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 the Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) appointed her to be the first Chief Racial Equity Officer in Jan. 2022. Hamilton’s overwhelming passion for nursing and public health laid the foundation for her career. After extensive coursework, and training in epidemiology and faculty taking out time to help make sure that she not only understood the information but would succeed beyond her own expectations in nursing.
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. Over the weekend, an apartment was burglarized in La Salle Apartments, an on-campus residence hall for sophomores, juniors and seniors located on Olney and Chew Avenues. This meeting was led by Vice President of Student Development & Campus Life Gabrielle St. Léger, Ed.D., Assistant Vice President of Public Safety Dr. Amanda Guthorn, and Director of Residence Life TiRease Holmes. 10 students total attended this evening from both residential areas.
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 religion professor Dr. Anthony Smith. Ferdinand opened his lecture by explaining his own background in engineering and philosophy as well as his personal background living as a minority in France.
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 50 percent in 10 days. This rise is the threshold that the city’s guidelines call for people to wear masks indoors. Health officials believe the recent spike is being driven by the highly transmissible subvariant of omicron: BA.2. Spreading rapidly throughout Europe and Asia, BA.2 has become dominant in the U.S. and more specifically Philadelphia in recent weeks. Currently, Philadelphia averages 142 new cases per day.
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 president, secretary of academic affairs, secretary of business and senators for each class. SGA ran elections for their executive board from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on April 1, allowing members of the student body to vote on the four open positions. Although each position’s winner ran uncontested, the voting process was upheld for write-in purposes. Click into this story to see the list of winners.
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 cancer nationwide while funding critical, cutting-edge childhood cancer research. B+ is constantly raising money on college campuses and at local events like 5K races, Golf Outings, corporate partnerships and dance marathons.
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 synod campaign in October of 2021. Students and faculty were invited from Chestnut Hill College, Gwynedd Mercy University, Saint Joseph’s University, Villanova University, Rosemont College, Holy Family University, Neumann University and several other Catholic institutions from Pennsylvania.
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 Sena, Villanova law student Delaney Keefe, and ACT-UP Philadelphia activist Jazmyn Henderson put Apple AirTags on belongings of eight of the encampments’ occupants. AirTags are tracking devices designed to act as a key finder to help people find personal objects.
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…
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…
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 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 on a variety of crimes that were reported from 2018-2020, as well as information on policies and procedures relating to reporting crimes.
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 students of the same residential areas to visit one another. However, now the visitor policy has been adjusted to allow for residential students to visit any of the residence halls. This policy was updated because the majority of La Salle’s residential students have been properly following the COVID-19 visiting policies designed to keep everyone in the community safe from transmitting the virus.
International Lasallian Days for Peace promote reflection
Rita Offutt, Editor
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 bakery. Gilben’s is about ten minutes away from La Salle. The Neighborhood Preservation Initiative will benefit businesses like Gilben’s bakery as well as the surrounding areas. The owner of Gilben’s Bakery, Crystal Bradley will receive commercial corridor revitalization and support from city commerce officials similar to the support planned for under the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative.
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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