Nov. 16, 2016

The Student Newspaper of Saint Joseph’s University

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

Nov. 16, 2016

Safety on campus How students utilize Public Safety on- and off-campus SAM HENRY ’19 Assistant News Editor

After a reported egging on Nov. 6, the “Syngoga and Eccelsia In Our Time” statue is cleaned on Nov. 11. The vandals have not been identified.

The base of the statue will undergo restoration in the coming weeks to remove any possible damage. (Photo by Luke Malanga, ’20)

Making its mark

Saint Joseph’s implements President’s Council on Inclusion and Diversity CHARLEY REKSTIS ’20 Hawk Staff University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., announced the implementation of the President’s Council on Inclusion and Diversity via email on Oct. 21. The council recently held their first meeting to discuss issues of inclusion on campus.

The council’s chair is Assistant Provost for Inclusion and Diversity Monica Nixon, Ed.D. The council focuses on initiatives and methods in order to strengthen the efforts of inclusion on campus.

“The campus had a series of listening sessions last academic year,” Nixon said. “[The talks were] about inclusion and diversity. One of the needs that emerged from those conversations was some sort of high level group that could advise the president and other university leaders about important issues related to inclusion and diversity.”

The council includes a wide variety of students from differing backgrounds.

“I feel like it is an important topic to talk about,” student representative Rob Focht, ’19, said. “I like being an agent of change which is why I am on the [Student] Senate, but I feel like I can do more. This is a more concentrated area of change.”

Focht emphasized that his main goal is to see constructive change come out of the council rather than just talking about the change.

“One of my biggest pet peeves is someone talking about change but never actually wanting to do it,” Focht said. “I would just like to see us following through on our plans—whatever they may be.”

The council is determining how inclu-

sion is represented on campus presently and how to improve on it in the future.

“It’s both what our vision [is] but also what is our blueprint for accomplishing that vision,” Nixon said. “Understanding that inclusion is never the end goal but that it’s in some ways about the journey. We do have goals along the way so how do we hold one another accountable for those goals?”

The council already had their first meeting and are meeting again soon to discuss how to approach change on campus.

“We did start thinking about where we have strengths and opportunities when it comes to inclusion and where we have barriers,” Nixon said. “We are going to talk about the campus climate study and what that looks like.”

The campus climate is an essential factor for the council’s future motivations to further inclusion on campus.

“The last meeting, we talked about the climate on campus and what our status is and how diverse people feel on campus. So next meeting I think we are going to talk about action plans,” Focht said.

Nixon said the data they are going to use will include how staff, faculty, and students are represented here based on race, ethnicity, nationality, and socioeconomic status.

“One of the needs that has emerged very strongly in the different conversations that have happened is around inclusion,” Nixon said. “The president’s council will be involved with that strategic planning process.”

Focht said he wants to be able to make

that change by being a good student representative and approaching the council with issues and ideas to solve the university’s problems.

“What I want to do is basically be in the places where the adults or faculty are not,” Focht said. “So I get to see a firsthand experience of everything, and then I can use that and report back to the council [to] see what we can come up with based off of that.”

Nixon wants to make sure the community knows that this council is here and that they are trying to make a change for the campus in its entirety.

“I would like to make sure that what we are doing is transparent and it’s not like some secret group that is going to fix all the problems we have with inclusion and that its collective work,” Nixon said. “This group represents a lot of interest and there are many more interests that we have to make sure we are connected with.”

Monica Nixon, Ed.D., Assistant Provost for Inclusion and Diversity (Photo by Joey Toczylowski, ’19)

The Office of Public Safety and Security at Saint Joseph’s University is made up of three shift captains, six shift lieutenants, and 76 officers, who all work to keep students safe both on- and off-campus, as well as in the areas surrounding campus where many students choose to reside.

There is a sense of security for students on-campus that is reflected by the campus’ safety measures.

“I think in general, the campus is well lit. There are emergency call boxes, people are alert to who else is here, and Public Safety walks the campus,” said Mary-Elaine Perry, Title IX and assistant vice president for Student Development.

There are still many precautions that students are encouraged to take in order ensure their safety, particularly as students leave main campus.

“There are things that students can do that are going to reduce their likelihood of being victimized. And there are other behaviors that students will often, and do, engage in that increase the likelihood of being victimized,” said Arthur Grover, director of Public Safety.

Grover listed the following factors which increase a student’s risk of becoming a victim: walking alone late at night, choosing to engage a shortcut through an alleyway, a driveway, or an area that is not well lit, being impaired, and being distracted on their personal device.

These factors not only increase the risk for the student, but also decrease the risk of the perpetrator.

“Last year, we transported 200,000 [students] from destination A to destination B,” Grover said. “All of them, 1,000 percent arrived at their location safe, sound, and unmolested. There is not many things in life that you can point to that are 1, 000 percent—that is one of them. I urge students to think about that and to use those transportation services that are free for them.”

These transportation services are not limited to students who live on campus, but also extend to those students who choose to live in off-campus housing.

St. Joe’s campus, which is slightly over 100 acres, has over 250 blue light emergency phones, according to Grover.

“I honestly don’t think I would use the blue light system because I don’t know when I hit the button what is going to happen,” Richard Foronjy, ’19, said.

The blue light system is something that is discussed on every tour of the university; however, many students are unaware of the response if they were to press the emergency button.

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Department of Public Safety reports (Nov. 4 - Nov. 10) Nov. 4

Nov. 8

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding being approached by three suspicious males (non-St. Joe’s) outside of Villiger Hall. Public Safety Officers responded, but were unable to locate the individuals.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside the Morris Quad Townhouses. Public Safety Officers responded and preliminary investigation revealed that the alarm was activated by a student cooking. Facilities Management was notified.

Nov. 5

Nov. 9

No incidents to report.

Nov. 6 Public Safety was notified in regard to person(s) unknown throwing eggs on the “Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time” Statute, located on the lawn of the Chapel of Saint Jospeh. Community Standards was notified and the incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student regarding being robbed at gunpoint by two male suspects in the 2300 block of N. 63rd Street. Suspects were able to get away with the student’s cell phone and money. Public Safety Officers, along with Philadelphia Police, were notified and responded to the area. Philadelphia Police apprehended the suspects without incident. There were no injuries to the student and the investigation was turned over to the Philadelphia Police.

On campus

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regard to person(s) unknown removing his backpack and laptop computer from an unsecured locker in the O’Pake Recreation Center. Police notified and responded. The incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified in regard to person(s) unknown writing graffiti on a sign posted in the LaFarge Residence Center. Community Standards was notified and the incident is under investigation.

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Nov. 10 Public Safety was notified regarding two St. Joe’s students arguing with each other on Facebook regarding the recent Presidential Election results. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

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Exploring university safety measures CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “I know hitting the blue light would send a warning sign to whoever I am in danger of, but at the same time I feel calling or using my cell phone is going to be a much more productive way and I can be mobile with my cell phone,” Foronjy said.

“I would love to know, if I hit the blue light [when] I feel endangered, is it going to make a noise to get people aware of what’s happening or is there just a Public Safety officer sitting there from their desk in the Office of Public Safety talking to me?”

Grover discussed the importance of the emergency blue light system on campus through the Supplemental Services Program, which allows private institutions to hire officers on an armed basis.

“They create two things in my judgment,” Grover said. “Number one is the perception of safety because they are everywhere and they are immediately available.

If a student needs [a public safety officer], two things happen: A student can activate the button and is immediately speaking with my dispatcher at Public Safety to be able to describe what the problem is, meanwhile we are responding. The second piece of that is we now have an integration capacity which allows cameras in the immediate vicinity to focus in on that area, so we get a chance to keep our eye on the student in real time while they are experiencing whatever they are experiencing.”

Grover also encouraged to students make sure they are signed up for the emergency notification system.

This system alerts students when an incident occurs, relaying information about the incident, what they should do or shouldn’t do, and any further actions that are necessary in order to maintain their safety.

In addition to these Public Safety features, St. Joe’s also hires armed Philadelphia Police Officers on a daily basis.

“Saint Joseph’s has elected to hire armed Philadelphia professionally trained police officers to augment our staff,” Grover said. “There is a program in the Philadelphia Police Department called the Supplemental Services Program where private institutions, like us at St. Joe’s, get to hire, on a contracted basis, Philadelphia Police Officers, in uniform, with a car. And we pay a fixed dollar amount for every hour they are here. They report on duty at Public Safety headquarters, they get one of our radios… We give them a deployment schedule, [and] a patrol map where we get to tell them what to do.”

These officers proved valuable on Nov. 7 at 11:05 pm, when a male St. Joe’s student who was walking alone was robbed at gun-

point.

“The Philadelphia Police Officers, hired by Saint Joseph’s, arrested both of the perpetrators in that incident,” Grover said.

“The officers were there immediately working for us and they arrested the two perpetrators and our student got his belongings back. There is the utility of that resource in real action.”

Perry also encouraged that students utilize all of the services that Public Safety offers.

“They have both a phone number and an online form where people can report things that they see, not urgent... but if a student sees something that is concerning or something that may not be safe or have witnessed a situation... People can report

anything, if lights are out somewhere or graffiti, etc.,” Perry said.

Grover noted that while it is the job of Public Safety to make sure students are safe, students themselves should not be worried about their safety.

“Students come here, they have a mission that they have to accomplish,” Grover said. “Many of them are indebting themselves and paying a lot of money to come here. I see worries about personal safety as a distraction that potentially can keep students from reaching that goal that we are all here for… I don’t want students to be overly worried and overly concerned. I need you to be preoccupied about it.

Public Safety car outside Regis Hall (Photo by Ana Faguy, ’19).

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Final results from Pa. elections

*These percentages do not add up to 100 percent because they only represent the Democratic and Republican candidates.

Graphic by Luke Malanga ’20

‘Making Sense of the Presidential Election’ event causes mixed reactions on campus MAX ROSENFELD ’20 Special to The Hawk When members of the Saint Joseph’s University community arrived at a post-election event in Campion Student Center last Thursday, they were given instructions on how to have a productive dialogue to react to post-election responses.

The instructions suggested that the audience listen respectfully, speak respectfully, avoid attempts to convert one another’s views, and refrain from personal attacks.

The Nov. 10 event, “Making Sense of the Presidential Election,” had been planned two weeks before the results of last week’s election, said Monica Nixon, Ed.D., assistant provost for Inclusion and Diversity.

Nixon said she came up with the idea for the event because she figured there would be a lot to digest—no matter the result.

While the room in Doyle Banquet Hall South in the Campion Student Center was filled to capacity with faculty, staff, and students wanting to process the results of the election, Nixon said she also received multiple emails and calls from people upset about the wording of her invitation to the event, which references “historical legacies of racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, heterosexism,

and classism.”

Many of the respondents thought Nixon’s wording reflected a bias in favor of Hillary Clinton and suggested the message would not have been sent, or would have been worded differently, if Clinton had won.

Nixon said she was taken aback by the critiques she received of the email, which she sent the morning of the event.

“My intention was to write it so that no matter which candidate won I could have sent the same message out,” she said.

Nixon’s email, citing a “divided nation with very different ideas about what progress means,” went on to urge members of the St. Joe’s community to “be kind, to listen for understanding and to avoid explaining away that which makes us uncomfortable.”

For Nixon, the hard part is now cultivating an open-minded environment. With robustly opposing views in contention, the task is not an easy one, she said.

“The whole election season has really widened, or certainly exposed, pretty big rifts in how people approach the world,” said Nixon. “All sides of this, and there aren’t just two sides, there are many sides, I think they

feel as though they are not being heard. And if you aren’t being heard, it probably makes you not want to listen.”

Nixon said members of the university community need to avoid what she calls a “reductionist impulse” in which people are identified by a narrow set of opinions and consolidate their peers into factions.

The more challenging and appropriate way to approach political interactions is with intellect and understanding as opposed to vitriolic bouts of anger, she said.

For many students, it’s not an easy response, but it’s an important one.

Vilma Fermin, ’20, said while she supported Clinton during the election process, she is adamant about fostering a setting that is welcoming of all political beliefs.

“I think it’s important to listen to each other and not just assume that because someone voted for Trump or for Hillary that they are automatically a bad person,” she said.

Fermin said that as a woman and minority, she knows that’s not a simple task.

“It’s disappointing because Trump ran on a bigoted platform,” she said. “But still, it’s important that we rally together because

at the end of the day we are all rooting for the success of our country.”

John Thompson, ’20, a Trump supporter who said he values Democratic points of view, said accepting differences is key.

“Each person has their own opinions and is entitled to them, and as a community we have to accept that,” Thompson said.

On Monday Nov. 14, University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., sent an email to the St. Joe’s community that he said was the result of weekend reflection, “to encourage us to move forward peacefully, respectfully, and compassionately.”

Reed made further remarks to foster community growth.

“We must understand that our own community on Hawk Hill includes those who are celebrating the victory of the candidate they supported, those who are grieving and sense a true loss, and, regrettably, those who feel scared, uncomfortable, and even unsafe,” Reed wrote. “Let us face our challenges honestly, openly address what may be uncomfortable and not miss the chance to grow as a community and emerge even stronger.”

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HAWK HILL HAPPENINGS

Saint Joseph’s University is hosting a 40th anniversary exhibition of the Jesuit Spirit in the Arts in the main gallery of Merion Hall. There are 10 paintings created by Dennis McNally, S.J. in the exhibit. The art will be exhibited until Feb. 10. Artists include the following Jesuit Priests: Arturo Araujo, Sammy Chong, Don Doll, Michael Flecky, Eugene Geinzer, Oscar Magnan, Dennis McNally, Trung Pham, Nicholas Rashford, Brad Reynolds, Michael Tunney, and Josef Venker.

“Pachemama Virgin Goddess of Fé y Alegría, Foie et Joie, faith seeking justice”

“The Trinity Rejoices in the Birth”

“Take and Receive (Prayer of Saint Ignatius)” Photos by Joey Toczylowski, ’19

Jesuit universities investigate ties to slavery ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Managing Editor “We need to do more than have a panel on a Tuesday afternoon,” said Tia Pratt, Ph.D., visiting professor of sociology, during the “Living with the Sins of the Past: Perspectives on Jesuit Slaveholding” panel held by Saint Joseph’s University as their first open, public acknowledgement of the fact that the Jesuits of the Maryland Province—to which Saint Joseph’s belonged—at one time held hundreds of slaves.

In 1838, Thomas Mulledy, S.J., then-president of Georgetown University, facilitated the sale of 272 slaves in order to pay off the debts incurred by the university.

According to the bills of sale, the university profited in $115,000 from the sale of the 272 people to a Louisiana planter named Henry Johnson and his associate, a doctor named Jesse Batey.

As a result of its direct involvement in the slave sale, Georgetown has taken steps toward making reparations for the thousands of descendants of the slaves sold in 1838. And there are thousands—Richard Cellini, founder of the Georgetown Memory Project, the group that is working toward locating the descendants and offering them reparations, used a statistical model created

at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to predict that, from the 272 slaves sold, there are 12,000 to 15,000 living descendants.

As stated in “Continuing the conversation,” published in the Sept. 21, 2016 issue of The Hawk, Georgetown is conferring legacy admissions status to the descendants, has renamed two campus buildings in honor of one of the slaves sold and a black Catholic sister from the Oblate Sisters of Providence who founded a school for children of color in the Georgetown neighborhood, and has made plans to erect a memorial on campus in honor of the 272 slaves who were sold just under two centuries ago.

However, Georgetown and Saint Joseph’s are only two of the several schools in the Maryland Province. Loyola University Maryland, the University of Scranton (Pa.), and Wheeling Jesuit University (W.Va.) are also part of the Maryland Province.

In a statement quoted by the Baltimore Sun in a story titled “Georgetown University to give admissions preference to descendants of slaves sold by the college,” published on Sept. 1, 2016, Nick Alexopulos, a spokesperson from Loyola Maryland, said, “From examinations of our archives we have found nothing that connects slavery or the slave trade to Loyola’s history, and we have no reason to believe slavery or the slave

trade have ties to Loyola.”

Both Scranton and Wheeling Jesuit were founded after the abolition of slavery (1888 and 1954, respectively) and as a result, would not have had connections to the sale; as such, neither university has released a statement on the matter.

The Maryland Province, however, is not the only province of Jesuits in the United States. There are six other provinces that contain 23 of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in America; this list includes the Northeast Province (Boston College, Canisius College, the College of the Holy Cross, Fairfield University, Fordham University, LeMoyne College, and Saint Peter’s University), the Chicago-Detroit and Wisconsin Provinces (Loyola University Chicago, University of Detroit Mercy, Creighton University, John Carroll University, Xavier University, and Marquette University), the Central and Southern Province (Loyola University New Orleans, Regis University, Rockhurst University, Saint Louis University, and Spring Hill College), and the Oregon and California Provinces (Gonzaga University, Loyola Marymount University, Santa Clara University, Seattle University, and the University of San Francisco).

Some of the aforementioned schools, along with some of the Ivy League uni-

versities, have explored their potential connections to the institution of slavery. For example, in 2006, Brown University released a report on the school’s ties to the American slave trade, and in 2014, installed a memorial on their campus. Georgetown has started a working group, officially titled the Georgetown University Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, to “make recommendations on how best to acknowledge and recognize Georgetown’s historical relationship with the institution of slavery, examine and interpret the history of certain sites on our campus… [and] convene events and opportunities for dialogue on these issues,” according to the group’s website.

While Georgetown has been the most progressive in terms of creating reparations, other universities that have found connections are are beginning to acknowledge their history and take steps toward making plans of reparations. Some universities may not have the same resources or records as Georgetown, and as a result, may not be able to make such gestures as preferential admission or be able to track down the descendants of slaves who were owned by their institution or those affiliated with it, but as long as the history is being investigated, there is potential for helpful healing actions in the future.

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Editorial: Election aftermath Unacceptable, hateful incidents committed in Philadelphia 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.

On Nov. 8, America elected a new president: Donald Trump, candidate of the Republican party, businessman, and a Washington, D.C. political outsider. The American people took a chance on Donald Trump, a man preceded by his reputation, who, as a former reality TV star, proved critics wrong by reaching the highest level of office for any individual in our democracy.

The next day, a swastika was spray-painted on an empty storefront on Broad Street in South Philadelphia. Villanova University is currently investigating a Nov. 12 incident in which several white men who were chanting, “Trump, Trump, Trump,” assaulted a black female student and pushed her to the ground. At the University of Pennsylvania, black freshmen students were targeted by a University of Oklahoma student who added them to a group chat called “N***** Lynching,” specifically targeting these students of color with hate speech. On Saturday, Nov. 12, a Drexel University professor found her car vandalized with the phrase “It’s our p***y now, b***h.” In South Philadelphia, a man walking home had homophobic slurs yelled at him and beer bottles thrown at him as he walked through the United States Marine Corps 241st birthday celebration block party.

Villanova is only 6.4 miles away from our campus. Penn is 5.6 miles away. Drexel is 4.6 miles away.

Regardless of our individual reactions to the election, the reality is that since the results were announced, some individuals have taken the opportunity to spread hateful beliefs in the public sphere. These acts are not new to our country, but they have intensified since Trump’s election. The Southern Poverty Law Center reported that 201 incidents of “election-related harassment” have taken place across the country as of Nov. 11. Not only is this happening across the nation, it is happening here, only miles away from our own home at Saint Joseph’s University.

Violence and hate only cause harm; this fact is undisputed. It’s clear that the consequences of violence, like what happened to the Villanova student and the South Philly man, and derogatory speech are not productive, and the fear incited by these acts damages more than just the people who are affected firsthand—it also attacks our peace of mind.

While these actions may well be the work of extremists, they call into question the concept of culpability: How did we, as a country, get here? As 20-somethings, we too often forget that our country’s history reaches back much farther. We don’t have to look back very far to see that our societal attitude concerning

equality, tolerance, and civil liberties has shifted immensely just within the past 50 years.

In regards to St. Joe’s itself, acts of hate have occurred much more recently than many of us on campus may be aware of. Eight years ago, on Nov. 5, 2008, The Hawk reported an incident in which someone drew a depiction of a black man being lynched, presumably meant to represent then-presidential candidate Barack Obama. The coverage included multiple letters to the editor, outraged that the school was not taking racism and inclusion seriously on campus. The university’s immediate lack of action led many students to feel unsafe. These messages of hate and the fear they cause have not gone away; now, they just manifest themselves differently.

Our University President, Mark C. Reed, Ed. D., acknowledged recent hateful acts on other campuses in his Nov. 14 email to the student body. He called for St. Joe’s to “...understand that our own community on Hawk Hill includes those who are celebrating the victory of the candidate they supported, those who are grieving and sense a true loss, and, regrettably, those who feel scared, uncomfortable, and even unsafe.”

But how can we, as young Americans, put a stop to this hate that transcends political affiliation and separates us from each other? How can we ensure that incidents like those at the University of Pennsylvania, Villanova, and Drexel do not happen at St. Joe’s? There aren’t clear answers to these questions, but we think that the best way to move forward is to adopt the Jesuit ideal of reflection and look inward.

Our everyday words and actions carry a lot of weight, especially in light of these hateful incidents so close to our campus, but we’re all guilty of failing to realize this fact. Maybe you didn’t personally use a derogatory term to describe the gay couple you walked past on the way to class today, but did you speak up when someone else did? Maybe you’ve never posted anything political on your social media profiles, but did you “like” the viral, racist joke you saw in your news feed? Maybe you would never consider yourself sexist, but did you get a laugh out of the tweets mocking Melania Trump for her former modeling career?

It is by no means easy to change habitual behaviors like these, or to be the one to stand up to a friend when they make a comment that you know isn’t right. But by allowing small instances of hate like these to slip through the cracks, you, too, risk becoming complicit in the perpetuation of toxic rhetoric and ignorance in America. If you’re adding to the conversation—even by favoriting an inappropriate tweet—you have a hand in legitimizing hate,

no matter who you are or what political beliefs you stand for. We have a moral obligation to agree that the hateful and often violent acts occurring on our fellow college campuses, in our city, and across our country must end, and this is how we can attempt to make a dent. This responsibility falls on all of us.

It’s much easier to condemn the few instead of facing the many, but the reality is that we can have a hand in stopping hate. We can become aware of how hate starts and we can make changes in our own lives to prevent it.

Look around.

Now is not the time to be complacent, not when post-election backlash is happening only six miles away from our campus, and especially not when our university calls us to live up to a greater calling.

What does living greater truly mean?

It means reporting incidents of bias to the Office of Inclusion and Diversity if you see them on campus. It means interrupting your friend who has made an inappropriate joke about the LGBTQ+ community. It means being willing to put yourself in another’s shoes and understanding why this presidential election makes them afraid. And yet, it even goes beyond a culmination of these actions. We can find the essence of “living greater” in refusing to be bystanders. In the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Our Jesuit education and values call us to stand up to injustice, whether or not we are directly affected by it.

Only when we acknowledge or become aware that hateful incidents like these are happening can we address them. To do so, we need to understand and accept the reality of the potentially harmful messages we encounter on a daily basis and work to prevent them. We can see how our neighbors, no matter their political affiliation, are feeling and show enough decency to listen.

These small steps won’t end the hate overnight, but they will begin to create and maintain a culture on this campus where such acts are not tolerated. As persons who are with and for others, we strongly condemn the violence and hate that has occurred in Philadelphia as the result of the election, and as active members of this community, such hate so close to our campus is not something we can ignore.

And we will not ignore it.

Take a meaningful stand for what is Jesuit, and furthermore, for what is just.

- Hawk Staff

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Nov. 16 , 2016

Going down with the ship Experiencing Clinton’s loss firsthand MARIA SPIRK ’17 Opinions Editor On Tuesday, Nov. 8, I woke up at 6:45 a.m., registered for classes, voted, then got into a car to drive to New York City. I arrived at the Javits Center four hours before the event was scheduled to start, and waited there for the next 10 hours to hear the results of the presidential election.

I was with thousands of my fellow hardcore Hillary Clinton believers as we lost the presidential election.

Like many others, I did not anticipate the loss. For all of the reasons we hear now—social desirability, inaccurate polling, FBI Director James Comey’s “October surprise,” sexism, turnout rates, and dozens more—the presidential election had a surprising outcome for many.

As the results grew more and more grim, many friends texted me condolences, saying it was a shame I wasted my time traveling to NYC on a whim.

The thing is, I do not regret it at all. I do not regret standing for 10 hours with complete strangers. I do not regret the train ride that brought us home in the early morning hours, then waking up a couple hours later to catch a train back to Philly. If I knew how it would end and was given the choice, I would still go.

All of us at Saint Joseph’s University were given the opportunities of our lifetimes during this election cycle. Pennsylvania was a heavily contested state, meaning that the candidates and their surrogates made fairly regular trips to our area over the course of the past year. Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton, President Barack and Michelle Obama, President-Elect Donald Trump, Vice President-Elect Mike Pence, and many local political figures headlined countless campaign events throughout and bordering the city. Let’s stop for a second and remember how cool that was. As college students we were far better situated to get to these events. Most of us could skip class and head to the event, and many professors encouraged it.

We may never have that kind of access to politicians and other enthusiastic supporters again, especially if we anticipate moving away from swing states following

graduation.

It was with this attitude that I traveled to New York on Tuesday afternoon. Like waiting to buy a coveted new gaming system on Black Friday, the lines were massive. Men and women of all ages and backgrounds lined up decked out in their best red, white, and blue pantsuits. During the long hours of waiting, the crowds were friendly and cheering, with folks making food runs for everyone in line around

The outdoor stage at the Jarvits Center Nov. 8 (Photo by Maria Spirk, ’17)

them and parting the sea of people so that guests with disabilities were able to access the ADA-compliant restrooms.

I was accompanied by a recent college grad who I had met while interning in Washington, D.C. last fall, and we drove a middle-aged volunteer who had flown in from California to canvass in Pennsylvania. We waited in line behind a high school senior and his dad from New York. A contingent of “Moms Demand Action” from Tennessee stood behind us at the stage. An entire family—mother, grandmother, and sisters—had members of the crowd translating the speeches into Spanish for them. A woman who flew in

from Australia because of her academic interest in the U.S. presidencies chatted with us for hours.

I had so much fun meeting all of these people. It was strangely cathartic to forge new friendships across several hours based on our shared political values and then be with those same supporters as we experienced the emotion of watching state after state elect Trump. Though most of us were silent as we watched the big screen coverage of the results, we were certainly in solidarity. I do not know if I have ever heard cheering louder than when they called Virginia for Clinton; it gave the crowd something to believe in as our campaign was beginning to rightly lose hope.

Fortunately, my ticket allowed me outside to see the speakers, many of whom were familiar from the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this past summer.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Khizr Khan, father of Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed during the Iraq War, the Mothers of the Movement—including Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner—and Katy Perry with boyfriend Orlando Bloom. By waiting all day I was in the front row, less than 10 feet away from these famous faces.

We were able to celebrate with New York Senator Chuck Schumer, who gave his acceptance speech to our ecstatic crowd, though this victory was expected. Of course I have learned now not to discount such victories, because expectations, unlike glass ceilings, are easily shattered.

In her concession address the next morning, Secretary Clinton spoke to us directly; those of us who voted in a presidential election for the first time and who put our heart and soul into a campaign for the first time.

“This loss hurts, but please never stop believing that fighting for what’s right is worth it.”

‘Is he going to get rid of Mexico?’

First graders look to student teachers to make sense of the election AMANDA HAZEL ’17 Special to The Hawk There are many reasons why I chose to become an education major. But none are more powerful than the simple statement that I want to be a positive presence in the lives of all of my students. I want to give all of my students the tools to not only acknowledge but to celebrate their differences in order to make the world a better place.

This semester, I am student-teaching in the first grade classroom of a West Philadelphia charter school. I am proud to say that student teaching has been the best experience of my life so far. Every day my students make me incredibly grateful that I have chosen this path. Even so, it has come with many challenges none of which were bigger than dealing with the aftermath of the election.

From the moment I walked in to school on Wednesday morning, the mood was very somber. Some teachers were even huddled together in each other’s rooms crying.

I was terrified. My students had been say-

ing before the election even happened how much they did not like, and were afraid of, President-Elect Donald Trump. From the moment they came in to school on Wednesday morning, they were asking a ton of questions.

“How does someone so mean get to be President?”

“Can the President be put in jail?”

“Is he going to get rid of Mexico?”

“Why doesn’t he like people like us?”

The last question hit the hardest. A little boy who comes from a Muslim family asked me, as tears streamed down his face, why so many people do not like people like him. I told him that sometimes, when people meet someone who is different than them, they choose to be afraid because they may not understand that person. And when people are afraid or do not understand something, they sometimes say really mean things that are not true. I told him that he has the right to practice whatever religion

he wants to and to never think there is something wrong with him because he is Muslim. I told him if anyone tells him there is something wrong with him, they are the ones who are the problem. Then he hugged me and buried his tear-stained face into my shirt.

I had never felt so helpless. All I wanted to do was to make everything OK for my students, but the only way to do that would be to change the results of a presidential election, which is an impossible task.

My main goal was not to tell them that Donald Trump is great, because rather than reassuring them, that would only undermine everything that they have been told. Instead, I told my students that they are always safe at school, that the president does not have all of the power, and what he says does not automatically become true. I found it was hard to explain a lot of things to my students, because they are so young.

Some of them thought Trump cheated be-

cause they heard that Clinton won the popular vote and figured that meant she should win. While many adults do not fully understand the process of the electoral college, trying to explain it to children was even more difficult.

The students’ questions continued throughout the week, and I anticipate that they will continue for some time. Regardless of my views and my students’ views, I truly hope that Donald Trump is a great president for all Americans and that my students will feel that and know that they are safe.

I am continuously amazed with the amount of love and respect for others that I see from my little first graders every day.

I can only hope that the rest of the American people and our new President will follow my students’ lead and display the same kindness and respect during a critical time for our nation. I guess we will just have to wait and see.

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2016: the Comic Sans of all presidential elections KRISTA JAWORSKI ’17 Creative Director Comic Sans is the most universally hated font.

Regardless of the words typed in those thick, rounded letters, the font makes me cringe—even when they’re posted on a lost pet flyer crookedly stapled to a utility pole.

Fundraising posters, PowerPoint titles, office PSAs—all presented in the infamous Comic Sans.

There are thousands of fonts online, ready and eager to headline your documents.

Although it may feel like you are, you’re not actually restricted to the few fonts defaulted on Microsoft Word. You can download fonts online, and utilize them for your own personal use. Incredible, right? Though it’s unlikely that average Joe will regularly take advantage of these fonts, or even care, one day he just might strive to use a somewhat interesting font. But no—he chooses Comic Sans, again.

Among the design community, all hatred in typography converges to one point.

This hatred is arguably the underlying backbone of the industry; that it exists to prove we may all have different design aesthetics, but we all agree on this: Comic Sans is the Internet Explorer of all web browsers. The Natty Light of all beers. The Nickelback of

all bands.

And this year was the Comic Sans of all presidential elections.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were viewed to be the two most unfavorable candidates in over 30 years in polls by both ABC News and The Washington Post. Even early in the race, the candidates were both viewed as being largely unfavorable. This presidential race was a joke, and the players were memes.

Let’s break it down to manageable terms.

It wouldn’t be wrong to say everyone hated this election, arguably as much as everyone seems to hate Comic Sans. The vast majority of people couldn’t wait for it to end, and now they can’t wait to stop talking about it. Beyond the pure disgust toward the election as a whole, Comic Sans was actually one of our fine candidates, and now our racist, sexist, xenophobic joke of a president. Comic Sans now represents the USA, and in my eyes everyone internationally viewing our country will read us in that godawful font size 72, bold and underlined.

And here’s the thing. We had Comic Sans, an option I dismissed so quickly without a fleeting thought anyone else would even like it. But then some people did. And

they revealed that our country has an outrageous amount of Comic Sans lovers. We thought this had to be a joke, that even Comic Sans himself wasn’t serious about headlining America. That the supporters were kidding when they said they truly thought this was the best font choice for our country. Disregarding those individuals, we turn to the other side. We had Arial, a fine respectable font. Sure Arial has its flaws.

Maybe it’s not the best choice, but it’s a hell of a lot better than Comic Sans. At least I could turn in a paper typed in Arial and not get laughed out of class.

We also had two random fonts, Papyrus and Lucida Handwriting—which only a small group of people care about— yet they didn’t quite realize these two had virtually no power in stopping Comic Sans.

I’m more of a Helvetica girl myself, but clearly given the choice between Comic Sans and Arial, it’s a no-brainer.

Here’s a quick typography history lesson: Back in the day, Comic Sans was designed by Vincent Connare to mimic comic book lettering for a kids’ computer game, “Microsoft Bob.” Cute, I know.

Picture a pixelated cartoon dog with a speech bubble with, you guessed it, Com-

ic Sans lettering. The font was made for a game. That was its one and only purpose.

Yet people still find a reason to use it on their flyers time and time again. It almost reminds me of a reality game show celebrity whose one and only purpose was to live in his bubble of reality. Not become President of the United States.

Some people like to make the argument for Comic Sans as a font that got people to notice the world of graphic design. Fonts matter and will make viewers interpret visual information differently. Comic Sans was such a ridiculous font that people finally noticed that these choices make a distinction between one message or another.

This election was also so ridiculous that people noticed. Actually, it was impossible to ignore even if you tried very, very hard.

If anything, there’s an awfully tiny glimmer of hope in this election. Like a simple font shedding light on the graphic design industry, people who probably never would have thought about politics before were forced to become aware of the world we live in, for better or worse. This little bit of optimism I can provide is only a small factor of reality.

In the end, Comic Sans—font, or president—is still the worst.

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the real truth about

Solving impossible REAL problems numbers The instinct and intuition of mathematics SARAH COONEY ’17 Hawk Staff There were some people on a train.

Nineteen people get off the train at the first stop.

Seventeen people get on the train.

Now there are 63 people on the train.

How many people were on the train to begin with?

Periodically, as I’m scrolling through social media, I see problems like this one. In my opinion, these problems well, actually, the way they’re presented, is indicative of one of the greatest misconceptions about math. This particular example was in an article titled, “This Math Problem for 7-Year-Olds is Going Viral Because No One Can Figure It Out.” I understand the concept of clickbait. They want you to read their article, and they’ve got to make math, of all things, sound exciting. However, the comments generally only confirm my suspicions.

To quote the opening of the TV show “Numb3rs”: “Math is more than formulas and equations. It’s logic; it’s rationality. It’s using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know.” Throughout the past three and a half years of study towards a major in math, I have come to see the absolute truth in this statement. More than anything, math is a way of thinking. Certainly, there are formulas, equations, and theorems to memorize, but truly practicing math requires much more than just plugging in numbers to calculate an

answer. These facts are not merely static, separate entities to be called upon in specific narrowly defined situations.

Rather, they are a collection of tools to be used in tandem to solve a wide variety of problems.

Learning to think mathematically is developing an intuition that connects mathematical concepts and summons them almost instinctively. Undoubtedly there will still be difficult problems to solve, but the more one develops this mathematical instinct, the easier it becomes to find a foothold, or a place to start, even if this initial insight ends up being incorrect. Furthermore, the more one develops a mathematical intuition, the more its logical foundation will begin to enrich thoughts outside of the realm of mathematics. Again, “Numb3rs” reminds us that, thinking mathematically is about, “using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know,” and many of life’s greatest mysteries aren’t really mathematical at all. Nonetheless, a strong rational instinct can go a long way in contemplating them.

Let’s return now to that impossible train problem, and see how with a little logical intuition it’s really not impossible at all. The first step in approaching almost any problem is determining what you know and what you’re looking for: There were some people on a train. Since we don’t know how many, let’s say for now there were ‘x’ of them.

Nineteen people got off the train at the first stop. Thus, after the people get off, there are x minus19 people left on the train.

Seventeen people get on the train. Once these people are on the train, there are a total of x - 19 + 17 people on the train.

Now there are 63 people on the train. This means that 63 = x - 19 + 17.

By working through the problem step by step, we’ve reduced it to a simple algebraic expression and can determine that the train originally had 65 people on it. See, not so difficult after all!

Although it can be discouraging wading through the comments on these “viral math problem” posts, the problems themselves give me a sense of hope. It seems to me that for one reason or another many people in today’s generation were taught math in the vein of rigid formulas and inflexible equations, and it seems that learning math this way often leads to a whole host of misunderstandings about math centered around impressions like boring, useless, and impossible. What I hope is that today’s kids are being taught that math is dynamic and flexible, and that it will lead a need generation of thinkers to view math as intuitive, valuable, and dare I say, fun.

Creating a schedule while studying abroad presents unique challenges DANIELLE ZABIELSKI ’17 Hawk Staff In the early hours of Nov. 9, I made my way to my friend’s room and promptly placed myself in front of his laptop. This was just after midnight. I refreshed the page incessantly, and found myself staring at the screen with bleary eyes.

Usually I find myself in this situation while we watch a movie or play videogames, but this time was quite different. This time I wasn’t there for leisure. This time, I was registering for my last semester of college classes–from Australia, at one in the morning.

As if registration wasn’t stressful enough, add a dash of exhaustion and heaps of potential computer problems and you’ve got something else entirely.

One of the hardest things to get used

to about Australia was the time difference between here and the United States. Melbourne is, at the moment, 16 hours ahead of Philadelphia, meaning we’re rarely ever in the same day. When I wake up, it’s late afternoon for my friends at home and by my evening, they’re mostly all in bed.

Before coming here, I considered what this time difference would mean for my registration. The only reasonable pick time I could hope to receive would be 9 a.m.

EST –which would be 1 a.m. the next day in Melbourne; or, perhaps a 3 p.m. pick time, which would be 7 a.m. over here. But we all know that when it comes to class registration at St. Joe’s, the earlier your time slot, the better your chances of getting what you need. And as a rising second semester senior with a work schedule to take into account, I needed to get into certain sections of certain classes.

Though the time was inconvenient, I knew it’d be easy enough to handle thanks to my natural night owl nature. But then I ran into yet another location-related issue a day

before registering: the Nest is partially geoblocked. Because of this, I could log into the site but couldn’t access any of the extra popup windows; so there was no way for me to look up classes, add or drop classes, or enter DegreeWorks from my computer.

At first I thought my lack of access might be due to routine maintenance of the site since I’d usually be browsing during Philadelphia’s nighttime, which is when the site is sometimes down. I soon realized, though, that it had nothing to do with the time of night or day. This was a predicament I couldn’t have predicted.

In a cry for help, I promptly reached out to @saintjosephs on Twitter and they directed me to the I.T. Department. But before I got the chance to call them, one of my tech-savvy mates came to the rescue. He has a laptop with a program that “changes” the computer’s location so that you can access geo-blocked sites. (Thankfully, he also has a penchant for staying up late.) After setting my location to the United States, the popups loaded correctly and I was finally able to

find classes. And as soon as the clock hit 1 a.m., I frantically punched in my class codes and held my breath as the subsequent approval page loaded.

Although registration day (or, way early morning) ended on a positive note and I got into all of my classes, it wasn’t easy by any means. If it hadn’t been for my friend’s software, I might not have been able to register from here at all. The site’s features are likely geo-blocked for security reasons, and I totally understand that—but it would have been nice to know that a little earlier so I could’ve planned for it while planning my schedule.

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The revenge of the prequels ROSE WELDON ’19 Hawk Staff On Friday, Nov. 18, thousands of Harry Potter fans all over the world will proceed en masse to their local movie theaters, eagerly anticipating the first installment of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The film is the franchise’s first cinematic outing in almost five years, with a screenplay penned by the fandom queen herself, J.K. Rowling.

I’m a major Potterhead, so “Fantastic Beasts,” as an expansion on a product that shaped my early life, should be right up my alley. Yet, bizarrely enough, I’m not excited for it. As a matter of fact, I’m of the opinion that—to put it bluntly—it’s going to suck.

There are a few reasons for this prediction, but the biggest is that “Fantastic Beasts” is a prequel.

Having become a pop culture fan in the Internet Age, I have an automatic response to the word “prequel,” namely, that anything carrying the moniker is destined to either ruin or be inferior to the original.

This Pavlovian association is the after-

math of the infamous “Star Wars” prequels.

With their shoddy character arcs, overuse of CGI, and banal writing and directing, those three films decimated the goodwill that director George Lucas had built up in his fanbase, resulting in some abandoning the franchise entirely. To be fair, last year’s “The Force Awakens” more than earned back that trust, but Lucas had no input on that project. Taking all of this into consideration, it scares me that publications like The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and even The New York Times have been asking, as far back as 2014, whether Rowling is the second coming of Lucas.

In an attempt to make sense of all this, I sought help from Jeffrey Hyson, Ph.D, associate professor of history and one of the most culture-savvy people I know. His take on the prequel is a little more optimistic.

He noted that though the term “prequel” has received a stamp of notoriety in recent years, one of film’s most beloved sequels, “The Godfather Part II,” actually contains

elements of a prequel: While half of the movie follows Michael Corleone in the late 1950s in a continuation of its predecessor, the other half sees Michael’s father, Vito, build his family empire in the early 20th century.

“You’re working in parallel with the present day plot,” Hyson observed. “It plays up the feature of the best prequels: That is, they make you rethink the original works.”

But in a post-Star Wars world, the phrase “good prequel” is somewhat of an oxymoron, since the term itself has become synonymous with “cash-grab” and “low-quality.”

Hyson, a “Star Wars” fan since the first film in 1977, knows that the franchise is to blame for this negativity.

“It was the most high-profile failure, but also the most high-profile attempt at something like that,” he said. “So anyone who, post-Star Wars, wanted to do a prequel, has that stench on that term.”

He cited his own experience with “The

Phantom Menace,” the first and arguably the most notorious of Lucas’ prequels, saying that he felt “real disappointment” after seeing it. “There was a ton of excitement at the prospect of that universe being revisited… I came out of it thinking that there were some neat visual moments, but Jar-Jar Binks wore off every last nerve I had.”

Well, I asked, what about “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” the forthcoming December release which takes place between the prequel and original trilogies? “I remain cautiously optimistic,” he said.

Right now, the world’s Potterheads are in the same boat as those ill-fated Star Wars fans were back in 1999. While “Beasts” is receiving mixed to positive press so far, it’s important to note that “Phantom Menace” also had good reviews before its release.

Nevertheless, I’ll be seeing “Beasts” this Friday with Hyson’s words in mind, and will report back on it later. In the meantime, I need a good dose of cautious optimism.

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Horoscopes Aries

Though you live your life largely according to the rules, you’re about to discover that logic can only get you so far. This week, try to let loose and enjoy the freedom that comes with not thinking through every last detail.

Taurus

Look no further, Taurus, because love is on the way. Whether it’s a romantic relationship, a new friendship, or a restored passion for what you do, be ready to accept all forms of love in your life.

Gemini

While you’re normally a good judge of character, this week, your trust will be tested. But don’t get too discouraged, Gemini. As Pluto aligns with your second moon, an enlightening new experience will restore all feelings of hope.

Cancer

Libra

They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression, but for now, those rules don’t apply to you, Libra! As Saturn enters your third moon, you will find yourself with the opportunity to makes amends with a once-broken relationship.

Scorpio

This week you’ve been consumed by thoughts of the past. It’s time to snap out of it, Scorpio!

Don’t let yourself dwell on mistakes or lost chances. Keep your head up and focus yourself on here and now, and your inner sense of balance will thank you.

Sagittarius

The recent shift in your moons has you feeling stuck in one spot, Sagittarius. Look for signs of an upcoming opportunity to change.

Embrace a path that’s out of the ordinary, and you will be on the way to finding a new you.

Capricorn

Be proud and stand up for what you believe in, Cancer. You often find yourself keeping quiet to appease those around you, but this week is the time to realize that your thoughts are just as valid as the ones around you.

It’s hard not to want everything to go according to plan 100 percent of the time. After all, you are a textbook Type-A. This week, try to have patience for those around you and keep your expectations at a level that won’t leave you feeling quite so discouraged.

Leo

Aquarius

Virgo

Pisces

While you often struggle with taking risks, this week your confidence is off the charts.

Good for you for putting yourself out there, Leo. You’ve proven once and for all that you don’t always have to stick to what you know.

As your peers find success in the classroom and workplace, jealousy will begin to interfere with your judgment this week. Try not to let it show, because as Mercury moves into your fifth house, you will need to show more compassion than ever.

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Your diplomatic side will be useful this week as you face difficulties with friends and roommates. Don’t be discouraged; your luck will change later to allow for a new series of opportunities to come your way.

This week is all about determination for you, Pisces. You’ve proven that you can do anything you put your mind to, and this week will be no different. Prepare to overcome any challenge you meet and brush off any misstep with grace.

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Embracing the awkward Reviewing Issa Rae’s honest and relatable memoir of misadventures DOMINIQUE JOE ’19 Special to The Hawk

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Face the music The Orwells and The Symposium take the stage at Underground Arts

It is rare to find a book that can make you feel secure in yourself while causing you to bust out laughing—all in one read.

Issa Rae’s “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” did just that for me. As someone who also identifies as an awkward black girl, this book spoke to me on levels that I never knew a book could.

No, you don’t have to be black or female or awkward like me (or Issa Rae) to get something out of this book. Instead, the memoir is a well-written exultation of the awkwardness of humanity, as seen through the eyes of one woman.

Rae’s funny, brilliant, and oh-soawkward viewpoint of the world is worth sharing with all people. Her relatability is astounding. If you have ever want-

ed a nickname, found comfort in your love of food, or lived your life vicariously through television then this book is for you. Her anecdotes from her life— from being boy-crazy to writing her first screenplay—will make you chuckle (and sometimes chortle). Her transparency with matters of life and love make it worth spending the day parsing through her journey so far.

This is the perfect book for anyone whose daily life isn’t all glitz and glamour; it is truly relatable and is one of the best books I’ve ever read because of its accessibility.

Issa Rae, through her honesty, has made me more confident in owning my awkwardness and she could easily do the same for you. Give her memoir a read; you won’t regret it.

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RAFA DHEOLOMME ’20 Special to The Hawk Coming straight from Chicago to Philadelphia, The Orwells played at the Underground Arts on Nov. 4, putting on a show just as memorable as when they last took the stage two years ago.

The band is made up of Mario Cuomo as the lead vocalist, Dominic Corso and Matt O’Keefe on guitar, and brothers Grant Brinner and Henry Brinner as bassist and drummer. The four boys made the crowd go insane on Friday night, while promoting their newest album, “Terrible Human Beings,” scheduled for release on Feb. 17 2017, with one of their new electrifying songs, “Buddy.”

After their last album, “Disgraceland,” The Orwells grew on the underground scene with songs like “Who Needs You,” and their hit, “Dirty Sheets,” which made the crowd come alive with emotion. With their incredible melodies and Cuomo’s addictive voice, the indie-rock band has come a long way from when they started in 2011.

While the boys got ready for their performance, the opening band dominated the stage. Still a fairly new band, The Symposium, who are also from Chicago, represented their intense indie-rock culture while preparing the crowd for the main act. With their original songs “Red River” and “The Cowboy,” The Symposium successfully set the right tone for the audience, letting them enjoy their guitar riffs and soft voices.

Both bands had one thing in common: the kind of compelling sound that brings the audience closer and closer to them, allowing fans to feel their youthful vibe and crazy energy—the same energy that drove Cuomo to dive into the crowd and pull the mirrored disco ball from the ceiling, claiming it as his trophy for an amazing performance.

One thing is certain: Both The Symposium and The Orwells put on an absolutely unforgettable performance. The chemistry between the bands was the concert that the audience needed, and they pulled it off effortlessly.

Friendsgiving feasts Give thanks for friends and food with a nontraditional holiday celebration KRISTEN ADAMS ’17 Assistant Business Director In college, when you spend so much time away from home, your friends can start to feel like your new family. When the holiday season rolls around each year, this feeling may seem especially true. One increasingly popular holiday among college students is Friendsgiving, a Thanksgiving dinner you celebrate with your friends. Here are some ways to plan a successful and delicious Friendsgiving feast: 1. Plan ahead: If you are having a lot of friends join your meal, then I recommend planning ahead. Decide what types of food you want to have, when you want to have the dinner, and so on. This proactive measure will give you and your friends enough time to plan your celebration.

2. Assign everyone a food to make: Making a meal can be incredi-

bly time-consuming, not to mention expensive. If you delegate a dish to everyone attending, you can cut down on prep time and costs. Assigning different foods can be really easy too: Assign a few people to appetizers, a few others to sides, and a handful to dessert. All of your guests can bring something unique while also feeling they are involved in the Friendsgiving feast.

3. Create a signature food or drink: Any party can be more exciting with a special drink. Find a fun recipe on Pinterest, or make up your own. One of my favorite fall crowd-pleasers is apple juice with Stoli’s salted caramel vodka. The options are as bountiful as Thanksgiving dinner!

4. Be creative: A Friendsgiving dinner doesn’t have to resemble a traditional

Thanksgiving dinner. Get creative and be thrifty by finding ways to save money: Use a coupon for a turkey, make boxed potatoes since they’re cheaper than homemade, grab a can of cranberry sauce, or buy pumpkin flavored Oreos instead of buying a whole pumpkin pie. The beauty of a Friendsgiving celebration is that it can be as untraditional as you want it to be.

5. Remember it’s the company that matters: No matter where you celebrate the holidays, whether at school with your friends or at home with your family, remember to enjoy who you’re with. The holidays are a time to reflect, be thankful, and appreciate the company of those around you. Happy Friendsgiving!

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Inked with meaning Hawks tell the stories behind their tattoos

This is the first installment in an ongoing series about student tattoos. Look out for more “Inked with meaning” stories in the Nov. 30 issue of The Hawk.

VIVIAN MILAN ’18 Assistant Copy

Luigi Nuñez, ’17 Luigi Nuñez has known he wanted a tattoo since he was in high school, but he never knew what to get.

“They’re a really cool way to show the things you value. Kind of like art, but it’s always with you,” he said.

It was not until he came to St. Joe’s, however, that he realized what the perfect tattoo would be.

Nuñez has the letters “AMDG” tattooed on his left bicep. The letters represent the Jesuit principle Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, which translates from Latin to “For the Greater Glory of God.” Though Nuñez went to a Catholic high school, he did not know about the Jesuits until he came to St. Joe’s.

“Their ideals and values shaped me to try and be a better person to serve and help others,” he said.

When asked why specifically AMDG impacted him over the other Jesuit principles, he said, “AMDG pushes me to do better in the world. I just think there’s something more global for the ‘greater glory,’ rather than just ‘do more.’”

Nuñez told his mother prior to getting the tattoo, but did not tell his father, who found out by accident at dinner one night.

“He grabbed my arm at dinner and was like, ‘What is that on your arm?’ and I was like, ‘It’s a tattoo!’” Nuñez recollected. “I think it [his reaction] was more of the shock—he wasn’t expecting me to get one. He understands once it happens, it happens. You can’t change it.”

Conor Neville, ’18

Diana Cunningham, ’18

Conor Neville’s tattoo is located on his right shoulder blade and is a replication of the Celtic cross necklace that he wears every day. The necklace is a family heirloom that has been passed down from his grandfather, to his father, and finally to him. Neville believes it is very important to represent his heritage and is glad to do so by wearing the necklace and having the tattoo.

“Tattoos are not what they meant 50 years ago,” he said.

“If it was 50 years ago, you were either a sailor or a convict.

Now we’re told we’re special and we should represent ourselves and they’re more about a statement of who we are, tattoos are a statement of self-expression... It’s about displaying art on the most precious canvas, your own skin, and expressing who you are as a person.”

Neville is not the only one with this tattoo, however. Neville and his father both got the same tattoo together, in the same place on their bodies, and at the same time, in August of 2015.

Neville’s father was diagnosed with brain cancer this past July, so he is happy to have something that bonds him and his father together.

“Having that bond with him and having that bond with God is very important to me,” he reflected. “It’s a really nice, comforting symbol to carry with me. I’m connected to God, and I’m connected to my father, and I’ll always have that no matter what happens.”

Neville admitted that his parents were not always approving of tattoos. “[My father] and my mother have always been very anti-tattoos because their generation is very different from ours,” Neville said. “My father was on board. My mother took a bit of convincing. I wasn’t going to do it without her being OK with it… Once my father and I explained to her what it meant, what it would be, she was OK with it. Also it made my sister want to get a tattoo as well, so it affected the whole family.”

Diana Cunningham’s tattoo may be small, but its significance is anything but. Her tattoo is located on the left side of her lower ribcage. She got it the summer of 2014, right after her senior year of high school. Cunningham’s parents were adamant about her not getting a tattoo, but eventually gave her their permission, as long as the tattoo would not be visible. Her parents were concerned because they believed that people with tattoos are discriminated against when it comes to finding a job.

“I had to fight for this tattoo,” Cunningham said. “I didn’t get it, then show them [right away].

I [also] don’t want a job where I can’t be tattooed.”

Another one of her parents’ concerns was the permanence of tattoos, though that is what Cunningham loves the most about them.

“Some people don’t find them aesthetically pleasing, but I do,” she said with a smile. “I like how they look. I like that they’re permanent. I know that’s a drawback for a lot of people, but I like it. I like that your body becomes a canvas and you can change it.”

Her tattoo is of the Roman numerals II and XIII, with the two on top and the 13 on the bottom. The tattoo symbolizes and reminds her of her biological family in the Philippines. Cunningham was adopted from the Philippines when she was 10 months old.

“The two is for my parents. On the adoption report, it said I had 13 older siblings,” she said.

Photos by Joey Toczylowski ’19

Lifestyle

Nov. 16, 2016

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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.

Class clowns

Taking a chance on improv comedy SAM BRITT ’20 Special to The Hawk Most people think they are funny, even me, the quiet kid who sits in the back of the class. Yet I always wondered what it would take for me to “be funny” on stage, in front of a group of strangers; to open myself up to them, perform, and throw myself out there to the mercy of public opinion.

I decided to face my fear and attend a practice of the SJU Improv Club, Saint Joseph’s University’s own improv comedy group. The team’s president, Jimmy Wyatt, ’17, granted me access to the final practice before their show, Laugh Your Heart Out, which, in combination with Alpha Phi, raised money for heart disease.

I walked over to Sunroom II in Campion Student Center on that rainy Thursday night. I nervously waited in the lobby outside of the practice before being warmly greeted by Wyatt.

When I walked in, the first thing I noticed was the energy of a room of people who were polar opposites of me. Everyone seemed comfortable, outgoing, loud, and most importantly, funny. It was like going to a dinner at your friend’s house and meeting his insanely close family.

Club president Grace Kocubinski, ’17, said the closeness of the team is what helps them succeed.

“We are hoping to build with the freshmen we brought on,” Kocubinski said. “[It’s] this really great community where you know each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and you use that advantage in a scene to make it stronger and better.”

One of my first thoughts was how one practices for an improv comedy show. Isn’t it all supposed to be improvised?

“We practice the games [that are performed each show] so we know the format of the show and the format of each game that we play,” Wyatt explained. “But the actual scene that is going on in front of the audience has never been done before.”

Like any sports practice, the improv team began practice with warm ups. These drills are fast-paced and focus on working each member’s attention to detail and memory. They involve a lot of phrase memorization and pronunciation.

I barely kept up.

I watched as four of the team members got ready to perform a game called “Director,” where three members act out a scene.

One person plays the director and asks the group to make changes such as adding more slapstick or more drama. I was immediately impressed with the acting abilities of the improvisers and how quickly they can change

major parts of the scene without even thinking about it.

Then, as Wyatt had promised me earlier, it was my turn to take part in one of the games. My heart was racing as I strode out in front of the improv team. I had just met some of these people, others I still hadn’t met, and now I was about to perform in front of them. I was sweating and my stomach was in knots as I listened to the improvisers give us the scenario of a first date at a carnival.

Once I heard “action,” I blocked everything out but Wyatt. I knew if I was going to succeed at all I needed him to lead the scene. He talked about how it was only our first date, but he really loved my sister. My mind raced, searching for something absurd and I said the first thing that came to my mind: I told him my sister was actually my brother. I told him the bald head confuses most people.

I heard the rest of the team laugh. The scene went off without a hitch, and I returned to my seat receiving some props from the team members.

In the next game, I was a prop to be used by the other actors. When one actor said something along the lines of “Here are some horses,” I immediately got onto the

floor and pretended to be a horse. I felt a little ridiculous but was I committed to the scene, bucking and jumping around on my hands and knees.

Next I played a very convincing plank of wood as I lay motionless on the floor. According to the improviser next to me, I was a natural.

The rest of the practice was filled with games that would be performed in the next night’s show: A game show and the odd contestants playing on it, and a cop proposing to another cop’s robot knees.

As the practice ended, I asked Wyatt what he would say to a kid like me who was quiet and was thinking about trying improv.

He told me he was like me when he first got to college but improv club changed that.

“The improv team did some cool things for me.” Wyatt said. “It helped me know to trust myself; it helped me know that I’m funny; it helped me know that people care what I have to say, and like I said, it changed my life and let me know I have a passion in making people laugh.”

In all honesty , I could never have imagined stepping in front of a group of strangers and attempting to try comedy—but I am glad I did.

A taste of Philly

An international student’s first cheesesteak experience DORIS OFFERHAUS ’20 Special to The Hawk Hong Kong has dim sum, Paris has croissants, and Amsterdam has stroopwafels. As an international student from Holland, I was not in Philadelphia long before my American friends told me that Philadelphia is all about cheesesteaks. I knew I had to give one a try.

My friends directed me to Larry’s, a popular cheesesteak place on campus that many Saint Joseph’s University students love. I decided to get my first experience there because it’s not only the go-to place for students, but it’s the favorite of Kobe Bryant, an NBA legend. I had actually never heard of Kobe Bryant before, but if a famous American person like him likes to go there, why would I want to go anywhere else?

When I walked into Larry’s, I was overwhelmed by the thick smell of grilled meat and grease. I walked straight to the cashier and asked for a small cheesesteak. The woman behind the counter asked me if I wanted anything on it.

“Just the normal cheesesteak,” I answered. I wanted the most authentic experience, and I handed her $9.67 for it.

I placed the order around 1:47 p.m. My step to Philadelphia citizenship arrived at 2:05. The 18 minutes in between left me to learn more about this specific sandwich.

I turned to a man named Flesh—no last

name, just Flesh—who was counting the dollars he just earned.

“They come for me,” he answered when I asked why customers choose Larry’s. “And for our real, high-quality beef.”

Many Philadelphians eat cheesesteaks but do not know the story behind them. In the 1930s Pat Olivieri invented the cheesesteak. Olivieri used to sell hot dogs in South Philadelphia and decided one day to grill some beef from the butcher and put it on an Italian roll. This new sandwich became famous among cab drivers who came from all over the city to his first store: Pat’s King of Steaks.

From that moment on, Philly added a new staple to its food culture. It became the city of the thinly sliced, sautéed rib eye beef and melted cheese on a long, crusty roll.

At 2:05 p.m. it was time for my first bite.

I had a lot of expectations. “How amazing is this going to be?” I thought.

The way I see it, America is huge. Everything here is just tremendous. So I was not surprised that when I unwrapped my sandwich, a long roll with a huge amount of meat greeted me. I opened it to look to see if there was something else. No, just a thin layer of cheese. That was it. I expected maybe more cheese on a cheesesteak.

I took a deep breath and bit in. I chewed

Photo by Doris Offerhaus ’20

for a couple of seconds to experience the flavor as deeply as possible. The meat was tasty, but not special. The beef definitely outdid the cheese. The only thing I actually tasted was the meat.

I cannot deny that it was good, but it was not that special. Maybe it is like what an American might feel tasting a stroopwafel for the first time (only stroopwafels are spectacular).

Or maybe I had this disappointment because I had ordered a plain cheesesteak.

I could imagine that if you add some extra ingredients, it would have increased the fla-

vor. At Larry’s Steaks you have the possibility to add sweet peppers, mushrooms, fried onions, beef pepperoni and sauce.

“Oh, my God, you are stupid! Of course you have to put lettuce and fried onions on it!” said my roommate Gianna Bianco, ’20, after hearing my story. Maybe I just made a rookie mistake.

Despite being underwhelmed by my first try, I am not giving up on the Philadelphia classic. Next time, I am planning to go the original cheesesteak store, Pat’s, to see if an original will make me change my mind.

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Sports

Nov. 16, 2016

Women’s ultimate frisbee comes to Saint Joseph’s 20 women take the field to compete at the club level NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor

Saint Joseph’s University is now home to a women’s Ultimate Frisbee club team.

A men’s team has been present on campus for close to a decade now, but it was not until this past summer that some of the women playing with the men decided to start a women’s team.

“So, there was a boy’s team that had been established at St. Joe’s for like, eight years and we started to go to their practices because we were friends with them,” senior Keira McHugh said. “We had a really good time and there was just a huge community that we just fell in love with.”

McHugh was one of five women practicing with the men’s team last year and a leader for the arrival of the women’s team.

“We would talk to other teams around here and they’d always ask, ‘Why doesn’t St. Joe’s have a girls team? Like, it’s 2016.’ I couldn’t ever give an answer, so we wanted to change that,” McHugh said.

Billy Sickles, ’14, an alumnus of St. Joe’s who was then working with the men’s team, offered to help with the potential women’s team.

[Sickles] was like, ‘I’ll totally be your coach if you wanted to start [a women’s team],’” McHugh said. “It was something

that we always thought about the entire year that we were on the boys’ team, but we didn’t really go for it. This summer, we were like, ‘Let’s do it.’ We asked the head of campus rec if we could get a girls team going and she gave us the OK.” By the time fall semester started, the logistics were all settled and the team had everything in place, but needed more players.

With only five women on the team and at least seven required to play, the team set up a table at the activities fair to recruit players and had about 80 people sign up. Only a fraction of the signups stayed committed, but the team was ecstatic to find 20 students committed to twice a week practices.

The team, however, is still welcoming to new players, whether they have a slight interest or a competitive aspiration to win every game. Ultimate Frisbee is a game that most players learn by doing. The new women’s team places a heavy emphasis on teaching the sport, but players learn best when they’re thrown right into the situation.

“We played Temple [University] one time and the coach put me in,” senior Daniela Puizina said. “We’re doing this zone drill. I guess I missed that practice because I’m like, ‘What is a zone drill?’ So I’m just

running around like a chicken with my head boys aren’t even established in the Unitcut off.” ed States. It’s cool to think the women are Puizina admits the situation was a bit right behind them. At St. Joe’s we’re only like embarrassing, but claims it’s the best way to eight years behind, where it could’ve been learn. A lack of knowledge is no excuse not like 100 years.” to play, nor is a lack of athleticism.

The team plans to have their first scrim“It’s not like other sports where if you’re mages this Sunday against Villanova Uninot as skillful or athletic they won’t play versity and Drexel University. you,” junior Erin McLaughlin said. “They’ll “I would say it’s fun first, Frisbee secjust say, get in and do what you can do. Ev- ond,” said Puizina. erybody’s included. That type of atmosphere makes it so much more enjoyable.”

Ultimate Frisbee is a sport with a rapidly growing popularity all over the country.

“Frisbee is becoming something, in general,” McHugh said. “It’s becoming more popular. It’s going to be an Olympic sport soon. Ultimate Frisbee is so cool because, unlike sports like basketball, where the men’s team was there and established themselves and the women came along eventually, in Ultimate Frisbee the Photo courtesy of Erin McLaughlin ’18.

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Nov. 16, 2016

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Back on track

Savage leads men’s cross country to ninth place at Regionals CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor In the first NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships meet of his career, redshirt junior Dan Savage led the Saint Joseph’s University men’s cross country team to a ninth-place finish. The Hawks finished with an average 10k time of 31:53.

“There were six teams that I thought were probably insurmountable, although one of them turned out not to be,” Head Coach Mike Glavin said. “And then the next block of our region had seven teams that we had both beaten and lost to during the season, so that really became our race, right in the middle seven… We went up there looking at us, Duquesne [University], [the University of] Pitt[sburgh], Rutgers [University], La Salle [University], Bucknell [University], and Lehigh [University]… We lost to two of them—Bucknell and Duquesne—and we beat four of them… Not too bad.”

This year’s Regionals was held at Pennsylvania State University’s Blue and White Golf Course, which is, according to Glavin, a challenging course to run because of the hills. Last year’s Regionals meet was held at the flatter West Windsor Fields at Princeton University, where the Hawks averaged a seven-seconds slower 10k time.

“I thought we performed considerably better than a couple weeks ago at the Atlantic 10s,” Glavin said. “I didn’t feel like fifth place at the Atlantic 10s would equate to ninth place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals. There were only 22 teams that finished as teams at that Regional meet, but

you need to understand that there are 34 or 35 teams in the region. Some of those chose not to show because they weren’t going to do well enough. Those are the kind of teams that aren’t in the top 10. Ninth out of 22 sounds ‘eh,’ but… we really wound up ninth out of a region of 34 teams.”

Savage placed 26th overall with a 10k time of 31:24, missing All-Region honors by two seconds. Savage had been set to compete in last year’s Regionals meet, but was injured the day before the race, and as a result, was taken off the roster.

“It was something I’ve always been looking forward to,” Savage said. “I was right there last season, and the day before, I ended up having some kind of issue with my groin—I think I pulled something. I’ve really been looking forward to getting on the 10k and helping out the guys and seeing what we could do at regionals… Also, in my mind, I’m thinking about how it’s a 10k, so it’s going to be two extra k than I’m used to, so don’t go crazy, now.”

Though Savage is technically a senior, he’ll return to the team next year as a graduate student because he redshirted his sophomore season. Senior classmates Jimmy Daniels and John Mascioli helped provide Savage with the drive to perform his best at the meet.

“I was constantly thinking about the two other senior[s] since I know this is going to be their last Regional race,” Savage said. “I wanted to make sure I left it all out there for them and gave the team the best

position we could.”

Junior David Dorsey clocked in at 31:35, placing 37th overall and setting a new 10k PR, while sophomore Justin Branco came in as the Hawks’ number three runner with a 56th-plac finish in 31:57.

Daniels and Mascioli rounded out the scoring for the Hawks with 64th- and 78thplace finishes, respectively.

Junior Collin Crilly and freshman Josh Clark also ran for the Hawks and made their Regionals debut. Crilly finished in 95th

place with a time of 32:45, and Clark finished in 98th with a time of 32:48.

“Four guys probably ran their first 10k ever, which makes it even nicer that we knocked off four of the six teams we thought we were battling with when you consider that four of our guys hadn’t been in a regional meet before,” Glavin said.

The Hawks will head to Van Cortland Park in the Bronx, N.Y. to close out the cross country season at the IC4A Championships on Saturday, Nov. 19.

Redhirt junior Dan Savage (front) and junior David Dorsey (back) at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (Photo courtesy of Brian Crilly).

Running ahead

Women’s cross country places sixteenth at Regionals CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor

Senior Sarah Regnault at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals (Photo courtesy of Brian Crilly).

Sophomore Lindsey Oremus and senior Sarah Regnault shattered their Blue and White Golf Course 6k times while leading the Saint Joseph’s University women’s cross country team to a 16th-place finish at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals on Nov. 11.

Last season, the Hawks placed 11th at the Regionals meet, with an average 6k time of 22:39.9 on West Windsor Fields at Princeton University, a course that is considerably flatter than the one they raced on this year at Pennsylvania State University. This season, the Hawks improved their average 6k time to 22:32 at the Blue and White Golf Course.

“Overall, I was satisfied with the performances,” Head Coach Melody O’Reilly said.

“Although it doesn’t look on paper that we ran as strong as last year, we really still had some very strong performances.”

Oremus came in as St. Joe’s top runner with a time of 21:51, good for 45th place overall. It was over a minute faster than her previous time on the course.

Regnault came in as St. Joe’s number two runner with a 58th-place finish in 22:01.

“Knowing that this is the last big race for myself [motivates me],” Regnault said. “I kind of wanted to go out with a bang. I was only a couple seconds off my 6k PR and running 22:01 at Penn State is huge for me.”

On Sept. 10, the Hawks raced on the

Blue and White Golf Course. Oremus finished in 22:54 and Regnault finished in 24:12.

According to Regnault and O’Reilly, the team had spent time throughout the season training to prepare for hilly courses, such as the one at Penn State. Regnault believes that the specific training and being familiar with the course is what helped her and her teammates improve.

“When we were there in the beginning of the season, we were surprised by the course,” Regnault said. “[This time,] we came into it confident and stronger than we were in the beginning of the season. I think the whole atmosphere of just racing it and having a good time with it kind of put me in a great mindset.”

Junior Cassidy Weimer placed 81st overall with a time of 22:21, which is 51 seconds faster than what she ran on Sept. 10.

In their first cross country Regionals meet, freshman Meridith Twomey and junior Caroline Keegan rounded out the scoring for the Hawks, finishing with times of 23:02 and 23:25, respectively. Both runners improved on the Blue and White Golf Course times they set earlier in the season.

“Even Mary Twomey and Caroline Keegan, who are new to the team and never experienced a regional meet before, ran really

well,” O’Reilly said. “We just needed to close that gap down a little bit better. If you let too many people in between, it can get away from you very quickly.”

The gap between the number three and four runners has been an issue for the Hawks all season, but O’Reilly has a plan for closing the gap next season. “When they work out, they work out very closely together,” O’Reilly said. “They run almost exactly the same times in their workouts in small groups. I think we’ll continue to do that, but we’ll probably do some workouts where we really focus on staying together, like tempo runs and different things where we have to stay connected and stay linked.”

Regnault, who grew up less than 50 miles from Van Cortland Park, is looking forward to closing out her final cross country season on a familiar course.

“Van Cortland has always been a special place in my heart,” Regnault said with a laugh. “I raced it all in high school, too.

Knowing that that’s my last cross country meet, I kind of just want to go out there with a bang [and] probably do my best time at Van Cortland.”

The Hawks will close out the cross country season on Nov. 19 at the ECAC Championship, held at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx, N.Y.

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Sports

Nov. 16, 2016

Rough landing Women’s basketball drops first two contests NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University women’s basketball team faced off against the Bucknell University Bison on Sunday, Nov. 13 for the first time in 10 years and the fourth time ever. The Hawks won the previous three match-ups, but fell to the Bison 64-61 before the final 4.9 seconds ran off the clock..

The game followed a rough loss to the Temple University Owls in the Hawks’ season opener.

The Hawks started strong, scoring on nine of their first 13 possessions. Sophomore Alyssa Monaghan opened the game with a step back three on the first possession and proceeded to convert her next four shot attempts. Monaghan’s 12 first quarter points led the Hawks to a 23-10 lead. With the exception of a shot at the buzzer at the end of the first quarter, Monaghan was 0-2 on field goal attempts for the rest of the game.

“We were trying to get her shots and they focused in on her a little bit,” Head Coach Cindy Griffin said. “I’ll tell you, their zone bothered us because they were really big at the wing spots. If you’re not getting the shot up top, and they were closing on us quick, and she couldn’t get it off. I thought maybe she passed up a couple, but other than that I thought that [Bucknell] did a very good job.”

At the end of the first half, the Hawks

had only three turnovers, which was much better than Friday’s 12 first half turnovers.

“Alyssa’s obviously our point guard, so she’s more familiar with the flow of how we’re trying to play,” Griffin said. “We only had four turnovers for the game, so that was terrific.”

Additionally, Bucknell was 0-7 on threepoint attempts following the first half. That has been something St. Joe’s struggled with, finishing last in the Atlantic 10 last season in 3-point field goal defense (151-for-430, .351).

Bucknell opened the second half with seven unanswered points to quickly cut the deficit to four. By the end of the third quarter, St. Joe’s just a two-point lead. After beginning the game shooting 10-16 (62.5 percent), the Hawks shot 6-28 (21.4 percent) in the middle two quarters.

The score remained close through the fourth quarter and was eventually tied with just over two minutes to play for the first time since the game was scoreless. With 48 seconds remaining, the Bison had possession, and were down just a point looking to take their first lead of the game.

Following a timeout, Bucknell’s Sune Swart was fouled on a layup attempt and converted both free throws to give her team a 60-59 lead. A missed layup on the Hawks’

end forced them to foul and stop the clock sending Bucknell’s Kyi English to the line where she would hit both foul shots. St. Joe’s junior Chelsea Woods scored from the low post with six seconds left, but the Hawks still trailed by a point.

St. Joe’s fouled about a second after the inbound and Bucknell’s Kaitlyn Slagus hit another two free throws for Bucknell.

The Hawks were outrebounded 49-27.

Swart led the Bison in rebounding with 10 boards.

“They outrebounded us by 22 and obviously number 41 [Swart] is just a tremendous player,” Griffin said. “I think that [rebounding] was definitely the difference today.”

Junior Adashia Franklin led the Hawks in scoring with 18 points. Sophomores Jaryn Garner, Monaghan, and Woods each contributed double-digit points. In each of the Hawks’ first two games, they’ve had four players reach double digits in scoring, a feat they accomplished just four times all of last season.

The Hawks’ next game will be held at Iona University in New Rochelle, N.Y. on Wednesday, Nov. 16. They will then take on the University of Pennsylvania Quakers at 7 p.m on Nov. 22 at the Palestra.

Junior Adashia Franklin takes a shot against The Bucknell University Bison (Photo by Christy Selagy, M.A., ’17)

Offensive output Men’s basketball defeats Columbia 85-65 CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor Coming off a 77-76 win against the University of Toledo on Saturday night, the Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball team defeated the Columbia University Lions on Monday, Nov. 14 by a final score of 85-65. In total, the Hawks made 32 of 58 shots and had eight turnovers, down from the 13 they had in Saturday’s game.

“The eight turnovers is really an encouraging sign, because I think we can eliminate from there,” St. Joe’s Head Coach Phil Martelli said. “Three or four of them were quick walks, and they’re unnecessary.

We didn’t have to go fast, we had to go quick against this team. We need to make sure our shot number gets up there. We’re targeting 60 shots a game, and then we can live with everything else.”

The Hawks dominated offensively for most of the night, with five different players scoring double digits: Freshman Charlie Brown scored 15 and grabbed five rebounds, sophomore Lamarr Kimble scored 19, junior Shavar Newkirk scored 17, and sophomore Chris Clover scored 11. All but one uninjured player checked into the game for the Hawks.

Kimble and Newkirk combined for 44 points during Saturday’s game, and combined for 36 points during Monday’s game.

Prior to this season, Kimble and Newkirk didn’t often play at the same time, splitting time at the point guard position.

“It’s kind of easy [to play with Shavar],” Kimble said. “We’re brothers out there, so it makes it even easier. I just feed off his energy and he feeds off mine. I know he got the mismatch and then I got it, and that’s just how it goes.”

Prior to the start of the game, it was announced that junior James Demery would miss the next few weeks due to a stress fracture in his left foot; Demery was the Hawks’ leading returning scorer, having averaged 8.0 points per game last season.

Despite losing Demery, the Hawks still dominated offensively throughout the game, getting off to an early lead on baskets from Kimble and Newkirk.

“It’s going to be a game-by-game thing now without James,” Martelli said. “We lose his rebounding and his defense. But first thing’s first, his health is more important than anything else.”

St. Joe’s first got out to a double digit lead less than seven minutes into the game, off a three-point basket from freshman Nick Robinson. St. Joe’s took and held the double-digit lead for good at the 11:36 mark off a jumper from Kimble.

The Hawks dominated offensively in the first half, making 19 of 33 shots. Senior tri-captain Brendan Casper took a threepoint shot just before the halftime buzzer sounded, sinking the basket and giving the Hawks a 50-27 lead going into the second

half.

The Lions started off the second half by going on a 6-1 run. At the 15:22 mark, off a pass from Newkirk, Robinson dunked the ball, reenergizing the crowd, and again gave the Hawks a 20-point lead.

A 10-3 run from the Lions saw the Hawks’ lead shrink to 15 points, but a three-point play from Newkirk followed by Casper stealing the ball and driving down the court to dunk put the Hawks back in front by 20.

Kimble set a new career high in points scored with 19, surpassing the mark he set two days earlier. He went 7-of-16 in field goals and made five of his six free throws.

Kimble also had eight assists, just one shy of his career high.

“I feel good,” Kimble said of his strong start to the season. “I’m just trying to do whatever it takes to win. We were down a man today with James, so I had to pick up my aggressive offense today, and I was able to put away some shots.”

Prior to the start of the season, Brown had said he wanted to lead the Atlantic 10 in three-point shots. Brown went 3-of-5 from behind the arc and came out playing a more aggressive game than on Saturday. “[I was] trying to get comfortable,” Brown said. “I wasn’t trying to rush any shots. I let the game come to me. Lamarr and Shavar, they were really good with

passing the ball.”

Graduate student tri-captain Javon Baumann led the team in rebounds with six in 16 minutes of play.

“I thought Javon was very good,” Martelli said. “Six rebounds in 16 minutes.

Javon guards like an older guy.”

After this win, the Hawks will travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands to play in the Paradise Jam from Nov. 18-21.

Freshman Charlie Brown completes a reverse layup against Columbia University (Photo by Luke Malanga, ’20)