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May 16, 2020

Class of 2020 Sees Change

Letter from the Editor of Volume 101

By HANNAH GONZALEZ

By AISLINN KEELY

MANAGING EDITOR EMERITA

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITA

For Fordham’s newest graduates, the last four years have been filled with challenges, surprises, and joy. The Fordham Ram has compiled some of the biggest headlines witnessed by the Class of 2020 during their time at Fordham.

Donald Trump Elected President In fall of 2016, the Class of 2020 entered Fordham to find the campus alive with conversation and debate as Fordham students weighed in on the divisive upcoming election. When November saw the election of Donald Trump to the presidency, students continued to make their voices heard on campus in opinion pieces and around New York City.

Empire Lit Up Maroon for Dodransbicentennial On March 27, 2017, the Empire State Building was lit maroon in celebration of Fordham’s 175th anniversary. The Class of 2020 holds a special recognition as the dodransbicentennial class.

Faculty Pass Vote of No Confidence in McShane In spring 2017, Fordham’s Faculty Senate passed a vote of no confidence in Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the university. This unanimous decision was in response to the salary and benefits offer laid out by the administration.

Priest Accused of Abuse in New Orleans Housed at Fordham In November of 2018, The Fordham Ram published the first in a series of investigative pieces that brought to SEE HEADLINES, PAGE 5

IN THIS ISSUE Daniel Joy’s Lord of the Manor Speech

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Class of 2020 Crossword

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GSB and FCRH Honor Student Achievement

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Mackenzie Cranna / The Fordham Ram Fordham intends to hold an in-person graduation in the Fall, but celebrated the Class of 2020 online.

Fordham University Celebrates 175th Commencement Online

By MAGGIE ROTHFUS COPY EDITOR EMERITA

On Saturday, May 16, Fordham University’s Class of 2020 is graduating via a virtual Commencement due to the coronavirus-induced cancellation of an in-person ceremony. This is the first time the university has conducted

such an event, especially in the short time frame the pandemic offered.

“Planning for Commencement starts almost a year before the actual ceremony,” stated Michael Trerotola, assistant university secretary and special assistant to the president. “Pivoting to a virtual format in a short timeframe presented a number

of challenges, but through the understanding and cooperation of the Fordham community, we are doing everything we can to make sure our graduates feel celebrated on Saturday.”

Trerotola also noted that the university felt it was important to recognize graduates

SEE CEREMONY, PAGE 2

Today, hundreds of students should be sitting on Edward’s Parade staring at Keating Hall, sweating, exhausted from the previous night’s antics and wearing hats that, let’s face it, look more silly than distinguished.

During the ceremony, all eyes would be on Keating steps as degrees would be conferred on the Class of 2020, and sitting silently in the background would be Cunniffe Fountain.

When I first toured Fordham, my dad, who earned a degree in classics from another Jesuit institution that pales in comparison to Fordham, excitedly pointed to the fountain and translated the Latin inscription around it – A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this. I was unimpressed. The Virgil quote seemed misplaced for the start of a grand adventure. College would be an exciting and challenging time full of joy, while Virgil’s words seemed SEE LETTER, PAGE 4

FCRH Valedictorian Reflects on Path to Fordham

By LINDSAY GRIPPO

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR EMERITA

Migrating from Missoula, Montana, Fordham University Rose Hill Class of 2020’s Valedictorian Rosemarie McCormack, FCRH ’20, likes to refer to her path to Fordham as her “one moment of teen rebellion.”

“I like to think I was pretty agreeable in high school, but when my dad told me we had to check out Fordham I was all, “Ugh, why? I’ve never even heard of it,” she said of her first university visit. “Even though it was a gross, rainy March day, I remember walking on campus and feeling right at home.”

McCormack is an International Political Economy major with minors in English and Peace & Justice Studies, hoping to continue her current work with criminal justice reform and eventually attend law school. “It feels like everything else I have sought out at Fordham and who I am as a

SEE MCCORMACK, PAGE 3

Courtesy of Fordham Athletics Despite not being able to join together for the annual Block F dinner, Fordham honored its athletes.

Fordham Athletics Recognizes Team MVPs for 2019-2020 Year

By JIMMY SULLIVAN SPORTS EDITOR

As the coronavirus pandemic has forced the postponement or cancellation of regularly-scheduled activities, the Fordham sports world has been forced to respond. One of these events was Fordham’s “Block F” dinner, which honors the year’s athletic achievements and is typically held in

either late-April or early-May. Despite the cancellation of the event, the school is still honoring the best players on each team like it otherwise would have.

For baseball and softball, each team named its Most Valuable Player based on a play that took place before their seasons were canceled on March 12. Baseball’s team MVP was sophomore out-

fielder Jason Coules, who ended his season with a .453 batting average and led the Atlantic 10 in hits. Softball’s team MVP was senior pitcher Madie Aughinbaugh, who played in every game this season and led the team in batting average before the season was prematurely cut short.

The next players to be honored were from the men’s and women’s basketball teams, two

SEE BLOCK F, PAGE 4

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Lord of the Manor, Daniel Joy, Thanks Class of 2020

By DANIEL JOY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Fordham College at Rose Hill holds Encaenia, its award ceremony, each May. During this ceremony, the college honors seniors who have won awards for excellence and recognizes all graduates for their dedication. A centerpiece of FCRH’s Encaenia is an address to the graduating class by a Lord or Lady of the Manor that provides a humorous take on the past four years. While we cannot celebrate Encaenia this May in the Rose Hill Gym, Lord of the Manor Dan Joy reflects on his past years at Fordham for The Ram: Hello, my name is Daniel Joy and I will be your Lord of the Manor for the evening. As my speech is not live but rather printed in The Ram, you might be reading this outside of evening hours. If this is the case, please put it down and resume reading when the evening arrives. If you think my request is inconvenient, imagine being an

international student who must Zoom into their 8:30 am lecture at 2:00 am local time.

It’s an honor to be in The Ram. The Ram is a lot like The Great Gatsby, which I was assigned to read in my Comp II class. They are both critically acclaimed, they both demonstrate a sheltered bourgeois view of the world, and I’ve lied about reading both of them. I prefer reading Fordham’s alternative news source The Paper or, as I like to think of it: the love-child of Vice TV and Highlights for Children. The newest Fordham newspaper in town, The Tablet, offers a libertarian perspective on current events. I read The Tablet, but only because the Koch brothers pay me to do so.

Father Dzieglewicz told me this speech should be a “history of the graduating class.” History is shaped by people and we, the Class of 2020, are indebted to numerous people who have shaped us during our time at Fordham. We are also in debt, but we have another six months to ignore that fact. On the

eve of graduation, I wish to thank the people who shaped the unique history of Fordham’s Class of 2020.

I want to thank the professors, who inspired us, who introduced us to new ideas, and who made classes in a windowless dungeon (Keating basement) bearable. I also want to thank them for printing Fordham’s mandatory attendance policy in their syllabi, but still allowing us to pass anyway.

I want to thank the Ram Van drivers, who put us onto great new music while making us fear for our lives.

I want to thank POD for giving the people what they demanded: a single serving large spicy pickle that can be had for mere dollars of DCB. We owe our first-year year roommate, who taught us that sharing is caring, even though we specifically said in our roommate agreement that our shampoo was ours.

We owe the Fordham Political Union for teaching us that anything is possible, including getting thousands

of dollars from the University to pay war criminals to speak on campus.

We owe our parents, who paid for our education. You have given us the honor of graduating, but I should let you know now that not all of us will be graduating with honors.

We owe CAB, who brought us four years of incredible bingo games. God-willing, they will one day bring us an incredible spring weekend too.

We owe Public Safety, who has 20-20 vision for finding missing student IDs and complete night- blindness towards the smoke billowing off Edward’s Parade.

We owe Father McShane, who, like us, got waitlisted at Georgetown. Unlike us, he doesn’t mope about it to everyone on campus.

We owe the construction workers bringing the McGinley center into the 22nd century. They have been silent though to our calls to bring Martyrs’ Court out of the 19th century.

We owe Pugsley’s, who served us chicken rolls de-

spite our lactose intolerance.

We owe Estrellita’s, who took us back despite our regrettable one-night stands with Chipotle.

We owe Rods’, who brought live music to alternative music lovers and their uncomfortable roommates who also tagged along.

Most importantly, we all need to thank ourselves. Before March, the most major change most of had faced at school was a change in major.

Then, our week at home for Spring break became a twomonth hiatus from our cherished campus. We went from (sleeping through) in-person classes to (also sleeping through) Zoom classes. Our nights out at Mugz became family game nights. Our best friends went from being across campus to across the country.

These last few months have been difficult for the Class of 2020 and this weekend will be even harder. We will not be walking across Keating steps on Saturday to accept our diplomas. We will not be having celebratory dinners at Mario’s or Enzo’s. We will not line up to ride the Ram in our robes.

Students Respond to Online Commencement Ceremony FROM CEREMONY, PAGE 1

on the day of their graduation in addition to the postponed in-person ceremony. The videocast, as would a normal Commencement, involves the deans from each college presenting their graduates and follows with Rev. Joseph M. McShane, president of the university, conferring the degrees.

The switch to a digital Commencement was met with varied responses. According to Trerotola, the primary planner of the Commencement, it was a difficult decision for the university. For the graduating seniors, many have different feelings.

Mike Tomicich, GSB ’20, says he is not tuning into the Commencement’s videocast. “[Virtual events like Commencement have] lost their value,” he stated. “The class of 2020, like any other class, has worked incredibly hard for these special occasions and now that everything is online that value is gone. I would say that this is also accurate of how I feel about the virtual commencement, there’s no point to it if it’s not in person.”

While Tomicich cited the necessity for in-person ceremonies, Justine Engel, FRCH ’20, had other reasons for skipping both the livestreamed Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement.

“I don’t plan on viewing the commencement or the mass but I know my parents are,” she stated. “They are way more excited than I am. I personally think receiving my diploma in the mail will be more than enough. I’ve never been the

Julia Comerford/The Fordham Ram Students in the Class of 2020 speak on the pros and cons of the online Commencement ceremony.

ceremonial type.”

However, Chris Merola, FCRH ’20, and Mary McCluskey, FCRH ’20, do plan on viewing the Commencement, while also acknowledging it will not be the same.

“I’ll take a look at the digital commencement for a bit, mostly just to see how Fordham handles it,” Merola stated. “It’s nice that Fordham is doing something. It’s not easy to envision a digital way to do this so I can sympathize with that.”

McCluskey, too, says she is watching to see how the virtual ceremony pans out: “This whole situation still feels very surreal, so I don’t think that the virtual ceremony will change that. And I don’t know if I’ll watch the whole ceremony, depending on how it goes.”

McCluskey clarified that

she understands the rationale for choosing not to watch the broadcasted Commencement, despite the event’s intentions.

“I think that it’s a nice gesture to still have the virtual event, but I can understand why someone might choose not to view it. It’s not the same, and that’s not anyone’s fault.”

She also told the Ram about her plans to view the Baccalaureate Mass because of her involvement with its planning, which required “several adjustments” for its livestream format.

McCluskey, Merola and Tomicich all stated their interest in attending the in-person ceremony for the Class of 2020, a date for which has yet to be announced. According to Trerotola, the virtual Commencement — with slides fea-

turing graduates and organized by the company Marching Order — is not a sufficient replacement for graduates walking to receive their diplomas.

“We know this does not replace the experience of walking across the stage at graduation, so we are looking forward to the day when we can safely reschedule those diploma ceremonies and give the Class of 2020 that experience,” he stated.

Kayla Dempsey, FCRH ’20, expressed that, despite deeming an in-person ceremony important, its significance might decrease due to time and graduates already receiving diplomas.

“Even if we have an in-person ceremony in the future, this feeling right after finishing classes will pass, so I [wish] they tried to make [Commencement] as real as possible,” she

stated. She is also viewing the Commencement with her family and feels “okay” about it.

Dempsey plans to attend an in-person ceremony, but Engel, while understanding the wants of classmates, does not intend to return to campus after her graduation.

“I honestly really like the idea of a virtual commencement,” she stated. “I actually like it better than the regular ceremony. Something about sitting in the hot sun for 4+ hours isn’t appealing to me.

It’s nice that they’re doing this so that the class can have a sense of closure though.”

Merola and Tomicich, although they plan to attend an in-person ceremony, brought up the issue of traveling for it.

“I would return to campus for an in person graduation but that’s really due to the fact that I live so close to fordham, around 20 miles from the Bronx campus,” Tomicich stated.

Merola, who is attending USC for his MFA in the fall, is concerned that he will not be able to return even if he wants to.

“If I’m around I will return, it depends on when the events are,” he stated. “I’ll be going out to California in august so that will put a hamper on my ability to attend any potential october in-person commencement.”

Meanwhile, McCluskey looks forward to the in-person ceremony when it is rescheduled without mentioning any hindrances.

“There’s something special about graduation for the class of 2020, because we’ll be celebrating not only our accomplishments at Fordham, but also our ability to return to campus and reunite as a community.”

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Rosemarie McCormack Feels “At Home” on Fordham Campus FROM MCCORMACK, PAGE 1

person now centers around how to promote social justice whenever I can.”

As an incoming freshman, McCormack participated in Urban Plunge, a pre-orientation program geared towards community service, reflection, and social justice.

“Urban Plunge was definitely something that altered the course of my Fordham experience and, I think, my life,” she said of those initial few weeks in the Bronx.

“I was not really exposed to social justice issues in high school, and I was also nervous about moving to New York from Montana. Urban Plunge tackled both these topics right away, making me feel at home in the Bronx and showing me how much I had to learn about race, culture, and community organizing.”

During her time at Fordham, McCormack helped found Our Story, a part of the Social Innovation Collaboratory aimed at creating new platforms for students to share personal stories. In addition to hosting various storytelling events since its inception in 2017, the organization recently launched

a podcast called “Our Story: Plugged In” on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

“Leading the Our Story team taught me countless lessons about leadership, community-building, and cultivating trust,” she said of the project.

“I’ve met some of my best friends through Urban Plunge and Our Story – genuine, smart, giving, hilarious, conscious people who I am proud to call my friends.”

For McCormack, this deep sense of community is central to what makes Fordham so special. “On tours, I would always tell prospective students (and really mean it) that my favorite part of Fordham is the community.”

“People love to help one another out, say hi, make new friends, contribute to your fundraiser, help with projects, check in on how you’re doing,” she said of the camaraderie inextricably woven into the Fordham experience. “Especially when those inevitable lonely moments of young adulthood creep up, it’s nice to know you have a whole village who cares about you and wants you to succeed.”

McCormack is candid about the uncertainties of young adulthood, however, as well as the range of emotion this stage

of life can inspire.

“One of my favorite authors, Barbara Kingsolver, wrote in her book High Tide in Tucson something like ‘It’s not so far, then, from survival to poetry,’” McCormack referenced. “It’s always stuck with me. College and all the growing that comes with it can feel so much like both.”

Her time at Fordham has involved a healthy mix of both sonorous poeticism and simple survival: “Some moments are beautiful and precious, like watching a Bronx sunset from a friend’s roof or riding the D train alone and getting to feel like a part of the living, breathing organism that is New York City. But other days – living on your own, friend drama, family drama, mental health, homework, the stress of figuring out who you are and who you want to be – we’re barely surviving.”

“I love this Kingsolver quote because it reminds me that the veil between good and bad is actually quite thin, and beauty and meaning can be found even when you feel at your worst,” she said.

Amid the various implications of COVID-19 – involving the switch from in-person

instruction to remote learning for the latter half of the spring 2020 semester – McCormack believes this sense of community has both gained a reinforced significance and been deeply missed by its many members.

“Most students and faculty were devastated that the year had to end this way, but when I talked to my friends who go to other schools, they didn’t seem to care as much,” she said of her past few weeks back in Montana. “They don’t feel as attached to their universities.”

“Our present crisis highlighted for me how lucky we are at Fordham; we feel this sadness because we have something special to miss,” she affectionately said.

When asked if there were any particular people at Fordham she would like to recognize, her response reflected this pervasive appreciation for all of the university’s nooks and crannies: “There are so many people I could shout out!”

“I am especially grateful for the staff of the President’s Office, who have looked out for me like family since I started working with them my freshman year,” she said of her four years in the office as a student assistant.

“Thanks to Dean Annunziato for supporting my research; Dr. Keller for helping me transition to Honors; Dr. Greenfield for being a great professor and for inviting me to work on her oral history project; Carey Weiss for teaching me to think outside the box; and Pauline Villapondo for keeping me grounded. These women have been the most incredible mentors and cheerleaders these past 4 years.”

As an outgoing member of the senior class, McCormack feels comforted by her and her peers’ shared experience of a rather untraditional final semester, as well as the memories that will connect them going forward.

“Finding a job obviously seems a little more nerve-wracking than it did a few months ago, but as we all try to navigate this uncertainty and start our adult lives, it’s nice to know us fellow grads are in it together.”

McCormack has pre-recorded a speech that will air during the university’s 175th Commencement Ceremony this Saturday, May 16 – the first in university history to be entirely virtual, though one of many digital celebrations occurring in the changing world upon which Fordham’s Dodransbicentennial class will soon formally embark.

Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J., Captures Spring at Rose Hill

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Editor-in-Chief Emerita, Aislinn Keely, Says 2020 “Bears Witness” FROM LETTER, PAGE 1

to imply I would not feel this joy until much later. Now, in this ending without the usual ceremony of closure, Virgil has the last laugh.

I am grieved that I am not sitting with my graduating class, exhausted (hungover) on Eddie’s Parade.

Let’s be clear though, it was a joyous and grand adventure, and I thought I had bested Virgil until the last few weeks. I spent four years with a front-row seat to the best and worst of the university with my time at The Ram. With every weekly publication, even the tough ones, I saw how all of you cared, how all of you loved and respected each other enough to demand the highest level of character from your community and your leaders and how so many of you were committed to the ideal that change starts with you. I have interviewed and written about so many men and women for others, and though we’re not sitting together today, I want you to know that your work mattered even if you didn’t get your victory lap.

During my time edit-

ing the newspaper, I became convinced that Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the university, was right: we would live up to the title of Visionary Class. However, I see now that the charge he placed on us might look different than I originally thought.

When the Class of 2020 entered Fordham’s halls, we were asked to be a Visionary Class. We thought we were asked to be movers and shakers of the world, men and women for others who would one day become bothered graduates setting the world on fire. Now, our class, a group of people so used to taking action in the face of suffering, are being asked to watch and wait. Maybe the Class of 2020 aren’t just visionaries, they are watchers of the world, those who, if nothing else, look suffering in the face and remember it.

I’ve begun to think of our class as those who bear witness. We have watched our world break apart and knit itself together so many times in our lives. My first day of school was September 11th.

I closed out my first decade of life with the crash of 2008.

I cast my first vote in the election of 2016. I attended school in an era of gun violence. I saw the uncovering of abuse in the Catholic Church and the MeToo era.

I am graduating during a global pandemic.

As a lifelong Long Islander, I never knew that when I listened to Billy Joel’s “Miami 2017” that I would one day see the lights go out on Broadway and watch the Empire State lay low.

“Unprecedented” is a word that has punctuated the lives of the Class of 2020, so much that we have become used to the unusual. I spent my time at Fordham working on its journal of record, but each of us, the Class of 2020, is a living record of these times. We are visionary, just not in the way we expected.

I think it’s important to remember that contributions are not always made in a linear fashion. Doing your part to stay at home and pay attention to the world we live in even if you cannot be fully part of it right now could very well make all the difference at another time. Many years from now

Julia Comerford / The Fordham Ram Aislinn Keely, FCHR’20, writes about being a part of the Class of 2020.

when god willing we are old and grey, the world will fall apart again, and the children in our lives will say “this is unprecedented,” and you and I will say, “I have seen the world fracture into pieces many times. I know that generosity can come from the most unlikely of places, and when you cannot find hope today you may find it somewhere new tomorrow.”

Maybe then, when some-

one asks us what happened in 2020 and this time of watching and waiting has new purpose, we’ll remember Virgil’s fountain, and look back upon this time with joy. Until then, I am thinking of the joyous times I spent with you, Class of 2020, and looking forward to one day sitting on Eddie’s with my back to Cunniffe Fountain.

Fordham Athletics Honors Athletes At Home

Teams Name Most Valuable Players of the Year FROM BLOCK F, PAGE 1

of the last squads to finish their regular seasons before sports shut down. The women’s basketball team picked the obvious choice in junior

Bre Cavanaugh, who was also named the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year this past season in leading Fordham to a 21-win season. The men’s team, which finished with a 9-22 record,

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named Antwon Portley its MVP after he finished the year averaging just over 10 points per game and nearly four rebounds per contest.

Next up was Fordham’s cross country teams, both of which made fairly obvious choices. The men’s team went with senior Ryan Kutch, who raced in the NCAA national championship this past year, while the women’s team selected freshman Alexandra Thomas, who was named to the Atlantic 10’s all-rookie team at season’s end. The football team’s selection was also a no-brainer, in sophomore quarterback Tim DeMorat, the leading passer in the Patriot League in 2019.

The golf team, meanwhile, spread its MVP award between two freshmen, Nicholas Manning and P.J. O’Rourke, both of whom averaged around a 77 per round.

Both of Fordham’s soccer teams went with their respective heart and soul. The women’s team chose senior goaltender Kelly LaMorte, who played every minute of the last two seasons and scored five shutouts last year.

The men’s team went with junior Luke McNamara, who spearheaded Fordham’s defense and led the Rams to seven shutouts. On Tuesday, two of Fordham’s most successful programs, Water Polo and Squash, made their se-

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lections, choosing senior Jake Miller-Tolt and junior Griffin Fitzgerald, respectively. The swimming and diving teams each chose one of their record-breakers; the men’s team selected junior Patrick Wilson,

who broke two breaststroke records at this year’s A-10 Championship, and the women’s team chose senior Amelia Bullock, the first Ram to ever win the Atlantic 10’s Most Outstanding Performer award.

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Class of 2020 Sees Unprecedented Headlines Through College students won the national #SwipeOff competition on the Tinder dating app by garnering the greatest number of matches amongst competing universities. Their prize was a free concert from Juice WRLD and Charli XCX at the New York Expo Center in the Bronx.

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light allegations of sexual misconduct against priests affiliated with Fordham University, Fordham Preparatory School, or Murray-Weigel Hall, the Jesuit infirmary and retirement home at the university. In 2018, The Fordham Ram reported that a priest credibly accused of sexual misconduct lived and died at Murray-Weigel.

The Ram went on to unearth that, over the years, 10 priests with credible accusations of sexual misconduct of a minor had lived at Murray-Weigel. The university responded, and Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the university, emphasized his commitment to the safety of the Fordham student body.

The Ram Turns 100 The Ram celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2018. This yearlong centennial celebration paid tribute to the legacy of journalistic integrity the publication strives to uphold as the university’s journal of record.

Men’s Soccer and Women’s Basketball Hit Their Stride

Renovations Coming to McGinley and Collins The Class of 2020 saw renovations conceived and begin to take shape across campus. Updates to Collins Hall will enable wheelchair accessibility. The expansion of McGinley Center, an update for which students petitioned in early 2018, will increase capacity for club meetings, student lounges, and fitness space.

Owen Corrigan / The Fordham Ram In 2017, the Empire State Building was lit maroon in celebration of Fordham’s 175th anniversary.

2016 saw the Fordham men’s soccer team win the A-10 championship, and in 2018, Women’s Basketball likewise became A-10 champions.

University Confirms: Cohen Threatened Legal Action Should President Trump’s

Records Be Released In 2019, the university confirmed that a 2015 correspondence from Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen to McShane threatened legal action, should Donald Trump’s academic records be released. Trump spent two years as an undergrad-

uate student at Fordham. In response, the university emphasized that it was bound by law to keep student records private.

Fordham University Wins TinderU #SwipeOff Promotion In April 2019, Fordham

Fordham Community Grapples With COVID-19 In response to the threat of COVID-19 and the demands of state authorities, in March 2020, Fordham suspended all face-to-face instruction for the remainder of the spring semester. These past months have seen the Fordham community transition to online classes and grapple with the realities of a world in crisis. Now, members of the Class of 2020 await the postponed in-person com-

Dodransbicentennial Ramily Values Crossword

Across 1. Ring the gong here on your birthday 6. Fordham founder 9. The class of 2020 after May 16 11. (Latin) “with praise” 12. (Latin) philosophy of care for the whole person 14. Home to the Manresa program 15. Dreaded location for classrooms 20. Conferred at commencement 23. Body of elected student officials 24. Fordham University’s journal of record 28. Fordham’s Carnegie classification

30. Fordham alum and Super Bowl trophy namesake 33. 175th anniversary 34. Popular running spot and gift-buying destination (abbr.)

36. The university’s original name 38. (Latin) “….. et Doctrina) 40. Taken to Yankee Stadium or into Manhattan 41. Irish dance group 42. Don’t sit in the back row unless you want to get car sick 44. Music discovery starts here 45. Where you’ll find students on a warm afternoon 46. Old name for Urban Kitchen

Down 2. Type of art featured in Fordham’s antiquities museum 3. Student hub 4. Seniors and alumni hang out in the tent for this fall semester event 5. Business school namesake 7. Study rooms are a hot commodity here, especially during finals 8. Annual B+ Foundation fundraiser event 10. (Verb) to be helped by the student EMS group 13. A beloved mascot 16. Campus in West Harrison 17. A thrice-repeated offering from a shop on Fordham Rd. 18. Rumored to have written “The Bells” after hearing the university’s bells 19. Annual reunion weekend at Fordham 21. Home of the Hashtag and Bad Girl sandwiches 22. League for Fordham football 25. The victory bell after a Fordham sports team wins a game 26. The only place on campus to get an adobo bowl 27. Graduate’s attire 29. Org. in charge of student housing 31. Oldest active club on campus 32. Graduation certificate 35. Commuter org.

37. Tassel flipper, for short 39. The real Little Italy 43. Fr. McShane’s favorite way to describe the Class of 2020

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FCRH and GSB Honor Students’ Academic Achievement

AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES The W.E.B. DuBois Award -Veronica Quiroga The Alvin Leonard Award - Veronica Quiroga

The Fordham College at Rose Hill Dean’s Office Congratulates the Recipients of Departmental Awards

HEOP The Higher Education Opportunity Program Award -Tiffany Le

HISTORY The Mooney History Award - Katherine Courter | Abigail Gillis

ART HISTORY AND MUSIC The Art History Award - Anne Muscat The James L. Kurtz Award in Music- James Ordway | Auden Dykes

INTEGRATIVE NEUROSCIENCE The Excellence in Neuroscience Award - Rodolfo Keesey

ATHLETICS The Kieran Award - Erika Selakowski

INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY The Rev. Ferdinand Verbiest, S.J., Award - Gianna Pellegatto | Rosemarie McCormack

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES The Rev. Alan J. McCarthy, S.J., Memorial Award - Gianna Antinori The William Steinbugler Prize- AmberRose Nelson

LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES The Bernardo Vega-Rigoberta Menchú-Tum Award - Faelen Anne Paladino

CENTER FOR ETHICS EDUCATION The Dr. K. York and M. Noelle Chynn Ethics Prize – Ray Tischio

CHEMISTRY The Fordham Chemists Award - Nicole Smina The Rev. Robert D. Cloney, S.J., Memorial Award - Kathryn Kingsbury The Leo K. Yanowski Award - Marie Natalie Morency

MATHEMATICS The Senior Mathematics Prize - Olivia Hughes

DEBATE The Alumni Debate Award - Adam Ramzi The Class of 1915 Prize - Anneliese Weinhardt

DRAMA The Rev. Alfred Barrett, S.J., Memorial Award - Patrick Fox The Fechteler Award - Julia Corbett

ECONOMICS The Economics Award - Jack Brennan | Samuel Haviland

The Rev. J. Franklin Ewing, S.J., Memorial Award - Emerald Lacy

THEOLOGY The Jouin Award - Rachel Nolan

URBAN STUDIES The Anne Devenney Memorial Award - Madeleine Bianchi

VISUAL ARTS The James Storey Memorial Award - Madeleine Rizzo

WFUV The Rev. Laurence J. McGinley, S.J., Memorial Award - Natalie Migliore

WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES The Women’s Studies Essay Award - Benedetta Fontana

THE ROSE HILL HONORS STUDENTS ARE ACKNOWLEDGED

MATHEMATICS AND ECONOMICS The Mathematics/Economics Award - Wesley Nugent

Stephanie Albert • Jack Andrews • Theodore Berg Caroline Booth • Matthew Brewer • Kristen Cain Devin Dagostino • Julia DeMichele • Shannon Ducey Yianni Flouskakos • John Franke • Megan Gilligan Abigail Gillis • Julia Hammond • Onjona Hossain Daniel Joseph Galvez • Aubrey Leary • Emma Maliborski Isabella Mascio • Rosemarie McCormack • Margaret Mena Samantha Milano • Megan Morrison • Devin Navas Nathan Niehaus • Magdalin Pena • Paul Picciotti Suzanna Sati • Megan Schaffner • Theodore Schoneman David Sellers Jr. • Ellen Thome • Jonathan Tinker-Lamothe Kelsey Vinzant • Olivia Weklar • Elizabeth Wood • Henry Zink

MEDIEVAL STUDIES The Medieval Studies Award - Grace Campagna

CLASSICAL LANGUAGES AND CIVILIZATION

The Rev. Richard E. Doyle, S.J., Memorial Award in classical civilization- Theodore Shields MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES The Rev. Richard E. Doyle, S.J., Memorial Award in classical languages - Ruisen Zheng The French Achievement Award - Shannon Barry

The German Achievement Award - Grace Howie COLLEGIATE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTRY PROGRAM (CSTEP) The Francis R. Favorini Italian Achievement Award - Genny Glembotzky The C. David Ferguson CSTEP Scholar Award The Heydt French Award - Martin Garza Emely Camilo Cuello | Marie Natalie Morency The Heydt Spanish Award - Zachary Erickson

The Istituto Italiano di Cultura Award - Edgar Amaya Lopez COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA STUDIES The Anthony and Cecilia Guardiani Award - Zachary Erickson The Rev. Ralph W. Dengler, S.J., Memorial Award - Kindred St.Germain The Russian Award - Sabrina Miele

The Mandarin Achievement Award - Michelle Esposito COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES The Arabic Achievement Award - Kristen Cain The Herbert W. Bomzer Award - Trung Nguyen

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ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN STUDIES The Stella Moundas Award for Orthodox Christian Service - Maria Mirones

PHILOSOPHY The Archbishop John Hughes Award - Matthew Brewer The Jouin-Mooney Award - Marla Hasin

PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING PHYSICS The Martin King Memorial Award in Engineering Physics - Jack Keane

POLITICAL SCIENCE

CONGRATULATIONS TO FORDHAM CLUB MEMBERS

Stephanie Albert • Esau Ball • Sally Brander Katherine Courter • Katherine DeMeo • Anna Gotterbarn DiGiuseppe Mark Duffy • Kimona Dussard • Patrick Fox Genny Glembotzky • Hira Hassan • Kaitlin Hiciano Aislinn Keely • Kathryn Kingsbury • Daria Klemick Maria Krisch • Mary Lally • Olivia Langenberg Qing Li • Marlene Louro • Olivia Martinez Clifford McKay • Erin McNally • John Morin Samantha Muller • Mackenzie Norton • Joseph Papeo Nicole Smina • Anike Tella-Martins • Kelsey Vinzant Leila Witcher • Salma Youssef • Junjie Zhu

The William R. Frasca Prize - Paul Alongi Jr. Dean Donna Rapaccioli and the entire faculty and staff of the Gabelli School of Business are proud to The Political Science Endowment Award - Leila Witcher celebrate the achievements of all of our graduating seniors. Here is a preview of some of this year's PSYCHOLOGY The Olivia J. Hooker Award - Nia Johnson honorees at Rose Hill, with the full listSOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY of awards announced when we gather to celebrate and honor the class of 2020 in person. Congratulations one and all!

ENGLISH The Alumni English Literature Prize - Rachel Malak The Margaret G. Amassian Award - David Sellers Jr. The Bernice Kilduff White and John J. White Prizes Creative Writing - Hannah Gonzalez Literature - Zachary Erickson

AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

GSB AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE

This award honors students with the highest overall grade point average in each major and primary concentration.This award is given in each of the Rose ill program’s academic majors and primary concentrations: Primary Concentration in: Major in: Angela Muzai Accounting Zoya Dhanani Applied Accounting and Finance Robert A Magrino Accounting Information Systems Kenneth E. Krizan III Business Economics Alexandra Gallagher Entrepreneurship Natasha D. Greenblatt Public Accounting Thomas R Balcom Finance Zara Jillings Finance Jacques L. Paye Information and Isabelle M. Hanson Christopher J. Sleutjes Communications Systems Aravind Sureshbabu Management Zara Jillings Melanie Orent Marketing Information Systems Katherine Paglia Daniel Berkowitz Social Innovation Marketing Polina K. Yafizova Christian D. Martinez Public Accountancy

GABELLI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS DEAN’S AWARD This award recognizes a student who has exemplified the spirit of leadership called forth in a esuit education: a leader who unites others behind a common cause to accomplish goals that could not otherwise be attained.

2020 Gabelli School of Business Dean’s Award at RH: Kaylee M. Wong

MOZILO FUTURE DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS This prize is awarded to a student who has demonstrated excellence in all areas of the undergraduate experience, personifying Fordham’s mission by making excellence the focus of his or her life.

2020 Mozilo Future Distinguished Alumnus at RH: Alexandra Gallagher

ALUMNI CHAIR AWARD This award honors an individual who inspires fellow students; who achieves excellence in academics, service, and extracurricular activities; and who lives out the Ignatian principles Fordham seeks to instill in its students.

2020 Alumni Chair Award at RH: Jacklyn L. Onody