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Nicole Williams (center) with Mt. Airy Fridge and Pantry volunteers at the fridge and pantry, located at the
Unitarian Univeralists church in Mount Airy. PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE WILLIAMS

Community fridges embrace mutual aid to fight food insecurity

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor December 4, 2024

The white household fridge located through a stone brick arch at the Unitarian Universalists church in Mount Airy might just look like an ordinary fridge, filled with an assortment of produce from ripe...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

What you should know: The 2024 Big 5 Classic

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor December 4, 2024

What is the Big 5? The Big 5 is an informal league of six colleges, originally consisting of St. Joe’s, Villanova, Temple, University of Pennsylvania and La Salle, founded in 1955. The recent addition...

PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. JOE’S ARCHIVES

Archives Unboxed: 1970s track photo

Kiera Donohue '25, Special to the Hawk December 4, 2024

A photograph of a track meet at St. Joe’s offers a glimpse of track in the 1970s, showing five runners racing toward a chest-high white string stretched across the track. It’s not clear who won...

Editorial: Don’t demonize expertise

Editorial Board December 4, 2024

There’s a natural tendency among the general populace to question authority. The emergence of social media and internet forums, in particular, has provided a platform for misinformation and conspiracies...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Radicalized, alt-right content in today’s culture

Bryan Balmores-Jumarang '27, Guest Columnist December 4, 2024

In today’s digital climate, there’s been a surplus of social media users who promote alt-right imagery and hypermasculinity. No matter the platform, it can be easy to fall down a rabbit hole of content...

Ad Hawk: Ukraine deserves our support

Melissa Chakars, Guest Columnist December 4, 2024

On Nov. 19, the world marked 1,000 days of Russia’s war against Ukraine. However, this war did not simply start Feb. 24, 2022, with Russia’s most recent large-scale invasion. As the American Historical...

Bridget Carter ’25 returns a serve in a pickleball game, Dec. 2. PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Game, set, match

Rebecca Romito '26, Special to the Hawk December 4, 2024

Here’s the thing: There are no pickles involved in pickleball. There is a ball, yes, plastic and with holes, slightly bigger than a tennis ball. There are two to four players and rackets for each....

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

Stop using ‘woke’ wrong

Preston Thomas '28, Guest Columnist December 4, 2024

During this past election season, a word many people have probably heard thrown around is “woke.” Personally, I hear the word a lot in the context of conservative media and “ending wokeness.” But...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

‘Watchdogs’ under siege

Bella Privitera ’26, Opinions Editor December 4, 2024

The media — historically coined as the “watchdog” of the government, tasked with ensuring political accountability — is currently under siege. Veteran journalists Marty Baron, former executive...

54th Airborne’s Big 5 Classic Predictions

Monica Sowinski ’26, Sports Reporter December 4, 2024

What do you think of the Big 5 championship matchups for both the men’s and women’s teams? Nicole Caldwell ’25: I’m super, super, super excited for [the men’s game], and I’m very hopeful...

William Procter Jr.’s metal medicine canister, located in the Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy.
PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

William Procter Jr.’s metal medicine canister

Monica Sowinski ’26, Sports Reporter December 4, 2024

In the mid-nineteenth century, if a scientist were in a pharmacy lab and accidentally ingested a poison, they might have reached for a can of emetine. William Procter Jr., one of the founders of the...

Five study spots you’ll want to keep to yourself

Marileana Pardo ’25, Special to the Hawk December 4, 2024

Finding a suitable study area on the Hawk Hill campus can be challenging. Drexel Library is often packed, and the lounges can be noisy. Some people just aren’t sensitive to the fact that quiet places...

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