Colleges and universities across the world have revoked graduates’ degrees for a variety of offenses—in this sense, Fordham University’s current conflict regarding Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...
When Russian Jewish immigrants came to the United States following the fall of the Soviet Union, many were able to receive asylum rather quickly and easily (at least compared to how the U.S. asylum process...
There’s a huge difference between “Selma” and “American Sniper,” and part of that has to do with time. While both touch on issues which are still extremely relevant today, “Selma” has the...
On Jan. 19, President Barack Obama announced America’s College Promise plan: a proposal to make the first two years of community colleges across the United States free for eligible students and institutions...
Electronic books, or e-books, have often been lauded for their environmentally-friendly production (as compared to print books) and ease of distribution and hailed as the future of the publishing industry....
I’ll always be an advocate of legal immigration, but in the midst of our country’s current immigration crisis, the legal channels we have in place simply aren’t going to cut it. Before we make...
When it comes to the Israel-Palestine conflict, the former has almost always drawn the short end of the stick when it comes to a fair and balanced representation in the media—at least if it’s the liberal...
On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Mary Higgins Clark, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’79, spoke to students in Professor of English Mary Bly’s Publishing: Theory and Practice class. Clark...
Award-winning poets Vievee Francis and Tracy K. Smith read excerpts and signed copies of their books of poetry, "Horse in the Dark" (2012) and "Life on Mars" (2011) respectively, on Thursday, April 24...
Gender equality is a battle which it seems we’ll always be fighting—or at least for many years to come—and with every step forward, there’s almost as many opponents pushing us back. The question...
It’s been more than a year since South African double amputee Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Feb. 14, 2013, shooting her through the bathroom door after...
When excerpts of J.K Rowling’s Wonderland magazine interview were revealed on Feb. 1, many Harry Potter fans were outraged—and with good reason. The author of the well-known and beloved series told...
In President Barack Obama’s Jan. 27 interview with the New Yorker, he let slip that he believed marijuana is no worse than alcohol. The interviewer then prodded him, asking if the drug is, in fact,...
The state of public education in the United States is a well-known but often ignored issue. Sure, we have compelling documentaries, such as Davis Guggenheim’s “Waiting for ‘Superman,’” which...
I only recently entered the “blog world” by finally making a Tumblr, and I’ve already become addicted to the site. Before joining, I honestly didn’t see the appeal of maintaining a blog. However,...
It often seems like issues of racism, or ethnic discrimination, for that matter, get pushed to the back of our minds. Sure, if you went up to someone and asked them if they thought that any...
The Obamacare debate—also known as the seemingly never ending fight between the Democrats who seek to fund and preserve President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Republicans who...
POINT: Joe Lhota for Mayor
By RACHEL SHMULEVICH
I may not be a New York citizen (and therefore not eligible to vote for the next mayor), but it is incredibly important to me that the next...
On May 15, Fordham announced that they would be keeping Sodexo as their primary food provider for the next 10 years—a decision that shocked a lot of students. After Fordham was given the title of “college...
Having lived in Boston for basically my entire life, I’m a tried and true Bostonian.
My family and friends are healthy and safe following the Boston Marathon bombings, but there is still that lingering...
This time last year, I was juggling about nine fat acceptance envelopes, frantically trying to decide which college would be the one I would spend the next four years of my life. Weighing the pros and...
We’re always shocked when a beloved (or sometimes not-so-beloved) celebrity commits a crime—and many times, we revel in the fact that someone so seemingly perfect is not who they present themselves...
Each day we see hoards of people trudging along, eyes glued to their iPhones, and texting as if their lives depended on it. I’ve been a part of this crowd before—and it has been the cause of some of...
I must have walked past Lincoln Center during Fashion Week a million times, but I never saw any of the celebrities or models who inadvertently cluttered my Facebook newsfeed in the form of pictures with...
Low Profits will Better Allocate Academic Funding
By BRITTANY FIELDS
At for-profit schools, roughly an extra $60,000 (the average income for professors according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics) could...
When Obama was elected, it was a huge step for our country. After all, he is the first man of color to be our president. He brought with him slogans of “Yes We Can” and “Change We Can Believe...
The cost of education is growing exponentially. So called “free” schools, institutions that give out full-tuition scholarships to all their students, are quickly disappearing. Olin College, back in...
