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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,”...
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...
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...
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...
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....
