Oct. 5, 2016

The Student Newspaper of Saint Joseph’s University

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Oct. 5, 2016

APEX 2017 sells out in record time From 12 days, to five hours, to 27 minutes: Service trip grows increasingly popular CHARLEY REKSTIS ’20 Special to The Hawk

This year’s Appalachian Experience enrollment reached full capacity in just under 28 minutes. The APEX trip occurs during spring break, sending students to 17 different locations in five different states and helping communities in their designated regions.

The 2017 APEX sign ups sold out in record time; by comparison, the 2016 trip sold out in five hours, and the year before, all the spots were filled within 12 days.

“It’s kind of unique for everybody,” campus minister Matt Fullmer said of APEX. “There are Habitat sites and there are also more community-based sites and then there are a mixture of both. It just depends on where you are placed. It is a community partnership with reflection as with some service and reflection together.”

The program started 25 years ago when 10 to 15 students took part in the first trip. Soon after it was named Project Appalachia, and is now called the Appalachian

Experience.

“I think on this campus there is a desire to serve and immerse oneself into a community,” APEX leader AJ Simon, ’17, said. “I think there is something beautiful about going down with the St. Joe’s community and building a community within Appalachia and St. Joe’s.”

Leader Jackie Pignataro, ’17, explains the 27-minute signup as “heart happy.”

Malanga ’20 “It is a perfect description on ted by Luke ea cr ic ph ra G how quickly our community signed The 17 different sites students will travel to on this year’s Appalachian Experience. up to go on our APEX. It definitely gives a lot of students here pride that we have our peers ready to give up their “We didn’t come to serve their [Appa- something different to the trip. That is why spring break to grow as an individual,” Pig- lachian] community. They served us,” Full- each trip is unique in it of itself,” Simon nataro said. mer said. “They burnished our souls and said. “But throughout the trip, that puzzle The program is something that may we went back as better people and more is getting formed and, by the end of the expand in the future, if given the green aware. Why not have everyone experience trip, you have a complete picture. You try light. It is considered to be a smaller pro- that?” to bring that back and show the picture to gram, capped at 500 students. Fullmer The leaders also stressed the meaning everyone.” wants everyone to be able to experience of community and relationships. APEX is the program. not just about building some“It is not about quantity. It is about thing. quality,” Fullmer said. “We could have a “It really is men and womquality program and maintain the sanctity en with and for others, so it’s that everyone has a unique experience and not just to build something and everyone comes away with something—a leave,” APEX leader Evan Addis, new understanding for social justice and ’18, said. “We are going down maybe meeting a friend.” there to get integrated with the Regulations and a lack of resources community and connect with limit the expansion of the program as of the region itself.” now. There aren’t enough accommodations APEX is about understandor enough vans to provide for everyone ing the Appalachian region and who wishes to participate in APEX. How- learning from the people within it. ever, Fullmer hopes to expand the service “Each person is a puzzle program if given the chance. piece and they are each bringing Photos by Krista Jaworski ’17

Updates on active shooter drills Office of Public Safety plans for the future SAM HENRY ’19 Assistant News Editor Last January, the Office of Public Safety implemented their first active shooter drill on the Saint Joseph’s University campus.

The drill was not in response to a specific event, but was used as a practice on campus as preparation for students, staff, and faculty.

Some of the initial issues that Public Safety discovered after the drill were problems with the emergency notification system and the classroom telephone systems, according to Michael A. Boykin, assistant director and administrator of Public Safety.

“The next step in this is to look at a small geographic, whether it is by building, by organization... We are still in those formulating stages,” Boykin said.

Boykin, along with the new director of Public Safety and Security, Arthur Grover, is continuing to work on improving the protocol from the last drill, in order to make the next one more effective.

“We have been engaged in updating the emergency plan and we have a plan to build off of the drill that was managed last year, to have other drills going forward to be more

specific as to certain areas of the campus,” Grover said. “We’re going to drill down and be more specific as to buildings and areas of the campus for future activities in this regard.”

While a practice active shooter drill is planned for the near future, there is no set date for the next drill.

“Of course it has to be ongoing,” Boykin said. “There is no way we can say we are going to do this once a month, because it takes a lot, and of course the disruption piece. We have to remember, we don’t want to be disruptive to the academic process, and when you do those kind of drills, it is very disruptive.”

Grover also noted that active shooter drills are only one part of the emergency management system and the response system at St. Joe’s.

“We do a whole lot of things that are less obvious that dovetail with these drills and this particular drill. For example, every month, we have a test of our emergency communications system, text messages, emails, etc.,” Grover said.

Grover and Boykin both state that edu-

cating students and faculty about situations and preparing them beforehand would be the preventative way to ensure safety and to stay as ready as possible for emergency situations.

“We can only make sure that they are educated and do drills to get them familiar with actually doing what is supposed to be done,” Boykin added. “And that is the purpose of the drills, also. To get people used to doing exactly what they should do in an emergency situation so that when a true emergency comes, there is not a panic situation.”

Kiera Kelly, ’19, was one of the students who was in class during last year’s active shooter drill.

“We used to have similar drills in high school, but I never thought about these types of situations happening,” Kelly said. “It reminded me that in this day and age that these things can happen anywhere and to always be aware of your surroundings and know where to hide if anything should happen.”

Although the drill was able to prepare Kelly if an incident were to arise, she still

thinks that more could be done to make sure students feel safe.

“Maybe having Public Safety walk to the different classrooms and make sure everybody is accounted for and check to see if there is anything that the professor couldn’t handle that they would be able to help out with,” Kelly said.

Boykin also encouraged members of the St. Joe’s community to watch the videos provided on the Public Safety website that explain what to do if an active shooter were to be present on campus.

“The campus is made for a learning process, an educational process. It wasn’t built for securing everybody, ensuring that they are safe from an active shooter, because, within the past 10 years or so, this is now becoming an issue for the secondary educational institutions where you have to start thinking about these things,” Boykin said. “So these are the things that the drills are providing us and ensuring that we have a mechanism of evaluating what we have, a way to ensure that it is providing the most effective thing for the community.”

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Department of Public Safety reports (Sept. 23 - Sept. 29 ) Sept. 23

Sept. 26

Public Safety was notified of an alcohol confiscation in Lannon Hall.

Public Safety Officers responded and confiscated the alcohol. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to person(s) unknown removing his laundry from the third floor laundry room of Sourin Hall. Residence Life was notified and the incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified of an alcohol confiscation in Hogan Hall.

Public Safety Officers responded and confiscated the alcohol. Residence Life and Community Standards were notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside Hogan Hall. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed a student cooking. Facilities Management was notified.

Sept. 24 Public Safety was notified of a small fire on Curran Field involving a cooking fryer during HawkFest. Public Safety Officers responded.

The fire was extinguished without incident. Facilities Management was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside the Pennbrook Apartments. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed a student cooking. Property Management was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a fire alarm inside of Xavier Hall. Public Safety Officers responded. Preliminary investigation revealed an alarm malfunction. Facilities Management was notified.

Sept. 27-29 No incidents to report.

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Public Safety was notified by an area resident of a loud party involving Saint Joseph’s University students taking place in the 5700 block of Woodcrest Avenue. Philadelphia Police were notified and responded. The crowd was dispersed without incident and Community Standards was notified.

Mock debate highlights political differences on Hawk Hill ROB ROY ’19 Special to The Hawk

Chris Stevens, '18 represented the Libertarian view.

Matt Freney, '19, and Greg Dexter, '18, represented the College Republicans.

A gavel brought to order the first mock debate at Saint Joseph’s University on Oct. 3. With the College Democrats on the left, the College Republicans on the right, and a libertarian in the center, the floor was set for a debate that covered issues from national security to trade deals to the legalization of marijuana.

Forum Theater was filled to capacity for the debate, which covered many important topics the current candidates have been forced to deal with.

The 13 members of College Republicans were represented by Matt Freney, ’19, and Greg Dexter, ’18.

On the other side of the aisle, the 15 College Democrats were represented by Ann-Marie Maloney, ’18 and Rachel DeLuno, ’18. The Libertarian speaker was Chris Stevens, ’18.

Students gather in Forum Theater on Oct. 3 for the mock debate.

Ann-Marie Maloney, '18, and Rachel DeLuno, '18, represented the College Democrats.

Photos by Luke Malanga ’20

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Discussing the past, dealing with the present

Upcoming panel to explore the history of Jesuit slaveholding ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Managing Editor A panel titled, “Living with the Past: Perspectives on Jesuit Slaveholding” will be held on campus, on Oct. 18 as an exploration of the connections that the Society of Jesus had to the institution of slavery. According to historical records, the Jesuits of the Maryland Province (of which Saint Joseph’s University is a part), held slaves until at least 1838. In June of that year, Thomas Mulledy, S.J., of the the Maryland Province sold 272 slaves to Jesse Beatty and Henry Johnson of Louisiana.

There are several facets to this history, and they will likely all be explored during the panel. The four panelists, who include Sister Cora Billings, Religious Sisters of Mercy, Tia Pratt, Ph.D., visiting professor of sociology, Randall Miller, Ph.D., professor of history, and Dan Joyce, S.J., ’88, executive director of Mission Programs, will explore the history of the Jesuits and their connection to slavery and how the institutions that are involved in this history are currently dealing with its reality; they will also offer perspectives on

how people who have direct connections to the situation are handling the connections.

One of the major tenets of the Society of Jesus is the idea that people are “men and women with and for others.” The act of slaveholding is obviously against this belief, but also is opposed to the Catholic Church’s belief that all people should be treated with dignity.

“It’s not just the Jesuits, it’s the Catholic Church, which has a long history and a connection with slavery and even with the enslavement of people within the United States,” Miller said. “The Catholic Church did not come out against slavery at least until the mid-19th century. Their approach in the United States was, they saw this as a local institution. They urged the Church and Catholic masters to bring up their slaves as good Catholics. They urged Catholic masters to respect the sacraments; they didn’t enforce it, but they urged that. In terms of slavery itself, they did not take a position in terms of it being good or evil, it was just one

of the conditions of man that existed.”

The Jesuits are a religious order that claims social justice as one of their most important tenets, but they were still a part of the slaveholding culture in America. However, despite the abolition of slavery in 1863 with the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, the racial issues in the Church still existed for years.

According to Pratt, the racial injustices that formerly occurred in the Catholic Church have not yet fully been eradicated.

Although slavery has obviously been abolished for years, that does not mean that people of color do not still face discrimination in the Church.

“These days in cities, especially in the Northeast, [there are] a lot of church closings and restructuring of parishes that happens in the cities. Because it happens in our cities, it disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities,” Pratt said. “In cities like Philadelphia, there are issues as neighborhoods began to change and more black

families began to move in, that impacted parish life. There are parishes here in Philadelphia that had segregated communion lines through the 1960s; that kind of history and stigma, people lived that. People who go to church, who go to Mass every Sunday, are still living with that pain. These are issues of racial justice that haven’t been tackled yet, not in the way they really need to be.”

In addition to these issues, the upcoming panel will discuss the history of Jesuit slaveholding, and will address the potential implications Saint Joseph’s faces as a result of its connections to this legacy. Billings, the keynote speaker, and a descendant of one of the slaves owned by the Maryland Province Jesuits, will discuss her direct connection to the history and her work with the African American community.

The panel will take place at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18 in the Cardinal John P. Foley Campus Center.

OUT OF THE DARKNESS

Students shed light on suicide prevention during Oct. 2 Out of the Darkness Walk

Photos Dylan Eddinger, ’19, Joey Toczylowski, ’19, Julia Le, ’19

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A day in the life of

Mark C. Reed President, professor, and colleague ANA FAGUY ’19 News Editor Reed teaching his 8 a.m. Fundamentals of Calculus class in Merion Hall.

On his way to eat lunch in Campion Student Center, Reed passes through the Post Learning Commons to chat with students.

Suplee and Welsh check over Reed’s remarks for an upcoming event.

DeJulia and Reed sit down for their regular meeting.

Dan Joyce, S.J., ’88 and Reed catch up after the celebration of the papal visit.

Reed reflects on the one year anniversary of the papal visit.

With a pile of papers and a calculus textbook in one hand, and an umbrella in the other, University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., walked past groups of students, waving hello on a rainy Tuesday morning. Climbing up the stairs of Merion Hall, he set foot on the first stop of his day: Fundamentals o Calculus.

Reed is the first lay president of Saint Joseph’s University and the 28th man to lead Hawk Hill. He began his term in the fall semester of 2015, coming from Fairfield University in Connecticut, set on a mission, similar to that of his predecessors, to improve Hawk Hill.

There is a great challenge however, between being visible to the student body and doing work for the student body, according to Reed.

As he walked in, he greeted students and passed back a test the class took the previous Thursday. A room of freshmen listened as he reviewed the test and offered to have appointments with students to answer any further questions.

“If you aren’t happy or aren’t where you want to be, come see me, we will find a time,” Reed said.

Over the next 75 minutes, Reed reviewed a number of logarithmic rules, calling on students at random, and working through a number of examples on the white board.

Educating students is a key aspect of Reed’s mission.

“Last year was the first year I didn’t teach in 15 years,” Reed said. “[Teaching] is a healthy reminder of why we are here.”

After class, we walked back to the Regis Annex, the current president’s office for the time being, as Regis Hall undergoes renovations. Reed and his team are only temporarily displaced to the annex, a horse stable in its previous life.

As I walked in, I was greeted with two warm smiles and light emanating from small, antique-looking lamps. The first face I saw was that of Isabel Ravelli, the communications assistant in the Office of the President. She greets visitors as they enter the office and plays a largely administrative role.

A few feet behind Ravelli sat Eileen Suplee, the executive assistant to the president. Suplee manages the president’s schedule, ensuring that his day is packed with as many events as possible.

Down the hallway from the entrance and the first two desks sit the offices of two other members of the president’s office: Sarah Quinn, assistant vice president, board liaison, and assistant corporate secretary, and Kelly Welsh, senior director of executive communication.

Quinn serves as the point of contact between the board members and Reed. Welsh helps coordinate communication across campus.

The four of them and Reed make up the Office of the President and deal with a plethora of different issues on a day-to-day basis.

At the end of the hallway sits Reed’s office, a temporary space that isn’t overly-decorated but clearly represents St. Joe’s. On one book-

Reed works at his desk in the Regis Annex on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 27.

case sits a signed basketball from the 2016 Atlantic 10 championship. Photos of the basketball team and of the papal visit also have a place on one of the walls.

As I sat in Reed’s office, I listened as he explained the plan for the rest of the day and how his meetings typically run. Next on the agenda was a meeting with Martin Farrell, vice president for Development and Alumni Relations, and Joseph Kender, vice president of University Relations, to discuss fundraising.

This meeting was followed by something Reed calls “office time” when he reads proposals, returns phone calls, and catches up on work.

After practice with the club tennis team was canceled, Reed decided to improvise with the opening in his schedule and headed to lunch in the Campion Student Center. On our walk over, we passed through the Francis A. Drexel Library, where Reed talked to students about their classes and the presidential debate from the night before.

We walked to lunch during free period, when Campion was was crowded with students. Reed found a seat with a few juniors.

They discussed classes, as well as the challenge of working while still in school.

Reed went back to Regis Hall for more office time for a few hours.

Next on the agenda was a standing meeting with Don DiJulia, the vice president for Athletics and the Athletic Director.

The next few hours were filled with more office time, Welsh and Quinn discussing speeches and preparations for the upcoming board meeting respectively, and then Ravelli and Suplee making arrangements for the coming days.

As my day with Reed came to a close, we made our way to the final on-campus stop of the day, an event honoring the anniversary of the pope’s visit to St. Joe’s. Reed spoke about the magnitude of the occasion and then students signed a banner to send to Pope Francis.

Back at Regis, an Office of Public Safety vehicle was waiting to take Reed to his final stop of the night: A speaking engagement in Philadelphia.

Just like St. Joe’s students, Reed can be found running from place to place and from commitment to commitment, whether it be a rainy Tuesday in September or any other day of the year.

“Every day is somewhat unique and unpredictable,” Reed said.

Photos by Ana Faguy ’19

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

Ah, yes. Midterms.

It can feel like a nightmare— classes and scheduled meetings don’t yield to the craze of midterm exams and papers. With a campus full of ambitious and overly-involved students, in the rush of exam weeks, Hawk Hill can feel more like a wasteland than a space of learning where students make it to class just to keep getting by. So how do we, the editors of the The Hawk, study for our mid-semester exams? Here are a few of our best tips and for making it through when the going gets tough: “During midterms, I am a list-making machine. Prioritizing your tasks with a list can help you be much more efficient. Plus, it feels great to cross things off once you’re finished!” - Molly Grab, ’17, Editor in Chief “Make a playlist that won’t be too distracting (but still has songs that will keep you motivated), order a large of your favorite coffee from Starbucks, Dunkin, or wherever you prefer, write up a to-do list, and go for it.” - Angela Christaldi, ’17, Managing Editor “I am the queen of Post-It notes. You can find me on the third floor of the library—I’ll be making lists, taking notes, and prioritizing my to-do list!” - Ashley Cappetta, ’17, Copy Chief “In order for me to get quality studying done, I need to isolate myself from my friends. I usually

go to the second floor old side of the library, get myself a soda or coffee, sit down and crank out as much work as possible: without music.” Ana Faguy, ’19, News Editor “I love to study in the library!

My favorite time to be there is on Friday afternoons because it is usually pretty empty, making it the perfect time to get a lot of work done without getting distracted.” - Sam Henry, ’19, Assistant News Editor “I need to change up the location of where I study to stay focused. One day I’ll do second floor PLC, the next my kitchen table, then after that third floor Campion. I think changing up your surroundings when you are studying the same material for several days stops your brain from getting too bored.” - Maria Spirk, ’17, Opinions Editor “As Nike wisely advises, just do it. Stop overanalyzing and study your butt off.” - Victoria Tralies, ’18, Assistant Opinions Editor “I’m always the most productive first thing in the morning, so I usually plan to get my intense studying out of the way toward the beginning of the day. Then I save reading and other low-key assignments for when my motivation drops off later. I think prepping for midterms is all about knowing how your brain works and building habits that work for you.” - Katie White, ’17, Lifestyle Editor “Last spring, I listened to ‘The

FIVE-STAR CAMPION

This past Sunday was Fall View open house on Hawk Hill, meaning that prospective students, parents, and families were welcomed to explore our campus. It also means Campion ramped up Sunday brunch and we were treated to twice as many pastries, coffee options, and famous Caesar wraps. If you missed out, the next Open House is Oct. 23.

COST-EFFECTIVE CAFFEINE

Last Thursday, Sept. 29, was National Coffee Day, and popular student coffee hotspots did not disappoint. Dunkin sold theirs for $0.66, any size of Wawa coffee was free, and Starbucks donated a portion of the proceeds from each cup of Mexican Chiapas coffee they sold to coffee farmers. Too bad our favorite holiday only comes once a year, but at least it came during the Eagles’ bye-week.

BACK ON TRACK

On Monday, SEPTA returned to their original Regional Rail schedule for the first time since the Silverliner V trains were discovered to be defective in early July. Finally, commuter and co-op students will be able to get to class, work, and home on time —we hope.

Life of Pablo,’ Kanye West’s latest album, while studying and preparing for all my midterms. It worked.” Ciarra Bianculli, ’17, Assistant Lifestyle Editor “You do you.” - Christy Selagey, M.A. ’17, Sports Editor “Video game music is designed to help the listeners focus, so try that. Also, start early and take brain breaks. The color yellow stimulates the mind, as do blueberry muffins.

Finally, if you study while chewing a certain flavor of gum or looking at a certain pen, you are more likely to remember what you studied if you’re chewing the same flavor or using the same pen during the exam.” - Nick Mandarano, ’18, Assistant Sports Editor “I like to make really long playlists with all different genres to keep me on my toes. I definitely always keep a cup of coffee (or two) nearby and force myself to study.” - Krista Jaworski, ’17, Creative Director “I get a Powerade and some sort of gummy candy and listen to trap music. It’s always nice to have something sweet to eat after a study session.” - Joey Toczylowski, ’19, Photo Editor “I typically camp out in Claver with a large cup of tea when I study.

I usually take small study breaks for socialization and existential crises.

I also eat peanut butter. A lot of peanut butter.” - Abigail Gorman, ’17, Assistant Copy “My advice for people taking

midterms is to make sure to take breaks because you stress and exhaust yourself if you study for two or three hours straight. It’s OK to take a quick walk or visit friends for 10 or 15 minutes; after you’ll feel refreshed and will be able to focus better.” - Vivian Milan, ’18, Assistant Copy “I’d say focusing on the relief that comes with handing in a completed exam gets me through studying. It’s a great reminder that stress is temporary.” - Liz Krotulis, ’17, Assistant Copy “I like to consolidate my notes the weekend before any exam or big paper. Having everything I need on a few sheets of paper eases my mind.” - Mark De Leon, ’17, Assistant Copy “When I get overwhelmed with work and school I’ll ride my scooter around my apartment to give myself a break. And when I feel daring I’ll scooter outside.” Brenna Ritzert, ’17, Distribution Manager We hope these tips can help you navigate late nights, coffee breaks, and perpetual cramming to achieve success with your midterm projects, papers, and exams. Ultimately, you know what works best for you, so buckle down and finish this last sprint as we head into fall break.

Good luck!

- The Hawk Staff

ROCK WHAT YOU’VE GOT

While we are fully ready to embrace fall flavors and activities, many Hawks do not yet have their fall wardrobe. Fall break is the time when we go home to replenish our closets for more appropriate cool weather wear. Until then, good luck rocking your summer tanks with the single flannel you brought with you for the 90’s-themed back to school party.

RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY

It may have rained on our Palooza parade, but that did not stop Mad River fans from coming out in droves to RiverPalooza this weekend. We’re happy to be with good friends, good music, and OK beer.

AUTUMN-TIME SADNESS

Although fall break does not fall evenly in the middle of the semester, many professors are holding exams this week or the week after. Studying is never fun, but we hope that our tips help you survive until the next paper is due.

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Black Lives Matter How a student protest stopped traffic to stop violence against the black community KIANA PORTER ’19 Special to the Hawk On Friday, Sept. 23rd just as the Barbelin bell was about to strike noon, 12 Saint Joseph’s University students, including myself, gathered together on the edge of Lapsley Lane. Alim Young, ’19, walked down the street with a professional camera slung around his neck and a tripod in hand as we waited for further instructions.

On any other day our gathering might have appeared normal, as if we were a few kids going to class. But that day our group of mostly black students wearing all black certainly caught more than a few people’s attention. On cue, Alim yelled for all of us to get in the street.

As you know, City Avenue is always bustling, with drivers eager to get where they are going, sometimes not caring about who’s in the way. Usually students scramble to get across the street before the light turns green, but not us.

We stopped right in the middle of traffic.

Across the country, college students much like ourselves were participating in what was being referred to as National Blackout Day in solidarity and remembrance of the black lives lost at the hands of police.

An article published in The New York Times written

by Damien Cave and Rochelle Oliver, titled “The Raw Videos That Have Sparked Outrage Over Police Treatment of Blacks,” gives a list of a handful of black men and women who were victims of police brutality over the past two years.

Included in this list is actual footage of the events unfolding. Though the list does not include all of the cases, it is still extensive. In his article, Cave quotes Paul D. Butler, who currently teaches law at Georgetown University and previously worked as a prosecutor: “A lot of white people are truly shocked by what these videos depict; I know very few African-Americans who are surprised.”

For many older people in the black community, rampant

police brutality and blatant displays of racism without consequence is very reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement.

Recently, Marc Lamont Hill, who is a journalist, author, and a professor of African American studies at Morehouse College visited Democracy Now, an independent news program, to discuss police brutality.

“What we’ve seen over the last 48 hours is just a reenactment of a very, very, very common American tradition of not only killing black bodies, but also, then going out and justifying the death by criminalizing the victim, by demonizing the victim, by marginalizing the victim and by constructing narratives about how and why they deserved what they got,” Hill said.

Similarly, many of my elders have referred to the cases of African Americans who have died at the hands of police as “modern day lynching.” In most instances the only crime the victims have committed is that of being black in the wrong place at the wrong time. Social media has played a major and essential role in capturing these cases of injustice, making sure they don’t get covered up, ignored, and forgotten despite their gruesome nature. Social media has also been a key in organizing nationwide movements, protests, and calls for justice similar to National Blackout Day. This demonstration, as well as the current events that have led up to it, past and present, affected us all in many different ways. For me, personally, it was crazy that just a few days before National Blackout Day a white pickup truck was driving up City Avenue with a confederate flag waving on the back—reminding me that racism was never too far away. In comparison, that day I stood with my fist raised in the middle of City Avenue in support of black lives.

Attending a predominately white institution, or PWI, it is easy to feel like many of your fellow classmates and professors don’t understand you.

“SJU can very much be a bubble for a lot of students, but

as a black woman I don’t have the privilege to ignore police brutality,” said Sydney Villard, ’19.

I asked Rachel Cox, ’19, why it was important for her to take part in National Blackout Day as an ally, and she responded, “National Blackout Day was important to me because I wanted to stand in solidarity with the many innocent African Americans who were made victims simply because of their skin. I wanted to stand with those who still face injustice in a society that simply preaches ‘equality for all’ but doesn’t follow through with those ideals.”

While it is true that all lives matter, many times people lose sight of the subject at hand. The Black Lives Matter movement does not in any way relegate the notion that every life has value but that fact is that the lives of marginalized groups, namely the African American community, are being blatantly disregarded. I think Vanity Fair’s L-Mani Viney stated it best saying, “It’s hardly news to us that all lives matter. Our history of enduring tragedies allows us to understand what other people and groups endure. But that same understanding compels us to say ‘Black Lives Matter,’ because the empathy we have shown others has so rarely been reciprocated.”

As a university that prides itself on diversity and inclusion, we—as a group of students who attend St. Joe’s—hope to generate conversations on campus about race relations both inside and outside of our community. The racially motivated violence and acts are not just a “black people problem”: they are a problem for humanity and as a school community it is important that we start the conversations here and begin fostering a safe environment for all before we go out into the world. To choose to stay silent in times like these is to choose the side of the oppressor. Today its blacks, but who knows where the fight for equality will stand tomorrow. This demonstration of solidarity is just one step in continuing to make that initiative and showing that black lives do matter.

It all adds up How math can spur social justice and create change

SARAH COONEY ’17 Hawk Staff In the words of Saint Joseph’s University’s favorite Sunday mass hymn: “We are called to act with justice…”

Here at St. Joe’s, in true Jesuit spirit, we place a lot of emphasis on social justice. From weekly service and service learning, to the Philadelphia Service Immersion Program [PSIP] and Winter Immersion Programs [WIP], there are seemingly endless opportunities to get involved in the fight for social justice, both on- and off-campus.

It’s easy to see how some majors lend themselves toward continuing this fight beyond the confines of Hawk Hill. The leadership, ethics, and organizational sustainability major, affectionately known as LEO, practically has social justice built into its name. Education majors have plenty of opportunities to serve underprivileged schools both in Philadelphia and other cities across the country, and there are numerous ways to promote and practice health ethics for those intending to enter a medical field.

With mathematics and computer science, this link might be a little harder to see. After all, proving the Riemann Hypothesis or building the next Snapchat aren’t exactly going to feed the hungry or shelter the homeless.

However, beyond the surface, in the intersection of applied mathematics and programming are powerful tools for attacking a number of social justice issues.

I’ve written for The Hawk before about my experience

working with former graduate student Ather Sharif, ’15, and other members of the St. Joe’s computer science department to plan and host a series of hack-a-thons, an event where programmers come together to produce prototyped solutions to given problems, aimed at creating technology to combat issues faced by people with a variety of disabilities. For example, one group developed a proximity sensor that uses vibrations to alert deaf people to the presence of something close behind them. However, there are plenty of other amazing examples of math and computer science being used to fight for justice.

In 2015, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis worked with an initiative for providing resources to end child sex trafficking to create Traffick Cam. This free app is aimed at using the power of crowd-sourcing to help law enforcement apprehend traffickers and rescue victims, many of whom are girls as young as 13 and 14 years old.

Many traffickers use hotel rooms to evade law enforcement.

Every day thousands of ads feature pictures of the victims in these very rooms. With the help of Traffick Cam, anyone can help stop this horrific violation of human rights and dignity. A user simply has to enter location information during a hotel stay and upload a few pictures of her room from different angles. These photos and their accompanying information are maintained in a database. Through the power of mathematics, investigators can use search algorithms and image analysis to look for matches to the anonymous rooms in the online ads, helping them locate

traffickers.

The national civic hacking organization, Code for America, is another fabulous example of the way in which computer science and applied math are being utilized to change lives. Civic hacking is the practice of taking open source, or freely available, data from government and other civic organizations, and harnessing or managing it in a meaningful way to create change. Programmers are improving their communities in Code for America Chapters in cities all over America, including our own.

I think the most incredible part of math is the innumerable ways in which the beautiful and abstract can be employed to solve real world problems and even to enact social change. Math truly has the power to transform and improve lives. I still haven’t quite decided which of the many branches of mathematics I want to apply for or what that application will be. However, after three plus years at St. Joe’s I do know that I’ve heard over and over again—in the opportunities I’ve had, the lessons I’ve learned, and the people I’ve met—the call to act with justice. My list of possible grad schools may still be over 100 schools long, and my last year on Hawk Hill already feels like it’s slipping away far too fast, but I know that whether it’s via abstract algebra or artificial intelligence, I’m committed to a future pursuing the subject I love and harnessing it to change the world.

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A different kind of baggage Finding home on the road BRITTANY SWIFT ’20 Special to the Hawk

Icebreakers have always been an integral part of many new experiences for me.

Every new school year means get-to-knowyou activities. Joining a club means introductions. We all try to ease the awkwardness by following up introductions with a stereotypical fun fact, and then the inevitable question comes up: Where are you from?

It seems like such a simple question.

But to me it’s not. I’ve moved around quite a few times and was never in the same area for more than a few years, so I usually don’t know what to say. Sometimes if you were born in one area and really connect with that place, you could respond with your birthplace. But I don’t really consider myself a New Yorker when I only lived there for my first three months of life. And if I do say I’m from New York, it’s kind of awkward when I receive follow up questions that I can’t answer—what school did I attend there? Did I like it?

So what do I say? Here’s a basic roadmap of my major moves so we can try to

Graphic created by Kaitlyn Patterson ’20

figure out where I’m from. I was born in Oceanside, N.Y. Three months later I was in sunny Flower Mound, Texas. That’s where my sister was born not quite two years later. But she had the same experience I did—a few weeks after her birth we traveled up to Kalamazoo, Mich. (although she very fondly refers to herself as a Texan). I always found it amusing that she would have a little Texas magnet in her room but I never found it necessary to try to embrace my New York heritage any more than understanding I was born there—or that much of my family was “from” there.

Although I was still quite young for this move, I can imagine my not-so-thrilled-self having to give up my float in the pool for the feet of snow that Michigan bestowed on us. Either way, my moves were more like fun vacations to meet new friends at this point.

I hadn’t started school yet so our migrations across the country were no more than a nuisance. Especially since my younger self didn’t have to pack everything; that was my parents’ job.

Just a few years later, we packed up and hit the road for Chester Springs, Pa. Now the moves were starting to affect my education

as well. I comfortably started acclimating to my elementary school life when my family then decided to move in the middle of the school year. So around spring break in third grade, we moved down to Denver, N. C. But that location was checked off on the map— so it was time to travel onwards regardless.

Maybe we were finally settlers now. I hit my record of about four years in N.C. and then we decided we missed the Northeast, so we went back up to now Doylestown, Pa. for eighth grade. We grumbled as we stuffed our boxes upon boxes full again. I was finally able to stay in Pa. and graduate, and now I’m in Philadelphia for college.

So…Where am I from? If it isn’t where I was born, is it where I lived the longest: Doylestown, Pa.? Or is the location I felt most connected to even at a young age: Chester Springs, Pa.? Is it the location where my extended family lives: Denver, N.C.?

The truth is, I don’t really have an answer.

Whenever I get this question, I try to answer in a more specific way. So I’ll most likely say I graduated from Doylestown. Or possibly I was born in New York but I didn’t live there for long. Any way I say it though,

it’s likely to cause confusion, and that aspect of my life is sort of breezed over to avoid complicated explanations like the above.

In all honesty, part of me is frustrated with these vague answers. I can’t really understand the concept of childhood friends because my moves were so frequent and spaced out that I had different people in my life at various stages. And while it’s a bummer that now I can’t connect with one singular childhood home, I recognize how unique it is how I not only experienced different cultures in our country, but I lived them.

And I did it all at a young enough age where I was able to engage in the various cultures from a kid’s perspective.

In my case, one definite place that I’m “from” just isn’t accurate. All of my experiences across the country allow me to say that I’m a mix of town cultures and a diverse blend of states. From the block parties of Chester Springs to riding golf carts around my neighborhood in North Carolina to the small town festivals of Doylestown, I really have met so many diverse people. And I’m proud to be able to change my answer of where I’m from to include the many periods of my lifetime.

Decriminalization nation Why marijuana legislation benefits Philly CARTER TODD ’19 Special to the Hawk Four years ago, Colorado and Washington became the first two states to legalize the use of recreational marijuana. Now that Oregon and Alaska have added themselves to that list, there is a growing sense of acceptance for more relaxed marijuana laws around the country.

Many will be relieved to know that this acceptance has now made its way to the City of Brotherly Love. Legislation signed by former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter has been in effect since Oct. 20, 2014. This legislation decriminalized the possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana. Understandably, not everyone is fully aware of what exactly the term “decriminalization” means. The author of this bill, then councilman and current mayor, Jim Kenney, explained that being caught with less than 30 grams of marijuana should be dealt with

in the same manner as a parking ticket. People in Philadelphia found to be possessing under 30 grams won’t be put in handcuffs and won’t have a criminal record.

This new legislation is expected to cut arrests by 4,000 each year and save the Philadelphia Police Department $4 million each year. A 2015 Research and Development (RAND) study showed that these expectations were met, concluding that Philadelphia saved $4.4 million from Oct. 2014 to Oct. 2015. Philadelphians and law enforcement officials were outspoken in their reactions, particularly Philadelphia resident N.A. Poe, when he spoke to the Philly Voice last year, stating “this progressive move makes Philadelphia a place all of Pennsylvania can be proud of. As soon as Kenney gets warm in his [mayoral] seat, I hope he continues to push the effort forward.”

It seems that Kenney does intend to, telling NBC 10, that, “many young people will be spared the life-altering

consequences of a criminal record, such as limited job prospects, inability to obtain student loans or even join the armed services.”

Additionally, the Philadelphia Police Department will no longer be required to waste their time in pursuit of people smoking pot. Officers now can focus on violent crime instead of marijuana arrests. Mayor Kenney added, “Under this policy, police officers will be able to remain focused on more serious offenses.”

This decision is already having effects on the state legislature of Pennsylvania. A recent stroke of the pen by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf permitted the use of medical marijuana for 17 different conditions. Philadelphia’s relaxed marijuana laws will be especially convenient for those qualifying for medical marijuana.

It is increasingly clear that the stigma attached to marijuana use has run its course in this country. With sensible

laws in place, people will no longer smoke pot with the fear of a possible criminal record. For Saint Joseph’s University students, however; there are no plans to follow the lead of the Philadelphia legislation. Students on campus are still required to abide by the Saint Joseph’s University Drug Policy and the use of marijuana remains prohibited on campus.

Still, one must note that relaxed marijuana laws are spreading throughout the country. To date, there are 31 other U.S. cities including New York, Chicago, Miami, and Pittsburgh, that have also decided to decriminalize marijuana.

This legislation marks a big step for Philadelphians who envision a city that accepts pot, rather than rejecting it. Pot enthusiasts should let the legislation’s vision hold them over for the time being, as the road to full legalization can be a long one.

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Ruth B captures audiences at The Fillmore RAFA DHELOMME ’20 Special to The Hawk With her recently released EP “The Intro,” Ruth Berhe, better known as Ruth B, has proven herself to be a new sensation among contemporary singers and songwriters.

Berhe started her career on the social media app Vine, gaining an impressive number of followers in 2014 when she posted a video singing an original line from her now famous song “Lost Boy.” The song, which made its way onto Billboard’s “The Hot 100” a couple of months ago, was inspired by the classic fairytale character Peter Pan. Now signed with Columbia Records and with her own EP out for sale, Ruth B has joined up with Canadian companion Alessia Cara for Cara’s “Know-It-All” Tour Part II. The two are opening their shows together with Nathan Sykes, singer and composer of the pop hit “Over and Over Again.”

All three artists came to Philadelphia on Sept. 29 for a performance at The Fillmore. The venue was filled with fans of all three artists who were eager to enjoy a night of beautiful music.

Berhe took the stage right after Sykes, starting her set with new songs we can only hope will be featured on her next album.

From her current EP she played the track

EMILY SOKOLOWSKI ’20 Special to The Hawk Now that the dog days of summer are over and we are going into the fall season, you’ll need the ultimate playlist to listen to as you sprint from one side of campus to the other, with your Starbucks in hand as you don your best flannel.

Ruth B took the stage on Sept. 29 (Photo by Joey Toczylowski ’19).

“Golden” and finally the song that everybody was waiting for, “Lost Boy.” While sticking to her most famous songs, Berhe gave her performance an unexpected twist, stepping down from her usual keyboard and adding an acoustic guitar to accompany her. The added instrument gave the concert a completely different tone, with Berhe’s soft voice and smooth rhythm evoking an upbeat kind of ballad. Fans jumped and sang along with Berhe, who made the performance unforgettable with her soulful energy.

Just when everyone thought they had seen the last of Ruth B on stage, she joined Cara for a final duet performance of

“Stars.” The ballad, very similar in sound to the music Berhe usually composes, brought some audience members to tears.

After an unforgettable concert in Philadelphia, the tour is heading to New York where they will continue to put on amazing shows. Nathan Sykes, Ruth B, and Alessia Cara brought their best with them, and crowds everywhere will love every single minute of it.

Balancing her tour with personal projects and new song writing, Ruth B is an artist who does not disappoint. If she continues writing and performing at this rate, fans can expect great things from her in the future.

Welcome to paradise Green Day brings ‘Revolution Radio’ tour to the Tower Theater

Photo by Angela Christaldi ’17

ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Managing Editor Green Day’s return to Philly kicked off as un-glamorously as possible for the thousands of fans who descended upon Upper Darby’s Tower Theater on Thursday, Sept.

29.

A will-call only show, ticketless crowds were forced to wait outside in the cold and rain, and as 9 p.m. inched closer, people grew concerned that they wouldn’t even get to see the show.

I stood in the serpentine line for about two hours, and the thought of abandoning all hope crossed my mind several times.

However, there was a flicker of hope within that no rain or annoying fellow line-waiters could extinguish.

I waited, I got rained on, and my perseverance paid off: I was in my seat by 9:05 p.m., and by some miracle, Green Day hadn’t yet taken the stage. While the ticketing situation was more than poorly handled, the hours of waiting the 3,000 fans endured would soon become worth it.

The usual ambient music that plays before concerts gave way to Queen’s 1975 hit “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and the atmosphere changed palpably. Fans began cheering and singing, almost as if this was the main event. “Bohemian Rhapsody” faded into The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop” and a person in a pink rabbit suit (rumored for years to be the band’s drummer, Tré Cool) came prancing onto the stage, signaling that the show was finally about to

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begin.

The rabbit disappeared, and a few minutes later, Green Day took the stage to screams from an audience that had clearly been long awaiting their return. Exploding into the title track of their soon-to-be-released album “Revolution Radio” (Oct. 7), Green Day proved that they’re just as good—if not better—than they were in their prime. They kept the energy up with their newest songs, following that up with “Bang Bang,” the first single from the upcoming album.

After kicking things off with their newest material, the band went back into their catalogue, playing songs from almost every album they’ve released in their 26year recording history. Only their trio of albums from 2012 and their original 1990 album “39/Smooth” went unrepresented.

Over their two-hour plus set, Green Day played hit after hit to a screaming, exuberant audience. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong commanded the crowd; it was as if he had cast a spell over them as soon as he stepped onto the stage for the first time.

Toward the end of the show, Armstrong brought politics into the picture, reminding everyone that “We have to be inclusive in here,” and urging the crowd to vote... But not for Republican candidate Donald Trump. Armstrong’s strongest message? “No racism. No sexism. No ho-

mophobia.”

The band’s set came to a close with “Minority,” from their 2000 release “Warning.”

Following a long and loud standing ovation, the band returned to the stage for their encore, which consisted of “American Idiot” and the nine-minute, five-segment mini-rock opera “Jesus of Suburbia.” Most bands would end the show after playing such a complex song, but Armstrong was unstoppable. He grabbed an acoustic guitar and launched into “Ordinary People,” another song from the upcoming “Revolution Radio” before ending the show (for real this time) with a moving performance of the perennial favorite, “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life).”

Despite the band’s past drug scandals and festival-related controversies, the energy they brought to the Tower Theater on Thursday night was electric. For a band whose members are in their mid-40s, they still know how to rock, and rock they did: At one point during the show, dust rained down from the rafters, and a piece of the ceiling fell onto the stage. Bassist Mike Dirnt nimbly avoided the fallout, prompting Armstrong to shout, “Welcome to a Green Day show!”

Anyone who says Green Day is past their prime is clearly wrong. They’ve still got it, and they’re more than amazing.

They’re perfect.

“Closer” by The Chainsmokers and Halsey This song has been on my top three song list for a while now. It is definitely an instant hit. As soon as it comes on my playlist, it puts an instant pep in my step on my way to my 8 a.m. So whether you are walking to class or in the back seat of an Uber on your way into the city, this song is the perfect fall pick-me-up.

“Cold Water” by Major Lazer feat. Justin Bieber and MØ Whether you are feeling a little nostalgic about your Justin Bieber phase in middle school or just want a great song to listen to, “Cold Water” should be added to your playlist. With the combination of three great artists of amazing talent, you cannot help but sing along into your hairbrush with JB one last time.

“Mercy” by Shawn Mendes Shawn Mendes always provides the perfect melody for when you are sitting under your favorite tree on campus with the crisp, newly fallen, leaves around you, or even for when you are feeling overwhelmed by midterm exams on a cloudy fall afternoon.

Shawn Mendes and his unique sound is the perfect cure for any situation.

“Hymn for the Weekend” by Coldplay The title says it all. This Coldplay classic is perfect to turn on when walking (or running) out of your last class on a Friday afternoon. Its infectious beat is one that will keep you going all weekend.

“Fresh Eyes” by Andy Grammer This song is fairly new to the pop music world, but it is definitely a gem. This Andy Grammer melody is great to listen to when you are having a rough day and need someone to remind you to look at everything and everyone with “fresh eyes.” Definitely a personal favorite of mine!

“Still Falling for You” by Ellie Goulding Come on, you didn’t think I could get through this whole playlist without some Ellie, did you? With this new single from Goulding, you get a burst of confidence and an overwhelming sense of power that makes you think you can conquer the entire world in four minutes.

“Below My Feet” by Mumford & Sons When you are studying and need a soft melody to keep you focused, Mumford is always the way to go. Mumford is also perfect for those moments when you are driving or riding the train home after a long day of work and all you want to do is feel centered and grounded. So turn that volume up, and feel at peace with yourself with this song.

“Mr. Brightside” by The Killers When you are in desperate need for a throwback on a Friday afternoon after classes, “Mr. Brightside” is your song! So crank that volume up in your dorm (but not loud enough for your R.A. to come in) and just dance it out. Let go of all the stress this week has thrown at you and look on the bright side.

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Horoscopes Aries

As a jack of all trades, your ability to master any task never ceases to amaze! With Pluto in your rising house this week, you will discover a new hidden talent that not only makes an impressive addition to your repertoire, but will become a true life passion.

Taurus

You’ve been finding yourself especially stressed about money lately, Taurus, but fear not. The days of bargaining with your account balance are coming to an end! Celebrate your newfound riches with a worry-free purchase this week. Just make sure not to burn through it all at once.

Gemini

Naturally curious and unafraid, you are always in pursuit of an exciting new thrill. But be careful this week, Gemini. As Mercury aligns with your fourth moon, your sense of mischief will be awakened. Try to keep a low profile this week to avoid getting yourself into too much trouble.

Cancer

Libra

Capricorn

Leo

Scorpio

Aquarius

Virgo

Sagittarius

Pisces

With Saturn in your rising house, an excess of stress and negativity are beginning to weigh you down, Cancer. Why not take time this week to do a clean sweep? Whether you decide to cut back on extra commitments or simply tidy up your living space, a restored a sense of simplicity will work wonders on your spirit.

Drag your wild side out of hibernation this week and prepare to step far outside of your comfort zone! As Venus aligns with your sixth moon, a once in a lifetime experience is on the horizon. It may be intimidating at first, Leo, but you’ll thank yourself later for taking a chance on true adventure.

As a loyal and supportive friend, you’re used to being everyone else’s biggest cheerleader.

Make sure not to let your own interests fall to the wayside, Virgo. A shift in your moons this week will give you the opportunity to take a much-needed step into the spotlight.

Let your inner star shine and enjoy the recognition you deserve!

An overwhelming sense of regret has left you feeling blue. Cheer up, Libra, and remember it’s never too late to learn from your mistakes! With Venus in alignment with your third moon, you’ll soon have an opportunity to turn over a new leaf. Take this chance to show your peers and yourself just how much you’ve changed.

Your social calendar has been off the charts lately, Scorpio! With a life as busy as yours it can be difficult to set aside time to rest and regroup. Put some focus back on your health this week and remember that balancing fun and relaxation is an important part of living your best life.

Always considerate and polite, you tend to hold back when it comes to asking for what you truly want, Sagittarius. As Jupiter aligns with your third moon, now is your chance to be the ultimate go-getter. Be more assertive in offering your point of view and you’ll find that an extra bit of nerve is exactly what you needed.

A recent shift in your stars has left you feeling out of control, Capricorn, and it shows.

But don’t give up! With an upcoming boost in motivation, you will be able to reset your sense of work-life balance. Throw yourself into your studies, get that procrastination problem in check, and you’ll be back on track in no time!

Thanks to your meticulously planned schedule, your life is almost always in perfect order. However, your day-to-day routine is starting to feel a little dull. Welcome spontaneity back into your life, Aquarius, and let impulse be your guide. You can always return to playing it by the book next week.

From the demands of work and school to the pressures of pursuing perfection, you have been concentrating more on surviving than thriving lately. Luckily, the stars are in your favor this week, Pisces! With Venus in your fourth house, you will find yourself excelling both in the classroom and in your level of self-assurance.

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KRISTEN ADAMS ’17 Assistant Business Manager It is officially that time of year again: pumpkin spice season. We’re all familiar with the infamous Pumpkin Spice Latte (PSL, for short), which turns 13 years old this year. But do you know what ingredients are in it or why so many products offer the flavor?

Pumpkin spice consists of a combination of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger, and sometimes actual pumpkin as well. The seasoning incorporates many great flavors we associate with autumn beginning, as the leaves change and weather starts to get chilly.

Food companies use pumpkin spice to offer seasonal varieties of their products to encourage consumers to hop on the bandwagon of a “limited time offer.” As a result, the enthusiasm that surrounds the pumpkin spice phenomenon seems to grow each fall season.

It seems that each year, there are more and more options popping up for pumpkin products. If you’re a pumpkin spice fanatic, or just someone who enjoys trying new things, here is your complete guide for the top 50 outrageous and unexpected foods with pumpkin this season:

1. Pumpkin pie pop-tarts 2. Chobani pumpkin spice yogurt 3. Planter’s pumpkin spice almonds 4. Thomas pumpkin spice English muffins 5. Pumpkin spice latte M&M’s 6. Wrigley’s Extra pumpkin spice gum 7. Hershey’s pumpkin spice kisses 8. Eggo pumpkin spice waffles 9. Quaker pumpkin spice instant oatmeal 10. Nestle Toll House pumpkin spice

morsels 11. Philadelphia pumpkin spice cream cheese 12. Jet-Puffed pumpkin spice marshmallows 13. Pumpkin spice Oreos 14.Thomas pumpkin spice bagels 15. Coffee-Mate pumpkin spice coffee creamer 16. Cedar’s pumpkin spice hummus 17. So Delicious pumpkin spice coconut milk 18. Keebler pumpkin spice fudge stripe cookies 19. Cosmos Creations pumpkin spice popcorn 20. Pillsbury pumpkin spice Cinnabon cinnamon rolls

21. Hostess pumpkin spice cupcakes 22. Kellogg’s pumpkin spice Frosted Mini

Wheats 23. JIF pumpkin pie spice peanut butter whipped spread 24. Pumpkin spice peeps 25. Pumpkin spice Pringles 26. Pumpkin Spice Jell-O pudding 27. Country Crock pumpkin spice spread 28. Nature’s Promise pumpkin spice chicken sausage 29. Godiva pumpkin spice truffle 30. KIND Caramel Almond Pumpkin spice bar 31. Dunkin’ Donuts pumpkin munchkins 32. Cumberland Farms pumpkin spice cappuccino 33. General Mills pumpkin spice Cheerios 34. Archer Farms pumpkin spice white chocolate covered pretzels 35. Pumpkin spice Four Loko 36. Trader Joe’s pumpkin spice dog treats 37. Cucina Antica pumpkin spice pasta sauce 38. Nature’s Bakery pumpkin spice fig bar 39. Brach’s pumpkin spice candy corn 40. Burnett’s pumpkin spice vodka (for those of you who are 21)

Health on the hill:

41. Welch’s Sparkling pumpkin spice (and for those of you who aren’t…)

42. Milano pumpkin spice cookies 43. Food Should Taste Good harvest

pumpkin tortilla chips 44. Belvita pumpkin spice 45. Lenny and Larry’s Complete pumpkin

spice cookie 46. Siggi’s pumpkin spice yogurt 47. Tastykake pumpkin spice mini donuts 48. Pillsbury ready-to-bake pumpkin cookies 49. Archer Farms pumpkin spice granola 50. Polar Premium pumpkin spice seltzer

The sprouted grain sensation MADELINE KUNTZ ’18 The Hawk

Sprouted grain products are becoming increasingly popular in the health food market because of their unique health benefits. When a grain undergoes the sprouting process, it releases enzymes that break down proteins and carbohydrates. This process makes sprouted grains easier to digest than normal grains, allowing the body to absorb more nutrients than it would from regular grain products.With so many sprouted grain products out there, it can be difficult to decide which to try first. I narrowed down my top three sprouted grain brands, along with a recipe for each.

1. Go Raw The Go Raw brand makes a variety of snacks, nuts, bars, and seeds for those looking to eat their sprouted grains on the go.

They are known for their protein bars, snack bars, and packaged sprouted cookies. However, they also make sprouted granola and sprouted seeds, which can be used as additions to other healthy foods.

2. One Degree One Degree makes a line of sprouted cereals, granolas, breads, flour, and seeds.

Their most popular products are their cereals that can stand in as healthier alternatives to classic breakfast cereals: Honey-Os for Honey Nut Cheerios, sprouted Red Fife Raisin Bran for Raisin Bran, and even sprouted Brown Rice Cacao Crisp for Cocoa Pebbles.

Recipe: Sprouted yogurt PB&J parfait Ingredients: - 1 cup Siggi’s Strawberry Yogurt - 1 tbsp. peanut butter - 1 tsp. cinnamon - 1/4 cup Go Raw Super Simple Sprouted Granola Directions: 1. Empty the yogurt into a bowl.

2. Mix cinnamon, peanut butter, and granola into the yogurt, and serve.

Recipe: Sprouted trail mix bars Ingredients: - 3/4 cup honey - 3/4 cup peanut butter - 3 cups Sprouted Honey-O’s - 1/4 cup almonds - 1/4 cup dried cranberries Directions: 1. Combine honey and peanut butter in a medium-sized saucepan and bring to a boil.

2. Turn off heat.

3. Add the cereal, almonds, and dried cranberries to the mixture.

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Mix the ingredients until evenly combined.

Press the mixture into an 8x8 bak -ing pan.

Refrigerate until firm (approxi -mately one to two hours, depend -ing on the cereal or add-ins used) Cut the bars into sizes of your choice.

3. Food for Life The most nutritious and popular brand of sprouted grain products is Food for Life, and more specifically, the Ezekiel 4:9 line.

The Ezekiel line of products references the Holy Scripture verse: “Take also unto thee Wheat, and Barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and Spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it.”

By combining these ingredients, Food for Life creates a product that provides all nine of the essential amino acids, or a complete protein. Complete proteins that provide all of the essential amino acids often

cannot be found in regular bread. For individuals looking to find the most nutritious and beneficial sprouted grain products, Food for Life and Ezekiel 4:9 is the way to go.

Recipe: Cinnamon raisin French toast Ingredients: - 1 large egg - 1 tsp. vanilla extract - 1 tsp. ground cinnamon - 1/4 cup almond milk - 4 slices of Ezekiel 4:9 Raisin Bread Directions: 1. Toast four slices of Ezekiel Bread for one minute.

2. Beat egg, vanilla, and cinnamon in a small bowl.

3. Add milk to the bowl and stir.

4. Coat each slice of bread in the egg mixture evenly on both sides.

5. Lightly grease a griddle or skillet.

6. Cook the bread on medium heat until both sides are browned.

Oct. 5, 2016

FALL BREAK

pumpkin, patch, latte, midterm, relax, leaves, autumn, fall, haunted, house, Halloween, orchard, October, Halloweentown

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Casting the ‘Universal Monsters’ ROSE WELDON ’19 Hawk Staff It’s fall again, and that can only mean one thing: monster movies. The “Universal Monsters,” the classic cast of horror characters featured in Universal Studios films from the 1930s to 1950s, are set to be revived in the coming years. 2017 will boast a Tom Cruise-led “Mummy” remake, 2018 will feature Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man, and as rumors have it, soon Scarlett Johannsson will portray the lead in a “Creature from the Black Lagoon” reboot.

Here, in no particular order, are some of my own choices to play the next batch of classic monsters: 1. Benedict Cumberbatch as Dracula The “Sherlock” and “Star Trek: Into Darkness” actor would fit well as one of the most popular characters in fiction. Originally played by Bela Lugosi, the King of Vampires is meant to be cunning yet charming, a quality that fans know Cumberbatch is more than capable of embodying.

Bonus: Hayley Atwell as Mina Harker The “Agent Peggy Carter” actress would be terrific as Dracula’s fragile, yet clever prey.

2. Idris Elba as Lawrence Talbot/The Wolfman The Golden Globe-winning headliner of “Luther” and “Beasts of No Nation” would put quite a convincing spin on the sophisticated and savage Talbot. The underperformance of the film’s 2010 reboot starring Benecio del Toro may cause Universal to opt for a new take on the classic monster in the near future.

Bonus: Renèe Elise Goldsberry as Gwen Conliffe Gwen’s character is a blank slate with no set backstory, but the versatile and Tony-winning actress from Hamilton could nail whatever direction the writers wanted to take with her in the revival.

3. Hugh Jackman as Erik/The Phantom of the Opera One of the oldest of the Universal Mon

sters dates back to the silent film era. The Phantom of the Opera would be best portrayed by Jackman. His roles on Broadway and in “Les Misérables” have proven him to be a capable singer worthy of the character’s legendary voice. Having spent time in the makeup chair for the “X-Men” films, Jackman would have no problem sporting the grotesque makeup necessary for the Phantom’s disfigured face.

Bonus: Anna Kendrick as Christine Daaè Academy Award nominee Kendrick has already shown off her singing chops in “Pitch Perfect” and “Into the Woods,” and would be a perfect match for the angel-voiced Christine.

4. Michael Fassbender as Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde The Robert Louis Stevenson characters Jekyll and Hyde, embodied in a 1931 Oscar-winning performance by Friedrich March, would be the perfect role for screen star Fassbender. The actor has experience portraying duality in his role as a young Magneto in the later incarnations of the “X-Men” franchise. Additionally, Fassbender has worked with special effects as the star of “Prometheus” and would likely have no issues with the effects required to become the evil Edward Hyde.

Fall break festivities CIARRA BIANCULLI ’17 Assistant Lifestyle Editor Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve almost made it to fall break. For most college students, it has been a hectic six

weeks, from frantically trying to complete homework and other assignments to allocating time for clubs, activities, friends, and

Graphic by Krista Jaworski ’17

Bonus: Michelle Dockery as Emma Carew “Downton Abbey”’s Lady Mary Crawley would fit the bill as innocent gentlewoman Emma.

5. Ron Perlman as Frankenstein’s Monster The most famous of the Universal Monsters, originally brought to life by Boris Karloff, would be best revived by Perlman. Best known for roles requiring heavy makeup, including the protagonists in “Hellboy” and “Beauty and the Beast,” Perlman is one of today’s best physical-action-required actors.

Like “the Creature,” he can easily express emotions using only face and body movements.

Bonus: Robert Englund as Dr. Frankenstein

any kind of life outside of school.

Fall break, with its falling leaves and crisp winds, signifies a time where students can unwind from stress and spend some time relaxing. Whether you are heading back home for break or staying in Philadelphia, here are some ways that you can spend your time off.

1. October is finally upon us, which means it’s officially acceptable to spend your time binge-watching Halloween movies.

Maybe you’ve been watching “Hocus Pocus” or “Halloweentown” since June, but now is the time where your roommates and family members won’t judge you for it. I suggest watching these movies with a Pumpkin Spice Latte to really celebrate the season.

2. If you aren’t into watching Halloween movies, binge-watch a different TV show, such as “One Tree Hill” or “Breaking Bad.” Although you may not be able to finish the whole series in four days, fall break will give you a good start so you can finish it at a later time. Be careful not to carry your binge-watching habits back to school, though. You actually have to spend some nights doing homework instead of watching episode after episode.

3. If the weather allows, visit Linvilla Orchards, or any local pumpkin patch that you may be near! These places have tons of

Who better to play the famous monster maker than one of the greatest horror icons of the past 30 years? Englund famously portrayed Freddy Krueger in the classic “Nightmare on Elm Street” saga, and his return to the horror movie screen years later would act as a “passing of the torch” to a new horror film generation.

Bonus No. 2: Depp/Englund film crossovers Since Johnny Depp is favored to play the title character in “The Invisible Man,” why not have his character meet and murder Dr. Frankenstein in the film’s remake? It would be a perfect payback role for Depp, who played one of Englund’s victims in the first “Nightmare on Elm Street.”

fall activities where people can take part.

And most of the time, there are delicious pumpkin pies ready for you to indulge.

4. Spend some time with family and friends! Use fall break as a means of catching up with people you haven’t been able to spend much time with because of your school schedule. Maybe you can even answer those text messages that you opened two weeks ago and ignored.

5. If you are staying on campus for fall break and you are a huge Halloween nerd, Philadelphia holds one of the scariest Halloween attractions out there. Eastern State Penitentiary is a heart pounding, fun, and interactive experience for any horror lover.

6. Relax! Sit outside by yourself, put on a good playlist, and let your mind wander.

Self-care is crucial, and it’s important to take time for yourself over this fall break, especially if these last six weeks have been hard on you.

No matter how you spend your fall break, I hope that you will come back to school rejuvenated and ready to finish out the semester. Spend these four days doing activities that will allow you to have some fun and relax your mind at the same time.

Don’t forget to smother yourself with pumpkin-flavored everything, too.

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Fresh start

Men’s basketball begins practice NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball team held their first practice on Saturday, Oct. 1. The team announced prior to the practice that graduate student Javon Baumann, senior Brendan Casper, and sophomore Lamarr Kimble were voted team captains.

“It’s always a player’s vote,” Head Coach Phil Martelli said. “I’m interested in hearing from them because the captain here has a couple of responsibilities. It’s not a ceremonial position. It’s a working position in our program.”

Kimble is the third sophomore captain in team history, and the second in three years.

“It means a lot,” Kimble said of being elected as captain. “It means my hard work actually paid off and the type of person I am.

Also, my teammates trust me [by] making me captain. Voting for me at this age is a blessing.”

Additions to this year’s team include freshmen Nick Robinson, Charlie Brown, Gerald Blount, and Lorenzo Edwards.

“First of all, they fit,” Martelli said.

“They’re good teammates on a group that that’s a priority with all of these guys—to be a good teammate and develop into a great teammate. Where they will fit [within the team] and how they will play, we have a lot of opportunities here and so far they’ve measured up. They’ve measured up in the classroom, they’ve measured up socially and they’ve measured up on the court. Now we’ll see. Now, it’s no longer about an individual, it’s about us. How do they fit in our plan and our work to make sure that we have a chance

to beat Toledo, and then at that point, they’re not freshmen. They’re basketball players.”

After losing DeAndre’ Bembry to this past NBA draft, as well as losing Isaiah Miles, Aaron Brown, and Papa Ndao to graduation, fans have expressed concern as to how the Hawks plann to replace their level of production.

“Just relying on each other to step up,” junior James Demery said. “We were working hard during the offseason, so I feel like we’re able to make up those losses.”

Martelli agreed.

“We knew going into last year that we had a superstar [Bembry],” Martelli said.

“We watched a guy develop in front of our eyes. We had older guys. Papa Ndao was a sixth year player. Aaron Brown was a fifth year player. We don’t have that, so we have

inexperience. We have a lot of competition.

And we have a lot of opportunity, so my thing to them is seize it. Seize the opportunity. I’m not giving anything to anybody, but they’re going to be able to seize [the opportunity to play]. It’s about winning. Winning beats the alternative.”

Last season far exceeded expectations.

This season, the squad is striving to top last year’s success.

“The goal is to end up in the same spot and further,” Kimble said. “It’s like that every year and so far we’re trying to get back and win another A-10 championship. The goal is never to lose or say that it’s a rebuilding year.

We’re coming to win.”

Current A-10 standings

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Kicking forward Men’s soccer opens A-10 play with 2-0 win CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A. ’17 Sports Editor The Saint Joseph’s University men’s soccer team opened up Atlantic 10 play with a 2-0 win at St. Bonaventure University on Saturday, Oct. 2. It was the Hawks’ fifth shutout in seven games. It was also the third time in three consecutive years that the Hawks began A-10 play with a shutout win.

“It’s huge, especially on the road,” Head Coach Don D’Ambra said. “To start off, just set the tone. There were quite a few ties today [Saturday] in conference, so to come out with three points [a win] in conference is really big. It’s definitely something to build off of.”

Neither team was able to hold much of an advantage for the first half, with both teams taking six shots apiece in the half. St. Joe’s senior forward Mori Diane took the first shot of the game in the third minute, but St. Bonaventure goalkeeper Luke Iacobellis made the save, his first and only of the night.

“I thought the first half was a little sloppy by both teams,” D’Ambra said. “Both teams were kind of feeling each other out.

Both sides were a little anxious. They were pressing us a little bit. It was kind of an ugly game to start. Then we kind of settled in, and I would say, defensively, the longer the game went on, the better we got.”

St. Joe’s junior goalkeeper Greg O’Connell made two of his three saves in the first half, about 10 minutes apart.

The game continued with back-andforth play until junior midfielder Matt Crawford scored the first goal of the game in the 41st minute.

“It was good to get the goal at the end of the first half to kind of improve morale,” Crawford said. “We were able to gain possession in their defensive third, and then we were able to get the ball out to [senior] Mike Stuski and he whipped in another great ball.

It kind of bounced around a little bit. I had a pretty fortunate mis-touch—it ended up just coming up right back to me after I made that mistake, and then I was just kind of able to get it in. It was messy, but it ended up working.”

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies outshot the Hawks 7-3 in the second half, but only one shot was on goal. St. Bonaventure’s Paul Afful took a shot in the 75th minute, but O’Connell made the save to preserve the shutout, keeping the Hawks on top.

“As the game went on, I felt like we controlled it more and more,” D’Ambra said.

“They did make a push in the last ten minutes, when it was still 1-0. They had a couple really good opportunities, but Greg O’Con-

Men’s soccer plays against Villanova on Sept. 20 (Photos by Christy Selagy, M.A., ’17)

nell made an awesome save.”

The Bonnies tried to equalize in the 88th minute, but Jacob Dyck’s shot sailed high. Less than a minute later, Crawford scored on a free kick, his conference-leading fifth goal of the season.

“He just drilled it, and put the game away,” D’Ambra said. “It was a big goal.”

St. Bonaventure outshot St. Joe’s 13-9, though the Hawks held a slight 4-3 advantage in corner kicks. Crawford led the offensive charge for the Hawks, taking four shots, two on goal, and scoring twice. Diane took three shots, one on goal, and senior forward Bliss Harris had two shots.

O’Connell made three saves in the full 90 minutes en route to his fifth shutout of the season.

St. Joe’s saw full game efforts from O’Connell, Harris, Crawford, senior midfielder Eric Jordan, and the entire defensive line of Stuski, junior Ben Zambetti, sophomore Eddie McCusker, and junior Kevin Lockhart.

“We’re definitely playing better than we were at the beginning of the season,” Crawford said. “It helps having such a stable back line, knowing that we’re not going to give up anything easy. We’re working more towards keeping possession in the offensive third, trying to create more chances.”

The Hawks will return to Sweeney Field on Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. to take on the University of Rhode Island (4-6-1, 1-0 A-10) in another A-10 matchup.

Sticking to wins Field hockey stays undefeated in conference play The Saint Joseph’s University field hockey team played two Atlantic 10 games this past weekend, winning the first by a score of 4-3 against the University of Richmond Spiders and the second by a score of 3-2 against Virginia Commonwealth University Rams.

On Friday, Sept. 30, senior forward Kerri Turk opened the scoring with a goal off a penalty corner less than three minutes into the game. Richmond’s Katrina Balatgek responded soon after, tying the game.

Richmond then took a 2-1 lead on a goal from Thalia Williamson, but Turk struck again with a goal between the keeper’s legs to make the score 2-2 going into halftime.

The Spiders scored first in the second half and the Hawks immediately responded. With the score tied at three and 12 sec-

Photos by Christy Selagy, M.A., ’17

NICK MANDARANO ’18 Assistant Sports Editor

CLAIRE POTOSKY ’20 Special to The Hawk

onds remaining in the game, sophomore forward Anna Willocks passed the ball from the top of the circle to junior forward Jackalyn Pauling, who scored from in front of the cage to secure the victory for St. Joe’s.

“I can’t even explain to you how excited I was to see my teammates around me screaming, my coaches on the sideline—it was just an amazing feeling,” Pauling said. I just knew it was going to be a big game, so I was really excited coming out, trying to provide energy for my team and we connected really well today, so it’s just like an exciting feeling.”

Willocks was credited with the assist to the game-winning goal.

“I had total faith that we had it,” Willocks said. “I knew that Jackalyn was on the ball and I was like, ‘This her specialty, like she’s awesome with her stick skills,’ and I just had every faith that with Kerri on the post, we would put it away.”

This game marked the first time St. Joe’s beat Richmond in 15 years, and it was a fight until the end.

“We knew it was going to be like that, so for us it was staying in it,” Head Coach Lynn Farquhar said. “Being able to turn the page and win the moments, and if we didn’t, get back and do the next one. So I’m proud of them for staying in the game.”

The second game of the weekend ended with a similar result - a win for the Hawks.

Willocks scored the first two goals with assists from senior midfielder Emily Nonnemacher and freshman midfielder Pepa Serrano.

The decisive goal for the Hawks came from sophomore fullback Joely Helder on an assist from Serrano. Both Willocks and Serrano had strong weekends, each having scored a goal in Friday’s game.

The stands went silent for a moment during the first half when VCU freshman fullback McKenzie Bowler was taken down by a leg injury. She was walked off the field by trainers, and fellow freshman Sydney Weise substituted in for her.

“You have to put everything aside. The tempo changes tremendously in our game,” Farquhar said on the effect of an injury on the game.

With 12 freshmen, this year’s team is young and very new. Like any other team, natural leaders emerge on and off the field.

“There are lots of leaders, more the seniors,” Serrano said. “They are trying to push the team and they are doing a great job.”

Last season was the first time in history that St. Joe’s had started 4-0 in the A-10 conference and Sunday’s win makes

this season their second. The team is confident that this season has just as much, if not more, potential than the last.

“Like always, we’ll celebrate today, turn the page, have to really focus on a couple things for next week as well,” said Farquhar.

The team will host La Salle University on Friday, Oct. 7 at 3:30 p.m. and will play away at Rutgers University on Sunday, Oct. 9 at 1 p.m.

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Full speed ahead Cross country competes in Paul Short Run CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor

The Saint Joseph’s University men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in both the Gold Race and the open race at the Paul Short Run this past Saturday, Oct. 1.

The men’s team placed 18th overall in a field of 38 teams in the Gold Race.

“In looking at that skill [from the other teams] and know where we were training-wise, I was hoping to be 14th to 16th, so we weren’t too far off the goal,” men’s Head Coach Mike Glavin said. “This race showed us things we should work on, and it was also a significantly better race than the one we ran at Penn State three weeks ago. I think that’s a move in the right direction.”

Junior David Dorsey led the team, finishing in 82nd place in a field of 336 racers.

Dorsey finished the 8k race in 24:40.

“It was a very big race, so a lot of what I was thinking during the race was to continue moving forward,” Dorsey said. “One of my goals this year was to come in under 25 minutes. I finally did it, which is pretty good.”

Sophomore Shawn Hutchison (25:02), sophomore Justin Branco (25:09), and senior John Mascioli (25:10) finished within eight seconds of one another as St. Joe’s second, third, and fourth place runners. Redshirt junior Dan Savage rounded out the scoring with a time of 25:16.

“We had a pretty nice, tight group,” Glavin said. “I think there were about 41 seconds for seven guys. The chink in our armor today was the time gap, and therefore the points… The way that our two, three, four, five, six, seven came in is what we want, but they have to pull that 10 or 12 seconds closer to Dorsey.”

Three other Atlantic 10 teams—La Salle University (16th), the University of Massachusetts (29th), and George Washington University (31st)—also competed at the run.

“It was very important [to see the A-10 teams], particularly La Salle,” Dorsey said.

“They’re one of the best teams in the conference. They beat us by two spots in the meet. Twenty-seven points sounds like a lot, but in that size of a meet, it’s pretty close still.”

Freshman Josh Clark led the Hawks in the open race with a time of 25:26, good for 38th place overall. Fellow freshman Zach Michon finished three-seconds behind

Clark for 41st place.

“Those guys ran phenomenally, I thought,” Glavin said. “If you look at your first guy in the open race running five seconds behind your seventh man in the Gold, that’s pretty nice.”

The women’s cross country team came in 34th out of 45 teams in the Gold Race.

“Although we were 34th as a team, we had really strong performances within the team,” women’s Head Coach Melody O’Reilly said. “We had a lot of people run their personal bests, and I really can’t ask for anything more than that.”

Sophomore Lindsey Oremus clocked in as St. Joe’s top runner with a 6k time of 21:35, good for a 129th place finish in a field of 405 total competitors.

“I didn’t feel great during my race,” Oremus said. “It was definitely one of those where I had to keep the mental side of things kind of good in my mind… I ended up running my best time, so that’s great, but I think if I felt a little bit better, it would have been an even better outcome.”

Junior Cassidy Weimer and senior Sarah Regnault both finished the race in under 22 minutes, with times of 21:44 and 21:47, respectively. Freshmen Emily Bracken (22:42) and Meridith Twomey (22:53) rounded out the scoring for the Hawks.

“Honestly, the freshmen are doing exactly what I thought they’d be doing when I recruited them,” O’Reilly said. “The goal was for them to be in my top seven, and if they could be in my top five, that would be even better. And they’re doing that… There were many people who had great races…

I’m very proud of them.”

Four A-10 teams—George Washing-

Photos courtesy of Tom Connelly

ton (tied 23rd), La Salle (38th), Massachusetts (39th), and Virginia Commonwealth University (44th)—competed in the women’s Gold Race.

“That’s a big deal for us,” O’Reilly said. “[Senior] Julia Jenkins actually did not complete the race. She went down right after the two-mile mark with an asthma attack. We lost our number four runner and still finished ahead of those two teams [La Salle and Massachusetts]. That makes me very, very happy.”

Freshman Michaela Urbach clocked in with a time of 23:16 in the open race, good for a 103rd place finish in a field of 403 runners. Sophomore Maggie Malloy finished seven-seconds behind Urbach.

Overall, O’Reilly and Oremus were pleased with the team’s performance, and believe they’re on the right path to performing well at the A-10 Championships.

“From this point last year to this point this year, we’re ahead of the game,” Oremus said. “I think that we’re in a good spot. I feel very confident with our training. I’m very confident in my teammates.”

Both teams will race at the Princeton Invitational and the Leopard Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 15.

Streak continues

Women’s soccer ties to stay undefeated in conference play ALEX HARGRAVE ’20 Hawk Staff This past Sunday, the Saint Joseph’s University women’s soccer team traveled to New York to take on the Fordham University Rams. The game ended in a 1-1 draw after two overtime periods to maintain St. Joe’s undefeated record in conference play.

The game remained scoreless for the first half and much of the second, until the 63rd minute when freshman Gabrielle Vagnozzi scored the first and only goal for the Hawks off of a corner kick taken by senior Megan DiPippa.

Photos by Christy Selagy, M.A., ’17

“We’ve been dangerous in corners a lot this season,” Head Coach Jess Mannella said. “There was a service into the box and it went right to Gabby’s feet and she was able to put it away.”

Just one minute later, the Rams struck back scoring a goal from inside the box to bring the match to a tie at 1-1. No one else found the back of the net for the remainder of regulation, leading to the first overtime period.

Fordham almost had a chance to win it, but St. Joe’s freshman goalkeeper Cameron Perrott saved the game by making a key save.

“They played a great ball through to break our back line,” Mannella said. “Cameron made a great decision to stay on her line and was able to save the shot.”

There were no more goals scored throughout the first or second overtime period, bringing the match to a tie.

Coach Mannella expected a close game

from Fordham, based on the Hawks’ past meetings with the team.

“They’re very aggressive and put a lot of numbers in one half of the field, so it’s hard to get out,” Mannella said. “They did a really good job frustrating us.”

Much of that frustration came in the second overtime period when Vagnozzi beat two defenders and scored, but referees called it back.

Despite the tense game, the team is happy with its performance over the weekend.

“We’re happy with a tie and to come out with four total points from this weekend,” Mannella said.

St. Joe’s is now 1-0-1 in Atlantic 10 conference play with an overall record of 8-12, moving them to third place in the A-10 standings.

“To get a win and a tie this weekend against teams we’ve struggled against in the past, we’re really excited going into the rest of conference play,” Mannella said.

The Hawks have three away games in a row; after Sunday’s match in New York, they travel to the University of Rhode Island on Thursday, and end back in Philadelphia at LaSalle University on Sunday .

This team is no stranger to a long string of away games, as they the same trend in their schedule during non-conference play.

Mannella is confident that they will succeed on the road these next few games.

“We’re ready to move on and get focused for Rhode Island,” Mannella said.

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International recruiting at Saint Joseph’s CHRISTY SELAGY, M.A., ’17 Sports Editor Athletic recruiting at Saint Joseph’s University isn’t just about finding the best players; it’s about finding the players who best fit the atmosphere of the campus and the team as a whole, according to field hockey Head Coach Lynn Farquhar.

“You can pretty much choose your family,” Farquhar said. “The biggest thing is really our program mirrors the Saint Joseph’s campus, so it’s a fit. At the end of the day, people [who] want to come here are buying into what we’re trying to do and want to make our program better, but also share the magis and the ability to give back. It’s something greater than them.”

Sophomore Joely Helder, a member of the field hockey team, knew she didn’t want to attend college more than three hours from her hometown of Hummelstown, Pa. She started looking at potential colleges towards the end of her sophomore year of high school, although the formal recruiting process couldn’t begin until later, per NCAA rules.

“I started doing visits late junior into senior year,” Helder said. “I visited like five or six schools. You have overnights and you meet with the team and talk with the coaches. After all that, I weighed my options and did my top three and here I am.”

Of course, the athletes at St. Joe’s aren’t just from nearby areas, but across the country, and even across the world. The field hockey team has the most international players of all the Division I teams at St. Joe’s, with five. Men’s tennis is close behind with

four international athletes.

Men’s tennis Head Coach Ian Crookenden is originally from New Zealand, and graduated from the University of California Los Angeles in 1967. Crookenden decided to attend college in America because he could continue his education while still playing tennis, an opportunity not available elsewhere.

“The university systems [in other countries] are such that you go to university and they might have clubs, but they don’t have the organized competition that the NCAA offers through the American system,” Crookenden said. “Even though there’s a strong appeal in the university, it’s just not promoted and sponsored to the extent it is in this country.”

Freshman Victoria Kammerinke echoed Crookenden’s reasoning. Kammerinke is a goalkeeper on the field hockey team and is from Kaarst, Germany. She decided about two years ago that she wanted to attend college abroad in order to get an education and continue to play field hockey at a competitive level.

The entire process, from recruitment, to taking tests, to applying, was much more complex than the domestic recruiting process. When Kammerinke decided she wanted to attend college abroad, she applied to a company that would help get her in contact with coaches in America. She also had to make and upload a video that coaches could watch in order to assess her skills.

“So the process from getting my very

first video and talking to coaches to committing here, it was a very, very long process,” Kammerinke said. “It [the video] was kind of funny because first of all, you have to do an introduction of yourself all in English and my English was not very good…

My brother helped me film—come to practice, film everything, and put up the footage together of all the games I had. It took us over two weeks to get [done]. It was a 10-minute video. You just want to show off and show what you can do. Just get everyone onto your side.”

That was just the beginning of the process for Kammerinke. She also had to take the SAT and the Test of English as a Foreign Language, or TOEFL, in order to apply to American colleges. After she had taken the tests and was satisfied with her scores, she began the process of applying to schools and deciding where to go.

Kammerinke had never been to the United States prior to applying for college.

Farquhar found out about Kammerinke and decided she wanted her on the team. Although it’s not common, Farquhar decided to visit Kammerinke and her family in Germany during winter break.

“I actually built it in off my vacation,” Farquhar said. “I went to meet her and her family. The most important thing for me is that it’s the right fit. So when you get to speak with the student athlete and also meet their family, you understand a little bit more about them.”

In March 2016, Kammerinke and her

Countries represented International players by sport in St. Joe's Field Hockey sports

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2 Australia

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One international athlete from: Ghana Argentina Italy The Bahamas New Zealand Croatia

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mom came over to St. Joe’s, the only school she visited, for an official visit. She said she immediately wanted to stay.

In order to study in America, international students need a student visa. For Kammerinke, she could only apply for her visa two months in advance, which, in combination with stories she heard from friends who went to college in America, proved to be a stressful process.

“You’ve already booked your flight, but you don’t have your visa,” Kammerinke said.

“I really got stressed out, but in the end it all worked out.”

A majority of Kammerinke’s recruitment process happened online, but Crookenden’s experience was much different given the technology at the time. Crookenden had never been to the United States before, and he committed to UCLA without visiting the campus. He relied on film of his matches and advice from a friend who had studied in the United States.

“On the advice of a friend of mine who had studied in the United States, I decided that California was the right place for me,” Crookenden said. “UCLA was a state school as opposed to a private school; the New Zealand Board of Education had better recognition of the state-controlled [schools]. So, sight unseen, I agreed to go to UCLA and I started in the fall.”

As a coach, Crookenden doesn’t specifically look for international players, but rather for the best fit for the team as a whole. He receives emails from companies looking to help international athletes come to the United States, as well as emails from athletes and coaches themselves because of his reputation and international connections.

Crookenden highly encourages the international recruits to come to the United States and visit campuses before committing anywhere. When Crookenden was first recruiting Austrailian sophomore Dan Tan, he told Tan and his father that the two needed to come to America to understand to what he would be committing.

Although the adjustment can be tough for international students, coaches and teammates notice and appreciate the impact the different cultures have on their teams.

“I think they can bring their energy and they’re all really cool people,” Helder said.

“One of my best friends is international. It’s really cool having them. Their style of play brings out the best in us too I think and they can move off of each other and off of us, I think.”

Farquhar agreed, and believes that the culture they create is an important aspect of the team as a whole.

“They think differently about the game,” Farquhar said. “And then the strengths from our domestic players as well. When you merge them, it’s a really special combination that they can only help create… I think that’s the most fun and the best hockey to play.”

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