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Redshirt sophomore Charlie Brown dribbles with his soft cast, Nov. 2017. PHOTO: LUKE MALANGA ’20 / THE HAWK

Brown set to return after recovery setbacks NICK KARPINSKI ’21 Sports Editor Charlie Brown Jr.’s season came to an end before he got the chance to play his first game of the 2017 season.

The St. Joe’s men’s basketball redshirt sophomore injured himself in what turned out to be a season-ending fastbreak play during 5-on-5 drills on Oct. 18, 2017.

As he dribbled down the court, Brown saw former Hawk forward Jai Williams ’18 out of the corner of his eye.

“I thought to myself, ‘Should I dunk on him?’,” Brown said. “I jumped, [he] knocked me off balance and I came down the wrong way.”

Brown didn’t initially think much of the injury.

“I honestly thought it was a sprain, nothing more than that,” Brown said. “I was told a couple hours later that I had a fractured bone in my [left] wrist.”

The following week, on Oct. 24, 2017, he had surgery to repair that fracture, which was in his left scaphoid bone, a bone that is notorious for slow-healing, according to Head Athletic Trainer Bill Lukasiewicz. It was stated in an Oct. 25 SJU Athletics press release that Brown was only supposed to be sidelined for “a few weeks.”

Lukasiewicz said Brown’s injury timetable may have been incorrectly stated in the press release.

“The timetable was more like three months if things went perfectly well,” Lukasiewicz said.

Brown wasn’t initially aware the injury would last longer than “a couple of weeks.”

“The timetable just kept building [after those two weeks],” Brown said. “I didn’t know what to expect.”

After a few doctor’s appointments in Philadelphia, he decided to get a second

opinion in New York. There, Brown said he got a different prognosis. “[The second doctor] told me that after the bone was 50 percent healed, I could play,” Brown said. “They didn’t tell me that in Philly.”

Intertwined with the conflicting timetables, Brown brought multiple setbacks upon himself. He didn’t return the entire 17-18 season, something that was never predicted initially.

“He was a lousy patient,” said Phil Martelli, men’s basketball Head Coach. “He was coming into [Hagan] at night shooting when he wasn’t supposed to. There were certainly setbacks because he was doing way too much.”

Lukasiewicz said it was difficult to tame Brown’s competitive personality.

“The most challenging thing was getting him to back off, trying to put the reins on him,” Lukasiewicz said.

Brown confirmed that he disregarded parts of the recovery process, saying he wasn’t allowed to shoot but did anyway.

“I still got my workouts in and all that, for my sake,” Brown said. “I didn’t want to lose anything. I would form shoot. I would catch and shoot with my right hand, but not my left.”

Simply not catching the ball with his left hand wasn’t enough to avoid setbacks.

Lukasiewicz said movement was all it took.

“I told him that he had to rest, but movement ended up slowing things down,” Lukasiewicz said.

Martelli said he had different targets in mind for Brown’s return. However, he wasn’t heavily involved in conversations with the doctors, Brown and Brown’s family.

Lukasiewicz said that after the original three month time period, he knew Brown wasn’t coming back for the rest of the season.

“When he got a CAT scan 12 weeks after the injury.” Lukasiewicz said. “It showed that the healing wasn’t where we needed it to be.”

After Brown knew he wasn’t coming back, Martelli and fellow players noticed Brown strongly embracing a positive leadership role on the team. However, Brown said the initial recovery stage was rock bottom.

“It was just that I couldn’t play anymore,” Brown said. “I couldn’t compete with my teammates like I wanted to. I missed everything about basketball. I was always thinking what’s next for me.”

Martelli said it was impossible to keep him in good spirits.

“He was a young kid who had basketball taken away from him,” Martelli said.

“Basketball is how he identified himself. It was not easy for any of us and it was something that we were attuned to.”

Brown said he had teammates constantly in his corner supporting him through the entire process, namely redshirt junior guard Lamarr Kimble. Kimble was a player who could especially sympathise with Brown, as he also went down in 2017 with a season-ending injury.

“I tried to put into his mindset that just because you’re injured now, it’s not over,” Kimble said. “We’re gonna be back and be even better than before.”

Despite experiencing a tumultuous recovery, Martelli said it enhanced Brown’s love for the game.

“The beauty and character of the person never changed,” Martelli said. “I don’t know about resilience, I don’t want it to sound The Charge of the Light Brigade, but he’s in a beautiful place mentally, physically and emotionally.”

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APEX spots slower to fill Residents in Mexico and U.S. weigh in on rhetoric and reality this year LUKE MALANGA ’20 Managing Editor Sign-ups for The Appalachian Experience (APEX), a service immersion program run by St. Joe’s Campus Ministry, slowed this year after several years of reaching capacity quickly.

In 2014 the spots filled in 12 days. In 2015 sign-ups filled in five hours. In 2016 the program filled in 28 minutes. In 2017 the nearly 500 spots filled in eight minutes.

This year, after three days, program leaders decided to close sign-ups despite not reaching its cap.

“About 375 people signed up in five minutes, and then the sign-ups slowed down a bit,” said Matt Fullmer, program director. “We kept the application open for a few hours, and then reopened the portal for about three days and closed it.”

According Fullmer, 420 students had signed up as of Nov. 1.

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MICHAEL KOKIAS ’19 Hawk Staff PAIGE SANTIAGO ’19 Copy Chief Nuevo Progreso, Mexico — For more than two decades, 63-year-old Maria Luisa Lima Ortiz has been running Taqueria El No Que No, a small tented taco stand in a line of taco stands along Calle Sonora in Nuevo Progreso, a small town in Mexico that borders southeast Texas.

Every day, Mexican and U.S. citizens

cross back and forth across The Progreso-Nuevo Progreso International Bridge, by car and by foot.

Lima Ortiz’s livelihood depends on that bridge, on the ability of tourists to cross into Nuevo Progreso and pay $4 for an order of five of her signature beef and steak tacos.

On Oct. 31, new fencing was installed along the pedestrian walkway on the bridge, which spans the Rio Grande, in an apparent effort by the U.S. government to deter thousands of refugees making their way north through Mexico to the U.S. border.

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APEX spots slower to fill this year Director says program stands "the test of time" CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 “I don't have a rationale for why there were fewer people who signed up for APEX,” Fullmer said. “I don’t really see it as a negative, but I don’t know that I’d see it as a positive necessarily because for me I wish every student, every faculty member, every person at the university could go on APEX.” On APEX, students go to one of 18 different sites in the Appalachian region where they connect with community partners to help with service projects. During their time they also participate in reflection and “break bread with folks in the community,” Fullmer said.

“I would acknowledge that it is in some ways self-serving,” Fullmer said. “Hopefully, they are coming back with this renewed sense of self and others and an appreciation for nature or that fire in them saying, ‘Okay, I may not be able to come back to this particular region, but I’m going back, and I’m going to start my own nonprofit.’”

Over the past 25 years, APEX has grown

into the biggest service program on campus.

“It caught like wildfire, and before you knew it, it was kind of like an uncontrollable, untamable beautiful service beast that had a life of its own,” Fullmer said.

Fullmer said this year program leaders tried to be more intentional about recruiting students to participate in APEX. He added the program has gotten so big and withstood the test of time, even peaking during the 2009 recession, because students have continued to express interest.

“It’s the buy-in from the students and their passion that speaks volumes and, without that, nothing would succeed,” Fullmer said. “And St. Joe’s really is special. There’s something about St. Joe’s and there’s something about the formation of this whole program where students get it.”

Lauren Rutt ’20, who has been on APEX twice but did not sign up this year, said she went on APEX her freshman year “because everyone told me to.” Rutt said she got a lot out of her first APEX trip to West Virginia – meeting the people of the

From left to right: Meghan Corona ’20, Katie Winslow ’18 Jackie Mancione ’20 and James Ohane ’14 on APEX 2017 in Roanoke, Va.

An APEX group poses for a photo at their construction site in 2017. PHOTOS: MEGHAN CORONA ’20

community and doing a lot of hands-on labor.

Rutt said her second APEX trip was less rewarding because of the lack of service that the group did.

“I felt like I wasn’t exercising all of the opportunities I could have had to do service,” Rutt said. “I would rather do service in Philadelphia for a week on my spring break than go somewhere else where I might not be doing a lot.”

According to Fullmer, the purpose of APEX isn’t just about the actual labor or service, but also about the community partnership and immersion experience.

“It goes well beyond the hammer to nail,” Fullmer said.

Rutt said she never voiced her concerns to leaders of the APEX program because she was worried they would not be well-received.

“I think it’s hard to talk to people about negative feedback with APEX,” Rutt said.

“You don’t want to be the one questioning it.”

When Richard Foronjy ’19 was a freshman, he signed up for APEX because

his friends convinced him to do so.

“It was actually a mistake,” Foronjy said, but after talking to his dad, he decided it was an opportunity that he wanted to try.

Now, after going on APEX three times, Foronjy is one of three student coordinators for the 2019 APEX trip.

“I think people were more intentional in signing up this year,” Foronjy said. “Last year we did have a record sell out time, but there is another side where we also had a couple students drop out.”

About forty students dropped out of the program last year, Fullmer said, but others took their place.

“It’s a learning experience,” Foronjy said. “It’s not just service. It’s not just, ‘Let’s hop in white vans and have fun.’ It’s more about what are you going to learn and how are you going to bring this back with you to St. Joe’s campus. Whether they decide to act on that is up to them, but they definitely will leave APEX looking at things with a different perspective.”

Student Health Center under new leadership Current nurse promoted to director position NATALIE DRUM ’20 Assistant News Editor Eileen Bevilacqua was hired as the new Student Health Center director on Oct. 29 after having served as a registered nurse in the Health Center for the last 12 years.

The university will now continue a search for two other positions, a physician and a registered nurse to take Bevilacqua’s place, according to Kiersten White, assistant vice president of Student Life.

The Health Center’s current physician, Dr. Edward P. Gorrie, is retiring, White said.

Both new hires will have women’s health care experience, White said, but the university will not be hiring a full-time OB/GYN. St. Joe’s University Student Senate created a petition for the university to hire a full-time OB/GYN on Oct. 16. The petition had over 1,000 signatures when Senate leaders sent it to University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., on Oct. 25.

“Our usage statistics did not suggest a full-time position is warranted,” White said.

Last year, the part-time women’s health

practitioner, who is no longer at the university, had an average of 7.75 gynecological visits per week, White said.

White said Bevilacqua does not have specific women’s health care experience but will work alongside the new hires in offering medical attention to students, in addition to her role as director.

Bevilacqua also said an OB/GYN would not be a valuable position for the university to fill. According to Bevilacqua, on many occasions only one or two students were seen a week.

“I think it is great that the students saw a need and organized a petition for change,” Bevilacqua said. “However, as a part-time employee, the GYN nurse practitioner did not have the patient volume to support the claim that a full-time OB/GYN is needed.”

According to University Student Senate Speaker Elaine Estes ’19, while Senate is pleased to see the director position filled, they are disappointed an OB/GYN hire will not be made.

“The petition underscored the student body's need and desire for an OB/GYN, and we are committed to ensuring this is

The Student Health Center, located in Sourin Residence Hall. PHOTO: ROSE BARRETT ’20/THE HAWK

implemented to the best of our ability,” Estes said in an email to The Hawk. “It's important for administrators to hear our concerns, and hopefully they will work with us to greater access for healthcare on campus.”

Estes said Student Senate will hold a meeting with student stakeholders and key administrators for the continued dialogue

and awareness of healthcare on campus.

“When that occurs, we look forward to establishing an appropriate outcome in accordance with the desires and demands that were expressed by over a thousand SJU community members through the petition,” Estes said.

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Esteban Zuñiga, 16, who works at the Taqueria El No Que No, worries that a border confrontation will hurt business. PHOTO: THE HAWK

Looming crisis at the border Residents in Mexico and U.S. weigh in on rhetoric and reality CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 As the group has wound its way north toward the U.S. President Donald Trump warned that U.S. soldiers will be stationed at the border to deal with the “invasion.” The U.S. announced on Oct. 29 it was sending 5,200 troops to the border with Mexico, and on Oct. 31, Trump said he would send as many as 15,000 troops. By Nov. 5 the group was about 600 miles from the U.S. border.

Lima Ortiz said she is worried that if the situation escalates, she will have to close her taco stand.

“On the one hand, we know they’re human beings,” Lima Ortiz said through a translator. “But what fault do I have? As a person who lives here in a border town, it’s going to be chaos, and that’s a concern.”

There are a lot of unknowns whirling in Nuevo Progreso: How many refugees will complete the journey? Where will they surrender at the border? How will U.S. troops respond?

Juan Gamon, a clerk at El Disco Super Center, shrugged at the thought of the refugees causing any trouble in Nuevo Progreso. In fact, he said he thinks they will surrender to U.S. Border Control officials at another, more prominent crossing that is better signed, like maybe one of the three border crossings in Matamoros, near Brownsville, Texas.

“If they come here, it’s no big deal,” Gamon said through a translator. “I’m not concerned. They’re just people.”

Esteban Zuñiga, 16, who works at the Taqueria El No Que No, is not afraid of the refugees, either, but he does wonder how the

U.S. will respond to them.

“If it becomes true what Trump is saying, that the U.S. soldiers will strike back, it will hurt business,” Zuñiga said through a translator.

Zuñiga said he isn’t sure what other young Mexicans in Nuevo Progreso think. He stopped going to school six months ago and now works long hours at the Taqueria, so he has no friends to talk to about the situation.

“I can’t do anything about it,” Zuñiga said. “Who should be concerned is the people in charge of not letting them through.”

On Avenue Buenito Juarez, the main drag in Nuevo Progreso, which is lined with pharmacies and dentists and street vendors selling food and tourist wares, 46-year-old Felix and 39-year-old Graciela said they empathize with refugees. The couple, who sell leather goods, purses and wallets at a sidewalk stand, were originally farmers from Mexico City. They said they were forced by the government to flee their home 25 years ago after speaking out in defense of Mexico’s indigenous people.

They asked that their last names not be used.

“We traveled here for the same reasons they [refugees] are fleeing,” Felix said through a translator.

The couple said the refugees from Central America haven’t done any harm. Even though they said the refugees might aggravate the situation along the border, they want to help in any way they can.

“No one leaves just for adventure,” Graciela said through a translator. “They leave because they have to.”

At the same time, Felix said he appreciates Trump’s nationalist motivations and wishes Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto would

act similarly to protect Mexico’s interests.

“I understand the nationalist rhetoric,” Felix said. “We are looking for change in Mexico, not movement to the U.S.” On the U.S. side of the border, Thomas De La Cruz is a lecturer in writing at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, which is about 65 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. A Mexican American, De La Cruz travels to Nuevo Progreso at least three times a month, mostly for entertainment but also for dental work, medicine and contact lenses. He brings back medication for other people who can’t afford it or who can’t visit the doctor to get a prescription.

On a Nov. 2 visit to Nuevo Progreso, he noticed the new fencing erected by the U.S. Border Patrol. He said he has seen a growing reluctance among people he knows to cross into Mexico. He blames “scare tactics,” “fear mongering” and “rhetorical bullshit” for that reluctance.

“The elections are coming up,” De La Cruz said. “I think that matters a lot. I think fear is a great motivator. Fear pushes people to do things without thinking about why they’re doing them.”

De La Cruz said he isn’t worried about the refugees seeking entry into the U.S. He and his wife have discussed sheltering people who need it.

“You can choose to make your decision based on fear, or you can choose to make your decision based on kindness,” he said.

And while De La Cruz said Trump has amped up rhetoric surrounding immigration, the issue is nothing new for people like him who live in the Rio Grande Valley, a four-county region on the southern tip of Tex-

as that is home to about 1.3 million people of which, according to U.S. Census estimates, is almost 90 percent Hispanic.

“This is the valley,” De La Cruz said.

“As Gloria Anzaldúa says, where one country rubs against the other one, or one border or culture rubs against the other one, that rubbing creates a wound. It hemorrhages. The valley is that wound, that hemorrhaging. It scabs over and wounds again, scabs over and wounds again.”

Alyssa Cavazos, Ph.D., assistant professor of rhetoric and composition, also teaches at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Cavazos came to the United States from Mexico as a young child. She currently lives about 30 miles from the border, in the U.S. Cavazos said she rejects the word “invasion” to describe the refugees attempting to seek asylum in the U.S. “I don’t see it as that,” she said. “I see it as people trying to find a safe place.”

Cavazos added she is not afraid of the refugees. What frightens her is the troops Trump plans to send to the border.

“I fear for the life of people,” Cavazos said. “I see images of families, mothers with children. I have a little girl who is three years old, I see those children in her. That is the thing that scares me the most. I don’t want a tragedy. I don’t want death.”

Felix said fear seems to drive the way many Americans see and interact with the world.

“People from the U.S. are cold and enclosed to their environment,” he said. “They close themselves off. There’s fear in the world, and they close themselves off.”

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Department of Public Safety reports (Oct. 26– Nov. 1) Oct. 26 Public Safety was notified by an ELS student regarding person(s) unknown removing his backpack from the Perch. No police report at this time. Incident under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by an area resident of a large party in the 5600 block of Wynnefield Avenue. Public Safety Officers and Philadelphia Police were notified and responded.The crowd was dispersed without incident. Community Standards notified.

Oct. 27 Public Safety was notified by Residence Life regarding person(s) unknown damaging the courtyard railings at the Pennbrook Apartments. No police report at this time. Incident under investigation.

Oct. 28 Public Safety was notified by an area resident of a large party in the 5400 block of Wynnefield Avenue. Public Safety Officers and Philadelphia Police were notified and responded.The crowd was dispersed without incident. Community Standards notified.

Public Safety responded to a fire alarm at the Morris Quad Townhouses. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated by a student cooking. Alarm was reset.

Public Safety responded to a fire alarm at the Merion Gardens Apartments. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated by a student cooking. Alarm was reset.

Public Safety responded to a fire alarm at the Xavier Hall. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated by a student cooking.

Alarm was reset.

Public Safety responded to a fire alarm at the Villiger Hall. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed the alarm was activated by a student cooking.

Alarm was reset.

Oct. 29 Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe's student in regards to a suspicious person in the alleyway near the Ashwood Apartments. Public Safety Officers and Philadelphia Police notified responded. Incident under investigation.

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Increased e-cigarette use prompts new policy change CHRISTINA PHOTIADES ’20 Special to the Hawk Due to the rise of e-cigarette use among students, the university’s smoking policy, which went into effect this semester, now covers electronic devices that contain tobacco and other smoke-producing products.

Cary Anderson, vice president of Student Life and associate provost, explained that over the past few years, the university has seen an upward trend in the number of electronic devices, such as vapes and Juuls, on campus.

“The policy change was a response to that, and the goal was to really make that clear so there are no questions about it,” said Anderson, who worked with members of Human Resources, the Wellness, Alcohol and Drug Education Program (WADE), Student Health Services and Community Standards to rewrite the policy.

St. Joe’s is not the only school noticing the uptick of e-cigarette use among young people. According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), e-cigarette

use rose from 1.5 percent to 11.7 percent among high school students and from 0.6 percent to 3.3 percent among middle school students from 2011 to 2017.

Katie Bean, assistant director of Student Outreach and Support, said when the university conducted a 2017 survey on student behavior, attitudes and perceptions around alcohol, drugs and tobacco, e-cigarette usage was minimal. About 8.5 percent of the 553 students who took the survey said they used e-cigarettes.

When Bean tells students now about that percentage on the survey, they tell her “No way,” she said.

Bean said the numbers from the survey are so low in part because St. Joe’s seniors taking the survey did not encounter Juuls in high school.

Now, students entering St. Joe’s have seen electronic smoking devices, heard of them or maybe even used them in their high schools.

“If we did the data collection now, I imagine it to be vastly different,” Bean said.

The next survey will be offered in 2020.

John Alloway ’20, the health and wellness chair of the University Student Senate, advocated for the change in the smoking policy.

Alloway, in his role on Senate, focuses on the many dimensions of wellness, including physical, emotional, financial, mental, social, professional and spiritual health.

“These dimensions are very important to the needs of a student’s life, and it is important that each SJU student, including those who smoke, can meet all of these categories.” Alloway said.

Alloway said the change to the policy is a step toward making St. Joe’s a smoke-free campus. Other Philadelphia campuses like Temple University, Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania are all smoke-free.

But Alloway said it will take time before St. Joe’s is also a smoke-free campus.

“It will not be an overnight decision,” he said.

Tristan Shoemaker ’20 juuling.

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Students regret overbuying meal plans

No ability to downgrade between semesters EMILY BENDOCK ’21 Special to the Hawk Over the summer when students were asked to pick their meal plans for the coming year, Gianna Penezic ’21 chose the plan that offered her eight meals per week.

“I figured I would have a meal a day and then two meals on the weekend and then a couple nights a week if I needed them for dinner,” Penezic said.

In reality, Penezic said she has not been to Campion Dining Hall as much as she thought she would. She cooks in her kitchen in Lannon Hall instead. And she regrets paying $3,614 for a plan she doesn’t use.

“I wish I did something else other than the eight-meal swipe,” she said. “I just don't find myself going as much as I thought I would.”

By this point in the fall semester, many St. Joe’s students with weekly block meal plans are settled into similar regret: They bought too many SJU Dining Services meals, and they’ve realized they’re never going to use them.

The university offers seven different

meal plans for students to purchase for the academic year. These plans include unlimited access, eight or 12 meals or swipes per week, and 25, 50 or 75 meal swipes per semester. First-year students and some students in on-campus houses, are required to have an unlimited meal plan. Others are able to choose.

Prices for meal plans, which have been in place since 2011, vary from $1,204 for 25 swipes a semester, $1,886 for 50 swipes a semester, $2,496 for 75 swipes a semester, $3,614 for a weekly plan and $5,416 for unlimited access.

Each meal plan includes funds which can be used at places such as Starbucks, DB, POD Market and Einstein Bro. Bagels.

Bowman Rathe ’21, a resident of Lannon Hall, bought the weekly plan as well, with 12 swipes per week.

“I knew I had to at least eat two times a day and I did not think I would have enough money to spend on other stuff like McDonalds or Larry's, so I would have a guaranteed meal every week,” Rathe said.

But Rathe also said he has not used his

plan because Lannon is so far from Campion and he just uses his kitchen instead.

“I definitely would downgrade to a lower plan if I had the opportunity,” Rathe said.

But downgrading to a lower plan is not an option, according to Ken Goldbach, general manager for SJU Dining Services.

“Students are allowed to upgrade or add on another plan but can not go down because it is an annual contract,” he said.

Goldbach said the university wants students to pick a meal plan that will most benefit them, and he said he thinks the available options do that.

“We provide flexibility and options for students to pick and choose what meal plans fit their lifestyle the best way,” he said.

While students are not allowed to decrease their meal plans between semesters, their unused DB does carry over from fall to spring. But unused meals do not.

“It's the development in the way the programs are designed and costed out per semester, so developing flexibility to choose the programs that make sense,” Goldbach said. “DB is there for flexibility.

Sometimes you find students may not use it in the first half of the year like fall semester, so we provide that flexibility for them to roll it over and use it in the spring semester. We encourage students to use it wisely and timely.”

At some universities, like New York University and Columbia University, unused meals can be donated to feed hungry people through an app called Share Meals.

Goldbach said the university is considering doing something similar to the Share Meals concept with unused declining balance beginning in the spring semester.

“One of the things that we are looking to do, is with the declining balance you can use your declining balance to buy gift baskets or paper bag meals to be donated to different causes,” he said.

Erin Kelly ’21 said she thinks this is a great idea.

“It would make me happy to know that my unused DB can be used to impact someone else's life in a positive way,” Kelly said. “I have a strong belief that many other students would act upon this as well.”

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Addressing our lack of diversity We need candid discussion on campus Editor in Chief Ana Faguy ’19 Managing Editor Luke Malanga ’20 Copy Chief Paige Santiago ’19 Faculty Adviser Shenid Bhayroo Contributing Adviser Jenny Spinner Copy Editor Erin Breen ’19 Copy Editor Kaila Mundell-Hill ’20 Online Copy Editor Leslie Briggs ’17, M.A. ’18 News Editor Alex Mark ’20 Assistant News Editor Natalie Drum ’20 Editorial Page Editor Annie Clark ’19 Opinions Editor Dominique Joe ’19 Assistant Opinions Editor Taicha Morin ’20 Lifestyle Editor Emily Graham ’20 Sports Editor Nick Karpinski ’21

In the final days leading up to this year’s midterm elections, signs reading “It’s Okay To Be White” were left anonymously on several college campuses, including Tufts University, the University of Delaware, and Duke University. On Friday, three of these fliers were found on the St. Joe’s campus, according to an email memorandum sent

by Cary Anderson, Ed.D., vice president of Student Life.

One of the fliers was removed after someone placed a call to the Office of Public Safety, while the other two were discovered and taken down by Public Safety officers. It has not been determined whether these fliers were posted by a member of the St. Joe’s community, and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Despite their seemingly innocuous messaging, these fliers have been endorsed by members of hateful political fringe groups, including white nationalists. The fact that they were posted the weekend before election day suggests that they were intended to serve as an intimidation tactic.

Whether or not they were posted by a member of the St. Joe’s community, the fact that these fliers were found on our campus at all highlights the need for a difficult yet overdue conversation about the lack of racial diversity here, and how that can lead to bias incidents and microaggressions that make students of color at St. Joe’s feel isolated and unheard.

St. Joe’s has a diversity problem, and it is critical that we recognize that. The current freshman class is 79.6 percent white, according to a May 2018 news release from the university.

The lack of diversity at St. Joe's is a fact

that we may discuss in class from time to time, or that may come up in conversations with classmates and friends. But it is important that we make conversations about diversity on our campus public, accessible and candid. The more we continue to ignore our school’s diversity problem or refer to it only indirectly and when we think no one is listening, the worse it will get.

The creation of the Center for Inclusion & Diversity was a huge step forward for St. Joe’s efforts to make our campus a more welcoming place.

However, the burden of addressing the diversity problem of an entire university should not be placed solely on minoritized students. Involvement from everyone at St. Joe’s, regardless of identity or position, is needed to make lasting change.

The campus-wide memorandum sent out on Friday encouraged the St. Joe’s community to “[lean] into [their] Jesuit values: being women and men for and with others and cura personalis.” It is easy, too easy, to simply acknowledge that hateful conduct does not align with the Jesuit mission on which our school was founded.

Reiterating our mission statement does not solve our campus’ real and ongoing diversity problem which affects the lives of students of color every single day. That problem can only be solved through consistent evaluation of the speech we hear in class, in passing around campus and among our friends.

If you hear something bigoted or biased, speak up. Staying silent and being passive only enables and tacitly condones hateful conduct. The desire to speak up in response to bias incidents may come from a commitment to a certain value system, but

it should also be a natural human response.

That response is what we should use to inform the creation of dialogue spaces where students can share their frustrations and offer solutions to the University Student Senate (USS), administrators and other members of the campus community with the power to change university policies and continue outreach strategies that diversify our student population.

Our Jesuit values can motivate us to take action, but they are not a solution in and of themselves.

Open discussion forums and speaker events are invaluable for educating ourselves about issues that may not impact us directly. Yet when speakers come to campus who will be candidly addressing a topic that can be difficult to discuss, like sexual assault or institutionalized racism, the impulse to skip out of fear of being made uncomfortable can be hard for many to overcome.

Breaking down that fear is the first step to solving any problem we face as a school community. It is imperative that we talk about these issues and keep talking, even when it is hard and especially when we don’t want to.

—The Editorial Board This week’s Editorial Board is comprised of the Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, Editorial Page Editor, Opinions Editor, and Assistant Opinions Editor. This editorial reflects the views of the Board and not the entire Hawk staff.

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

Corrections In the Oct. 24 issue of The Hawk, a Sports article entitled "Building family tradition" attributed a photo credit to SJU Atheletics. The photo was provided by Archbishop John Carroll High School.

Assistant Sports Editor Sam Britt ’20 Assistant Sports Editor Ryan Mulligan ’21 Creative Director Kelly Smith ’19 Page Designer Kaitlyn Patterson ’20 Staff Photographer Rose Barrett ’20 Staff Photographer Matt Barrett ’21 Social Media Manager Erin Castellano ’20 Assistant Social Media Manager Alyssa Lamont ’19 Business Manager Jordan Grossbaum ’21 Distribution Manager Addie Guyer ’19 Assistant Distribution Manager Gavin O'Reilly ’20

CHRISTMAS DRINKS AT STARBUCKS Selling Christmas-themed drinks in early November may be premature, but let’s be real; peppermint mochas taste amazing. The winter themed cups and bags are an added treat. Let’s enjoy them they disappear.

SLIM PICKINGS 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. registration pick times are no more. If you’re in class during the hours of 9 a.m, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. and don’t have access to a laptop, good luck getting a coveted seat in those hard-to-get-into classes.

ST. JOE'S ATHLETICS WINS It’s been a great week for sports teams at St. Joe’s, with the field hockey team and the men’s rugby team both scoring victories. The field hockey team won the Atlantic-10 Championship for the second year in a row, and the men’s rugby team brought home a trophy from the Conference Championships.

TAKE A BREAK FROM THE ADS If you spend long enough in Campion, you may notice the music is interrupted by Spotify ads, leading us to believe that the University Student Senate didn’t splurge on a premium subscription. We think the update is worth it.

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Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: With and for others, that’s what St. Joe’s prides itself on. We offer great volunteer opportunities right here in Philadelphia. Does that mean we should forget all the other people struggling? Plenty of people do both weekly service and APEX. We recognize our privilege and use it to give back to our country. APEX does not take away from any other service SJU offers, it simply expands the places where we are able to help.

APEX is not only about the service we do for the people of the region, but it is also about the connections you make with your fellow hawks. No one is saying it’s

all about the service, it is also promoted as building connections with the fellow Hawks you travel with. Being supportive of each other, not only on the trip, but when you come back. It’s bringing back the solidarity and community you forge with the places you visit back to campus.

It’s building connections with people right here on campus and learning to care and love for each other.

The direct service you are doing repairing homes etc., although important (the programs you volunteer with need people to help who are not asking for anything in return) service is so much more than just building things. It can also be as simple as showing up for people. It’s the

women, whose old house I helped tear down last semester in Greenbrier, West Virginia, who made us all hot chocolate and talked to us for hours about her family and life.

It’s Mike, the veteran, who volunteers with Habitat for Humanity to give back to his community. It’s the newly sober volunteer who helped us build a new shed for the church because [the church] helped him build his new house last year.

It’s the 11 year old girl, whose house I helped repair in Neon, Kentucky, who suffers from such bad anxiety she has to be homeschooled. It’s sitting down with her and talking to her about her anxiety while playing with her new dog her mom

got her to help her cope. It’s sharing my own struggle with anxiety with her, and allowing her to relate to someone and be understood.

It was going into the houses at the end of the day to talk to them about their lives and laughing with them. So no it’s not all about building homes and repairing things for people.

Sometimes it’s just as simple as showing up and letting these people know they have not been totally forgotten.

Sincerely, Gabby Loeser

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: My intention of this response to “When Service is a Photo Op” by Karleigh Lopez is to shed some light on my experience as a participant who did not have the “typical” APEX experience.

Every year, APEX sends hundreds of students to the Appalachian region to serve. They allow students to challenge themselves in leadership roles and they serve as a prominent community on campus where students find their “people.”

The culture surrounding APEX is what I struggle with the most. An upperclassman told me that I am not a real SJU student unless I go on this trip. The idea that you MUST sign up and you MUST love this trip is creating expectations before the trip begins.

I recognize that there is a selfish aspect when it comes to service trips, however you can also say that about anything you are involved in. We choose to be involved in things that we enjoy, is that selfish? If so, would it be selfless to involve

ourselves in things we don’t like?

The trip is not about the money, the money is used for transportation, food and supplies. Coming back from a service trip and feeling like you now have a responsibility to become involved is priceless and powerful.

Each trip is unique and that should be celebrated. I left the returner ceremony feeling disappointed because my group hadn’t bonded in the way that others had.

I felt robbed of the “APEX experience” that was so sought after.

There is no perfect program on this campus, it is important to acknowledge that. It is not fair for an outsider, in this case someone that has not gone on the trip, to write an article bashing the entire program.

This article was inappropriate and unfair to the program, and I am saying this as a student who won’t be involved in APEX during the rest of my time here at SJU. Sincerely, Alexandra Bewley ’21

Unlikely mentors for an undergrad How a group of men guided me to success JACK CONVERY ’20 Columnist I’ve taken a ton of great classes over my past five semesters at St. Joe’s, yet there are three classes that have stood above the rest in terms of importance and impact.

These classes were two theology courses, Ignatius and the City and Faith, Justice, and the Catholic Tradition and an English course called Inside-Out: Everybody’s Protest.

Both theology courses were Service-Learning courses, where my partner and I would go to St. Joe’s original campus to help with an all-male soup kitchen once a week. The English course was an Inside-Out course where my class would travel to a minimum-security correctional facility and have class with inside students, which was also once a week.

Many don’t see individuals who are incarcerated or experiencing homelessness as prime stock for mentors or influential figures. In fact, many see them as who we should shun and exclude from society.

My experiences were completely opposite. The men I met during these classes were and are some of the most influential figures in my life. I found unlikely mentors and inspiration from a motley crew of characters.

Each group challenged me to listen

and to learn from what they had experienced. The lessons were familiar ones and ones I’ve heard countless times over the years such as, “Be yourself,” “Don’t stop working,” “Don’t give up” and “Don’t listen to the critics too much.” However, unlike the previous versions of these lessons,

make one to put me where I was going.”

Accompanying this unrestricted view was a prophetic warning which seemed to echo through everyone that I met: “Don’t end up like me.” The quote always came with a similar story, everyone always believes that they wouldn’t end up in the

The opportunity to learn from those men is a blessing I’ll always remember and be thankful for.

These lessons and experiences are ones that no textbook or lecture could teach me. their advice was much more poignant and stuck with me.

These men offered me an uncensored look into just how hard life can become when you don’t take care of yourself, and for that I am eternally grateful.

By taking care of yourself, I believe they meant make the hard choices that would benefit you in the long run and think seriously about the future. It would be ignorant to not acknowledge that due to systemic oppression society is set up to work against them.

As one inmate Crip told me, “You’re able to make a few mistakes and still get to where you want to be, but I only had to

position they were in and resist the temptations which drove their families into similar situations.

These men constantly would remind me that at the end of the day I am not immune to the same vices and temptations that they succumbed to and that I should use their stories as a source of strength to stay away from those same temptations.

They wanted me to stay on my own path.

The self-awareness these men exhibited only added to the power that the warning had.

One lesson that didn’t have this warning as a caveat was that life’s blessings are here to justify its sufferings. This was an

important lesson which was shared by both groups of men. No matter how hard life was and how unfair it seemed to these men, they all had something that made it all worth it.

For many of the people imprisoned, one example being Gee, was his family and kids and how blessed he was to still be alive for them. The men experiencing homelessness found their blessing in the comradery that formed in old St. Joe’s Church.

This is the one lesson that I felt to be the most critical one anyone can learn. By remembering what we have, we can gain the strength to bear any hardship or as one of the men experiencing homeless told me in reference to Genesis 32:22-32, “be like Jacob and have the strength to wrestle with God.” The opportunity to learn from those men is a blessing I’ll always remember and be thankful for. These lessons and experiences are ones that no textbook or lecture could teach me.

I encourage others to take Service-Learning and Inside-Out courses in attempts to have a similar experience that I had. You’ll not only grow as a student, but you’ll grow as a person. I thank those men who saw me as an equal and helped teach me those lessons through our various conversations and life stories, because without them I wouldn’t be the person that I am today.

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What is authentic blackness?

Blackness has more than two faces and all of them are valid ALIM YOUNG ’19 Columnist The other day, a few of my friends got into argument.

One of my friends referred to themselves and their friends as “the blacks” and another group of my friends as “the other blacks”.

When I heard this, I was honestly appalled and unsure of how to process what I had heard. That friend went on to say how “the blacks” were the ones that everyone liked, who lived the authentic black life and were the kind of black that every black person should try to emulate. Loud, dramatic, extra, angry, petty, natural and dark skinned.

“The other blacks” were described as those who more or less spoke with a certain intonation that some might call “bougie”.

These blacks were the ones that were considered part of the elite. They were, in this moment, described as out of touch with the authenticity of blackness.

These are the people with memberships to the Jack and Jill of America; the bougie, well-mannered, disassociated, classist, Uncle-Tom-like, white-acting, hypocritical kind.

This bothers me more than most can imagine. In the world today, there is this constructed dichotomy of blackness that doesn’t seem to allow much room for anything else.

But truthfully, blackness is as multiva-

lent as the black diaspora. There is in fact a complexity of authentic blackness that pushes past the boundaries of this dichotomy but isn’t always easily distinguishable because of circumstances.

We all come from unique backgrounds where, whether consciously or unconsciously, we had to make a choice of how we would live out our best lives to survive in the world we were born into.

For some that meant assimilating into

tics that would be seen as stereotypical and age-old. We had to know the language of the hood. Educated or not, if we couldn’t speak it we were deemed sellouts. Both of these are survival mechanisms and an attempt for black and brown people to navigate the world and our culture that sometimes acts as its own alternative world.

In the book “The Souls of Black Folks”, W.E.B DuBois talks about this notion of double-consciousness. He describes this phenom-

Many black people struggle inwardly with this constant negotiation of who we are and at what point we can fully be that person. Black people are in a never-ending war within and outside their community. mainstream white normative society because we knew that the color of our skin already othered us enough and we only desired to be accepted for who we are.

Things like straightening our hair even though we dread the amount of time and effort it takes; up-pitching all of our statements that they might sound like questions rather than asserted statements with hopes that our skin tone does not scream louder than our words; code-switching to fit in with what this country has made a distinction between, culture and uncivilized.

For others we had to adapt characteris-

enon as, “this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.”

So what is enough? We are othered by the mainstream because of the the color of our skin. Stigmas and stereotypes are mapped onto black bodies regardless of what comes out of our mouths.

Then we are called uppity, told we “talk white” and are deemed out of touch with our heritage by other blacks. Or we are called ratchet, told we “talk ghetto” and it is suggested that we are not good enough for

where we might be.

Many black people struggle inwardly with this constant negotiation of who we are and at what point we can fully be that person. Black people are in a never-ending war within and outside their community.

Society tells us that we can be two kinds of black. Either we conform like our parents and grandparents were forced to do so we can avoid making waves which keeps us bound in our circumstance. Or we live “authentically”. But with that option, we have little to no room for development and growth beyond the stereotypes.

I think it is one thing for mainstream society and media to portray us as only two extremes, but for us to exacerbate our own situation by putting each other down with these same thoughts is heartbreaking.

Those who play into this bifurcation of blackness will continue to tear our community apart. Why should any of us be forced to believe that there is only the Barack Obamas or the Lil Uzis. Our blackness is far more rich and vibrant to bind ourselves into this bipolarization.

The most challenging obstacle here is breaking this vicious cycle. With internal and external influences, people often point at the household for solutions.

I, however, believe that there is just as much accountability for those in the household as those outside to change the narrative surrounding blackness. And I refuse to let anyone get off easy on this one.

Our common home, our problem How the Earth is dying and nobody seems to care MADISION CASSEL ’20 Columnist Should the environment be treated as a person? Does it deserve respect? Does it have rights? Who should protect it?

According to a study by the World Wildlife Fund, “the human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life.”

Basically, by 2050, the human race will have to colonize two additional planets in order to ensure our survival. Both of these facts are true and have been explained and repeated numerous times to the global society.

However, these terrifying statements have had little to no impact on our globally destructive habits. Why is that? Because we as humans like to think in terms of convenience and try to avoid thinking about uncomfortable scenarios.

However, the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” cannot and should not apply to the environment, especially since it encapsulates all of us and is the source of all life.

With the source of all human life at stake, you would think the United States government would be putting all hands in to actively protect and preserve the environment, right? Quite the opposite, actually.

Since his election, President Donald

Trump and his administration have reversed environmental policies set up in the Obama era that aim to reduce pollution and impede climate change.

In addition, Trump has limited federal funding for science and environmental programs and provided funding for programs and industries that downright cripple our environment. One of Trump’s favorite initiatives to advocate for is “clean coal,” the world’s most dangerous oxymoron.

People have started to take notice of

the prosecutors, “are questioning whether the kids have a right to ‘a climate system capable of sustaining human life’ under the Constitution or public trust doctrine.

They say federal authorities will waste time and money by responding to what they call ‘baseless claims.”

They say it is wrong for the court to impose climate-change policies on federal officials and the public should wait for congress or other elected officials to implement these changes.

We have waited and watched as our only Earth hemorrhages resources, asphyxiates on polluted air and drowns in toxic oceans. We cannot wait any longer and neither can our planet. the Trump administration’s blatant abuse and neglect of the environment, and they have taken bold action steps to hold the administration accountable.

In August 2015, a group of children, now named “the climate kids,” have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government stating that their rights to a healthy and livable environment are being violated.

However, the federal attorneys are not taking these claims seriously.

In fact, according to a CNN article,

Well, we have waited. We have waited and watched as our only Earth hemorrhages resources, asphyxiates on polluted air and drowns in toxic oceans. We cannot wait any longer and neither can our planet.

What duties do we as a Jesuit University have to our planet’s protection?

In Pope Francis’ Laudato Si, he explains that the Earth is like our shared mother and she cries out to us for help since we have been plundering her resources in which God has endowed her.

This encyclical implores not only Catholics but all members of the world’s population to come together and do their part to safeguard Our Common Home. I would have thought that this papal mandate would instill a sense of environmental action in our university, but it has not.

In fact, just this year, the university has cut funds for our on-campus sustainable programs by up to 75 percent. This budget cut is an egregious step in the wrong direction for environmental support.

If this university action disappoints you like it does me, then I encourage you to speak up to our administration and advocate for their support for sustainability initiatives on campus. It is our duty, mandated by the pope himself, to protect our common home.

As humans we have basic rights to respect and dignity. We have these rights because we are able to advocate for them.

But what if something deserves protection and respect, but cannot advocate for itself? Should the environment be forsaken because it does not have the faculties to demand preservation?

Or should we as autonomous individuals protect our common home and recognize its intrinsic value? Give our planet a voice, give our planet a chance.

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The rise of anti-semitism A perspective in the wake of the Pittsburgh shooting BRENDAN KILEY ’19 Columnist It is tough to put a tragedy in context. The nature of tragedies is they are so cruel, and in the case of Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, so evil that it is tough to even wrap one’s head around them.

When talking about Pittsburgh, we should talk about how the killer owned his guns legally and how the unhealthy political rhetoric generally contributed to this particular moment. That being said, we cannot neglect mentioning what this was on the most basic level. It was not an indiscriminate killing. It was an anti-Semitic hate crime against Jewish people.

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the streets and online. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), there was a historic sixty percent jump in anti-Semitic attacks in the United States between 2016 and 2017.

The ADL has also found that, “the online public sphere—now a primary arena for communication about American politics—has become progressively inhospitable [sic] for Jewish Americans.”

The Pittsburgh killer was right at home in anti-Semitic online spaces. On the expansively uncensored online platform Gab.com, the killer published anti-Semitic screeds. While he was a far-right extremist, he was so far to the political fringe he thought all major American political figures, including President Donald Trump, were puppets in a Jewish conspiracy.

This form of anti-Semitism where Jews are international puppet masters, controlling governments and money is hundreds of years old. It is an insidious form of populism that has been played up by political figures time and time again. It is not a stretch to see it even now.

A boogeyman on the American right has become George Soros, who after escaping the Holocaust as a young Hungarian Jew, made a fortune for himself investing in the United States. He is now a large donor to left-of-center political causes in

Branding Soros as a “globalist” immigrant, who is using money and influence behind the scenes might be a convenient electoral strategy, but it is completely irresponsible, playing on and stoking anti-Semitism.

This problem is not just on the right.

Anti-Semitism has been and continues to be a left-wing and right-wing problem.

One needs to look no further than the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, whose leader Jeremy Corbyn is slow to root out anti-Semitism in his own party. His own

We do not live in the end of history. Racism, homophobia, and misogyny are still very real and need to be rejected in the public square and in our own subcultures. So too must anti-Semitism.

Europe and the United States.

George Soros donates a lot of money to causes and candidates that people on the American political right detest. The Koch brothers donate a lot of money to causes and candidates that people on the American left detest. Both sides have their rival donors, but both sides’ donors did not get a bomb in the mail last month.

Republicans and their allies have found a politically convenient target in Soros. He has been prominently featured in midterm ads, and President Trump himself said Democratic activist protesters at the Kavanaugh hearing were “Paid for by Soros and others” in an Oct. 5 tweet.

track record is dubious. If Corbyn is not an anti-Semite, he sure likes spending a lot of time with them.

A certain brand of political leftism, that breeds hatred of capitalism and animosity towards the state of Israel’s existence, can be quite hospitable to conspiracy mongering and anti-Semitism. It would be foolish to think that sort of leftism does not exist in the United States.

Correlation does not equal causation, but the fading of collective memory of the horrors of the Holocaust and the rise of anti-Semitic hate crimes seem inextricable.

Anti-Semitism is less taboo, but it cannot be.

We do not live in the end of history.

Racism, homophobia and misogyny are still very real and need to be rejected in the public square and in our own subcultures. So too must anti-Semitism.

Democrats and Republicans alike in America have the responsibility to root out and not accept anti-Semitism in their big tents. Words like “globalists” and other dog whistles need to be called out and not used by candidates and activists groups.

Anti-Semitism cannot be exploited for electoral gain.

In George Washington’s letter to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island in 1790, he wrote that the United States “gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.”

At Tree of Life Synagogue on the day of the shooting, they were celebrating a bris, a sacred ceremony for Jewish boys and a celebration of new life. The shooter killed 11 people, the oldest of them being 97 years old, Rose Mallinger. This was an attack on young and old, and an attack on life itself.

It is the responsibility of all Americans, that America is a safe place for Jews, where a fully American and fully Jewish identity can be realized in safety and community.

There are many more bris ceremonies that are to happen in America.

It should be every person’s solemn conviction that Jewish people born into these United States find no sanction for bigotry.

Stronger than steel and hate The Pittsburgh shooting’s intersection between gun control DEVIN YINGLING ’22 Columnist On Oct. 27, the United States had to rally together once again after a horrendous act of internal terrorism and gun violence. Eleven innocent people were killed in their place of worship, Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Pa, by a truck driver named Robert Bowers.

According to a report by the Washington Post, “little is known about Bowers...online, though, he posted anti-Semitic and racist rants, comparing Jews to Satan and using slurs to refer to women who had relationships with black men.”

Bowers is the embodiment of an ignorant, racist, anti-Semite who is just another part of a larger spectrum of hate.

I still cannot believe that I am sitting here in 2018, writing an op-ed about Nazis and white supremacists. Didn’t the world learn its lesson in the 1940s? Apparently not, and apparently not enough has been done to shut down this hate.

How come it has to take 11 lives being

lost in what is supposed to be a melting-pot nation of tolerance to bring attention to the fact that this kind of white supremacist hate still exists? And, moreover, how are we as a nation still allowing people with this kind of hate in their hearts own firearms?

I ask these questions because I truly do

shall not be infringed.”

With this, of course I think people should be allowed to own firearms to some extent. At this point, it is impossible to rid our nation of firearms anyway. But, that does not mean citizens need military-grade weapons nor should people with severe

In this country, we can not and should not tolerate any hate and ignorance of this nature. Nor should we arm it. not know the answer. We are a country that is supposed to protect freedom of religion, freedom of association, and freedom of speech. If for some reason you don’t believe me, go check the Constitution.

But, of course the Constitution’s second amendment still remains an important proponent to consider when these situations arise. It is a right just like the other rights listed above, and it carries the same weight as any other Constitutional amendment as it states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,

mental illnesses have access to these weapons. It’s not 1791 anymore, and the list of firearms is certainly not limited to muskets and pistols.

The Constitution carries immense weight and when the amendments challenge one another, it is a more powerful clash than pineapple and pizza.

Therefore, in this country, we can not and should not tolerate any hate and ignorance of this nature. Nor should we arm it.

We have to assess these amendments that cause our debates, and ultimately enforce legislation that upholds the rights of

citizens. At the same time, we have to combat hate and violence in our country to protect everyone from every background.

I think the first steps to achieve these goals must include supporting common sense gun laws and finding ways to prevent hate in our own lives. The key is to start small.

If you check your St. Joe’s emails you’ll have read an email from the administration which details this week’s latest event of “It’s OK to Be White” posters being discovered on our own campus. This is a prevalent slogan used by white hate groups, and now it’s floating around right outside our classrooms.

You don’t have to look far to find hate and prejudice, and I think that this is something many of us forget to realize.

Whether it’s in Pittsburgh or right outside of McShain Hall, anti-semitism, racism, hate, and ignorance remain just as they did in the 1940s.

Let’s use this as a driving force to say “no more”. We will not tolerate any kind of discriminatory behavior or speech and we will not sit back and be an enabler or a bystander. We have seen the atrocities this type of institutionalized ignorance can cause, and let’s not ever let it happen again.

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Faith and sexual identity Interview-based play explores being LGBT and Catholic

Actors of the Stages on the Sound theatre company recite interviews in "Full of Grace."

EMILY GRAHAM ’20 Lifestyle Editor Robert Choiniere and Scott Barrow were approached by Bishop Joseph Sullivan in 2012 and asked to create a play discussing the polarizing topic of being LGBT and Catholic.

After a long process, that proposal turned into “Full of Grace: Journeys of LGBT Catholics,” an accumulation of interviews with diverse individuals from across the country who are trying to reconcile their faith and sexual identity.

This play was brought to the Bluett Theatre at St. Joe’s on Nov. 1 and 2, sponsored by the Faith-Justice Institute.

Choiniere and Barrow, co-founders of the educational theatre company Stages on the Sound, previously worked on another interview-based play called “Crossings,” which focused on immigration. Their work with that production is what sparked Sullivan’s idea.

The purpose of the performance is to shed light on the variety of perspectives on the issue of sexuality and Catholicism, according to Choiniere, creator of “Full of Grace.”

“We wanted to make sure we represented people on both sides of the issue in a way that they could stand on stage and have a conversation or even an argument with each other in some ways,” Choiniere said. “They weren’t really dialogues, but if you put them together, it actually becomes a conversation.”

The play is structured as various dialogues connecting different stories to highlight themes such as scriptural interpretations of homosexuality, coming out stories, familial relationships and the overarching meaning of God’s love.

The six-person cast portrayed over 30 voices, representing clergy, parents of LGBT children, teenagers, transgender individuals and a variety of perspectives on all sides of the debate.

“We wanted to make sure we had a diversity of voices, so we kept asking ourselves the questions, ‘Do we have everybody? Whose voice is not here yet?’” Choiniere said.

Giving a voice to a marginalized group was the main reason the Faith-Justice Institute became interested in hosting “Full of Grace,” according to Annie Bole, lectures and programming assistant.

The Faith-Justice Institute has used the Joseph William and Madeline Eberle Klein Fund for the last three years to run events related

to the exclusion of certain groups within the Catholic Church.

“It’s a way to promote discussion and dialogue around those issues and groups that haven’t always had a voice in the Catholic Church or who have felt marginalized in some way and not given a seat at the table,” Bole said.

The fund is meant to serve students and the issues that are directly affecting them.

“It definitely lets students know that the university is supportive of the LGBT community,” Bole said. “Students probably wouldn’t have the opportunity to see something like this elsewhere, so it really brings something directly to the campus community.”

The play was open to the public, allowing students, faculty and members of the surrounding community to be exposed to the conversation. That conversation, rooted in real experience, is one that Choiniere said is lacking in other religious spaces.

“According to Catholic sexual ethics, there’s no space for same-sex sexual activity ever,” Choiniere said. “The question that people have is ‘how do you live a fulfilling life if you find yourself that you possess this sexual identity, but you can never ever act on it?’”

“Full of Grace” explored questions such as this one through reciting word-forword the interviews that Choiniere and his team conducted.

“It’s rooted in experience,” Choiniere said.

“Let’s listen to people’s stories first, and then let’s ask the question of what is God doing here.

That’s not how this issue has ever been treated.”

Actors perform scene of a father and son.

Through the wide range of experiences shared, Choiniere said he hopes to demonstrate that everyone’s story is different and that trying to force individuals into a box is an act of violence.

Church teaching plays a major role in this discussion, as many of the stories touched on the struggles between sexual identity and religious identity.

“We let the teaching have its place in the show, and I hate to say it, but it becomes a villain,” Choiniere said. “It’s not because we adulterate it at all. It’s the way it’s written.”

The intention of the creators, however, is not to condemn the Church, but rather to discuss something other than the Church.

“Instead of saying ‘here’s church teaching, let’s talk about it,’ how about we say, ‘here are the lives of people, let’s talk about it,’” Choiniere said.

One of the storylines the play follows is,Margie Winters, a former religion teacher at Waldron Mercy Academy, who is fired when a parent at her school finds out she is married to another woman. Other stories include those of priests and nuns who discuss their sexuality after becoming ordained. These can be hard to hear for anyone familiar with Catholic teaching, Choiniere said.

For Jordon Finkelstein ’22, the play forced her to think about issues she had never considered before.

“It highlights a different side of the church and the people in the church that most people don’t really think about,” Finkelstein said. “If

you assume someone’s LGBT, you kind of assume that they’re not part of the Church.”

The most shocking part for Finkelstein was to hear the testimonies of the clergy.

“I think the priests’ stories really surprised me,” Finkelstein said. “You don’t think of them being in relationships at all, so to hear that priests are in gay relationships, I just wasn’t expecting that.”

Choiniere said those stories are typically the most difficult for people to hear, but they still need to be part of the discussion.

“The idea is, if you walk out and say, ‘oh that was so wonderful’ and you’re not challenged at all, then I don’t feel like I’ve really done my job,” Choiniere said.

Choiniere sought to achieve that by including stories that not only appeal to allies and LGBT individuals, but also stories that make them see how far the Church still needs to go.

“Because it’s nonfiction and my only goal is to create a platform where people’s stories can be heard, it takes that pressure off,” Choiniere said. “My agenda is to take other people’s stories and let that impact other people.”

As a Catholic and a professor of theology at Fordham University, Choiniere wants to create a more tolerant atmosphere that is still compatible with the faith. His method is to meet Catholics where they are rather than force them to adhere to the doctrinal standard.

“This is where theology needs to be,” Choiniere said. “It needs to be engaging people in their lives.”

An emotional scene about coming out to family plays out on stage. PHOTOS BY: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22 / THE HAWK

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Play in a day

24 hours of writing, directing, rehearsing and performing

Team Jason Vorhees performs their 24-hour play. PHOTOS: ROSE BARRETT ’20 / THE HAWK

MARIANA RUIZ ’21 Special to The Hawk St. Joe’s student-run theatre company, Followed by a Bear, launched its first annual Play in a Day event on Nov. 2 in The Perch.

About 20 participants were randomly assigned to four teams—Chucky, Freddy, Michael and Jason—and given 24 hours to write, rehearse and perform a short, Halloween-themed play.

Kayla Evangelisto ’19, Followed by a Bear’s president, said the goals of the event were social and educational.

“Within the different groups, people get to know each other better and make new friends,” Evangelisto said. “At the same time, [they] learn how to manage their time and work under intense time and creative pressure.”

Followed By a Bear was created in 2013 with the goal of providing students with an opportunity to do theater in a relaxed environment.

All of the group’s work is written, directed, produced and performed by students. Everyone who wanted to participate in the club was encouraged to join.

No previous experience was necessary.

Play in a Day debuted one of the club’s

regular performances and was inspired by the work of past vice-president Morgan Hayes ’18, who had participated in a similar event with another theatre troupe.

The Play in a Day event provided participants with complete creative freedom, with time as the only restriction - 24 hours from concept to performance.

Louis Serlenga ’21 said he has participated in the club since his freshman year.

Belonging to the club is a big part of his identity as a student.

“It’s something new, fresh and exciting,” Serlenga said. “To be a part of this club is something really special and this event is no exception.”

The event kicked off at 8 p.m. on Nov. 2 in Claver House, where the Followed by a Bear executive board greeted the participants with Halloween music, cookies and chips.

The first hour was used to explain the rules and expectations, wherein participants were assigned to groups. Then they were given 11 hours to write the story and 11 hours to rehearse and perfect their play. The last hour was set aside for performances.

Given the proximity to Halloween, the four groups were named after notorious horror film characters - Freddy Krueger, Michael Myers, Chucky and Jason Voor-

Team Jason Vorhees receives the overall best performance award.

hees. The groups then had to use the character in their play. Each group had one writer, one director and between two and four actors.

Team Chucky’s director, Mattie Yoncha ’20, said that her group decided early that they would use comedy as vehicle for their narrative. She said despite the writer having done the actual writing, all of the members of the group contributed to the story.

“We all agreed to do comedy because it’s what we do best, and who doesn’t love comedy?” Yoncha said. “We all brought stuff to the table. We had a lot of fun doing this and I’m very happy with the result.”

Katie Sellars ’21, director of Team Jason said most groups tried to maximize their allotted time.

“Our group worked until 3:00 a.m.,” Sellars said. “Then we went to bed for about five hours, and regrouped to rehearse our play.”

In the final hour on Saturday at 8 p.m., each of the four groups performed their play in front of an audience. Past Followed by a Bear alumni judged the plays as a competition.

Anthony Paparo ’18, a judge and one of the group’s former writers and directors, said that he was glad he came out to see the show.

“I thought it was fantastic,” Paparo

said. “I think that every scene had something different that everyone in the audience could latch on to and relate to, which is hard to in 24 hours.”

Julia Sinkbeil ’22, who was in the audience, said she stumbled on the event by accident while working in The Perch, but she was happy that she did because she enjoyed the show.

“I was just working here tonight, I didn’t know that this was happening,” Sinkbeil said. “But I’m glad I stayed. This was really funny and cool how they did it all in one day.”

Each group received recognition for its play. Team Michael Myers received the outstanding costume award. Outstanding set design was awarded to team Freddy Krueger, with team Chucky winning the outstanding acting award.

Team Jason Voorhees won the overall competition.

Diego Ramirez ’22, an actor in team Jason, said that it felt really rewarding to win the competition.

“I can’t wait to do it again next time,” Ramirez said. “Winning feels like ‘woo’ not only because it’s my first time acting here at St. Joe’s, but also because it feels like all of our hard work paid off.”

Members begin preparations for the event in Claver House.

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University appoints director of transitioning students New position gives commuter students additional support MAGGIE MCGILL ’20 Special to The Hawk In an effort to provide more support for commuter students, the university has created a new position for a director of transitioning students.

Nancy Komada, Ph.D., the former director of Adult Student Life, began serving in this new role last month.

Komada’s position falls under the Office of Student Success and will focus on supporting student populations with low retention rates, such as commuter students, transfer students and first-generation college students.

Bella Oliva ’21 was a residential student her first year at St. Joe’s before deciding to commute to save money this year.

As soon as Oliva became a commuter student, however, she said she felt a decline in assistance from the university. She found it difficult to juggle her schedule, stay connected to her friends and get information about clubs and activities on campus.

“For those of us who have to commute, I just wish there was more support,” Oliva said. “I wish someone was like, ‘Hey, I heard you're commuting. Here's some resources for you.’ I didn't get that.”

That has been the experience for Ckyam Saint-Cyr ’19 as well. In her position as vice president of the Commuter Club, Saint-Cyr said she has witnessed just how significant that lack of support has been.

“We're overlooked,” Saint-Cyr said.

Dan McDevitt, director of Student Success & First Year Experience, said Komada’s new role will give commuter students

Emmly Cherival ’21, Long Huynh ’21 and Fatmata Sakho ’21 talk in the Commuter’s Lounge. PHOTO: MATT BARRETT ’21 / THE HAWK

like Oliva and Saint-Cyr a point of contact, someone who can work specifically to address their needs.

“We haven't had a solid go-to person for a long time,” McDevitt said. “Now with Dr. Komada taking over, I feel like we're really going to help these students because they're going to have that consistent person working with them.”

McDevitt said the university does not keep track of retention rates for commuter students, in part because it’s a population that fluctuates, but he knows that they are at risk for not graduating.

“As a campus where 96 percent of the

freshmen live on campus, it's a group that is definitely a higher risk of not connecting in and not persisting,” McDevitt said.

Komada said her primary goal in the new position is to see students through to graduation.

“It’s to hear their voice and to be their representative as people,” Komada said. “I think sometimes we're the only encouragement that students have. It's really a struggle, and it's really a juggle.”

McDevitt said he thinks Komada’s new position is a step in the right direction.

“Hopefully this is showing them that the university sees you, we hear you, we

want to help you,” McDevitt said. “Having somebody now whose role is going to be working with them, hopefully we’re showing them that we're going to do what we can to make this a better experience for them.”

Daja Walker ’19, secretary of the Commuter Club, said there is a buzz among the commuter population about Komada’s appointment.

“We're excited to be working with Nancy because it just seemed like nothing was getting done,” Walker said. “Ever since I've met her, I just felt as though she's going to really help us.”

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The CDs in my parents’ car DOMINIQUE JOE ’19 Opinions Editor

Walking out of the darkness Students gather to raise awareness for mental health Participants gather at Sweeney Field to begin the Out of the Darkness Walk. PHOTOS: MATT BARRETT ’21 / THE HAWK

ALYSSA THOMPSON ’20 Hawk Staff About 550 students united on Sweeney Field for St. Joe’s largest Out of the Darkness walk to date on Nov. 4.

This event was sponsored by the Dean’s Leadership Program and supports the Active Minds organization, a nonprofit that is devoted to educating college campuses about the importance of mental health awareness.

The trail of the one-mile walk was decorated with string lights, streamers, balloons and words of empowerment written in colorful chalk.

Statements such as “Our story is not over yet” and “You are not alone” filled the sidewalks and steps on the Philadelphia side of campus.

The Out of the Darkness walk highlights the necessity for college students to further discuss mental health issues.

Marybeth Ayella, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and faculty advisor for Active Minds at St. Joe’s, said it is important to recognize the effects of mental health on college campuses.

“It is important to know how common mental health conditions are,” Ayella said.

“One in four people over the age of 18 experience mental health conditions. This offsets the feeling that ‘I am alone,’ which is one of the most distressing feelings one can have.”

Raising over $8,000 for the St. Joe’s Active Minds chapter, the fourth annual walk made a mark on many of its participants,

Participants on the walk trail pose next to a drawing of a semicolon, a symbol for mental health awareness.

including Caroline Cooper ’22.

“My favorite part of the walk was the silent self-reflection because it afforded everyone the time to think about how they could be an ally to those struggling,” Cooper said.

As Allison Mcbryan ’22 walked out of Hagan Arena, where food and refreshments were served to participants, she said she grinned from ear to ear. She said that she learned a lot about not only herself, but also the community of people surrounding her.

“This topic of conversation is important at St. Joe’s because there are students struggling with mental health who attend

Chalk messages decorated the path to inspire participants.

the university,” Mcbryan said. “They should know that they are never alone and there are always people willing and eager to support them.”

The large turnout for this year’s walk served as an indication for the Active Minds club that the community here on Hawk Hill will not shy away from the mental health conversation.

Active Minds plans to strive towards removing the stigma that surrounds the topic and getting as many people involved in the conversation as possible.

“Suicide is the second leading cause of college student death and it is preventable,” Ayella said. “Talking, recognizing the commonality and seeking help can prevent some of these suicides.”

For Cooper, reminding students their lives are valuable is an important part of the event, especially because typical college students are so busy that they may not take time for themselves.

“This notion of asking for help is not normalized, and people think that they need to deal with everything themselves,” Cooper said. “As college students, there’s a lot of pressure on us to balance school, work, serving others and being involved in clubs while also making time for a social life.

Sometimes, we need to be reminded to take a minute to focus our mental health.”

The Office of Counseling and Psychological Services, located in Merion Gardens, is an on-campus resource for any student that would benefit from individual or group counseling. For more information, call 610-660-1090.

I’m a self-proclaimed old soul, and that is completely the fault of my parents. A lot of my musical education was relegated to the CDs in my parents’ cars. A major contribution to this musical education was funk music, a hugely underrated musical genre.

Here is my nostalgia playlist in honor of the times your parents wouldn’t let you touch the radio dial: “Express Yourself” by Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (1970) Funk, as a musical form, was built upon and informed by other genres. “Express Yourself,” as a soul song and an early precursor to straight funk jams, utilizes horns and establishes an easily danceable beat. You can really feel the soul influence that plays an important role in later funk music.

“Fire” by Ohio Players (1974) “Fire” is an absolute funk jam. In the first 30 seconds, it is a song that asserts itself. The break in the middle of the song, a bombastic moment of guitar riffs and percussion, is as intense and scorching as the title denotes. The guitar takes on a percussive role, meddling with the drums to create a funky juggernaut of a song.

“Baby Love” by Mother’s Finest (1977) Mother’s Finest is the coolest funk rock group to ever exist. The strength of Joyce Kennedy’s voice battles in some ways the punctuating drum beat and bassline. The traditional funk elements are elevated by gospel-like delivery of vocals by Kennedy and the call and response with her background singers. “Baby Love” doesn’t only have one of the strongest funk beats, it also exposes the hybridity of funk music to pull from other genres of black music easily and effortlessly.

“Get the Funk Out Ma Face” by The Brothers Johnson (1976) “Get the Funk Out Ma Face” is a song that stays in its pocket. The drums, the bass and the guitar provide this unceasingly low groove and reverberate in your ears. “Get the Funk Out Ma Face” is exemplary in the chicken scratch style of picking that is synonymous with funk music.

“Flash Light” by Parliament (1978) Parliament, the brainchild of the godfather of funk himself, George Clinton, are probably one of the most musically eccentric groups I’ve ever encountered. An Afrofuturist dream, “Flash Light” has a bass-heavy, synthy beat with a chorus that anyone can sing along to. The call and response aspect of “Flash Light” requires you to pay attention and feel the funk.

“One Nation Under a Groove” by Funkadelic (1978) “One Nation Under a Groove” is probably one of the most recognizable funk songs and is a testament to the accessibility of funk music. The beat stays deep, rarely changing.

The bassline and drum beat are established early and stay consistent. The harmonies are beautiful and simply fun.

“Fantastic Voyage” by Lakeside (1980) “Fantastic Voyage” is a funky R&B song that encapsulates the true musical adaptability that funk music displays. The bass is distinctly funk influenced. The guitar plays that percussive role floating between the electric bass and the punctuating hi-hats and snares.

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Alumni inducted into Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame RYAN MULLIGAN ’21 Assistant Sports Editor St. Joe’s alumnus Jamie Moyer ’85 and Muffet McGraw ’77 stood beside Philadelphia sports greats Allen Iverson and Brian Westbrook as they becoming members of the 2018 Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame on Nov. 1.

Moyer was one of the few players that was inducted for his performance both collegiately and professionally in the city of Philadelphia. He pitched for the Hawks from 1983 - 1985 and as part of his storied 25 year Major League Baseball career, Moyer helped to bring a World Series Championship to Philadelphia in 2008 as a pitcher for the Phillies.

Moyer currently holds the St. Joe’s record for strikeouts and is the only player in St. Joe’s baseball program history to have his number retired.

McGraw has also had a storied professional career, highlighted by success in the

Muffet McGraw speaks at the Philadelphia Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

national spotlight. She began her basketball career at St. Joe’s, where she played in the inaugural years of the women’s basketball program from 1973 -1977. She helped garner the women’s highest ranking in program history, third in the 1977 AP poll .

McGraw returned to St. Joe’s as an assistant coach in 1980. She was introduced as University of Notre Dame women’s basketball head coach in 1987 and is now entering her 32nd year in South Bend.

McGraw has accumulated a long list of awards and records in her 31 years of coaching, most notably a three-time consensus National Coach of the Year. She is also a two-time NCAA National Championship winner, including last year’s victory over Mississippi State Both alumni emphasized the importance St. Joe’s had on their later success.

“I think going to St. Joe’s was such a great decision for me,” McGraw said. “That basketball success that we had really catapulted me into coaching. I loved playing at St. Joe’s and that’s why I got into coaching in the first place.”

The Sugarhouse Casino was packed with members of Hawk Hill, including former Director of Athletics Don Dijulia and current Director of Athletics Jill Bodensteiner, who worked with McGraw at Notre Dame for 20 years. St. Joe’s had the most representatives in this year’s inductee class, and Moyer made a point of emphasizing the bond that St. Joe’s has created.

“I had the great fortune out of high school to go to St. Joe’s University and it was always about family,” Moyer said. “St. Joseph’s [is] being represented here tonight, that’s my family.”

McGraw, who has called Notre Dame home for the last three decades, said she has never for-

Don Dijulia, Jamie Moyer, Muffet McGraw and Jill Bodensteiner at the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. PHOTOS: LUKE MALANGA ’20 / THE HAWK.

gotten her roots in the city of Philadelphia.

“I love Philly,” Mcgraw said. “Everybody knows about Philly in South Bend because that’s all I talk about. I love coming back here, we came back and played at St. Joe’s, played at the Palestra last year and it’s awesome.”

Moyer was also quick to point out the importance of community and what it meant to bring a World Series Championship to the city he calls home.

“It’s really cool to be able to make an impact on the community,” Moyer said. “I don’t look at it as an individual thing, I look at it as a group thing. It’s great to be able to do something like [win a World Series] for me in my hometown.”

McGraw went on to emphasize this

sentiment in her induction speech, and recognized her time at St. Joe’s as a turning point in her life.

“To my fellow Hawk Jamie Moyer, congratulations,” McGraw said. “I’ve been at Notre Dame for over 30 years but when people ask me where I’m from, I’m quick to say I’m proud to say I’m from Philly.

Whenever I come back here it always feels like home. Life is a series of choices and I’ve been fortunate to make some good ones. The first really good choice I made was going to St. Joe’s.”

Following Moyer’s speech, master of ceremonies Pat Williams lead the Hawk heavy crowd in chanting “The Hawk will never die.”

St. Joe's men's rugby wins championship NICK KARPINSKI ’21 Sports Editor The St. Joe’s men’s rugby team won their third consecutive MARC D1AA Fall 15’s Championship in front of a packed crowd at Sweeney Field on Nov. 3.

Junior full-back James Kinzer said there was a remarkable turnout from the fans.

“We had a lot of parents, alumni and a bunch of people in the rugby community who love the sport come out,” Kinzer said.

“This was probably the best turnout we’ve had for such a big game like that.”

Senior full-back Aram Keshgegian, also known as “The Kesh Express,” said

three consecutive conference championships mean a lot to the team and what they’re building as a whole.

“To us, it’s more of a dynasty than a three-peat,” Keshgegian said. “I think it’s cool that we started something new that this school or this team has never really seen before.”

Kinzer said the win being at home added significance.

“There’s definitely a lot more satisfaction that comes with it,” Kinzer said. “It means a lot to us.”

Keshgegian was named MVP for his performance, adding three scores to St. Joe’s tally, two of which came in the closing minutes of play.

Senior center Chad McMahon celebrates prior to scoring on Sweeney Field. PHOTOS: MICKY CHAPPLE.

The St. Joe's men's rugby team celebrated during their conference championship game on Sweeney Field.

“I’m really excited about it,” Keshgegian said. “If I’m being honest, it’s something I can’t do alone. I couldn’t do anything I do without my teammates’ talent.

Without those guys, I wouldn’t be able to do anything on the field.”

Kinzer said a lot of behind-thescenes work went into the team’s success over the past three years.

“What the fans don’t see are the lifts we have with our trainor a couple times a week and film sessions that are at 11 o’clock at night after practice,” Kinzer said.

“A lot of the times, we as a team don’t see coaches doing things to make this more than just a club sport that anyone can join.

The coaches have turned it into a program that is getting national recognition.”

Keshgegian also attributes the team’s recent success to the entire coaching staff.

“The coaches have been huge, really helping us out and leading us,” Keshgegian said. “They’re very dedicated to us as a team, we’re more than a team, we call ourselves a family.”

Kinzer said their overarching goal for the rugby program is to be a St. Joe’s varsity team.

“St. Joe’s Rugby is more than just a club team,” Kinzer said. “We’ve been building something for a while. This is more than just three in a row, this is building a dynasty of what Hawk rugby really is.”

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Women's soccer graduates historic senior class RYAN MULLIGAN ’21 Assistant Sports Editor The St. Joe’s women’s soccer team was eliminated from the Atlantic 10 tournament semifinals by Virginia Commonwealth University on Nov. 2, bringing one of the most successful seasons in program history to a close. The Hawks finished with a record of 14-5-2 which was good for the second most wins in a season in program history.

For the seven seniors who carried the Hawks to four straight A-10 tournament berths and three straight semifinal appearances, while simultaneously setting the record for games played as a group (83), the loss marked an end to their storied careers on Hawk Hill.

“This senior class was awesome and I can’t thank them enough for what they’ve done for the program,” Head Coach Jess Mannella said. “They came in here and they knew how to win and brought that winning mentality. It set an expectation for the program that winning was the new norm and they really turned it around in their four years here.”

During those four years, the senior class compiled a record of 56-20-7, including a 2016 regular season A-10 title.

“As a class, our goal was to really leave our mark on the program,” senior goalie Grace Bendon said. “To know that we’re leaving with such success I think is something to be proud of.”

The Hawks will certainly have a lot of talent and experience to replace, as four of the seven seniors were named to the A-10 All Conference team. They also graduate two players, defender Paige Bergman and midfielder Michaela Finneyfrock, that started all 83 of their games in crimson and grey.

Senior Grace Bendon prepares to kick the ball out of the box in a game earlier in this season against Bucknell University. PHOTO: SJU ATHLETICS

Bergman is the program’s all-time leader in assists. They also graduate former A-10 Offensive Player of the Year forward Dakota Mills, who ranks second in program history in goals despite missing the majority of the 2017 season. Bendon, who anchored the defense, playing every minute for the Hawks and who is the program leader in wins, will also graduate in the spring.

“The seniors were great leaders and great players and they will be really difficult to replace,” Mannella said. “The younger girls have been able to watch them all year and how they approach the game. Now it’s time for them to step up and follow that example

the seniors have left.”

Bendon said the senior class left a foundation for the younger players. ”We shouldn’t expect anything less than all the success we’ve been having because everyone on that team, freshman to senior, is a great soccer player,” Bendon said.

Both Bendon and Mannella emphasized how special the team was this year, not only in what they accomplished on the field, but their bond off of it.

“It was just a lot of fun, the team knew how to be silly and have fun, but when it was time to practice or play, they knew how to fight, work hard and be gritty," Mannella said. "I'll remember the fun times, whether it

be a bus trip or a dinner or just hanging out before practice."

Bendon also found the greatest significance in the simplest moments. When asked about her most impressionable memory, she didn’t choose a groundbreaking win or a record setting performance, but rather the moments they spent together in practice. The long hours training on Sweeney Field paid off in the form of a lasting bond off the field and a successful season on the field.

“I think the cohesiveness and the will to win and the love for each other translated to how well we did and the success we had as a whole,” Bendon said. “That’s really what I’ll remember most about St. Joe’s.”

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Hawk Wall links alumni with current players MICHAEL DROOGAN ’19 Hawk Staff The commencement of a new St. Joe's basketball tradition took place on Oct. 18 when basketball greats Jameer Nelson ’04 and women's basketball Associate Head Coach Susan Moran ’02 inked their signatures on the "Hawk Wall" in the Casciato Basketball Practice Facility. The signatures of alumni who have left their mark on the program now decorate the wall that serves as a backdrop for the current team's practices.

After getting the idea from former player and current Director of Basketball Operations Rob Sullivan ’06 this past summer, Head Coach Phil Martelli set the plan in motion as a way to connect past alumni to the current team. Martelli said it was an idea based on similar traditions he saw at other schools.

“I always believed that we should have something special here, something that gives off a special aura,” Martelli said.

“It’s a tangible way of thanking alumni for all that they’ve given to this program.

The wall is in line with Athletic Director Jill Bodensteiner’s mission of creating an atmosphere that encourages former athletes to come back and stay involved in the St. Joe’s community after they graduate.

“I’ve really been stressing in the department, we’ve got to make sure student-athletes in all departments feel like this is home,” Bodensteiner said. “Once a Hawk always a Hawk.”

Signatures fill the "Hawk Wall" in the Casciato Basketball Practice Facility. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22 / THE HAWK

After being ranked 2nd in History/ Tradition in the Atlantic 10, Bodensteiner wanted a way to highlight these strengths for the program.

“As silly as those rankings are, it was really cool to get recognized for that,” Bodensteiner said. “It gives a guy like Jared Bynum a chance to look at Jameer Nelson and say ‘hey there’s a guard built like me.’”

Many alumni across generations have followed Moran and Nelson in returning to Hawk Hill to put their stamp

on the wall.

“It's definitely cool getting guys like Ronald Roberts and Jameer Nelson to come in,” freshman guard Jared Bynum said. “Jameer’s a pretty big deal, an NBA All-Star, so when you see him you’re like ‘wow this is the real deal.’”

Junior guard Ryan Daly already has a special connection with the wall, as his dad, former Hawk Brian Daly ’92, signed the wall.

“I think it’s really cool to have former alumni come back and embrace the tra-

dition, especially seeing my dad as one of them,” Daly said. “Hopefully I’ll be back here doing the same thing after I graduate.”

Martelli said an important part of the wall was not only bringing back alumni, but also allowing the current team to see the rich history of the basketball program.

“We are only who we are today on the backs of people who came before us,” Martelli said. “We’re not the greatest, we’re just the latest to represent St. Joseph’s University.”

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The St. Joe's fieled hockey team celebrates after beating VCU in the Atlantic 10 Championship game. PHOTOS: LUKE MALANGA ’20 / THE HAWK

Field hockey wins A--10 Championship SAM BRITT ’20 Assistant Sports Editor The St. Joe’s field hockey team defeated Virginia Commonwealth University 1-0 in the Atlantic-10 Field Hockey Championship game on Nov. 3.

Among the team's achievements: three consecutive outright A-10 regular season championships, two consecutive A-10 tournament championships, currently ranked 10th overall in the country.

“Field hockey is the best team on campus,” Adam Sands ’22 said. “We are 10th in the nation and people don’t realize or appreciate that. A lot of games I went to nobody was there which I don’t get because we are so good.”

Sands is St. Joe's field hockey self-proclaimed number one fan. He decorated the end lounge on his floor in Villiger Hall with messages in post-it notes that were visible from Ellen Ryan Field. During the tournament it read “We Love SJU FH” and after the championship, “A-10 Champs” was added as well. His attire for the championship game was a shirt signed by every member of the field hockey team.

This year’s championship being on St. Joe’s home turf allowed for Hawk fans including Sands to take in the sport of field hockey. The stands were packed on both Friday and Saturday as the Hawks battled their conference rivals.

Head Coach Lynn Farquhar is hopeful that the excitement surrounding the championship can get people interested in the sport.

“I hope this really helps our prominence,” Farquhar said. “It is a really fun sport. So if you don’t know about it and this is the first time you’ve seen it, it is engaging.

We had the decorated windows and the fans going around the field and I am thankful for that. The energy really helped us.”

Sands agreed that having this most recent championship on Ellen Ryan Field has

helped the program gain interest on campus.

It capped off a dominant season that saw the Hawks go undefeated in the A-10.

“I do think people are starting to take notice,” Sands said. “The team is also getting younger and younger. Only three seniors are graduating this year. They are going to be good for a while.”

One of the leaders of St. Joe’s young core is freshman Tonya Botherway. She thinks that fans coming out to there games brings the best out of the team.

“It was so cool seeing so many people from St. Joe’s there,” Botherway said. “I think the crowd really makes a difference to our performance. I want to win to show our supporters how well we can play.”

The steady improvement of the program under Farquhar is the driving force behind St. Joe’s rise to national power.

“We are a program on the rise,” Farqu-

har said. “We have had a great group of committed workers who have come in and some alums who have helped us start it. We are hoping to continue this trend.”

Senior back Joely Helder has experienced this growth first hand over the course of her decorated career. Freshman year her season ended in the A-10 semifinals, and sophomore year she suffered her last loss at Ellen Ryan Field—the team hasn't lost a game since Sept. 25, 2016. As a junior she helped lead St. Joe’s to the A-10 championship and an NCAA tournament berth, and this year she played a key role in repeating as champions and coming into the NCAA tournament ranked as one of the top ranked teams in the country.

“We have come a huge way since I was a freshman,” Helder said. “We were ranked in like the sixties. To be top 10 and to be able to continue on is just awesome. Hopefully,

everyone sees what we have been doing.”

Junior goaltender and career wins leader Victoria Kammerinke is proud of how far the program has come.

“If you look at where this program came from, it’s amazing what coach Farquhar has accomplished,” Kammerinke said. “Two championships in a row just shows that everything is coming together. It is so much fun just going forward knowing our season is not done yet.”

Farquhar said St. Joe’s is in the heart of hockey and that she sees the university becoming a field hockey school.

“That would be awesome, I love it,” Farquhar said. “We are in the heart of hockey.

There is no reason why we couldn’t be a field hockey school.”

The field hockey team’s season continues on Nov. 9 against the University of Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The St. Joe's field hockey team celebrates during the NCAA selection show.

Basketball Preview

The Hawk Newspaper

Nov. 7, 2018

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Senior guard Alyssa Monaghan in Hagan Arena. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22 / THE HAWK

Alyssa Monaghan looks to finish Hawk career off strong RYAN FLOOD ’21 Hawk Staff After losing the Atlantic 10 championship game last season, the St. Joe's women's basketball team, led by senior guard Alyssa Monaghan, is looking to start this season strongly.

Monaghan has been with the team throughout her four years on Hawk Hill and knows that her style of play can affect the game plan.

“Depending on what team we are playing, my style of play changes,” Monaghan

said. “If we are playing a bigger team, I know that I have to step back or kick out any time I can, whereas when we are playing a smaller team I have more freedom to drive to the basket or get the ball down low.”

According to Monaghan, the focus of the team this year is to develop their chemistry.

“Our goal is definitely to win the Big 5 because it’s always great to beat your Philadelphia rivals,” Monaghan said. “Aside from that, we would love to do well in the A-10.

We made it to the championship game last year, but we want to improve on that.”

Senior forward Sarah Veilleux, one

of Monaghan’s teammates, believes that Monaghan is the key to the Hawks’ success this season.

“Alyssa is the leader on the court, and as a point guard she has control over almost everything that happens on the floor,” Veilleux said. “We have a lot of younger players on the team this year, which means Alyssa’s role is a lot bigger than last year because she is charged with having to get those players to where they need to be as a team.”

Veilleux said she has nothing but positive experiences with Monaghan as the pair have been teammates for the past three seasons.

“I have been fortunate enough to play alongside her and call her one of my friends and I attribute a lot of my success to her,” Veilleux said.

Despite her share of great memories on the court, Monaghan believes some of her greatest memories of St. Joe’s have come off the court.

“I’ve had such a great four years that I’ll never forget,” Monaghan said. “I’ve had the best teammates every year and have met so many good people and made so many good friends that I will always have.”

Women’s basketball’s three new freshmen faces SAM BRITT ’20 Assistant Sports Editor As the St. Joe’s women’s basketball season nears, the team welcomes three freshmen to the squad. Though these three newcomers are part of the same class, they all took very different routes to Hawk Hill.

Freshman guard Devyne Newman has been playing basketball since first grade but never saw herself as a college level player until she received her first recruitment letter.

Once recruitment began, Newman relied on her high school coaches for assistance because her mother didn’t have a background in basketball.

Newman didn’t know a lot about St. Joe’s before they reached out to her.

“It was kind of out of the blue,” Newman said. “I knew they had done well in recent years. They won a championship in 2013 but besides that not much.”

However, once she stepped on campus and was around the program, her perception changed.

The St. Joe's women's basketball team freshmen. PHOTO: SIDELINE PHOTOS , LLC

“I just knew they were all about the team,” Newman said. “They focus on everyone. They are very loving people and they made me feel comfortable here. I felt like they really wanted me.”

Newman decided to come to St. Joe’s without any prior connections. Freshman forward Katie Mayock. Her mother, Alix Mayock, played four years of basketball at St. Joe’s. Despite her own bloodline, it took

Mayock time to fall in love with both the school and the sport.

“The fact that my mom played here made me kind of not want to come to St. Joe’s at first,” Mayock said. “When I initially got my letter from St. Joe’s, I never really considered it. I kept them on my list because my mom wanted me to."

When Mayock started high school, she wasn’t sure if she wanted to continue bas-

ketball in college.

“Before I started playing basketball, I played softball,” Mayock said. “I always kind of thought that would be what I ended up doing. During some point in my freshman year of high school, I started playing AAU and I realized I liked basketball better.”

After receiving her offer, Mayock's view of St. Joe’s began to change. She warmed up to the idea of stepping onto the Hagan Arena court.

“I really enjoyed just coming here and watching the games knowing that I would be a part of it,” Mayock said. “I realized that it was going to be the perfect spot for me.”

The other member of this trio is freshman forward Elizabeth Marsicano. She goes by the name “Lovin,” Given to her after an emergency trip to the hospital due to a peanut allergy.

Marsicano wants to bring positive energy and contribute to the team’s overall chemistry. This is most apparent in her career goal.

“I want to win it all,” Marsicano said.

TAKING FLIGHT.