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11/26/2025

The chicken Caesar wrap may not have as clear of an origin story as the Caesar salad — first created in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1924 by an Italian-American chef — but it has cemented itself as a staple comfort food among college students.

The wrap shares a lot of the salad’s classic ingredients: chicken, crispy romaine, Parmesan cheese and a creamy Caesar dressing. The difference, of course, is that they come tucked inside a flour tortilla.

Fortunately, there are a lot of options near Hawk Hill. So, whether you’re craving something warm and hearty or lighter and fresher, these spots will not disappoint.

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📝 Carly Gordon ’27
📸 Carly Gordon ’27

11/25/2025

Tailgating is a staple for Philadelphia sports fans. On game day, the lots surrounding Lincoln Financial Field are packed full of grills, coolers and enthusiasm from sunrise until kickoff. There is nothing like it — Eagles chants, music and games bring the city together around one team.

Not having a ticket doesn’t mean missing the game, though. It just means moving the tailgate indoors. The Linc, located right in South Philly, is within reach of plenty of fan-packed options to keep that tailgate energy alive. Here are three to check out.

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📝Zane O’Rourke ’26
📸 Joe Mancini ‘28, Courtesy of Zane O’Rourke ’26

11/24/2025

One year after fielding a team again, women’s club rugby is taking control of the pitch. Following a season of foundation building and ending the 2024 season with one victory, the Hawks have blanked out competition they previously fell to.

With a larger roster than last season, the Hawks ended the 2025 developmental season with multiple wins and tight finishes at the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Conference Nov. 8.

Head coach Greg Ebersole said the best satisfaction was seeing improvement as players “grew into their roles.” After assigning positions, Ebersole said the players worked hard to understand the game. The Hawks caught on quickly, allowing them to learn and compete in multiple positions.

“It’s easy with these girls because this year — specifically this semester — [they] put it all out there,” Ebersole said.

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📝Monica Sowinski ’26
📸Courtesy of Kiki Malomo-Paris/Full Send Photography

11/23/2025

Preparing for study abroad is an equally nerve-wracking and exciting experience.

Before I left, I had so many questions: How do I prepare? What should I pack? What do I actually need to know?

While there’s no one-size-fits-all guide — every study abroad experience is unique — here are a couple of do’s and don’ts you should keep in mind before and during your experience.

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📝Lisbeth Urena ’27
📸Lisbeth Urena ’27

11/22/2025

As community members enter the second floor of the Frances M. Maguire Art Museum, they are greeted with a gallery showcasing 20th century Japanese woodblock prints, Indonesian shadow puppets and Tibetan Buddhist thangka paintings. These art pieces are part of the museum’s first permanent Asian Art Gallery.

The Maguire Art Museum, in collaboration with the Nealis Program in Asian Studies, held an opening reception Nov. 14. For Amber Abbas, Ph.D., associate professor of history and director of the Nealis Program, the gallery represents a permanent location for Asian Studies in the St. Joe’s community.

“My goal as director has always been to use the Asian Studies Program to create connections throughout the institution and the community, and the events that we’ve hosted in the last few years have really highlighted that... To have the gallery as a permanent manifestation of the work that we’ve done really shows that it matters to us,” Abbas said.

The Asian Art Gallery is not just for visitors and students but also for faculty to incorporate into their curriculums, said Jane Allen, education and community engagement coordinator of the Maguire Art Museum.

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📝 Bryan Balmores-Jumarang ’27
📸 Preston Thomas ’28

11/21/2025

The Women’s Center announced Nov. 6 it has been rebanded as the Alumnae Center for Leadership. The Alumnae Center will continue to support the Women’s Center’s initiatives, like Operation Tampon and the Career Closet, through Cura Collective, an initiative under the Alumnae Center.

The center’s name change reflects the university’s desire to engage more with St. Joe’s alumnae, who make up over half of the university’s 112,000 living alums, wrote Becki Scola, Ph.D., associate provost for the Office of Inclusive Excellence and Institutional Effectiveness, in an email to The Hawk.

The center’s inaugural year will be directed by Mary Lou Quinlan ’75, H ’07.

Cura Collective serves as “the service and resource arm” of the Alumnae Center, Scola said. In addition, HawkHUB, St. Joe’s food and basic needs resource center, will also now fall under Cura Collective’s umbrella.

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📝Liv Bielawski ’27
📸 Luke Malanga ’20

11/20/2025

Detectives are close to a breakthrough in an investigation into approximately 28 student vehicle break-ins near St. Joe’s Hawk Hill campus that were reported from Nov. 4 to about Nov. 8, according to the Philadelphia Police Southwest Detective Division.

“I have two detectives assigned to the case who are working hard, and hopefully we’re going to be able to bring this to a conclusion by the end of the week,” said Captain Robert McKeever, commanding officer of the Southwest Detective Division.

The Office of Public Safety & Security alerted the St. Joe’s community in a Nov. 4 email that several vehicles “in and around Hawks’ Landing” were vandalized around 1 a.m. on the Hawk Hill campus. The message noted that “no one was hurt,” and Public Safety was “working with local police to investigate.”

Reported locations where cars were targeted include Hawks’ Landing, the Lannon Hall and Rashford Hall parking lots, the area surrounding Moore Hall and along 63rd Street near The Elm apartments, according to Brandon Pasquale, director of Public Safety. Pasquale said the incidents have been occurring “in clusters.”

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📝 Bella Privitera ‘26
📸 Courtesy of Bailey Foller-Moll ’28

11/19/2025

About 100 people gathered outside the Philadelphia Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Nov. 13 for a public witness event in support of immigrant and migrant communities.

The event was part of the nationwide “One Church, One Family” campaign, which calls Catholics to “reject the culture of fear and silence that dehumanizes” and to “stand with migrants,” according to the campaign’s website. Campaign partners included the Jesuits of the USA East and West Provinces, the Ignatian Solidarity Network and the Jesuit Refugee Service USA, among others.

The Nov. 13 event, one of 68 across the nation held that same day, coincided with the feast day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants. Cabrini was an Italian immigrant and the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. The campaign sponsored a similar event Oct. 22.

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📝 Hannah Pajtis ‘26
📸 Luke Sanelli ‘26
🎥 Hannah Pajtis ‘26

11/18/2025

The St. Joe’s men’s cross country team has showcased a sharp season with a first place finish at its first meet and two recent second place finishes at the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes Association Championship and Haverford Invitational Oct. 17 and Oct. 24, respectively.

The Hawks started off the season on the right track Aug. 29 with a first place finish at the Lehigh Invitational. Nine Hawks opened the season with accomplishing personal best times.

After a great season opener, the Hawks had a sharp showing at the Spiked Shoe Invitational Sept. 12, placing fourth. The positive turnout was a strong indicator of a great season ahead. Head coach Mike Glavin said the performance at the Spiked Shoe Invitational set the tone for the rest of the season.

“They ran so well in that,” Mike Glavin said. “They went like, ‘OK this is going to be one of these things everybody was invested in’ because they realized there could be so mething really good coming from it.”

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📝 Monica Sowinski ’26
📸 Couurtesy of SJU Athletics

11/17/2025

For many St. Joe’s students, caffeine isn’t just a fun beverage choice. It’s a way of life.

From those early 8 a.m. treks up Barbelin Hall’s steps to late-night study sessions, everyone needs a little pick-me-up now and again. But few caffeinated drinks offer the same pleasure and fulfillment as a crisp, cold Diet Coke.

Unfortunately, you’re not going to find one on this Pepsi campus. But there are plenty of options up and down City Avenue to get a fix.

Here are five options near the Hawk Hill campus where you can get the most elite Diet Cokes (because, yes, they all taste different).
Rated on carbonation crisp, water- to-syrup ratio and the coolness of that first sip, this ultimate Diet Coke guide will help you find a hit and avoid a miss.

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📝 Riley Morrissey ’27
📸 Riley Morrissey ’27

11/16/2025

As the blue-toned lights illuminated the tall wood and metal platform standing on the Bluett Theatre stage, the cast of SJU Theatre Company’s production of “Rent” crooned the musical’s titular song, desperation clinging to their voices.

Based on the 1896 opera “La bohème” by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa and written and composed by Jonathan Larson, “Rent” follows the story of a group of friends and artists navigating poverty, houselessness and the AIDS crisis. “Rent” won both the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1996.

Renee Dobson, M.F.A., associate professor of performing arts and director of the musical, said “Rent” was one of the first musicals that featured q***r relationships in the principal cast. The principal characters are, Dobson said, not simply characters but reflections of people who were combatting the AIDS epidemic.

“I hope that [audiences] find some empathy for one or more of the characters,” Dobson said. “I think this show is really trying to communicate human empathy for some of the suffering that the characters are going through.”

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📝 Tayla J. Evans ’27 and Sophia Galante ’26
📸 Courtesy of Melissa Kelly Photography

11/15/2025

The Rev. Dan Ruff, S.J., Ph.D., bids farewell to St. Joe’s after 13 years of ministry, leaving behind a legacy of service and commitment to spirituality. Ruff worked in Campus Ministry at St. Joe’s from 1987 to 1990. He later returned in 2015 after spending eight years at Old St. Joseph’s Church in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Ruff said he found his purpose within campus ministry while he was in a doctoral program at Duke University.

“All the life I was finding was with campus ministry, my peers,” Ruff said. “It was the first time I dealt with Catholics my age who were serious believers, and that made an impression on me.”

A focus of Ruff’s ministry at St. Joe’s was promoting men’s spirituality, which he designed two short retreats around. At these retreats, students would give talks on different topics. Following the talks, participants would journal, engage in personal prayer and then join together in small groups. At the end of the retreats, individuals would share their thoughts with the larger group.

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📝 Bryan Balmores-Jumarang ‘27
📸 Courtesy of Arrupe Jesuit community

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