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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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BILLY LABOSKA, Features Editor Emeritus

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A Tribute: The Life and Times of Dollar Beers

June 22, 2011

Published: April 9, 2009 A Fordham tradition for a nearly decade, students from all walks of life converged every Wednesday night at The Lincoln Park Grill. They would migrate down Ninth Avenue to the...

Out-of-Bounds Facebook Updates

June 20, 2011

Published: April 2, 2009 Last month, Dan Leone, a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan and part-time stadium employee, was fired by the team after posting a Facebook stutus critical of its decision to let...

No One on The Corner Has Swagger Like… Maury?

June 20, 2011

Published: April 2, 2009 Okay, I know what you’re thinking. “Swagger” is played out. That’s precisely what I was telling my friend Brent in the cafeteria just a few weeks ago. But that was before...

1 New Notification: Your Professor is on Facebook

June 19, 2011

Published: March 12, 2009 It starts off like any other Facebook experience. You click the red notifications box that reminds you that you’re special and then browse through the messages...

Can’t Hold It In? These Bathrooms Wipe The Competition!

June 8, 2011

Published: February 12, 2009 Finding an accessible and usable public bathroom around Lincoln Center is not easy. Sure, there’s a Starbucks on every block, but we all know the lines are killer....

New Year’s Resolutions, On and Off the Field

June 6, 2011

Published: January 29, 2009 In terms of sports, 2008 will hopefully be remembered for inspiring and exciting moments like Michael Phelps’s triumph in Beijing or the Tampa Bay Rays worst-to-first turnaround....

Then vs. Now: The Depression (1933) vs. The Recession (2009)

June 6, 2011

Published: January 29, 2009 After more than half a million Americans lost their jobs last month and the national unemployment rate rose to a 16-year high, comparisons between the current recession...

The Top 5 Scariest Places in Sports

June 5, 2011

Published: October 30, 2008 A dark alley, a deserted old mental hospital—there are some settings that always feel creepy. And while haunted houses and desolate forests are nearly ubiquitous in horror...

One Final Summer Day at Yankee Stadium

June 4, 2011

Published: October 16, 2008 “Our sense of a place is in many ways more important than objective fact.”—Peter Turchi, author of “Maps of the Imagination” It was one of those moments...

Commuter Eats: On-The-Go Meals that Go the Extra Mile

June 3, 2011

Published: August 28, 2008 Eating is rough when you’re living on campus, but it can be even rougher if you’re rushing to catch a bus or train to get to your 10 a.m. class on time. When choosing which...

Eight Highlights of My Amsterdam Trip

June 3, 2011

Published: August 28, 2008 When I traveled through Europe this summer with my friend Zack, we covered a lot of ground including Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Zack had been to Amsterdam...

Lunch for the Hungry, Money Minimalist

June 3, 2011

Published: April 3, 2008 We’ve narrowed down the most popular lunch spots among FCLC students and compared the prices of all your favorite quick-fix meals. The truth is, while the food served...

Where Has All The Platinum Gone?

June 1, 2011

Published: Febrary 14, 2008 As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, the best-selling album of all-time (104 million copies worldwide), the contrast between the current...

Best Stops Along the 2 Train

June 1, 2011

Published: January 31, 2008 The 2 train covers a lot of ground, so we’ve narrowed it down and found your best bets along the line, without having to leave good ol’ Manhattan. 96th Street—Broadway Symphony...

A Commuter’s Odyssey: Why My Commute is Worse Than Yours

May 30, 2011

Published: November 15, 2007 I awake at 6:45 a.m., thanks to a symphony of alarms—my CD player, cell phone and old fashioned alarm clock. I look out my window. It’s still dark out. I hit the snooze...

Hip-hop for the Holidays

May 30, 2011

Published: November 15, 2007 Freeway-“Free At Last” If “Roc-A-Fella Billionaires,” featuring Jay-Z, is any indication, “Free At Last” is skip-able. If you can’t make an enjoyable song...

8 Simple Steps for Attracting Males to FCLC

May 29, 2011

Published: November 8, 2007 As chronicled in a recent issue of The Observer, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) follows the national trend of colleges that have more female students than male....

Hey Hey, My My, Rock & Roll Can Never Die

May 29, 2011

It’s been a busy month in the music world, with new records having been released by rockers spanning the generations.  Here are a few of the albums you won’t want to overlook. John Fogerty—“Revival” Where...

2007 Brings “Ultimate Victory” for Conscious Rap

May 29, 2011

Published: October 25, 2007 Dating back to 1982 when Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five released the song “The Message,” hip-hop has acted as a vehicle for commenting on social and political...

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