On April 28, Fordham University named David Skorton, M.D., the 13th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., as the University Commencement speaker for the Class of 2016. As...

Early in April, Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J., president of Fordham University, released a draft of the Continuous University Strategic Planning Committee’s (CUSP) discussion document on the continuing strategy...

On April 14, Leighton Magoon, president of United Student Government (USG) and Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ‘17,  signed a resolution recommending that the University retains both the name...

On Thursday, April 7, College Council met for the final time in the spring semester to culminate discussion on online summer courses for undergraduates, as well as discuss the overall positive report of...

On Sunday April 3, Maureen Tilley, professor of theology at Fordham University, died following complications from pancreatic cancer. “I was very saddened to hear about Dr. Tilley’s death,” Joseph...

On March 10, College Council reconvened to continue their discussion on the approval of online summer classes for all undergraduates, and Karina Hogan, associate professor and associate chair of department...

Keith Eldredge, dean of students at Fordham Lincoln Center, has been a noticeable part of the campus for many students from the class of 2019 to the graduating class of 2016. However, his work at Fordham...

The movie theatre is defined as a shared experience in academic thought, where we enter into a collective cultural consciousness by sitting in a dark room with 100–200 other people watching an image...

America Media, the Jesuit magazine and media company with close ties to Fordham University, announced that it had sold its former headquarters at 106 W. 56th St. This move will split the former America...

On Saturday, Feb. 20, the Dorothy Day Center for Social Justice (DDCSJ) and the Fordham Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) packed undergraduates, graduate students and community activists into the...

While the bi-annual Club Day went on in the Indoor Plaza, College Council had their first meeting of the new year to discuss business for the spring semester. The meeting was held in McMahon 109. Robert...

In the fall 2015 semester, College Council announced the new name of the recently purchased College Board building: Martino Hall. It was known during the summer of 2015 mainly as ‘45 Columbus,’ and...

Bret fidgeted in his chair as he waited to meet with the associate assistant interim dean for junior students. He was meeting with Assoc. Asst. Int. Dean Mackey because Dean Ringheim was only in on Tuesdays,...

I’ve never called myself a New Yorker. I’ve lived here for the past three years, I’ve eaten at countless restaurants and visited neighborhoods. I’ve seen everywhere from Alphabet City to the Ukrainian...

THOMAS O’CALLAGHAN Staff Writer Following a near perfect season at 15–1, the Carolina Panthers have aspirations of hoisting this year’s Lombardi Trophy, and they seem to be the most complete team...

“The first thing I noticed about New York is the cold!” Michael C. McCarthy, S.J. and the new vice president for Mission Integration and Planning, said. He hails from a much warmer area of the country,...

It was about 4 in the afternoon when Michael awoke to the latest commercial for Boston Dynamics, playing just as expected. He gripped his semi-automatic ArcLight rifle (Boston Dynamics™). Hello (brzt)...

On Wednesday, Nov. 18, a memorial to Robert Moses, the architect of the neighboring Lincoln Center complex, was placed on the Outdoor Plaza, which is called Robert Moses Plaza in official university documentation.  The...

On Friday, Nov. 13 at 12:45 p.m., a group of students, faculty and administrators gathered in the Outdoor Plaza for a “Blackout” event, prompted by the recent protests at the University of Missouri...

Leighton Magoon, president of United Student Government at Lincoln Center (USGLC), has begun informally meeting with Stephen Freedman, Ph.D., provost of Fordham University, in order to discuss the daily...

Fordham students will now have the option of spending Friday nights with LC After Dark, a program designed to “engage students in alcohol-alternative programming,” according to an email announcement...

Halloween is the spookiest night of the year and we at the Comma thought that we’d share some more accurate “FCLC Horror Stories” tailored to your Fordham Lincoln Center experience. FCLC Horror...

Global Outreach at Fordham Lincoln Center (GO!) has cancelled its annual spring service trip to the Dominican Republic, as the project’s contact, the Joan Rose Foundation (JRF), has relocated to Haiti...

The College Council on Oct.15 took a different tone than usual, dedicating the entire meeting to discussing ways to have professors and academic departments respond to the ‘bias crimes’ at Rose Hill....

On Thursday, Oct. 15, Sodexo Food Services met with representatives of all branches of the United Student Government to address problems in dining services, mainly concerning “the flow of the Ram Cafe,...

On Friday, Oct. 16, Fordham Students United (FSU) enacted a second protest at RamTown, a pep rally designed to amp up students for the beginning basketball season. The protest did not disrupt any aspect...

On Tuesday, October 13, a group of Fordham Lincoln Center students supporting presidential candidate Bernie Sanders hosted a viewing party in the 8th floor lounge of McMahon Hall. The CNN Democratic Debate,...

As more time passes since the two ‘bias incidents’ at Rose Hill, resident students at Fordham Lincoln Center have used solidarity signs posted on their residence doors to keep others aware. And while...

This year is the 75th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s death, perhaps the most prolific of the “Lost Generation” of 1920s writers and my favorite writer. I give leeway to Ernest Hemingway being...

On Thursday, Sept. 18 Fordham lost longtime lecturer the Reverend Everett Carlton Parker, Ph.D. aged 102. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1935, joined the Depression-era Works Progress Administration...

On Saturday, Sept. 26, Fr. Joseph McShane S.J., president of Fordham University, appeared as a commentator on MSNBC during Chris Matthews' coverage of Pope Francis in Philadelphia. McShane appeared as...

On Thursday, Sept. 17, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) and Gabelli School of Business at Lincoln Center (GSBLC) faculty convened for the first College Council of the academic year in order to...

On Saturday, Sept. 19, the same day and time as Fordham's football team took the field against Columbia for the annual Liberty Cup homecoming game, a group of Rose Hill (RH) and Lincoln Center (LC) students...

On Sept. 4, Felicia Czochanski, Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH) '17, had an essay published by Cosmopolitan entitled "People Judge Me Because I'm Pretty." In the article, Czochanski described herself...

Over the summer, a rotating machine was installed outside of McMahon Hall’s 2nd floor entrance, labeled in felt marker as “Fordham Pollen Machine.” This machine, known as an aeroallergen monitoring...

On Thursday Sept. 3, United Student Government (USG) held a meeting to highlight the processes of running for USG senate and the executive board. Leighton Magoon, (FCLC '17) and the president of USG, introduced...

Fordham at Lincoln Center was rated among the most expensive dorms in America for the last academic year with an estimated cost of $16,685. As the site notes, "colleges in California, New York, and the...

ESPN faces an uncertain future as a place for commentary, namely in the fact that the network has fired three high-value personalities in a fairly short time frame: Colin Cowherd, Keith Olbermann and Bill...

Over the summer Fordham at Lincoln Center moved the various off-campus academic and administrative offices into the newly renovated 45 Columbus building across the street. Before the building's purchase...

On Aug. 11, Fordham University named JoAnne Akalaitis, founder of the experimental theatre company ‘Mabou Mines’, as the new 2015-16 Denzel Washington Endowed Theatre Chair. This followed within one...

I’m the type of person who takes his eggs early in the morning. Really early, like 6 or 7 a.m.—it makes me a difficult roommate. My eggs are most often lightly fried with a strong cup of coffee, and...

Late last school year, Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH)’s, The Fordham Ram, published a series of articles expressing students’ dissatisfaction with the Office of Student Leadership and Community...

While the undergraduates are preparing for a crowded year, other academic changes on campus are in effect for mainly graduate and law students as new deans have been named for The Fordham Law School (LAW),...

As students begin to fill their seats on campus, one seat remains empty: the student affairs vice presidency in United Students Government (USG). Last year’s election, which decided both the current...

Fordham University has fully endorsed the marriage of J. Patrick Hornbeck II, professor and chair of the theology department, to his partner Patrick Bergquist, director of children, youth and family ministries...

Technicians installed a blue emergency phone pole near the Robert Moses Plaza, on the afternoon of May 6. According to the workers, the pole belongs to Fordham University and not to the city of New York.

A special joint double major of computer science and mathematics is planned to be presented to the Arts and Sciences Council of Fordham University on April 30. According to David Swinarski, professor of...

Fordham undergraduate students and graduate schools will need to prepare for a deficiency of study space on the Lincoln Center campus, according to Linda LoSchiavo, director of University Libraries. On...

Alumni in the media industry tipped off students about how to dress, prepare for interviews and prepare for a media career on Monday, April 13 in the 12th floor Lowenstein lounge. The panel was co-sponsored...

The halls of Lowenstein were lined with students presenting their research in academic fields, ranging from dance and theatre to natural sciences and sociology on Thursday, April 9, for the annual spring...