NICOLE PERKINS, Former Fun & Games Editor
Nicole Perkins, FCLC ‘22, is the fun and games editor at The Observer. She is currently majoring in political science and visual arts. When she is not desperately trying to finish the NYT mini crossword, you can find her taking photos, walking around downtown Manhattan, or trying out a new recipe while making an absolute mess in her kitchen.
All content by NICOLE PERKINS
August 31, 2021
Discover the things that Fordham students use daily in this crossword created by Nicole Perkins, powered by PuzzleMe.
May 9, 2021
Figure out what everyday office supplies lie within this crossword, powered by PuzzleMe.
May 6, 2021
Observer editors-in-chief discuss their experiences as editors and students while leading Fordham Lincoln Center's newspaper.
April 18, 2021
Play today's interactive online Observer crossword featuring one beloved royal's name, the fourth in a series of four mini crosswords.
December 28, 2020
Joseph Epstein’s piece not only argues something that is sexist and misogynistic, but is also poorly written and unsubstantiated by facts.
December 3, 2020
Fordham is continuously suffering a drop in retention and enrollment rates, a problem which began before the pandemic.
November 12, 2020
After an administrative decision to suspend retirement plan contributions, Fordham faculty speak out.
October 28, 2020
The need for political education in the classroom is not a new concept, but students have gone recently gone beyond school to learn more.
August 21, 2020
As students return to school, the communities they return to could face another COVID-19 surge.
July 30, 2020
Multiple allegations have arisen against theatre professor Matthew Maguire, in the first of a series sparked by @letstalkaboutitfordham and @blackatfordham posts.
July 9, 2020
Many community members feel as though policies regarding transgender students are not enough — they claim the climate at Fordham needs to be changed.
June 18, 2020
The murder of George Floyd has served as one of the many catalysts to fight back against a history of systemic oppression against Black people. Fordham students have joined in the nationwide protests urging for police abolition and the elimination of systemic racism.
June 3, 2020
After McShane’s statement regarding the death of George Floyd was released on May 30, many students found a lack of a call to action amidst his words.
May 13, 2020
With pressure from students, faculty and policymakers, Fordham's financial steps during the pandemic became subject to criticism.
April 29, 2020
In the dire time of the novel coronavirus, the financial situation for students, staff and the university is anything but ideal.
April 28, 2020
Lindsay Jorgensen, Fordham College Lincoln Center ’20, reflects on being sent home mid-semester as a senior. Without a chance to say goodbye to her greatest mentors, she uses technology to expand her craft.
April 14, 2020
Before the coronavirus radically transformed daily life in America, seniors were slated to graduate into the strongest job market in 50 years. Now, the employment rate is plummeting — and the jobs that remain are irrevocably changed.
February 19, 2020
Transit Bureau District 1 covers all the Fordham Lincoln Center stations and has one of the lowest enforcements per fare evader in NYC. Compare it to TBD 23, which includes Rockaway to Jamaica Plains, and the numbers are very different. Why? TBD 1 is wealthier — and whiter.
January 20, 2020
For most students, medieval studies is as distant as the Middle Ages.
We largely fail to notice the little ways that the medieval period affects our daily lives. Patrick DeBrosse, a Ph.D. student who teaches undergraduate classes on medieval studies, points out that we can still find the medieval period in our lexicon today.
December 17, 2019
Finals season has arrived in my life like a hurricane and just as quickly swept away. Where there once was a crowded library, students screaming on the plaza and last-minute studying, only silence and the posting of final grades remain.
December 4, 2019
Cost can kill any budding interest you have in the photography field if you take it in all at once. So here are some tips to make the venture a little more manageable.
August 25, 2019
I’m sure that if you took all the smarts lost by Fordham University students and combined them together, you would get a larger-than-average brain. A big brain, if you will.
July 18, 2019
Space was getting sparse until the Office of Residential Life came up with an ingenious solution: putting three people in rooms meant for two.
April 30, 2019
President Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., spontaneously decided we needed more monogrammed cups and needed to find money in the budget. But in return for this noble sacrifice, Fordham will be equipping every student with a spatula, a personalized chef’s apron and a complimentary floor cleaning kit.
April 9, 2019
Recently, it came to my attention that I am broke. New York is expensive and I was never that rich in the first place, so things have only gone downhill upon my arrival at Lincoln Center in September.
March 26, 2019
The cursed night of the soup saga is one I will never forget. I want to say that the elevator miraculously appeared, that I got onto it in time and held my soup up high for all to see. But it didn’t come.
February 19, 2019
Out for a pleasant stroll a few evenings ago, I found myself hopelessly lost in the bowels of Fordham University. I took several elevators (both up and down), an escalator and eventually discovered myself to be in a dumbwaiter that had popped out of thin air. When I was finally able to take in my surroundings, I was standing in front of the finest Fordham dining establishment on this blessed campus: the freshman dining hall.
January 22, 2019
There are forces far more powerful than physics at play in this humble walkway.
November 14, 2018
He would rather his son die in a car accident than be gay. He told a woman she was “too ugly to be raped.” His name is Jair Bolsonaro and he is the president-elect of the fourth largest democracy in...
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