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  • EDITORIAL: Obama Addresses Tuition Issues

    In his 2012 State of the Union address on Jan. 24, President Obama laid out general plans for the economy, energy, housing, immigration and, of course, education. During his remarks on higher education, Obama proposed several measures to make college more affordable.

  • GOP Circus Fights For Ringmaster

    Presidential elections always act as a gauge of political climate and a trial process for party ideology. In the midst of current economic woes, the political talking points that always characterize the selection of a nominee assume larger-than-life significance and immediacy.

  • political cartoon issue 2 final Republicans Complicate Processes of Student Voting

    Thousands of college students will attempt to register to vote in the coming months only to be turned away. Students who have an out-of-state driver's license, and even those who have an in-state driver's license but who pay out-of-state tuition, will be told, "Sorry, you can't vote.

  • Gingrich and Santorum Gingrich, Santorum Prolong Racial Biases

    Political campaigns are ugly. No two ways about it. Mud-slinging, name-calling, fighting words, attack-ads: they are all there. And, although it is not pretty, this article is not going to go so far as to call for an end to the heated rhetoric. I get it.

  • Politicians’ Personal Lives Viewed By Public

    Many wielders of power and wealth have an admonishable affinity to promiscuity. This is, of course, not to say that every leader will cheat on his spouse. Yet, the patterns of infidelity are hard to ignore. Psychologists have largely suggested two differing explanations, both of which center around the expansive personality type: Do these men cheat because of the psychological stature which their office or station imparts? Or do these men cheat because their personalities, which lend themselves well to leadership, precipitate their behavior? The answer is not clear and, in my opinion, matters less in the normative conversation about leadership and infidelity.

  • Devon BW From the Desk of Devon Sheridan, Assistant Culture Editor

    There are plenty of aspects that make Fordham great.  It is an academically prestigious institution with a beautiful campus, a great Jesuit influence and (a personal favorite) a recently resurgent men's basketball program.  But there is one thing I really hate: the cafeteria food.

  • columnist 1 bw Righter’s Block

    Crushing Catholic Conscience

    Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, recently refused to exempt religious institutions from regulations requiring employers to provide health insurance that covers sterilization contraceptives and some abortifacients.

  • alan color Left of the Dial

    Mandate Protects Rights

    Last week, the Obama administration required all U.S. employers to provide free contraception to their female employees through health insurance plans. This has become a contentious issue, as it entails that even organizations with religious affiliations that might oppose contraception on moral grounds must adhere to this new mandate.

  • Michael Rezin From the Desk of Dan Gartland, Sports Editor

    Last week, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) dominated the news. Unable to look up random facts during Wikipedia's blackout, I found myself considering the purpose of the Internet. For a sports nerd like me, the Internet is amazing because I am always less than 10 seconds away from finding out Chuck Knoblauch's career batting average (.