May. 27, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Hundreds of faculty, students, alumni and community members from St. John’s University have signed an online petition calling on the university to immediately terminate a planned partnership with U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP), citing ethical and cultural concerns. Faculty members of St. John’s in Jamaica will deliver…
For Rick Pitino, the pressure that his St. John’s men’s basketball team had felt the last two games was the utmost of privileges. In no way was Wednesday’s six point win over Butler and Saturday’s 71-61 triumph over Seton Hall — two of the bottom four teams in the Big East — but St.…
Aug. 27, 2024 By Bill Parry A resident from a city-run shelter in Long Island City was arrested Friday and booked at the 107th Precinct in Fresh Meadows for stealing personal items belonging to St. John’s University basketball coach Rick Pitino from his office at Carnesecca Arena during the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 20.…