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O’Pake Fitness & Recreation Center’s newly renovated pool, Sept. 16.
PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

‘We’re just really happy to be back on campus’

Maximus Fisher ’25, Sports Reporter September 18, 2024

The grand opening of the O’Pake Fitness & Recreation Center commenced the start of a new chapter of the SJU Club Swimming team, situating their home pool back on campus Aug. 29. When O’Pake’s...

Display of future O'Pake renovations at the entrance of O'Pake.
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

O’Pake to close for renovations in 2023 

P.J. O'Hara October 26, 2022

The O’Pake Recreation Center will be closed for all of 2023 for “a full renovation,” according to an Aug. 3 email sent by Dessler Watson-Sharer, facilities and game management specialist to the...

Patrick Johnson of the FNAF Fanboys looks to make a pass. The FNAF Fanboys defeated the Melon Ballers 74-42
to advance to the championship. PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON '24/THE HAWK

Intramural basketball is back and better than ever

Ben Delaney March 8, 2022

St. Joe’s intramural (IM) basketball is back this year for the first time since spring 2020, and given the large number of students involved, they seem to have missed it. The league has the highest...

Early Bird gets the Weights

Early Bird gets the Weights

Christopher Kline November 16, 2021

While many students prefer to hit snooze several times before their first class begins, there are a handful who like to get a leg up and work out early in the morning.  For some early risers, that workout...

Kyle Transberg ’25, Chris Carl ’25, and Dylan Storey ’25 play pickup basketball at O ’Pake.
PHOTO: KELLY SHANNON ’24/THE HAWK

Pickup basketball returns to O’Pake

Matt Charleston September 21, 2021

Pickup basketball is back at O’Pake Recreation Center, and Aidan Long ’22 is thrilled. Long has been playing pickup ball at O’Pake since his first year at St. Joe’s and said he missed the game...

O’Pake Recreation Center has enacted a number of restrictions amid the pandemic
PHOTO: LUKAS VAN SANT ’21/THE HAWK

Lifters adjust as O’Pake prohibits spotters

Drew Chilson April 20, 2021

For Logan Guarino ’22, who played soccer in high school and is now a member of the St. Joe’s club soccer team, weightlifting has been a part of his strength training routine to improve his game.  Guarino...

PHOTOS: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

Open spaces on campus

Ryan Mulligan February 3, 2021

Where can I study or take a Zoom Class? 25 reservable spaces Bellarmine Hall, Barbelin Hall, Mandeville Hall, Post Learning Commons (PLC), Campion Student Center and the Science Center. PLC...

A sign reading "mask zone" hangs on the entrance to Drexel Library. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS '22/THE HAWK

What you should know: common space protocol for the fall 2020 semester

Giana Longo August 14, 2020

To ensure the health and safety of those returning to campus for the fall 2020 semester, common areas, like the library, recreation centers and dining halls, will have new social distancing guidelines....

Net Night takes place every Sunday in O’Pake Recreation Center. PHOTO: Mitchell Shields ’22

Pickup volleyball games welcome all students

Riley Frain November 12, 2019

The students who gather for Net Night, an evening of pick-up volleyball games every Sunday in O’Pake Recreation Center, are also helping to breathe life into the university’s intramural programs,...

Students work out in O'Pake Recreation Center on a Monday night. PHOTO: Mitchell Shields '22

O’Pake renovations still years out

Eddie Daou October 8, 2019

After the university’s latest master plan was released last spring, community members began buzzing about what they welcomed as a much needed upgrade to campus: renovations to the O’Pake Recreation...

Students participate in fitness classes at O'Pake Recreation Center.  PHOTO MATT BARRETT ’21/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s students lead O’Pake fitness classes

Alysa Bainbridge January 22, 2019

“How you guys feelin’ today? Good?” yelled a woman in printed leggings and a thick cotton headband to keep the flyaways from her ponytail out of her face. The upbeat remix of a pop hit that had...

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