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GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Erasing neurodivergence is not the answer

Caroline Trimble ’26, Hawk Columnist April 2, 2025

On Feb. 13, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the “Make America Healthy Again Commission.” The commission’s goal is to increase American life expectancy to meet the world’s...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Trump’s second try at 100 days

Anastasia Kunicka ’28, Columnist March 26, 2025

The United States has reverted to its favorite pastime of hating other country’s politicians, especially those who can’t find it in themselves to wear a suit in the Oval Office. Do we expect Ukrainian...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN '25/THE HAWK

University maintains Jesuit mission in face of federal DEI decrees

Hannah Pajtis and Liv Bielawski ’27 March 19, 2025

St. Joe’s remains committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, despite a federal push to end DEI efforts at colleges and universities and punish those who persist in maintaining them. President...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Rollbacks within Department of Education stand to impact Philadelphia education

Caroline Trimble ’26, Hawk Columnist March 19, 2025

President Donald Trump’s decision to dismantle the Department of Education is expected to affect the Philadelphia community. Trump promised throughout his campaign that he would eliminate the department...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Withdrawal from WHO jeopardizes public health

Caroline Trimble ’26, Hawk Columnist February 19, 2025

Nearing the end of his first term, President Donald Trump attempted to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), claiming the agency was under Chinese influence and responsible...

Editorial: Fear and joy on Inauguration Day

The Editorial Board January 29, 2025

Inauguration Day historically has been a quadrennial affair symbolizing national unity and the fulfillment of voters’ Election Day decisions. It has been an occasion for those on both sides of the aisle...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

What the Jan. 6 pardons reveal about the president’s priorities

Caroline Trimble ’26, Hawk Columnist January 29, 2025

The FBI considers the Jan. 6 insurrection an act of domestic terrorism that left around 140 police officers injured and threatened the very existence of democracy as we know it. Although this is a dark...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

The Trump presidency: Act II

Anastasia Kunicka ’28, Columnist January 29, 2025

We all were sitting somewhere Jan. 20, contemplating our uncertain futures and caught in a moment of stillness.  Do I watch?  Do I take it with a grain of salt and swallow a hard pill?  To...

Biden-Harris supporters walk down Broad Street from City Hall to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where Biden-Harris and Trump-Pence supporters have been protesting since election night.

Election 2020

Mitchell Shields November 11, 2020

On Nov. 7, as soon as the news broke that the Associated Press called Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice-president, Philadelphians poured into the streets in response. Philadelphians...

Immoral and Illogical: Trump's Deportation of Infected Migrants

Immoral and Illogical: Trump’s Deportation of Infected Migrants

Paul Koenig June 30, 2020

On my second trip to El Salvador through Campus Ministry’s Winter Immersion Program, one of the Salvadoran guides imparted to my group this very profound and deeply humanizing message: “It doesn’t...

Latinx students experience racism on campus

Latinx students experience racism on campus

Rachel Durante November 19, 2019

One of the international students quoted is identified in the story by initials. The students spoke on the record, but requested not to use her full name since she is on a student visa and fears retribution...

What you should know

What you should know

Carly Calhoun October 6, 2019

Impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump What is impeachment? Impeachment in the United States is the process by which the lower house of a legislature brings charges against a civil officer...

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