One Christmas Eve some time ago, my grandma told me about her time in Puerto Rico (PR). I was sitting with her in my living room. I could almost taste the pernil roasting to perfection in the oven and the cilantro in the “arroz con gandules,” or rice with pigeon peas. We were waiting for the food to cook and she was telling me stories.

At approximately 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 10, an unidentified man stabbed Ayman Moustafa, a worker at the halal cart outside of Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. Moustafa said the assailant came around the back of the halal cart and attempted to enter. He told the individual not to enter the cart, and in response, the man revealed a knife. The individual then attempted to forcibly enter the cart, starting a physical altercation between the two where the man stabbed Moustafa in the left tricep just above the elbow.

Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service (GSS) announced a reduction in the required fieldwork hours at the end of August for its social work students. The change is in effect for the fall 2024 semester after the New York State Department of Education Office of Profession approved GSS’s application.

Hurricane Helene, a swift Category 4 hurricane, has caused irreparable damage to towns primarily throughout The Southeastern United States. The Category 5 Hurricane Milton formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 5 and threatens to make landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast with potentially even greater destructive force than Helene.

Youth environmental activists and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional administrators discussed how to involve young people in the environmental justice movement at a Climate Week summit on Sept. 24 at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus. The summit included a workshop by the Climate Cafe NYC, a volunteer project hosting discussions...

United Student Government at Lincoln Center (USGLC) election ballots open Oct. 8, but Fordham students expressed uncertainty about the daily operation of their governing body. Some students said they did not know an election was taking place or felt unsure about what impact their vote might have. Miles Bratter, Fordham...

Jasmine White (she/her), FCLC ‘27, is an assistant editor of fun & games. She is majoring in Sociology and considering a double-major in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Outside of The Observer, you can probably find her on the NYT Games app, at an art museum, or starting a new hobby she’ll give up after a month.

The New York Film Festival is in full swing, but it seems like the organizers have mixed up the schedule of some of their showings! They remember a few details, but need your help to fix the schedule and save the film festival!. Using their clues, match the title of...

The Met unveiled their newest exhibition, “Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Art of Tibet,” on Sept. 10. The exhibition features over 100 paintings, sculptures, textiles and ritual objects created between the 12th and 15th century. The pieces explore the imagery of Himalayan Buddhist devotional art, creating a roadmap for understanding Himalayan Buddhist worship through early masterworks.

Vampire Weekend, the rock band reminiscent of the indie era of New York, performed their first New York City show since 2019 at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 5, with DJ and producer Mark Ronson as the opener. The indie rock band was formed in 2006 at Columbia University when...

We come to Sally Rooney for magic. We come to her books to laugh, to cry, to care. Because we need that, all of us, that indescribable feeling we get when we flip through the pages of a Rooney novel. All jokes and Nicole Kidman monologues aside, what really keeps...

From 19th-century corsets to the bold expressions of today, women’s fashion has adorned the body, and has served as a robust canvas for social change and identity, reflecting the evolving narrative of what it means to be a woman. In the exhibition “Real Clothes, Real Lives” at the New...

The Fordham Tae Kwon Do Club is one of the only sports clubs on campus at Fordham Lincoln Center (FLC). The club meets once a week on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in G76B and has been around for almost three decades. According to Diego Lopez, Fordham College at Lincoln Center...

The Fordham Rams dropped their sixth straight Patriot League game last Saturday Oct. 5, by a score of 28-23. The Rams, who came to the field looking to win their first game, now find themselves at 0-6 in league play, making their worst start in recent memory. So far, the...

There was another victory for the Fordham women’s soccer team on Thursday at Moglia Stadium. The Rams held off the Duquesne Dukes 3-1 to advance their record this season to 8-3-2 and 3-1-1 in the Atlantic 10 (A10) conference. Midfielder Ryann Lucas, Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH) ’25,...

I have high standards. Like many girls, I think I’m a New York 10, or maybe a nine, but definitely at least an eight. What can I say? I’m a cocky girl. I’m used to being spoiled by the men I date. My first boyfriend at Fordham took me on a one-month anniversary trip to the Catskills. I have a type: young urban professionals. Most of the guys I have seen have been yuppie-scum, six-foot and over. I learned these guys tend to be vapid, superficial and shallow. Do I go for the wrong guys? Are my standards too high? Am I attracting these guys because I am vapid, superficial and shallow?

No longer a sit-down chain, Starbucks has long replaced its spacious, plush seating with stiff metal chairs. There are 17,068 locations in the U.S., but any semblance of community and customer interaction is now restricted to a mobile app or drive-thru line. I have been guilty of purchasing from this...

University President Tania Tetlow appointed a 12-person search committee assigned to choose candidates eligible to become the new director of athletics, Tetlow announced in an email on Sept. 25. “We recruit a new director of athletics to play a pivotal role in advancing our athletics program, fostering excellence both on...

As I hunch over my laptop, scrolling through endless Zillow listings, I’m struck by the stark contrast between my dreams and reality. In this strange digital bazaar, with too many tabs open and all my hopes tethered to a screen, I find myself trapped in a cycle of disappointment. Maybe I’m one click away from breaking the monotony. Maybe I’m searching for something that does not quite seem to exist.

New York City’s Broadway music festival, Elsie Fest, returned for the first time in three years on Sept. 8 at Pier 17. Darren Criss started Elsie Fest in 2015 with Lea Michele, Ricky Rollins and Jordan Roth. The festival aims to take musical theater to new heights by allowing...