Siobhan McGirl
News
Living in Ivy: Students experience a diverse atmosphere
By Siobhan McGirl | Mar. 1, 2017Walking through the Ivy Hill apartments, the sun glares through the otherwise dimly lit hallway. An elderly Russian woman throws her trash out with a smile washed across her face. She does not speak English, but she tries to form words and shakes her head in frustration. “Russia,” she says, explaining her lack of communication.
News
Community protests immigration ban
By Siobhan McGirl | Feb. 1, 2017The executive order is called “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” and included banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and suspending all refugee admissions for 120 days. The countries directly affected by the travel ban are Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya and Yemen.
On Campus
Period problems: feminine hygiene products not offered in bathrooms
By Siobhan McGirl | Feb. 1, 2017Along with cramps, bloating and mood swings, women on Seton Hall’s campus may have to face another hurdle when it comes to enduring their periods – finding a pad. There are no working feminine hygiene product dispensers in any bathroom on Seton Hall’s campus.
Administration
Students worried about government limiting Pell Grant funding
By Siobhan McGirl | Jan. 25, 2017The new Trump Administration, inaugurated just last week, has Seton Hall officials concerned for the future of the Federal Pell Grant Program.
Administration
SHU to support undocumented students
By Siobhan McGirl | Dec. 7, 2016The pledge by Seton Hall and the other institutions comes in response to the election of President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised in his first 100 days in office to “immediately terminate” Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
Administration
Seton Hall has history of on campus commencements
By Siobhan McGirl | Nov. 30, 2016Archivist Alan Delozier took a deep dive into Seton Hall’s past to explore the history of commencement ceremonies.
