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A closer examination of study tour costs ERIN RAFTERY ’15 News Editor

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ver the years, Saint Joseph’s University students have struggled with the costs of study tours, even causing the cancellation of several trips in the fall of 2013.

These high costs are partially due to external vendors arranging accommodations for the trips.

Thomas Kesaris, director of International Programs, says that the cost of study tours vary, but the program fee that students pay to attend the tour includes expenses such as round trip airfare, housing, mandatory health insurance, coordinator expenses for the necessary staff member to attend the trip, and a $175 contingency fee for emergency funds. Only meals and personal expenses are not covered for students.

External vendors make arrangements for transportation, hotel bookings, and museum visits or any trips made during the

duration of the study tour, and therefore the money students pay for the program fee covers the cost of utilizing vendors, according to Kesaris.

Kesaris explained that the process for planning a study tour begins when a faculty member requests a specific location to visit, decides how long they would like to stay, and the goals of the trip in relation to the course. The Center for International Programs then works to find a vendor to make the accommodations for the trip, and makes sure that there is competition through evaluating multiple bids. Once a vendor is selected, the details of the trip are worked out between the faculty member, CIP, and the vendor.

“The program fee has to cover expenses, so we need to make sure that we have enough students to be able to run the study tour,” said Kesaris. “Once we know the study tour will run, we get an invoice from

Update on Wynnewood:

Renovations delay residence hall opening

the vendor and we pay usually the first installment or the second installment, for example.”

According to Mary Anne Kucserik, assistant director for Study Abroad, some of the vendors the CIP is currently using are Executive Tours, Intl., Brazil Nuts Tours/ Destination Partners, and The Austral Group.

“We don’t send funds directly to the hotel, we send the funds to the vendor, they in turn make the payments on behalf of our university to cover, again, the bus transportation, tour guides, any other expenses,” said Kesaris.

James Carter, Ph.D., professor of history, said that the vendor helps to provide a cheaper price for his summer program in China, which is separate from a study tour in that the entire course is taught during the one-month trip.

“Typically the vendors point is to get

us a better price than we’d be able to get on our own through their prior experience or through volume or working with other institutions,” said Carter.

Jeanne Brody, Ph.D., an adjunct in the art department who is running a study tour to Italy for Art 203 Renaissance Art & Architecture, also said the vendor helps to provide safety and reassurance for parents by ensuring that the accommodations are trustworthy.

“What I’ve been saying to the students who have been coming to these meetings is that it’s a lot of money...but you’re getting nice hotels...what mom and dad are getting is the security of having this trip be very much a supervised, organized [trip],” said Brody.

Kesaris agreed that vendors are necessary for this purpose as well.

NICOLE SCALFARO ’16 Special to The Hawk

required contractors to open the walls of the building. The progression of these renovations led to complications and issues that prolonged the project.

“We were finding that there were issues that were not seen, that would require a little bit more significant work to get done, to the point where the cost was just no longer feasible to the amount of renovations,” said Jeffery.

The money that was needed to complete the renovations would not have been earned back after the reopening of the residence hall, said Cary Anderson, Ed.D., vice president of Student Life and associate provost.

Anderson could not disclose the amount spent thus far on renovations. He said that the university is currently working with potential outside sources to assist in the development of the building, and he cannot share any figures which could alter the final cost.

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Wynnewood Hall will remain closed after two years of renovations, and its future remains unsure.

The residence hall, located at 6318 City Avenue across from Merion Gardens, was closed for renovations after the 2011-2012 academic year.

After the opening of Villiger Hall in the fall of 2012, there was a surplus of beds in campus housing. This made it an appropriate time to close Wynnewood Hall for renovations, according to John Jeffery, Ed.D., assistant vice president of Campus Life and director of Residence Life.

Wynnewood Hall needed both cosmetic and structural renovations when the building was closed. These renovations were expected to be complete by the fall of 2014.

Jeffery said that the renovations included electrical and wiring work, which

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Department of Public Safety Reports (Oct. 17-Oct. 24) October 17 Public Safety confiscated alcohol from a Saint Joseph’s University student inside the lobby of the Pennbrook Apartments. Residence Life was notified.

Public Safety was notified by Philadelphia Police that a St. Joe’s student had been cited for underage drinking near the area of 53rd & Gainor Road. Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified of a suspicious male near the Science Center. Public Safety officers and Philadelphia Police responded to the area. A search of the male met with negative results.

Public Safety was notified in regards to a St. Joe’s student losing a diamond ring inside a 2nd floor bathroom in Bellarmine Hall.

Housekeeping personnel were notified.

October 18 Public Safety was alerted by a camera of 4 juveniles attempting to gain entrance into the Café in Bellarmine Hall. Public Safety Office and Philadelphia Police responded.

All juveniles were apprehended and charged with Burglary.

October 19 Public Safety was notified of an odor of marijuana coming from a 1st floor room in

Pennbrook Apartments. Public Safety Officers and Residence Life responded to the room. No sign of drugs were located, but several bottles of alcohol were confiscated.

Community Standards was notified.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to person(s) unknown removing his bicycle which he had secured outside of Wolfington Hall. Incident is under investigation.

October 20 Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to person(s) unknown removing his bicycle which he had secured outside of Hagan Arena. Incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to person(s) unknown removing her bicycle which she had secured outside of McShain Residence Hall. Incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to person(s) unknown removing his bicycle which he had secured outside of Hogan Hall. Incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to a suspect attempting to take her laptop computer as she entered the courtyard near Bellarmine Hall. The student was able to keep hold of her property and force the suspect to let go. The suspect

fled the area. The student was not injured.

Philadelphia Police were notified. Incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to being approached by 4 suspects near the area of 63rd & City Avenue and being forced to hand over his iPhone and money. Student was not injured.

Suspects fled the area. Philadelphia Police were notified. Incident is under investigation.

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October 24 Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student that she had been assaulted by her roommate during a verbal altercation at an off campus location. Student was not injured. Incident is under investigation.

Public Safety was notified by a St. Joe’s student in regards to person(s) unknown removing his bicycle which he had secured outside of Simpson Hall. Incident is under investigation.

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DRUG RELATED INCIDENTS

Public Safety confiscated alcohol from a St. Joe’s student inside the lobby of the Pennbrook Apartments. Residence Life is notified.

ALCOHOL RELATED INCIDENTS

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October 23 Public Safety was notified of an odor of marijuana coming from a 4th floor hallway of Lannon Hall. Public Safety Officers and Residence Life responded. No sign of drugs were located. Community Standards was notified.

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Outside vendors Future of affect the price Wynnewood remains unknown of trips Continued STUDY TOURS from Pg. 1

“An important reason in terms of using the vendor, as I said, is health and safety. We want to make sure that, again, the facilities that are used, that someone at least can say it’s in a safe location, they’ve looked at them, for example. We want to make sure that the transportation arrangements are safe as well,” said Kesaris.

Kesaris also added that all vendors are required to provide a certificate of personal insurance for liability, and that Kucserik will communicate with other universities to do reference checks on the vendors.

One of the upcoming study tours, offered from January 3-13, is the Nicaragua trip associated with the IHS 368/THE 368 “Just Healthcare in Developing Nations.” According to Kucserik, the program fee for this trip for each student is $2,800, $1,400 of which goes to the vendor.

Despite these high prices that students pay for study tours, student Nisha Orren, ’16, who attended the China summer program last summer, said that having a vendor to organize the trip is ultimately beneficial, and better than the alternative of having the faculty member complete all of the plans.

“I don’t think having the teacher do it would have been good, because we had two teachers go with us and one had been there before and done this trip, but the other teacher, this was his first time on the trip so he wouldn’t have known what to pick…I asked him his opinion on some of the hotels and some of the trips, and he said like really I can’t help you out because I’ve never been there before, so I think having that guide to organize everything was a positive part of the trip,” said Orren.

St. Joe’s students planning on participating in a study tour will have to sacrifice some affordability for the relative security and ease provided by an external travel vendor.

Continued WYNNEWOOD from Pg. 1 The decision was made to temporarily pause the renovation process and reevaluate plans for the building in order to save money.

Jeffery said that there are three options for the building at present. It will either be demolished and replaced with a new building, sold, or the renovations will continue with an entirely new layout to better utilize the building’s space.

The biggest motivation to reopen the building comes from the need for more upperclassmen housing on campus.

There are approximately 330 beds for juniors and seniors in Merion Gardens and the townhouses, Jeffery said. Reopening Wynnewood Hall could push that number to 500 available beds.

Jeffery said that the status of Wynnewood Hall does not affect sophomore housing.

Even with increased freshman class sizes, there is enough sophomore housing without Wynnewood, and the building will be reserved for juniors and seniors if reopened.

Jeffery said, “We are not marketing it [campus housing] to juniors and seniors as much as we would like.” Reopening Wynnewood would allow Residence Life to do so by providing another space for juniors and seniors to live on campus.

The building is not expected to reopen before fall of 2017 at the earliest, according to Anderson.

In the meantime, students will have to take advantage of available on-campus housing options and await the future of Wynnewood Hall.

October 29, 2014

Mobile printing offered to students

Service underused due to lack of awareness

Photo by Weiyi (Dawn) Cai ’15

CAITLYN BOUCHARD ’16 Hawk Staff The Office of Information Technology at Saint Joseph’s University unveiled a mobile printing feature in the spring of 2014 that students have yet to take full advantage of.

Richard Trench, assistant director of Technological Services, said that the mobile printing feature was created to provide students with easier access to printing services through this alternative venue.

“Instead of having to run to a computer and wait in a long line, they [students] can print a document just as easily through their phone,” said Trench.

To access the wireless printing feature, a student simply emails his or her document to mobileprint@sju.edu. Once the email is sent, the student will receive a response email containing a link to a website

and login information.

Once a student has this username and password for the mobile print website, he or she has the option to send the document to any St. Joe’s printer, and needs only to swipe a student ID card as usual to access the document and print the paper.

Katherine-McClain Tuite, ’16, a student worker at the St. Joe’s Office of Information Technology, thinks that the mobile printing feature will be advantageous to students who are in a rush on campus.

“I think that this is helpful because it cuts down a lot of time and stress between classes when students are on the go. In the craziness of school, it can be a major help,” Tuite said.

Jon Lopes, ’16, agreed that the mobile printing feature is a great addition to the technological services at St. Joe’s, but said that knowledge of the availability of this feature on campus is lacking.

“I have only heard about the mobile printing in passing. I think that most students do not really know about it, and it’s something that could be really useful to them,” said Lopes. “Information Technology should really look into advertising it a bit more and making the access easier to students. Maybe an app would be a good idea, then students would [have more accessibility] to it.”

While there are announcements posted near the printers in both the Drexel Library and the Post Learning Commons, many students do not know about the mobile printing feature.

Trench commented on the lack of announcements, saying, “There are posters and signs, but we hope to spread the word to off-campus residents as well. We want to get the word out. There is not an app at the moment, just the ability to email your document to a computer, but I believe there will be an app for mobile printing in the near future.”

Usage of the mobile printing feature has been somewhat moderate, but students are growing more aware of it, according to Trench.

“I would encourage students a lot to use the printing feature. Printing has increased a lot over the years – especially during midterms and finals week. I see a lot of long lines, frustration, can’t find a computer, used up their 200 prints. What this does is it eliminates all the in-betweens there,” Trench said. “You simply send an email and print rather than wait for a computer in the lab or in line. It curtails the amount of time students spend printing a document.”

Office 365?

Issues with free download cause inconvenience for students HANNAH BARTLING ’16 Special to The Hawk Although a Sept. 22 update to Microsoft’s Student Advantage plan now allows students to download the newest version of Office for free, problems are preventing Saint Joseph’s University students from accessing the company’s popular selection of applications through that plan.

Since last December, the Student Advantage plan has allowed students to download free versions of Office from their institution’s technology offices as long as their institutions paid a volume license for the software. That license allows technology staff to put Office on any university-owned computer.

With the September update, students are able to download Office onto their personal computers themselves as long as they have a valid email address from an eligible institution, according to Lauren Adams, director of User Services in the Office of Information Technology at St. Joe’s.

Adams said that while the university’s volume license allowed faculty and staff to put Office on any St. Joe’s owned computer, this added benefit is meant specifically for students to put Office on their own computer.

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However, there have been some complications in this process.

“With the new changes that Microsoft has been making on the program, we are still trying to understand the impact,” said Adams, “but [we] have been hearing it is not working in the way it needs to.”

The problem, according to Adams, is that on Microsoft’s website, St. Joe’s is still not considered a participating institution when a student or faculty member attempts to use the self-serve format.

Adams said the IT center doesn’t want to send out information on a program that isn’t working correctly, but the IT center can set up the program for students interested in downloading Office 365.

“The Technology Service Center can either get it installed for students or send instructions,” said Adams.

Adams said the center is waiting to hear about the status of these issues, and expects the official announcement for the eligibility of St. Joe’s students to be made around December.

Microsoft Office 365 allows students to download Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, OneNote, and Cloud storage on up to five PCs or Macs as well as mobile devices, including Windows tablets and iPads.

“There used to be a subscription service that was seven to nine dollars a month

for having it on an iPad, which is now free to students,” stated Adams, “so this is really cool that it’s included.”

If you are not a student of an eligible university, Office 365 is $79.99 for four years or $139.99 for the regular home version.

Students are only eligible to use Office 365 until they graduate or are no longer enrolled, according to Adams.

St. Joe’s students said that this free Office download has many benefits.

Kasey Nippes, ’16, said she feels this free download of Office is a good idea because there are now other free online programs that are competing with Microsoft.

“I use Google Docs half of the time,” said Nippes. “Nobody has to buy Office anymore because Google is free, so I think it’s a good idea Microsoft is doing this.”

Ashley Crandall, ’16, said she bought Office 365 last year for her Mac, but wishes she knew about the free download to save money.

“Many students need the materials for their classes,” said Crandall. “I think it is important for St. Joe’s to make it known they are able to provide this free version.

While St. Joe’s is still working to rectify the issues regarding this download of Microsoft Office, students should soon be able to take advantage of this free access to an otherwise expensive program.

Smartphone theft at all-time high: St. Joe’s and Philly area affected by increase in crimes TORI POPINK0 ’15 Special to the Hawk Smartphone theft is at an all-time high in Philadelphia, and the Saint Joseph’s University campus is no exception.

According to philly.com, Philadelphia is the No. 1 city in the United States for lost or stolen phones. Approximately 40 cell phones a month are reported stolen, according to SEPTA police.

Today, most students own a smartphone. Aside from their cost, smartphones hold a lot of value to their owner—they perform many more functions than that of a basic cell phone. They hold emails, schedules, plans, news, and help people navigate everyday life. Smartphones, as they have steadily increased in value, are being stolen in increasing numbers.

Mark Lemon, Public Safety Investigator, estimated that about two or three smartphones are reported missing or stolen each month on St. Joe’s campus.

Eva Gekes, ’16, had her iPhone taken while at Starbucks on campus. As soon as she realized it was missing, she went to Public Safety to submit her information and file an incident report. Gekes said she was surprised when she found her phone had been taken, since she had always felt at ease in the St. Joe’s community and confident that her belongings would be left unharmed.

“I’ve never worried about my stuff being stolen before,” said Gekes. “I leave my computer on the table in the library and never usually worry.”

Mary Lafferty, ’15, had her iPhone stolen off the track at Sweeney Field while exercising. She kept a few of her belongings on the track, placing her phone under a shirt, having forgotten her backpack.

“I didn’t have my phone in my bag, but it wasn’t out in the open. I was confused how someone was even able to take it while I was in the same area,” said Lafferty.

Lafferty went to public safety to report the incident and provide her information.

They instructed her to call her phone service provider and have the phone’s service shut off. Lafferty’s phone was not recovered, and she had to purchase a new phone.

When a student has had their smartphone taken on campus, it is important they go to the Office of Public Safety to file a report; from there, Public Safety can aid the students or direct them to the police for further assistance.

Lemon stated that 99 percent of the time a smartphone is reported missing or stolen, the owner has left it unattended for a period of time.

“Make sure personal property is secured before you leave it,” said Lemon.

Lemon stressed the importance of keeping valuable items in secure places and never leaving personal belongings unattended, especially as smartphone theft becomes a more common occurrence both on St. Joe’s campus and in the city of Philadelphia.

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October 29, 2014

Editorial EDITOR IN CHIEF Garrett Miley ’15 MANAGING EDITOR C.J. DeMille ’16 COPY CHIEF Molly Grab ’17 BUSINESS MANAGER Teddy Ryan ’16 FACULTY ADVISER Dan Reimold CONTRIBUTING ADVISER Jenny Spinner NEWS EDITOR Erin Raftery ’15 ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Leigh Anne Tiffany ’15 OPINIONS EDITOR Angela Christaldi ’17 LIFESTYLE EDITOR Karen Funaro ’16 Connie Lunanuova ’16 SPORTS EDITOR Nate Vancil ’16 ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Anthony Panvini ’16 LAYOUT EDITOR Andrew Nguyen ’17 PHOTO EDITOR Weiyi (Dawn) Cai ’15 ONLINE EDITOR Kayla Lane ’17

Informing, not inflaming Ebola is the hottest story in nearly every news source. It has affected only four people in the United States, but it has caused what is essentially a nationwide panic. People are so concerned about the disease that universities across the country—Saint Joseph’s University included—have been devising task forces and implementing plans in the event that the disease spreads across the country. College campuses would be breeding grounds for Ebola since the virus is spread through the exchange of bodily fluids, so it is of the utmost importance that these precautions are put in place.

This disease has been making headlines for approximately a month. It may seem as though everywhere you turn, another news outlet is proclaiming something about the Ebola outbreak. You probably wanted to open this week’s issue of the Hawk without having to deal with yet another Ebola article, but that is not the case. Ebola is a relevant issue, and as a major student news outlet on campus, it is our responsibility to keep the public informed of the relevant issues that are happening both on campus and in the world outside of our self-contained “college bubble.”

People are complaining that the media is sensationalizing the issue of Ebola, but if the public were uninformed, or misinformed—as they sometimes tend to be—the problem would be far worse. The entire point of the media is to be a source of information. We are here to present the facts of the situation so that people can continue to be updated on the events as they occur. Yes, there has been extensive coverage of the issue, but that is only because there has been so much happening around the world. Although there have only been four people within the United States that have been affected, Ebola is still a major issue that we need to be concerned with. Yes, it may be disconcerting, and some may say annoying, to see the same thing being covered each time you tune into a news outlet, but you would be far more upset to find out that you’d missed crucial information about an event of this magnitude.

As college students, we are participants in a culture saturated with media. We are constantly able to connect to the events that are occurring in our world. We may have the opportunity to be constantly aware of these issues, but we should also make an effort to be truly connected with these events. We need to allow ourselves to be more sensitive to the events of the world around us. It is our duty as a media outlet to encourage this connectedness and report the facts in order to keep the public up to date. We report on the major events of the world and the community, whether or not these events may seem over-reported. As the student newspaper of St. Joe’s, The Hawk can be relied upon to uphold the standard of reporting facts of which people need to be aware.

- Hawk Staff

HEAR ME OUT: Are the facts true?

The wage gap, feminism, and the conservative perspective JUSTIN RUSSELL ’17 Special to the Hawk My name is Justin Russell, and I am a sophomore at Saint Joseph’s University. If you ask around the St. Joe’s campus, most people who know me will probably tell you I am a friendly, down to earth, confident, energetic, fun-loving human being. This makes me laugh. You see, I have tricked these people. Deep down I am a crazy, stupid, egotistical, selfish, bigoted, sexist Nazi, or in layman’s terms, a conservative.

It is likely that many of you have been educated on the “fact” that conservative ideology is simply wrong. Whether it’s the “war on women,” the support of trigger-happy, gun wielding lunatics, the pure outright hatred of diversity, or the insensitivity towards the poor, conservatives are just plain wrong. The debate is over, and if anyone believes otherwise, we need to shun them from society because they are “the other”— they do not belong.

You might think that this is crazy, but it’s not. Many of the “facts” taught to us are simply not facts at all. The problem is that if you meet them with something other than complete agreement, you fear being personally attacked.

For example: One of the accepted “facts” I have constantly been taught at St. Joe’s is that of the “wage gap” between men and women. It is commonly known that

women only make $.77 to every $1 a man makes. The only explanation for this gap is sexism, of course. This is blatantly false and the wage gap does not exist. Wall Street Journal columnists Mark J. Perry and Andrew G. Biggs have called the 23 percent gap “Fundamentally misleading and economically illogical.”

The life choices of women, as well as their employment tendencies and other factors are not accounted for in this gap.

You may look at that last sentence and say it’s typical right-wing, sexist nonsense, but I’m simply paraphrasing Christina Hoff Summers. Summers, a writer for Time Magazine, a scholar for the American Enterprise Institute, and a registered Democrat, writes in Time, “[the wage gap] does not take into account for the differences in occupations, positions, education, job tenure, and hours worked per week.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), women who work 40 hours per week make 88 percent of every dollar a man makes. This statistic is still disgraceful, but it does not note the number of hours worked overall. In fact, June and Dave O’Neill, also from the American Enterprise Institute, did a study to take into account every considerable factor of employment: the same job, while working the same hours, with the same level of risk, with the same educational background, and the same years of continuous, uninterrupted

work experience, also assuming no gender differences in family responsibilities, like child care.

In their findings, the O’Neills said, “Labor market discrimination is unlikely to account for more than five percent, but may not be present at all.” June O’Neill is not some anti-women’s rights woman, either.

With a bachelors’ degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a doctorate in economics from Columbia University, it may even be fair to say she might be a little bit feminist.

The small gap that may or may not still exist is still not due to sexist discrimination of women. Catherine Hill of the American Association of University Women points out in her presentation about the pay gap that the disparity exists for women as a result to the fields they are likely to go into after graduation. These fields tend to lean towards social work, administrative assistance, teaching, and nursing. Men, conversely, typically go into business, management, or math and science-oriented fields.

This knowledge, as well as the fact that men chose jobs with a higher risk of death – 92 percent of work-related deaths in 2012 were men, according to the BLS – and lower overall security than women, make the supposed gap almost non-existent. I make this case because I believe that propagation of the fact that we need an Equal Pay Act or the belief that men hold all women down is ultimately, in and of itself, anti-women.

Nouveau and radical feminism believe that society will naturally and easily lead women into the subservient lives of the 1950’s housewife, or at least professions of lower pay, if women aren’t careful. In believing this, do nouveau feminists think that women are stupid? In her Time article, Summers states, “American women are among the best informed and most self-determining human beings in the world. To say that they are manipulated into their life choices by forces beyond their control is divorced from reality and demeaning, to boot.”

According to what we know – the facts – women are changing our society despite the fact that it is still controlled by an evil, power hungry patriarchy. After all, women have the majority of bachelor’s degrees in the U.S. According to the New York Times, women make up 40 percent of the nation’s breadwinners. This is an all-time high for women, and it will only increase from here.

The constant presentation of this misleading statistic is an attempt to divide women against men, to change social structures and make women feel helpless in a struggle against society. If we all want to be true feminists—and we all should be — we need to thoroughly believe that women know what is best for them and that they are fully capable of attaining it on their own. Even a certifiably insane, misogynist Nazi such as myself can see that.

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Costumes do not equal consent

Why a wider selection of Halloween costumes is necessary ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Opinions Editor

Halloween is often seen as an excuse to dress up in inappropriate costumes and get away with it. After all, when else can you pull off such a revealing outfit and not be judged for it? However, maybe this shouldn’t be the goal. There seem to be two extremes for young women when it comes to Halloween: either you dress like a “slut,” or you don’t get to dress up as the character you want.

Halloween originated as a Gaelic pagan holiday, Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season. It then evolved into a night dedicated to warding off evil spirits.

By the latter half of the twentieth century, the holiday had become what we know and love today—a night to dress up in costume, acquire tons of candy, and generally have a

good time, whether you’re watching “Hocus Pocus” for the thousandth time or going to a party with friends.

However, the holiday has sparked controversy over the past few years. As time has gone on, costumes for women have become increasingly sexualized. If you want to wear a sexy costume, it is your choice. If you are confident in a short skirt and kneehighs, then be the “sexy” version of whichever character your heart so desires. You’ll rock that look. The problem, though, is that these skimpy outfits have become the some of the only choices available to women. For those looking for alternatives, the pickings are slim.

There are several issues with the current prevalence of sexualized costumes. Some women are not comfortable wearing these sorts of outfits. This does not mean that no

one should be allowed to wear them, just that more options should be available. Recently, this trend has even extended itself to the market of costumes for pre-teens. While there is nothing wrong with women who are of age wearing sexualized costumes, seeing “sexy” or “sassy” costumes marketed towards younger women only perpetuates the idea that, as women, we are always supposed to be sexually appealing.

The manner in which these outfits are marketed is part of the problem. If the costumes were not over sexualized and simply marketed as female versions of the characters they are portraying, there would be no issue. However, the fact that the costumes are often described as “sexy” only furthers the idea that women constantly have to be sexually appealing for the male gaze.

I have news for everyone reading this

column: a costume does not equal consent, and women are not necessarily dressing up on Halloween to get attention. Women are allowed to dress up as whatever they want, in whatever manner they so choose. This does not mean that they are sluts. This does not mean that they are begging for male attention.

Halloween is not a time for slut-shaming. Just because a woman chooses to wear a certain costume does not have any reflection on her sexual choices—which are none of your business anyway. This Halloween, try to refrain from passing judgment on the costumes you see and consider the more pressing issue at hand–Halloween should not be an excuse to sexualize women, no matter what costume companies would have you believe.

Being politically correct

The dos and don’ts of Halloween costumes

NICOLE VAN ALLER ’17 Special to the Hawk Think back to Halloween time a few years ago. The holidays all tend to blend together, and every year’s costume selection process feels equally dramatic, but in 2011 you may have seen something that influenced your decision. Ohio State University ran a compelling poster campaign featuring the slogan: “We’re a Culture, Not a Costume.” Each poster showed a member of a specific ethnicity holding up a picture of an individual who did not share their ethnicity, but was nevertheless dressing up as a comically exaggerated stereotype of their culture.

OSU was highlighting a problem in our society that often rears its ugly head every year in October: cultural appropriation. Cultural appropriation is defined as the situation that arises when aspects of one culture are borrowed by a person or entity affiliated with a different culture.

This process not always negative. Critically investigating and appreciating the beauty of another culture through respectful mimicry is a huge step toward tolerance and

understanding. However, it is a completely different issue when a culture is appropriated just to perpetuate a stereotype for one night of the year. At first, it may not seem like a problem, but there are several reasons why we should really avoid this appropriation.

When someone uses a culture as a costume, he or she is clumping that culture into one stereotypical image. Wearing a Native American war bonnet or headdress, for example, ignores the facts that, (a) there were hundreds of different Native American tribes, not all of which wore headdresses, and (b) Native Americans today are not casually walking around in headdresses. It’s just like if you throw on a fake mustache and sombrero and automatically you have a “Mexican costume.” More importantly, what are you supporting when you buy a culturally stigmatizing costume? The companies that produce such outfits are using negative stereotypes to make a profit.

If you decide to dress up as a member of a cultural minority, the whole concept can be very insensitive to the discrimination that that group may have faced. Dressing up

for one night as a member of an oppressed culture allows the person dressing up to “play” at being part of that culture without having to go through their daily experiences. Sometimes, it’s something you wouldn’t even think of. Sexualized, skimpy costumes highlighting racial stereotypes—think of a “Native American” female costume--make light of the number of many minority women who are raped and sexually harassed in drastically greater percentages than ethnic majorities.

Finally, a costume that tries to represent an entire culture puts that culture on same level as a fictional character. It can minimize and caricaturize the culture as silly or strange. Going back to the example of the Native American war bonnet, the tribes that did wear headdresses placed deep significance in them. Wearing a headdress as part of a costume trivializes and mocks that significance.

Negative forms of cultural appropriation don’t just happen on Halloween, but Halloween is prime time for instances of cultural appropriation. I like to believe that everyone knows and thinks about these im-

plications before choosing their costumes, but every year I see something that’s offensive and hurtful, from the “geisha doll,” to the fake-dreadlocked “Rastafarian,” to the scantily clad “gypsy.” The lighthearted intentions of such costumes are overshadowed by the consequences of mocking oppressed races of people.

Where should we draw the line in terms of cultural appropriation? I believe that if you have to ask that question about your costume, you should not wear it. There definitely is a grey area, though. Maybe the “dos and don’ts” title of this article is misleading. I’m really not the type to tell anyone else what to do. If you want to be offensive, go right ahead and be offensive. Just remember who you might be harming, and what stereotypes you are perpetuating in the process. While you have the absolute right to show as little or as much skin as you want, just remember to think twice about the “sexy Indian” costume you may have picked out. After all, Halloween is a time for fun, and one of the best parts is getting to dress up. However, this Halloween, try to have fun without offending a whole race or culture of people.

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Being a woman for women Why we have to stand together

KATHERINE GRYGO ’16 Hawk Staff “Raise your hand if you have ever felt personally victimized by Regina George.”

“Mean Girls” taught us a very important lesson: almost every woman has been hurt or maltreated by another woman. Everyone has encountered her: the one girl who made you feel like you were worthless. She may have told you a picture of a dog was ugly in kindergarten, or she may have called you a mean name or made a rude comment about your appearance in high school. Every woman has had to deal with her own Regina George, but conversely, every woman has also been somebody else’s Regina.

In most books, movies, and television shows there are two typical female characters that are set at odds with one another.

We see the nerdy, quiet girl compared to the devilish Queen Bee, who makes the nerdy girl’s life a living hell. This popular girl may start a nasty rumor, hide the nerdy girl’s glasses, or publicly humiliate her in front

of the dreamy, popular guy that the nerdy girl is secretly in love with. Popular culture has created this story line of women being vicious and mean to one another. They have turned it into a classic plotline, and this attitude has extended beyond the pages of books and television screens into our world.

Women, at times, can be incredibly judgmental toward and competitive with one another. We have a tendency to call out every single flaw of our fellow women. If there is a girl we do not like, we make sure that people know that we do not like her and call her a slew of nasty words. There are women who may rub us the wrong way, whether they are classmates or celebrities.

Usually, we will take any and every opportunity to bad mouth these people. We are constantly critiquing one another and tearing one another apart, and the worst part is that we view this as a social norm rather than a behavior we need to change.

I think jealousy and competition sometimes drive women to this hateful tendency.

Instead of being jealous of another girl and automatically labeling her as Enemy No.

1, we should value her and appreciate her.

If there is a girl that is better at something than we are, we should not be saying hateful things or criticizing her. The prime example – in my opinion – of women hating other women occurs when there is a young man we are interested in and he picks another girl over us. We tend to then automatically dislike any and all aspects of her character.

How can we expect society and men to treat us as equals and with respect if we cannot give that courtesy to members of our sex? In situations in which women are being criticized and demeaned, we need to be praising and supporting one another.

Instead of making rude comments about a woman’s body, we should be reminding her that she is beautiful. Instead of calling a girl who participates a lot in class a “try hard” or “teacher’s pet,” we should acknowledge her passion and dedication in the classroom. Instead of calling a girl who engages in sexual activity a slut, we should not be judging her for her choices. Women are already fighting a battle for equality and respect. We should be empowering one another, rather than

making the battle harder by bringing each other down.

This hateful behavior that women exhibit towards one another is absolutely heartbreaking. I am not saying that all women need to gather in a school gym and do trust exercises. We do not need to sit around a campfire, sing Kumbaya, and hold hands.

However, I am saying that we need to stop this vicious cattiness. As women, we all, to an extent, understand what our fellow women go through. We know what it is like to stand in front of a mirror and scrutinize our appearances. We know what it feels like to be afraid to speak up or stand up for ourselves in the face of adversity. We know what it feels like to be overlooked by others solely because of our sex. We need to stand up for one another and support each other because we are all fighting the same battle, that of trying to gain respect and be seen as a competent individuals. We do not all have to be best friends and have pajama parties and pillow fights. We do, though, all need to appreciate and build one another up instead of tearing each other apart.

Letters to the Editor Compliments, Not Competition This past week, The Hawk published a story about the new Urban Lab section of Theology 154 Faith, Justice and the Catholic Tradition. We appreciate the coverage for the class. However, the way the story was written strongly created the impression that we see Urban Lab as a way to improve on and replace other kinds of experiential learning classes at SJU, especially service learning.

Therein lies the problem: nothing could be further from truth! As Dr. Oxx emphasized throughout her interview, we believe there are many courses being offered across the University the help students experience injustice as part of their academic careers. Urban Lab is a compliment to them, not a replacement.

For decades, the Faith Justice Institute’s Service Learning program has been a model of engaged learning, combining academics with experience and reflection. Students in Service Learning classes go out into the community over the course of a semester, gaining insight into course content through the relationships they form. In the process, they develop a profound sense of the personal way social issues like poverty, violence, mental illness, and racism affect the real lives of people in our community. It is a powerful academic experience that has transformed thousands of students over the years at St. Joe’s.

The Faith Justice Institute’s Dr. Virginia Johnson and Ann Marie Jursca Keffer have taught us much as we’ve developed the Urban Lab, and we appreciate their generosity tremendously.

Yet, Service Learning is not alone in providing experiential paths for students to dig into questions of justice in contemporary society. For instance, the Inside Out program, taught by Dr. Linehan and Dr. Brennan, takes St. Joe’s students to Graterford Prison, where students and inmates meet as classmates and peers to explore the dimensions of freedom from inside a correctional facility. Also, faculty across the university teach Study Tour courses where students travel to countries like Bolivia, Nicaragua, and the Dominican

Republic for in-depth experience entering the lives of poor and marginalized populations outside of the U.S. Outside of formal coursework, immersion programs like Appalachian Experience take students outside of their comfort zones to learn about injustice around our own nation.

Importantly, each of these programs provides students with a different entry point into the complex realities of our world. Some focus on discovering the world by developing extended personal relationships. Others are short-term, choosing instead to learn through complete immersion in the world to be studied. We see Urban Lab combining immersion experiences with deep engagement in Philadelphia and Camden. Encountering people and place provides a unique and powerful window into the story of both faith and justice in our communities.

Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, the former Superior General of the Jesuits, once said that students at Jesuit schools “must let the gritty reality of this world into their lives, so they can learn to feel it, think about it critically, respond to its suffering, and engage it constructively.” Deep academic learning benefits from deep personal engagement with the world. Without both, we cannot transform the world in the ways that our Jesuit heritage calls us to.

All of these programs—along with many we have not named—share a commitment to helping students enter the “gritty realities,” learn about them, and reflect on them. They use different methods, and in doing so, compliment one another spectacularly. Each will be right at different times for different people, but all of them spark deep learning about justice.

Indeed, we encourage students to take all of these classes! They will take you on a phenomenal journey into the heart of the Jesuit commitment to faith and justice by encountering the heart of our community.

Jim Caccamo and Katie Oxx, department of theology and religious studies

We are writing in response to The Hawk’s article, “From Philly to Camden,” in the October 22 issue.

The Urban Lab section of Faith, Justice and the Catholic Tradition is interesting and appealing, and we hope many students will take advantage of this new opportunity. However, we believe that the stated comparison with Service-Learning courses was seriously misleading. We take this opportunity to explain what Service-Learning offers students.

In a Service-Learning course, each student serves for an entire semester at one of our community partner organizations; that is, she engages in the work of the agency and forms relationships with its clients. It’s our hope that through this experience she can come to see the world to some extent through the eyes of the persons she encounters weekly. She can become aware of the relative privilege she enjoys, and come to question the societal inadequacies and injustices that deny such privilege to others. Therefore, through weekly relationship-based service integrated with course content and reflection a Service-Learning course is intended to be a deep dive.

Perhaps the urban lab section would be a good introduction to the much more in-depth encounter with marginalized people in our community.

Sincerely yours, Elizabeth Linehan, RSM, PhD Chair, Service-Learning Subcommittee (of the Faith Justice Institute) Virginia Johnson, PhD Director, The Faith-Justice Institute Ann Marie Keffer, MSW Associate Director, The Faith-Justice Institute/Service-Learning Coordinator

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NEWS

Ebola FAQs

Everything you need to know about Ebola LEIGH ANNE TIFFANY ’15 Assistant News Editor Throughout the world, news about the Ebola outbreak has been prevalent, and has now entered discussions at Saint Joseph’s University.

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), “Ebolavirus,” commonly referred to as Ebola, is a virus that can infect humans and other primates, such as monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees. It was first discovered in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo near the Ebola River, where the virus gets its name.

The majority of outbreaks – the CDC reports that there have been 34 since the discovery of Ebola – have occurred in West Africa, though cases have been reported in England, Italy, Russia, and the United States. The current outbreak, spanning parts of West Africa and recently the United States, is the largest reported Ebola outbreak in history, totaling 5,481 human cases to date, according to CDC records.

Only four of those cases occurred in the United States.

Laura Hurst, director of the Student Health Center, said that one of the earliest symptoms of Ebola is fever, followed by headache, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, muscle aches, and weakness. Another more rare symptom is unexplained bleeding or bruising, which is known medically as hemorrhaging. This is why Ebola was originally referred to as Ebola hemorrhagic fever.

According to Shantanu Bhatt, Ph.D, assistant professor of biology, most of these symptoms present a challenge to the diagnosis of Ebola. “Normally why infections cannot be diagnosed so quickly is early on, the symptoms are flu-like,” Bhatt said.

“However, over time you see that the symptoms become quite more severe.”

Ebola is a deadly disease. 54 percent of reported cases in the current outbreak have resulted in death according to the CDC. However, catching Ebola is not an instant death sentence. Various factors, including treating the disease sooner rather than later, seeking proper medical attention, and having a strong immune system, can all help increase the chances of survival.

Those who survive Ebola then develop a resistance to the virus for up to 10 years.

Ebola cannot be caught through air, water, or food that has been inspected in the United States according to Bhatt. Hurst elaborated that one can only catch Ebola from a person who has the virus and is showing physical symptoms. If an individual is not displaying symptoms, he or she is not contagious.

The only ways you can contract Ebola are by eating unprocessed bush meat from West Africa, having physical contact with someone who has the disease and is showing symptoms, or have bodily fluids (blood, saliva, semen, etc.) of someone who has the disease and is showing symptoms enter into your body, Bhatt said.

Currently, the CDC reports no ap-

proved vaccine or treatment for Ebola.

Bhatt clarified that the trial vaccine that has been used here in the United States, ZMapp, is still in experimental stages and requires more testing. Ultimately, he said that the best plan of attack against this virus is a good defensive strategy.

“Prevention is always better than cure,” Bhatt said. “If you can prevent something from outbreaking, not only is it physiologically more beneficial to the body, but economically also allows us to save a lot of money [treating patients with the disease].”

Bhatt recommended taking simple but effective steps toward prevention, such as hand washing. He explained that soap can break down the virus if it is on the body surface. “Oftentimes, when you simply follow these sanitary processes, you can protect yourself from a lot of pathogens, not only Ebola but other viruses and pathogens,” said Bhatt.

St. Joe’s has formed a working group focused on establishing an action plan in case Ebola were ever discovered on campus. The formal working group was created last week and will meet for the first time this week. Discussions about Ebola began this past summer when students from West Africa came to campus, but all have been reported as not having the disease.

“The university has a pandemic plan,” said Mary-Elaine Perry, Ed.D., assistant vice president for Student Development and a member of this working group.

“What we want to do here is bring out the

plan, look at it, [and] educate ourselves about Ebola…[The working group] will involve educating people, not in a panicking way like the media is doing right now, and it will be making preparations for if we do have a case on campus.”

According to Bhatt, if the protocols from the CDC continue to be strictly followed, the spread of Ebola will be significantly diminished. He also said that the people who have contracted Ebola so far tend to fall into the same group.

"If you look at these cases carefully, it’s primarily amongst healthcare individuals. I wonder if in any of these cases there was some breach of protocol or some protocol may not have been followed to the fullest extent, and that is what led to this,” Bhatt said. “For now, I don’t think we need to ring the bell of fear.”

Perry also said that the chances are slim, but it is better to be safe than sorry.

“I think if people are honest in their responses entering the country, if we learn as a country how to manage this with not a lot of hype around it, I don’t think it should [spread],” Perry said. “But we do live in a big city, we are a free country, we can come and go as we please. One never knows, so we take the response of being prepared.”

As the current Ebola outbreak is being dealt with around the world and researchers look for a way to stop the virus’ spread, St. Joe’s will continue to monitor the course of the disease in order to keep students informed of any changes.

OPINIONS

America vs. Ebola: Is it a fair fight?

ANGELA CHRISTALDI ’17 Opinions Editor Ebola. The word alone is powerful enough to send chills down the spine of anyone who has been keeping track of the news. The disease has been viewed as an epidemic within our nation. According to the Associated Press, however, 5,000 people have been killed by the disease, the majority of them within a localized area of Africa including Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. Approximately 10,000 people have been infected, and only four of these cases occurred within America. The first case of Ebola in the United States was announced on Sept. 30th, and since then, what could be considered a nationwide panic has ensued.

Ebola has spread in several African nations since the discovery of the disease in 1976. This year alone, there have been thousands of cases reported in the aforementioned African nations, as well as approximately 5,000 deaths. Ebola is ravaging these nations, and is leaving several thousand people dead in its wake. If so many people have been dying in a nation

that we provide support to, then why are we only now becoming aware of the gravity of the situation?

There has been, essentially, a panic in the wake of the diagnoses of American Ebola patients. People seem to be unaware of how the disease functions, and seem to be vastly misinformed as to how the disease is spread. Consider this a PSA: Ebola is contracted through the exchange of bodily fluids. You are not going to magically contract Ebola simply because a few cases have been reported in the country. Yes, it is important to be conscious of the issue, but it is highly unlikely that there will be a nationwide epidemic. After all, it was reported that last week that one of the nurses that had contracted the disease, Nina Pham, had been cured. Pham contracted the disease from caring for the now-deceased Thomas Duncan, and was ill for 13 days before tests determined that there is no longer any trace of the disease in her system.

Most Americans did not care in the slightest about the thousands that passed away in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone.

When just one case of the disease came near American soil, though, everyone was

up in arms. I am not in any way trying to downplay the gravity of the fact that there have been four people in our country—one of whom has passed away—who have been ill. It is obviously tragic, and no one should be suffer through such an awful sickness.

However, it truly says something about us as a nation that we only care about something so grave when it directly affects us.

America is often viewed as the “superhero” of the world powers. We swoop in to places where, quite frankly, we should not be, and hope to save everyone who we believe is right. In this case, however, the leaders of our nation have not done much to help those who do actually need the aid we may be able to provide. Yes, there are likely other combat-oriented situations to tend to, but there are thousands dying of Ebola outside our borders, and that necessitates our attention.

We act like the saviors of the world, but when there are people that do need saving, everyone freezes in fear that they might be exposed to harm. People are scared to act, but this is a time when action is gravely needed. We are selfless in all other cases—in times of everything from natural

disasters to attacks of terrorism, citizens of our nation have been utterly selfless, and did whatever was necessary to help their neighbor. Why should this case be any different? Is it because we’re afraid of falling ill? Could this inaction be caused by the belief that, if we do nothing, the disease will not affect us? Do we think it doesn’t matter because these suffering people are on the other side of the world?

Consider these questions, and remember this: just because someone is not your next-door neighbor, or of the same race, it does not mean that they do not matter in the grand scheme of things. Every single person is worthy of the dignity of life, and everything that can be done should be done in order to save these people. Now is a time for action, not for selfishness. Even if Ebola is eradicated within the United States, it may still be killing people in other countries. We should be pushing for a cure to be developed and brought to all those who need it, so that no one has to live in fear of this disease.

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Ebola & America 03/25/2014 The CDC comfirms outbreak in Guinea, and reports of cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Guinea

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2.452 07/2014 Two American health workers, Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, infected while treating patients in Liberia.

07/29/2014 The first American dies from Ebola. Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American lawyer.

The U.S.

08/02/2014 Nancy Writebol arrives at Emory.

08/19/2014 Nancy Writebol is discharged from Emory.

08/21/2014 Dr. Kent Brantly is discharged from Emory.

09/30/2014 The first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States announced.

10/08/2014 Thomas Eric Duncan, the first case in the U.S., dies in Dallas.

10/11/2014 Nina Pham, a nurse who treated Duncan, is diagnosed with Ebola. She is the first person to contract Ebola in the U.S..

10/15/2014 A second nurse, Amber Vinson is diagnosed with Ebloa.

10/24/2014 Dr. Craig Spencer, who recently returned from Guinea to New York, is diagnosed with Ebola.

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Ebola Outbreak 2014 It has been over seven months since the CDC first decleared the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, and the virus is still spreading throughtout West Africa and other parts of the world. This is the largest outbreak of Ebola since its first outbreak in 1976. This infographic explains the progression of the current outbreak and the trasmission of the virus.

Designed by Weiyi (Dawn) Cai, ’15. Sources from CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and WHO (World Health Organization), statistics updated October 25.

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Countries with widespread and intense transmission Senegal Mali

Current Situation Total cases: 10141 Death: 4922

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Total cases: 1553 Deaths: 926

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“The largest outbreak in history” A chronology of previous outbreaks.

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October 29, 2014

Holy Frannoli!

Frangelli’s Bakery MATTHEW HAUBENSTEIN ’15 Hawk Staff

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hat do you get when you combine the deliciousness of a glazed or powdered donut with the delectable insides of cannoli? You get what is know as a donnoli. Where can you get one of these little slices of food lovers’ heaven? At the one and only Frangelli’s bakery, of course.

Nestled in the heart of South Philadelphia, Frangelli’s is a classic Italian bakery that has been serving the community for 57 years. Frangelli’s bakes all the treats you would expect to find at a bakery, but what makes it stand out from all the other “ma and pa” bakeries? What makes Frangelli’s special can be summed up in just one word: innovation. Everyone loves a cake or a donut, but Frangelli’s kicks it up a notch and improves simple recipes to make them extraordinary.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, brings us to the awesomeness that is the donnoli. The creator of this delicious invention, John Colosi, was filling jelly donuts and decided to use ricotta, the cream filling that’s in the center of most cannolis, and boom!

The donut/cannoli hybrid was born. However, this is not the first time the brains of Frangelli’s have combined two delicious treats into one amazing concoction. The bakery also makes an ice cream-filled donut as well as their own version of the New York Classic Cronut, which is a croissant and donut mix.

Are your mouths watering and stomachs rumbling yet? If not, read on. Frangelli’s is revered as one of the best bakeries in the city of Philadelphia. Mentioned in several newspapers, magazines, and websites such as Philadelphia Weekly and Philly Magazine, Frangelli’s has been given stellar reviews. Visitphilly.com, one of Philadelphia’s popular tour directories, named Frangelli’s one of the top places to get a donut in the entire city.

You can visit Frangelli’s at the corner of 9th & Ritner in South Philadelphia. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, or even if you’re not, make it your mission to stop by Frangelli’s and get yourself one – or more – of the 500 donuts and donut hybrids that are baked daily. I promise you won’t regret it! Well, your waistline might, but your taste buds will definitely thank you!

Photos by Matthew Haubenstein ’15

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Campus alcohol policies NICOLE SCALFARO ’16 Special to The Hawk Saint Joseph’s University’s status as a wet campus yields both benefits and negative consequences for more than just students over 21.

St. Joe’s alcohol policy states that students over the age of 21 are allowed to have and responsibly consume alcohol on campus, including in campus housing. This is how the term “wet campus” is defined.

“A dry campus would mean that even at staff receptions, or if you are over 21 and lived in the residence halls, that you could not have alcohol,” explained Bill Bordak, director of Community Standards.

The university’s Student Handbook prohibits any “open container of alcohol in public areas,” but outlines the process by which all constituents of St. Joe’s, including faculty and students, can request permission for “alcoholic beverage distribution and consumption at an event.”

St. Joe’s is not encouraging students to consume alcohol in its policies, said Bordak, but rather, the allowance of alcohol on campus helps to create an overall positive environment.

According to Bordak, the university attempts to be proactive through these alcohol policies as well as through the campus Advisory Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Student Health and the office of Wellness, Alcohol, and Drug Education, which create educational programs and initiatives for students.

Students learn about campus alcohol policies as early as orientation and complete a summer alcohol program online before beginning their freshman year. The Resident Assistants are then responsible for explaining policies of their particular residence hall

at the first floor meetings of the year to all of their residents.

According to Bordak, there are generally 700-750 alcohol violations a year, but most students who are 21 and older understand the alcohol policies and have few issues adhering to it.

Students are expected to present their IDs and alcoholic beverages to the residence hall attendants in order to bring them into their apartments. The residence hall attendants can then use their discretion to decide if the amount of alcohol is a “limited and reasonable quantity of alcoholic beverages for their own personal consumption,” as outlined in the Residential Living Policies.

“Just basically show the alcohol at the desk with your ID, and they let you go right up,” said Will Cronen, ’15, a former Merion Gardens resident. “It’s been very easy.”

“Students understand that they are permitted to have and consume reasonable amounts of alcohol in their residence halls,” said Ange Rocco, ’15, a current Merion Gardens resident. There are few issues with students 21 and over in all residence halls because of this understanding.

“I have never had a problem bringing in or consuming alcohol in my apartment building,” said Rocco.

Students who live in buildings without security desks, such as the Morris Quad Townhouses, are able to bring alcohol into their places of residence freely. They are held accountable to the alcohol policy by their RAs, who explain the alcohol polices to their residents at the beginning of the year.

“Last year I had roommates who were 21 before I was, so they could have alcohol, but they had to keep it in their own personal bedrooms,” said Katie Talvacchio, ’15, a resident

in the townhouses.

Townhouse residents who are 21 can freely have and consume reasonable amounts of alcohol, but they are still not allowed to have alcohol paraphernalia, Talvacchio said.

According to Talvacchio, the Resident Assistants make rounds each night, and will enter houses if alcohol is visible from the outside or if they suspect a violation is occurring, and that although they are less actively checked up on, there are still very few issues concerning alcohol with students over 21 in the townhouses.

Despite the apparent benefits of being a wet campus, St. Joe’s alcohol policy does not necessarily benefit everyone.

“I feel like it’s a double-edged sword with the wet campus,” said Kailee Fisher, ’16, a Pennbrook RA. The university’s alcohol policy creates a safe environment for alcohol consumption, Fisher said, but she also recognizes the negative sides of this policy.

“The wet campus definitely has an effect on [students under 21], because the alcohol is accessible, even though they’re not allowed to have it under the age of 21,” said Fisher. “Alcohol is accessible and a potential detriment to our community.”

The Office of Community Standards also understands the risks often associated with a wet campus.

Community Standards operates using a harm-reduction model in order to keep this risk in perspective, and responds to all alcohol violations based on the level of risk incurred, said Bordak.

“We are responding [to violations], but we are also educating and looking at this holistically,” said Bordak.

Last week, we focused on the importance of building strong biceps. But your arms are composed of many more muscles than the biceps brachii; in reality, the biceps are a small muscle group compared to the triceps. Your triceps make up about 2/3 of your upper arm, so it is important to not neglect your triceps so that you can flex your arms with pride. The bicep-triceps muscle relationship is a very close one. Your biceps will look better with well-developed triceps, and vice versa. Along with any other posterior muscle, the triceps can be easily forgotten when looking to build better arms. Because the triceps muscles are essential for numerous movements inside and outside the gym, ignoring them is the last decision you want to make when looking to achieve fitness progress.

The triceps brachii muscle has three heads – the lateral, medial, and long heads.

Each of these components work together to perform triceps movements. The primary function of the triceps is to straighten the arm or extend the elbow. Because the triceps is such a complex muscle group, there are many things you can do to build the muscle.

Whether you are a beginner to fitness or an advanced bodybuilder, training your tris can be done using dumbbells, cables, barbells, or your own bodyweight.

I love including compound movements in my exercise routines because they are effective for building muscle strength, mass, and conditioning. Using your whole body while focusing on a specific muscle group makes you work harder, which in turn will produce the best results for building overall muscle. An exercise that I always recommend

for anyone training triceps is the basic triceps dip. This exercise is an appropriate place to begin because it can gradually be made more difficult by adding more weight or changing your body’s positioning. The best part about this exercise is that you don’t have to be at a gym! You can use an object like a chair, bench, or small table in order to perform your dip movement. While at the gym, for this exercise you will need a bench placed behind you. For starting position, hold on to the edge of the bench with your hands separated at shoulder width, and lock your elbows with your arms fully extended. Bend your legs and extend them forward, making them perpendicular to your torso. To complete the dip movement, slowly lower your body, bending your elbows until they form an acute angle between your upper arm and forearm.

Make sure to keep your legs stationary and your forearms always facing front and downward. Use your triceps to bring your body up to starting position and repeat this for the desired amount of repetitions.

A bench triceps dip can be made more difficult by using single leg support or adding a weighted plate to your lap in order to force your triceps to work harder as you lower and raise your body. I personally prefer doing triceps dips while standing, which is a more advanced and difficult variation of the exercise. At first, I could not perform this exercise with my own bodyweight, so I used the assisted triceps dip machine. I recommend this machine for anyone who wants to work toward performing unsupported standing triceps dips. You can adjust the support weight to align with how much of your own bodyweight you can handle. This machine assists your dip movement by providing a pad for your knees to kneel on. Make sure you cen-

Microwave recipes

COURTENY NABUA ’18 Hawk Staff Halloween is just around the corner! Get into the Halloween mood with these three simple recipes that can be created right in your dorm room.

HALLOWEEN BARK

Ingredients: Oreos Pretzels Chocolate Candy corn 1. Put the chocolate onto a plate and melt the chocolate in the microwave until runny. Do this in 10-second intervals to prevent burning the chocolate.

2. Break up Oreos and pretzels and add them on top of the chocolate.

3. Add in the candy corn to finish off the Halloween bark.

HALLOWEEN PUPPY CHOW

Learn to lift: Training your triARIANA PALMA ’16 Hawk Staff

Courtney’s corner:

ter your weight and keep your torso straight while kneeling. If you find yourself struggling, don’t be afraid to add support until you become comfortable with the exercise. Over time, your triceps will gain enough strength to perform a standing triceps dip with ease.

When doing standing unassisted triceps dips, make sure you lower your body enough to complete full repetitions. A full repetition is complete when the angle between your upper arm and forearm is slightly less than 90 degrees. I find it helpful to keep your head high, constantly looking forward—this will help ensure that your torso remains straight. Allowing your body to bend or curve will take emphasis off your triceps and engage other muscles. Keeping still and performing fully lowered repetitions will allow you to gain the most from this exercise.

Although the triceps may be a large portion of the upper arm, they can fatigue quite easily. Because it is not difficult to feel these muscles burn out, I recommend both high and low repetition sets for maximum growth and strength for any triceps exercise. I also prefer training triceps on the same day I train chest muscles, because the triceps are engaged in many push movements. Adding triceps workouts to your chest day will give the muscle a great burnout and help them gain strength as well as size. You may not see your triceps directly when looking in the mirror, but once you start to build them, you won’t be able to ignore the progress. Well-built triceps are respectable but not easy to obtain. Just like any other muscle group, they take time to develop and strengthen. Lift your way to having the upper arms you’ve always dreamed of, do some dips, and get up and train!

Ingredients: Chocolate Peanut butter Powdered sugar Chex Mix Candy corn Pretzels Peanut butter M&Ms Gummy worms 1. Melt the chocolate and peanut butter separately, then mix the two together in another bowl.

2. Add in the Chex Mix and mix until all of the Chex Mix is covered in chocolate and peanut butter.

3. Pour the Chex Mix into another bowl and add the powdered sugar, being sure to coat the mix entirely.

4. Once the chocolate and peanut butter are no longer sticky, add in the rest of the ingredients.

HALLOWEEN MONSTER EYES Ingredients: White chocolate Hershey kisses Small circular pretzels M&Ms 1. Spread pretzels onto a plate.

2. Add a white chocolate Hershey kiss on top of each one.

3. Put these in the microwave for 10-15 seconds until chocolate is melted but still maintains its shape.

4. Add an M&M on top and press it into the semi-melted Hershey kiss.

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October 29, 2014

The Hawk

Welcome to the freak show

Season four fails to measure up

KELLY WHITE ’17 Hawk Staff While October may be the time for slasher flicks, I have never been a fan of horror films. For me, it’s a combination of gore and far-fetched plotlines that turn me off. A character is decapitated in an elevator, and I’m immediately terrified. It’s not that I don’t realize this would never actually happen—I do, and it still terrifies me. Then I’m angry that something as ludicrous as “Final Destination 2” has that kind of power over me. That being said, like every other college student, I watch “American Horror Story.”

Surprisingly enough, I really enjoyed the first two seasons.

The first season, subtitled “Murder House,” set the show apart from others in the genre because its focus was on human relationships and not just scare tactics.

“Murder House” introduced the audience to the Harmon family, led by Ben and his pregnant wife Vivian. The family moves from Boston to a Los Angles mansion in an attempt to rebuild their strained relationship. The family soon discovers that their home, the “Murder House,” is haunted by the ghosts of countless murder victims. Though undead, the ghosts show human emotions and serve as foils to the Harmon family. Like Ben and Vivian, the ghosts also think raising a child will give them a fresh start.

While season one was complex, season two, subtitled “Asylum,” was even more confusing for viewers. The main plotline juxtaposed two stories, both of which

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revolved around the Briarcliff Mental Institution. One was set in modern times and focused on a serial killer inhabiting the abandoned asylum. The other, set in the 1960s, was about an ambitious journalist, Lana Winters, who was committed to the hospital while investigating claims of abuse. The contrast between those two worlds would have been enough for a solid story line, but more subplots were added; a second serial killer, a Nazi doctor, demonic possession, and lest I forget, the alien abductions. Episodes of “Asylum” quickly became strange and rather confusing. The season regained its footing in the final the episodes, when it was revealed that Lana became pregnant while being held captive in Briarcliff, and the modern day killer is her estranged son. The ending of “Asylum” mimicked “Murder House’s” rich plotline.

Season three, subtitled “Coven,” also

suffered from too many plotlines, but unlike “Asylum,” “Coven” never came full circle. The primary plotline of “Coven” involved a coven of witches and their search for a new “supreme,” a witch who holds the most power. What started out with witches soon grew to include zombie boyfriends, severed heads, and voodoo priestesses. One witch had the power of resurrection, so major characters were killed off and brought back from the dead every few episodes. The season quickly became less about resolving the existing conflict and more about which character was getting killed of that week. Despite frequent deaths, the season ended on a disappointingly upbeat note—all evil is banished and peace is restored to the coven.

Season three was disappointing not because of its happy ending, but because

the ending wasn’t consistent with the tone of the season or the tone of the series. In my opinion, the real “horror” in “American Horror Story” doesn’t come from the demons, zombies, or ghosts. The true horror lies in having your plans work out, but not the way you intended. In season one, the Harmon family is finally able to spend more time with each other because they have all died and are forced to spend eternity haunting their former residence.

In season two, Lana Winters becomes a famous journalist, but the accountability of her sensational story is left ambiguous.

This is a more nuanced form of horror, one that is scary because it is real. “Coven” lost this aspect of the show and instead chose to focus on shock value rather than quality writing. Season three was a throwback to “Final Destination” style horror movies, and that is why I did not care for “Coven.” I have lukewarm feelings toward the current season, subtitled “Freak Show.”

As the title suggests, this season revolves around a freak show in Jupiter, Florida.

This season has promise, as the concept of a side-show circus encompasses feelings of isolation and abnormality. However, in its first three episodes, the true emotions in the show have accumulated to nothing more than a grisly murder, once again sacrificing story for spectacle. If “Freak Show” can manage to change its direction and focus more on developed storylines, perhaps it could be as good as the first two seasons.

Web celebs

Youtube success stories

KELLY WITTMAN ’17 Hawk Staff YouTube has undoubtedly had an effect on our society. In this day and age, if we want to see a music video or look for a tutorial on something, we simply go onto the website and type in what we are looking for. The Internet has allowed our generation to have the world at our fingertips, and through YouTube, we have been able to find not only answers to our questions, but also entertainment. This type of entertainment has become so prominent that there now exists an awards show called The Streamy Awards that recognizes and honors those who create innovative online videos.

YouTube was founded in 2005 and is one of the world’s most popular websites.

Not only is YouTube used as an extension for famous artists and athletes, but any “normal” person can upload videos as

well. Anyone can simply create a YouTube account and upload videos. Certain people have done this and ended up catapulting themselves into stardom. Think back to middle school; the video phenomenon known as “Fred” became a popular character circling the YouTube world when the website had only been around for a mere two years. Lucas Cruikshank created the character Fred, about whom he would upload videos. Because of the huge success of his videos, Cruikshank was offered a movie deal with Nickelodeon based on the character that he created.

Another example of self-created YouTube stardom is Jenna Marbles, whose real name is Jenna Mourey. Mourey has over 14 million subscribers and has the 7th most subscribed channel on YouTube.

She has gained attention for her videos that often include her dogs, and due to her success, has released a brand of dog toys and appeared on television shows such as

MTV’s “Ridiculousness” and the YouTube series “Epic Rap Battles of History.”

Simply from making videos, Mourey has established a career for herself through the YouTube community.

Possibly one of the most popular categories of YouTube videos that attract young girls between the ages of 13 and 20 is the beauty and fashion section. Several “beauty gurus” who started out by making videos on YouTube have established connections and are signed with major beauty companies to promote different products.

They are flown all over the country to attend different events, all while maintaining a fan base. One example of such a star is Ingrid Nilsen, a beauty and fashion YouTuber who started making videos four years ago. She now leads a very successful career based solely on her YouTube channel and the connections she has made with major companies. Nilsen recently attended the VMAs and also landed a deal with

Covergirl Cosmetics and a spot as a judge on the “Project Runway” spin-off “Project Runway: Threads.”

Arguably one of the most successful YouTubers is Bethany Mota, whose original YouTube channel, Macbarbie07, has led her to great stardom. She now has a clothing line at Aeropostale, recently released her own single, and is one of the stars on this season of “Dancing With the Stars.” Mota was on the cover of Seventeen Magazine’s September issue, and is now on a similar level as the Hollywood actors and actresses that we follow.

YouTube has created incredible opportunities for these people, who simply started by uploading videos. Any YouTuber could do what they have accomplished.

They now have endorsements, clothing lines, and a strong fan base. Our generation’s version of a “celebrity” is certainly changing, and the concept of stardom is starting to be defined in different ways.

October 29, 2014

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Lifestyle | 13

Fashion icon leaves legacy MARY-MARGARET EWENS ’17 Hawk Staff

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Photo courtesy of Philip Bjerknes

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This week, the world of fashion lost a designer, a pioneer, a friend, but most of all, a legend. Oscar de la Renta, the Dominican designer, was behind some of the greatest works and trends in fashion’s history. Gaining his start as a classically trained painter, de la Renta went on to garner fame working in such prestigious fashion houses as Balenciaga and the French couture line Lanvin. After years of working for haute couture-based designs, de la Renta set out to create his own line, one made for the everyday woman. However, after starting his original line in 1965, many of his designs caught the eye of socialites, celebrities, and royalty alike, securing de la Renta the reputation of the premier designer of moment.

As time went on, de la Renta continued to create classic, timeless pieces that everyone, from the fashionista to the everyday woman, would kill for. What attracted many people to his pieces is the focus on femininity and the female shape. De la Renta knew how a woman wanted to look, and his designs allowed women to not only ooze the gracefulness of a queen, but also showed off the woman herself. Designing, however, was not de la Renta’s only claim to fame. Devoting his time to the Council of Fashion Designers Association, a for-profit association comprised of some of the most highly regarded and respected fashion designers, he and the association sought to bring together designers to share ideas, thoughts on the industry, and also to raise money for future designers in training.

A renaissance man in many ways, de la Renta caught the eye of some First Ladies as well, who selected him to design their Inaugural Ball gowns. This is one of the biggest honors to be bestowed upon a designer. Nancy Reagan, Hilary Clinton, and Laura Bush all sported handmade, one-of-a-kind couture pieces by the man of style himself. De la Renta was also favored by celebs such as Emma Watson, Anne Hathaway, and Taylor Swift, all fans of his ethereal color pallets and ladylike, princess gowns that made any girl feel as though she was living in a fairytale. He also had a way of making every woman’s dream of looking like a princess on her wedding day come true by expanding his line to include bridal looks in 2006. Lined with layers of tulle, elegant satin, and lace, de la Renta’s wedding gowns became the ultimate dresses to wear on a woman’s wedding day; her moment to live out her fairytale was brought to life by de la Renta’s classic mind.

While the entire world mourns the loss of such a legendary designer, we look back at all of the great and amazing feats de la Renta has accomplished throughout his life. Having left behind hundreds, if not thousands, of timeless pieces to remember him by, our mourning must turn to appreciation. Though the majority of the world might not have known Oscar de la Renta personally, admiring his designs allowed us to live in a fairytale world, if only just for a moment.

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October 29, 2014

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Over/Under with Katie Miller CONNIE LUNANUOVA ’16 KAREN FUNARO ’16 Lifestyle Editors This week, The Hawk was able to chat with dance team member Katie Miller, ’16, about what she finds to be overrated and underrated. A Spanish major and linguistics minor, Katie shared her opinion on all things Halloween-related and explained why she is always down for a fiesta.

Potato chips

Snuggies

Fishnet stockings Grilled cheese

Nail polish

“I love potato chips, especially sour cream and onion.”

“I would just prefer a robe over a Snuggie.”

“Overrated; they’re kind of trashy.”

“Underrated; I love grilled cheese and it’s the perfect college quick dinner.”

“Overrated, because I don’t know, I know it looks nice but I never see the point of putting in the work for it.”

Rain boots

Hedgehogs

Hats

Perfume

Snorkels

“Overrated; they’re important, but I think girls have taken it to a whole new level with getting name brand ones that are so expensive.”

“I’m going to say overrated because no one talks about hedgehogs, but I don’t think that they are all that they might be cracked up to be. I’d rather have a bunny.”

“Underrated, because I love hats.

I feel like they can make or break an outfit. I wear baseball hats when I’m wearing workout gear, and I love big sunhats and fedoras. I really want a fedora.”

“Overrated; I feel like some girls use too much of it. I don’t actually have perfume, I just use soap and scented lotion because that smells good.”

“I had a snorkel when I was younger and I loved it. I have a pool, but I’ve been snorkeling in Jamaica and that was really cool.

It was annoying that you couldn’t dive all the way in, but it was cool to be able to float on the surface.”

Trick or treating

Gameboys

Coins

Halloween

“I think it is underrated, it’s so much fun. Some of the neighborhoods nowadays have just stopped and turn their lights off, but I think that if you just buy some candy and hand it out, it’ll be fun. You get into the spirit.”

“Oh, I love Gameboys! I had one and I played it all the time.

I had the DS, but I like the older versions of games more than the newer versions; I feel like they are just more violent and more materialistic. I mean I used to play SpongeBob.”

“I think they are underrated because I think that coins and change are money, too. Collecting coins is pretty cool, too, because if you turn them over they have historical things on them and they represent each state.”

“I think it’s overrated, especially in college, because it lasts for two weeks but I still love Halloween. I have army pants from dance last year, so I might just find a top and a hat and do that. I was also thinking about being Andres, my boyfriend on the tennis team, and I would carry a racket around.”

This/That Winning a medal/ribbon/trophy – “A medal, because it reminds me of how Olympians stand on the platform with their medals, like you just wear it proudly.

You can’t wear a ribbon, and a medal is something that you can put on and wear and kind of show off.”

Flip Flops/Boots – “Boots, because flip flops fall off of my feet sometimes, and with boots I don’t have to feel insecure and they are also water-proof.”

Summer/Winter – “Summer over winter, because I like to be outside and I work as a lifeguard so that’s fun. I lifeguard at Sesame Place.”

Zip-up hoodies/Pullover hoodies – “Pullover; they’re more comfortable, and with zip-up sometimes the zipper gets weird bumps. They’re just more comfortable.”

Skirts/Pants – “Skirts; I’m kind of an old soul, and if I could I would wear dresses and skirts every day.”

Cereal/Oatmeal – “Cereal. There are more flavors, and I also have more of a sweet tooth. Oatmeal is healthier for you, but with cereal you can have more sugar.”

Siesta/Fiesta – “A fiesta! I don’t like taking naps, because if I do, I feel like I’m missing something and when I wake up I almost

feel more tired and just grumpy.”

Edgar Allen Poe/William Shakespeare – “Edgar Allen Poe because he’s creepy and I love horror, but he has good messages within the creepy.” ’90s girl bands/ ’90s boy bands – “’90s boy bands, I was all about the Backstreet Boys and N’sync, too.”

“Gilmore Girls”/”Gossip Girl” – “‘Gilmore Girls,’ because I’ve only seen a few episodes from each but I just never got into Gossip Girl.”

Ballet/Hip-hop – “Ballet; I’ve been doing

ballet since I was three, and it’s the hardest form of dance, but I like the challenge.

I like how you have to make moves that are so hard seem so easy and you are so elegant; you get to wear tutus.”

Black Swan/White Swan – “I would say the White Swan because I feel like I’m more like the White Swan, a little more innocent.”

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The Hawk

Flying low: Eagles drop close game to Cardinals

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NATE VANCIL ’16 Sports Editor Sixty-two pass attempts. That’s not combined for both teams on Sunday—Nick Foles threw the ball 62 times against the Arizona Cardinals, compared to his team’s 26 carries. This staggering imbalance was one of the reasons that the pass-friendly Eagles ended up falling to the Cardinals 24-20 on Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

The standout performer of the day for Philadelphia was clearly wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. The Eagles’ veteran receiver reeled in an impressive 12 catches for 187 yards and two scores. Maclin, the Eagles’ first-round selection in the 2009 draft, tallied Philadelphia’s first score with 4 minutes and 47 seconds left in the first quarter when Foles hit Maclin out of the shotgun for the 21-yard touchdown.

Arizona answered early in the second quarter with a run up the middle by dual-threat running back Andre Ellington for 1 yard to even the game at 7-7. The rest of the second quarter was filled with stagnant offenses and multiple turnovers by the Eagles, which thankfully led to no immediate

damage.

Although the second quarter was dull to say the least, the start of the third quarter was anything but boring. On the third play of the drive, Cardinals’ quarterback Carson Palmer hit receiver Larry Fitzgerald for an 80-yard score just a mere 41 seconds into the half to take the lead, 14-7.

Later in the third quarter, the Eagles put together a decent drive, which led to a 54-yard field goal opportunity for kicker Cody Parkey. The rookie phenom continued to do as he has done all season, nailing the long field goal with ease. Parkey has made 14 out of 15 field goals so far this season, which is impressive for any kicker, let alone a rookie.

Trailing 14-10, the Eagles needed another big play to get back into the game, and Philadelphia’s big play-maker came through once again. On the first play of the drive, Foles hit Maclin for an outstanding 54-yard touchdown deep down the middle to take the lead 17-14 over the Cardinals.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the Eagles were in a good position. With possession of the ball and a three point lead, all Philadelphia had to do was continue to keep the defensive pressure on and kill

some of the clock. But that wasn’t what Nick Foles had in mind.

On their second possession of the quarter, Foles threw a costly interception to Arizona’s Antonio Cromartie on Philadelphia’s 40-yard line to give the Cardinals fantastic field position. Without much struggle, the Cardinals drove down to the Eagles’ 10-yard line to set up Chandler Catanzaro for an easy 28-yard field goal, which knotted the game up at 17-17.

On the Eagles’ impending drive, something magnificent happened—they decided to run the ball. The Eagles put together a 13-play drive that lasted more than 7 minutes and led to another field goal for Parkey, this time just 20 yards. The disappointing part of this drive was the Eagles’ failure to get into the end zone. With a first-and-10 on Arizona’s 11-yard line, it seemed as though Philadelphia would continue to roll as they had throughout the entire drive. After being stuffed on three consecutive rushes, the Eagles had to settle for the field goal with just a mere 2:00 left in the game.

And then everything fell apart for the Eagles. On third-and-five from his own 25-yard line, Cadinals’ Carson Palmer hit rookie receiver John Brown deep down the middle for a shocking 75-yard touchdown to give Arizona the 24-20 lead with just 1:33 left.

Philadelphia’s epic comeback opportunity was in place. With a couple of big passes made from Foles to receivers Riley Cooper (22 yards) and Maclin (19 yards), the Eagles put themselves in a position to steal the game and sneak out of Arizona with the victory. With first-and-ten and 13 seconds left on Arizona’s 16-yard line, Nick

Foles launched three consecutive incomplete passes to leave the Eagles just short of defeating the Cardinals, 24-20.

The major issue with the Eagles’ game plan against the Cardinals was the staggering discrepancy between passing and rushing the ball. With 62 pass attempts and only 26 carries, the Eagles were so blindly predictable that the Cardinals had Philadelphia locked down for the majority of the game. Foles ended up going 36-62 for 411 yards, with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Arizona’s secondary seemed to have had Foles’ number all day, except when their star receiver, Jeremy Maclin, made some outstanding plays to keep Philadelphia in the game.

The Eagles didn’t necessarily run the ball poorly. Instead, it was their tendency to continue running the ball throughout the contest and keeping the Cardinals honest that was the glaring issue for Philadelphia.

The Eagles’ primary running back, LeSean McCoy, carried the ball 21 times for 83 yards. McCoy had to carry the entire bulk of the load for Philadelphia; Darren Sproles, secondary running back, is expected to miss the next few weeks due to injury. McCoy didn’t perform poorly in any way. The problem was the predictable nature of the offensive play-calling; the Cardinals knew what was coming on almost every snap.

Philadelphia’s running game is doing well on individual plays, yet they can’t put together a string of drives in which they continue to run the ball as much as they throw the ball. If the Eagles can narrow the discrepancy between throwing and running, they will have much more success next Sunday when they travel to Houston to take on the 4-4 Texans.

State of the Flyers Matt Mizanin ’18 Hawk Staff One thing that has been painfully obvious so far in the Flyers’ season is the fact that their defense isn’t good enough to win a Stanley Cup. The Flyers have a very talented offense and impressive goaltending, but it is going to be extremely challenging for Philadelphia to improve a defense this inconsistent.

There are very few defenses in the NHL that are this fundamentally unstable.

The Flyers have a handful of decent players on defense, but mentally, they are not clicking as a unit. It’s mind-boggling to watch the embarrassing defensive miscues that this team makes night in and night out.

Whether it’s turning the puck over in front of their own net, or leaving a scorer wide open on the break, the Flyers have made far too many mistakes so far this season.

The Flyers have allowed 3.71 goals per game, and that number would be a lot higher if it wasn’t for their goaltending. If the Flyers plan on winning consistently throughout this season, they need to get better defensively; unfortunately, that is a lot easier said than done.

When glancing at the Flyers’ defensive depth chart, there doesn’t appear to be much light at the end of the tunnel. After losing Kimmo Timonen, who was arguably their best defenseman, the Flyers really don’t have much depth on the defensive end. Instead, they have quite a few veteran defensemen who are average players and don’t really have much room for improve-

ment. Players like Brayden Coburn, Nick Grossmann, Mark Streit, and Andrew McDonald aren’t anything special and certainly aren’t going to magically improve overnight at this stage in their career.

On a more positive note, the Flyers’ goaltending has been exceptional thus far.

Despite playing behind a poor defense, Steve Mason and Ray Emery have kept the Flyers afloat in almost every game they’ve played. They have been called on to make spectacular save after spectacular save, and for the most part, they have done so in critical situations.

It’s very easy to criticize the goalie when a team is losing, but fans really can’t complain about the Flyers’ goaltending.

The Flyers’ defense has been nothing more than a “Three Stooges” bit, yet the goalies have done a great job of controlling the damage. If the Flyers are going to have any success this season, they are going to rely heavily on goaltending to keep them in close games. Whether it’s Steve Mason or Ray Emery in net, the Flyers need the goalies to bring their best every night. Good goaltending can make up for a lot of defense blemishes, and for the Flyers, it could mean the difference between making the playoffs and falling short.

Fortunately for the Flyers, their offense is really starting to click. Although they have been inconsistent at times, overall, they have played rather well. Players such as Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds are establishing themselves as leaders, while less seasoned players like Michael Raffl and Pierre Bellemare are beginning to

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contribute.

The most pressing issue with the Flyers’ offense is its inconsistency. It seems like every year they run into the same lingering problem. One period the offense will be unstoppable, then the next period it is nonexistent. It’s a mystery. The Flyers are averaging a solid 3.14 goals per game, and have one of the better power-play squads in the NHL, but consistency still remains a huge problem.

Even with their defensive struggles and offensive inconsistencies, the Flyers are still 3-3-2 early on in the season. They have

played an extremely difficult schedule thus far and have fought through some big injuries, yet they sit at .500 after an impressive win against the Red Wings on Saturday.

Although they aren’t playing the best hockey right now, the Flyers are finding ways to beat very good teams, and are showing enough potential to become a capable team by playoff time.

The Flyers probably aren’t serious Stanley Cup contenders, but if they can manage to sneak into the playoffs, you never know.

Stranger things have happened.

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October 29, 2014

The Hawk

Win or go home

Hawks must win last three games to keep playoff hopes

Men’s soccer team. Photo by Shannon Adams ’16

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NATE VANCIL ’16 Sports editor

he Saint Joseph’s University men’s soccer team dropped two integral Atlantic 10 conference games this past weekend to La Salle and the University of Rhode Island.

Entering the weekend, the Hawks were in a must-win situation for at least one of these two conference matches. Sitting at 6-3-4 prior to the weekend, St. Joe’s was in an adequate position for playoff contention, but were in need of at least one of these conference victories to bolster their record.

On Friday, Oct. 24, La Salle took down the Hawks by a score of 1-0. In the 26th minute, Joe Farrell scored the deciding goal after receiving a pass from Matt Robinson that led to the middle of the box.

La Salle (5-7-2, 1-2-1 A-10) outshot the Hawks 13-12, which ended up being the deciding factor in the match.

Although St. Joe’s was unsuccessful against La Salle, there were positive lessons that the Hawks can take from their defeat.

On the defensive end, freshman goalkeeper Bobby Edwards was phenomenal after giving up the deciding goal early in the match with five saves throughout his entire match effort.

St. Joe’s also had multiple offensive opportunities to tie the match. However, they were unable to follow through. With about five minutes left to play, sophomore midfielder Bliss Harris hit junior midfielder Tim Lazorko deep down the middle with an outstanding pass, but the ball fell just out of reach of Lazorko.

In the second match of the weekend, St. Joe’s took on the University of Rhode Island on Sunday, Oct. 26th. Rhode Island (9-3-3, 5-0-0 A-10) is one of the toughest teams in the conference, and upon entering the match, the Hawks knew they had to play some of their best soccer to handle this difficult matchup.

The story of this match was the Hawks’ difficultly in maintaining their team composure after a red card was charged to sophomore forward Mori Diane during the 28th minute. St. Joe’s was then forced to play a man down for the rest of the match, and this put the team at what turned out to be an insurmountable disadvantage.

The Hawks ended up dropped the match 2-0 to Rhode Island after goals in both the 44th minute from Wesley Matthews and in the 66th minute from Matt Sykes. Although the Hawks dominated the stat sheet with a shot advantage of 26-11 and shots on goal advantage of 6-5, Rhode Island was the squad that ultimately found the back of the net.

St. Joe’s had a difficult weekend as a whole after dropping both conference matches and having their overall record fall to 6-5-4 and 1-3-1 in the Atlantic 10.

At this point in the season, with just three matches remaining, the Hawks are in an absolute must-win mindset if they have

any hopes in competing in the Atlantic 10.

The Hawks’ issues throughout this season have come from pure inconsistency.

When the team is at their best and clicking on all cylinders, the squad is almost unstoppable. Edwards is outstanding when he’s on his game, and the offensive unit can score at ease when they’re on the same page. But recently, and especially in conference play, the Hawks have not seemed unified or ready to win in crucial matches.

If the Hawks have any hope of playing beyond regular season play and into the postseason, they will have to regain their composure and play their best soccer for their last three games of the season.

St. Joe’s next match is away at Saint Bonaventure on Nov. 2, followed by home matches on Nov. 6 and Nov. 9 to close out their regular season and attempt to reach the promised land of postseason play.

Grass is greener: Sokolis starts season slow, picks up pace at Georgetown Intercollegiate

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ATHONY PANVINI ’16 Assistant Sports Editor

reshman golfer Tyler Sokolis was named last week’s Atlantic 10 Golf Rookie of the Week as he tied for 18th place in the Georgetown Intercollegiate last Monday and Tuesday.

“To me, it’s a symbol of the hard work that pays off,” said Sokolis. “I made the first couple tournaments and then I missed a few because my teammates did better than I did. It speaks to the hard work that got me to the point where I am now.”

Head Coach Bob Lynch pointed out that although Sokolis did in fact start out slow, he wasn’t surprised that Sokolis turned it around.

“I think this last tournament, he was probably a little hungry and played real solid,” Lynch said.

The 6’1” freshman is from Doylestown, Pennsylvania and attended Central Bucks West High School. During his four years at Central Bucks, Sokolis was a two-time All-Intelligencer County First Team honoree. He served as captain of the team during his junior and senor years and claimed the 2013 Suburban One League-Continental Division title as a senior.

However, choosing what college to attend wasn’t just about golf for Sokolis, who is majoring in food marketing.

“As I look at colleges and universities to attend, I first have to take my education into the equation. My education comes first, and my golf and social life come sec-

ond and third, respectively,” Sokolis wrote in a personal statement for ncsasports.org.

“The likelihood of getting a good education here and making something of myself not in the golf world is much more likely than me going on to a professional course,” he stated on the website.

Sokolis wasted no time continuing his success in golf here on Hawk Hill. At the Georgetown Intercollegiate, Sokolis shot a two-over-par 73 and followed it up with a three-over-par 74 for a two-round score of 147.

“I think that’s big,” said Lynch. “He now realizes that he can play with the other college guys, whether you’re a freshman or a senior. When you can post 73 and 74 back to back, that’s pretty good playing. I think it’s just going to tell him he belongs and fits in.”

Sokolis said he believes his success was due to his attitude going into the Georgetown tournament rather than solely his level of talent.

“I went into this tournament saying no matter what happens out there on the course, I’m not going to let myself get down on myself,” Sokolis said. “I’m not going to yell or talk to myself in a negative way. It was completely the mental outlook that I brought into both days and kept throughout both of them. My mental game was so good that it made a mediocre round two very good rounds for me.”

The mental aspect was the hardest part of the transition from high school to college golf, Sokolis explained. In high school,

tournaments were only nine holes as opposed to college tournaments, which can be anywhere from 36 to 54 holes.

“The courses are much tougher, the competition is much more dense—there are a lot better players in college,” said Sokolis. “With high school, it was kind of like whoever wanted to play golf gathered and just went out and played. I feel much more proud playing for my university than I did for my high school.”

Lynch also keyed in on the difference in the courses.

“The golf itself is very similar, the course itself might be set up a little longer than the high school courses, but mentally kids mature, and they get to manage their time a little better,” Lynch said. “Some of our tournaments are 36 holes in one day so that’s a grind. There’s just a little adjustment period there.”

Sokolis said he is thoroughly enjoying his time so far here on Hawk Hill and is happy with the decision he made in choosing to attend St Joe’s.

“My teammates are the best teammates you could imagine,” he said. “My coach is the most ideal coach for me. He knows that I have worked hard to get to where I am.

I have met so many awesome people here not only that I have fun with, but also people that can also make a difference in my life professionally.

“I am having so much fun here but also I am getting the great education that I’ve come here for. I can already see it’s going to be a great four years here.”

Tyler Sokolis. Photo courtesy of Sideline Photo LLC.

In terms of the rest of the season, Sokolis said he believes that there is no reason why the golf team can’t make a run for the A-10 championship.

As for himself, Sokolis has set the bar high.

“I want to make every tournament, I want to compete in every tournament,” Sokolis said. “It doesn’t matter how I play, as long as I stay positive and do the best I can I’ll be happy with that, but I do want to compete at every tournament as best I can.”