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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

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Grandmothers play an outsized role in shaping a grandchild’s connection to their own cultural heritage, the author writes.
Thoughts from a Puerto Rican Granddaughter
By MACKENZIE SAENZ DE VITERI October 14, 2024

One Christmas Eve some time ago, my grandma told me about her time in Puerto Rico (PR). I was sitting with her in my living room. I could almost...

On the northwest corner of Columbus Ave and 60th St., Ayman Moustafa was stabbed while working at the halal cart.
BREAKING: Halal Worker Stabbed Outside Lincoln Center
Fordham P4P advocates for students with unpaid internships.
GSS Changes Fieldwork Requirements
Satellite image of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 25 prior to making landfall.
Hurricane Season Casts Shadow on Campus
45 individuals organized an encampment-style protest on May 1 in the Leon Lowenstein Center lobby.
Fordham Post-Protest
September 25, 2024
Students for Justice in Palestine at Fordham: An Interactive Timeline
Students for Justice in Palestine at Fordham: An Interactive Timeline
May 18, 2024
190 faculty members have signed a letter which expresses solidarity with student protestors and calls for the protection of free speech.
Faculty to Pro-Palestine Students: ‘Keep Speaking Your Truth’
May 8, 2024
There must be three elements to a date: a gift, a sense of adventure and an act of service.
What is a Date?
By RYANN LYNN MURPHY
First dates are best away from home. We live in a bustling metropolitan and it's important to take advantage of that.
Masseria sells a masala iced chai for only five dollars.
My Favorite Coffee Shops Near Fordham LC
By AVERY GRAFELD

No longer a sit-down chain, Starbucks has long replaced its spacious, plush seating with stiff metal chairs. There are 17,068 locations in the...

Luxury or Letdown?
By NATALIE PANG
The demand for affordable housing in New York City far outweighs the supply.
Fordham hosted environmental activists and EPA administrators for a Climate Week summit at the Lincoln Center campus.
Climate Summit: Anxiety to Action

Youth environmental activists and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional administrators discussed how to involve young people in the...

What Does Student Government Do?

United Student Government at Lincoln Center (USGLC) election ballots open Oct. 8, but Fordham students expressed uncertainty about the daily...

Cultivating Communi-Tea

Liz Gannon-Graydon, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’85, held her weekly Communi-Tea party in Bryant Park. This is Gannon-Graydon’s...

Fordham’s Debate Takes

Fordham community members came away from the debate divided: The candidates’ onstage behavior aroused determination to cast their vote in November...

Students Comment on Different Policies at Fordham
Students Comment on Different Policies at Fordham
By ALICE MORENO and MARYAM BESHARA March 27, 2023

The Met’s latest exhibition explores Tibetan Buddhist art, focusing on the Mandala.
Mandalas at the Met
By SARAH SULLIVAN

The Met unveiled their newest exhibition, “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet,” on Sept. 10. The exhibition features over 100 paintings,...

Vampire Weekend Brings Indie to All Ages at Madison Square Garden
By KATIE HOHMAN and ELEANA KOSTAKIS

Vampire Weekend, the rock band reminiscent of the indie era of New York, performed their first New York City show since 2019 at Madison Square...

There Are No ‘Normal People’ in Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’
By KATIE BROSKY

We come to Sally Rooney for magic. We come to her books to laugh, to cry, to care. Because we need that, all of us, that indescribable feeling...

Feminine Fabric: Two Centuries of Style, Identity and Empowerment

From 19th-century corsets to the bold expressions of today, women’s fashion has adorned the body, and has served as a robust canvas for social...

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Taekwondo Club: Fordham Rams Learn Self-Defense
Taekwondo Club: Fordham Rams Learn Self-Defense

The Fordham Tae Kwon Do Club is one of the only sports clubs on campus at Fordham Lincoln Center (FLC). The club meets once a week on Tuesday...

Fordham Falls Short to Lafayette Despite Strong Comeback

The Fordham Rams dropped their sixth straight Patriot League game last Saturday Oct. 5, by a score of 28-23. The Rams, who came to the field...

Fordham Women’s Soccer Holds Off Duquesne at Home

There was another victory for the Fordham women’s soccer team on Thursday at Moglia Stadium. The Rams held off the Duquesne Dukes 3-1 to advance...

Tetlow Announced Search Committee To Find New Director of Athletics

University President Tania Tetlow appointed a 12-person search committee assigned to choose candidates eligible to become the new director of...

Apollo performs his song “Invincible.”
Omar Apollo Brings the ‘God Said No’ Tour to Forest Hills Stadium
By MOLLY HIGGINS

Singer-songwriter Omar Apollo brought his “God Said No” tour to Queens on Sept. 7 with a show at Forest Hills Stadium. After opening sets...

Duckart kicks off the set with his single “Older.”
Searows Plays to a Sold-Out Crowd at The Mercury Lounge
By MOLLY HIGGINS

Indie-folk artist Alec Duckart, known professionally as Searows, played a sold-out show on Jan. 25 at New York City’s Mercury Lounge as part...

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Rahman, left, and Vehlow, right, are the new Directors of Muslim and Jewish life respectively. They hope for a semester filled with both their personal religious traditions, as well as robust interfaith dialogue.
New Directors of Spiritual Life Embrace Interfaith Difference
By CHARLIE KUSTER September 12, 2024

On the Outdoor Plaza last Thursday, Sept. 7, Imam Ammar Rahman and Rabbi Katja Vehlow addressed students and faculty at Fordham’s annual Interfaith...