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University drops mask mandate

Eddie Daou April 27, 2022

On April 21, three days after the indoor mask mandate in Philadelphia was reinstated, city officials confirmed they were ending the mandate after improving numbers for covid-19 hospitalizations and confirmed...

Jay Wise ’25 wears a mask while walking through campus on April 11. 
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

University reinstates indoor mask mandate

Sarah Puzone and Eddie Daou April 12, 2022

Recorded covid cases spike at St. Joe's This story has been updated from the April 13 print edition to reflect the most recent developments. St. Joe's will reinstate its indoor mask mandate beginning...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD '23/THE HAWK

University ends mask mandate

Following the Philadelphia Department of Public Health’s (PDPH) decision to lift the city-wide mask mandate on March 2, St. Joe’s followed suit, lifting its mask mandate, effective the next day.  Masks...

Anxieties over lifted mask mandates

Anxieties over lifted mask mandates

The Hawk Staff March 8, 2022

We need to remain responsible ​​St. Joe’s announced on March 2 that masks will no longer be required in indoor spaces. Given our campus’ high vaccination rate and the city of Philadelphia dropping...

Ted Chesson ’22, a student worker at O’Pake, remains masked while others are unmasked. PHOTOS: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

O’Pake employees struggle to enforce mask compliance

Aaron Tully February 8, 2022

Student workers in O’Pake Recreation Center said they are struggling to get gym users to comply with the university’s mask mandate. “People just come in without masks on, and you ask them to...

Kaleigh Cadogan ’24, Kathryn Brutzman ’24 and Joey Peracchio ’24 walk to class in Mandeville Hall on Sept. 5.
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s students and faculty adjust to face-to-face classes

Eddie Daou September 8, 2021

As students and faculty move through the third week of fall 2021, students are adjusting to fully on-ground, face-to-face learning after almost one year of online and socially distant classes. For students...

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