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 and Public Safety officers.
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...
Students (from left) Sofia Dadap, FCLC '18, Julie Norris, FCLC '19, Sapphira Lurie, FCLC '17, and Ahmad Awad, FCLC '17 have filed a case against the university in an ongoing effort to have their club recognized....
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.
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 strong contingent of faculty members do not believe in McShane’s leadership.
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
After weeks of statements and correspondence, FFU continues to organize activism despite the fact that the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has withdrawn their application to represent the adjuncts.
April 15, 2017
Protests by students and faculty stole the spotlight during the Spring Preview campus showcase on April 8.
April 14, 2017
A statement from the university has sparked statements of further anger and frustration from faculty members, in support of Faculty Senate’s planned vote of no confidence in President Rev. Joseph M. McShane’s, S.J., leadership, to be held April 19.
April 10, 2017
In an effort to encourage students’ information literacy, the Fordham Libraries have created a “Fake News” research guide, now accessible through the main website.
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 settled a lawsuit brought by a former assistant professor which sought damages for sex discrimination and sexual harassment.
March 14, 2017
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has named the school among its “Ten Worst Colleges for Free Speech,” for the first time.
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 up to the states.
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.
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 executive order on immigration.
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.
December 14, 2016
Students are being charged retroactively for purchases they made in the Ram Cafe today.
December 8, 2016
College Council held their last meeting of the Fall 2016 semester on Dec. 1.
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, North Dakota.
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 statements of solidarity with undocumented students.
November 15, 2016
The Task Force on Diversity at Fordham University has released the results of their long-anticipated study.
November 15, 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.
October 13, 2016
The deadlines for this general election’s voting registration window are fast approaching, with New York’s falling on Oct. 14.
October 13, 2016
The newly-endowed Mary Higgins Clark Chair for Creative Writing was officially dedicated on Oct. 6.
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 about the university’s finances.
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.
April 11, 2016
Fordham students met with the Middle States commission to share their thoughts on Fordham
March 10, 2016
On Feb. 29, students, faculty and community members gathered in the 12th floor of Lowenstein for The Revolution Will Be Televised, an event created to discuss the evolution of contemporary resistance and protest.
February 27, 2016
Fordham students marched in support of Senator Bernie Sanders' (I-VT) campaign for President.
February 24, 2016
New hub of student activities on campus will be established come the fall of 2016 in the old Law School building.
February 11, 2016
Observer photographers celebrate and capture the Lunar New Year that occurred on February 8, 2016.
January 25, 2016
Observer Photographers documented Winter Storm Jonas.
December 22, 2014
One of the most common debates about college is: a double major worth the money and course load?
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.
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 attention. Exercise and drills are part of their weekly cadet responsibilities.
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 guarded approval of the new dining options on campus.
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 the University.
February 23, 2014
“Savage in Limbo” opens Monday, Feb. 24 in the Veronica Lally Kehoe Studio Theatre at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC).
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