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The Torch – The Independent Student Newspaper of St. John's University. St. John’s Downs Quinnipiac Behind Dunlap’s Career Day. Kyler Fox, Managing Editor • November 9, 2024. After grading Nov. 5’s season-opening blowout victory over Fordham a “C,” St. John’s head coach Rick Pitino likely would have handed...
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St. John’s Basketball Enters AP Top-25 Poll – The Torch
1 day ago · St. John’s Men’s Basketball is back in the national spotlight after five years, achieving a No. 22 ranking in the AP Top 25 Men’s Basketball Poll on Nov. 11. The team earned this spot with 178 points, highlighting their early-season promise. The Red Storm entered the rankings following a powerful season debut that saw two...
Men’s Soccer Advances to the Semifinals of the Big East Tournament
2 days ago · Torch Photo / Sebastian Zelaya. The St. John’s men’s Soccer team narrowly beat the No. 6 Seton Hall University Pirates 2-0 on Nov. 9, officially punching their ticket to the semifinal round of the Big East Tournament.. Last year, the Johnnies’ season was heartbreakingly ended in a 2-1 overtime loss to the University of Connecticut in the first round.
Tip-Off Officially Begins the 2024-2025 Basketball Season
Oct 19, 2024 · St. John’s annual Red Storm Tip-off event was held in Carnesecca Arena on Oct. 18, ushering in the rapidly approaching basketball season. Players and students competed in games for rewards, student groups energized the crowd with lively performances and rapper Quavo ended the night with some of his most well-known hits. Doors opened at 6:30...
St. John’s Dominates Fordham in 2024-25 Season Opener
Nov 5, 2024 · Torch Photo / James Williams. On a night that the majority of their Big East counterparts struggled to outlast weak competition, St. John’s lived up to the offseason hype in dominant fashion. A 92-60 rout of Fordham began head coach Rick Pitino’s second season in Queens and gave only a glimpse of what this year’s team might achieve.
St. John’s Outlasts Towson in Physical Charity Exhibition Match
Oct 26, 2024 · Just nine days out of St. John’s Men’s Basketball’s season-opener against Fordham, the Red Storm picked up its second straight exhibition victory in a 64-46 win over Towson. The 12 p.m. matchup at Carnesecca Arena benefitted Autism Speaks, the largest autism research organization nationwide. Head coach Rick Pitino’s preseason announcement that …
What Exactly Your Vote Does This Election – The Torch
Nov 1, 2024 · PBS writes that the economy, preserving democracy, abortion rights and immigration are key factors in voting for this election. These things affect us now and will affect us even more when we enter the workforce. Vote. Vote for yourself, vote for your future and vote in the place of the people, like Betty, who have been unable to.
Behind the Staten Island Transition: SJU Students and Faculty …
Oct 21, 2024 · The closing of the Staten Island campus left students, faculty and staff the option to transfer to the Queens location or find another place to call home. “Students, and even professors, confessed to me how broken-hearted they were about the campus closing. Some transferred, but some had to find work somewhere else,” Crivera said.
St. John’s Newcomer Kadary Richmond Impresses in Practice
Oct. 10 brought praise for Pitino’s prized offseason addition Kadary Richmond, the former Seton Hall phenom-turned-St. John’s star. “Yesterday Kadary Richmond turned in his most dominant practice of the early season,” the 72-year-old said via X. “ [He] simply annihilated everyone. 10-of-11 from [the] field, 4-of-5 from three, 3-of-4 ...