COVER STORY

Americans in the Battle of the Bulge
by Kelly Welsh ’05 (M.A.) and Carolyn Steigleman
Members of Saint Joseph’s faculty have joined forces to combat the national epidemic of childhood obesity...
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FEATURES

Red Skies at Night
by Bradford T. Pearson ’06 (B.A.)
An Iraqi journalist makes his way to SJU and the master’s in writing studies program...
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Bucking the Odds
by Kevin Mulligan
Underprivileged circumstances didn’t hold back Bruce Crawley ’67 (B.S.) in his quest for success...
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The Party’s Over: Consequences of College Binge Drinking
by Thomas W. Durso ’91 (B.A.), ’02 (M.B.A.)
New research illuminates the serious ramifications of binge drinking among college students, particularly women...
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