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A shot of the standing ovation after the premiere of Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just An Accident.”

A Recap of the 78th Annual Cannes Film Festival

The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival has concluded its run from May 13 to May 24. This year’s festival was filled with surprises, standing...

The U.S. Department of State is now directly notifying students, not the university, about visa revocations.

Two More Student Visas Revoked

By COLBY MCCASKILL

The affected students, who were notified as early as May 8, are different from the four students whose visas were revoked in early April.

Fordham Celebrates 180th Commencement

By MACKENZIE COOPER

Fordham University marked its 180th commencement on Saturday, May 17, celebrating the achievements of the Class of 2025 under both stormy and...

Pope Leo XIV is the second pope born in the Western hemisphere, after his predecessor Pope Francis.

Leo XIV Calls for Peace

By MACKENZIE COOPER, MICHELLE WILSON, and SAM BRACY

Pope Leo XIV, formerly cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected as pope on May 8. A Chicago native, Leo is the first U.S. citizen to...

EPA Cancels $60 Million Fordham Grant

By SAM BRACY and MACKENZIE COOPER

The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated the program that gave Fordham a $60 million grant for environmental justice programs, according...

Universities Stand Together

By MACKENZIE COOPER

All four Fordham international student visas revoked by the federal government have been restored as of 10 a.m. on April 27, according to Fordham’s...

Remembering Pope Francis

By ANA WINSTON

Pope Francis, whose papacy shifted the Vatican’s role in a changing world, died in the early hours of April 21. He was 88. Francis was...

Styled to Death

By CHENIYA BROWNLEY WATTERSON

Once, getting dressed in New York was a declaration — bold, personal, unmistakable. Now, it feels like just another checkbox on a to-do list....

From Class Clown to Horror Heartthrob

By ELIZABETH CORALLO and MORGAN JOHNSON

Unless you frequently find yourself on the horror side of Reddit, you have probably never heard of actor Corteon Moore. So, who exactly is the...

Tariffs and Tulle

By CHENIYA BROWNLEY WATTERSON

Fashion has always thrived in tension: between creativity and commerce, heritage and innovation, couture and consumerism. Now, tariffs are the...

Stranger Things Have Been on Broadway

By ANDREW DEFRIN

In a Broadway season that includes multiple Hollywood A-listers and Oscar winners, it only feels appropriate that these mega-stars be joined...

England played Latvia at Wembley Stadium on March 24, 2025. Around 90,000 fans cheering on the national teams.

Football Fans Across The Pond

On the evening of March 24, my family, two friends and I rode the Metropolitan line of the London Underground six stops from Farringdon to Wembley...

Enthusiasm for Baseball is Infectious

As soon as the tulips begin to bloom in Central Park, I’m almost guaranteed to receive a text message inviting me to a baseball game. The feverish...

Rams Await the Future of College Athletics

As of April 23, Judge Claudia Wilken of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California threatened to throw out the...

West Coast to East Coast Basketball

Mike Magpayo has been hired as the new men’s basketball head coach, according to an announcement by the Fordham Athletics Department on March...