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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

JACK BRUDECKI

JACK BRUDECKI, Online Editor

Jack Brudecki (he/him), FCLC ’27, is the online editor for The Observer. He is double majoring in comparative literature and French, along with a minor in computer science. He is probably buying another book instead of reading one.

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Setting aside the abundant literary allusions and the familial connections the sport conjures, the images of baseball also bring me back to little league games long past.

Diamonds in the Rough

April 30, 2026
Baseball has existed as a facet of American culture for well over a century. What can the sport teach us about life outside the foul poles?
I recommend checking out these books if you are interested in ideas discussed in Labatut’s novel.

Wading through Instability: Thoughts on Anxiety

November 5, 2025

COLUMN: (De)mystifying Mental Health In two sentences, Chilean author Benjamín Labatut manages to describe the shared telos of art and science with devastating elegance. He does so through the voice...

More and more Americans are searching for therapeutic comfort in all the different crevices of their lives

A Blanket for the Mind in a Restless Age

September 24, 2025

COLUMN: (De)mystifying Mental Health This past April, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) published a statement highlighting reports on an increase of depression among Americans. According to the...

Near the end of the semester, students come face to face with a phenomenon that is sometimes equated with simple stress, but in reality is a confluence of three distinct mentalities.

For Students, Fighting Burnout is Always Due

May 14, 2025

At long last, Fordham has reached the end of finals season. For students, this has meant an intensified assignment load, late nights and an ever-present lull of stress. But the annual carousel of overload...

I believe art is the vehicle through which we weave meaning into our lives. In other words, the divine comes to us through art.

Approaching Art with Zeal

April 30, 2025

I have never been very religious. Although I’ve received Christian sacraments and attended private Catholic schools all my life, faith has played a minuscule part in it. I do not attend mass or any other...

A more blossoming form of love comes about from an embracing of the whole person, as opposed to a reduction to only the sum of their parts.

To Love More Fully

March 26, 2025

My daily commute consists of an hour-long ride into Manhattan across two different trains. It is exceedingly rare to find anyone engaging in direct communication with one another. Some read a book. One...

New York City rents have skyrocketed in recent years, raising questions about the ethics of landlord-tenant relationship.

Let’s Hold Landlords Responsible

November 15, 2023

As rent and inflation climb, renters in New York City are struggling to make ends meet while landlords continue to line their pockets. This relationship is inherently exploitative, and renters ought to...

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