Published: April 30, 2009
This past December, I was invited to a party full of my closest friends near Morningside Heights. The location was pleasant, the company was comforting, and the...
Published: April 30, 2009
At Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC), there is always plenty to talk about. For some, there is also plenty to complain about. From the constant Internet issues to class...
Published: April 9, 2009
Let’s face it: temptation is all around us. Many times, when someone tries to do something better or healthier, temptation seems to be more apparent. Trying to drink less?...
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...
Published: April 2, 2009
As soon as I returned from Spring Break in Fla., I encountered what anyone who works out would consider a nightmare: I got terribly sick. When I dropped my bags at the dorms...
Published: March 12, 2009
March 13 is almost here, and Spring Break will soon descend on Fordham. You and a couple of friends have plane tickets to one of a number of tropical, warm places:...
Published: November 13, 2008
The Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) intramural softball team Jean-Claude Ram Van (JCRV) pulled off a comeback victory against Off Constantly 12-10 on Nov. 3....
Published: February 26, 2009
Going to the gym every other day, a person tends to hear the groans and shouts from the muscle-bound weight lifters to the huffs and puffs of the treadmill runners....
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....
Published: January 29, 2009
My name is Brent Nycz. I am a Lincoln Center senior, and I am overweight.
I don’t think of myself that way, but according to my Body Mass Index, I am “overweight,...
Published: January 29, 2009
Growing up, many of us have either consciously or subconsciously changed certain aspects of ourselves in order to appeal to the affections of a love interest. Some of us...
Published: December 11, 2008
As reported previously in The Observer, on Oct. 29 Fordham Law School awarded the Fordham-Stein Ethics Award to Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer. Many prominent Catholic...
Published: December 11, 2008
After being on my feet for two hours straight at the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (SOA/WHINSEC) protest, I sluggishly...
Published: November 20, 2008
Some sports are deemed offensive because the violence involved before, during and after a match is won. Some sports are shocking simply because of the danger they invoke....
Published: November 20, 2008
FCLC—The Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) intramural softball team Jean-Claude Ram Van (JCRV) pulled off its second consecutive comeback victory against...
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...
Published: October 16, 2008
The Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) intramural softball team Jean-Claude Ram Van (JCRV) have picked up the pace by notching two consecutive wins. After losing...
Published: October 16, 2008
I am a Christian. I am a Free Methodist, which would make me an evangelical Christian. Despite what you may think, however, I have struggled with my decision over whom...
Published: October 2, 2008
The Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) intramural softball team Jean-Claude Ram Van (JCRV) lost their season opener to Rascal Crew 11-5 on Sept. 15. The loss dropped...
Published: August 28, 2008
Walking the halls of Fordham College at Lincoln Center, you may spot members of this club in your vicinity. You may see them stroll around campus with white pants and...
Published: August 28, 2008
Once the clock struck midnight on Aug. 12, thousands rushed to participate in what has become an unofficial holiday, the release of “Madden NFL 09.” In its 20-year...
Published: August 28, 2008
Flying high after their first playoff win last season, team captain and pitcher Joe Lynn, FCLC ’09, said exactly what his team was thinking.
“It makes no difference...
Published: May 1, 2008
Before the start of Jean-Claude Ram Van’s (JCRV) first playoff game against the Cooters on April 27, third baseman Justin Stark, FCLC ’10, was manning his position when...
Published: April 17, 2008
The Fordham College at Lincoln Center’s (FCLC) intramural softball team, Jean-Claude Ram Van (JCRV), lost a five-inning 18-7 against the Furies on April 6, in addition to...
Published: April 17, 2008
April 21, 1999. I sat in the boys’ row at my elementary school, hanging out with some of my classmates. At that age, I was slowly building confidence to talk after two years...
Published: April 3, 2008
After 85 years, Yankee Stadium will close its doors at the conclusion of the 2008 season. With the end of an era coming ever closer, fans, now more than ever, are flocking to...
Published: January 31, 2008
The New York Giants are headed to the Super Bowl, after defeating the Green Bay Packers 23-20 in overtime on Jan. 20. After missing a 36-yard field goal at the end of regulation,...
Published: Febrary 14, 2008
The importance of fitness has been hammered into students’ minds since elementary school, when gym teachers administered fitness tests in health classes while preaching...
Published: January 31, 2008
There are many factors to consider when deciding which presidential nominee to endorse: Democrat or Republican? Man or woman? Football or basketball? Though it...
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Published: January 31, 2008
In a crowded bedroom after a long and exhausting night, I sluggishly stared in the eyes of my exhausted GO! Florida teammates, wondering what our reflection would...
Published: December 13, 2007
Amidst Fordham’s opening game of the 2006 NIT Season Tip-Off, then-freshman guard Brenton Butler, FCRH ’10, found himself sitting on the bench. In that game,...
Published: November 15, 2007
With 10 weeks already played, the National Football League’s (NFL) season is entering crunch time; the same is likely true of your fantasy league. As NFL teams prepare...
Published: November 15, 2007
With their 24-21 win against the College of the Holy Cross on Nov. 3, the Fordham University Rams have clinched both a share of the Patriot League championship and a spot...
Published: October 25, 2007
Before the start of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s semi-final World Cup match against Brazil on Sept. 27, head coach Greg Ryan controversially decided to...
Published: October 11, 2007
Football season is here again and you know what that means; tailgating is also upon us. Football fans all over the country will be pulling up lawn chairs, firing up the grill...
Published: September 27, 2007
When Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett stepped on the field for Week 1 of the National Football League season, he understood the possibility that he could be...