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Students play a volleyball game in the Athletic/Recreation Center, Feb. 7.
PHOTO: BEN VANELLI ’25/THE HAWK

UCity students react to continued building closures

Luke Sanelli ’26, News Editor February 26, 2025

Key buildings on the University City campus are likely to be vacated by the end of summer 2025, according to an email to the university community. The closures of McNeil Science and Technology Center...

Sarah Mele ’27 and Jacob Phelps ’28 jointly won the annual alma mater singing competition held during the men’s basketball game, Feb. 22.
PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

Hawks perform alma mater at men’s basketball game

Jacob Peifer ’25, Special to the Hawk February 26, 2025

Sarah Mele ’27 and Jacob Phelps ’28 were joint winners of the annual alma mater singing competition held during halftime at the men’s basketball game in Hagan Arena Feb. 22.  The singing competition,...

Community members look at art in the “Make or Break: Creativity as an Act of Survival” exhibit in the Maguire Art Museum, Feb. 20.
PHOTO: TESS MARGIS ’26/THE HAWK

Exhibition of incarceration art prompts reflection

Tess Margis ’26, Features Reporter February 26, 2025

Visitors at the Francis M. Maguire Art Museum were invited to reflect on the theme of “Walking with the Excluded” by viewing art featured in “Make or Break: Creativity as an Act of Survival” Feb....

Marcus Solomon ’27, Abby Williams ’25, Robbie Whitney ’25, Fred Mader ’27 and Nell Duesler ’28 in “Merrily We Roll Along,” presented by SJU Theatre Company. PHOTO: MELISSA KELLY PHOTOGRAPHY

Curtains close on ‘Merrily We Roll Along’

Kiley O’Brien ’25, Assistant Features Editor February 26, 2025

The department of music, theatre & film and the SJU Theatre Company presented “Merrily We Roll Along” in Bluett Theatre from Feb. 20 to Feb. 23.  Taking viewers through three decades of the...

The repairs to flooding damage in O’Pake Fitness & Recreation Center are expected to be completed over Spring Break. PHOTO: ZACH PODOLNICK ’26/THE HAWK

University buildings face floods due to freezing temperatures

Vincent Kornacki ’25, Managing Editor February 26, 2025

Low winter temperatures caused pipes to freeze, resulting in flooding in several buildings on the Hawk Hill and University City campuses. Merion Hall and Griffith Hall were flooded at the beginning...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

The power of rest

Sahr Karimu ’26, Photographer February 26, 2025

As midterms approach, it can be tempting to lock ourselves in the library until closing time. While this shows an earnest commitment to our education, we must also consider the value of our spiritual,...

Workshop destigmatizes mental health for students of color

Bryan Balmores-Jumarang ’27, Special to the Hawk February 26, 2025

The African-Caribbean Students Association (ACSA) co-hosted a mental health stigma workshop in Campion Student Center’s Doyle Banquet Hall North Feb. 18. About 25 people attended the event, co-hosted...

Brian Yates, Ph.D., professor of history and director of the American Studies Program, teaches his First Year Seminar, Race and Sport in America, Feb. 24. PHOTO: HANNAH PAJTIS ’26/THE HAWK

First Year Seminars removed from new curriculum

Tayla Evans ’27, Special to the Hawk February 26, 2025

This semester marks the end of the First Year Seminar at St. Joe’s.  The 33 sections of classes with course number 150 being taught this semester, with topics including Sex, Drug & Rock n Roll...

A young Milton O’Brien ’25 and his great-grandmother at their home in Las
Delicias, El Salvador.

A 3,000-mile journey to St. Joe’s

Clare Yeatman ’26, Special to the Hawk February 19, 2025

Milton O’Brien’s journey to St. Joe’s begins over 3,000 miles away from Hawk Hill in his hometown of Las Delicias in El Salvador.  It was there, at age 4 or 5, that the senior international business...

The casts featuring the yet-to-be-identified apostles at the Last Supper were donated to the Francis M. Maguire Art Museum by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City, N.Y. PHOTO: BEN VANELLI ’25/THE HAWK

Casts of unknown apostles preserved at art museum

Tess Margis ’26 and Gavin Kuebler ’25 February 19, 2025

Two plaster casts of unidentified apostles can be found on display in the Chapel of St. Joseph for Mission Week, where they will be cleaned and preserved.  Given to St. Joe’s by the Metropolitan...

A turtle swimming around in its home in the Science Center’s Biodiversity Lab.

Biodiversity Lab works to protect endangered species

Courtney Hine ’26, Special to the Hawk February 19, 2025

Thirty-four tanks filled with varying levels of water stand against the three walls of the Biodiversity Lab in the Science Center on Hawk Hill campus. The tanks contain a variety of species of fish, reptiles,...

Ad Hawk: Career Fair Myth-Busting

Lisa Hansinger, Guest Columnist February 12, 2025

Each year, the Career Center welcomes hundreds of employers to campus with the goal of recruiting students to their organizations. This semester’s Career & Internship Fair takes place Feb. 19...

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