Tony Awards 2013 The Fordham Ram’s theater experts have done their homework. Now, John Bonazzo, staff theater critic, and Richard Bordelon, staff writer, predict who will win at this year’s Tony Awards. They will also mention who they believe should… Read More ›
Archive for May 2013
Graduates Depart from Bronx Home
By JEFFREY COLTIN BRONX CORRESPONDENT Rose Hill students love the Bronx. We live here, learn here and shop here. This is where many of us had our first love, our first chicken roll or our first drink. We love the Bronx because… Read More ›
On Commencement Eve, Seniors Gather for Baccalaureate Mass
By RICHARD BORDELON STAFF WRITER The Fordham community came together “to celebrate Mass as a family,” Brandon Vazquez, GSB ’13, said Friday evening at the start of the University’s annual tradition that is the Baccalaureate Mass. The Class of 2013… Read More ›
Online Outcry Follows News of Sodexo; Finances Characterized as Deciding Factor
By CONNOR RYAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Fordham’s decision to sign a 10-year contract with Sodexo, the university’s food service provider of the last 30 years, has left many students dissatisfied and skeptical that their dining experiences on campus will actually improve. “Rams… Read More ›
Seniors Look Back with Mixed Emotions
By MICHAEL CAVANAUGH STAFF WRITER For the Class of 2013, the arrival of May 18, graduation day, is bittersweet as graduation always is. After all, four years were spent looking forward to ‘the real world,’ to finally being done with school…. Read More ›
The Malcolm X Assassination: A New Perspective on an Old Story
By KATIE MEYER ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR “It was a Sunday afternoon,” John Carroll, associate vice president of security at Fordham, recalled. “I was a young foot patrolman in the 34th Precinct, and I was working a day tour…A number of us… Read More ›
Fordham Student Charged With Murder is Offered Bail Package
By CONNOR RYAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Henry Wachtel was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge early last April after he allegedly beat his mother to death during an epileptic seizure in their Manhattan apartment. He has been in jail ever since. But… Read More ›
Skateboard or Longboard? A Culture of Campus Navigation
By DEVON SHERIDAN ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR On the smooth road that snakes behind Loschert Hall — just past Alumni Court South and before it diverges into a fork beyond Salice-Conley Hall — two students casually rove back and forth. Under… Read More ›
The Ram Announces Staff Changes
As The Fordham Ram closes for the semester and begins preparing for next fall, the newspaper’s executive board has announced several staffing changes. Richard Bordelon, Opinion editor, and Kate Doheny, layout editor, have said they will be stepping down from their… Read More ›