The New Normal: The Observer Adapts see page 10
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April 1, 2020 VOLUME XL, ISSUE 5
Online-Only Edition
Fordham Forced to ‘PAUSE’: NYC Shuts Down By SOPHIE PARTRIDGE-HICKS and GABE SAMANDI News Editor and New Editor Emeritus
New York City is currently the most -
“PAUSE,” March
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“This is not life as usual,” Cuomo said at a conE ference in US
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same day the PAUSE order was sched-
GABE SAMANDI/THE OBSERVER
A man wearing a mask and carrying a trash can walks along the middle of Columbus Avenue in front of a shuttered Lincoln Center. New Yorkers are advised to stay home and avoid large gatherings.
From Dust We Came, To Dust We Returned
McShane Delays Commencement
Fordham Issues Partial Refunds to Students
GABRIEL GARCIA
By SOPHIE PARTRIDGE-HICKS News Editor
Contributing Writer
By GUS DUPREE News Editor
ment and diploma ceremonies because we cannot assume it
has announced that in most locations, Easter celebrations faith, odds are that at least one -
and the campus community in -
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Fordham has announced a partial refund to students due
Ash Wednesday is an annual commitment for many, this year
sity to suspend face-to-face class-
see LENT page 12
board and selected fees by ap-
The news was announced
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Fine Arts Classes Adapt to Online Learning
suspension of all face-to-face
By VICKY CARMENATE, WES GREEN, JACQUELINE PIERCE and GILLIAN RUSSO Staff Writers, Asst. Features Editor and Arts & Culture Editor
McShane wrote a separate dents to share the news and offer his sympathy and support
in your childhood bedroom and hold a butterknife while your
announced that Fordham will for commencement, as well as the Baccalaureate Mass on
be found in the White Box Studio
expressed their disappointment at the news, many said that they understood the deci-
refunds in the form of direct defunds are expected to be refund-
it balance in the near future as a
The email explained that additional costs of “new technolo-
one of many hands-on art class-
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COURTESY OF BETTE DANGANAN
Dance, theater and visual arts students are presented with a learning curve
“The transition hasn’t been
see COMMENCEMENT page 6
Many students are apprecia-
see ARTS page 18
see REFUNDS page 3
News
News
Sports & Health
Opinions
Arts & Culture
Medical Supply Donation
Study Abroad Canceled
Fordham Sports Shutdown
Stuck at Home
Digital Guide to NYC
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Fordham contributes 30,000
Students forced to return home
THE STUDENT VOICE OF FORDHAM LINCOLN CENTER
How to experience the city’s art, literature and music from home