ELIZABETH LANDRY, News Editor Emerita
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May 3, 2017
At least 14 students have been brought under sanctions by Dean of Fordham Rose Hill (FRH) Christopher Rodgers for last Thursday’s altercation at Cunniffe House between Fordham Students United (FSU) protesters...
April 27, 2017
The Fordham community’s social media was lit up Thursday afternoon by videos showing physical altercations between members of the Office of Public Safety and two Fordham students during a protest outside...
April 26, 2017
Students (from left) Sofia Dadap, FCLC '18, Julie Norris,...
April 20, 2017
Following a Week of Action, the Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) It’s On Us (IOU) Coalition hosted a regional summit for the eponymous national organization on Saturday, April 8. A series of...
April 19, 2017
As announced a few moments after 5 p.m. today on the Fordham Lincoln Center (FLC) plaza, a vote of no confidence on University President Joseph M. McShane, S.J. has shown that a majority of faculty members...
April 19, 2017
On March 20, former Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) student Joshua Leon Carmona attacked and killed his mother at their townhouse in Riverview, FL. It was her birthday.
According to the Tampa...
April 15, 2017
Unofficial organization Fordham Faculty United (FFU) has recently gone through the process of applying to form a union for non-tenure track faculty, and the Fordham administration’s rebuttal was uncompromising....
April 15, 2017
The April 8 Spring Preview, a longstanding tradition of showcasing what Fordham at Lincoln Center has to offer, became a magnet for activism this year as two unofficial groups vied for leverage against...
April 14, 2017
Earlier today, Bob Howe, Assistant Vice President for Communications and Special Advisor to the President, sent an email to the Fordham community on the ongoing disputes between faculty and administration....
April 10, 2017
As has come to the attention of national conversation, discerning what is real or fake in mainstream news sources and social media has become a difficult task. In an effort to encourage students’ information...
March 29, 2017
This week, students began speaking out about the Theatre Department director, Matthew Maguire. The tenured professor of 25 years, who currently teaches two classes per semester and advises students, recently...
March 14, 2017
Following controversy at Fordham College at Lincoln Center over the school’s decision to reject a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club approval, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education...
March 9, 2017
President Donald Trump’s recent revocation of Obama-era guidelines instructing public schools to allow students to use the restroom of the gender they identify with has left the power of interpretation...
February 24, 2017
Betsy DeVos was confirmed last week as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Education, after a heated Senate exchange which ended with an unprecedented tie-breaking vote by Vice President Mike Pence....
February 24, 2017
The university has charged a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organizer for violating the Demonstration Policy. Over 100 faculty members have sent a letter to University President Joseph M. McShane,...
February 8, 2017
Late in the afternoon of Jan. 30, the Fordham Lincoln Center (FLC) plaza was filled with nearly one hundred students and a handful of faculty members, assembled against President Donald Trump’s recent...
January 20, 2017
Dean of Students Keith Eldredge has vetoed the formation of a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club on Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. Leading up to the Dec. 22, 2016 decision, the club had undergone...
December 14, 2016
Community members at Fordham College at Lincoln Center were charged retroactively on Dec. 14 for purchases they made in the Ram Cafe. In some cases, these charges exceed ten purchases or $30, and date...
December 8, 2016
College Council held their last meeting of the Fall 2016 semester on Dec. 1. The discussion went primarily over the Undergraduate Awards’ introduction to Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) and...
December 8, 2016
Throughout the month of November, student organizations at Fordham’s Lincoln Center (FLC) campus gathered in solidarity with the Dakota Access Pipeline protests taking place on Standing Rock Reservation,...
December 1, 2016
In a move that seeks to defend and adhere to President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, President of Fordham University Joseph M. McShane, S.J. has signed two new...
November 15, 2016
The Task Force on Diversity at Fordham University has released the results of their long-anticipated study. The 38-page packet was delivered by email on Nov. 14 to the entire Fordham community along with...
November 14, 2016
Flattened cardboard boxes covered a large part of the outdoor plaza of Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) on Nov. 7, where students and staff met overnight for the Sleep-OUT 4 Change. This event...
November 4, 2016
“I just remember my very, very first hunch was, she’s mistaking me for another black student in the class,” Tristen Dossett, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’17 said. He received an email...
October 13, 2016
The deadlines for this general election’s voting registration window are fast approaching, with New York’s falling on Oct. 14. At Fordham Lincoln Center, students are urged by peer leaders and university...
October 13, 2016
The newly-endowed Mary Higgins Clark Chair for Creative Writing was officially dedicated on Oct. 6, with bestselling authors Lee Child of the “Jack Reacher” series and Fordham College at Lincoln...
September 29, 2016
Howard Bunsis, Ph.D., J.D., of Eastern Michigan University joined the Fordham University Faculty Senate as a representative of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) on Sept. 23 to talk...
August 26, 2016
The old law building sat largely unexplored by Fordham Lincoln Center undergraduates for years, but this fall, students will have incentive to venture across campus. An extensive update and renovation...
April 11, 2016
On April 5, a group of over twenty students from Lincoln Center campus came to the 12th floor lounge to share their thoughts on the school with two members of the Middle States evaluation team. Though...
March 10, 2016
“Fists in the air. Fists in the air. / You give the most rarest of life America’s bare life / One drop of my blood makes you illegitimate / However countless generations of you / and I can be barely...
February 27, 2016
Fordham students, led by Eileen Kelley, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) '17, marched in support of Senator Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) campaign for President on Feb. 27, meeting up with other New...
February 24, 2016
When FCLC students return in the fall of 2016 a Student Affairs Center will be the new hub of student activity on campus, situated in the old Law School at Lincoln Center building across the plaza from...
February 10, 2016
Observer photographers celebrate and capture the Lunar New Year that occurred on Feb. 8, 2016.
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January 25, 2016
Observer Photographers documented Winter Storm Jonas. The historic blizzard dumped 26 inches of snow on New York City this past weekend.
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December 22, 2014
One of the most common debates about college is: a double major worth the money and course load?
According to Joseph Desciak, assistant dean for freshmen, Fordham students who want to double major...
November 20, 2014
On Sunday, Nov. 2, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan announced the largest reorganization of churches in the history of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. Fifty-seven parishes will close and merge with ...
November 6, 2014
At 9 a.m. on Friday mornings, young men and women in Army fatigues trickle onto the Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) plaza, gradually forming a small group and dropping the laughs to stand at...
October 23, 2014
Despite the Princeton Review rating Fordham the top five worst college food for 2013, halfway through the semester, Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) students are beginning to voice their...
September 25, 2014
Despite Fordham University’s drop to 58 in the U.S. News and World Report’s rankings, some students at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) find the ranking system an unreliable measure of...
February 23, 2014
“Savage in Limbo” opens Monday, Feb. 24 in the Veronica Lally Kehoe Studio Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC). Written by the Academy Award, Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning John...
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