Flames of the Torch: On fixing our mistakes, and NZ attack’s impact in SJU community
March 20, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, Opinion
In a recent Torch article, we mistakenly published a term offensive to the LGBTQ+ community, and also misgendered a member of Spectrum, the LGBTQ+ organization on campus. We worked to fix the mistakes online as soon as we were contacted and added an apology to the online article. We would like to, agai...
MSA Hosts Vigil to Honor Christchurch Victims
Dayra Santana, Assistant Features Editor
March 20, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, News
About 40 students and faculty gathered at the D’Angelo Center Plaza on Monday, March 18 for a vigil organized by the Muslim Students Association (MSA) to remember the 50 victims of two mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. The two shootings, which took place at two separate mosques on...
The Apollo Theater’s WOW Festival Teen Summit
Alexis Gaskin, Staff Writer
March 20, 2019
Filed under Culture, Home Scroll
In honor of Women’s History Month, the legendary Apollo Theater and WOW Foundation partnered to bring the “Women of the World Festival.” This festival which ran from March 12-17, included workshops, programming, performances and panels with a variety of topics that discussed prevalent issues that...
SJU Alumna Establishes Nonprofit for Children in Haiti
Andreina Rodriguez, Staff Writer
March 20, 2019
Filed under Features, Home Scroll
For anyone who has plans of starting a nonprofit organization, St. John’s alumna Yendy Cave has advice for you. “I would say go for it,” she laughed. “If it’s not with your heart, it’ll be ten times harder and you’ll probably get tired of it quickly. If you can, be passionate about it...
Rev. Barber Delivers Second Lecture to Students, Faculty
Crystal Simmons, Staff Writer
February 27, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, News
“The right to vote is non-negotiable.” These were some of the words that echoed throughout St. Thomas More Church on Tues. Feb. 5, spoken by Rev. Dr. William Barber. Students, faculty members and people of the community gathered in the surrounding pews to witness the second part of his Lecture...
Flames of the Torch
February 27, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, Opinion
The Jewish Students Association (JSA) invited keynote speaker and Holocaust survivor Lena Goren to speak to the St. John’s community about her experience that dates back nearly eight decades. One of our contributors, Alana Loren Bethea, covered the story for the Torch. Goren discussed jumping from sh...
Making An Impact Off of the Court
Brendan Myers, Sports Editor
February 27, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, Sports
As Mustapha Heron stands in Taffner Fieldhouse at St. John’s-—87 miles from Waterbury, Conn. home—and around nine months since he committed to St. John’s, he casually describes the two places where many of his counterparts have ended up in his hometown. The county jailhouse and the graveyard. ...
Java Johnnies “Black Rhapsody”
Eduardo Alfonzo, Staff Writer
February 27, 2019
Filed under Culture, Home Scroll
There are many ways to celebrate Black History Month. Some celebrate it through art; such as reading a poem or drawing some paintings. Others celebrate through musical performances such as hip-hop or dancing. But for this special occasion, many students from St. John’s University decided to celebrate...
Facilities Explores Issues in the Townhouses
Andreina Rodriguez, Staff Writer
February 21, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, News
Within the first week of the Spring 2019 semester, students of the Residence Village and Townhouses experienced frustrating facility issues such as leaks in the laundry rooms, power outages and flooding toilets. According to Brian Baumer, the associate vice president of campus facilities and Services,...
My Hair, My Choice
Beatriz da Costa, Morgan Mullings, Dayra Santana, Dana Livingston, Crystal Simmons, Rachel Johnson, and Beverly Danquah
February 20, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, Opinion
Beatriz da Costa - Opinion Editor I remember when I first relaxed my hair. I look back on my time in middle school when my hair was so heat damaged and wonder, “Why did my mom let me do that?” Before I relaxed my hair it was long and healthy, but peer pressure and seeing my non-Black friends wit...
St. John’s Says Sexual Violence Reports “Follows the National Trend for Under-Reporting”
Angelica Acevedo, Editor-In-Chief
February 20, 2019
Filed under Home Scroll, News
When #SurvivingSJU trended nationally last month, among the flurry of tweets were some students questioning the accuracy of the University’s reported number of sexual offenses. St. John’s Clery Report, a federally mandated crime report released every fall, said there were four accounts of rape on campus in 2016 and again in 2017, the last year on file. ...
R.I.S.E. Implements the Sophomore Experience
Rakesh Singh, Contributing Writer
February 20, 2019
Filed under Features, Home Scroll
With headquarters tucked away from the often noise-filled scene of the D’Angelo Center’s main floor, the R.I.S.E. Network performs impactfully with a calm professionalism. R.I.S.E., or Reach, Inspire, Succeed, Empower, is a scholar’s empowerment network that provides freshmen, and more recen...
