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News
Demonstrators in Center City call for ‘No Kings’
'No billionaires, no red kings, no blue kings'
October 22, 2025
Liv Bielawski ’27, News Editor
An estimated 15,000 demonstrators gathered outside Philadelphia’s City Hall Oct. 18, chanting “No Kings” as part of a nationwide protest against President...
Features
Illustrating hope: A story of second chances
Man currently incarcerated draws alum’s children’s book
October 22, 2025
Tayla J. Evans ’27, Features Editor
When Alexa Fichera ’25 sat outside of SCI Phoenix in her mom’s car the fall of her junior year, she was nervous. She was still nervous when she entered the maximum...
Immigrant Neighbors
Weekly vigil for migrants works to raise consciousness
'Our brothers and sisters are really suffering'
October 22, 2025
Hannah Pajtis, Editor in Chief
On Saturday mornings at the intersection of Montgomery Avenue and Meeting House Lane, passing drivers break the quiet with a chorus of honking horns in support of...
Sports
Men’s soccer sweeps weekly awards
‘We know that the job’s not done’
October 8, 2025
Tess Margis ’26, Assistant Sports Editor
It was an eventful week for St. Joe’s men’s soccer as senior midfielder Matteo Mazzotta, redshirt junior goalkeeper Cooper Jennings and fifth-year defender Kobe...

CROSSWORD: LGBTQIA+ history

CROSSWORD: LGBTQIA+ history

Brennan Dillenbeck ’28, Hawk Staff • October 22, 2025

Rebecca Romito ’26 participates in TikTok’s “Best Day Ever” game for seven days in a row.
PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Make today the best day ever

Rebecca Romito ’26, Hawk Staff • October 22, 2025

You would never believe it! I had the best day ever for seven days in a row! For a whole week, I played a TikTok game called “Best Day Ever.”...

GRAPHIC: SATINA SACKIE ’27/THE HAWK

Currently in Pop Culture: Jane Goodall

Olivia Gasparro, Features Columnist • October 22, 2025

Jane Goodall, Ph.D, was a British primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist whose observations of chimpanzees in the wild and advocacy for...

GRAPHIC: ANASTASIA KUNICKA ’28, LUKE SANELLI ’26 AND CARA SANTILLI ’24, M.A. ’26/THE HAWK

‘Be more humanistic to each other’

Cara Santilli ’24, M.A. ’26, Copy Chief • October 8, 2025

The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting brought together journalists, gun violence survivors, public health professionals and advocates...

Mia Messina ’25 poses with her media credentials from the past four years.
PHOTOS: MIA MESSINA ’25/THE HAWK

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor • April 30, 2025

As a woman pursuing a career in the male-dominated world of sports journalism, I often feel isolated. With that isolation comes a feeling...

Sports media platforms for women ‘create a community and a sense of belonging’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor • April 16, 2025

Lily Shimbashi grew up wanting to be the next Erin Andrews, currently a Fox Sports sideline reporter who has become one of the most popular women...