Vote Local, Not Just Every Four Years
After you finish reading this sentence, raise a finger for every one of your local representatives whom you can name without using Google, including your state, county and city. If you put up three...
View ArticleThe Holidays Need Inclusivity and Representation
Fordham University is located in a notably liberal area: the northeast. Hence, people at this school are generally used to the inclusivity of the diverse population in our area. New Yorkers, for...
View Article“Extreme Vetting” Is a Stain on America’s History
This week, I got a text from my mom that read, “You are living in one of the darkest times in American history and it makes me really sad.” Unfortunately, at least to some extent, I agree with her...
View ArticleCalling All Musicians: Create Art Against Trump
My all-time favorite album is, far and away, “American Idiot” by Green Day. Written after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, it is a self-proclaimed “rock opera” that, among other things, bashes the Iraq...
View ArticleConfront Anti-Intellectualism, Keep Science In Our Politics
This past Monday, Feb. 27, two powerful people joined forces to talk about one of the most powerful forces in the world. Engineer and science educator Bill Nye ‘the Science Guy’ and 2016 Democratic...
View ArticleYour Ticket to Cheap Concerts in NYC This Spring
New York City is teeming with small yet reputable music venues that often host affordable concerts. For a college student, that is a dream come true. When Ed Sheeran comes around, it may not be the...
View ArticleJeff Sessions is the Latest Symbol of Putin’s Puppetry
In early March, Attorney General Jeff Sessions became the subject of yet another controversy in the Trump administration. The Department of Justice discovered that Sessions had met with Russian...
View ArticleExtremist Politics Has Gone Too Far
On Oct. 11, 2008, a spectator at a John McCain rally told the Republican presidential candidate that she did not trust then-Senator Barack Obama because “he’s an Arab.” Senator McCain promptly cut her...
View ArticleInside the Sixth Edition of Global Citizen Festival
What do Jay Z, Metallica and Stevie Wonder all have in common? They’ve all performed at New York’s own Global Citizen Festival, which has become an annual tradition in the Big Apple. Hosted on the...
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MLB Postseason Predictions for 2017
It’s that time of year again: October Postseason baseball. The mood of regular season baseball seemed as intense as the playoffs for almost all of September, but the anticipation surrounding the...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Oxford Comma
Some people might enjoy a peaceful day of sailing down a river, fishing rod in hand. Others prefer the excitement of hopping from one club to another on a Friday night in the big city. As for me, I...
View ArticleMovember: Moustaches for Men’s Health
What do moustaches, charities and the Gregorian calendar have in common? The answer is Movember.com. In 2003, Adam and Travis Garone of Melbourne, Australia, organized an event in which 30 men grew...
View ArticleIs Roger Stone’s Hateful Rhetoric Still Free Speech?
Many moral issues are black and white to me, in that there is often an answer to which I am inclined instinctively and unequivocally. Roger Stone speaking at Fordham is not one of those issues. I have...
View ArticleDonald Trump Would Do Anything to Undercut a Democrat
Donald Trump, whom I have the misfortune of calling my president, keeps getting worse and worse with every tweet he sends. Now, he has endorsed serial pedophelia over liberalism. In the special...
View ArticleTrump’s One Year Review
It has now been just over one year since businessman and reality television personality Donald J. Trump added “politician” to his résumé. But just because one has a job does not mean they are good at...
View ArticleMidnight Midterm Madness: How (Best) to Cram for Midterms
So your professors are starting to mention midterms at the ends of your classes, and you’re confused because the semester only started a week and a half ago. “Whatever,” you think to yourself. “They’re...
View ArticleSupport Artists, Buy Your Music
I am an artist. Like billions of other people around the globe, I derive great pleasure from expressing my deepest and most honest thoughts in a creative form. Collectively, I and the people like me...
View ArticleA Blockchain Reaction to the Internet of Things
Before Dr. Lee W. McKnight of Syracuse University graced the podium at the Blockchain Disruptor Conference on April 28, 2018, event host Dr. Benjamin Cole told us, the audience, that he was “about to...
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Ram Jams — May 2018
Kanye West: “ye” (via G.O.O.D Music, Def Jam Recordings, Universal Music Group) Genre: Hip-hop, rap On a playlist with: Kid Cudi, Kendrick Lamar and Chance the Rapper The deets: Perhaps this album is...
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