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Jayla Stephens ’28, Delaney Shur ’27 and Meghan Clark ’27 star as Annie Cannon, Henrietta Leavitt and Williamina Fleming in the department of music, theatre & film and the SJU Theatre Company’s production
of “Silent Sky.” PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

‘Silent Sky’ takes center stage

Kiley O’Brien ’25, Assistant Features Editor April 9, 2025

The department of music, theatre & film and the SJU Theatre Company will be performing their production of “Silent Sky” April 10-April 13. “Silent Sky” is a play written by Lauren Gunderson...

A photo of a beach in the Dominican Republic Allie Harrer ’27 took using her aunt’s point-and-shoot camera. PHOTO: ALLIE HARRER ’27

Refocusing on old technology

Monica Sowinski ’26, Sports Reporter April 9, 2025

Generation Z’s preference for old technology is helping boost sales of point-and-shoot cameras. After being decimated by the smartphone market, camera sales have risen steadily in the last three years,...

Tayla Evans’ ’27 sourdough loaf sits on the stove of her Rashford apartment.
PHOTO: TAYLA EVANS ’27/THE HAWK

Rising to the occasion

Tayla Evans ’27, News Reporter April 9, 2025

My social media Explore pages are full of bread-making content. I could scroll for ages through posts and accounts dedicated to this carbohydrate.  Some of that popularity still seems to be riding...

CROSSWORD: Cinema city

Gavin Kuebler ’25, Assistant Features Editor April 9, 2025

Across 2. “Muppets Take _______,” a 1984 classic family film where the Muppets gang tries to debut their stage act in the big city. 3. “Viva _______ _______,” a rock ’n’ roll musical...

Shannon Tonetta ’26 presents her research on artist Pieter Bruegel’s portrayal of peasants in art at the fourth
annual Philadelphia-area Undergraduate Art History Research Symposium.
PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Students present art history research at annual symposium

Kiley O’Brien ’25, Assistant Features Editor April 2, 2025

Students gathered to present their research at the fourth annual Philadelphia-area Undergraduate Art History Research Symposium, hosted at the Frances M. Maguire Art Museum on March 29.  Martha Easton,...

Disabled Student Union co-founders Lilly Cancellieri ’27 and Megan Eastman ’25 speak at the club’s first
meeting, March 28. PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

Disabled Students Union promotes accessibility, advocacy and allyship

Zach Podolnick ’26, Sports Reporter April 2, 2025

When Megan Eastman ’25 came to the Hawk Hill campus for the first time as a first-year, the hilly campus and lack of ways to circumvent stair-laden buildings raised the question: How can St. Joe’s...

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...

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