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...
A campus-wide forum to address the four bias incidents reported this semester was held in Michael J. Hagan ’85 Arena on Nov. 4.
The forum, attended by approximately 1,800 people, was organized by...
A first-year student called a female African-American Public Safety officer the n-word some time on the morning of Oct. 24. In the evening on the same day, University President Mark C. Reed, Ed.D., sent an...
The N-word was discovered Oct. 5 on a whiteboard of a suite door in LaFarge Hall, prompting a report of a bias incident to The Office of Public Safety and Security.
The residents of the suite had written the...
An Asian American's experience of racism at St. Joe's
I recently received an email asking me to pose for pictures that would show an “authentic” image of St. Joe’s. However, when I walk around on...
The student in this story who was called the N-word numerous times is identified by their initials. The student spoke on the record, but The Hawk chose not to use their full names in order to mitigate...
How we can effectively move forward
As students scrambled to meet their final academic and extracurricular obligations in the final weeks of last semester, the St. Joe’s community as a whole grappled...
To the Editor,
Naming racism when you see it is crucial for St. Joe’s to begin effectively countering it on our campus. In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Dr. King writes, “Injustice anywhere is...
To the Editor:
We members of the Department of History wish to express solidarity with the students who have been made to feel marginalized by actions taken by their peers and the university, as reported...
To the Editor,
On Nov. 28, The Hawk reported a racist incident that had occurred in the Villiger Residence Center in September and the university’s response. A white male student had rearranged the...
An open letter to St. Joe’s students and colleagues:
We are writing on behalf of the Faculty Senate in response to The Hawk’s coverage last week of the racist incident that took place on our campus...
To the Editor:
We are proud to be Hawks. It means that we strive to be greater, serve our communities and maintain the value and humanity of each other. When our fellow Hawks are targeted by people...
