USG Lobbies Against State Budget Cuts

Drafts Resolution 'In Defense of Higher Eduction' To Advocate for TAP, HEOP

United Student Government passed a resolution calling for a preservation of higher education funding in any New York State deficit-related budget cuts last week.   The resolution, “In Defense of Higher Education,” is a reaction to New York Governor David Paterson’s Deficit Reduction Proposal, which seeks to close a $5 billion gap over the next two years with significant cuts to the state’s $133 billion budget. Full story

Football Tops Georgetown to End Season 5-6 Overall

Witnessing the results of this year’s Fordham football team was often an exercise of frustration: the offense was loaded with immensely talented and skilled players, and the defense certainly had productive individuals as well, but silly mistakes like penalties, sloppy tackling and shaky special teams play limited the squad from realizing its full potential. Full story

It's Christmas Time in the City

New York City has been, and continues to be, an American Mecca when it comes to Christmas. Every year tens of thousands of people trek cross-country (or just cross-borough) to attend the Holiday Tree Lighting in Rockefeller Center Full story

Crazy Christmastime Commercialism

The Spirit of the Season is Eclipsed by Incessant Buying; in Time of Recession, Materialism Presides

  Shimmering Christmas lights tend to warm people’s hearts, especially in Manhattan, where elaborate storefront displays and strands of lights brighten the dark December streets. Since Christmas only comes once a year, decorations make the world seem a little cozier, a little friendlier- or at least, they should. Full story