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The Exchange, inside of Bartley, serves as a meeting place for many students to complete work or each lunch during the day.

Grubhub Has No Place in The Exchange

Avery Chalk, Co-Opinion Editor April 24, 2024

Located on the first floor of Bartley Hall, the Curley Exchange is widely regarded as Villanova’s best dining station. While the Exchange has both hot and grab-and-go items, students primarily gravitate...

Villanova takes great care of the pathways students use to travel around campus.

Why Villanova Should Stop Salting Pavements

Majo James, Staff Writer April 24, 2024

As the days get warmer and longer, snow is probably the last thing we are thinking about. The last thing I want to do is remind everyone of a few weeks ago when we would shuffle around in layers shivering...

Sof Says: Swifties’ Theories Finally Proved Correct

Sof Quaglia, Satire Columnist April 24, 2024

In the wise words of Jason Kelce, “We have to talk about it.” I would not be able to call myself a journalist if I didn’t write about this topic. What topic might that be? Taylor Swift’s newest...

Many students often spend time at the fitness center to maintain their physical health.

Why the Davis Center Should Be Open 24 Hours

Carter Smith, Staff Writer April 24, 2024

With five fitness facilities spread across campus, there are plenty of places for Villanova students, faculty and staff to get in a good workout across campus. The largest, most well-equipped and highly-frequented...

Admitted Students Day Was a Success

Srihi Surapaneni, Staff Writer April 17, 2024

After three and a half years of late-night studying, packed extracurricular schedules and standardized testing, students are finally rewarded with college acceptances. But choosing a college can be challenging....

An Unexpected Pop-Up

Isabella Ledet, Staff Writer April 17, 2024

If someone had told me last Wednesday that I would never again be able to order a BBQ chicken flatbread from Cova, I would have ordered 20 and kept them in my freezer. This was the terrifying reality that...

The current advising program in CLAS needs to shift to a more beneficial structure for both students and professors.

CLAS Advising Needs a Revamp

Emma Cahill, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 17, 2024

Anyone who is a student in the College of Liberal Arts and Science (CLAS) at Villanova is well aware of tales of students frantically changing their schedules or stressing about course credits. There have...

Conn serves as the center of Villanovas campus and many of Villanovas employees, and student workers, work there.

Connelly Center Employees Deserve a Break Room

Kailey Fahy, Co-Opinion Editor April 17, 2024

On March 18, the Villanova Global Social Justice Initiative launched a petition that calls attention to the need for a break room in the Connelly Center. In this petition, the group cites how, although...

Sof Says: How to Win the Registration Battle

Sof Quaglia, Satire Columnist April 16, 2024

As a second-semester freshman who just registered for first-semester sophomore classes, I am uniquely and perfectly qualified to tell you the exact steps you need to take in order to get all the classes...

The Power of a Beautiful Day

Julianna Burke, Staff Writer April 16, 2024

After months of bitter cold, early morning alerts of spontaneous snow days and debates as to whether the walk to class is survivable without the shuttle, it is safe to say that spring has arrived at Villanova....

Villanova Needs More Study Spaces

Kailey Fahy, Co-Opinion Editor April 12, 2024

Most people describe the community of Villanova as the greatest part of the Villanova experience. To foster this community, however, people need spaces to socialize and further these relationships. The...

Sof Says: If You Ban TikTok…

Sof Quaglia, Satire Columnist April 10, 2024

Dear U.S. Government (All three branches. This is very serious.)  There are so many reasons why banning TikTok would be detrimental to society. I could go on and on about this topic for hours. However,...

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