Students Seek More Freedom Off Campus
"I was fed up with the rules on campus," Lauren McGrath, GSB '12 said. McGrath lives on 189th and Belmont. Like so many students before her, she decide to move off campus due to the campus rules. "Living off campus, you don't have to sign people in," Jen Ali, GSB '12 said.
Going Global
This week's column was written by Bridget Dowd, FCRH '13. As an English major, studying abroad in England seemed to be an obvious choice. Just one month abroad has been enough, cheesy as it sounds, to alter my worldview. Adjusting to the metric system was a small step in acclimating myself to a completely new set of cultural standards.
Who's That Kid?
Describe yourself in few sentences. Probably one of the craziest people you'll ever meet. I live by my motto, "you'll never see half of these people again so just have fun". I like to make people smile. What is your favorite aspect of Fordham and why? You have the campus, and once you walk off campus, you have the city.
Become a Healthier You in 2012
With a new year comes many new promises: study more, try new things and of course, live healthier. There are many easy ways to keep up a resolution to stay healthy and fit in 2012, however, even throughout the doldrums of winter. 1. Sleeping For college students with a hectic schedule, it can be difficult to maintain a regular sleeping pattern.
Paranormal Society Investigates the Unknown
Relatively new to campus, Fordham's Paranormal Society hosts weekly round table discussions about paranormal activity, stories of hauntings and all of that which is scientifically unexplainable. "To believe or not to believe …that is not really the question.
Editor’s Pick: The Visible Man
In the six years since leaving SPIN Magazine, the inexhaustible pop-culture writer Chuck Klosterman has proven himself to be incredibly knowledgeable about KISS, MTV's "Real World" and all things North Dakotan. He has published three essay collections, two non-fiction books and two novels, including his most famous, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto.
Every now and then I hear the phrase "but it was based on a true story" used to argue a movie's worth. Although I find this irrelevant to good storytelling, whether on screen or on pages, it strikes an interesting chord that movies based on true stories resonate more with an audience.
Eric Greitens' résumé reads more like fiction rather than the real-life story of a 37-year-old Missouri native. The Heart and Fist serves as a memoir, he attended Duke University, then as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, helped lead the boxing team to a national title over Cambridge, and after his life in academia decided to become a U.