The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer
The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer
UNIVERSITY
Professor Laurie Lambert hosted an event for Black women to process the election results.
Black Women Reckon with Harris’ Loss

The 2024 presidential election brought to the forefront complicated questions of representation, identity and structural barriers in the political...

Trump’s Energy Pick Signals Retreat from Climate Action

Members of the Fordham community expressed concern that another Trump term would intensify the climate crisis.  President-elect Donald Trump...

Fordham Lacks Plan to Address Drought

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a drought warning on Nov. 18 amid the driest conditions in exactly a century, urging New Yorkers to voluntarily...

Students Awake to Second Trump Term

Lying sleepless in bed on the morning of Nov. 6, Myah Balaporia checked her phone.  “I saw multiple notifications that he had won,” Balaporia...

Campus Ministry Walks Voters

Fordham Campus Ministry organized resident assistants to walk students to polling locations to facilitate voting in Tuesday’s presidential...

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LATEST STORIES
Anne Hoffman (center right) mentored countless students in her decades teaching at Fordham.
The Creston Avenue Baptist Church is a recipient of Fordham Rose Hill donations from the food drive.
A Cornucopia of Civic Service
Water pools under exercise equipment in RamFit on Oct. 27.
Plumbing Plagues McMahon Dorm
International students at Fordham are paying attention, sharing their thoughts and voicing their worries about the upcoming election.
International Students Spectate Democracy
Ram Café closed on a Sunday.
Ram Café to Stay Open Until 10 p.m.
Rachel McLaren sits on Community Board 7 in the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
A Young Voice on Advisory Board
A student’s assigned books for the Fall 2024 semester stack up.
Nothing by the Book
CITY
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

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 10, an unidentified man stabbed Ayman Moustafa, a worker at the halal cart outside of Fordham’s Lincoln...

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...

Adams’ Inner Circle Shrinks

Early in his administration as New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams liked to flash a smile and rhetorically ask, “When does the hard part start?” This...

4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Northeastern U.S.
Robert Fitzer, associate vice president for public safety said that the campuses will remain open and operate as scheduled.
New York City Housing Market Continues To Tighten
Public officials are tasked with effectively controlling rent prices and new housing developments to address the shortage of affordable housing.
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STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
45 individuals organized an encampment-style protest on May 1 in the Leon Lowenstein Center lobby.
Fordham Post-Protest
By STEVIE FUSCO and SAM BRACY • September 25, 2024

Fordham University changed after approximately 45 individuals organized an encampment-style protest on May 1 in the Leon Lowenstein Center lobby...

FEATURES
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...