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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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GRACE GETMAN

GRACE GETMAN, Former Managing Editor

Grace Getman, FCLC ’22, is the managing editor for The Observer. A dual urban studies and environmental studies major, she likes trees, buildings and trees on the top of buildings (jury’s out on buildings on top of trees). Previously, she worked as an editor in the Social Media and Opinions sections.

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Sunday, April 24

Sunday, April 24

April 24, 2022
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April 1, 2022
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March 5, 2022
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March 3, 2022
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March 2, 2022
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March 1, 2022
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February 28, 2022
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Staff Diversity Report: Fall 2021

Staff Diversity Report: Fall 2021

November 3, 2021
In this report, you will find a transparent examination of the diversity of our staff — examined along lines of ethnicity, sexuality, financial need and other factors.
graphic rose hill map with colored buildings

A Rose Hill Survival Guide

August 31, 2021
I’ve assembled the best recommendations for Rose Hill and the area surrounding it, built for non-natives. I’ll catch you on the Ram Van.
campus tours check-in sign at the Rose Hill campus

[Photo] Fordham Resumes On-Campus Tours

By INSIYA GANDHI • April 14, 2021

For the first time since March 2020, accepted students and their families are allowed on Fordham's campuses. These campus tours are limited capacity and require visitors to follow Fordham's COVID-19 procedures.

a graphic of several issues of The CLC Observer stacked together

A Quiz Down Memory Lane

March 30, 2021
What would life be like as a Fordham student in 1981, the year The Observer was founded? Take this quiz to test your knowledge and find out.
album cover for taylor swift's 'evermore'

Ram Jams: ‘evermore’

December 19, 2020
The Observer’s Swifties listened at the stroke of midnight on the release date, have had it in their Spotify rotations ever since and have (ever)more thoughts to share.
a red sky in oregon above suburban houses, which fuels concerns about climate change

Why We Love the Apocalypse

September 21, 2020
We discuss real climate change as something to prevent or that is waiting for a future generation. This is a fantasy. Climate change is here.
DeLaria is on a zoom call

‘Be Funny. Make Money.’

May 19, 2020
"Orange is the New Black" star Lea DeLaria is the first speaker of what students hope becomes the "Conversation Starters" club.
A vaccination list including the H1N1 virus

A Look at Fordham’s Last Pandemic: The Swine Flu

April 22, 2020
It was the fall semester of 2009, and a very different pandemic had reached Fordham’s doors: the swine flu. By December of that year, 165 cases of H1N1 had appeared at the Rose Hill campus and 12 at Lincoln Center. 
My mother's first loaf of homemade raisin bread.

Quarantine, or Change

April 14, 2020
I’ve watched the virus slowly take over my city while only being able to sit in my room.
A Fordham Student’s Digital Guide to NYC

A Fordham Student’s Digital Guide to NYC

April 1, 2020
Tour the Met and the Guggenheim, listen to the best concerts from Jazz at Lincoln Center and soak in the cultural wealth of the city that never sleeps from even the sleepiest small town.
Throughout the rehearsal process, the actors developed a sense of community similar to that embodied by the play's characters.

‘Airline Highway’ Readies for Takeoff

February 19, 2020
Fordham Theatre’s first mainstage production of the Spring 2020 semester, “Airline Highway,” is a raucous celebration of life and community in New Orleans, opening on Feb. 20.
In a photo published in Newsweek on March 29, 1965, the Selma to Montgomery marches, the writer's great aunt holds a young child.

Flesh and Blood: A Post-Post MLK Day Reflection

January 28, 2020
The hero narrative is an important part of the human search for meaning, but it can also be used to exculpate, as it provides exoneration from the responsibility of moral accountability. 
Fordham Pilots New 'Jesuitte'

Fordham Pilots New ‘Jesuitte’

November 13, 2019
The new show is titled “The Jesuitte” and features 25 Fordham Lincoln Center undergraduates competing for the heart of Olivia DiGiorno, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’21.
A regal portrait of Rameses XVI

The Rise and Fall of the Rameses Dynasty

October 30, 2019
From 1925 to 1978, Fordham maintained live rams who were trotted out during sporting events to represent our school pride. The Rameses dynasty, which featured over 20 heirs, shares a bloody, twisted history, made all the more shocking by its complete accuracy. 
A Naturalist’s Guide to Fordham Lincoln Center

A Naturalist’s Guide to Fordham Lincoln Center

August 27, 2019
Fordham University is a complex ecosystem, home to species that can be found nowhere else in the world, despite their desire to attend either NYU or Columbia. This biodiversity can be overwhelming for first-time visitors, so we’ve assembled a definitive guide that will be helpful for both those new to the field and seasoned researchers. 
Cryptid Found on Campus

Cryptid Found on Campus

April 9, 2019
On March 31, 2019, students were stunned when a creature long assumed to be myth was spotted at the Ildiko Butler Gallery.
Notes from a Reluctant Runner

Notes from a Reluctant Runner

March 30, 2019
Grace Getman, Assistant Opinions Editor, accounts her experience as a reluctant runner and gives three tips on how to become a consistent runner.
A poster was provided afterwards on which students could write messages of their solidarity against the terror that befell New Zealand. One student wrote a hadith in Arabic, a saying of the Prophet Muhammed: “Ijtanibul ghadaba,” or "Avoid anger."

New Zealand: We All Must Join the Fight Against Islamophobia

March 16, 2019
While this act of terror occurred in New Zealand, we are all too familiar with acts of senseless hatred and mass killing in the United States, and around the country we have been standing in solidarity and grief with the rest of the world.
If a cup tree grows in a forest, does anyone notice where their tuition is going?

Liquid Cash: the Fordham Cup Conspiracy

February 19, 2019
Fordham’s budget isn’t going to its London program; it’s funding the creation of thousands and thousands of elegant plastic cups decorated with the logo of our fine institution. Big Ben? More like Big Gulp.
USG President Demetrios Stratis crosses his own Rubicon in the plaza.

SATIRE – Budget Troubles Lead to USG Shutdown

February 6, 2019
As of Thursday, Feb. 5, United Student Government (USG) has been in a state of partial shutdown for 47 consecutive days. This breaks the previous record of two days in 2013, when the USG President at the time lost his keys. Shockingly, Austin Tong, Gabelli School of Business ’21, is not at fault this time.
Turnout for the midterm elections in 2018 was significantly higher than its 2014 counterpart.

You Voted, Now Keep Voting

November 14, 2018
Do something. Do anything to participate in our political process. Go to protests. Show up to town halls. Heck, run for office yourself.
Don't fall victim to the anti-vax trend – you'll become a victim of the flu. (GRAPHIC BY STEPH LAWLOR)

Give Shots a Shot

November 7, 2018
There are four pharmacies where you can get your flu shot within three blocks of Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus, and it is free under most insurance plans.
US Open Exposes Greater Faults

US Open Exposes Greater Faults

September 26, 2018
Imagine telling Serena Williams, the most decorated tennis athlete on the planet, that she needs to smile more. That she needs to calm down. That she’s coming off a little too aggressive.
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