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Crossword: Spring has sprung

Olivia Gasparro ’27, Features Columnist April 2, 2025

Across: 5. A verb describing when plants begin to show their true colors. 6. A colorful arc that often appears in the sky after rainy April days. 7. Buzzing pollinator insect. 8. The astronomical...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

CineHawk: ‘Smile 2’

Luke Kropiewnicki ’25, Online Editor April 2, 2025

For my first review, I will be discussing one of my favorite horror movies from last year: “Smile 2,” the sequel to 2022’s “Smile.” This movie, written and directed by Parker Finn, had many people...

Meatballs ordered by Sophia Galante ’26 at Ralph’s Italian Restaurant in South Philly.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SOPHIA GALANTE ’26/THE HAWK

From Sicily to South Philly

Sophia Galante ’26, News Reporter April 2, 2025

Ralph’s Italian Restaurant, located at 760 S. Ninth St. in the heart of Philadelphia’s Italian Market, was dimly lit but bright with laughter when my boyfriend, Manny Nkrumah ’26 and I visited for...

Julia Kingsbury ’25 and Lily Santi ’24 in a rage room at All That Rage in West Chester.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JULIA KINGSBURY ’25

Why not a rage room?

Julia Kingsbury ’25, Special to the Hawk April 2, 2025

For years, rage rooms have flooded my social media feeds with clips of smashed bottles, shattered vases and shards of glass exploding toward my screen. I’m not an aggressive person in my daily life....

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

On The Beat: ‘Equus Asinus’

Parker Hayden ’25, Hawk Staff April 2, 2025

Men I Trust’s 2025 album, “Equus Asinus,” is a reinvention of their sound from previous outputs like “Untourable Album” and “Oncle Jazz.” This time, the band shifts their retro, funk-inspired...

The Guangdong Tigers placed first in International Society’s talent show, March 21. PHOTO COURTESY OF MASSAMBA DORSEY ’26

Talent show a ‘last hurrah’ for UCity students

Tess Margis ’26, Features Reporter March 26, 2025

International Society hosted its last talent show on the University City campus in the Athletic/Recreation Center March 21. The annual event featured 11 different acts, with performances from dance...

Eddie Dolan ’25 gazes at a tree searching for birds. PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Birding with AI ears

Eddie Dolan ’25, Special to the Hawk March 26, 2025

The furious sound of something smashing into a tree pounded in my ears as soon as I stepped out of my car at Valley Forge National Historic Park just after dawn in early March.  It was a woodpecker...

ILLUSTRATION: LEXI KAIN ’27/THE HAWK

Hear me, see me

Tess Margis ’26, Features Reporter March 26, 2025

Before Maddie Blair ’26 walks out of the door every morning, she makes sure to grab her black Skullcandy Crushers.  Blair is one of many people swapping out earbuds for over-ear headphones, preferring...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

Donatella Versace

Olivia Gasparro ’27, Features Columnist March 26, 2025

Donatella Versace has been the creative director of the fashion house Versace for decades, taking on the role after the murder of her brother Gianni Versace in 1997. Over the years, Versace has taken what...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

CineHawk: ‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’

Ben Vanilli ’25, Photographer March 26, 2025

“Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” released in 1974, is Martin Scorsese’s fourth feature-length and first Hollywood project, sandwiched between “Mean Streets” and “Taxi Driver,” two films...

ILLUSTRATION: LEXI KAIN ’27/THE HAWK

Shut eyes and shut mouths

Jeff Smith ’26, Special to the Hawk March 26, 2025

Every night before he went to bed this past summer, Frank Felix ’26 put a piece of tape over his mouth. Felix had watched videos on TikTok that suggested mouth taping, which prevents mouth breathing,...

CROSSWORD: March Mayhem

Kiley O’Brien ’25, Assistant Features Editor March 26, 2025

Across 3. A last-second shot just before a game ends that determines the outcome of the game. 7. A player who is drafted into the NBA after playing only one season of college basketball. 8. A team’s...

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