A proposed series of changes to Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC)’s class schedules would get rid of Thursday’s three-hour club activity block and allow entry-level language courses to meet...
NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent for NBC News, will be the keynote speaker at this year's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18, the university has...
Pope Benedict XVI's reign as head of the Roman Catholic Church will end today with his resignation at 2 p.m., EST. In his last public address of his papacy, Benedict discussed his decision to resign,...
From Feb. 28 to March 2, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will fly in high school students from across the country and treat them to a weekend of entertainment in New York City as part of their...
Last week, the Casey Feldman Foundation, named after a Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) student and former News Editor of The Observer who was killed by a distracted driver in 2009, released...
In the wake of pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he would resign from his position as head of the Catholic Church on Feb. 28, the Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) community was surprised,...
Fordham is planning to use temporary spending controls affecting staff and administrators to balance lower graduate school enrollments resulting in budget shortfalls for this year, according to Stephen...
Stephen Freedman, provost of Fordham, hosted a conversation with faculty and administrators at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) in the 12th Floor Lounge on Thursday as part of the continuing...
As part of the preparations for the opening of the residence hall atop Fordham's new law school building, faculty and administrators at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) are investigating...
Fordham's Dorothy Day Center for Service and Justice (DDCSJ) has organized a series of trips to the Rockaways to help clean up after Hurricane Sandy. DDCSJ announced in a campus-wide email that interested...
Barack Obama was sworn into his second term as president Sunday, Jan. 20, in a small ceremony with his family and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts in the Blue Room of the White House....
Influenza vaccinations at Fordham University's health centers are in high demand since students returned from winter break Monday, according to Kathleen Malara, executive director of Fordham's health...
Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC)'s dining services will be undergoing various changes over the course of winter break, according to a university-wide email sent by Fordham Hospitality Services...
Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) Faculty Senate reached an agreement with the university administration over salary raises for the 2012-2013 academic year, almost seven months after raises...
On Dec. 4, Fordham College at Lincoln Center's Rainbow Alliance held its first "Queer Prom" after students and faculty lobbied to Fordham administration to approve the use of the word "queer" in social...
Fordham College at Lincoln Center's (FCLC) Faculty Senate has reached an agreement with the university administration over salary raises for the 2012-2013 academic year after months of debate. The across-the-board...
Although no decisions have been made at this time, a new academic program combining courses from both the undergraduate and graduate schools at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) is being considered...
The Guerrilla Girls, a group of active feminist artists who don guerrilla masks and produce art highlighting the sexism in the art world, are appearing at Fordham today at 3 p.m. in McMahon Hall's...
Fordham College at Lincoln Center's (FCLC) Campus Activities Board (CAB) announced Friday that the band Hellogoodbye would be the performers for this year's inaugural Winterfest concert. As part of...
In preparation for the heavy rainfall from this week's incoming nor'easter, Fordham is encouraging McMahon Hall residents to stock up on food before the storm. In a university-wide email it was announced...
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The Office of the Provost has announced the class schedule for the make-up days on Dec. 11, 12 and 13 for classes missed due to Hurricane Sandy. According to a university-wide email, New...
The Fordham Faculty Senate will be holding an emergency fora on Wednesday at the Rose Hill campus and Thursday at the Lincoln Center campus on salary negotiations and governance. According to Executive...
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy's destruction last week, Fordham has taken measures to help the recovery of the surrounding communities affected by the storm. According to a university-wide email...
Hurricane Sandy hit the tri-state area Monday Oct. 29, knocking out power to millions and forcing evacuations from lower Manhattan and coastal regions. Despite precautionary measures, the storm had...
Hurricane Sandy is headed for the tri-state area and New York City officials are taking actions before Sandy's surge. Fordham also took precautionary actions and announced via email that all classes...
The Fordham chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) held their second annual Prescribe Fordham event in the John Jay College of Criminal Justice conference center on Wednesday, Oct....
Fordham has joined several Jesuit universities in filing a “friend of the court” brief for a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the University of Texas at Austin’s (UT) affirmative action policies,...
Fordham University has joined several Jesuit universities in filing a "friend of the court" brief for a U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the University of Texas at Austin's affirmative action policies,...
Despite a Fordham administration-imposed press blackout, the events of last week’s discussion between Stephen Colbert and Timothy Cardinal Dolan were widely reported by media outlets after students...
Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) will mark the 11 year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on Tuesday with a remembrance mass and interfaith prayer service in the Blessed Rupert Mayer,...
Fordham College at Lincoln Center recently released the 2012 Dean's List of students exhibiting academic excellence. To be considered for the Dean's List, students must complete at least 24 credits...
Despite passing a criminal background check in 2011, Br. James A. Ligouri, former associate vice president and executive director of Fordham’s Westchester campus, resigned July 20 after a claim that...
Two Fordham employees were killed in a car accident on the Bronx River Parkway along with five of their family members on April 29. Sisters Maria Gonzalez and Maria Nunez were custodial services workers...
Henry Wachtel, a freshman at Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies (FPCS), was charged April 10 with the murder of his mother Karyn Kay in their Midtown apartment, according to the...
The recent announcement that the Gabelli School of Business (GSB) would be allocated space in the new law school building currently under construction left many with a lot of questions. The Observer...
Fordham freshman Henry Wachtel was charged April 10 with the murder of his mother Karyn Kay in their Midtown apartment, according to the New York Daily News. Wachtel's father, Edward Wachtel, is...
On March 14, The New York Times published a headline-grabbing resignation letter from a former Goldman Sachs executive that bashed his firm’s culture as “toxic and destructive.” According to...
Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) faculty and many student leaders are disappointed in the way the university administration decided to reallocate bed space in the new law school building opening...
Adderall has grown to become a major presence as an illegal substance in the Fordham community. As a prescription drug mainly used to treat people with forms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), most...
UPDATE: Another racial slur has been found in a Rose Hill dorm, this time in a bathroom in Goupil Hall. According to a mass-email sent by Senior Vice President for Student Affairs Jeffrey Gray, Fordham...
3/5/2012 UPDATE: There will be a rally for solidarity on Thursday, March 8 on the outdoor plaza from 12:30 to 1 p.m. in response to the three recent incidents of homophobic and racist slurs found on...
Dear Bros,
Let me preface what I’m about to say with this: I get it. I lived with two bros last semester who were a concentrated manifestation of all that is brodom; I know whence you come. And I...
On Feb. 15, the Student Activities Budget Committee (SABC) met to revise their guidelines for clubs. SABC is an independent committee that handles the policies, procedures and allocation of the money...
The president of Fordham’s chapter of the national organization Law Students for Reproductive Justice (LSRJ) said in an interview last week that the Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) Health Center...
For the first time at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC)’s McMahon Hall, the residential housing lottery will be conducted online. The new process, which the Office of Residential Life (ResLife)...
Counseling and Psychological Services will be present at the debrief following this year’s Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) performance of the Vagina Monologues. This is the first time a department...
The Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) community shared their varying views on online piracy and the government’s actions to stop it, after several events in January attempted to stop censorship...
This week through Feb. 2, and next month, Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) College Democrats organization will be registering eligible students to vote in time for this spring’s presidential...
On Jan. 19, New Student Orientation (NSO) hosted “Diversity with Mohammed Bilal” in the Leon Lowenstein building’s 12th Floor Lounge. Best known as a housemate on the third season of MTV’s “The...
Congratulations, fellow homo sapiens! Supposedly, there are now 7,000,000,000 of us, and counting. This milestone is deceptively complex. It’s a very concrete number, seven billion, but in real life,...
Men and Women Can’t Be Friends
By MICHELLE TALIS, Contributing Writer
I cannot stand those girls who have this notion that they are the Carrie Bradshaw’s of the world. Those falsely fierce...
In my time at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC), I’ve made a good amount of friends from this year’s graduating class. As sad as I’ll be to see them go, I’d like to send my senior colleagues...
This summer, the City of New York revealed a “mistake” that proves a belief I’ve held for years: people living in parts of Queens and Brooklyn don’t matter. For those who missed the news, early...
Logging in to Facebook, you see a notification: “John Doe invited you to the event ‘Students Supporting Fill-in-the-cause.” When you check your timeline on Twitter, you see a few tweets like...
Published: May 5, 2011
Alright, everybody, I hope you’re all geared up for the 2012 election! We’ve already got what looks to be a ton of fun in store, with the champion of change defending...
Published: April 20, 2011
Maybe it’s different in the rest of America, but it seems like wherever I go, religion-bashing follows. From the most liberal of Chicago’s suburbs to the Jesuit University...
The Pledge and Positive Patriotism
By Harry Huggins, Opinions Editor
Published: April 13, 2011
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it...
Published: March 30, 2011
Despite what it says on your box, you are not a “smart phone.” No, to me you are a genius life-partner.
In fact, you are the best thing that’s ever happened to me....
Published: March 2, 2011
I’m not good at being sick. When my body isn’t working right, I forget how to be a real person. I wallow in my own self-pity; I complain to anyone who asks how I am;...
Published: February 16, 2011
It’s Tuesday afternoon at 3:45 p.m. It seems like I’ve been in classes or meetings since before I woke up this morning, and my day is only half over. My list of...
Published: February 2, 2011
I’m standing in line on 11th Avenue on a 20-degree January afternoon. The wind is strong enough to be in a commercial for a sleek car, but it’s bearable since I’m...
Published: December 9, 2010
You need to calm down. Take a deep breath of frankincense. Splash your face with some holy water. If you were indeed trying to “kick-start a discussion,” you did a terrible...
Published: August 25, 2010
The gutters that my Grandpa
Fastened to the house of
My dreams
AND nightmares
Couldn’t hold the rain that poured
Like Jameson into my
One last shot
GlassI’m...
Published: November 17, 2010
On Nov. 12 I officially left my teenaged years behind and adopted the status of “20-something.” Although in my case that something is a zero, it still brings a lot...
Published: November 3, 2010
Congratulations on winning the hearts and minds of your voters. Whether by default (i.e. you were running against Christine O’Donnell) or by sheer will power, you convinced...
Published: October 20, 2010
I’ve been waiting, wishing, hoping, dying for this moment. Scientists have detected an area where there might be a planet inhabitable by humans. My excitement isn’t...
Published: August 25, 2010
By now the controversy surrounding the building of a Muslim community center, including a mosque, on Park Place in Lower Manhattan has become national news. Obviously anything...
Published: August 25, 2010
Right now is an exciting time. Yes, I’m reuniting with New York City after a long and trying separation. Yes, as a sophomore I can finally take the non-introductory...
Published: August 25, 2010
Hipster Nation
Mostly Greenwich Village
New York, NY 10012
Dear Hipster Nation,
After a few good years and many style changes, I’ve finally had enough. I thought...
Published: May 5, 2010
It’s Tuesday. On my to-do list right now: one seven-page history paper, one graphic design project, one philosophy argument rehearsal, one science ethics paper, pack for my...
Published: April 22, 2010
With Earth Day approaching, you might be looking for ways to flaunt your inner green. Many people call themselves environmentally conscious without even realizing that they...
Published: April 1, 2010
During the month of March, colleges from Arkansas Pine Bluff to Xavier, crisscrossing the country from Gonzaga to Georgetown, focused on one thing only: college hoops. Spring...
Published: March 4, 2010
Dear reader, if you learn only one thing from this newspaper, let it be this: Bob Costas, sports announcer for NBC, anchor of the 2010 Winter Olympics broadcast, is inarguably...
Published: December 10, 2009
With the lighting of the Christmas tree in the plaza, the holiday season is undeniably upon us. For some, this means stressful hunting in the concrete jungle for the perfect...
Published: October 22, 2009
Right now, I hate life. While everyone around me is singing “Empire York State of Mind,” I’m humming Taylor Swift’s “Invisible” quietly to myself.
What could...
Published: September 24, 2009
It’s Saturday night and you’ve finally arrived at your friend’s apartment after an endless ride on the Ram Van and a potentially Security Alert-worthy walk through...
