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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...

Toby Tales: First-Gen

Toby Tales: First-Gen

Vivian Eng November 9, 2021

  First-generation college students (also known as “first-gen students”) are students whose parents did not complete a 4-year college degree. In honor of First-Generation Student...

Diego Ramirez ’22 teaches St. Joe’s trainees how to bring allyship to campus. PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

Safe Zone Training holds 20th anniversary session

Lily Steele November 2, 2021

Safe Zone Training is celebrating its 20th anniversary at St. Joe’s. The program, which is open to students, faculty and staff, raises awareness about the issues impacting the LGBTQIA+ community and...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD ’23/THE HAWK

Deconstructing the police narrative

Devin Yingling November 2, 2021

Silvino Alexander ’22 was in Merion Hall when he first heard about a shooting near campus last week. Alexander said he saw multiple news helicopters overhead on Oct. 26. Initially, he heard from friends...

The time is now

The time is now

The Hawk Staff September 22, 2020

Following through on our Jesuit values Beginning with the protests after George Floyd’s killing by police, we watched members of the St. Joe’s community fill social media with support for The Movement...

No progress towards equal pay

No progress towards equal pay

Jackie Collins January 21, 2020

Where we should be in 2020 Over the summer when I was hanging out with my friend at her house, her mother asked me if I was applying for internships, what career I was interested in after graduation—you...

Racism lies within our institutions

Racism lies within our institutions

Catherine Moffett November 19, 2019

The problem with supporting Aramark In a Race and Ethics class here taught by Becki Scola, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of political science, one of our assignments was to watch “13th,”...

Radiant Bloom Productions told the story of feminism in the U.S. PHOTO: Raven Smith ’20

The f-word is Feminism — a history of the controversy

Jackie Collins November 19, 2019

The f-word is feminism, at least it is in Radiant Bloom Productions’, “The F-word,” a show that celebrates the diversity of women and the many conflicting beliefs about feminism. The Women’s Leadership...

It's time for the recognition of women

It’s time for the recognition of women

Megan Piasecki February 19, 2019

Delving into the absence of women in STEM As our society is geared more and more towards equity for all, we need to discuss a certain problem that is still happening within our society: the fact that there...

The spirit of intersectional feminism

The spirit of intersectional feminism

Ann Marie Maloney January 30, 2017

Why egalitarianism isn't enough The Women’s March in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and more than 100 other cities in the United States and around the world gave millions of people the opportunity to...

A home is not a house

Victoria Tralies October 25, 2016

Look up. Most likely, there is a ceiling over your head. It might seem like a blank abyss. Your eyes aren’t always focused there, but you can trust that it’s relatively strong and fairly reliable....

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