The United Student Government (USG) passed a resolution on Feb. 4 in support of providing health benefits to legally domiciled adults, which includes same-sex partners. The move comes on the heels of a Dec. 4 faculty senate meeting, in which Rev. Joseph M.
University Says it is Prepared For Unlikely Earthquakes
Just three weeks after an earthquake rocked Haiti, which sits on an active fault line, residents of Belvidere, Il. felt the ground shake in their own quake. Earthquakes can happen anywhere, according to Benjamin Crooker, associate professor of physics and director of the William Spain Seismic Observatory located on the Fordham College Rose Hill (FCRH) campus.
Robert McChesney and John Nichols Outline the Issues Facing the Newspaper Industry
2009 was a bad year for the economy, but it was even worse for the newspaper industry, according to two media experts who recently spoke at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC). One hundred and forty newspapers closed and an average of 1,000 employees a month were laid off in the past year alone.
On Feb. 14, Fordham University students and faculty received an e-mail warning of a suspected meningococcemia case in a female Rose Hill student. Meningococcemia is “an acute and potentially life-threatening infection of the bloodstream that commonly leads to inflammation of the blood vessels,” according the security alert.
On Dec. 19, 2009, a Fordham staff member discovered all four study lounges in McMahon Hall had been vandalized, resulting in the closing of all lounges until the beginning of the spring semester in January of 2010. McMahon Hall has study lounges on the fifth, eighth, 14th, and 17th floors.
Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) held an informational discussion about the pro-life issue in the Lowenstein building’s Campus Ministry office on Jan. 25. The objective of the panel was to discuss the recent vandalism of a pro-life poster, and more broadly, the question of what issues we seek to preserve in society today.
After receiving complaints about the television reception from students living in the residence hall at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC), facilities alerted IT and the equipment causing the problem was replaced. Leslie Timoney, manager of facilities for McMahon Hall, said that the equipment failure occurred around 12 p.
Students Begin Moving Toward Online Alternatives for Purchasing Textbooks
Students at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) have faced problems with backordered textbooks at the on-campus Barnes & Noble bookstore during the first week of spring semester classes. Wilson Leon, an inventory manager at the bookstore said, “It is not as big of a deal as it seems because there aren’t that many [backorders].
Andreina Laucet, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’13, was one of the students who received the H1N1 vaccination, provided by Fordham’s Student Health Services on Nov. 17 and 18. “The process was really simple and the nurse who did it seemed like she knew what she was doing,” Laucet said.
“I’ve been waiting on a package from Florida that was mailed a month and a half ago,” said Megan Branch, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’11. “Ridiculous.” Branch’s problem is not unique; complaints about the mailroom are common among FCLC students, often regarding delays in delivery times.
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