Wednesday, Jan.
26, 2011
Volume LXXXVI, Number 13
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The start of the New Year also marked the start of Timothy Lannon’s, S.J., last semester as president of St.
Joseph’s University. Lannon, who will be serving as president of his alma mater, Creighton University, next
year, will be replaced by Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., currently Dean at Boston College. Lannon will leave Saint
Joseph’s after completing his eighth year serving as university president.
For additional coverage on the presidential search process, visit The Hawk’s website at sjuhawknews.com
and read the staff editorial on Pg. 5. Pick up the next edition of The Hawk for a Q&A installment featuring
incoming president Joseph M. O’Keefe.
Getting around Merion Hall:
AMANDA COMINSKY ’14
Special to The Hawk
Merion Hall, located on the Maguire
Campus across from Cynwyd Hall,
recently opened at the start of the second
semester.
Merion Hall was opened on campus due
to the acquisition of the property from
the Episcopal Academy and the need for
space and expansion of the university.
According to Gerard Donahue, univer-
sity registrar, “The space was very much
needed for the university in terms of the
expansion of programs that the university
has planned and the rise in the student
population.”
Compared to the speed of renovations
and opening of Cynwyd Hall in 2008,
the length of time it took to renovate
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Merion Hall was much greater. Cynwyd
Hall was able to open more quickly than
Merion Hall because it had less of a need
for physical renovations.
Merion Hall also needed to be modern-
ized on the inside. “Some of the inner
workings of the building needed to be
brought up to modern-day specifications,”
Donahue explained. The whole process
of renovation and modernization took two
years longer than Cynwyd Hall.
Merion Hall contains twenty-eight class-
rooms, seminar rooms, faculty offices,
departmental offices, an instructional
technology center, a food lounge with
space to study and other amenities, such
as the Communications Lab.
This lab was specially designed by fac-
ulty in the Communications Studies De-
partment and is said to be advantageous
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www.sjuhawknews.com
Search Committee
names 27th president
Joseph M. O’Keefe to
replace Lannon in May
LUIGI CONDINA ’12
Editor-in-Chief
Joseph M. O’Keefe, S.J., will take over as the 27th
president of St. Joseph’s University this spring.
At the Jan. 24 ceremony in the North Lounge,
O’Keefe and members of the Presidential Search Com-
mittee formally announced the Board’s decision to the
Saint Joseph’s Community.
O’Keefe will officially take up office on May 18,
2011, replacing friend and former colleague Timothy
Lannon, S.J.
O’Keefe comes to St. Joe’s from Boston College,
where he worked on the faculty for 20 years, partici-
pating in the Teacher Education and Administrative
Preparation programs.
During the past nine years O’Keefe has also served
as Associate Dean and Dean. After being contacted
by the Presidential Search Committee in October of
2010, O’Keefe visited Saint Joseph’s in November and
formally applied on Dec. 3.
“I didn’t want to be a public candidate given that it
could compromise my job in Boston,” said O’Keefe
of his application for the presidency. “With all of the
candidates at this kind of level of position, you balance
openness to the community but also the needs of the
person. It’s on that confidentiality balance.”
BOSTON, p. 2 >>
Registrar makes use of added
classroom space in 2011
to group work and more compatible with distance from Merion Hall to some of the
web design programs. other buildings, such as Post Hall, has
Although many types of classes are become a rising issue in terms of how
held there, it is home to the Communi- students will get to class on time.
cations and Education departments, to “I have to go from Merion to Bellarmine
name a few. “You’ll find that most of the NEW, p. 3 >>
classes there might be English courses or
Education courses or Sociology courses,”
Donahue said. Connect with
While the aforementioned departmental
courses will be mainly held in Merion
Hall, business, technology and liberal arts The Hawk
courses are offered there as well.
Both students and faculty members have
been pleased and impressed with Merion The Hawk
Hall and the learning environment that it
offers. Donahue agrees, “We have had
Newspaper
lots of positive feedback about it.”
However, one issue remains for many @sjuhawknews
Saint Joseph’s University students. The
INDEX
News...................... 2
Op-Ed..................... 5
A&E........................ 7
Features.................. 9
Classifieds.............. 11
Sports.....................12