The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

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NINA GUIDICE, Blog Editor Emerita

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Most Promising Education Policies: Lhota or de Blasio?

September 23, 2013
It’s high time that NYC experiences something different—or rather, someone different—than it has in the years past.
NYPD continue to stop and frisk. (Ciar/Wikimedia Commons)

NYC’s Stop-and-Frisk Policies Need To Go

April 7, 2013
The reason for most stops is “reasonable suspicion” which tends to mean whatever the frisking officer wants it to mean.
(Rex Sakomoto/The Observer)

It’s The End of the World…Again

December 12, 2012
Guys, it’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine. Because the world’s not going to end. I’m sorry to disappoint you.
Each year women around the world participate in Slut Walk, a protest against street harassment, rape culture and victim blaming. (Katherine Fotinos/The Observer Archives)

Placing the Burden of Street Harassment

November 14, 2012
You might know it as catcalling, but let’s call it what it really is: street harassment. Or, sexual harassment that occurs on the street.
Jay Pharoah and Jason Sudeikis take on the roles of President Obama and Mitt Romney all during election season. (Courtesy of NBC/Dana Edelson/NBC)

Has Political Satire Gone Too Far?

October 19, 2012
Political satire may misinform some, but engages younger generations.
It’s futile to pay your dues as an intern if you’re not gaining valuable skills. (Sherry Yuan/The Observer)

Internships Are Illegal and Exploitative

October 6, 2012
As a young enterprising college student in a sea of equally young, enterprising college students, I know that everyone is doing anything and everything they can to get ahead.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, and U.S. President Barack Obama attend the first presidential debate at Denver University on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, in Denver, Colorado. (Zhang Jun/Xinhua/Zuma Press/MCT)

Students Give Post Debate Reactions

October 4, 2012
The first of four presidential debates was held at the University of Denver, in Colorado, one of the main swing states in next month's election. Presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney faced off for 90 minutes in a showdown that allowed the candidates to address each other directly and define their platform's differences.

Students Discuss What It Means To Be a Minority

October 4, 2012
According to the Office of Institutional Research at FCLC, 33.9 percent of students identify as a minority, with Hispanic and Latino students making up the largest minority group at 15.4 percent for Fall 2011.
Denzel Theater Scholar, Chair Named

Denzel Theater Scholar, Chair Named

September 19, 2012
In 2011, Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’77, donated $2 million to create an endowment for the Denzel Washington Chair in Theatre position and added another $250,000 to create a...
President Obama found a new way to interact with the American electorate through social media site, Reddit. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Obama & Reddit: More Fat Chat, No Innovation

September 5, 2012
Reddit, Twitter and Tumblr are simply new ways to do the same old thing—politicians adapting to new technology to target their audiences.

Point — Counterpoint: Are the Stricter Voting Laws Fair to Americans?

August 22, 2012

Yes, Voting Integrity Must Be Protected By WILL BERGESCH The squabbling about the voter ID laws that has gone on for weeks has left me bewildered. These laws now require some type of official ID to...

A mourner pays tribute to those killed in the massacre at a movie screening of The Dark Night Rises in Aurora, CO. (Courtesy of Mark Boster/LA Times/MCT)

Revisiting Gun Control for Fall Elections

August 22, 2012
The problem with the national conversation of gun control is that there isn’t one, and this being an election year, the political elite have “more important things” to concentrate on, like massive unemployment, slow economic recovery and healthcare reform. Fair enough, but it’s not enough.

Point – Counterpoint: Liberty and English For All

May 2, 2012
Rick Santorum’s comments on statehood for Puerto Rico stirred the debate on whether or not English should be its standardized language.
It is hard to determine where candidates are getting their money from noawadays. This controversial issue has become so prevalent that it is now the subject of parody in political commentary. (Don Wright/MCT)

“Dark Money” Destroys the Integrity of the Election Season

March 28, 2012
Everyone has heard of Super PACs, those ultra-powerful, ultra-rich organizations that can use their funds for whatever they please, so long as they don’t have direct coordination with a candidate.

Point-Counterpoint: Is a Required Ultrasound a Step Too Far or Justifiable Legislation?

March 28, 2012
Usually, it is considered highly immoral to implement laws that impede a person’s path to exercise their rights. Somehow, though, the rights for a woman to decide what happens to her own body have been seriously put into question. The most recent legislative amendment to a woman’s right to choose has been the required ultrasound at least 24 hours before an abortion.
George Clooney is an Academy favorite. Most likely because the majority of voters are older white men who wish they looked like him. (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

I’d Like to Thank the Academy: The Oscars are a Ceremony of Self-Congratulation

February 26, 2012
"I hope you enjoyed the goody bags and the champagne and the gold. I hope that took your mind off the recession for a while."

You Call That Art? Abstract Expressionism at MoMA

July 23, 2011

Published: October 7, 2010 At least one member of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) canceled his membership in protest after viewing Ad Reinhardt’s “Abstract Painting” (1963) in its initial...

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