Summer in Philadelphia
Kylie McGovern, Editor Although many La Salle students will be leaving campus for the summer the week of May 7 following their finals, for those who stick around campus there are…
La Salle University students prepare for final exams
Kylie McGovern, Editor On May 7, La Salle University’s Spring Full Semester Courses End, and the Spring Full Semester Final Examinations will be on Monday May 8, Tuesday May 9, Wednesday…
April events round-up
Kylie McGovern, Editor April has been a busy month for student activities at La Salle University. A range of events has filled La Salle students’ calendars from athletics, the arts, wellness,…
Communication and political science departments to host former president of the Associated Press
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Thursday, April 13, La Salle University’s Communication and Political Science departments will host Tom Curley, a notable alumnus. Curley is one of the founders of USA Today,…
Foreign Language Awareness Week at La Salle
Kylie Mcgovern, Managing Editor La Salle University’s annual Foreign Language Awareness Week (FLAW) commenced on Monday, Mar. 26. The week started with a presentation from Carla Pontarelli, a manager at the…
Philadelphia City Councilman and La Salle Alum Mark Squilla Speaks at Alma Mater
Anthony Pantalone, Arts and Entertainment Editor Header Image credit: Philadelphia City Council Mark Squilla, a City Councilman for Philadelphia’s 1st District and La Salle University alum, returned to his alma mater…
La Salle university students depart for travel studies
Kylie McGovern, Editor La Salle University students will be departing for travel studies over the spring break this week. There are two classes participating in travel studies this semester. MKT 305:…
La Salle Launches Student-Run Chess Club
Kyle Storti, Staff The Explorer’s Chess Club is a brand new student organization that is looking for members. The club conducts its meetings in College Hall 303 every Tuesday from 6:00-7:00…
La Salle University sets date for 10th annual Day of Giving
Kylie McGovern, Editor Tuesday, March 21, will be La Salle’s 10th annual Day of Giving. This year, its goal is to help the University achieve the Charter Challenge, a single-year initiative…
Temple University police officer killed
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Saturday, Feb. 18, Temple University police officer Chris Fitzgerald was shot and killed around 18th Street and Montgomery Avenue responding to a student who was being carjacked.…
La Salle’s Masque takes the stage
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Friday, Feb. 10 and Saturday, Feb. 11, La Salle University’s student theater group The Masque took the stage to perform Mavericks which consisted of five one-act plays…
La Salle celebrating Black History Month
Kylie McGovern, Editor Black History Month is observed every February to celebrate African Americans’ achievements and integral roles in history. There are celebrations and events both here at La Salle University…
La Salle Univeristy students celebrate Eagles victory
Kylie McGovern, Editor One could feel the nervousness and tension on the afternoon of Jan. 29 on La Salle University’s campus before the Philadelphia Eagles game commenced. Students gathered to watch…
So, what did you miss?
Kylie McGovern, Editor via La Salle University La Salle students began coming back to campus for the spring semester on Saturday Jan. 15. But a lot goes on during the winter…
Successful Giving Tuesday at La Salle
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Tuesday, Nov. 29 La Salle raised a record-breaking number of donations at over $180,000 through 678 gifts. Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving or a…
Successful Giving Tuesday at La Salle
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Tuesday, Nov. 29 La Salle raised a record-breaking number of donations at over $180,000 through 678 gifts. Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving or a…
The City of Philadelphia and La Salle students support refugees arriving in Philadelphia
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Nov. 15, 28 refugees from El Paso, TX arrived at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. La Salle Alum and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney explained that the City…
La Salle Homecoming weekend
Kylie McGovern, Editor La Salle University’s family and homecoming weekend began on Friday Nov. 11 with events all over campus for different groups at La Salle to enjoy. Treetops Cafe welcomed…
Fetterman, Shapiro, Biden, and Obama Visit North Philadelphia for Mid-Term Election Season
Mia Mattingly and Andrew Plunkett, Staff via WHYY On Sat. Nov 6, La Salle Students were fortunate enough to attend the Philadelphia grassroots event at Temple University’s Liacouras Center. Here, they…
President Allen’s Inauguration
Kylie McGovern, Editor President Daniel J. Allen, Ph.D.’s inauguration weekend began on Thursday, Oct. 27 with mass at the Miraculous Medal Shrine just a few minutes away from La Salle. Mass…
Dean of the school of Arts and Sciences plans to step down from her position in July 2023
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Wednesday, Oct. 19, President Daniel J. Allen, Ph.D. announced via email that Dr. Pamela Barnett, Ph.D. who is the current Dean of the School of Arts and…
La Salle hosts COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine clinics
Jakob Eiseman, Former Editor-in-Chief John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The updated COVID-19 booster is bivalent, meaning it contains components from two different strains. La Salle University is set to…
Strikes at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Thursday, Sept. 29, Philadelphia Museum of Art workers who are members of AFSCME DC47, Local 397 continued a strike to protest “unfair practices” because executives at the…
Students’ Government Association class senator elections, college senator applications, and other ways to get involved
Keri Marable, Staff On Sept. 30, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Students Government Association (SGA) will run elections via email for the elected representative positions. These positions can vote on…
La Salle and Philadelphia celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Kylie McGovern, Editor Hispanic History Month at La Salle began on Sept. 15 and will continue until Oct. 15. This month was created in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President…
La Salle’s rising population and ranks
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Sept. 11, La Salle University announced that enrollment increased by 13% over the last year. 996 new explorers joined our campus community. 92 of these students have…
Campus Philly’s CollegeFest
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Sept. 10 through 12, Campus Philly hosted their annual Collegefest for La Salle students and other students in the area. Collegefest is a weekend-long event for students…
La Salle welcomes back students for the 2022-2023 school year
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Aug. 25, La Salle University welcomed back residential students and kicked off Explorientation for freshmen and transfer students. Explorientation is an opportunity for these new students to…
La Salle alumna announced as The First Chief Racial Equity Officer
Nya Griffin, staff On April 28, La Salle University announced that Gail Carter Hamilton, an alumni of La Salle in 1998 and 2009 will address the health disparities in Philadelphia, as…
Community meeting regarding recent crime in the area
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Tuesday, April 26 there was a community meeting with public safety and Residence Life in Founders’ Hall for La Salle Apartments and St. Teresa Court Apartments residents.…
Decolonial ecology lecture
David O’Brien, Editor On April 19, La Salle’s Religion and Theology department hosted philosopher Malcolm Ferdinand to lecture about his book “Decolonial Ecology.” The book was recently translated by La Salle…
The return of Philadelphia’s mask mandate
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Monday, April 11, Philadelphia announced that the indoor mask mandate would be reinstated beginning on April 18 because of rising COVID-19 cases which have risen more than…
Results of the 2022-2023 SGA elections
Jakob Eiseman, Editor-in-Chief From April 1 to April 8, La Salle’s Student Government Association (SGA) ran elections and promoted campaigns by students running for the positions of student body president, vice…
Undoing the Knot: Five Generations of American Catholic Anti-Blackness
David O’Brien, Editor On Monday April 11, Dr. Maureen O’Connell, a religion professor at La Salle, presented a lecture based on her new book, “Undoing the Knot: Five Generations of American…
Explorathon raises over $31,000 to support B+ foundation
Kylie McGovern, Editor On April 2, La Salle’s yearly Exploration event raised over $31,000 for The B+ Foundation which works to provide financial and emotional support to families of children with…
Archdiocesan Synod listening session held at La Salle
Jakob Eiseman, Editor-in-Chief From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, April 4, La Salle hosted one of the largest Catholic inter-campus gatherings in the city since Pope Francis began the…
New leadership of board of trustees announced
Kylie McGovern, Editor Header Image: La Salle University On March 14, La Salle University’s Board of Trustees announced that Ellen E. Reilly, ’83 has been elected as its new Chair. On…
La Salle institutes new masking policy
Kylie McGovern, Editor Header Image: La Salle On March 2, Interim President Tim O’Shaughnessy responded to the recently revised city mask guidelines explaining that, although the Philadelphia Department of Public Health…
St Joseph’s University new residence hall for students with autism
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Feb. 25, fellow Philadelphia university and basketball rival, St. Joseph’s University, announced that it will be opening a residence hall for students with autism. St. Joseph’s, has…
Dr. Mshomba gives back to his hometown via an invaluable library
Elizabeth McLauglin, Editor Header Image: Madecha Education Association The Durning-O’Halloran Library in Arusha, Tanzania, established by Dr. Richard and Elaine Mshomba. On Feb. 16, Dr. Richard Mshomba, a professor of economics…
Philadelphia homeless population’s possessions discarded
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Feb. 22, news was released that the day before the city of Philadelphia broke up two homeless encampments in Kensington this past summer. Villanova University professor Stephanie…
News Brief: Answering the Pope’s call for Synod here at La Salle
Emily Dorr , Staff Header Image: CNBC It is truly a historic time in the Church as Pope Francis has called for a Synod on just that: Synodality, and in doing…
President-elect Allen discusses values and concerns
Jakob Eiseman, Editor-in-ChiefNolen Kelly, Editor Header Image: @LaSalleUniv via Twitter Dr. Allen came to campus for the first time since the announcement of his presidency to meet with students and faculty.…
La Salle’s new menstrual product pilot program
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Feb. 16 La Salle University’s Students Government Association (SGA), Residence Life Association and All Women Every Color (AWEC) teamed up to announce a feminine hygiene initiative to…
La Salle’s business school gets its Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation extended
Kylie McGovern, Editor Header Image: Photo courtesy of Kimmel Bogrette On Feb. 8, La Salle University announced that the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) extended its accreditation of…
Daniel J. Allen will be La Salle’s 30th president
Kylie McGovern, Editor Header Image: La Salle University On Feb. 1, 2022 La Salle’s Board of Trustees Chair William W. Matthews, III, ’90, announced La Salle University’s 30th president. The Board…
Campus COVID-19 Update
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Jan. 5, La Salle University released an update on COVID-19 and the spring semester. This notice included information about a booster requirement, updating vaccine information, testing,…
La Salle ranked #1 in the nation for athlete graduation success rate
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Dec. 2 La Salle University was ranked among Columbia, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, Holy Cross, Lafayette and Yale as number one in the nation for athlete graduation success…
Presidential search update
Kylie McGovern, Editor Via La Salle University On Dec. 3 La Salle University students received an email from The Presidential Search Committee regarding an update about…
La Salle to hold COVID-19 booster clinic in December
Jakob Eiseman, Editor-in-Chief It was announced on Nov. 15, 2021 (after our last issue was already proofed) that La Salle University would be holding a COVID-19 booster vaccine clinic on Wednesday,…
Philadelphia bans low-level traffic stops
Rita Offutt, Editor
Homecoming and Family Weekend recap
Kylie McGovern, Editor We have a recap of all of the major events from La Salle University’s 2021 Homecoming and Family Weekend.
New Collegian Podcast
Header Image: Search Engine Journal Kylie McGovern, Editor On Oct. 29, David O’Brien, ‘24 began spearheading a podcast project by meeting with communication Professor Dr. Mark Lashley about using the WEXP…
University Housing Department announces amended guest policy
Kylie McGovern, Editor A new dorm visitation policy that includes commuter students begins Wednesday, Nov. 3.
Dr. Henry A. Reichman presents discussion on the future of academic freedom
Elizabeth McLaughlin, Editor Dr. Henry Reichman’s recent discussion highlighted the importance of academic freedom.
Students’ Government Elections
Kylie McGovern, Editor The elected officials and their positions via @lasallesga on Instagram Elections for the Students’ Government Association (SGA) for the 2021-2022 academic year election were held from 8 a.m.…
SGA News Brief: Elections
News brief provided by Keri Marable on behalf of La Salle Students’ Government Association Header Image: La Salle SGA This October, the Students’ Government Association (SGA) will run elections for the…
La Salle University 2021 Honors Convocation
Kylie McGovern, Editor Timothy O’Shaughnessy at the virtual Honors Convocation On Thursday, Oct. 7 nearly 800 La Salle University Students were honored for their academic achievements at the Honors Convocation. Students…
La Salle releases security and fire safety report
Alina Snopkowski, Editor On Friday, Oct. 1, La Salle University’s Department of Public Safety released its annual Security and Fire Safety Report through an email to the university. It contains information…
S’mores With Sophomores Event
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Thursday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. the Explorientation team hosted an event for all sophomore students on the Hansen quad called S’mores With Sophomores. On Thursday evening,…
La Salle University updates guest policy
Kylie McGovern, Editor On Friday, Sept. 24, La Salle Residence Life sent a notice via email about updates to the residential guest policy. Prior to this update, the policy permitted only…
International Lasallian Days for Peace promote reflection
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Philadelphia’s new neighborhood preservation initiative
Kylie McGovern, editor On Sept. 15, Philadelphia’s City Council released a new funding plan for a Neighborhood Preservation Initiative. Council members announced the plan outside of a local shop called Gilben’s…
La Salle’s bachelor of science in nursing program ranked among top universities
Rita Offutt, Editor
Adam Sandler at La Salle!
Kylie McGovern, Editor Beginning the week of September 5 2021, film crew set up around and inside the TruMark Financial Center and the surrounding areas to film the movie “Hustle” starring…
La Salle moves second week of classes online
Rita Offutt, Editor
La Salle announces interim president
Kylie McGovern, Editor Header image: Tim O’Shaughnessy via @lasalleuniv on Instagram On Monday, May 3, the La Salle University Board of Trustees and William Matthews sent an email to the Lasallian…
City of Philadelphia announces new COVID-19 dining guidelines as summer approaches
Kylie McGovern, Editor Diners in Philadelphia take COVID-19 precautions. WHYY On Tuesday, April 27 the City of Philadelphia’s Health Commissioner Thomas Farley announced new COVID-19 guidelines. Farley said, “The epidemic wave…
Student Government Association to postpone elections until fall 2021
Kylie McGovern On Tuesday, April 20, La Salle University’s Student Government Association (SGA) announced that its elections — which are usually held in the spring — will be postponed until fall…
La Salle plans for in-person graduation for Explorers
Kylie McGovern, Editor Via @lasalleunvi on Instagram La Salle Graduate in her cap, gown and mask. On Mar 24, President Hanycz announced in-person graduations for both the class of 2020 and…
Fall 2021 semester to be primarily in-person
Rita Offutt, Editor On March 4, an email from outgoing University President Colleen Hanycz announced La Salle’s administration is “planning for a primarily in-person semester” for Fall 2021. Although Hanycz will…
Returning To Campus After Easter
Kylie McGovern, Editor On March 15, 2021, President Hanycz informed Explorers of the COVID-19 protocols after returning from a brief Easter break. There are no classes on Holy Thursday, April 1,…
La Salle Honors Program raises $1 million
Rita Offutt, Editor La Salle’s Honors Program launched a scholarship initiative in Aug. 202, and in Feb. 2021 the fundraising effort surpassed the $1 million milestone. The initiative seeks to raise…
Lifelong Philadelphian Announces Senate Campaign
Kylie McGovern, Editor Kenyatta in front of childhood home. The Philadelphia Inquirer On Feb. 18, 2021, Philadelphian Malcolm Kenyatta announced his campaign for United States Senate on MSNBC…
La Salle sports teams break records and celebrate seniors
Rita Offutt, Editor This article provides a summary of recent athletic events, based on reports and social media posts by La Salle Athletics. For more information, follow La Salle Athletics on…
AWC virtual internship panel perseveres
Karen Kerwick, Staff On Tuesday, Feb. 23, La Salle’s chapter of the Association for Women in Communications (AWC) hosted a panel featuring seven past and present students who worked as interns…
Explorathon 2021
Kylie McGovern, Editor La Salle Students reveal Explorathon total Instagram, @lasalleexplorathon On Feb. 22, La Salle hosted a virtual Explorathon event…
La Salle alumna acts as impeachment manager against Trump
Rita Offutt, Editor On Saturday, Feb. 13, the United States Senate voted against the impeachment of former President Donald Trump for the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol. Trump was on…
SEPTA and COVID
Kylie McGovern, editor SEPTA bus with request to wear a mask …
St. Joseph’s Proposes Merger with USciences
Jessica Conk, Staff St. Joseph’s University and the University of Science announced a possible merge between the two institutions on Feb.10. Both institutes view this merger as a way of growing…
La Salle revises COVID-19 visitation policy
Rita Offutt, Editor On Feb. 4, 2021, La Salle announced the decision to revise their visitation policy for students. As part of the “Return-to-Campus” plan, the University banned off-campus visitors and…
New UK COVID-19 strand spreads widely
Jessica Conk, Staff As of January 2021, there have been two known cases of the U.K. strain of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania. Health departments are working with other cities in Pennsylvania to…
La Salle President to leave; three administrators to follow
Bianca Abbate, Editor-in-Chief This story is developing. The recent announcement that La Salle President Colleen Hanycz would leave La Salle University for Xavier University left many in the community with questions;…
RSA tackles racism following incident in residence halls
Rita Offutt, Editor La Salle’s Resident Student Association (RSA) hosted a community debriefing event on Feb. 2, 2021 to discuss the hate symbol found in St. George on Jan. 18, 2021.…
Philly Fighting COVID Controversy
Kylie McGovern, Editor Vaccination Site The Philadelphia Inquirer At the beginning of January 2021, Andrei Doroshin, a recent Drexel University graduate, began pioneering a vaccine center in Philadelphia and called it…
Caught in the Act project launches at La Salle
Caught in the Act project launches at La Salle Jessica Conk, Staff On Aug. 14, 2020, La Salle students received communication from the University encouraging them to take the Explorer Promise.…
La Salle alumnus, William J. Burns, nominated by President Biden to head CIA
Bianca Abbate, Editor-in-Chief La Salle alumnus, William J. Burns ‘78, has been chosen by U.S. President Joe Biden to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). In a…
La Salle’s COVID-19 Policy
Kylie McGovern, Editor Header Image: WikiMedia Commons Beginning Jan. 14, Explorers began moving on to campus with restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. La Salle and other universities in Philadelphia will…
President Hanycz to leave La Salle for Xavier
Rita Offutt, Editor On Monday, Jan. 11 the La Salle community received an email notice from the Chairman of La Salle’s Board of Trustees, William Matthews, stating that Colleen Hanycz was…
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