The Lost Art of Empathy: New Book Reveals Us to Be Accepting Yet Insensitive Generation
It’s been a little over one and a half years since Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi committed suicide after his roommate, Dharun Ravi, filmed his personal life.
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‘Queer’ Should Be Accepted, Not Feared
“Queer.” It’s short. Crisp. Easy to say. But it lingers in the mind, conjuring up ideas of the unusual or perplexing in its most traditional definition.
Ram Apologizes About April Fools’ Article But University’s Jewish Students Still Go Unheard
For the April Fools’ issue of the Rose Hill newspaper the Ram, the editors decided to run a story called “Jesuits Gone Jewish,” which jokingly claimed that Fordham would forgo its Jesuit roots and become a Jewish institution.
Kony 2012: An Emotional Oversimplification of Problems in Uganda
Kony 2012, a video campaign dedicated to raising awareness about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), went viral with over 84 million views in the past few weeks.
Trying to Tackle the Language Problem at Fordham
My contempt toward the Language Lab doesn’t come without reason. The reason, however, is not connected to having to take language classes.
“Dark Money” Destroys the Integrity of the Election Season
Everyone has heard of Super PACs, those ultra-powerful, ultra-rich organizations that can use their funds for whatever they please, so long as they don’t have direct coordination with a candidate.
Point-Counterpoint: Is a Required Ultrasound a Step Too Far or Justifiable Legislation?
Usually, it is considered highly immoral to implement laws that impede a person’s path to exercise their rights. Somehow, though, the rights for a woman to decide what happens to her own body have been seriously put into question. The most recent legislative amendment to a woman’s right to choose has been the required ultrasound at least 24 hours before an abortion.
Racial Injustice Permeates the Death of Trayvon Martin
Seventeen-year-old African American Trayvon Martin was on his way back to his father’s home from a 7-Eleven in Sanford, Fla., when he was shot in the chest and killed on Feb. 26.
Our Western World Focuses on Staff Sergeant Robert Bales Rather Than His Innocent Victims
Recently, Frenchman and self-proclaimed “jihadist” Mohammed Merah went on his own killing rampage in France by targeting a Jewish school. He murdered seven people, three of them children.
Society Needs Both Introverts and Extroverts to Keep Things Interesting
Unapproachable. Unfriendly. Antisocial. All of these words are commonly associated with a word that is often perceived negatively itself: introversion. It’s strange to think that being identified as an introvert can carry these negative connotations, especially when you think about the fact that author Susan Cain, whose New York Times-bestselling and TED talk-inspiring book, “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking,” estimates that at least a third of the population is introverted.
