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Opinion: Restrictive Rules Prohibit Campus Life

Opinion: Restrictive Rules Prohibit Campus Life

By Cole Stanchina In a move that has sparked considerable discussion among its student body, Chestnut Hill College has adopted a set of stringent security policies, including several measures that are highly unusual for an…

Editorial: An open letter on the 2024 commencement

By The Griffin Editorial Board Four years ago, we lost our prom, the spring of our high school senior year … and our graduation. We are the class that started our college experience online from…

Curb Your Enthusiasm Review: Season 12

Curb Your Enthusiasm Review: Season 12

By Joe Shuron By the end of the first episode “Atlanta”, Larry David let the audience know he was not afraid of ending “Curb Your Enthusiasm” like his co-created hit sitcom “Seinfeld”, with the main…

Intern Diaries

Intern Diaries

October 2016 This issue’s diary entrant is: Courteney Glennan ’17 Human Services Where are you interning? I am interning with The United States Marshals Service in the Eastern Pennsylvania district. What is your role at…

Trump Set To Make American Great Again

Trump Set To Make American Great Again

By Richard Cotto ’19 Republican Donald J. Trump shocked the entire world on Nov. 8 by winning the 2016 presidential election, beating out the Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton with 62 more electoral votes. President-Elect Trump…

Philadelphia Council Denounces Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia Council Denounces Chestnut Hill College

Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution Oct. 13 condemning Chestnut Hill College for its appeal to the Commonwealth Court of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission’s finding of racial discrimination involving a former student, and urging…

Warnings Balance Education, Well-being

Warnings Balance Education, Well-being

By Mimi Ali As a reaction to the national dialogue on safe spaces, students and professors at Chestnut Hill are beginning to question whether trigger warnings would be useful or detrimental in a classroom setting….

SPSA Hosts Mock Debates

SPSA Hosts Mock Debates

By Stephanie Brogna ‘20 Students gathered in McCaffery Lounge on Oct. 4 to witness their peers act as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and business tycoon Donald Trump in a mock presidential debate. In…

Intern Diaries: Clayton B. Allen

Intern Diaries: Clayton B. Allen

The Griffin: Where are you interning? Clayton B. Allen: I am interning with 6ABC on City Line. G: What is your role at your internship? Allen: It’s a paid internship in the newsroom. So they…

CampusPhilly Helps Students Kick Off New School Year

CampusPhilly Helps Students Kick Off New School Year

By Becca Hyde and Catie Hoops Students and vendors crowded onto Dilworth Park on Sept. 10 to attend CollegeFest, an annual event that gives students free admission to Philadelphia’s museums and destinations. The festival is…