defines the muscular dystrophy as “a group of more than 30 genetic diseases characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles that control movement.”

Fioravanti is majoring in elementary education and minoring in autism studies, a decision which she said was also influenced by her brother.

“I see what him and other kids with the same disability and other disabilities have to go through, and some people are scared of them. And they’re not scary—they’re the same as us,” Fioravanti said. “We have a very close relationship. He’s my biggest fan. He comes to every single game. I love him to death.”

Although Fioravanti started volunteer-

ing when she was in girl scouts, she said she didn’t fully develop a passion for it until she was in high school.

Every player is required to have 10 hours of community service each semester, and, according to Griffin, Fioravanti helps ensure the volunteer work is enjoyable for all her teammates.

“The other day, she brought [senior] Jazmin Horne with her for two or three hours to volunteer,” Griffin said. “She brings other players with her, and they make it a fun thing. They make it an outing, if you will.”

Fioravanti and Horne went to Broad Street Ministry to serve the homeless on Nov. 2. What particularly stuck out to Fioravanti was how grateful the homeless were for things others might take for granted.

Fioravanti also especially enjoys CHOP prom, which gives cancer patients at CHOP an opportunity to dress up and dance. She also began volunteering with the Kinney Center For Autism Education and Support at St. Joe’s this year, and hopes to one day teach younger special needs students.

“After this, I have to student teach, and then I want to go play overseas,” Fioravanti said. “I’m interested in taking a couple of different mission trips. And then after that, I want to teach. Probably younger [kids], hopefully in a special needs classroom. I don’t really know for sure. Everyone’s told me I have a niche for kids, and kids love me when I’m with them. It’s funny, because they’re the littlest and I’m normally always the biggest person in the classroom.”

Fioravanti feels that her volunteer work

Amanda Fioravanti with future Hawks at the Cindy Griffin Basketball camp, held multiple times in the summer.

and her desire to be a special education teacher complement each other well.

“I think [volunteer work] plays a huge role [in teaching] because you’re giving back,” Fioravanti said. “Every day, as a teacher, you’re making a difference in a child’s life.”

While Fioravanti’s volunteer work has certainly made an impact off the court, she also feels that it helps her find success in her sport.

“It makes me work harder,” Fioravanti said. “Sometimes you take [things] for granted. With volunteering, that shows you, never take anything for granted.”

Griffin sees the impact Fioravanti has on

and off the court, and estimates that, in early November, Fioravanti had already completed at least 20 hours of community service.

Griffin also believes that Fioravanti’s upbeat attitude and desire to help and please others has a positive impact on the entire team.

Griffin has high praise for Fioravanti’s passion, desire, and drive to volunteer and work with special needs children.

“She sees that there’s a need for people to help. She understood that at a young age,” Griffin said. “You have to be a special human being to be able to do what she’s done, and the people that work with kids with disabilities and people. She’s just a wonderful human being.”

Amanda and Andrew Fioravanti on St. Joe’s campus (Photos courtesy of Amanda Fioravanti).

Front and back cover images courtesy of Sideline Photos.

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Meet the new hawks ALEX HARGRAVE ’20 Hawk Staff

CLAIRE POTOSKY ’20 Hawk Staff

Photo by Joey Toczylowski ’19

Katie Armstrong is a freshman from Collegeville, Pa. She found a love for basketball when she started playing at age four. Armstrong will play wing for the Hawks. When asked what her favorite part of playing St. Joe’s basketball is, Armstrong said, “Being part of the team and having something to take your mind off of everything.” Something she believes she brings to the team is encouragement. Her favorite professional basketball player is Kevin Durant, small forward for the Golden State Warriors. Armstrong has a twin brother named Tommy.

Gerald Blount, a freshman forward from Suwanee, Ga., attended high school at Pomfret School in Connecticut.

Blount brings high energy and athleticism to the court, and he hopes to make an all-around improvement this season as a player. He takes pride in his play-making and “doing the small things.” Blount’s personal goal is to be a good teammate.

Freshman forward Charlie Brown intends to leave his mark this season. Looking to get stronger and work on his defensive skills, he is starting the season with confidence in his shooting game. He and the team have high hopes of getting to the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship. Brown’s personal goal is to be the best three-point shooter in the A-10. His favorite NBA player of all time is the legendary George Gervin and, sticking to his Philadelphia roots, he is a Sixers fan.

Nailah Delinois joined the Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball team this year as a freshman from Sunrise, Fla. She started playing basketball when she was seven years old, and will play guard for the Hawks.

Delinois said she is vocal and brings energy to the team when playing. When asked about her favorite part of basketball, she immediately responded that it is playing defense. Her favorite basketball player is Deron Williams, point guard for the Dallas Mavericks. When she is not playing basketball, Nailah said, “I am high-key a nerd.”

Freshman forward Lorenzo Edwards is from Lake Forest, Ill. and is entering the season with high hopes for Saint Joseph’s. He brings strong shooting and rebounding to the court but hopes to improve on perimeter defense and quickness when guarding smaller players. He feels that his coaches and teammates know the game well and can help make the team better every day.

His favorite NBA team is the Cleveland Cavaliers and his favorite players from the past include Michael Jordan and also his dad, Kevin Edwards, who played for the Heat, Nets, Magic, and Grizzlies throughout his NBA career.

Whisper Fisher is a sophomore transfer student originally from Baltimore, Md. coming to Saint Joseph’s from Loyola University Chicago. Fisher started playing basketball at age four, and will play forward for the Hawks.

Fisher said her favorite part about playing basketball is blocking shots, and believes she brings positivity and encouragement that she shares with her teammates. Fisher’s favorite basketball player is LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Something unique about Fisher is that she can dislocate her shoulders.

Freshman guard Toliver Freeman is the team’s only walkon. He is from Baton Rouge, La., and in high school, he was a leading scorer so he hopes to bring that skill to the collegiate level this season. Freeman intends to continue his hard work to make technical improvements in his game. His goal is to eventually make the rotation and contribute as much as he can. Russell Westbrook is his favorite NBA player because he is “explosive and exciting to watch.” He does not have a favorite team, but says he just enjoys watching the game.

Jaryn Garner joined the Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball team as a senior transfer student from the University of Virginia. She is originally from Sewell, N.J., where she did not start playing organized basketball until the age of 11. Garner will play guard for the Hawks, and said her favorite aspect of basketball is playing defense. When asked what she brings to her team, she said “fire.” She fits into Philadelphia well, as her favorite basketball team is the Philadelphia 76ers. She also said she has a puppy named Chance.

Nick Robinson is a freshman guard from Chicago. He attended Kenwood Academy and brings his strength of attacking the basket to the Hawks. His goal for the team and for himself is the same: To win. He identifies as a player who helps to bring unity to the team and takes each game as a learning experience.

This season, he will be working on his defensive skills and his outside shot. His favorite NBA player is Russell Westbrook and his favorite team is the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Photos courtesy Sideline Photos

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Brendan Casper

Photos by Joey Toczylowski, ’19

From the bench to the basket CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor After his final season of high school basketball, Brendan Casper didn’t have any offers from Division I colleges or universities. Sure, he had offers from Division II colleges in the Philadelphia area, but something was telling him that he should attend a Division I school.

Casper, now a senior, had applied to Saint Joseph’s University his sophomore year of high school and received an academic scholarship. Casper was weighing his options on which school to attend, but he got a little help from St. Joe’s men’s basketball Head Coach Phil Martelli.

Martelli had coached Casper’s father, Rob Casper, at Bishop Kenrick Catholic High School.

“I’ve stayed in touch with Rob Casper for a long time, and wanted to be as transparent and honest with them as we could be,” Martelli said. “We explained to them what the role of a walk-on would be compared to going to a Division II school, or a Division III school and scoring a lot of points.”

Casper fell in love when he visited St. Joe’s, so hearing that he could walk on the team made his decision an easy one.

“I got a nice academic scholarship here and it was a nice opportunity, and when Coach told me I could walk on, I jumped all over it,” Casper said. “I loved the school here—I love being close to home, I love the tradition they have here. I grew up watching the Big 5 and wanted to be a part of it, so it was a no-brainer for me once I had the opportunity to come.”

Because Casper was a preferred walkon, he got to meet the rest of the team during his first day on campus. He became acquainted with the team fairly quickly, al-

though he said it was still an adjustment period for him.

The team during Casper’s freshman year had strong senior leadership, including current New Orleans Pelicans guard Langston Galloway, ’14, and Turkish Basketball Super League forward Ronald Roberts Jr., ’14.

“Freshman year, coming into senior leadership, a senior leader team, we won a championship, went to the NCAA Tournament,” Casper said. “That was just an unbelievable experience. For me, that was my first time doing it all, so I was just in awe of everything.”

Casper saw a considerable increase in playing time his sophomore year: He had played in eight games for a total of 15 minutes his first year, and played in 23 games for a total of 108 minutes in the 2014-15 season.

Casper scored 31 points that season, grabbed 33 rebounds, and added five assists and six steals. Casper said he enjoyed being able to play in so many games his sophomore season. His hard work and dedication had an effect on the rest of the team, as well.

Mike Booth, currently a junior, had joined the team as a walk-on that season, and believes that Casper’s role on the team was inspirational for all of the players.

“He showed that if you work hard, you can earn minutes and find a spot,” Booth said. “You’re labeled as a walk-on, but you’re a basketball player and if you go out and play, there’s a spot for you out there. He really gives everyone on the team hope that if you work hard you can get out there, make a difference.”

Casper didn’t play as much last season as he did the season before, but he still had an important impact on the team. He was granted an athletic scholarship for the

spring semester.

“Last semester, [the scholarship] was a shock to me,” Casper said. “It was right after a team dinner on the road in early January and the team was really happy for me. That was a really, really cool moment for me and my family. I was just happy for my parents because they sacrificed a lot for me to come here. For me to pay them back with that was just tremendous.”

Casper also received an athletic scholarship for the entire 2016-17 academic year.

Although he had an idea he might receive the scholarship, he was still grateful, more so for his parents than for himself.

Casper also excels academically, and has been named to the St. Joe’s Athletic Director’s Honor Roll multiple times. He was also named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court last year.

“Academics always come first,” Casper said. “At the end of the day here, my basketball career will end in March, but my life won’t, and I’ve got to get a degree and move on and get a job; I’ve accepted that [fact] my whole four years here, and I wanted to excel in the classroom. That’s always been my first priority.”

On Sept. 30, SJU Athletics announced that Casper, graduate student Javon Baumann, and sophomore Lamarr Kimble were voted team captains by their teammates.

Casper was honored to be voted a captain.

Booth was proud of Casper.

“Brendan, he’s one of my best friends,” Booth said. “As a teammate, he’s one of the most hard working guys I know, and he’s earned the position he’s got to as a captain, as a guy that gets minutes in the rotation…

He deserves it. He’s a good guy, a good team-

mate, and he’s a good player too. I was proud of him.”

Booth believes that one of the other reasons his teammates voted Casper a captain was because of his positive attitude and willingness to help others.

“He’s a great guy, he’s a great teammate, and he’s always there for you if you need anything,” Booth said. “I think that’s one of the reasons why we made him captain. You can talk to him, and you know that he’ll talk to Coach effectively and get your message across.”

Martelli had high praise for Casper and hopes that his teammates will be able to learn from the example Casper sets.

“Brendan has a very, very high IQ,” Martelli said. “He has a great work ethic.

He’s been banged up in his knee, and he has slowly started to recover and be a guy that you’re not just putting him out there to fill a spot; you’re expecting positive things.”

Martelli sees something special in Casper.

“He’s a basketball player,” Martelli said.

“He’s not a walk-on, he’s not a freshman, he’s not a senior, he’s not a captain, he’s a basketball player. And basketball players play.”

From a senior at Methacton High School trying to figure out his future to a senior at Saint Joseph’s University shining in the classroom and leading a Division I basketball team, Casper knows he made the right decision.

“People always told me I could have gone to a smaller school,” Casper said. “But honestly, what I’ve accomplished here in my years and the connections I’ve made and the people I’ve met, I wouldn’t change it for the world.”

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News

Nov. 10, 2016

Department of Public Safety reports (Oct. 21 - Nov. 13 ) Oct. 21 Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding an unidentified male attempting to carjack her vehicle while she was driving in the 5600 block of Wynnefield Avenue. Public Safety officers and Philadelphia Police responded. Philadelphia Police were able to apprehend the male without further incident. There were no injuries to report and the incident is being investigated by the Philadelphia Police.

Public Safety was notified by an area resident in the 5100 block of Wynnefield Avenue regarding students being loud in the block.

Public Safety Officers notified and responded. Philadelphia Police notified and responded. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified by an area resident of a loud party involving St. Joe’s students taking place in the 2300 block of N. 54th Street. Philadelphia Police notified and responded. The crowd was dispersed without incident. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety, during a routine Fire Drill Evacuation at Lannon Hall confiscated a quantity of alcohol from three St. Joe’s students’ rooms. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Oct. 22 Public Safety was notified by a desk attendant of an alcohol confiscation in Lannon Hall. Public Safety Officers responded and confiscated the alcohol. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Public Safety was notified by Residence Life of an odor of marijuana coming from a room inside the Ashwood Apartments. Public Safety Officers responded with Residence Life. A search of the room revealed no drugs or drug paraphernalia. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified in regard to person(s) unknown damaging a water fountain on the second floor of the LaFarge Residence Center. Public Safety Officers responded. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Oct. 25 Public Safety was notified by Residence Life of an odor of marijuana coming from a room inside the LaFarge Residence Center.

Public Safety Officers responded with Residence Life. A search of the room revealed no drugs or drug paraphernalia. Community Standards was notified.

Oct. 26 Public Safety, during a routine Fire Drill Evacuation at the Morris Quad Townhouses confiscated a quantity of alcohol from four St. Joe’s students’ rooms. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Public Safety, during a routine Fire Drill Evacuation in the Ashwood Apartments, confiscated a quantity of alcohol from three St. Joe’s students’ rooms. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside the Morris Quad Townhouses. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed that the alarm was activated by dust. Facilities Management was notified.

Oct. 27 Public Safety was notified by a desk attendant of an alcohol confiscation in Lannon Hall. Public Safety Officers responded and confiscated the alcohol. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

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Public Safety was notified by Residence Life regarding an alcohol confiscation from a student’s room in the LaFarge Residence Center.

Public Safety Officers responded and confiscated the alcohol. Community Standards was notified.

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Oct. 30 Public Safety was notified by Residence Life of an odor of marijuana coming from a room inside the Sourin Residence Center. Public Safety Officers responded with Residence Life. A search of the room revealed no drugs or drug paraphernalia. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside the Morris quad Townhouses. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated due to a malfunction.

Facilities Management was notified.

Nov. 2 Public Safety was notified in regard to person(s) unknown spraying shaving cream on a room door inside of Lannon Hall. Public Safety Officers and Community Standards were notified Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regard to person(s) unknown removing her camera and bag from a room inside of the Barbelin/Lonergan building. The incident is under investigation.

Navigating St. Joe's

Mobility hindered by lack of accessibility CHARLEY REKSTIS ’20 Hawk Staff The lack of accessibility at Saint Joseph’s University often makes it difficult for students with physical disabilities to move around campus.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) ensures equal opportunity for people with disabilities in employment, state and local government services, public accommodations, commercial facilities, and transportation.

The ADA requires that there must be public accommodations for accessible design. Routes must include walking surfaces with a running slope no steeper than one

unit rise to 20 unit run, including doorways, ramps, curb ramps, elevators, and platform lifts.

Ather Sharif, ’15, was one of the few students at St. Joe’s who relied on a wheelchair for transportation.

“I think I was the first person that they dealt with in years. I probably am the last person they will deal with in a long time to come I think,” Sharif said. “That is why the whole infrastructure with accessibility around campus is not that great, because they have never had to deal with someone with a wheelchair before.”

Molly Mullen, ’19, was injured in a car accident, leaving her with a broken ankle.

She had to rely on a scooter in order move around campus and she said that it was difficult because the ramps were out of her way and limited.

“I always had to be with someone, or call someone to go up or down stairs, so it made me more of a dependent,” Mullen said.

Christine Mecke, Ph.D., director of Student Disability Services, said there is an Accessibility Committee consisting of one student with a disability, the Office of Public Safety, the Office of Facilities, and the Office

of Student Disability Services.

“There is an Accessibility Committee that meets twice a year to determine if upgrades need to be made,” Mecke said.

Sharif, who served on the committee last year, stressed the fact that when the ramps were closed it became an inconvenience for him.

“I guess one of the important things about accessibility at St. Joe's is it’s very dependent on the fact that there aren’t very many people in wheelchairs, so there isn’t that much of a need,” Sharif said.

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Trump takes Pa. and the White House

A Septa bus drives down City Avenue with a message for Philadelphians.

Students watch live election results in The Perch on Nov. 8.

ANA FAGUY ’19 News Editor Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president, was named the president-elect of the United States in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 9. After months of campaigning all across the state, Hillary Clinton lost Pennsylvania in a close race.

At Saint Joseph’s University, students gathered on Tuesday, Nov. 8 to watch the live results of the 2016 election in The Perch.

Students from various political backgrounds and associations gathered to watch as Americans elected the 45th President of the United States, along with many governors, senators, congressional representatives, and other local officials. One of those officials was Senator Pat Toomey who

was re-elected in a close race.

“I wanted to watch in a space where there were a lot of other people,” Dominique Joe, ’19, said. “I could’ve gone to my dorm and watched it by myself, but I wanted a communal atmosphere and watching with my friends is really great too.”

This event, hosted by the College Democrats and the Politics Club, was not the first of its kind at St. Joe’s this election season.

Hawk Hill also saw a mock debate, debate viewing parties, and campus discussions on the dominant issues of this election.

Liam McGarry, ’18, attended the election viewing party on Tuesday and supported Gary Johnson, the Libertarian can-

didate for President.

“I voted for Gary Johnson,” McGarry said. “He is not a member of the political elite and he represents, in my opinion, the ideas of true Americans more so than Trump or Hillary do."

Gina Vreeland, ’20, was another student who attended the viewing party. She, however, voted for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate.

“I voted for Hillary Clinton,” Vreeland said. “I have been working for her for three months now on the campaign. It’s been pretty crazy. “ Tuesday also saw hundreds of "I voted" stickers on students around campus. Clin-

ton and Trump apparel could also be seen all across St. Joe’s throughout the day.

Gage Huber, ’17, showed his support for Trump on Election Day. “At the end of the day, it was going to be a matter of what are they going to push for, what are they going to advocate for,” Huber said. “At the end of the day I voted Trump because I saw something in a candidate that viewed his policies to be something to work more for the average, middle-income American, and that appealed to me.”

For post-election coverage, visit www. sjuhawknews.com.

Photos by Luke Malanga, ’20 Top left: Cupcake Carnivale gives out free cupcakes on Cardinal Ave. for Election Day. Top middle: A Clinton sign hanging outside of the Post Learning Commons. Right: A Trump sticker on an Emergency blue light. Bottom left: Students gather in The Perch on election night. Bottom middle: Kiera Slater, ’20, sports Trump gear on Election Day.

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‘I am because you are’

Forum on restoring peace in our communities held at St. Joe’s SAM HENRY ’19 Assistant News Editor Through meditation, film, discussion, and conversation, “Ubuntu Philadelphia: A forum on Healing and Restoring Our Communities,” focused on ways to heal communities facing violent crime and mass incarceration. The forum was held on Nov. 2 in the Cardinal John P. Foley Center.

Ubuntu, a Bantu word meaning “human-ness,” or “I am because you are,” was an all-day event that began with a call from Kempis “Ghani” Songster, who was sentenced to life without parole as a juvenile. He explained how rulings in recent court cases, including Miller v. Alabama (2012) and Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016) prohibit mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles. These decisions

will allow hundreds of people who were convicted to be released back into society.

Songster recognized that for some, this is not a cause for joy, and asked, “How ready the community is for us [those convicted as juveniles].”

Songster explained that 300 of 500 juveniles sentenced to life without parole in Pennsylvania are in Philadelphia, which more than anywhere else in the country.

“The U.S. has a lot to learn about the relationship between healing, hope, and public policy,” he said.

Later in the day, the keynote speaker, Immaculée Illibagiza, author and survivor of the Rwandan genocide, spoke of her experience with forgiveness.

The Rwandan genocide was a mass slaughter of the Tutsi by the Hutu majority government which took place in 1994. Illibagiza, a 22-year-old student at the time, hid in the bathroom of a minister’s home for 91 days with seven other women in order to survive. During this time, over one million people were killed, including all of Illibagiza’s family, except one of her brothers.

“Every single person, from every tribe, was touched by the genocide...No one wins when there’s hatred going on,” Illibagiza said.

During this time, she listened to news reports of the killings on the radio, prayed, and learned English from a book given to her by the owner of the house.

“The moment came, and I can only say

that forgiveness happened…What it felt like was freedom—freedom to live, freedom to love,” Illibagiza said.

In addition to Illibagiza’s speech, meditation and reflection were provided throughout the day in order to bring awareness to our community in Philadelphia. Resources including discussion circles were provided, which brought families of victims and those who have committed violent crime together for healing. There was also a viewing of of Samantha Broun’s documentary, “A Life Sentence: Victims, Justice and My Mother.”

“Only when we come together, in the spirit of ubuntu, can the healing begin,” Songster said.

Immaculée Illibagiza speaks to Hawk Hill on Nov. 2 in the Cardinal Foley (Photos by Luke Malanga ’20).

Examining accessibility on campus CONTINUED FROM PG. 2 The Accessibility Committee decided that from now on, if a ramp is closed, Mecke would be notified so she could then tell students who are using the ramps.

Sharif also mentioned the fact that even though there are ramps on campus, they sometimes turn into stairs and he would have to find another way around.

“There are ramps that are separated,” Sharif said. “A ramp would take you to a place but at the end of the ramp you would find out there are actually stairs. If you try to enter across from Starbucks, you cannot get to the library because there is no straight way to get there.”

In order to get from one side of campus to the other, a person has to call public safety ahead of time so they can transport the student.

“I had to get up in the middle of class to call [Public Safety] so they could be somewhat on time because I had four classes in a row,” Mullen said.

Mecke said the reason they have students call Public Safety is because, in the past, Public Safety has waited for students who never showed up.

“The one thing I have heard from some students is [that] it’s a pain to have to ask every time. We say [to] give 15 minutes notice—but you can’t text,” Mecke said. “A while ago it would just be a blanket thing

and a student may decide to skip a class or get another ride and public safety is waiting, so now you have to call each and every time.”

Mecke said that Public Safety recently contracted the Easton Coach Company for the shuttle service to have officers more available for those who need escort services, and she hasn’t heard of any problems yet.

“So, in the past we have heard that sometimes the services weren’t happening as quickly as they should or there were some issues of the timeliness of it, so this was put in place to address the issue of timeliness,” Mecke said.

Sharif was a computer science major, and many those classes take place in Barbelin Hall, where there are no elevators because of the building’s age.

“I actually never went inside the building,” Sharif said. “They always had to put my classes in another building, but I never actually saw the building from inside. That also means I never went to the labs [and] that also means I was never able to go into the professor’s offices.”

The Office for Student Disability Services makes sure that students who are disabled do not have classes in Barbelin because it does not have elevator accessibility.

“If they have a class in that building, we have to switch the building to another so they can easily access that,” Mecke said. “We talk with the Registrar and we make sure, with those three students, they are on our role so

we can make sure of that right away.”

Sharif said that he doesn’t have as severe of a disability as others who would be unable to move around campus at all.

“It is not just about the building; it is about the classroom and the teaching methodologies,” Sharif said. “It is

about a lot of other things which, at this point, I don’t think St. Joe’s is even close to.

Everybody was really helpful and considerate and very sensitive to such things, and that satisfies people and me specifically to know that that is the case.”

Graphic by Krista Jaworski, ’17

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Opinions

Nov. 10, 2016

Editorial: School spirit EDITOR IN CHIEF Molly Grab ’17 MANAGING EDITOR Angela Christaldi ’17 COPY CHIEF Ashley Cappetta ’17 BUSINESS DIRECTOR Julia Le ’19 FACULTY ADVISER Shenid Bhayroo NEWS EDITOR Ana Faguy ’19 ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Sam Henry ’19 OPINIONS EDITOR Maria Spirk ’17 ASSISTANT OPINIONS EDITOR Victoria Tralies ’18 LIFESTYLE EDITOR Katie White ’17 ASSISTANT LIFESTYLE EDITOR Ciarra Bianculli ’17 SPORTS EDITOR Christy Selagy, M.A. ’17 ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Nick Mandarano ’18 CREATIVE DIRECTOR Krista Jaworski ’17 PHOTO EDITOR Joey Toczylowski ’19 DIGITAL MEDIA MANAGER Caitlyn Sottile ’18 ASSISTANT BUSINESS Kristen Adams ’17 ASSISTANT COPY Abigail Gorman ’17 Liz Krotulis ’17 Mark De Leon ’17 Vivian Milan ’18 The Hawk welcomes letters to the editor (400-600 words). They can be emailed to hawk.editorial@gmail.com.

Celebrating all St. Joe’s athletic teams

The Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball games live up to their reputation: On a typical game night, the student section is alive with the untouchable energy that only a crowd of college students, free from the restrictions of the classroom, can invoke in an athletic stadium. This enthusiasm is commendable and is something all St. Joe’s students can be proud of—after all, this is the annual Basketball Preview Edition of The Hawk. But while our men’s basketball team draws crowds here on campus, other sports don’t draw in the same audience.

The non-revenue teams at Saint Joseph’s, like soccer, baseball, field hockey, and rowing, have accomplished several impressive feats in recent seasons, but unfortunately many students ignore these events; they do not garner nearly as much buzz on campus. These teams have made incredible strides, and their accomplishments should be celebrated.

Our men’s and women’s basketball teams are not the only ones with national recognition.

Most recently, the women’s field hockey team was ranked 20th in the country by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and is the highest ranked team in the A-10. Speaking of national recognition, Anna Willocks, ’19, is tied for highest number of goals this season; she is tied for second in the country with 25.

In their 2016 season, women’s field hockey made it to the A-10 Championship game.

Willocks was awarded A-10 Offensive Player of the Year. Pepa Serrano, ’20, was named A-10 Rookie of the Year and Head Coach Lynn Farquhar was named Coach of the Year. Throughout the season, the Hawks were awarded at least a share of A-10 Rookie of the Week Awards for each of the 10 weeks of their season. For wom-

en’s soccer, Dakota Mills, ’19, was awarded Offensive Player of the Year; Emily Gingirch, ’17, was awarded Midfielder of the Year; Gabriela Vagnozzi, ’20, was awarded Rookie of the Year; and Jess Mannella was awarded Coach of the Year. These two women’s sports had the best seasons in program history.

Across campus, on the men’s cross country team, Josh Clark, ’20, had the honor of being named the Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Rookie Performer for being the top freshman finisher out of 123 runners. Overall, he has the distinction of being the only freshman to finish in the top 25. Women’s cross country also had some stand out stars at their A-10 championship on Oct. 29.

Many of our freshman athletes received similar honors, demonstrating that players of all ages make an impact on our diverse teams.

In golf, Reed Winkler, ’20, made the A-10 Golf Rookie of the Week at the end of September, and the week before that, teammate Michael O’Brien, ’20, won the same honor. Two weeks ago O’Brien was awarded Rookie of the Week once again.

Men’s soccer also had an impressive season.

Matt Crawford, ’18, was named A-10 Conference Offensive Player of the Week twice. Isaac Agyapong, ’19, was honored as Philadelphia Soccer Six Rookie of the Week. The Hawks’ goalkeeper, Greg O’Connell, ’18, earned the title Atlantic 10 Conference Defensive Player of the Week as well as Philadelphia Soccer Six Co-Defensive Player of the Week.

Beyond our 18 Division I sports, we also have a number of athletes competing on a club sport level. Gaelic Football is the first officially recognized collegiate team in the country. St.

Joe’s men’s rugby is so well-known and respected that, despite its status as a club team, they still recruit players. This fall also marks the inaugural season for the women’s ultimate frisbee team at St. Joe’s.

How our teams perform on game day and throughout the duration of their season need not dictate how we much we support our fellow Hawks—though many of our teams are already breaking records this year. Here at Saint Joseph’s, our values and university mission calls us to love and support our fellow community members, in whatever form that may take.

Regardless of whether we are fans or players, let’s look beyond the scope of the scoreboards and pep rallies and into something a bit more meaningful: The opportunity to find human connection and to represent a university that challengesus to support each other.

- The Hawk Staff

Letter to the Editor Alumnus responds to ‘Hide your condoms, kids’ from the Oct. 26 issue of The Hawk Dear Editor, If an institution calls itself Catholic, while espousing values that directly contradict Catholic teaching, can it really call itself Catholic?

That’s exactly the thought that was running through my head when I was reading Ashley Cappetta’s article, “Hide your condoms, kids.” The article makes a decent point (that the Catholic Church does not have the right to dictate the beliefs of nonbelievers), but overlooks a fatal flaw: Just because an institution with a Catholic identity preaches that all faiths are welcome does not excuse it from upholding the beliefs of the Catholic Church.

Take, for example, Catholic hospitals. Catholic hospitals do great work in medical fields, and the Catholic Church is the largest private operator of hospitals in this country. Millions of people seek treatment at Catholic hospitals because of the uniquely compassionate and personal care that patients receive there, and nobody is turned away from the hospital because of faith reasons, reinforcing that all faiths are welcome. There are, however, treatments you cannot receive at Catholic hospitals; notably, abortions. No doctor at a Catholic hospital may administer a direct abortion, regardless of the beliefs of the patient or the doctor.

(There’s a bit of semantics there—indirect abortions can be performed under certain circumstances. Google that on your own time.) If a Catholic hospital does perform one, as St. Joseph’s Hospital in Arizona did, it risks losing its status as a Catholic institution, as that hospital did. By rule, an institution may not call itself “Catholic” unless it receives the overt permission of the local bishop, which can be revoked if that institution is not upholding Catholic teaching. (We have a secular term for that: brand control.)

Saint Joseph’s University can’t say it hasn’t seen this in the past. We once had a campus-wide event called “Rainbow Week” until then-Archbishop Rigali complained that it celebrated gay marriage. (In a 2004 issue, The Hawk published a letter to the editor penned by Bishop Joseph McFadden, ’69, who was responsible for the archdiocese’s Catholic educational institutions at the time, expressing those views.) It was later restructured to today’s “Unity Week.” Later, in February 2012, my freshman year at St. Joe’s, the Alumni Association ran a Valentine’s Day contest; Hawk Mates submitted their stories and a picture and Facebook users voted for the ones they liked best (the winner got a $100 gift certificate to a restaurant of their choice). All was well and good until, inevitably, a lesbian couple submitted their story, which was

rejected by the Alumni Association because, according to a Facebook post by the couple, “the Catholic Church does not recognize same-sex marriage.” (The Alumni Association later retracted its original decision and posted the picture and story, and that couple wound up winning.) The same questions about where our Catholic identity trumps our desire for inclusivity circled each time.

Premarital sex is not licit under Catholic teaching.

Neither are abortions and same-sex marriage. I maintain, though, that having a Catholic identity, upholding Catholic teaching, and welcoming people of all faiths are not mutually exclusive. Sure, Hawk Hosts and admissions counselors endlessly repeating “all faiths are welcome” may lull you into thinking that institutional identity can be taken cavalierly, but ask anyone who’s ever gone through an identity crisis about theirs, and you’ll understand that identity is essential to the fabric of one’s being. Saint Joseph’s identity is one of a Catholic and Jesuit institution, and that identity permeates through everything it does. I, and the many thousands of Hawk alumni who came from all walks of life to Hawk Hill, couldn’t be prouder of it.

– Joe Donahue, ’15

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We’re not in Kansas anymore An introvert reflects on adjusting to dorm life BRITTANY SWIFT ’20 Hawk Staff I never realized how different my quaint little hometown would be compared to a major metropolitan area like the one surrounding Saint Joseph’s University. As an introvert, I loved the fact that my house backed up to a community park where I could take a walk around the fields or sit at the small pond if I needed some peace to clear my head.

City Avenue isn’t quite as quiet as the residential neighborhoods and corn fields that surround Doylestown, Pa., to say the least; it likes to make sure I’m fully awake with its always-persistent traffic and frequent sirens that fly right past my dorm.

Instead of grumbling at the noise, I try to embrace my new, more urban, surroundings. After a while, the busy streets and the chatter in the library have become more like background noise and reading Dante in any not-so-quiet place has become less of a struggle.

My small town is also more of a residential area and my cul-de-sac holds a lot less neighbors than a college dorm. At most, we would wave to our neighbor who walks his dog, or accept vegetables from the neighbor who has her own garden, or even attend a small Christmas party during the holidays.

Well, now I live on a single hall with more than 20 peers. My first day, I could not

count how many greetings and introductions were made, but all I could think was that this requires a lot more effort than just waving to my neighbor across the street. I needed more coffee for this.

I’ve had to remind myself multiple times that leaving my door open to meet new people on my floor is perfectly normal and I should do it more often. It still almost feels like leaving my house front door open for neighbors to stop in and say “hi,” but the friendly culture that comes from living with people on a common floor make it a different situation.

After the first few times I had to get ready in the morning and interact with others before my morning coffee, though, I became more at ease with my fellow neighbors and even myself. I definitely am not the only one who needs a little caffeine-boost before socializing.

Usually, though, I would feel self-conscious about seeing others before I was fully awake and ready to tackle the day. Living so closely with my neighbors has taught me that it’s okay to socialize at times I do not expect to: in the morning, when studying sometimes, or literally any time you walk down a hallway and see another person.

But it’s also OK not to at times when introverts like myself need a small break from the

world.

The transition from my suburban town to city life in a college dorm has had its shocks at many points, but I’ve enjoyed my few moments as an “extroverted introvert”.

From learning to be productive around others to even just living around more people, the experience has taught me to keep an open mind. Yes, it’s OK to stop by other people’s rooms. Yes, it’s OK to have a social study session. Yes, it’s OK for neighbors to see me with slight bedhead at eight in the morning.

Since moving into a dorm room, I’ve

felt more than a little overwhelmed at times, but I see it as an opportunity to experience the life of an extrovert. I always wondered what it would be like to be outgoing and thrive on the social life that college offers.

Even though I’m still an introvert at heart, I’ve been able to learn the ways of an outgoing college student— living in such a vibrant college setting has encouraged me to view my introversion with a more extroverted perspective.

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Protecting reproductive rights Parents aren’t the only one that plan ABIGAIL SWEETMAN ’18 Special to the Hawk Photo by Joey Toczylowski, ’19

Urologists rarely find themselves under moral scrutiny. In fact, they are part of a small group of individuals who observe thousands of penises a year without suffering social consequences. Yes, the intimate and uncomfortable experience of prostate exams make for raunchy and relatable cocktail party conversations, but these reproductive health professionals rarely find themselves demonized on the ground of bioethics.

If urologists were to offer their expertise and training to work in affordable, accessible clinics, they’d be lauded. Disease tests are uncontroversial subjects. Urologists provide services with the intent of preserving male sexual health; gynecologists perform the same services for women. However, gynecologists working for Planned Parenthood face undeserved discrimination. This is a testament to women’s health, and how we should work to preserve it.

According to a 2013 health tracking poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 40 percent of women put off or postpone getting necessary health care; 33 percent

skipped recommended medical tests or procedures; and 23 percent cut pills or skipped doses of medicine. Women are less likely to prioritize their health over other factors— especially when those factors are work, family, or money-related. In addition, the National Women’s Law Center has said that women who are more likely to live in poverty are also more likely to stay in a job they don’t like for healthcare benefits. Additionally, they are more likely to stay in a marriage for the same reasons. In this regard, women have less personal agency than men, and Planned Parenthood fills a necessary space in women’s healthcare: It’s accessible, affordable, and comprehensive.

In an average year, Planned Parenthood provides a multitude of services, including birth control for 579,000 citizens, 270,000 pap tests, 360,000 breast exams, and 4.2 million tests and treatments for STIs. These services are discreet and effective, and are favorable for many women. Many STIs, particularly chlamydia and gonorrhea, can cause infertility if untreated. Each year, 4,120 women die of cervical cancer—a

number that has been dramatically reduced by annual pap smears after the age of 21.

Another 40,450 women die of breast cancer each year, despite the fact that breast cancer research receives more funding than any other disease the National Institute of Health subsidizes research for. It’s easy to hear the word abortion and retreat immediately to the things in which you believe.

It’s harder to recognize good in places you didn’t expect.

Saint Joseph’s University attracts a primarily Catholic student body. As Catholics, it’s understandable to be abhorred at the prospect of Planned Parenthood, which is a government-subsidized entity that provides services that include both birth control and abortion. These aren’t services that devout Catholics plan on utilizing or supporting.

Conservative Catholicism, as exemplified by the National Catholic Bioethics Center, would suggest that a devout Catholic would avoid any affiliation with an organization associated with principles that work against the Catholic doctrine. I encourage conservative Catholics to seek and support health-

care that helps them practice their faith to the fullest of their abilities. However, if your faith is more flexible, I encourage you to consider the ways you can be an advocate for healthcare.

There’s an undervalued strength that comes from strong positions on controversial issues. Family planning choices are moral issues to be considered personally, and should not be mandated by government action. Abortion and birth control are choices that many Catholic women will not make, because their moral codes do not condone it. However, they are choices that many other women—and many other families—must make. Planned Parenthood gives women the agency to make choices for their own health. While the current stance of American political conservatism favors the idea that government-funded women’s services are excessive and morally dubious, I urge you to consider that these services are necessary measures towards preserving public health.

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Hawks that fly backwards Helping baby hawks find their nest ANDREW GALLO ’17 Special to The Hawk

Photo by Kaitlin Neinstedt, ’17

Every student has passed through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, or else you wouldn’t be here. Maybe you just submitted an application, or maybe you took a tour, went to an Open House or Admitted Student’s weekend, or even signed up for Walk with a Hawk. Admissions counselors and tour guides consistently change and graduate, but the love we all share for the university always stay the same.

Year after year, you’ve probably seen me and my fellow Hawk Hosts pass you in Campion Student Center, the Post Commons, Hagan Arena and Mandeville Hall, or even crossing City Avenue. Sometimes we we’re with one family, and other times we have 50 high school students with us wondering what Saint Joseph’s is all about. We all wear black polos, khaki pants, and a smile. We get asked questions such as, “What’s your favorite part of St. Joe’s?”, “Where is the nearest Starbucks?”, and “Are you single?”

Our prospective students and families range from hasty moms—who have to be

up in the front—to the dads who are only concerned about the food. We love to crack jokes like saying it’s our first time being in the library and that our famous black squirrels are more vicious than the well-known brown ones. All of these questions are answered while we, the Hawk Hosts, walk backwards—by the way, it’s not as hard as you think.

For the past three years, working in Admissions has been the best experience I’ve ever had. Giving a tour is the highlight of my day—and usually my week—because it reminds me of how much I love St. Joe’s.

While on tour I’ll easily pass 25 or so friends, and with these small conversations, the families get a sense of a bigger family and community atmosphere here on campus.

Sometimes it’s a casual “Hello” and other times it’s a “Happy birthday” shoutout when it’s not really my birthday. Regardless of the intent, it keeps tours fun and energetic.

Sometimes we even have V.I.P. tours, ranging from Lil Jon to Father Gillespie’s

family. I could continue to talk about how amazing tours are, but it’s not always about giving a tour, but, instead, what comes from that tour.

Last spring, I met a high school senior named Aly and her parents. Her parents were crazy for St. Joe’s, especially her mom.

She told me I had to convince her daughter that St. Joe’s was the best choice. So all four of us went out on a tour and Aly started to fall in love with the school. She loved the residence halls, the campus feel, and the family atmosphere among the student body.

I was sure I was going to convince her and make her deposit that day.

Upon returning to Admissions, Aly was still unsure about her decision. So I talked with her and assured her that I’ve given hundreds of tours of campus—and really, I could tell she was a Hawk. I told her this: “If you give St. Joe’s a try, you will never look back. I took a chance, and look where I am today.”

Aly now happily resides in LaFarge Res-

idence Hall as a freshman.

The most rewarding part about being a Hawk Host isn’t just giving a tour, but influencing other people that St. Joe’s should be their home, too. There is nothing like seeing prospective students that you gave a tour to one, two, or even three years ago, who are now current St. Joe’s students—what’s even better is when they tell you that you’re the reason they decided to become a Hawk.

Sure, a school can influence a student in many different ways, but the tour is ultimately a deciding factor. The tour guide makes or breaks that. Every time I tour our campus, I feel as if I am a high school senior once again. Now being a college senior, I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

This is the reason I get up in the morning. This is the reason I love St. Joe’s.

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The reign of ‘The Crown’ Netflix’s most expensive series to date follows the life of Queen Elizabeth II ROSE WELDON ’19 Hawk Staff Americans have a strange fascination with the British royal family—don’t we?

How else could you explain the near-constant press coverage of the late Princess Diana during her time at court?

Or the 23 million Americans who tuned in to watch the royal wedding back in 2011?

Maybe our fascination comes from the fact that our own country has never had a true royal family—and yes, I count the Kennedys and Kardashians in that statement—that is looked upon as a symbol for the United States and has been idolized as such for hundreds of years. The British royal families, on the other hand, have been scrutinized in so many forms that it’s hard to count them all.

The newest analysis of the royal family, Netflix series “The Crown,” follows a young Elizabeth II (Claire Foy) and her relationships with her country and family. The cast of characters include her father King George VI (Jared Harris, “Mad Men”), sister Princess Margaret (Vanessa Kirby), family friend

Winston Churchill (John Lithgow, the lone American in the show) and her husband Prince Philip (Matt Smith, “Doctor Who”).

It is said to be the most expensive original program ever funded by the streaming service, with a $130 million price tag attached.

As I can safely say after watching all 10 episodes, though, the money is well spent on the screen and in the writing.

While “The Crown” is not something that historians will praise for its “fly-on-thewall” authenticity, that is not to say that it doesn’t entertain. The show was created by writer Peter Morgan, best known for other royal family media like “The Queen” and “The Audience,” both of which star Helen Mirren as an older Elizabeth, and earned her an Oscar and a Tony, respectively. Morgan’s writing is intriguing and suspenseful; qualities one wouldn’t normally expect from a dramatic biopic series. Sure, I could have known what was going to happen in the next episode by Googling a few key words,

but Morgan makes his audience stay, and this endless watchability is at the core of what makes “The Crown” so great.

The actors bring great life to Morgan’s words. Foy and Smith are particularly noteworthy, playing Elizabeth and Philip as a young couple who recognize their duties to country and each other early on, and work on dedicating themselves to both. The standout actor, however, is Lithgow as Churchill. Older British actors (Michael Gambon, Albert Finney, Timothy Spall) have been playing the “greatest Briton in history” for decades, so it’s fascinating that an American was cast for the part.

Most Churchill portrayals are hardedged and no-nonsense, but Lithgow recognizes that the man himself was a reveler (check out the recent “Drunk History” episode on the Roosevelts for more on this). He makes Churchill’s character a person who appreciates a good joke, but knows when to be serious. There’s a subplot, for example,

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where Churchill, returning to his office as Prime Minister, meets a new secretary and takes pleasure in joking with her as the series goes on. This subplot in and of itself was one of my favorite parts of the show; it takes an idea that was most likely fictional, and uses it to display a part of a real person we may not have seen.

“The Crown” is an addictive mix of romance, politics, and tradition, and a solid watch for anyone who is the least bit interested in the important lineage taking place across the pond.

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Gaga reinvented Six ‘grate’ tips for selecting, serving, and pairing cheese KRISTEN ADAMS ’17 Assistant Business This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to work in the Olde World Cheese shop at Wegmans. I had a really “gouda” time, especially when coming up with my fair share of incredibly cheesy cheese puns. If you’re not totally familiar with cheese, how it’s made, or how to choose one that’s really good, then you’re in the right place! Below are all my tips and hints to make anyone a cheese connoisseur: 1. The more, the “cheddar” There are hundreds of different kinds of cheeses, and many cheese shops regularly bring in new ones to try. I always encourage trying new foods, especially new cheeses, because you never know what you will end up liking!

2. Don’t “brie” afraid of different dairy Cheese can be made from pretty much any kind of animal’s milk. Cow, goat, and sheep milk cheeses are the most common and usually the most popular, but there are also cheeses made from water buffalo milk, like mozzarella di bufala. (It’s delicious. I highly recommend it). Remember that different types of ani-

mal milk have different tastes, so a cheese made from goat’s milk tastes much different from that of a cow’s.

3. It only gets “feta” with time The amount of time that a cheese has been aged usually determines the intensity of the flavor. For example, a cheddar that has been aged for 12 months will be much milder compared to one that has been aged for 26. Use the aging period as a guide for your cheese’s intensity. Also, remember that different cheeses have different aging periods. For instance, cheddar cheese can be aged much longer than Parmigiano Reggiano (non-processed parmesan) cheese.

4. Find a cheese you like and “edam” all It’s always great to find a cheese (or any food) that you really enjoy. When you find one, try some different types within that family. If you like gouda, one of my favorite cheeses, try a three-month aged gouda, then a 26-month aged gouda, a five-year, and even a smoked gouda. The options are endless, and exploring a whole family of cheeses will help you to expand your palate.

5. Mixing textures is the “whey” to go A variety of tastes and textures is always good when creating a cheese spread.

I recommend setting up your cheese spread with a mix different soft and hard cheeses. One suggestion would be to prepare a European spread: Milky brie cheese (soft, from France), vintage cheddar (hard, from Ireland), a blue cheese, like Stilton (soft, from England), and a gruyere (hard, from Switzerland).

6. Keep your pairings “dairy” simple Pairing cheeses with other cheese, a nice wine, or craft beer, can seem intimidating. Don’t be fooled; it’s a lot simpler than it seems. The best rule of thumb when pairing cheese is to serve and eat it with products from the same region.

Choosing one area or region will allow the flavors to enhance the cheese, instead of overpowering it. For example, if you want to do an Italian-themed spread, I recommend pairing a few Italian cheeses (like Taleggio, Mozzarella di Bufala, and Piave) with a quality wine from the Tuscan region, such as Chianti.

Registration frustration How to conquer course selection CIARRA BIANCULLI ’17 Assistant Lifestyle Editor Course registration: Two words that automatically send college students into a complete frenzy. These two words are that much worse for students on Hawk Hill, because as a Jesuit university, we are expected to meet many more GEP requirements. These requirements often leave students spending hours on The Nest, searching for the perfect electives and courses that fit into their major require-

ments. Here are some ways that you can prepare to make this stressful, but necessary, process less daunting.

Meet with your advisor: Advisors are like Dumbledore: They have all the wisdom. Scheduling a meeting with yours can help you map out which classes you need to take each semester. Meeting with your advisor before registration time can ease any stress you may have, and they can answer any questions hanging over your head. They also have your PIN, and you can’t pick anything without that.

Have options: Once you know which classes you want to take, highlight different options that fulfill each requirement. Having many options will help you feel better about the worst-case scenario: Not getting your ideal schedule.

Ask around: When you have compiled your list of options, reach out to your friends to see if anyone has been in that class or had that professor before. There is no better way to know about what a class could be like than to ask people who have experienced it first-hand. Get-

ting this extra information will allow you to knock out options, or to be confident about the ones that you definitely want to register for.

Know it like the back of your hand: Have your PIN and course registration numbers handy, maybe on a post-it note stuck onto your laptop. Become familiar with all of the course’s numbers so that it is easier for you to plug them in once your pick time goes live.

Practice patience: Patience is a virtue, and everyone’s patience is definitely tested during this time of the semester. However, it’s important to remain calm and not get flustered over picking courses. Most of the time, everything will work out the way that it is supposed to. If you do not get into the course you want on the first try, there are different ways that you can go about getting into it. Putting yourself on the Wait List or emailing the professor are two good places to start.

Although the process leading up to picking classes is grueling, remember that all of the time and energy you put into it is worth it. Have faith, stay positive, and everything will fall into place.

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Stripped-down album ‘Joanne’ showcases Lady Gaga like you’ve never seen her before

KAITLYN PATTERSON ’20 Special to The Hawk

Lady Gaga is shying away from the meat-dress-wearing phase of her career and developing a more mature image and sound. Since the release of “ARTPOP” in 2013, Gaga’s music has significantly shifted away from the sexualized, crazy, dance-pop music, to a softer, more acoustic collection of songs. With her most recent release, “Joanne,” Lady Gaga has proven to audiences just how raw and soulful her music can be.

The album’s opening track, “Diamond Heart” begins with Lady Gaga’s isolated voice over a soft piano track; the total opposite of the synth-filled hits that made up her previous works. The emotional title track, “Joanne,” is inspired by Gaga’s aunt who died from Lupus at a young age. The song is soft, simple, and full of sentiment and soul. While other songs, such as “Perfect Illusion,” the first single to be released from the album, and “Dancing in Circles” stay true to Gaga’s pop sound, both offer a unique twist to her well-known style.

“Joanne” has a country-rock feel, which is a totally different from anything Gaga has ever released. The album contains some ballads, which is something we’ve previously never seen from Gaga.

While the album doesn’t have as many dance-pop jams, “Joanne” combines traditional elements of different genres with pop in order to achieve Lady Gaga’s unique sound.

Although “Joanne” may depart from what fans are used to, it is most definitely still Lady Gaga. Gaga is scheduled to perform at the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show, so it will be interesting to see the new ballads—or the old pop hits—she will perform for the whole nation.

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When was the last time you did something for the first time?

“Been there, tried that” invites Hawks to share their moments of adventure and discovery in trying something new.

The art of balance

Doing yoga in The Philadelphia Art Museum’s Great Stair Hall ALEX KARPINSKI ’20 Special to The Hawk One train, an Uber, and $12.36 later, I was standing at the back of The Philadelphia Museum of Art, trying to find my way to the infamous Rocky steps that lead to the museum’s entrance.

I wasn’t here to run the steps.

I wasn’t even here to look at art.

I, a lover of art but a skeptic of yoga— not that I had ever tried it—was there for Yoga at the Art Museum.

Yoga at the Art Museum is offered every Wednesday at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Both sessions are one hour long and currently take place in the Great Stair Hall Balcony.

During warm weather, sessions are also offered in the Sculpture Garden.

Admission to the museum on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. is advertised as “Pay What You Wish,” which to me means free. What I didn’t realize was that there was an invisible asterisk next to “Pay What You Wish” that said that if you don’t pay anything, they’ll make you feel like you just stepped on a puppy.

So after I reluctantly handed over $5, the woman smiled, knowing she had broken my miserly spirit, and handed me my ticket for Yoga at the Art Museum.

I had the opportunity to look at a small selection of the art in the museum before my class began. As someone who is interested in art history, this was one of the clear benefits of doing yoga in an art museum.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art houses one of the greatest collections of works by Marcel Duchamp.

And fittingly, the confusion and difficulty in attempting to analyze Duchamp’s work was about to manifest itself in my yoga experience.

At 7 p.m., I walked up a marble staircase and strategically placed my yoga mat— borrowed from the O’Pake Recreation Center, which loans them out for free—on the outskirts of the 30 or 40 people in attendance.

This moment was when I got my first glimpse of the instructor. Amanda Medina is in her early 20s and looked incredibly fit. She was an instructor at Dhyana Yoga, which has three locations in the greater Philadelphia area. Medina taught the entire hour-long session at the Art Museum and had the pleasure of watching me butcher every yoga position in a variety of ways.

After the first 15 seconds, I knew it was

going to be a difficult hour. Medina said yoga was demanding, but I took that statement much more lightly than I should have.

I’m not the most flexible person, but there has never been a time when my lack of flexibility was more exposed than my time on that yoga mat.

My arms trembled after we had to hold downward dog for two minutes for what felt like the 30th time. It felt weird being in a room with a bunch of men and women (mostly women), many of whom were twice my age, and knowing I was struggling more than all of them. After an hour, I finally collapsed on my mat.

Medina said yoga often has a reputation for being froufrou and easy because people only think of the easiest levels of yoga. In actuality, Medina said yoga has tiers of difficulty, and the higher you go, the more difficult it becomes.

Yoga in the Art Museum is medium difficulty. This news was kind of depressing to me because I knew if the class had gone a couple minutes longer, I wouldn’t have lasted.

Yoga is promoted as relaxing, but only after you’ve done it for a certain period of

time, Medina said. The physical demands of yoga are too overwhelming at first to really appreciate the mental aspect, and I agree with her.

After the session had ended, there was only one way to describe my condition, and Eminem said it best in his 2002 song “Lose Yourself ”:“His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti. He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready.” Minus the vomit, that lyric accurately describes my first yoga experience.

I sat on the Rocky steps, feeling incredibly stiff, to collect my thoughts before I had to make the trip back to campus.

Pablo Picasso said that, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Every Wednesday different personalities, backgrounds, experiences, and ages converge in one building, all seeking one thing: An escape. Yoga in the Art Museum is that escape from the everyday stresses that plague all of our lives.

For one hour I was able to forget about papers, tests, and all the other bothersome aspects of my life. Thanks, yoga.

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Better by the game Field hockey has record-breaking season NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor

The Saint Joseph’s field hockey team made it to the conference championship before losing a game to an opponent this season.

After an undefeated year in the Atlantic 10, the Hawks defeated the Saint Francis University Red Flash before falling to the University of Massachusetts Minutewomen in the A-10 championship game on Saturday, Nov. 5.

The game was scoreless until late in the first half when the Minutewomen’s Izzie Delario scored to give her squad a 1-0 lead heading into halftime. The Hawks eventually answered in the second half when sophomore Anna Willocks scored off a penalty corner to tie the game. Unfortunately for St. Joe’s, Nicole Miller of Massachusetts scored the final goal of the game, helping her team to a 2-1 victory.

Losses are always tough, but they’re even tougher when they come in the season’s final game. However, after the phenomenal season the Hawks were able to put together, St. Joe’s Head Coach Lynn Farquhar feels there’s

no reason for any of the players to be hanging their heads.

“I think it was a fantastic season for us,” Farquhar said. “We did a lot of firsts this year, so I’m really proud of them.”

The Hawks finished their first undefeated season in conference in over 20 years and ended the regular season ranked 20th in the nation according to the NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll. Their RPI, however, ranked them 19th in the nation.

“Really, I told them that I’m proud of them,” Farquhar said. “Again, our goal was just to go in and play with our heart and leave everything on the field and have no regrets. I think we did that. At the end of the day, it wasn’t the result we wanted, but we had the choice to control what we could control and we did that.”

Willocks, freshman Pepa Serrano, and freshman Victoria Kammerinke were all named to the All-Championship team following Saturday’s game, but they’ve been making significant contributions for the Hawks all season long.

“From the very start to the very end, they were great individual players, but even more importantly, great teammates,” Farquhar said. “I think when we talk about setting a standard for the years to come, they all did that. Victoria saved a stroke in a final championship game—that was huge and that’s not an easy thing to do. Anna with her ability to finish in the attack generated so much for the team. And then Pepa coming in as a freshman along with Victoria making such a big impact in her first year. They deserve those awards, and, again, I give them so much credit for being great teammates.”

The standard has certainly been set very high for future teams, but this team is young. With only five seniors, next year’s roster should look very similar; or at least the names on the roster should. With more experience under their belts, the returning players shoulld come back next year even stronger.

Among the players expected to return is Willocks, who led the A-10 in goals and points and was tied for the lead in assists

with teammate, and expected returner, Serrano.

The Hawks were not selected to participate in this year’s NCAA tournament, but that’s a destination they’ll strive to reach within the coming seasons.

“We will get there,” Farquhar said. “It’s not our time yet. We have to win the A-10 and increase our strength of schedule a little bit...I think it’s part of the process and we will get there.”

All season, Farquhar preached and emphasized that their goal was to get better every game. She mentioned that, sometimes, you’ll take a step back before leaping forward, but the team wase always aiming to get better. They did just that.

Every game, the Hawks improved, and every game, they performed. They competed, they entertained, and they won. Although they didn’t come away with the trophy at the end of the season, the Hawks showed not just their fans, but the NCAA as a whole, what they’re capable of.

Photos courtesy of Keith Lucas/Atlantic 10

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Fresh start

Men’s cross country places fifth at A-10 Championship, Clark Most Outstanding Rookie CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University men’s cross country team competed in the Atlantic 10 Championship in Richmond, Va. on Oct. 29, placing fifth out of 14 teams. The Hawks finished with 130 points and an average time of 25:32; the University of Day-

Clark in the Atlantic 10 Championship race (Photo courtesy of Tom Connelly).

ton placed first with 57 points and an average time of 25:05.

Redshirt junior captain Dan Savage led the Hawks with a 17th place finish, completing the five-mile race in 25:21.7. Savage placed 22nd in last season’s Atlantic 10 Championship, and 84th in 2013.

Freshman Josh Clark placed 23rd overall to clock in as St. Joe’s number two runner.

Clark’s time of 25:29.8 was the best time by any rookie, and he was the only freshman to place in the top 25. The finish earned Clark the A-10 Most Outstanding Rookie Award.

“It felt good,” Clark said of winning the award. “It definitely let me know I came to the right school and I got the right coach, and that I’m just going to keep progressing as the years go by.”

Clark’s praise of Head Coach Mike Glavin comes at an opportune time: On Oct. 27, Glavin was inducted into the Camden County Sports Hall of Fame for the 10 years he spent as the Head Coach at Paul VI High School in Haddonfield, N.J. Clark changed his racing habits for the A-10 Championship, partially based on advice from Glavin.

“Coach Glavin wanted me to go out a little harder at the race because I usually go out a little more conservative,” Clark said.

“Throughout the race, I just tried to keep moving forward, not just keep running, but actually be racing with the people around me and get as close as possible to the front.”

Senior Jimmy Daniels came in right be-

Freshman Josh Clark receives the Most Outstanding Rookie Award from Atlantic 10 commissioner Bernadette McGlade (Photo courtesy of Atlantic 10).

hind Clark with a time of 25:31.9, placing 24th. Junior David Dorsey followed with a time of 25:35.8 for 29th place, and senior John Mascioli rounded out the scoring for the Hawks with a 37th-place finish in 25:43.5.

Sophomore Justin Branco and junior Collin Crilly finished as St. Joe’s number six and seven runners, with times of 25:48.5 and 25:51.4, respectively.

“I was hoping that we’d do a little better [overall], but there’s always next year,” Clark said. “I feel like going into next year, we’ll definitely be ready. We had a lot of guys this year that I was kind of like their first year doing A-10s, but I feel like that experience is just going to help us want to get the title more next year.”

According to Clark, he never felt pres-

sure from the team to be the top performer, but the atmosphere of the team made him want to succeed.

“Ever since I met the team, I’ve felt really close with them,” Clark said. “It’s made it easy for me to want to compete, and it’s brought out the best in me as an athlete.”

The Hawks will compete in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship on Nov. 11, which will be held at State College, Pa. “I think [the goal] is just to compete,” Clark said. “Obviously, we’re not the top team, but the better we can do in that race, I feel like it will just set us up for next year, and try to make it up to nationals and just be better as a group and represent St. Joe’s on a high level.”

All-Conference, all right

Women’s cross country places seventh at A-10 Championship CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University women’s cross country team placed seventh in the Atlantic 10 Championship held on Oct. 29 in Richmond, Va. The Hawks were led by sophomore Lindsey Oremus and junior Cassidy Weimer, both of whom earned All-Conference honors for their performances.

“Overall, I think we actually ran really, really well,” Head Coach Melody O’Reilly said. “I’m very happy with how we performed individually and as a team… This year, we ran considerably faster overall and we’re missing a little bit in the middle of the team.”

Throughout the season, one of Oremus’ goals had been to break 18:00 in the 5k.

Oremus came in 11th overall at the Championship race, finishing with a time of 17:42.7.

“It feels awesome,” Oremus said of reaching her goal. “Going into it and running 18:03 last year, I knew I was in better shape and I thought I was in a better spot, and the team as a whole, was in a better spot to do that. It was a personal goal to try to break that and make the All-Conference team. It was amazing when I crossed the finish line.”

According to O’Reilly, there also may have been another factor pushing Oremus to reach her goal of a sub-18 5k.

“We actually had a recruit come in on campus who had run that course and had run sub-18. And Lindsey, I made sure she knew that recruit ran that, just to kind of light a little fire,” O’Reilly said with a laugh.

Weimer also finished the race in under 18 minutes, the first time she had done so

in her collegiate career. Weimer finished in 17:47.6, good for 12th place overall.

Weimer finished last year’s A-10 Championship with a time of 18:46.3; her time this year was an improvement of almost a minute, which O’Reilly was impressed by, though she did expect Weimer to perform well. “[Weimer] had a 59-second PR, which was huge,” O’Reilly said. “So, she surprised me a little bit in being that far under [18:00].

But, at the same time, watching her workouts, I knew she was ready to do that. She’s been really, really consistent and strong in the workouts, so I knew it was coming.”

The A-10 honors the top 15 performers with All-Conference recognition. Oremus and Weimer’s finishes marked the first time since 2000 that St. Joe’s had a pair of All-Conference performances, according to SJU Athletics.

“I’m super excited about that,” O’Reilly said. “I think it’s fantastic that we’re to that place, one year later, we’re already starting to do things like that, and I anticipate that we will continue to do that and add more to that top 15 next year.”

Senior Sarah Regnault came in 20th overall with a time of 18:00.1, which was the exact same time as her performance in last year’s A-10 Championship. Regnault beat Davidson College’s Sarah Sears by 0.2 seconds for the top-20 finish.

Freshman Meridith Twomey and junior Caroline Keegan came in 66th and 80th, respectively, to round out the scoring for the Hawks.

The time spread between the Hawks’ number one and number five runners was about 1:33, something which both O’Reilly and Oremus hope will improve in the future.

“I know that Coach Mel really wants our spread to get better between our one through five,” Oremus said. “The [first-place University of] Richmond team, it was like 4.5 seconds. So that’s definitely something we have to fix, and I think it does start up front.”

Seven of the 10 Hawks racing in the Championship set or matched their 5k PRs: Oremus, Weimer, Regnault, Twomey, Keegan, freshman Emily Schaeffer, and sophomore Elaine Estes.

“To have seven personal bests, or one person tie out of the 10 runners that were there, I can’t ask for any more than that,” O’Reilly said.

The Hawks will return to action on Nov. 11 in State College, Pa. when they race in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship. Though the Hawks aren’t ranked in the top 15 teams in the region, O’Reilly and Oremus believe the team will exceed expectations.

In fact, the Hawks weren’t ranked in the top 15 in the region last season, but placed 11th in the regional meet.

“I know that we’re faster, we’re stronger, and we’re more confident than last year, so I think we’ll surprise again this year,” O’Reilly said.

Sophomore Lindsay Oremus in the Atlantic 10 Championship race (Photo courtesy of Tom Connelly).

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One for the record books

Women’s soccer has record-breaking season ALEX HARGRAVE ’20 Hawk Staff The Saint Joeseph’s University women’s soccer team competed and took second place in the Atlantic 10 Championship Tournament this past weekend. The Hawks won their first two games to make it to the championship match, where they suffered a loss, their second one all season long.

Having the No. 1 seed, St. Joe’s came into the tournament on Thursday night feeling confident in their chances. After a long game, the Hawks won their first game 1-0 in double overtime against the home team, the University of Rhode Island Rams.

“The first night [Thursday], we were nervous,” Head Coach Jess Mannella said.

“Even though we were the first seed, Rhode Island had a home game, so they had all of their fans cheering for them and we didn’t come out particularly strong.”

Sophomore goalkeeper Grace Bendon posted a shutout in a match that went back and forth much of the time.

The stalemate was broken just one and a half minutes into the second overtime when sophomore Paige Bergman took a corner kick and sophomore Taylor Ryan’s header deflected off a Rhode Island defender to find the back of the net and get the win.

Both teams had their chances throughout the game, but the Hawks had a 20-13 advantage in shots.

Friday night was a vast improvement for the Hawks as they cruised into the finals by taking down the George Mason Univer-

sity Patriots with a score of 5-2. “[Our best game] was definitely Friday night against George Mason,” Mannella said. “We came out more relaxed and played our game.”

The Hawk’s first goal came 15 minutes into the game when senior Shannon Mulvey scored on a rebound from freshman Gabrielle Vagnozzi.

In the 22nd minute, Vagnozzi scored a goal of her own off assists from junior Lauren Dimes and sophomore Michaela Finneyfrock.

In the second half, sophomore Dakota Mills went on to score two goals, both on assists from Mulvey, and Dimes scored one as well on an assist from Vagnozzi.

George Mason managed to score two goals in the second half, but it was not enough to take down the Hawks.

St. Joe’s made it to the finals of the A-10 championship for the first time in school history, one of the many milestones the team has had this season. Unfortunately, the Hawks suffered a loss in the final to the University of Dayton Flyers, 7-0.

Despite the outcome, three Hawks were named to the A-10 All-Championship team: Mills, Vagnozzi, and Bendon.

“We keep telling our girls to enjoy it, but no matter what happens, we still went 182-2 and have a lot to be proud of,” Mannella said.

The Hawks went undefeated in their

Sophomore Dakota Mills in the Hawks’ game against the University of Rhode Island (Photo courtesy of the Atlantic 10).

Sophomore Grace Bendon makes a save against the University of Rhode Island (Photo courtesy of the Atlantic 10).

regular season conference play, going 9-0-1.

Having accomplished so much this season, it is hard to say which memory means the most.

“It’s a toss up between making it to the A-10 final, because it’s the first time we’ve ever been there, and also being undefeated regular season champions; it’s something I know we’re all really proud of,” Mannella said.

Members of the St. Joe’s women’s soccer team had their fair share of individual records in addition to those broken by the

team.

Mills claimed both the record for the most goals, set in 2014 by her teammate, senior Emily Gingrich, and the most points in a single-season, set in 2006.

In Friday’s game against George Mason, Vagnozzi surpassed Gingrich’s 2014 record for assists with 11.

“We’re really proud of our girls for everything they’ve done this season,” Mannella said. “Hopefully, we can keep building on [it] for our future.”

Freshman Gabrielle Vagnozzi drives toward the goal in the Hawks’ game against the University of Rhode Island (Photo courtesy of the Atlantic 10).

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Mackenzie Rule Team captain: ‘You do it because your heart wants you to do it’ NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor

“I thought it was going to be tough, but actually everyone was really, really nice. I felt like I was nothing less than anyone else. They always made me feel like a part of the team.”

Mackenzie Rule has gone from walk-on to team captain during her time at St. Joe’s. In high school, Rule was told by women’s basketball Head Coach Cindy Griffin that she should considering walking on to the team.

“She [Griffin] told me in my senior year in high school that if I wanted to, I could walk on,” Rule said. “I think towards the end I was like, ‘You know what? I kind of what to do it. I like the place. I like the team.’”

Linus McGinty coached Rule in high school at Cardinal O’Hara, where she was a four-year starter.

“What I remember most is her senior year,” MGinty said. “She played unbelievably well…and she led us to the Catholic League championship and to the semifinals in the state where she played tremendously. I also remember when she was a freshman, she started. We were playing in states, [against] Downingtown East I believe. They had a big lead, so we made a comeback and they wound up fouling [Rule] at the end of the game. She’s from West Chester, so the crowd was screaming and yelling [at her]. She drains like eight free throws and we wind up winning the game.”

Playing basketball in college is every high school player’s dream. Although Rule has no regrets, she does admit that playing on the team made adjusting to college much harder to do.

“The hardest thing is, you know, you come in as a freshman [and] school, basketball, it’s a lot of workload,” Rule said. “I’m really big into school, so I was focusing so much on school and then basketball was taking up most of the time in my day. It’s just tough to balance out time. It’s actually gotten so much better over the years and I’ve ended up to really like it, so I’m glad that I stuck with it.”

Despite being told that she would likely be admitted to the team as a walk-on, Rule was still ecstatic when she received the news that she had officially made it.

“I was pumped,” Rule said. “I think I called my mom first. [Coach Griffin and I] kind of talked to her together. We had the conversation with my mom and [Griffin] said I could walk on. So me and my mom were talking

about it and I told my whole family.”

Now, a few years later, Rule has worked hard both on and off the court to earn the title of team captain. In her freshman year, Rule played just four games and 2.5 minutes per game. In her sophomore and junior seasons, Rule played in 38 combined games. Her outstanding work ethic has earned her more playing time on the court and recognition among the coaches.

“I think being the walk-on and sticking through it and making sure that, even though I didn’t do summer classes, that I would come back in shape and ready to go,” Rule said had been a goal of hers throughout her career.

“Maybe just prove to [the coaches] that I could be something like a captain of some sort.”

Rule acknowledged that the title of captain doesn’t provide any excuses for that work ethic to diminish.

“I just think it’s a thankless job. I would show up every day. [The scholarship players] are getting basically paid to, and I would show up just for the love of it,” she said. “I think being a captain, you just do everything because you want to do it. You want success for the team. You don’t do it because you’re the captain. You do it because your heart wants to do it.”

It was past team captains that helped Rule along in her journey from walk-on to team leader.

“I would say my freshman year, Erin Shields, she was a captain as a senior and probably one of the best players to ever play at St. Joe’s, and she was like technically my big sister on the team,” Rule said. “She would take me out to lunch a couple times and just made sure everything was good. She always checked in on me. I think my sophomore year was Natasha Cloud. She just kind of always had me under her wing. She would take me places if needed a ride. She just always was there to help me and make me feel a part of the team.”

Now it’s Rule’s turn to repay the favor to new freshmen, and she’s well aware and excited. “Yes, absolutely! Always helping out the little freshmen,” she said.

McGinty looks forward to seeing Rule succeed in this new role.

“Tremendous kid,” he said. “Great character. She’ll be a great captain at St. Joe’s.”

Photo by Joey Toczylowski, ’19

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Charlie Brown Shooting for the stars NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor Originally from Wynnefield, Pa., current Saint Joseph’s University freshman Charlie Brown played four years of high school basketball at George Washington High School. After his four years, Brown decided he wasn’t quite ready for college in both basketball and academic fronts.

“I just wanted to get better school-wise and mentally and physically, because I knew coming straight out of high school I wasn’t going to be ready,” Brown said.

A prep year between the typical four years of high school and college isn’t something that happens too often, but NBA AllStar Andre Drummond is one success story from this path. In fact, he attended the same prep school—St. Thomas More School in Oakdale, Conn.—as Brown. Nonetheless, Brown had no idea it was even an option.

“My dad just kept putting it in my head,” Brown said. “One day I was just like, ‘All right, it’s only going to benefit me.’ So I was like, ‘All right, I’ll take the chance. I’ll take the opportunity.’”

Brown said there aren’t many opportunities for a prep year in the Philadelphia area, which is why he went to Connecticut.

According to Brown, Connecticut has many prep opportunites, which he highly recommended.

By the time he got to St. Thomas More,

Saint Joseph’s started showing interest in Brown. During his junior year, Brown committed to Saint Joseph’s. “[Brown] was a young senior chronologically, physically, and athletically,” Brown’s prep year coach Jerre Quinn said.

“He has a great work ethic. He’s long, he’s athletic, and he’s not afraid of competition.

He loves to compete. He has a lot of potential.”

Quinn also called Brown’s prep year an “exponentially great idea.”

According to Quinn, Brown needed to work on his defense during his prep year, something that Quinn feels is of crucial importance to excel in college basketball.

Brown’s shooting ability is something that was also refined during his prep year.

Quinn claims it was one of the things that Brown really worked on while at St. Thomas More. The coaches tweaked his shot a bit by bringing it, as well as his follow-through, higher. As a result, he shoots the ball better and gets shots off quicker.

“Charlie Brown, he can really, really, really, really score,” St. Joe’s Head Coach Phil Martelli said. “He can really shoot the ball.

He can score, and that’s a major concern because we just haven’t scored the ball easily over these four and a half or five weeks that we’ve been together...He’ll play a lot.”

Photo by Joey Toczlowski, ’19

Even Brown admits that it’s something he wouldn’t have had if he didn’t attend St. Thomas More.

“I think I shoot the ball really well,” Brown said. “And I think we have had a lot of shooters and I think I can score the ball.”

In addition to scoring, there’s a long list of improvements Brown made during his time at St. Thomas More.

“I think my strength got better. I think in the classroom I got smarter. I know a lot of different things, and I just became a better person,” Brown said.

Quinn mentioned that when he met Brown, he needed confidence. According to Brown, he found plenty at St. Thomas More.

“I think that I wasn’t experienced in high school, games-wise,” Brown said. “Going to prep school, I got like 40-something games under my belt, so that helped build my experience and confidence.”

Still, though, Brown is continuing to find more confidence with the help of some of his teammates. According to Brown, sophomore captain Lamarr Kimble and junior James Demery have taken him under their wing.

“They’ve really been talking to me, trying to build my confidence up,” Brown said. “Just talking to me about everything – school, basketball, anything in general.”

His ultimate goal is that of any basketball player: the NBA. But Brown isn’t any basketball player, and for him, this could be a reasonable goal. “[My] number two [school] was Wisconsin,” Brown said. “I had a lot of big schools, but big names don’t really bother me or nothing like that. Everybody thinks that because you’re going to a big school, you’re going to the NBA, basically, or going to a higher level. I just wanted to prove a point.”

Quinn says that Brown will fit right into Martelli’s style of play.

“I’d be surprised if he didn’t have a great four years at St. Joe’s,” Quinn said. “He’s going to have a great career at St. Joe’s.”

Although Brown was a shooting guard at George Washington, he will most likely play small forward for the Hawks, the same position he played at St. Thomas More. Since his time at George Washington, Brown’s grown a couple of inches and claims that he’s still growing.

“Basketball–it comes from the heart,” Brown said. “It doesn’t matter what age, or what type of group. It just comes from the heart.”

Photo by Luke Malanga, ’20

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Meet the men’s captains

Javon Baumann, Lamarr Kimble, and Brendan Casper CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor How did you feel when you found out you were voted a captain by your teammates?

Lamarr Kimble: I definitely appreciated it a lot. It definitely was a blessing coming from my teammates, one of those player votes, that they trusted me to be a captain at the age that I’m at.

Brendan Casper: It was definitely an honor to represent these guys in that locker room. We created a bond over my last four years here, and I’ve become very close friends with a lot of them. It feels great to know that they respect me enough to vote me as a captain and be a leader of this team.

Javon Baumann: I was happy. It was great that the team would select me to do that. I’m proud of myself. It’s just great to hear that they trust me.

What does being a team captain mean to you?

LK: It means a lot. First, it comes with a lot of responsibilities, but it just means leadership on and off the court—being an example, and not just talking about it, but showing it, too.

BC: It’s an honor. It really is. To be picked as one of the few guys in that locker room to represent St. Joe’s basketball is a

here and we know we can compete with any team in the league. Personally, I just want to help the team any way I can, whether that’s off the bench, whether that’s in practice, in the locker room, being a leader. I’ll do anything we can to start winning. All I want to do is win.

JB: Going to the tournament again [and] winning an A-10 Championship. And just improving as a team—as a whole.

Photo by Luke Malanga, ’20

great honor. After my four years here, we’ve had a lot of success. We’ve won two Atlantic 10 Championships. I’ve seen the captains who’ve come through here. A couple of them are in the NBA now and they’re doing great things, so it’s just an honor to be named a captain.

JB: A lot of responsibility. Being a leader and keeping up and helping teammates.

What are your goals for yourself and the team this season?

LK: The goal is definitely to win every

game possible, so we’re looking at the next game and every game, we’re trying to win that one, and then on to the next one. That’s definitely the goal, minimum losses and try to make it back to another A-10 Championship.

BC: As a team, we want to get better every day and win as many games as we can and compete. A lot of people are counting us out, losing DeAndre’ [Bembry] and Isaiah [Miles] and Aaron [Brown]. Our thing is just get better with who we have and win games and compete. We know what we have

What are you most looking forward to this season?

LK: I’m looking at the experience. We’re a new team. We’re young. There are a lot of new faces new faces in here—a lot of people left. I’m looking at the challenge of proving all the doubters wrong.

BC: Finishing my career on a strong note. This is my last year of basketball of my life. I’ve been playing since I was six years old and I’m 22 now. Once March comes around, it’s over, it’s done. So I’m going to enjoy every practice I have, every game I have, every moment I have, because I never know when my last practice or game is going to be. I’m just going to take it all in, soak in the moments, and it enjoy it all.

JB: Playing with my teammates. It’s my last season, so I’m just really looking forward this year to play basketball with a great team.

Meet the women’s captains Mackenzie Rule and Adashia Franklyn NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball team elected dual captains for this upcoming season—senior Mackenzie Rule and junior Adaisha Franklin. The decision, like in years past, was the coaches’.

“I think we felt that these two players were not only our hardest working players but also the most consistent with their work,” Head Coach Cindy Griffin said. “We also think that they communicate very well.

They’re leaders in their own right. They do well in school and I think they can relate to everybody on the team.”

Rule, who walked on to the team in her freshman year, and Franklin, said they were flattered and grateful by the news.

“It’s honestly an honor, what [the coaches] see in us. Sometimes we don’t even see it ourselves,” Franklin said. “I was so excited. I shouldn’t feel like I’m better than everyone because I’m a captain. It’s not a privilege. You still have to work hard, even after you get that title.”

Rule appreciates the role that she and Franklin will play as captains, particularly because of the value Griffin and the coaches will place in their opinions.

“We meet with her once every two weeks and we just kind of go over things and see what she thinks and she takes our input, which is kind of nice,” she said. “She

likes to hear what we have to say about everything, too.”

Griffin explained that captains have many responsibilities: They are the voice for the players, helping pick teammates up when they’re down and even making the most trivial decisions for the team.

“They’re here to lead, they’re here to understand the pulse of the team that day.

Photo by Christy Selagy, M.A., ’17

Whatever the team needs, if they need a pep talk, if they need more constructive criticism, they have to have a pulse for the team,” Griffin said. “[They have to] set an example.

On a smaller level, but an important level, what is the team wearing today? Are we wearing crimson or are we wearing black?

What are we wearing when we travel, when we do community service? All those de-

cisions that the coaches don’t have to deal with, they own it. That’s their decisions.

They run the team.”

Franklin emphasized the idea that team captains should lead by example and by hard work.

“Never skip a rep in the weight room and always make your sprints, do the hard work because it’s expected of you,” Franklin said.

Rule agreed with Franklin and explained that captains are always on the clock.

“I definitely think you have to watch what you’re doing at all times because everyone’s kind of looking up to you,” Rule said.

“So you have to make sure you’re doing the right thing at all times. That’s kind of a big responsibility.”

As captains, Rule and Franklin will lead their team towards its season goals, which according to Franklin are to “make history, have a winning season, win the Big 5, and win the Atlantic 10.”

Two years ago, Natasha Cloud, ’15, who is now playing for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA, was named team captain for the Hawks. Last season, it was Sarah Fairbanks, ’16, who finished a stellar career by approaching several program statistical records. Rule and Franklin have big shoes to fill in a prestigious role. They’ll attempt to do so under the team motto; a motto that Rule says is, “Never let ‘good enough’ be enough.”