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Clarke Pennsylvania relocated to St. Joe’s from La Salle in August 2024. PHOTO: SAHR KARIMU ’26/THE HAWK

Hearing and speech school faces break-ins

Alex Andahazy ’25, News Reporter September 18, 2024

The Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech, which opened a branch on the Hawk Hill campus in August, was broken into and vandalized during the first week of the semester. Two tablets were stolen in an...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

Welcome to Saint Joe’s: A guide to campus living

Carter Karpinski '25, Columnist September 11, 2024

Welcome back to St. Joe’s! Or, if you’re new here, hi, nice to meet you! See how friendly we are? I’m going on my fifth year here, so I kind of get this whole college thing…Well, I mean I’ve...

Photo of lower merion police responding at the crime scene on the corner of Cardinal and City Ave, Villager Hall in background

City Avenue shooting raises concerns about university safety alert protocol

Ally Engelbert and Max Kelly April 24, 2024
‘We didn’t think it would take that long to say something’
The entrance to Overbrook Presbyterian Church with boarded up windows

Community rallies to support church after fire

Max Kelly April 24, 2024
Communities rally to support church after fire
Wide angled photo of students sitting with St. Joe’s President Cheryl A. McConnell, who is speaking to the students holding signs in protest

Students walk for Earth Day

Vincent Kornacki April 24, 2024
Club calls for sustainability goals

Editorial: Safety alert protocol needs to change

The Hawk Staff April 24, 2024

As reported in The Hawk in this week’s issue in “City Avenue shooting raises concern for university safety alert response time,” on April 14, around 10:45 p.m., a man was shot on City Avenue just...

A car crashed on the stairs of Lannon Hall's front entrance April 16 at 6:45 p.m. PHOTO: MAX KELLY ’24/THE HAWK

Car crashes on stairs of Lannon Hall’s front entrance

Max Kelly and Luke Sanelli April 18, 2024

On April 16 at 6:45 p.m., a car crashed at the front of the Lannon Hall entrance at City Avenue and 54th Street. According to the Philadelphia Police, the car was going northbound on City Avenue and...

Photo of the jumbotron at displaying the Hoops for Housing halftime free throw contest in Hagan Arena, with fans in the background

Apartment complex launches marketing partnership

Max Kelly April 17, 2024

A marketing sponsorship agreement launched at the end of 2023 makes Presidential City Apartments the official off-campus housing partner of SJU Athletics.The four-building complex is located  at...

Graphic illustration of sophomore housing options in campus: Moore Hall, Merion Gardens, Lannon and Rashford Hall, Ashwood Hall and the Morris Quad Townhouses

Limited on-campus housing availability stresses rising sophomores

Vincent Kornacki April 10, 2024

Confusion erupted among the Class of 2027 after the Office of Residence Life sent an email March 21 claiming that “at this time, it is very likely that there will not be enough current housing spaces...

GRAPHIC: ALLY ENGELBERT '25/THE HAWK

University begins to address gaps in communication since false shooter incident

Ally Engelbert and Allie Miller March 27, 2024

In the year since a false report of an active shooter terrified members of the St. Joe’s community, university officials said they have begun to take steps to improve the university’s emergency protocols. St....

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