H1N1 Expected to Increase in Spring; Vaccine Available at FCLC

Marc Girard, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’10, did not know what to expect when he was quarantined for a possible H1N1 infection in early October. After waking up with a fever of 104, Girard went to the health center. “[The health center] tested me for H1N1 and influenza A, but they were both negative,” Girard said. Full story

Is Facebook Killing the Haiti Relief Effort?

During one of my first classes of this semester—over a week after a violent earthquake racked the already impoverished nation of Haiti—the professor asked students to raise their hands if they had donated money to disaster relief in Haiti. Full story

A Conversation With Cosmonaut

From behind a wall of cymbals, hazy vocals, rumbling bass and reverberating guitars emerge the four members of Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC)-based band Cosmonaut. Daniel Quinn, FCLC ’12, and Jack Manley, FCLC ’10, sing and play guitar. Full story

Fordham’s Haiti Relief Effort: All Talk and No Action

The FCLC Community Wants to Help, Yet Lack of Opportunities Has Students Disappointed

Walking by the escalator in Lowenstein, one can’t help but notice the Hope for Haiti sign.  Beside it stands a podium with a prayer book filled with students’ and faculty’s words of hope for Haitians.  Fordham is offering emotional aid for those who need it, but are they sending the financial aid that is necessary to rebuild the broken country? Fordham immediately contacted students via e-mail upon returning from winter break about potential fundraising events and prayer services. Full story

Meals to Come

“One of the earliest Muslim cookery books from Baghdad described food as ‘the noblest and most consequential of the six pleasures’ (the others were drink, clothes, sex, scent and sound).” -Lizzie Conningham from her book Curry White bread, red meat and blue blood make the tri colored flag of conquest. Full story

Fordham Quarterback Preps for NFL Draft

Fordham quarterback and prospective NFL draft pick John Skelton, College of Business Administration (CBA) ’10, had his welcome-to-the-big-leagues moment shortly after arriving in Orlando, FL to participate in the Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Game, an annual college football all-star showcase. Full story

Haiti Relief Concert