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The Rams will face off against the San Jose State University Spartans in the NCAA championship quarterfinals on Dec. 5.

Water Polo Takes Fifth Consecutive Conference Title

On Nov. 23, the Fordham men's water polo team won its fifth consecutive Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) championship. On Dec. 5, they...

Several humanities departments and the FCLC Honors Program both received significant budget cuts.

LC’s Academic Program Budget Cuts

By MACKENZIE COOPER

Several departments in Fordham’s School of Arts and Sciences had their budgets significantly reduced for this year without the department heads...

USG consists of an executive board and senators who coordinate all its programs and committees.

USG: A Semester Recap

By MICHELLE WILSON

Over the course of the fall semester, United Student Government (USG) has implemented various new initiatives including a rebranding, increased...

Fordham YDSA is an unofficial student club that has been active on campus since 2023.

Fordham YDSA to Expand to FLC

By MICHELLE WILSON

Fordham’s chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), an unofficial student club, will expand from Fordham Rose Hill (FRH)...

What’s New, New York?

By MACKENZIE COOPER

New York City has experienced various significant events in the last few months. Here’s a recap of some of the most notable moments. New...

Ram Café Swaps Burger Joints

By SOPHIA STEPHAN

On Dec. 2, the Ram Hospitality newsletter announced that Fordham Lincoln Center’s (FLC) Ram Café, an on-campus dining facility, will be replacing...

RAs and RFMs Petition to Unionize

By ANA WINSTON

Resident assistants (RAs) and resident first-year mentors (RFMs) at Fordham Lincoln Center (FLC) moved to unionize on Nov. 17, according to a...

Members of the Fordham community came together to support Merola’s debut feature film.

Fordham Alum’s Debut Film Marks a Revelation in the Coming-of-Age Genre

By SOFIA LAJE

When “Lemonade Blessing” premiered in the U.S. Narrative Competition at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival in June, director Chris Merola, a...

The Studio Museum in Harlem Reopens After Seven Years

By PAIGE ANANFACK

Located on 125th street, The Studio Museum in Harlem is hard to miss. The museum reopened to the public on Nov. 15, revealing a sleek modernist...

‘First Language,’ the EP

By MARGO CRAVEN

Tobias Urban’s music career began at just nine years old, when he started taking classical music lessons. Over a decade later, his love for...

Laje’s Local Listings: December

By SOFIA LAJE

“Marty Supreme” dir. Josh Safdie (2025) Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Brooklyn via A24 - Opens Dec. 25 Josh Safdie’s first feature in solo...

Until the 1800s, plant-based diets were known as Pythagorean diets after Greek philosopher Pythagoras, who emphasized the ethical and health benefits of a vegetarian diet.

Plant Power for Conscious Gains

With gym culture on the rise, diets are starting to overwhelmingly consist of chicken, eggs, Greek yogurt and protein powder. However, society’s...

Poetry and Psychoanalysis: Incomplete (Re)Presentation

COLUMN: (De)mystifying Mental Health I begin this piece with the assumption that there have been — and will continue to be — countless...

Cracking the Code on Dry Skin

As someone who has chronically dry skin, I have always hated winter. The harshly cold winds, resurgence of indoor heating and typical end-of-semester...

First Double Semifinal Run in 10 Years

For the first time in 10 years, both the men’s and women’s soccer teams made it to the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10) championship semifinals. On...