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Saxbys and other garden level areas of the 140 West 62nd Street Building experienced flooding after heavy rainfall last week.

In the garden level of the 140 West 62nd Street Building, Saxbys and both bathrooms flooded due to heavy rainfall on Oct. 30, causing Saxbys...

Professor Andrew H. Clark developed the minor with support from students, many of whom would not get the chance to dance otherwise.

Fordham’s Dance Minor is in Purgatory

By NORA KINNEY

In 2024, Katharina Strenge attended Fordham’s spring open house session as a high school senior. She hoped to settle an urgent matter on her...

Gregory Maguire was inspired to write “Wicked” after what he described as a “religious vision” about Margaret Hamilton, who played the Wicked Witch of the West in the 1939 film.

Holding Space for Everything ‘Wicked’ with Gregory Maguire

By MORGAN JOHNSON

“Wicked” author Gregory Maguire made a rare public appearance at Pope Auditorium on Thursday, Oct. 23 for a talk hosted by Fordham’s Center...

Marc Lamont Hill, activist and journalist, spoke at Fordham’s Law School on a series of issues surrounding systemic racism and mass incarceration in America.

‘Age of Incarceration’

By PARIS MATHUKU

Renowned scholar, activist and journalist Marc Lamont Hill criticized the racialized phenomenon of mass incarceration in America and called for...

Tetlow Talks: Keeping Up With Fordham

By MICHELLE WILSON

University President Tania Tetlow met with the student press on Oct. 16 and discussed tuition costs, school rankings, Graduate Student Union...

Mayoral Candidates Face Off In Debate

By MACKENZIE COOPER

NBC 4 New York hosted the first of the two New York City mayoral debates on Oct. 16 at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza studios. All three candidates...

Student Republicans and Democrats Debate American Values

By MICHELLE WILSON

Members of the Fordham College Republicans (FCR) and the Fordham College Democrats (FCD) debated key issues like free speech, immigration, political...

Emma Stone plays the CEO of a pharmaceutical company with steely resolve, revealing conflicted motives that take a dark turn in the film’s third act.

Billionaires, Aliens and Impending Doom in ‘Bugonia’

By TUCKER FLYNN

Warning: This review contains spoilers. Fresh off the heels of 2023’s “Poor Things” and 2024’s “Kinds of Kindness,” Emma Stone...

Laje’s Local Listings: November

By SOFIA LAJE

“Sentimental Value” dir. Joachim Trier (2025) Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Angelika Film Center via NEON - Opens Nov. 14 In his first English-language...

Mainstage Production of ‘By The Way, Meet Vera Stark’ Wowed Audiences

By JORDAN DONEGAN

From Oct. 9 to 17, seven young actors hit the Pope Auditorium stage in “By The Way, Meet Vera Stark,” a play that follows the story of an...

Exhibit Explores the “Defiant Joy” of Social Dance in New York

By INDIRA BUSH

If going to a history museum conjures up images of standing still in silence and squinting at black and white photos, it is time to refresh your...

Avery Ash, FCLC ’28, finished the marathon with friends cheering her on along the way.

Rams’ First NYC Marathon

Every year, tens of thousands of New Yorkers head to Staten Island early in the morning to traverse the five boroughs for 26.2 miles. While that...

Science Says Studying Burns Calories

Do you feel your brain getting tired while studying? Do you get hungry while studying at night? Do you feel your brain growing as you feed it...

Wading through Instability: Thoughts on Anxiety

COLUMN: (De)mystifying Mental Health In two sentences, Chilean author Benjamín Labatut manages to describe the shared telos of art and science...

Run@LC Promotes Healthy Competition

Run@LC, Fordham Lincoln Center’s running club, is hosting a Strides for Strava mileage challenge from Oct. 1 to 31 to foster community, create...