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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,...

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...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Fly, Eagles, fly!

Jared Nachimson ’27, Columnist March 19, 2025

The Philadelphia Eagles’ resounding victory against the Kansas City Chiefs at the 2025 Super Bowl was a testament to the meticulous cooperative effort that the team had undergone to establish themselves...

A Bennett Compost collector does residential collections on the back of a bike on Seltzer Street, Philadelphia.
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM BENNETT

100 dollars and a dream

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor February 26, 2025

Living by himself in a second-floor South Philadelphia apartment in 2009, Tim Bennett knew he wanted to start composting. What Bennett didn’t know was how difficult composting would be in urban Philly. “I...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

Independence Hall: Take the trip back into history

Thomas Van Fossen ’27, Guest Columnist February 26, 2025

Just seven miles from campus lies arguably one of the most important sites in American history: Independence Hall. Just a few weeks ago, on a cold, windy afternoon, I and some classmates in John Morton’s,...

Philadelphia Eagles fans celebrate on Broad Street following the Eagles 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2025 Super Bowl, Feb. 9. PHOTO: MIA MESSINA ’25/THE HAWK

Flap around and find out, Kansas City

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor February 12, 2025

Editorial: A gloriously imperfect season

The Editorial Board February 12, 2025

Philadelphia sports fans are used to being underdogs. In fact, they thrive on it. The feeling of being counted out by outside experts only adds fuel to the fire of the Philadelphia faithful, reinforcing...

The joy the game brings

Sahr Karimu ’26, Hawk Columnist February 12, 2025

In the wake of the 2025 Super Bowl, I can only hope the Eagles’ victory brings a joy to this old city that lingers. I want this joy to come on a national scale, too. For that, I look to the 2026 World...

Activists perform celebratory songs next to Chinatown’s Friendship Gate in response to the canceled plans to build the 76ers arena, Feb. 2.

‘People over profit, always:’ Block party celebrates ‘no arena’ in Chinatown

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor February 5, 2025

Hundreds of members of the Philadelphia community gathered at Chinatown’s Friendship Gate at 10th and Arch streets Feb. 2 to celebrate the recent decision by the 76ers to abandon the construction of...

Nicole Williams (center) with Mt. Airy Fridge and Pantry volunteers at the fridge and pantry, located at the
Unitarian Univeralists church in Mount Airy. PHOTO COURTESY OF NICOLE WILLIAMS

Community fridges embrace mutual aid to fight food insecurity

Hannah Pajtis, Features Editor December 4, 2024

The white household fridge located through a stone brick arch at the Unitarian Universalists church in Mount Airy might just look like an ordinary fridge, filled with an assortment of produce from ripe...

William Procter Jr.’s metal medicine canister, located in the Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy.
PHOTO: MADELINE WILLIAMS ’26/THE HAWK

William Procter Jr.’s metal medicine canister

Monica Sowinski ’26, Sports Reporter December 4, 2024

In the mid-nineteenth century, if a scientist were in a pharmacy lab and accidentally ingested a poison, they might have reached for a can of emetine. William Procter Jr., one of the founders of the...

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