As the cost of attending college continues to increase, graduating early becomes more attractive. But is it really worth it? Are students missing out by hurrying through their education? The financial incentive to graduate early is obvious: Fordham charges the same tuition whether you take 12 or 18 credits.
If you’ve ever wondered why students always gripe about textbook prices, you’re not alone. According to a report by the California Public Interest Research Group titled “Ripoff 101,” the average student spends $900 every year on textbooks, and prices are increasing faster than the inflation rate for every new edition released.
Seemingly Pointless Expenses Undermine Legitimacy of the University’s Rising Costs
This fall, Fordham joined the ranks of 58 other private colleges and universities that cost their students over $50,000 a year. As Fordham’s costs initiate it into the $50,000 Club, the university has also cut funding to the library—a startling example of misplaced priorities.
Registration season is a difficult time for Fordham students to love their university. It’s not just the 7 a.m. wakeup calls for open registration, the sluggish Internet access in the dorms causing students to miss out on their choice classes or the seemingly random, last-minute course cancellations that are leaving students in a tizzy.
Staff Editorial
We’re in the thick of it. Midterms have just finished, finals seem to be just minutes away, and the paper crunch is on. On top of it all, the weather seems to finally have settled on the cold end of the thermometer. If you’re willing to brave the cold—and often wet—weather to make it to the grocery store, the price of fresh fruit and vegetables has sky-rocketed.
Every Fordham student knows that, amidst midterms, club meetings, internships and the omnipresent allure of The Flame, sometimes staying healthy falls to the bottom of our to-do lists. Though the university and the general media bombard us with friendly tips on how to keep our bodies running soundly, many of us find ourselves lacking in the healthy lifestyle department.
Though Many Deem Her Ridiculous, the Rising Pop Star Has Artistic Integrity
Vulgar. Outrageous. Bizarre. These are just a few words that have been used to describe pop star Lady GaGa. The latest pop sensation is rising to fame quite rapidly, but her eccentric ways allow people to pass quick judgment and question her, asking, “Is she just another gimmick?” However, these people do not realize the artistry that GaGa puts into her work.
Since the end of September, a seemingly minor news story has penetrated the college world’s consciousness, prompting a range of responses—from outrage to approval to outright bewilderment. Starting with the 2009-2010 academic year, Tufts University is instituting a new policy for its dormers that outlaws sexual activity while a roommate is present.
This Year’s Updated Core Gives Students More Opportunities to Become Well-Rounded Individuals
Students in the class of 2013 and beyond should feel very lucky to have the recently implemented new version of the core curriculum. Substantially improved, this new core will give incoming students the same opportunity to grow as it did to past students, but it will do so much more concretely.
While the Decrease in Hours is Annoying, the Inattention to Academic Resources is Devastating
I sat alone and uncomfortable in the back of the library, finishing all the reading I had due the following day. As my ass grew number and number and my attention span shorter and shorter, I began to realize that my work would take much longer than I had expected.
Fordham has a lot to say about H1N1, and while it’s cute that they’re trying, it’s hard not to poke some fun at the university’s attempts to get a handle on something no one has really figured out yet. Let’s break down the last influenza information update, available on the Fordham University eNewsroom: Fordham Says: We Say: “The Health Center is stocked with equipment and supplies in preparation for any level of infection.
“Infestation” is not a word anyone likes to hear, especially when used in reference to a person’s living space. However, when my suitemate and I saw a tiny, crawly thing on my leg one fateful Saturday night, put together with the red, menacing bites she had accumulated throughout the course of the preceding week, we swallowed our pride and reported it to facilities: our apartment was infested.
To the Editor: I don’t like change. When I got to Fordham as a freshman, I was perfectly content with my one-way street, the big round mirror and the sign that said “LOOK” at the corner of the massive construction site. I lived in 2E—which is actually an M-style suite—and stared directly into the never-ending construction of the project that didn’t actually exist—with no visible progress for the last two years—every morning of my freshman year.
Oh, Lincoln Park, How Can I Just Let You Walk Away?
My collegiate life has suffered an untimely and premature death. I was fully prepared to hear it’s last gasp on commencement day, but that final breath has come all too soon: Dollar Beers night at Lincoln Park Grille has been cancelled. I first went to Dollar Beers shortly after transferring to Lincoln Center my sophomore year.
Progress at Fordham seems suspended, wrapped up in bureaucracy, lacking adaptation to contemporary need. From problems starting a club (Eugene Kontratov’s Feb. 25 article, “Streamlining the Club Formation Process”) to a need for clear explanations of financial aid policies.
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