With both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions looming over the summer break, it appears that anything could happen during this presidential season. The Observer spoke with Christina Greer,...
In what NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden called the “most important national security story of the year,” the investigative news website The Intercept has published an eight-part exposé about the...
U.S to Remove Cuba From Terror Sponsors List
In his continued effort to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, President Barack Obama has made an official recommendation to Congress that Cuba be removed...
The Observer is launching an international column to update students on global events with expert commentary from professors. Tweet us what you think @fordhamobserver.
Nigerian Presidential Election
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Following the attacks on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, large numbers of Westerners have been emphatically defending the right to free speech. Though it's refreshing to see...
A new report, “The Glass Floor: Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry,” by the Restaurant Opportunities Center United finds that nearly two-thirds of women working restaurants experienced...
For the past few weeks, hundreds of high school students in Denver suburbs have been protesting a proposal for an anti-protest curriculum. The new conservative school board majority in the Jefferson...
Members of the Fordham community met in the Atrium in the Ram Cafe at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) on Friday, Sept. 26, to share their reactions to the recent police shootings across...
Fordham’s Department of University Transportation has raised the price from $3.00 to $3.50 for a one-way ticket to travel between the Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) and Fordham College at...
“Iraq’s future will be in the hands of its people. America’s war in Iraq will be over,” President Obama announced to troops at the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina on Dec. 14, 2011,...
When students return to school in the fall, they will have one more Global Outreach (GO!) project to choose from: GO! Chicago – set for winter 2014.
According to Stephen McGowan, coordinator of...
In the aftermath of a complicated course registration that flooded Lowenstein’s eighth-floor hallway at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) with frustrated freshmen, Fordham administrators and Information...
On Thursday, April 10, the Fordham OUTLaws, Fordham’s LGBTQ law student association, hosted its first symposium, "Transgender Law: Current Strategies & Emerging Issues." Speakers met in the McNally...
Looking for a new Twitter follow? Try Suey Park (@suey_park), the most fierce hashtag activist and one of the Guardian’s “top 30 young people in digital media.” Unfamiliar with hashtag activism?...
“We are the 99 percent!”
In the midst of a slow recovery from the worst economic crash since the Great Depression, Occupy Wall Street—and its counterparts in cities throughout the world—made...
Over the past few years, student clubs at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) have been using social media outlets like Facebook to promote their meetings and events. As a result, club leaders...
A recent study in the Chronicle of Higher Education found that the nation’s most selective colleges have become much more diverse during the past 20 years. Students, faculty and admissions reflected...
President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order establishing a national framework to limit the cyber threat to the country’s critical infrastructure. On March 11, Fordham College at Lincoln...
Out of all the natural rights given to each man and woman, healthcare and a living wage make the top two. So when politicians and political groups try to take those away, it’s important for us to...
For the first time in its history, Fordham is offering a spirituality retreat, Prism, specifically for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students. Prism, free of charge to its participants...
At approximately 2 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9, a message from McMahon Hall’s intercom system at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) said, “Let me have your attention please. We are investigating an...
On Wednesday Jan. 29, Career Services at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) held its second annual Arts, Media and Service Career and Internship Fair. Many students went to Pope Auditorium to...
Fordham’s Career Services will hold its annual career fair on Wednesday, Jan. 29 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Pope Auditorium. The event is open to all undergraduates, students in the Graduate School...
On Tuesday Nov. 5, Brooklyn native, Democrat Bill de Blasio, was elected New York’s 109th mayor. His election elicited both excitement and apprehension from faculty and students at Fordham College...
Fordham University’s Marketing and Communication Development Department (MCDD) is overhauling the fordham.edu website. Partnering with website design company mStoner, the tentative completion date is...
