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Ghost Stories
The Evolution of the Word ‘Ghost’ •The Oxford English Dictionary shows that the word “ghost” is of West Germanic origin and appears in Old English as “gást,” meaning “soul or spirit.” •While the noun...
View ArticleRams in Vans: The Intercampus Transportation You Can Always Rely On
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of taking a class at Rose Hill, you are surely aware of the Ram Van, Fordham’s splendid intercampus transportation. Maybe you’re a science major on your way to...
View Article40 Years of the Rambling Ram Van
Forty years ago this semester, a hallmark of the Fordham experience was born: the Ram Van. Fordham students have complained about the Ram Van since its inception in 1979 — if you’ve ever taken our...
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Fordham Choirs and Ailey Dancers Perform at Annual Christmas Festival
On Dec. 7, hundreds sat in hushed silence at the darkened Church of St. Paul the Apostle, waiting for the Fordham University Women’s Choir to emerge from the side of the church with candles in their...
View ArticleSix Fun Holiday Facts
The song “The First Noël” should be spelled “The First Nowell” because the tune is originally English (not French, as noël is), and the English spelling is nowell. The record for the largest gathering...
View ArticleWe Came, We Saw, We Were Conquered by Fordham’s Apathy Toward Classics
How many majors does Fordham Lincoln Center have? At least one more than you thought. Classics majors do exist at this newfangled campus; even without the hallowed, ancient halls of Keating, we...
View ArticleFigure Skating: For More Than Just the Pros
If you’ve lived in a relatively cold place or seen the Winter Olympics on TV, you probably know at least a little bit about ice skating. Skating, even if you’re just propelling yourself around the ice...
View Article‘Queen of Suspense’ Mary Higgins Clark Passes Away at 92
Prolific author Mary Higgins Clark, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’79, passed away on Jan. 31 in Naples, Florida, at the age of 92. She authored dozens of bestselling suspense novels over a...
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View ArticleStudents Petition After Face-to-Face Classes Canceled
After the cancellation of all in-person classes and all on-campus events for the duration of the semester, students concerned about potential reimbursement of their housing fees have created a petition...
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A Fordham Student’s Digital Guide to NYC
GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION BY LARA FOLEY Stuck at home and missing the days when you and your friends would traipse around New York City’s most famous artistic and cultural institutions? Rest a little easier...
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Online Classes Are Good for Older Professors
Many of our professors are boomers. That’s not an insult, just a fact: It takes years to earn a degree and even more to become tenured at a university. Often, this is a good thing, since we as young...
View ArticleWorshipping God While Social Distancing
In this holy season of Passover and Easter, many worshippers are experiencing their services in a new way this year: online. Although the president was hoping they would be able to gather together by...
View ArticleRam Jams: ‘The New Abnormal’ Is New but Not Abnormal
Genre: Indie rock, post-punk revival On a playlist with: Arctic Monkeys, The Voidz The deets: After seven years without an album release, The Strokes are back with “The New Abnormal.” It’s filled with...
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Crossword Issue 8: No Man’s Land
For some related fun, match the places on the map to their corresponding crossword clues. JILL RICE The post Crossword Issue 8: No Man’s Land appeared first on The Observer.
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A Successful End of Zoomester Show
If you had told us when we first clicked on the link to the livestream of the Stove’s Cabin Crew End of Semester Show that we’d watch the club raise over $5,000 in one day to help health care workers...
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Making Brownies with Esmé Bleecker-Adams and Jill Rice
In our second cooking-at-home episode, Asst. Photo Editor, Fun & Games Editor Esmé Bleecker-Adams, FCLC ’21 and Copy Editor Jill Rice FCLC ’22 make Bon Appétit’s Camouflage Chocolate Fudge Brownies...
View ArticleOpen the Economy Safely, but Soon
We all know the effects of the coronavirus on people, politics and society as a whole. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to remind us through the news and advertisements on...
View ArticleRam Jams: ‘Making a Door Less Open’
Genre: indie rock, lo-fi music On a playlist with: 1 Trait Danger, Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy Compared to previous albums by Will Toledo and Car Seat Headrest, “Making a Door Less Open” is different, but...
View ArticleAll the Fun Facts: Spring 2020
January Holidays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 20) occurs on a Monday between Jan. 15 (his real birthday) and 21 because of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act which placed many national holidays,...
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Crossword Issue 13: Great Divides
Play More Crosswords Crossword Issue 12: Crossed Linens Crossword Issue 10: Make or Break Crossword Issue 9: Food for Thought .sno-66255e45cd5a6 { width: calc(100% - 40px); margin: 30px auto...
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Mail-In Voting Isn’t the Solution You Hope It Is
In the era of the coronavirus pandemic — a clause that begins every article these days — one of many things weighing heavily on Americans’ minds is the upcoming election in November. Many states have...
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Le Tour de France’s Youngest Racers Are Like Us, but Superhuman
Imagine flying down a mountain in the Alps at 60 miles per hour, riding a bicycle among a group of 180 other athletes, all of you tired from riding a hundred miles the day before, and the day before...
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Live Music Remains Unconquered
Conductor Anthony Barfield showcased “Invictus” at Lincoln Center on Aug. 7 as an ode to the city and its people during a time marked by COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement. Alongside 15...
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Argo Goes Dark: Evening Employees Let Go
During a normal semester, if you walked down to the Garden Lounge around 8:30 p.m. on a weekday, you’d find most tables filled with students studying, hanging out or eating, and a line of people in...
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‘A Culture of Life’: The Catholic Church Has Never Advocated for the Death...
The Catholic Church’s mission is all about a culture of life. It supports life from conception to natural death, no matter the person, their circumstances, their problems or their way of living. No one...
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, FCRH ’54, Investigated in Vatican Report
Trigger warning: Nonconsensual sexual activity and abuse The Vatican released a 450-page report on Nov. 10 about Theodore McCarrick, ex-cardinal of the Catholic Church and Fordham College at Rose Hill...
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Ram Jams: ‘OK Human’
Genre: Pop Rock On a Playlist With: AJR, Jukebox the Ghost, Cage the Elephant “OK Human” was a surprise release from the nearly 30-year-old band Weezer, as it was announced on Jan. 18 with a release...
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Matilde Fava, Longtime Professor Known for Empathy and Decorum, Dies at 78
Matilde Fava, Undergraduate School of Education (UGE) ’69 and an adjunct professor of communication in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) who served Fordham for more than 45 years,...
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Kiki’s Fashion Korner: A Surprisingly On-Trend Early ’00s Relic
If you picked up a copy of The Observer in 2002, there’s a distinct possibility that you would come across the column Kiki’s Fashion Korner by Kia Warren, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’05....
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Ram Jams: In ‘OK Orchestra,’ Drums, Violins, Insecurities, Oh My!
Genre: indie pop On a playlist with: Glass Animals, Fitz and The Tantrums, Weezer, Jukebox the Ghost New York-based indie-pop band AJR released their fourth studio album, “OK Orchestra,” on March 26,...
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, FCRH ’54, Charged With Sexual Assault of a Minor
Trigger warning: nonconsensual sexual activity and abuse of minors Nearly nine months after the Vatican released a report detailing the abuse of power and authority and abuse of minors and priests by...
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Tom Waite, Alliance News Founder, Remembers Observer Roots
Thomas Waite, College at Lincoln Center (CLC) ’87, originally chose Fordham’s midtown campus because he wanted to go to the law school. Forty years later, he’s running a business news organization in...
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BREAKING: Fordham Announces COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Spring 2022
To go along with the vaccine booster requirement that was announced on Dec. 14, Fordham will also require a negative COVID-19 test for students, faculty and staff to return to campus from winter break....
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BREAKING: Fordham Lifts Mask Mandate for First Time Since Summer 2021
Fordham announced it will remove the current mask mandate for all university campuses effective Saturday, March 5. The decision, which was announced in a March 4 email from Marco Valera, vice president...
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Fordham Institutes Classics Requirement
As a Jesuit institution, Fordham is well-known for its longstanding tradition of upholding many Christian values and remaining faithful to all the most conservative Catholic traditions like making...
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Fordham Baseball Keeps Postseason Hopes Alive in St. Bonaventure Sweep
The Fordham baseball team swept the St. Bonaventure University (SBU) Bonnies in three games last weekend, snapping the Rams’ string of three straight series losses since April 22. The team improved to...
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