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September 22, 2016

Faculty Senate Files Grievances With President, Administrators

By THERESA SCHLIEP NEWS CO-EDITOR

The Faculty Senate at Fordham University filed grievances with four administrative members and groups, including Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the university, after the university imposed an unapproved salary raise, which the Faculty Senate says violated the university’s own statues.

The three other people and groups mentioned in the grievances were Martha Hirst, senior vice president, chief financial officer, Treasurer Dr. Stephen Freedman, university provost and members of the Fordham University Board of Trustees. The Senate sent their grievances to the Faculty Hearing Committee.

Bob Howe, director of communications at the university, responded for the four aforementioned parties when The Fordham Ram requested comment. Howe said the university is not issuing a statement on the matter, instead focusing on “productive discussions about the 2018 budget and compensation.”

Faculty Senators believe that the filing of grievances should allow for resolution between the parties involved.

“The grievance process should give everyone an opportunity to review the various complaints in a careful and considered manner,” said Professor Henry Schwalbenberg in an email interview with The Fordham Ram. “That will hopefully lead to a mutually agreeable resolution that will prevent further escalation.”

Professor Andrew Clark of the Faculty Senate said the nature of these grievances is unique both in its rarity and in nature.

“Grievances are filed all the time, but this doesn’t mean this type of grievance with these individuals is,” said Clark. “In my memory, the Senate has never filed against the president of the university. It is rather significant and unique from that point of view.”

The aforementioned Hearing Committee is a committee comprised of nine tenured faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate.

Clark said the committee is the

“internal justice system of the institution.” Any grievances filed by members of the university committee are heard by the Hearing Committee.

“The Hearing Committee deals with any grievance put before them,” he said.

Clark said these grievances can range from sexual harassment and racism, to faculty members feeling that they have been unjustly passed over for a position.

Anne Fernald, president of the faculty senate, said the Hearing Committee uses discretion to come to its determination. The committee’s decision is “ordinarily determinative,” she said.

Fernald said the committee has the right to ask for any and all additional information necessary to come to a conclusion regarding the grievances. This includes law scholars and legal advice.

The timeline for filing grievances is not determinable, said Fernald.

Both Clark and Fernald said the Faculty Senate is attempting to resolve matters internally, before reSEE FACULTY, PAGE 5

ALEXIS MOLLICA FOR THE FORDHAM RAM

Both USG and RHA held elections this past week, and the results are in.

Freshmen USG Senators Elected Fordham College Class of 2020 Senate Patrick Fox Conor Gilroy Lailinda Xu

Gabelli Class of 2020 Senate Raymond Wu Prince Adablah

FUEMS Celebrates 40th Anniversary

By ALEX BRENNAN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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Fordham University College Republicans may determine an endorsement for this year’s presidential election.

College Republicans Split Over Trump Nomination

By BEN ST. CLAIR

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Like voters across the country, Fordham’s College Republicans are torn. In March, an email from then President Sebastian Albrecht, FCRH ’17, to current and prospective club members described members’ concerns with the possible nomination of

Donald J. Trump.

“Many of our club members have approached me, saying that they cannot support Trump in the general election and would rather vote for Hillary Clinton,” wrote Albrecht at the time.

Now with Mr. Trump’s nomination in July and just under seven weeks before the election, the club’s executive board must de-

cide whether or not to endorse Mr. Trump’s campaign. According to conversations with three of the four members, the board is divided in their support of Mr. Trump and over whether or not to issue an endorsement.

“While the e-board remains split in our personal opinions SEE TRUMP, PAGE 3

Emergency services at Fordham University started with fanny packs with simple medical supplies, according to Heather Cahill, FCRH ’18 and chief of Fordham University Emergency Medical Services.

Times have changed.

“Now we have over a hundred members and two ambulances stocked with medications, medical supplies and medical equipment,” said Cahill.

Fordham University Emergency Medical Services (FUEMS) celebrates its 40th year of service to the Fordham community.

Since its conception, the way in which the organization has been run has certainly changed, but the main goal remains: students helping students.

This is the notion that Catherine Maccaro, FCRH ’17, FUEMS member and vice president of Health and Security for United Student Government, believes FUEMS embodies.

She said the Fordham mantra, “men and women for others,” is the objective of the staff who work tirelessly to help their fellow peers. However, the manner of operation, even the name

FUEMS, was not what the student body knows today.

Fordham student medical aid began with a student-run emergency medical service on campus called Student Emergency Responders Group (SERG), started by Bruce Medleka, CBA ’79, in 1977, according to Natalie Sturgeon, FCRH ’17 and director of FUEMS. However, the university did not view the organization as an official Emergency Medical Services (EMS), so they operated out of a station wagon.

“When SERG was founded, emergency medical response within the Bronx was extremely slow,” said SEE FUEMS, PAGE 6

in this issue

Opinion Page 7

Kaepernick’s Protest Ineffective Combatting Racism

Culture Page 12

New York Fashion Week Highlights Diversity

Sports Page 16

Men’s Soccer Beats Stetson University

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PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFS Sept. 13 E. Fordham Road 6:30 p.m.

A faculty member was waiting for the bus at the E. Fordham Road and Third Ave stop when she went to get a pass and felt someone brush against her backpack. She found her wallet had been taken, but did not see the person who took it.

Sept. 13 Crotona Avenue 4:30 p.m.

A student’s off-campus apartment was broken into. The perpetrator stole prescription medication from the student and has not been found.

Sept. 13 McGinley Center 11 p.m.

A student reported that she unknowingly left her wallet in the Mcginley Center. An unauthorized purchase was then made on her credit card for $400 at Macy’s.

Her wallet was recovered with the credit card in it. The student declined to go to the police.

Sept. 16 Salice Conley 10:30 a.m.

Somebody vandalised an elevator in Salice Conley by scratching obscene words into the buttons of the elevator.

September 22, 2016

Journal From Abroad

Finding Familiarity in Siena Bonding Over Homesickness while Studying Abroad

By COLBY WOOD CONTRIBUTING WRITER

SIENA, ITALY — I am currently sitting in a very unfamiliar Munich airport, all alone, waiting for my plane to arrive. It was scheduled to be here about two hours ago. I normally wouldn’t mind-- in fact, I see myself as a patient traveler. No matter what happens, I always think about the fact that I am going back home, where I get to see my family, friends and, most importantly, my adorable black lab.

However, this time is a bit different. Instead of returning to a familiar environment, I am going back to Siena, Italy, where I moved three weeks ago. Instead of returning to my bedroom and cozy bed, I am returning to bare walls and a bed smaller than a twin size mattress. I am going back to the 12 other students, including my Italian roommate, Chiara, whom I met just three weeks ago.

Of course, we have all become

very close in that short amount of time, probably due to our one connection: none of us knew anyone at the start of the semester, and we were desperate to find someone who could relate to us.

So here I am, trying to find normality in a whole bunch of chaos.

During orientation, Sigrid, who is in charge of student conduct, warned us about “culture shock.”

Culture shock, as defined by the Oxford dictionary, is, “a feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life or set of attitudes.”

Well, it is safe to say that we were thrown into a pit of unknown culture, attitude and, of course, language.

At first I laughed at the idea of “culture shock.” New countries always take time to get used to, but I am not one to get homesick, so I dismissed the idea. Sigrid said that it would hit us all at different moments in different ways. For some, homesickness hit hard and immediately. These students felt

sudden waves of uncertainty, followed by panic and tears. For others, homesickness was a bit more subtle.

Me? I wasn’t sure if I “caught it” until I started thinking about fall in Maine, and pumpkins, and how Italy doesn’t really celebrate Halloween, and my dog, and school and my friends. I’ll admit, I was craving familiarity, but I was okay with it. Culture shock is as real as my gelato addiction.

At Oktoberfest, I met a man who spoke English. I was instantly excited and I asked where he was from. He said Seattle, which is far from of my home state of Maine. Meeting someone from Seattle instantly made me excited, probably because I was happy to have a conversation with someone whose words I could understand completely.

Study abroad is supposed to be uncomfortable. I would have been doing it wrong if I had not experienced some form of culture shock. I learned to love and embrace the differences. In these

past two weeks of being in Siena, I have seen and done more than I have in my whole life. My travel mates and I met interesting and amazing people whom we never would’ve spoken to otherwise, learned to travel to other countries on my own and became comfortable with being uncomfortable.

Because we are study abroad students, our experiences are going to be different. Our favorite food might not be stocked in the markets, you might not be able to run the laundry machine and the dishwasher at the same time without all the lights in the apartment going out and you might talk to anyone who is American just because they’re American.

So while Chiara, my Italian roommate, may not understand why I would ever put vegetables in my pasta (strictly a side dish, she says), and I may never understand how she eats Nutella croissants for breakfast and somehow stays a size two, some things just have to be accepted.

Sept. 18 Arthur Avenue 7:45 p.m.

A smoke alarm was activated in a student’s off-campus apartment.

The fire department and public safety responded to the alarm and found that it was activated by burning food on the stove. There was no apparent damage and the system was reset.

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Writer Colby Wood was told to expect homesickness, but did not expect to find solace in his interactions with Americans and other students while in Siena.

This Week at Fordham Wednesday Sept. 21

Thursday Sept. 22

Friday Sept. 23

Friday Sept. 23

Wednesday Sept. 28

Digital Future of Healthcare

CSA Says Love Thy Neighbor

Speak Out Against Homophobia

Fordham Standup Homecoming Show

Bepler Commons 5:30 p.m. — 7 p.m.

Childhood Cancer Awareness

McGinley Lawn 3 p.m. — 4 p.m.

Collins Auditorium 8 p.m. — 9 p.m.

McGinley Lobby 2 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.

Commuting Students Association will host an event in which members of the Fordham community can assemble and make and share friendship bracelets. Food and refreshments will be provided.

Progressive Students for Justice will host an event on McGinley Lawn in which member of the Fordham community can collect and discuss homophobia and campus culture.

Fordham Experimental Theatre will host Fordham Stand Up’s homecoming show in the Blackbox. Ending just before President’s Ball, students should arrive to the show in their dance attire.

Up ‘Til Dawn will give out pencils and gold ribbons to members of the Fordham community in Mcginley Lobby. they wil be raising awareness for pediatric cancer.

Keating 317 6 p.m. — 7:30 p.m.

The Business Innovations in Healthcare Club will host Rebecca Callahan, Maven Nurse Practitioner, who will talk about technology and healhcare, as wel as working at a telemedicine company.

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Organizations like the Diversity Task Force, pictured above, and the DAC were formed in response to racial bias incidents.

Diversity Action Coalition Sets Goals at First Meeting

By YASMIN MERCHANT STAFF WRITER

The Diversity Action Coalition (DAC), formed last year in response to several bias incidents that occurred on the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses, kicked off the semester on Monday with a meeting to discuss impending diversity initiatives.

Representatives from student organizations, including PRIDE Alliance, Commuting Students’ Association, United Student

Government, Residence Hall Association, Campus Activities Board, ASILI, The Black Student Alliance at Fordham and Dorothy Day Center.

According to the two co-chairs, Haley Hauge GSB ‘18 and Brian Daaleman FCRH ‘19, announced the coalition will form subcommittees to address specific incidents and initiatives for the year.

The DAC as a whole will meet biweekly while the subcommittees will convene weekly.

The group also discussed restructuring the New Student Ori-

entation to address more areas of diversity and inclusion on and off campus.

The DAC is continuing their work with the Core Curriculum and First Year Formation. Last year the RH College Council passed the DAC proposal to create a mandatory First Year Seminar class based off of First Year Formation but with the inclusion of more diversity elements, specifically in regard to Fordham’s relationship with the Bronx community, according to Daaleman, who also serves as a senator for

USG. “We will be working with administration to ensure the proposal is able to reach its full state in the next few years,” Daaleman said.

Currently, there are two pilot programs — one for the Gabelli School of Business and one for Rose Hill. The curriculum is uniform, but is simply separated because of scheduling differences between the schools.

The DAC is also working with Public Safety on sensitivity phrasing of email alerts. Many students

took offense when a Public Safety alert in March used the term “male blacks” to describe two alleged assailants.

The university has already witnessed one sexual harrassment incident in Finlay Hall at the start of the semester.

According to the Coalition’s mission statement, “The Diversity Action Coalition seeks to make Fordham a more inclusive environment for all students. We will promote in all our actions greater acceptance and understanding of diversity in all of its forms.”

Repubs Yet to Endore The Republican Nomineee Only Half of Current Club Members Support Trump FROM TRUMP, PAGE

about this election year, I believe that we will agree to put forth a vote to our club to determine an endorsement,” said Colton Hillman, GSB ’19 and treasurer of the club.

Albrecht, who now works as the volunteer director for the state of New York for libertarian presidential candidate and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, recalled that only a few of the clubs’ members were supporting Trump when he sent that email last year.

Since then, the attitudes of club members have changed. According to club vice president Matt Johnson, FCRH ’17, an informal vote during the club’s first meeting revealed that approximately half of those who attended planned to vote for Mr. Trump.

Hillman, who said he has supported Trump since December, said he had he brought up the issue during a College Republicans executive board meeting earlier this semester. “Trump’s the nominee; we should vote for Trump,” Hillman said in an interview. “We need to be united.”

Former club President Luke

Zaro, FCRH ’16, could not recall if the club had endorsed a candidate during the 2012 election, when he served as a freshman liaison.

Current College Republicans President Robert Gray, FCRH ’17, declined to comment for this article, but Gray has recently been critical of Mr. Trump on his Facebook page.

“Trump is absolutely doomed and the GOP needs to cut its losses now and re-direct all available resources to saving what is left of our down-ballot,” Gray wrote in a Sept. 13 post.

According to a review by The Fordham Ram, the club’s constitution does not stipulate how it would endorse a candidate. But members of the executive board said that the process would involve a vote of members present at one of the club’s meetings — after the executive board came to a consensus.

Johnson said he remains hesitant to move forward with the endorsement process. Both he and Secretary Sebastian Balasov, GSB ’18, expressed concern over the possible response from Fordham’s administration, cit-

ing the school’s reaction in 2012 when the club attempted to bring conservative commentator Ann Coulter on campus.

“We all know that Trump has said some very controversial things in the past, some things that may not align with ‘Fordham’s Jesuit values,’” Balasov said in an email.

The proposed Coulter event generated controversy among the student body, with 2,100 people signing an online petition in opposition. In a statement on Nov. 9, 2012, Reverend Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of the university, did not forbid the club from hosting Ms. Coulter, but expressed concern with the club’s invitation.

“To say that I am disappointed with the judgment and maturity of the College Republicans, however, would be a tremendous understatement,” McShane wrote in the statement at the time.

The controversy generated national and eventually led to an impeachment hearing for two executive board members, according to Zaro. The final vote fell short of impeachment, Zaro said.

“It certainly wasn’t a great mo-

ment for the club in any respect,” Zaro told The Fordham Ram in a recent interview.

In an interview, Albrecht said his main goal during the Republican primary earlier this year had been to maintain the club’s unity.

In an effort not to exclude members, Albrecht said he did not consider endorsing a candidate. “It was always the most important thing to keep the club together,” he said.

Albrecht said he now worries that an endorsement could lead to conflict among the club’s members, and he commended Gray for his handling of what he considered a “difficult situation.”

Both Johnson and Balasov, though, said they doubt the club will move forward with the endorsement process. Club member and supporter of Trump Paul Ingrassia, FCRH ’17, also does not think an endorsement is likely.

“While I strongly urge the club to swallow their pride and support Trump, realistically I do not believe this is going to happen,” Ingrassia said in an email last week.

But Hillman plans to push for a vote. “I’ll make sure they do [call

a vote],” he said in an interview.

“We can’t be afraid to say we like Trump.”

Regardless of whether or not the club moves to endorse Trump, Johnson and Balasov said they hope to maintain a welcoming atmosphere at meetings this semester.

“We’re trying to be as neutral as possible,” Johnson said of the executive board’s attitude. Added Balasov, “We welcome all types of discussion.”

Fordham’s other partisan political club, the College Democrats, plan to endorse a candidate this election, according to club President Thomas Palumbo, FCRH ’17, who said that he anticipates the club will back the Democratic nominee and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

For the College Republicans, this election cycle remains different from the last presidential election. “It was pretty much assumed that the Republicans were for Romney,” Zaro said in an interview.

At least one e-board member wishes this election were similar.

“I would much prefer this to be a 2012,” Johnson said.

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September 22, 2016

Fordham In The Bronx

Interns Practice Preservation at Woodlawn

By AISLINN KEELY BRONX CORRESPONDENT

At the close of August, 16 interns graduated from this summer’s nine week long Woodlawn Conservancy Summer Preservation Training Program. The program, established in 2015, is designed to equip young men and women in the community surrounding Woodlawn Cemetery with masonry skills for further employment through much needed preservation work on the Conservancy’s historical monuments, according to a press release from the Conservancy.

The 16 interns spent the nine weeks of the program focused on the restoration of the Matthew C. Borden Memorial, an extensive collection of sarcophagi complete with a plaza. Through working on the monument, the interns earned qualifications and in some cases certifications, in masonry techniques that will facilitate a career

in masonry work.

Jontae Stanley, 22, and Jairo Castillo, 18, both Bronx residents, were selected from this year’s class to continue on a 19 month paid apprenticeship.

The instructors noticed attributes conducive of a career in masonry.

“The instructor saw a persistence in them and a nontangible knowledge of working with their hands. They were also terrific in teamwork,” said Eline Maxwell of Woodlawn Conservancy in a phone interview. Teamwork was integral to the program as the 16 interns broke into teams of two tasked with researching individual memorials within the monument before any masonry work began. From there, they worked in two rotating teams of eight that switched off between using techniques on a practice wall and the memorial itself.

This summer’s Class of 2016 was whittled down from an appli-

cant pool of 60, according to the interview with Maxwell. The application process included a brief math and literacy test along with a 250 word personal statement regarding why the applicant wished to pursue the program and, more broadly, masonry as a career.

This narrowed down the 60 to a group between 25 and 28 top scorers. These men and women sat for a final interview to cut their group to the final 16 interns that would work the nine week paid program.

“From day one this is what I wanted,” said Jontae Stanley on the opportunity, according to a press release from Woodlawn Conservancy.

All interns receive certifications in suspended and support scaffolding, along with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training. They are trained to differentiate between different stone types and are educated in pointing, caulking, clean-

ing and using the jahn, a type of mortar. Interns pressure-washed stone and removed biological growth from the monument as well.

These restoration skills are the heart of the program, as it is a, “program for out of school, out of work men and women ages 18 to 24 that focuses on masonry work guided by historical preservation techniques,” said Maxwell.

At the close of the program, students are assisted by organizations to transition into union apprentice jobs or work with local contractors, particularly by The Door and Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) Local 1.

Cathedral Stone Products has also matched past graduates with work in the field. The skills learned over the course of the program are highly sought after as, “there is a growing need throughout the nation for craftspeople experienced in the preservational arts,” according to Susan Olsen, Director of

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Woodlawn Conservancy chose two apprentices from 16 interns after nine weeks of restoration of the Matthew C. Borden Memorial.

Historical Services at Woodlawn.

The program is a symbiotic relationship between Woodlawn Cemetery and the Bronx community.

“The program is a win-win: Woodlawn is taking steps to preserve its mausolea, monuments and sculptures for future generations and these young adults are being given the opportunity to begin a lifelong career in the trades,” said Mitch Rose, President & CEO of The Woodlawn Cemetery and Woodlawn Conservancy, Inc. Historical preservation is paramount as the cemetery itself is imbued with great historical relevance. This year’s class focused on the 1904 memorial named for textile tycoon Matthew C. Borden that houses Borden and his relatives. Borden rests near other important figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Herman Melville and Duke Ellington, according to The Wall Street Journal.

“As a historic cemetery with the finest collection of funerary art in the nation, we recognize our larger obligation to the Bronx and the City of New York,” said Mitch Rose, according to the press release.

For the apprentices, the program provides them with the opportunity to look at their accomplishments. “I like what we do here,” said apprentice Jairo Castillo. “I feel really proud to see the difference after we clean and fix a monument.” The goal of the program is just that: to make a difference on all levels of community and historical preservation.

The Woodlawn Cemetery Preservation Training and Apprentice Program, created by the Woodlawn Conservancy, the World Monuments Fund and the International Masonry Institute, is funded by World Monuments Fund, The Heckscher Foundation for Children, The Dalio Foundation, Inc., the Achelis Foundation, the Pinkerton Foundation, The New York Community Trust and the office of New York City Council Member Andrew Cohen.

Campus Briefs & Bites Fashion Law Institute Discusses Body Politics

Alumni Review Fordham History

Professor Writes Book on Gender Politics

Fordham Professor Researches Pancreatic

The Fashion Law Institute at Fordham University hosted a discussion titled “The Body Politic: From Banning Burkinis to Designing Democracy.” Sara Elnakib, co-founder of the fashion label Beaute Cache, Simi Polonsky, co-founder of the fashion label The Frock, Asra Nomani, co-founder of the Pearl Project at Georgetown University and the founder and academic director of the Fashion Law Institute, Susan Scafidi appeared on the panel. Elnakib’s label designs clothes geared primarily towards Muslim women, whereas Polonsky’s label creates clothing oriented towards Orthodox Jewish women.

Elnakib expressed disagreement for laws like the recent burkini ban in France, in which various cities in France banned the garment worn by some Muslim women to the beach.

They contrasted the United States’ separation of church and state, written into the Constitution, with France’s strict separation.

As part of Fordham University’s dodransbicentennial celebration, the university held a panel discussion called “Fordham University: Made in New York” this past Wednesday. The panel hosted various alumni, like Patrick Foye, FCRH ’78, LAW ’81, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture sponsored the panel.

They discussed the history of the university, such as when it merged in 1907 with Manhattan’s St. Francis Xavier College, as well as the university’s purchase of 10 acres of land in Midtown Manhattan that would later become Fordham University Lincoln Center.

It was part of the Lincoln Square Renewal Project. Additionally, they discussed Fordham’s evolution, from a residential college, to a commuter college and recently, back to a residential college.

Monika McDermott, Ph.D., associate professor of political science, recently published a book called “Masculinity, Femininity, and American Political Behavior”. The book discusses how gendered personality traits influence voting behavior and party affiliation.

McDermott studied this through the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, invented by Sandra Bem, an American psychologist, in 1976. The test measures one’s masculine and feminine characteristics regardless of biological sex. She first administered the test to her students, who showed that those with Republican leanings tended to harbor more masculine characteristics, while those who aligned with Democrats tended to harbor more feminine characteristics. She first tested her Women in Politics class, in which some women exhibited more masculine traits. Later, she tested all of her political science classes in which she discovered the political leanings of gender characteristics.

Edward Dubrovsky, professor of molecular biology at Fordham University, recently received a grant from the Department of Health for New York State to research Drosophila melanogaster, or the fruit fly.

Dubrovsky hopes to study pancreatic cancer through the fruit fly. One of its genes, Rnase Z, shares similar structures and enzymes, classifying them as homolog genes.

Dubrovsky is working with graduate students in studying the mechanisms that regulate prostate growth and development of pancreatic cancer in the fruit fly. They are studying flies that share the genetic mutation that most likely causes pancreatic cancer in humans. The fruit fly is useful for its life span, the number of flies in each generation, and the long history of scientific study on the fruit fly which makes it one of the most well mapped genomes of eukaryotic organisms.

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Salary Dispute Prompts Faculty Senate To Act FROM FACULTY, PAGE 1

sorting to external assistance.

“We are trying to deal with the process internally first and depending on what transpires, we will potentially file a grievance with the AAUP or a lawsuit,” said Clark.

Fernald repeated this idea, saying, “in light of the current violation of the statues, the best first thing for us to do is to try and solve the problem internally before going external.”

Fernald said that while the Faculty Senate is frustrated, they are measuring their responses carefully.

“We are trying to take our response one step at a time,” said Fernald.

University Statute §4-06.08 dictates that the Faculty Hearing Committee handles matters related to §4-07, Parts II, III and IV. Fernald said it is her responsibility to charge the committee with their rules and procedures. From there, her involvement in the committee concludes.

The Faculty Senate responded with the grievances. Some faculty regard their move as an attempt to maintain the university’s responsibilities.

“Governance, governance, governance,” said Dr. Grace Vernon, professor of biology at Fordham University Lincoln Center. “We have issues here, but the bottom line is governance. We need to protect the integrity of the institution.”

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The Faculty Senate is attempting to resolve matters internally through filing grievances.

Writer Discusses Her Work, Muslim Identity

By THERESA SCHLIEP NEWS CO-EDITOR

Zarqa Nawaz opened her discussion about faith and humor with jokes about the Jesuit cemetery at Georgetown, where she said she asked in jest to be buried but was denied because the cemetery is reserved only for Jesuit priests.

“I thought it would be cool to have an interfaith gathering under the ground,” said Nawaz.

This Monday, Canadian Muslim Nawaz presented a discussion called “Laughing All the Way to the Mosque: Finding Holiness in Humor.” Sponsored by the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies and supported by the Office of Campus Ministries,

Nawaz spoke about her career as a journalist, filmmaker, television creator and author, as well as her experiences as a Muslim Canadian. She has detailed those experiences in her book, Laughing All the Way to the Mosque.

Nawaz created the world’s first sitcom about a Muslim community in the west, called “Little Mosque on the Prairie.” In it, a Muslim community gathers and worships in the basement of an Anglican church.

She also created short films, such as “Barbecue Muslims.”

Narwaz created this film after the Oklahoma City Bombings, when newspapers listed Muslims as suspects until investigators nailed Timothy McVeigh, a white supremacist, as the perpetrator.

The comedy details the story of two Muslim brothers whose barbecue spontaneously explodes. While the investigators initially believes it to be them, they discover it is actually environmentalists trying to mitigate carbon emissions from barbecues.

Nawaz’s family is originally from Pakistan, but she was born in Liverpool, England, and eventually moved to Canada. Nawaz said turmoil in Pakistan and India was tragic for her father, as he was the eldest son and was responsible for caring for his siblings. Nawaz attributes her father’s unwavering belief in education to this experience.

“He thought if a woman had education and could get a real

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Nawaz discussed her life from her parents’ wishes for her to be a dcotor, to her various films and book.

job and a lot of money, she would not need to get married,” she said of her father. “He was a very conservative Muslim man, but he was spewing stuff off like Gloria Steinem.”

She said her parents encouraged her from birth to be a doctor.

However, she found mathematics and science troubling and often times answered her physics questions with essays. “‘You can’t answer these mathematical questions with essay,’ the professors would say,” she said.

Her other films, including “Death Threat,” “Random Check” and “Friend’s Burqa” touch upon Muslim stereotypes in a humorous manner.

Nawaz eventually created a more serious film titled “Me and the Mosque.” The film details the story of a mosque in Canada in which an Imam separates men and women during prayer, a practice unfamiliar and un-Islamic to Nawaz. Then, she solicites the opinions of Muslim scholars.

Throughout the discussion, Nawaz included anecdotes about her mother, whom she said “was waiting in the wings for a long time and had a plan B,” to her medical school dreams. When Nawaz was denied from medical school, her mother gathered suitors to plan a marriage for Nawaz.

She said her mother gave her advice on how to interact with men. “‘Ask him where he gets his prayer rugs from,’” said Nawaz, quoting her mother. “This is coming from the woman who doesn’t know how to get men — she was handed one on a silver platter!”

When Nawaz expressed disinterest in marriage, her mother was shocked.

“I said ‘I need to find myself,’” she said “What’s wrong with you, you’re standing right there.”

Nawaz found herself in journalism school at Ontario College of Art and Design, where she eventually enrolled in a summer film course.

Towards the end of the discussion, Nawaz discussed Muslim stereotypes and interactions between the West and the Muslim world. She said there are parallels between western policy in the Middle East and colonialism in North America.

“We want to civilize you because you’re barbaric, uncultured people,” she said, citing both western intervention in the Middle East and the colonists’ subjugation of First Nation Communities in Canada.

Nawaz also touched upon the current election. “‘What makes American great?” she asked, referencing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. “Its diversity and its acceptance.”

She also said that the most patriotic people tend to be immigrants.

“The human experience is universal — at our core we are all the same,” she said.

Students who attended found the implications of the talk most relatable.

“It was very enlightening, the depth she brought,” said Christian Reese, FCRH ’20. “Everybody’s thinking about the election and Donald Trump, but she gave her opinions and her life story, which I thought was better than what I was expecting in that she made it seem more real and applicable.”

Angela O’Donnell, English professor and associate director of the Curran Center for American Catholic Studies, said Nawaz gave audience members an idea of the work and persistence it takes for an artist to deliver their work.

“This gave us all a sense of the inevitable sacrifices artists make for their art and also reminded us that art serves the greater good and at times the artist has to set aside her own comfort and well-being for the sake of others,” said O’Donnell.

NEWS

September 22, 2016

FUEMS Looks Back on 40 Years of Service FROM FUEMS, PAGE 1

Cahill. “After the death of a visiting faculty member, the need for emergency medical services on campus was more than evident.”

No university recognition meant they could only respond to calls from students and attend to them until alternate services arrived. They could not take them to the hospital themselves.

Eventually, SERG began attracting Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), and the club grew larger. On October 4th, 1988, the New York Department of Health certified the club, which allowed them to purchase an ambulance. The growth of EMTs on staff and the certification by the state resulted in Fordham’s acknowledgement of the club as an official EMS organization. becoming “FUEMS.” Additionally, the crews used to only require two EMTs during shifts.

Now, there are typically three on shift. Furthermore, there has been an addition of a student attendant to the shifts. The student attendant is someone who is not certified as an EMT by New York state, but watches to gain experience and see, first hand, how the EMTs handle emergency

situations.

Originally, there were not enough EMTs for FUEMS to operate on a 24-hour basis. However, about four or five years ago, there were enough people to create a “day staff ”, officially making FUEMS a 24/7 emergency service. The schedule for the day staff is completely different from the weekend and night shifts; students cannot work an hour and a half before class, which makes the schedule very complicated.

Despite that, student involvement has never been higher. “Every year we get a larger amount of interest,” said Maccarro.

While the FUEMS staff welcomes new students, it has led them to make some changes. For example, they created a new position so that students can get shifts in before January. However, this increase has only led to more excitement amongst FUEMS members. For instance, Sturgeon said 247 students signed up at the club fair.

Cahill said that due to Emergency Aid Training hosted on Fordham’s campus, they are able to certify between 60 and 80 members each year as New York State Certified Emergency Medical Technicians on the

Basic Level.

Cahill said FUEMS has “changed exponentially” over its 40 years of service.

Page 6 “FUEMS has made a lot of stride within the past few years alone, with the addition of some new medications and the expansion of parts of our scope of practice,” said Cahill.

Cahill said FUEMS currently has two ambulances in service, with a brand new one arriving this week to replace one of the older ambulances.

“We are hoping to be able to expand our fleet and our services in the

new future,” said Cahill.

Although FUEMS is not exactly the institution created in 1977, it has achieved the goals that Medleka originally had for the club, and the staff will celebrate those accomplishments throughout the year. For example, there is an annual dinner to thank Public Safety, the doctors at St. Barnabas and alumni. This year, they plan to have the 40th anniversary be

MARY ALICE BROWDOWSKI FOR THE FORDHAM RAM

As FUEMS celebrates its 40th year of operation, they look forward to a new ambulance and increased participation.

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September 22, 2016

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The Fordham Ram

Kneeling is the Wrong Response to Racism

By PAUL SAMSON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Kneeling during football games seems to evoke a different sentiment since Tim Tebow’s popularized prayer stance back in 2011.

Over the past several weeks, several NFL players have knelt not in prayer but in protest during the singing of the national anthem.

Quarterback Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers infamously began this trend earlier this month, and it has spread across the country, meeting both support and criticism.

In a post-game interview with NFL Media following the game against the Green Bay Packers, Kaepernick said he refuses “to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color…this [issue] is bigger than football and it would be selfish…to look the other way.”

Coach Chip Kelly of the 49ers said it was beyond his control to restrict Kaepernick’s freedoms of speech and expression, arguing he “does not have the right not to tell [Kaepernick] to do something.”

Under Article I of the Constitution, Colin Kaepernick does have the right to exercise his freedom of speech — but that same constitutional statement also ensures a right for others to speak out against him.

Racism is alive in America,

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Colin Kaepernick, quaterback for the San Francisco 49ers, has faced scrutiny for kneeling during the national anthem.

even decades after the Civil War and Civil Rights Movement. Certain races and religious sects are more likely to face oppression than others, and, in some cases, police have exploited their power.

Nonetheless, the flag represents the polar opposite of “a country that oppresses black people.” Charles Thomson, secretary of the Continental Congress, outlined the flag’s meaning in speech which he presented in front of his peers in 1777: “White signifies

purity and innocence, Red, hardiness and valor and Blue, vigilance, perseverance and justice.”

It was with hardiness and valor that nearly three million Union soldiers fought for the freedom of all people during the Civil War. Soldiers still continue to fight for our freedom today. It was with perseverance that people fought for equal rights during the Civil Rights Act and today.

The meaning behind the composition of the American flag does not reflect reality as it stands to-

day, but as it could and should be tomorrow. Oppression of anyone is contrary to our country’s constitution and legislation. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 to ensure such oppression could not go unpunished.

As is visible across the world, no country, religion or race can or should be defined by the lowest of its people.

Kaepernick knees down because he is looking at the wrong flag. What the flag represents is the fight with valor and virtue to

some, even for those who enjoy it.

Since psychological and other mental health services can be expensive and time consuming, college students should know that there is a cheap and easy way to transcend the burdens placed on them: meditation.

A 2005 Harvard study concluded that meditation not only reduces stress, but also increases cortical thickness, improving memory and awareness. A study in the General Hospital Psychiatry Journal found that meditation

can have positive, long-term effects in the treatment of anxiety disorders.

Meditation can work for anybody. If you are competitive, it will give you the edge needed to outperform your peers. If you are just looking for some relaxation time, it could replace a nap.

Adopting an ideology is not necessary, nor do you have to spend huge heaps of money.

All you need is some time and a little patience. Think about meditation like brushing your teeth or

going to the gym, except that it is a check on your well-being, not your teeth or muscles.

I practice a form of meditation called “Transcendental Meditation,” or TM for short. The process is organic and simple; I close my eyes for 20 minutes, twice a day.

During those 20 minutes I repeat a mantra given to me by an instructor. That word allows me to combat the stress accumulated throughout the day.

If you are familiar with The Beatles, this is the form of meditation they learned when visiting the Maharishi in India, and it served as inspiration for The White Album. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr still practice it to this day, and they support charities like the David Lynch Foundation that provide free meditation lessons to the underprivileged.

It is the premier meditation choice for celebrities such as Oprah, who famously had her whole staff learn it. Popular figures like Jerry Seinfeld, Katy Perry, Ivanka Trump and Moby all practice this type of meditation.

Learning how can be costly, but once you learn, it is very effective. If you learn now, you get a student discount, which I highly recommend.

I can sincerely say that if it were not for meditation, I would not have even survived freshman year.

achieve justice for all Americans.

We can be frustrated as Americans. We can and should be frustrated with the faults of the country — yet we cannot kneel in shame for our country.

We must instead look forward with hope towards the fulfillment of the true meaning of the Stars and Stripes.

This is a country of the people, by the people and for the people.

The Constitution is that by which “We the People” can live and trust. The same ideal holds for the flag — it is your flag, my flag, the country’s flag. It belongs to every citizen of the United States, though some Americans have diminished its meaning through injustice.

Nonetheless, we must continue to stand for its true meaning and virtue.

The stars and stripes stand as a symbol for all Americans, yet by kneeling down Kaepernick surrenders ownership of his own flag to those who seek to take away his rights.

We as Americans must stand together, maintain our stakes in this country and not let it get beaten down by the oppression practiced by the unjust.

We must not kneel down at the sight of our flag. We must stand up and own the stars and stripes.

Paul Samson, FCRH ’19, is an economics major from Port Washington, New York.

Breathe In, Breathe Out: A Ram’s Advice

By BENEDICT CARRIZZO STAFF WRITER

College brims with fun and excitement. Inside and outside of the classroom, one is often stimulated by professors, other students and books. It is essentially a vacation with work, a change from the confines of home and its restrictions.

But it is also a stressful environment, enlightening but also taxing on the brain and, for some, even the body. Work is burden-

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College can be stressful, which is why meditation mightbe a good option for students at universities who have anxiety.

College is filled with opportunities to meditate. There are meditation centers scattered around the city, retreat houses and personal teachers.

Try doing it in a group. Some studies have concluded that group meditation is more powerful than individual meditation. To those of you who overschedule, sleep 20 or 30 minutes less than you normally do and meditate.

Transcendental Meditation, specifically, is proven to be three times more restful than basic sleep.

To those of you who worry about the difficulty of meditation, don’t. Anything is better than nothing, and practice makes perfect. As Shia LaBeouf once said, “Just do it!”

Go try it for yourself. Go online and look up different meditation types.

Even if it is a short breathing exercise in the morning, you will feel better. Whatever your problem is — no sleep, shortterm stress, long-term stress, a hangover or maybe it is just another day and you need to relax — There are strong arguments to show that meditation will help.

Benedict Carrizzo, FCRH ’18, is an English and communication and media studies double major from Kings Park, New York.

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September 22, 2016

From the Desk | Tara Martinelli

Making Confidence Sexy Again Confidence used to be an admired, coveted and desirable characteristic. A confident person would stand out as a role model to others. We would meet someone who exuded self-awareness and self- love, and we so badly wanted feel that way about ourselves.

However, somewhere down the road, people have grown to fear their own confidence due to others’ tendencies to judge it as something ugly and obnoxious.

There is no reason we should bash the confidence we see in others; rather, we should praise it.

Before I continue, I would like to be clear that I do not think that arrogance should be an admired trait. There is a very fine line between confidence and arrogance — just look at Beyoncé and Kanye West. But oftentimes, people are so afraid of being the latter that they do not even put themselves on the spectrum and decide to lead a self-conscious, passive life.

Of course, we all have aspects about ourselves that we would change if we could, but these are not the qualities we should focus on. As college students, having confidence in ourselves is more

important now than ever before.

This is the time when we need to take ownership of ourselves. As freshmen, we are thrown into an environment as total individuals for the first time. The first, and most obvious situation in which confidence can come in handy is when working on your first group project. There is always that point in time when work is being divided and everyone has their individual preferences but no one wants to speak up. People often feel by speaking up they are creating a conflict or being confrontational. This is when the fear of being seen as confident becomes dangerous.

There is a big difference between being confrontational and standing up for yourself, but for whatever reason, many people have a hard time making this distinction.

Here is my advice on this matter: Whether it’s in the classroom or among friends, stand up for yourself! If someone says something that bothers you or hurts your feelings, you need to say something. Unfortunately, no matter how much we wish we

could be, no one is a mind-reader.

People will not know how they affect you if you don’t speak up.

As my mom and Dr. Phil always say, you need to teach people how to treat you. If you show that you are not going to tolerate people speaking down to you or making you feel like less than who you are, people will get the message and show you the respect that you deserve.

You should not only be confident in the formal settings of class or in interviews. We all should feel great about ourselves in every aspect of our lives. I have never understood why, when with a group of friends, it so frequently turns into a roast of ourselves.

I feel like we complain about everything, from the size of our bottoms to the number of strands of hair we have on top of our heads. When someone gives you a compliment, it’s almost expected of you to turn it into a selfdeprecation session. If someone tells me that my hair looks nice today, I sometimes feel like it’s expected of me to quickly discuss how it actually looks terrible and desperately needs to be washed,

colored, shaved or anything that could fix the rat’s nest clearly forming on my head. A simple thank you would make everyone in the situation feel happier, but nobody wants to be asked, “Oh, so you think you’re really pretty?” by the Regina George their lives.

We all have our moments when we make a mistake and feel like the most horrible person in the world, but at the end of the day, we have to remember that we all have something about ourselves that we love.

Let’s stop hiding our favorite things about ourselves. Let’s be happy for each other and build each other up. Enough of this insecurity nonsense, let’s make confidence sexy again.

Editorial | Terror Attacks

Local Terrorist Attacks Highlight College Bubble Over this past weekend, most of us received an emergency alert: “WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old male. Call 9-1-1 if seen.” This alert was likely followed up by a call or text from a concerned family member demanding a location check.

The bombing in Chelsea this weekend was a high risk situation that may have called for more of a reaction from students on campus than it received.

We have witnessed the world’s largest cities experience terrorist attacks more and more, but have not experienced one in New York City since 9/11.

A weekend of various explosions throughout New Jersey and New York City began with a pipe bomb in a trash can at the start line at the Marine Corps charity race on Saturday, Sept. 17, which ulti-

mately resulted in 29 hurt, without serious injuries, and a FBI investigation leading to a shootout that captured the suspect who is now in the process of being charged.

Incidents like this happen every day all over the world, but as Fordham students, sometimes these events seem separate from our campus life. After the November 2015 Paris attacks, along with the incidents in Brussels, Istanbul, the Ataturk airports, Nice and many others, awareness of world terror has increased through exposure on news networks and social media. Despite what initially seems like a more woke and interconnected society, college is a bubble in which it asy to forget what occurs in the outside world and how it affects us individually.

During the school year we are keeping up with a courses, clubs

and internships is hard enough, keeping up-to-date on what goes on outside the gates can be tough.

While most of us are not permanent residents in New York City, for now it is our home. Attending a university in New York City poses significant dangers that we would be wise to remember.

While it is fortunate that no one on our campus was affected individually by the attack, an informal Twitter poll sent out by The Fordham Ram indicated that more than 50 percent of the respondents were not affected at all by teh Chelsea attacks. and less than 10 percent said they were very affected out of the 72 that were polled.

Yikes! Following years of complaints directed at Fordham’s campus by USG and our own editorial board, ignoring terror in our back-

yards because it didn’t directly harm us is not a great way to dispel that characterization. We should not feed terror, as that gives the terrorists what they want, but to acknoweldge it in our home is essential. We have seen the student body also come together in times of crisis and protest, whether in regards to bias incidents or adjunct salary. Why can’t our concern encompass all of our campus as well as New York City?

Students should be more aware of what local incidents are taking place in the city they live in. 29 people injured in a city of 8 million may not seem like a lot, but those are 29 of our neighbors. As Fordham students, we must put that into perspective.

And don’t forget the most important action: if you see something, say something.

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Email us at fordhamramopinions@gmail.com to submit your ideas!

OPINION

September 22, 2016

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Trump’s Childcare Plan Fails in Key Gendered Areas

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Trump’s proposed childcare plan is a step up from the status quo, but still perpetuates outdated gender ideals.

By JACLYN WEINER STAFF WRITER

Presidential nomineee Donald J. Trump recently revealed a new plan touted on Trump’s campaign website as “child care reforms that will make America great again” and is described by Ivanka Trump in Cosmopolitan magazine as a “very comprehensive and really revolutionary plan to deal with a lot of issues.”

While the plan is a step in the rigiht direction, it is far from being revolutionary, especially when it comes to paid family leave. The plan offers maternity leave, but it does not offer paternity leave.

Simply put, it is not progressive enough.

This is unsurprising. Trump and his ticket-mate Mike Pence, both have a record of being less than progressive when it comes to family planning. In an Oct. 2004 interview with NBC’s “Dateline,” Trump said pregnancy is “a wonderful thing for the woman, it’s a wonderful thing for the husband, it’s certainly an inconvenience for a business. And whether people want to say that or not, the fact is it is an inconvenience for a person that is running a business.”

In a 1997 letter to the editor

of the Indianapolis Star, Pence shamed working parents by saying that children who go to daycare “get the short end of the emotional stick.” He argued that the tax code should be more favorable to families where one parent stays home with children. In addition, Pence did not back proposed paid leave laws in 2008 and 2009 while serving in Congress.

While it would be reasonable to conclude these two men would not support major childcare reform from their track record, the proposed plan is an improvement over the current system of maternity leave. Trump’s proposed plan guarantees new mothers six weeks of paid leave and will offer tax credits for childcare — a step up from the current 12 weeks of unpaid leave new mothers currently face.

The United States the only industrialized country that does not offer paid maternity leave.

Trump’s plan is notably flawed in that paid family leave is only offered to mothers. Only offering leave to mothers perpetuates the idea that mothers alone should be responsible for chilcare, a concept that has been perpetuated for longer than it should have been. It has set women back in their attempts to idenitfy as competent members of

the workforce and more than just caretakers.

Child care should be a shared responsibility between two parents, regardless of whether both parents are working or not but arguably even more so when both parents are. If two working parents do not share responsibility within the first six weeks of a child’s life, the family is likely to begin habitually assigning certain caretaking roles to the person who originally performed them. Offering only maternity leave can set the stage for this imbalance.

Only offering paid maternity leave also can dissuade employers from hiring women of childbearing ages, placing an undue burden on women trying to enter the workforce or change jobs and thereby negatively affecting fathers and children as well. It is lastly important for both parents to develop a bond with their newborn child and settle into new life as a family.

There is a stigma around a father taking as much family leave as a mother, and it needs to be eradicated. A survey by Deloitte, a multinational professional services firm, found that “54 percent of survey respondents said they think their colleagues would judge a father who took the same amount of pa-

rental leave as a mother.” Changing governmental policy can be a step in the right direction in breaking this stigma.

Another issue with Trump’s childcare plan is that it only includes maternity leave for birth mothers, not including male samesex couples or others who adopt or have a surrogate.

During a Cosmopolitan interview, Ivanka Trump was asked why the policy does not include a paternity leave, to which she said Ivanka said “…I think this takes huge advancement and obviously, for same-sex couples as well, there’s tremendous benefit here to enabling the mother to recover after childbirth. It’s critical for the health of the mother. It’s critical for bonding with the child, and that was a top focus of this plan.”

Later in the interview, when asked about gay couples where both partners are men, Ivanka said, “the policy is fleshed out online, so you can go see all the elements of it. But the original intention of the plan is to help mothers in recovery in the immediate aftermath of childbirth.”

This policy implies that it is less critical for males and non-birth mothers to bond with their children during early developmental stages.

Ultimately, Trump’s plan for family leave falls short in comparison to that of his opponent, Hillary Clinton. Her plan includes a guarantee of up to 12 weeks of paid family leave, which includes maternity leave, paternity leave and leave for parents who adopt. This is a much more inclusive plan and offers double the amount of leave that the Trump plan offers.

Overall, Trump’s child care plan is lacking when it comes to inclusivity and gender equality. It’s an improvement on current family leave legislation, but falls short when considering what Americans want and need.

Jaclyn Weiner, FCRH’18, is a communication and media studies major from Wantagh, New York.

Letter to the Editor In regard to the Sept. 14 article

by Mike Byrne, Fordham Faculty United has the following statements.

FFU is awaiting a response from Fordham Administration in regard to the petition we submitted Sept. 8. We were told to expect one, and the date we had set has passed.

For now, in the present case and in connection with previous FFU events, the administration has responded only indirectly, through The Fordham Ram via statements from Robert J. Howe, the senior vice president of communications at Fordham.

Mr. Howe claims that adjuncts are hired as “professionals working in fields related to the students’ course of study, and to provide flexibility in course scheduling, release time for tenure and tenure-track faculty and more varied curriculum offer-

ings.”

Some of these claims are misleading, while others are irrelevant. A discussion of each point would be fruitful, in an open forum such as we have suggested.

For the moment, it should be noted that 1) only a minority of Fordham adjuncts are “professionals” in the form Mr. Howe claims: most are teaching the very same academic courses as their full-time colleagues, and not specialized “professional” courses, 2) many Fordham adjuncts have been teaching year after year, the same courses in the same time slots: the appeal to a need for “flexibility” is unconvincing, 3) the provision of “release time” for full-time faculty is something we support: the suggestion we are expected to subsidize it, by providing discount labor, ignores the aspirations and

talents of adjunct faculty, many of whom struggle to do research with no hope of support from the university, 4) the provision of “varied course offerings” is certainly the responsibility of any reputable university.

This normal function is facilitated at Fordham by its diverse and creative faculty, of whatever employment status, but to invoke it as Howe does is, again, to ignore the fact that Fordham adjuncts teach many of the same core courses as full-timers: we’re not specialists in, or hired as, providers of some range of exotic “extras.”

In a statement to The Fordham Ram in a previous issue, Howe made a number of the same claims and added that, in regard to wages, Fordham University paid the “industry standard” for adjunct labor.

These two statements, which constitute the whole of Fordham administration’s response to our demands, do not harmonize with the university’s claims to be devoted to high standards of justice and fairness as exemplified in long established Catholic social teaching.

Although we have had no firm response yet from Father McShane, we hope to have one soon.

We look forward to a serious and open discussion of our demands, one that doesn’t include misleading boilerplate rationalization for the exploitation of adjunct labor.

All of this and more will be discussed at an open forum to be hosted by Fordham Faculty United next month--to which, of course, Father McShane is invited. Stay tuned.

— Alan Trevithick, Fordham Faculty United

Kathryn Wolper iOS 10: Is it Worth the Hype?

If you are impatient and need gimmicky new technology updates (like I am,) you probably downloaded iOS 10 as soon as you could. Certain features are helpful; for example, I enjoy being able to search my photos by the people in them, especially when I’m looking for a high-quality embarrassing photo of a friend.

I don’t, however, urgently need to send my heartbeat to a friend.

The update’s aesthetic is different enough to be noticeable, but similar enough to remain familiar. Some of the most confusing changes are the new lock and typing sounds. I can imaging that some software engineer probably spent weeks perfecting the subtle, hollow sound of a door closing that now graces iPhones around the world.

Although this aesthetic “upgrade” seems pretty useless, I truly appreciate the fact that now, the Clock app is black with white lettering instead of white with black lettering. It makes setting alarms so much easier on the eyes, especially late at night.

In terms of functionality, the Clock app now has a feature that uses sleep cycle science to suggest a bedtime to optimize the amount of sleep that one gets based on preferences. By incorporating this function into a standard iPhone application, Apple has all but eliminated users’ need to download and use a separate app for sleep cycle tracking. In fact, many new features of the operating system in standard apps seem eerily familiar for users of other applications.

For example, the Messages app now incorporates everything I love about GroupMe, including a built-in GIF keyboard and the ability to react to messages, in my most-used application.

These features are most compatible with other iOS 10 users, so group messages involving Android users will probably still be most at home on an external messaging app.

To top it off, the Messages app goes above and beyond the capabilities of other messaging apps.

Users can now send messages with effects, including invisible ink, lasers and confetti, and even send messages in their own handwriting.

While it might be romantic and whimsical, sending handwritten messages via iPhone is not exactly practical.

Some features of iOS 10 are meant to simplify user experience by integrating multiple apps into each other, especially in Messages. For example, there is now a tab in the messaging application that allows users to access other apps, including Music and Venmo. But integration with apps like Open Table and Fandango make planning nights out in group chats much more streamlined and foolproof.

Overall, the improvements point to an integrated, social and playful future of iPhone use.

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September 22, 2016

AramarkLeavesMuchOffThePlate

By MARIO NICASTRO

Appreciating SAGES

STAFF WRITER

The quality of food at Fordham has been the subject of contentious debate since the school’s founding in 1841. Okay, maybe not that long, but in recent years, Fordham’s food ranked among worst in the country (it currently does not.) As a result of constant pressure and poor ratings, Fordham hired Aramark to replace Sodexo as the official food service provider for Fordham. Although the change was to deliver higher quality food, I think that the qualtiy of Aramark’s food is the same as, if not worse than Sodexo.

Starting with the McGinley Center, the hub for hungry students and faculty alike, not much has changed physically and most of the food remains the same. The bakery, beverages, grill, sandwich, omelet, vegan and salad stations are all in the same spots serving the same food by the same people. The quality of the food is very similar to Sodexo. There are some noticeable improvements, though, like the expanded cereal and coffee sections. Another is the option for rice and almond milks for those who do not drink regular milk. However, the overall quality has not budged in either direction.

In a buffet setting like the cafeteria, food providers must make food in large quantities. Quality is usually not the highest concern, but when the university revamps its entire food provider, there should be a noticeable change in quality.

Just below the cafeteria is Dagger John’s with a couple familiar places from last year. Starbucks and Jamba Juice are still side by side, but Mein Bowl has turned into Chopsticks.

Chopsticks still serves traditional Asian food, but in a different style than Mein Bowl. The chefs sautee the meal right in front of the customer.

At first, it seems like a major up-

FORDHAM RAM ARCHIVES

Aramark has implemented changes to on-campus eateries, including renaming the Grill, which is now Urban Kitchen.

grade from the food last year, but in fact, it becomes a slower process that takes around 15 minutes to make. As Chopsticks is so often busy, cashiers and employees on break must cook to serve the line, which could affect the food quality. Employees with no cooking experience must man a grill and serve students who pay for a high quality experience.

A Crust Above, previously known to the populous as SubConnection, might be the point on the campus food map that has experienced the most notable changes in comparison with simply looks and function. Drastic change does not necesarily equate with improvement, however. There are now more options for basic sandwiches, but A Crust Above has abandoned the traditional sub sandwich.

The buying power of the meal swipe at a location like A Crust Above has seemed to decrease.

In addition, the location has expanded on the miscellaneous items section. It now includes a wide selection of toiletries and other convenient store-esque materials. While

this is a huge improvement, I cannot be sure whether that is a credit to the revamped Aramark system, or the University itself responding to and correcting an area of weakness.

Next is Cosi, a popular franchise on and off campus serving sandwiches, soups and salads. As it is corporately owned, it must keep up a quality standard. As a result, I do not fault Aramark for the lack of improvements or changes. Cosi has always been one of the higher quality places on campus and from Sodexo to Aramark it has kept its prestige.

Finally, the alluring Urban Kitchen (UK). Known to upperclassmen by its former name, the Grille, Urban Kitchen serves smoothies, salads, grilled foods and sandwiches. Compared to last year, the grub has gotten worse, and the restaurant suffers from an inventory problem. For about a week, the grill had no breaded chicken fingers, an ingredient for most things on the menu. Also, some salad options are sometimes out of stock, including cheeses and mixed greens.

The food offerings at this estab-

lishment were not revamped. here are a few new options, like the Philly cheesesteak, which cut some of the monotony out, but overall Urban Kitchen is the Grille 1.0. Urban Kitchen, however, still remains a fan favorite on campus.

The switch from Sodexo to Aramark has no remarkable changes or improvements that would require a change in food provider. Fordham listened to the pleas of the student population to improve the food served at the university, but in the end, the improvements students wanted have yet to come to fruition. Most of the same problems in quality persist, while the food has become quicker to make and serve. I acknowledge that no food provider will ever be perfect, but there should be careful thought put into how much something will be improved.

Mario Nicastro, FCRH ‘19, is a communication and media studies major from Warrington, Pennsylvania.

Hollywood Turns A Blind Eye To Skin Colors

By BRIANA SCALIA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Diversity in Hollywood is a heated issue, and has been for some time now. It would be ignorant to claim that Hollywood has not made any strides in diverse casting in the past years, but when the starting point is so low, any increment is viewed as progress.

Even today, film studios continue to make shallow decisions when casting roles in their movies or television shows, disregarding people of color in favor of white actors.

Throughout history, Hollywood has casted white actors in place of people of color, but even in recent years there have been many examples that have created controversy in the media.

One heated topic of cinema lately is the casting of Scarlet Johansson as the lead of the still in production movie Ghost in the Shell. The movie, set to release sometime next year, is a remake of a popular animated film that received high praise from both critics and the masses. The protagonist of the film is a cyborg soldier

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named Motoko Kusanagi, and the plot centers around her thoughts of being a cyborg with a human brain.

The original movie was explicitly set in a fictional city in Japan, and all of the characters have some Asian background. Yet, DreamWorks decided to offer the role to Scarlett Johanssen, who is not Asian in any capacity, let alone of Japanese descent.

Though they have not commented about their choice, film experts speculate DreamWorks feared low box office earnings for the movie due to its small fanbase, so they chose a conventionally attractive white woman to play the lead.

Another recent example of poor casting choices is the casting of Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One in the upcoming Marvel movie Doctor Strange.

Though inaccurate casting of diversity is inexcusable, Marvel has a clear reason for not casting the Ancient One as a Tibetan actor, contradicting the lore of the story.

Those familiar with Chinese affairs know that China and Tibet have a strained relationship at

best, and American films receive a huge box office boost from their Chinese audiences.

Instead of remaining altruistic and progressive, Marvel has opted to cast a white actress in place of a Tibetan actor to remain impartial in the Chinese-Tibetan feud, thus leading to China greenlighting the movie to be played overseas.

Hollywood’s problems with diversity have been addressed by dozens of actors, both white and non-white, along with fans of movies in general.

Recently, Disney agreed to a live action remake of their famous animated movie Mulan, the story of a fierce and driven woman sneaking away to become a soldier in place of her wounded father.

Within hours of the news circulating, a petition was started to cast Mulan as an actress of Chinese descent, and already has over 90,000 signatures.

Though it is encouraging that so many people care about diversity in film, it seems depressing that a petition is necessary for movie studios to cast a Chinese actress in a Chinese role.

A more well-known effort was

the strike several actors took against the Oscars this past year to bring attention to the lack of people of color being nominated for Academy Awards.

Prominent figures such as Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee refused to attend the event, and the Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was trending for a few days.

The exclusion of Michael B. Jordan was particularly upsetting, due to both his incredible talent in his role of the protagonist in Creed and his fellow white co-star Sylvester Stallone being nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

Though a majority of fans recognize the issue, there is little more they can do than start a petition for film studios to cast their roles with regard for ethnicities of famous characters.

Unfortunately, these issues will not be resolved until Hollywood starts to place importance on ethnic accuracy instead of box office numbers.

Briana Scalia, FCRH ‘20, is an undecided major from Long Island, New York.

Most students at private schools have probably heard some derivative of this many times: in private institutions, you don’t have the freedom to say whatever you want.

That is what I tell my friends at public instructions when they are shocked that Fordham does not provide contraceptives of any kind.

Since we are at a private institution, we don’t have the same rights as students at public ones.

But we should.

There has been much controversy in the past two years over SAGES (Students for Sex and Gender Equity and Safety Coalition) demanding that Fordham provide certain sexual health and education services, some of which go against the teachings of the Catholic Church.

As such, SAGES is not a recognized club at Fordham, and their attempted participation in Club Fair was stopped this semester.

Many have asked if it is fair to demand things from a Catholic university that it cannot provide without violating Church teaching.

Of course it is fair; it is the same beginning as every other movement in history.

SAGES is not only demanding changes from Fordham University; they are demanding changes from the entire Catholic Church through all of its institutions.

When did it become unacceptable to question institutional rules simply because they are rules?

I would challenge any Catholic who thinks it “unfair” to expect a private institution to change its values to defend all of the values of Catholic institutions of the Middle Ages.

The argument that “they knew what kind of school they were attending when they decided to go to Fordham” denies all mechanisms for social change in society.

More importantly, it is not fair to ask students to attend only universities with rules that they agree with completely, or waive their right to demand institutional change.

I do not believe that a world in which students simply accept policies because they “knew what kind of school they were attending” is a place of progress.

Yes, we lose some of our freedoms when we enter into a private institution, just as we lose some of our freedoms when we step onto private property.

But this does not mean that we should not ask for change, and it certainly does not mean that we should not challenge existing institutions.

“These are my beliefs” is an argument that does a disservice to both parties in these situations.

Regardless of the fact that students made a choice to attend Fordham, they still deserve dialogue, and an institution that upholds certain standards has an obligation to itself to be able to defend those standards.

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The Fordham Ram

New York Fashion Week Promotes Diversity

By COLE COYER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) was full of surprises.

Kanye West failed, Anniesa Hasibuan made history and Christian Sirano featured plus-sized models without declaring a complementary hashtag. These shows, among many others, displayed elevated diversity, a trend that is certainly in style at Fashion Week.

Even though diversity is increasing, it is an uphill battle for modeling agencies and designers alike. The Fashion Spot’s diversity report on Fashion Weeks around the world revealed that the diversity gap is still noticeably wide.

Of all models represented, 77.6 percent were white while only 8.5 were black. A mere 0.1 percent of models were plus-sized, which still surpassed the 0.06 percent of transgender models.

Only five models worldwide were over 50, four of whom walked in New York. With disheartening numbers, leaders of the industry worked to tackle the issue head on.

The call for increased diversity in the fashion industry has been outright and clear. In this year’s health initiative letter, Diane von Furstenberg and Steven Kolb of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) relayed information from the Diversity Council about increasing variety in models. Their main goal was

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The models and designers at New York Fashion Week demonstrated an increase of diversity within the industry.

to encourage modeling agencies to hire a wide variety of clients in order to represent a rich variety of skin colors, sexual identities and body sizes on the runway. While industry leaders are working to heighten the level of diversity, designers have taken it a step further.

Hasibuan’s show at NYFW highlighted models wearing hijabs, an Islamic headpiece typically covering the head and chest.

Hijabs are not a new phenomenon to Fashion Week, but Hasibuan’s show featured 100 percent of the

models wearing the traditional Muslim head garb. The show, which was the first of its kind,has been viewed as a huge leap forward for bringing the hijab into the mainstream.

Retailers such as H&M and Dolce and Gabbana are trying to capitalize on the moment. Muslim fashion currently features hijabwearing models and fashion retailers release lines of hijabs and abayas, another traditional Muslim article of clothing. Hasibuan’s show, combined with major retail-

ers marketing Muslim articles of clothing, demonstrated the desire for their integration in the American clothing market.

Following the pattern of inclusivity, body image had its own champion: Christian Sirano.

Sirano featured multiple plussized models and did so without making it a spectacle. When questioned in interviews about his models, he spoke simply of his love for dressing women of all shapes and sizes in order to promote diversity. He did not issue

a press release or coin a hashtag in reference to his decision, but had his models do the talking. His nonchalant nature was among the biggest statements about body diversity at NYFW, showing his true talent and class.

Religious garments and body image were not the only topics of diversity underlined at NYFW. DapperQ’s third annual iD show took place at the Brooklyn Museum with its largest showcase to date. The runway event featured gender queer and androgynous styles crafted by seven different designers from New York, Los Angeles and London.

Each designer’s work centered around gender nonconformity and how it correlates with different aspects of present-day society and culture. Jaden Smith, the latest face of Louis Vuitton women’s wear, is among the many celebrity clientele of designers featured in DapperQ’s latest event. The size of the show, along with the open support from people in the public eye, demonstrated that the industry is confronting the issue of negative perceptions of certain sexual orientations and LGBTQ identities.

Now that this season’s NYFW has concluded, the fashion world at large looks onward to the spring.

Only time will tell if diversity will continue onto the runways in 2017, but with designers like Hasibuan and Sirano and DapperQ’s iD show, it is evident that inclusion has infiltrated Fashion Week.

Review | Film

Another Addition to a Stagnant Christian Film Genre

By MATTHEW DILLON CONTRIBUTING WRITER

There is a problem with “Christian movies,” the on the rise genre of films made and marketed as being Christian. I will freely admit that this term is a bit deceptive, as even the most ardent Dawkins follower has to admit that Christianity has such a big role in Western civilization that it inevitably finds its way into the stories we tell. But every year, four or five films limp their way into theaters, aggressively declaring themselves to be “Christian.”

Typically made by Midwestern Evangelists, these films are known for their tactless preaching, low production values and clichéd writing. Hillsong: Let Hope Rise, a documentary about an Australian Christian band that is hosted by the megachurch of the same name, is the newest addition to this growing roster of disappointing Christian movies.

A good documentary not onlygets the audience emotionally invested in not just the subject, but also gets people involved in it. Hillsong does neither, as it is so fixated on espousing Christian ideology that it forgets to properly examine the history and attitudes of who and what it claims to be

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The religion-based documentary Hillsong: Let Hope Rise did not successfully impress or educate its audience.

about. I am fascinated by the cultural phenomena of megachurches and was looking forward to get a glimpse into the inner workings of these massive entities.

However, Hillsong only briefly touches upon the history of the Hillsong Megachurch and never

really breaks the surface. The same goes for the band. While we get infuriatingly close at a couple of points, namely a home movie of one of the band members just fooling around with his friends and another discussing his child’s health problems, the audience

never gets to truly know the documentary’s supposed focus.

The film’s structure is incredibly repetitive, alternating between sing-along concert sequences, the band discussing their amateurish lyricism and, rarely, something actually about

the Hillsong band and associated megachurch. Most of these events try to connect with the band preparing for their next album release, but in actuality, they are just commercial breaks for the film’s poor explanation of the power of Christ. The film’s uninspired preaching dominates so much of the running time it renders the few things it gets right null and void.

The faith and the impact it has on people is an incredibly interesting topic that has influenced many great works of art. And while Hillsong drowns its audience in discussions about the benefits of Christian belief, none of it leaves a mark. Hillsong fails to capture the transformative power of faith. I personally have to blame the way it chooses to communicate Christianity to its audience.

For the most part, the audience is inundated in monotonous, vague and brief stories of faith, the sort that even peripherally Christian viewers have heard before.

Hillsong does not inform or educate its audience. Instead, it rambles about topics the viewers are expected to already know.

Ultimately, Hillsong is a perfect example of a documentary that leaves audience members disinterested due to its poor execution.

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Back in the Bronx Series: The Stories Behind the Borough

By BAILEY HOSFELT CULTURE EDITOR

Dr. Mark Naison, a seasoned professor in the African American Studies, has been an integral part of Fordham University’s faculty since his start in 1970. Naison published multiple well-received books ranging from “White Boy: A Memoir,” a personalized look into his life, to “Communists in Harlem during the Depression,” an intricately researched study of communism in the 30s. It comes as no surprise that his latest work, “Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s,” was chosen for The Bronx Museum of the Arts’ Back in the Bronx series on Sept. 24.

Surrounded by bountiful stacks of books and CDs in his office on the sixth floor of Dealy Hall, Naison shared the accidental but instrumental origin story of “Before the Fires,” a community-based oral history project he created with Bob Gumbs. While at a Fordham party in December of 2002 celebrating the book “We’re Still Here,” a story about the revitalization of the Bronx after the fires, he was approached by Peter Derrick, the head of the Bronx County Historical Society. “We’re getting lots of inquires about African American history and we don’t have any material. Could you help us create a database?” he said, recalling the idea that Derrick presented.

“I would like to take credit for knowing that there was an unwritten history of the Bronx, but I was basically tapped on the shoulder,” Naison said. After doing some research into the topic, he described his findings as astonishing. He explained that, although the people of African American descent in the Bronx accounted for the 8th largest popula-

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Dr. Naison encourages Fordham students to explore everything that the Bronx has to offer.

tion concentration in the country, their stories were simply not heard.

Maison decided that he had stumbled upon an amazing opportunity to find people from the community who would tell their personal stories.

Remembering one of his first students at Fordham, Vicki Archibald, who grew up in public housing in the Bronx, Naison traveled to her Long Island residence to begin the interview process. “I go out and for three hours she tells this story about how public housing was this great place to live in the 50s. It was multiracial with great programs and sports and music,” he said. After one interview with Archibald, he published a story on the topic in the Bronx Historical Society Journal. Soon thereafter, Naison began to receive phone calls from her friends asking when they could do their own interview.

Realizing that his project was

gaining more traction, Naison sought out assistance from Fordham students to help him videotape and transcribe interviews. After completing about 20 interviews, a reporter from The New York Times got wind of the project. The newspaper ran a story about Naison’s work, which led to multitudes of people reaching out asking to share their stories.

This is when Naison became aware of Morrisania, an neighborhood in the South Bronx with an enormous black community and an incredibly diverse amount of music. Naison knew about the hip hop scene, but was unaware of other genres such as jazz, doo-wop, funk and salsa that created such an eclectic music community.

Because of the sheer quantity of content coming in, Naison’s project quickly transitioned into a fullfledged community-based research

team that complemented the student researchers and faculty members. “We focused on [talking to] people who grew up in the Bronx during the 30s, 40s and 50s,” said Naison, “and it totally reinvented our view of the Bronx.” During this time period, the Bronx was a multiethnic place of hope and optimism as opposed to a place of violence and decay, the narrative that is often told.

“Black Puerto Rican and West Indian families came to the Bronx and for a period of 20 years they created this community,” said Naison. “This has really touched a chord because it’s stories that they have wanted to have told. We don’t look for people to interview, they come to us.”

In order to create a comprehensive body of work from hundreds of interviews, Naison and Gumbs combed through all of the stories, talked about which ones should be

included and edited them down.

With the help of their editor, Connie Rosenbloom, they transformed the interviews from their original format into single narratives. They picked not only the best stories, but also the best storytellers in order to keep their readers engaged and interested in the book’s content. “When you’re a historian, you’re used to boring people. The idea that a whole community would embrace this, that never happens,” said Naison.

Luckily for Naison, it did. With the project still ongoing, Naison shows no signs of slowing down.

Between giving workshops to high school teachers over the summer about integrating Bronx history and culture into their coursework, organizing an Oct. 29 jazz concert on campus to commemorate the legacy of Bronx musician Elmo Hope and teaching a course this fall about immigration, race and culture, Naison keeps himself busy. “It’s not that I knew that I was supposed to do this, it’s that I was smart enough when people from the community told me to, I listened.”

When asked about if the narrative will continue to change, Naison believes that Fordham has the ability to claim the Bronx as a place of unmatched creativity. “I think Fordham students should be out in the neighborhood discovering the great restaurants, parks and people,” he said. “There’s a tradition of hospitality here that, once you experience it, it’s really quite heartwarming.”

Dr. Mark Naison and Bob Gumbs will be reading excerpts from “Before the Fires: An Oral History of African American Life in the Bronx from the 1930s to the 1960s” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at The Bronx Museum of the Arts. Admission is free for Bronx Museum members and $10 for non-members.

Playlistism | Meredith Nardino

Six Songs to Listen to While Traveling Home and Abroad This semester, I am lucky enough to be studying abroad in London.

One of the many perks of being in such a major European metropolis is the ability to travel outside of the city itself and explore more of the beautiful United Kingdom. A chilly weekend in Edinburgh inspired the perfect soundtrack for wandering the countryside, trekking up mountains or driving down the coast.

1. “Way Down We Go” – Kaleo This track from Icelandic group Kaleo is the second on an album filled with rustic, edgy tunes. The song delivers both power and restraint, a distinct characterization of the new alt-folk trend. Despite their rookie status, the members of Kaleo have already made a name for themselves commercially; their music has been featured in several ads and television programs. “Way Down We Go” quickly rose to number one on the Billboard charts after its release, and it’s no surprise why – the song manages to sound like Hozier, the Black Keys and the Lumineers all at once.

2. “Hungry” – Dotan Dotan Harpenau is a little-known Dutch artist who brings together the best of mainstream singer-songwriter and folk music. Dotan’s voice is

gentle and commanding, perfectly encapsulating the hunger he sings of so desperately. It is often difficult for artists of this quiet nature to stand out, but Dotan’s subtle fury is memorable in its contradictory fashion.

“Hungry” is an intricate layering of highs and lows, and is easily one of the catchiest songs in Dotan’s repertoire.

3. “SOS (Overboard)” – Joseph After touring with James Bay, sisters Natalie, Allison and Meegan

Closner of Joseph released an impressive debut that quickly rose to the top of the indie charts. The popularity of an all-female band like Joseph in such a predominantly male artistic culture is extremely refreshing. The group’s Oregon roots are particularly evident, not only in the band’s name, but also in the breezy nature of the song itself. “SOS” is a beautiful single that proves the extensive range and near-perfect harmony of the three sisters.

4. “Kicking Roses” – Benjamin Francis Leftwich Growing indie label Dirty Hit expands its unique variety of artists by signing Benjamin Francis Leftwich alongside huge bands like The 1975 and Wolf Alice. Leftwich’s 2011 debut album, Last Smoke Before the Snowstorm, flew under the radar until Kygo’s remix of the single “Shine” went viral. The ambient remix seems to have inspired Leftwich throughout his newest album, especially in “Kick-

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Studying abroad offers a unique opportunity to explore both physically and musically.

ing Roses.” The song builds slowly, allowing Leftwich to demonstrate that his artistry is comparable to the most recent work of acts like Bon Iver and Of Monsters and Men. 5. “She Burns” – Foy Vance 41 year-old Foy Vance (not to be confused with Vance Joy) is an unlikely star, but signing on with Ed Sheeran’s record label has certainly benefited his popularity. The Irishman’s sound is surprisingly unique within its obvious acoustic qualities, as his voice is more gravely and noticeably aged. Foy Vance combines the essential components of folk and blues, as traces of Van Morrison and Otis Redding bleed into the rhythms of Vances’s most recent album.

6. “I Have Been to the Mountain” – Kevin Morby The genius of so many American singer-songwriters is their ability to incorporate hints of geographical influence into their work. Somehow, Kevin Morby is able to meld Brooklyn, Los Angeles and his native Kansas City into one cohesive and original sound. It is easy to see why Morby cites classic folk musicians as some of his major inspirations. On this track, he emulates a young Bob Dylan who just discovered how to use a distortion pedal.

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Sweet ‘N’ Sour | Caitlyn Letterii and Patrick Hood

Bronx Beer Hall Brunch: A Taste of the Good Life Join Caitlyn Letterii and Patrick Hood, a couple of brunch-loving star-belly sneetches, as they explore and critique the cheap eats available around the Bronx and Rose Hill campus.

Most Fordham students (those who are of age anyway) know the Bronx Beer Hall on Arthur Avenue for its bustling happy hours, craft brew selections and wild karaoke and trivia nights. However, few are aware that it moonlights (or should we say daylights!) as a bougie brunch spot every Sunday morning, with food fashioned by Mike’s Deli. To get to the bottom of this gastronomical mystery, as well as some bottomless mimosas, Sweet ‘n’ Sour went to check it out.

CL: Brunch has long been an important aspect of my young, millennial life, but I had yet to give the Bronx Beer Hall brunch a try. Needless to say, I was excited and ready to see how this Fordham favorite fared at this storied American tradition.

PH: I love brunch as much as the next schmoe, but here I must tip my hat to my partner because no one has eaten more brunch than her.

CL: Aw shucks, Pat. You’re making me blush! But it’s true, I’m an unapologetic brunch-aholic and I’m not quitting any time soon.

PH: We were quickly seated by our lovely waitress because, while a popular spot at night, the BBH brunch is a little more underground.

As long as you get there early on Sunday, you should not have much of a problem finding a table for you and your brunch brethren.

CL: For the uninitiated, the Bronx Beer Hall is nestled inside the Arthur Avenue Market. If you need to buy any combination of meats, cheeses, cigars or graphic t-shirts, this is the spot for you! If you are looking for a quiet place to brunch with your gals, maybe you should give this a pass. However, if you’re in the market for a lively spot to gib and gab amongst the hustle and bustle, then you should check it out!

PH: I would recommend buying one of the hilarious graphic tees and wearing it throughout your brunch as an exciting conversation starter!

Nothing says “I have interesting things to contribute” like a t-shirt with a Godfather Part II quote!

CL: For drinks, we decided to pull a 2007 Britney Spears and go bottomless. That’s right folks, unending white sangria (for moi) and mimosas (for Pat) for two whole hours.

PH: You know Caitlyn, I never had you pegged as much of a booze hound.

CL: Well you know, I’ve changed ever since my 21st birthday when I took that felt-making class. I’m a new woman!

PH: The mimosas were delicious, especially the third one. Though it’s kind of hard to screw up champers and OJ, am I right?

CL: Oh you’re right. The white sangria was quite tasty, if a bit strong.

The fruits were a zesty addition to the beverage, except that for some reason the apple slices tasted like medicine.

PH: Good medicine or bad medicine?

CL: Just like Bon Jovi’s love life, it was bad medicine. For my brunch

plate, I chose an egg white vegetable omelette accompanied by a cinnamon raisin roll and hash brown patties. The omelet, if a bit bland, was overall a heart-healthy success. The real star of the plate was the roll which came out of left field to dazzle my taste buds. The hash browns were serviceable.

PH: Since I am a southern boy at heart, I could not resist ordering the classic soul food entree of chicken and waffles. I was eager to see how BBH put their own Bronx spin on this iconic meal.

CL: And how did it measure up, Pat? PH: The chicken was delicious and ended up carrying the dish as the waffles, while good at holding syrup, were a bit blasé. Overall, it was a good rendition of an old favorite of mine, except for the fact that it was tainted by a bed of bitter radicchio leaves which threatened to make each bite taste like

vinegar soil.

CL: Zoinks! So are you ready to give your Official Sweet ‘n’ Sour Rating, Patrick?

PH: Yes ma’am! With my belly full of fried chicken, maple syrup and five or six or seven mimosas, I can say resolutely that the food and fare at the BBH brunch is up to snuff for all your basic brunch needs. With its convenient location on Arthur Avenue, it definitely ranks above fancier brunch spots in Manhattan or Brooklyn. Aside from the terrible, terrible radicchio and the somewhat expensive prices I had a wonderful time, and so I give the BBH Brunch a Sweet Rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars!

CL: I completely agree! Wow! My meal may not have been the most exciting on Earth but was worth the price. The service was exceptional, thanks in part to our blonde bombshell of a waitress and the atmosphere made for a lively afternoon out on the town! I also give

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Pat enjoys his classic southern chicken and waffles.

the brunch a Sweet Rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. It may have been a little pricey compared to other spots in the Bronx, but it is actually on-par, if not cheaper than the average brunch spot in Manhattan or Brooklyn.

Why not think local first!

If you’re of age you should try bottomless drinks. We also recommend the chicken and waffles and the cinnamon raisin roll. We also have it on good authority that the french toast is fine.

Stay away from any and all radicchio.

The Bronx Beer Hall 2344 Arthur Ave, Bronx, NY (Inside the Arthur Avenue Market) Phone number: 347-396-0555 Brunch Hours: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Price: Moderate A little bourgeoisie)

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Vegetarian Caitlyn smiles with her omelette and potatoes.

Editor’s Pick | Music

Manchester Orchestra’s Softer Side Strikes a Chord

By JACK MCLOONE ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

First things first: Manchester Orchestra is not an orchestra, and is not from Manchester, England.

They are best described as an indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia that is actually devoid of any string, brass or woodwind instruments (at least in their physical form).

I first heard Manchester Orchestra when their song “April Fool” was featured on the video game “NHL 12.” The game is, understandably enough, full of rock songs with heavy guitar and kicking drums, and “April Fool” is no different. At this point, I was a freshman in high school and feeling particularly rebellious, so loud music just spoke to me, regardless of content. While I am certainly a fan of the more rollicking portion of their catalogue, it was only after going back to their first album that I realized how talented front man Andy Hull and the rest of the band are. This is when I really fell in love with them.

Their debut album, I’m like a Virgin Losing a Child, was released in 2006, and will rip your heart out and step on it. While some portions have a heavier sound, a large portion of the album is centered on Hull’s mournful voice and lyrics. “Sleeper 1972,” a song about the reaction of

a family to the death of their father, is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. “Colly Strings,” the closing song on the album, showcases one of his greatest strengths as a songwriter: incredibly memorable quotes. One of the most poignant quotes is: “Confessingly this is the first time I’ve loved you/And God I mean it, God I mean it, I hope that I mean it.”

Mean Everything to Nothing, their sophomore effort, features their first forays into the more heavy rock that would get them featured on “NHL 12” and then on my playlists ever since. “Shake It Out” was my go-to pump up song for my illustrious high school baseball career (I had one career hit and an 84 ERA), so it’ll always have a special place in my heart. Despite his loud fun songs like “Shake It Out” and “In My Teeth,” Hull still has introspective songs, particularly “I Can Feel a Hot One.” In the ballad, Hull describes a dream he had of his wife dying in a car crash and praying to God to survive, but God saving the couple’s unborn child instead. Yes, it’s a very happy song. Why do you ask?

Simple Math, their third album, is the album I go back to the least.

That’s not to say it does not have its high points. “Apprehension,” which describes a couple going through a miscarriage — if you feel like sobbing, you should listen to it. The aforementioned “April

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The indie rock band shows off their versatile style and deep lyrics, showing they can relate to anyone’s taste in music.

Fool” is there to listen to if you want to yell about Christian ideals. And on “Pensacola,” you can hear my high school yearbook quote: “I am the greatest man that never lived and now I never sleep.”

Cope and Hope, Manchester Orchestra’s most recent project resulted in one of the most interesting things I’ve seen a band do. Cope was released in 2014, but unlike the rest of their albums, did not feature any real stripped-down songs. The songs contained all heavy guitar and a fair amount of borderline shouting. While I certainly liked the album, I found myself

missing the band’s softer side.

When the band surprise-released Hope just a few months later, I was in heaven. Hope had the same exact track listing as Cope, but every song was now in the stripped-down version I had missed. This change allowed for a stronger emphasis on some of Hull’s best songwriting to date, and actually improved the enjoyment of Cope by comparison.

Songs like “Top Notch” were pure fun to sing-yell poorly in the car in their Cope incarnations, but then the Hope versions point the incredibly sad stories inside the lyrics. It also features one of my favorite Hull lines, “We all be-

lieved in ghosts until we walked into the wall.” The true standout comes from the Hope version of “See It Again” which is built purely on layer upon layer of Hull’s vocals for an ephemeral experience and will take you to places you’ve never been.

Manchester Orchestra’s 11 year career is one of the most satisfying that I have listened to. I cannot imagine that a lot of the music I listened to in high school will stick with me the rest of my life (I’m looking at you, Flobots), but the incredible skill and versatility of Manchester Orchestra will keep them with me for the foreseeable future.

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September 22, 2016

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Who’s That Kid? | Isha Khajawa

FCRH Sophomore Finds a Sense of Calm Admist Stress of School

By ANDREA GARCIA PHOTO EDITOR

It has only been a month since Fordham students flooded campus. A majority of us feel that we are drowning in readings, papers tow wrote and the thought of midterms. However, Isha Khajawa, FCRH ’19, knows the solution to balance the busy schedule of a pre-health student with her love of meditation and yoga.

Khajawa is a first-generation Pakistani American. Born and raised in Sayville, New York, she dreamed of coming to Fordham to pursue a career as a doctor of osteopathic medicine. Although officially undecided, she is considering a major in anthropology.

After spending her first semester of freshman year as a commuter, she did not have much time to join campus clubs and organizations.

However, after finding an apartment off campus for her second semester, she knew she wanted to get involved on campus since she

lived closer than before.

The first club she joined was the meditation club. Khajawa had been interested in meditation and yoga since high school. She began practicing hot yoga around her freshman year of high school, and at 16-years-old became certified to teach yoga classes. Shortly after, Khajawa became a regular instructor at her local studio.

“Through high school, it helped me so much to just be emotionally aware. It gave me cognitive abilities before I even knew what cognitive meant,” said Khajawa. And while a lot of people tend to think that meditation is solely centered on remaining silent, she explains how she learned meditation has more to do with self-reflection.

“You can’t define the experience because everyone’s experience is different. What I have found to be, is that you need to let your thoughts just pass you and be a third observer to your own thoughts,” Khajawa said.

While many clubs often add

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Isha Khajawa’s love of meditation and yoga helps her balance a busy and stressful academic schedule.

stress to student’s lives, Khawaja describes how the Meditation Club tries to relieve some of that stress. “We are trying to help you understand your responsibilities, but to always remember to step back for a minute and relax. Because they’re always going to pile

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up.”

Entirely separate from Meditation Club, Khawaja is in the official process of organizing a Yoga Club on campus. While some people question the need for both, Khawaja explains the differences between the origin of physi-

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Apple’s Latest Invention Disappoints

By MEREDITH NARDINO

By MUEN CHEN

STAFF WRITER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After three long years, Bastille has returned with a sophomore album filled with songs made for stadium-sized sing-alongs. From the opening track, the band’s growth is instantly evident. No two songs on this album sound exactly alike – or even like the previous album – yet they still invariably belong to Bastille.

Wild World is a huge whirlwind of an album, yet not one song of the extended nineteen is below average. “Good Grief,” “Fake It” and “Send Them Off!” set the tone as the album’s first three singles, each more impressive than the last. The album is a full hour of contrasting highs and lows; the lyrics often paint pictures of the lack of power and control we hold in our lives, while the melodies are brutally upbeat. “Two Evils” and “Four Walls (The Ballad of Perry Smith)” prove to be the most introspective tracks, slowing down the LP without hindering its progression. Other standouts include “Glory,” “Snakes” and “Lethargy,” three tunes that singer Dan Smith promises are sure to be hits on the road this fall.

If you listen closely, you can pick out the cultural references that pop up as the album continues. Some are subtle (the “wrap your teeth around the pavement” line in “Blame” is an ode to American History X) and others more blatant, like the Weird Science quote that opens the album. Each of these allusions manage to further convey the dystopian mood of the album as a whole. This integration of film, television, literature and music is something that sets Bastille apart from the majority of alternative-pop crossover

For those of you who do not know what the heck an iPod Shuffle is, it is a chip-size MP3 player that mainly supports MP3, AAC, ALAC and WAV formatted files.

The iconic fourth generation iPod Shuffle has a couple of major design defects — mainly that the music file quality is limited due to Shuffle’s two-gigabyte flash storage and the inability to freely choose which song to play next.

Consequently, compared to its cousin, the iPod Nano, the iPod Shuffle seems a bit lacking in what we commonly refer to as “usefulness.”

Similarly, the iPhone 7 is not a well-qualified smartphone in 2016. Yes, it has a better processor. Yes, it can record 4K videos in 30fps. Yes, there is playback zoom and there is even autofocus during video recording. Yes, the maximum flash storage doubles.

Despite all of these great new features, Apple decided to remove the audio jack, making iPhone 7 incompatible with the majority of earphones or headphones commonly used today. Most people who exercise use their smartphone as a music player, and those who take public transportation listen to their smartphone music to ease their tiring commute.

As illustrated by these examples, smartphones are frequently used for listening to music and have practically driven MP3 players out of the picture completely. However, on Sept. 7, Apple ditched the useful headphone jack without a care. This new design has forced consumers to choose between two options: either purchase and use a clunky and impractical adapter through the lighting port or use Bluetooth headphones, specifi-

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Bastille’s second LP avoided the sophomore slump with its innovative sounds.

groups. The care bastille put into creating a cohesive, meaningful album surpasses that of even the most popular artists today.

What is most impressive about Wild World is its ability to distinguish itself as a sophomore album.

After the band’s surprising rise to fame in 2013, Bastille could have very well become complacent in the success of its Bad Blood era.

However, the band continued to push themselves artistically,

drawing inspiration from its travels and personal experiences more than before. Bad Blood was a depiction of a distant past, detailing mythological tales and historical downfalls.

On its second LP, Bastille look toward the future – one that is messy, dark and hopeful all at once. Wild World is a departure from the Bastille known by mainstream radio, but proves the band is here to stay.

cal and spiritual yoga of traditional Hinduism and the stereotypical yoga practiced in most studios.

The Yoga Club is currently dealing with the paperwork to become an official club. “It’s just a club for like-minded people to have fun and relax,” Khawaja said.

cally “AirPods.”

Personally, even if an iPhone 7 costs slightly more than an iPhone 6S, I would still spend my money on the older model with zero hesitation as a replacement for my three-year-old veteran iPhone 5.

A couple of students from Jogues share a similar opinion. When I asked them whether they would buy an iPhone 7 if their current phone was lost, four out of six of them said that they probably would not. One said that he was not sure and the last person did not want a “post-Steve-Jobs” iPhone at all. The majority of those who answered “no” expressed concerns over the new phone’s price and some of them complained about the missing audio jack. “The audio jacking is a total minus,” said Jacques Guillot, FCRH ’2020.

Such nonchalant attitudes toward the new iPhone are likely magnified by social media. Nonetheless, Apple lowered the price for its iPhone 6s as listed on the website from over $600 to $549 – a fairly significant price drop, which is good news for consumers who are looking to upgrade their phones at a lower price. This can be viewed as a lack of confidence in the iPhone 7; however, Apple has routinely dropped the price of older models when the new ones are released.

To sum it up, Apple’s move to remove the audio jack from their newest product crippled its functionality. We have seen such decisions in the company’s previous products such as its fourth generation iPod Shuffle and more recently its 12-inch 2304×1440 MacBook. What does the above decision tell us? Well, it is hard to say, but one observation we can make is that Apple does not place the consumer experience ahead of its design philosophy.

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Men’s Tennis Finishes Second

By ALEXANDRIA SEDLAK STAFF WRITER

Game, set, match. The Fordham Men’s Tennis team’s first tournament was held this past weekend, Sept. 17 and 18, on the Hawthorn-Rooney Tennis Courts. The event was called Fordham Four-in-the-Fall and included only New York University, Saint Francis College and Fordham, as one team, the New York Institute of Technology, defaulted its matches.

This was a two day tournament, and as the first competition of the season, it was a great way for Fordham to start off its tennis season.

Assistant coach Pedro Alonso commented on the weekend matches, saying, “The team is fighting really well and there is a lot of intensity, especially the freshmen. Their first season is strong and all have really tight matches. It’s a good way to start the season.”

On day one, there were seven flights for the singles matches and four flights for the doubles matches.

Each flight had an equal number of players from Fordham, NYU and Saint Francis. Fordham won a total of 10 matches on the first day and also lost 10 matches, a fitting way for the young team to start its season.

“Half of the team are freshmen and there is a lot of energy,” said freshman Allen Thornes. “All the guys are fighting really hard and staying in the matches.”

The second day also featured seven singles flights and four doubles flights, but there were more matches in each flight. Fordham won 16 matches and lost 23. In total, Fordham won 26 matches and lost 33 on the weekend.

Assistant coach Frank Russo spoke

of the team’s goals and outcomes for the first tournament, saying, “We are starting this year with five freshmen.

Getting them as much experience as possible was the goal for the weekend. We wanted to get them into match situations, and I think we’ve done that. We are happy with the progress so far.”

Of course, prior to this weekend, the Rams had been practicing hard for their new season. In the first few weeks of classes, they have had intense practices to reach this point.

One aspect that the Fordham team excels at is strategy, particularly in the doubles games. There is no doubt that each teammate has a good bond with his partner, enabling the pair to work together and communicate with each other on the court. This makes some points seem effortless as they swiftly move around the court.

Volleying at the net is another aspect of the game where the team flourishes. It is through net points, angles and slams that the Rams win many of their points. They go for every ball on the court and always play to their best ability, an admirable quality in every team member.

“We are becoming really close as a team and everyone motivates each other,” said freshman Steven Duka.

“It was a tough first two weeks of practice, but it’s really paying off now.

We got some wins under our belt and are looking forward to a good season.”

The men’s tennis team will return to action next Wednesday, when the Rams will travel across the Bronx to square off with Ramapo College. The Roadrunners will begin their season this weekend at Bard College. The action is set to get underway at 12:30 p.m.

September 22, 2016

Women’s Volleyball Has Tough Week

By ANDREA GARCIA PHOTO EDITOR

Women’s Volleyball lit the court on fire last Wednesday to defeat the Saint Peter’s Peacocks, but the team was unable to sustain that level of success in the rest of their games.

The exciting rebound against Saint Peter’s came after last weekend’s 2-1 loss at the Northeastern Tournament. Fordham edged out Saint Peter’s in the early half of the first set and secured the 2512 win. The second set started off evenly on both sides of the net, but the court swung into to a new rhythm after a visitor error and two host aces brought Fordham into the lead. Sophomore middle Olivia LaPorta and junior outside Molly Oshinski kept the Peacocks’ libero on her toes. With Saint Peter’s inability to side out for more than two points, Fordham finished off the second set 25-11. In the third set, the Rams parlayed their momentum into an early lead, but the Peacocks were able to tie the game after three rotations. Even though Saint Peter’s fed on Fordham’s matchhigh number of errors, the Rams reclaimed their early lead with a combined effort from their hitting line to win the third and final set 25-18.

Fordham opened strong at their first match of the Lion Invitational against the University

of Hartford Hawks, closing out the first set at 25-20. The Hawks fought back to win the following two sets, 25-21 and 25-22. The Rams started to bounce back in the fourth set, opening with two kills from freshman Kaitlin Morley and senior Kristen Ostach, but a hitting error gave the Hawks service at the third play. Fordham then took back possession to secure a 6-1 lead with a four-point run. The Rams refused to let go of their commanding lead and defeated the Hawks 25-17. The fifth and final short set opened on a Fordham serve and a Hartford kill. Fordham sided out to take a three point lead. After another Fordham rotation came around, the Rams reached the halfway point to victory by going on a five-point run, bringing them up to 8-2. The Hawks could not catch up, and the Rams took the final set by a score of 15-11, handing them victory in the match.

The second day of the tournament featured a doubleheader for the Rams. First up was a 3-1 loss against the Providence Friars.

Providence took an early lead and stayed in a winning position to finish the first set 25-17. The second set was much closer, and the Rams were able to push back on the Friars and even the box score with a 26-24 set. Providence reclaimed the court in the third set, and Fordham was disappointed after a 25-10 loss. The fourth and

final stanza posed a challenge to the Ram’s offense, and Fordham trailed behind through the end of the game, losing 25-18 to Providence.

Fordham continued to struggle in its host match with the Columbia Lions. The Lions’ hitters dominated the net and secured an opening lead, to which Fordham’s defensive specialists were unable to catch up. Columbia more than doubled Fordham’s total, with the final score standing at 25-12. The second set was marked by a higher percentage of error on both sides of the net. The teams kept trading serve to a full rotation at the 6-5 mark, but Columbia sided out to a more definitive lead. Fordham remained in the low double digits until the Lions were in full sight of a second set win. The Fordham side was able to finish strong, but Columbia weathered the comeback and won 25-19. Fordham found itself having to fight for a fourth set. Columbia, however, took advantage of a series of Fordham errors and kept the Ram’s defensive line on their toes. The Lions swept up the last set of the match at a nail-biting score of 2523.

This homecoming weekend, the Rams will host two opposing teams in the Rose Hill Gym. They will face off against the LaSalle Explorers on Friday at 7 p.m. and the Duquesne Dukes on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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September 22, 2016

Jack McLoone

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Clark Returns to Women’s Basketball

Drew Casey

Protect the Celebrations

Han-Ram Dooms Yanks

Ever since Randy Moss fakemooned the Lambeau faithful, the NFL has been on a crusade against self-expression.

But during the Monday Night Football matchup between the Steelers and Redskins during Week one, they went too far.

Antonio Brown was really feeling himself after catching a touchdown pass. So much so that he transformed into his “nightclub on a bye week Saturday” alter-ego, Anponio Brown (after Ginuwine’s instant classic “Pony”), and had the audacity to start twerking in the end zone. He “pumped” five times and was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct due to his celebration falling under the banner of being “sexually suggestive or otherwise be construed as being in poor taste.” Come on, Antonio, think of the children who were dancing to a drug reference just last season.

Continuing on their tireless crusade against hurt feelings (I guess), the NFL has renewed its crackdown on “choreographed” celebrations this year. Hence the Cardinals’ Chandler Jones and D.J. Swearinger getting hit with a flag for an abbreviated version of the Cotton-Eye Joe in Week one, along with Cam Newton and the Panthers drawing one for a dance I assume was to “Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)” in Week two.

That leaves me with two thoughts: first, are we going to see a Kid ‘n Play get flagged next week? Second, why are group choreography pieces more morally reprehensible than individual bits? Am I supposed to believe Victor Cruz spontaneously knows how to salsa after every touchdown? And besides the dab last year, Newton had at least seven other steps beforehand that I bet he practiced at least once. Dancing solo is fine apparently (within really boring boundaries), but the second you go from Nora doing her final show solo to Nora and Tyler blending the hip-hop and ballet worlds together, you draw a flag.

The NFL is also going the way of the NBA and trying to eliminate taunting. But the NFL can’t even get that rule right. Chiefs safety Marcus Peters drew a flag for finger wagging in DeAndre Hopkins’ general direction. But, as “The Countdown” pointed out, the NFL’s official twitter account posted a GIF of caricature-of-himself JJ Watt doing the Mutombo, which has become his sack dance, just hours earlier. Watt has never been flagged for this, and the man racks up sacks like a potato farmer.

Nothing endears fans to a player more than a little personality. Jose Bautista’s bat flip was one of the biggest moments in sports last year, purely because of how wonderfully disrespectful and petty it was. Cam dabbed his way to an MVP trophy.

LeBron used to throw chalk dust around like it was the last day of school. All of these are iconic, but “the product” having personality is apparently too much these days.

Despite my chagrin, I’m proud of the NFL. They’ve really stepped up and thrown flags to stop the biggest problem facing the game today. The players with concussions are going to forget how to dance — along with maybe walking or talking or breathing — soon anyway.

After this past weekend in Boston, you can bet the Yankees asked whether there is indeed an “I” in team.

Entering a four-game set last Thursday at Fenway Park, the Bronx Bombers were just two games out of the second AL Wild Card and four games behind the AL East leading Red Sox. With a successful series in Bean Town, the Yankees could have inched closer to or even ended up in a playoff spot with just two weeks left in the regular season.

Instead, more than 72 hours later, the Pinstripe bunch found itself in just the opposite situation. Despite holding at least a three-run lead in all but one of the four matchups, the Yankees, this year’s best team in one-run games by winning percentage, lost all four matchups to its storied rival.

Jumping out to a 4-0 lead in the third inning on Thursday seemed more than promising for a squad that nobody pictured would be in the playoff race following the trade deadline. But the first place Red Sox wanted to maintain their division lead. Down 5-2 in the bottom of the ninth, the home team bested Dellin Betances.

After RBI singles from David Ortiz and Mookie Betts, the Red Sox trailed by just one run as Hanley Ramirez stepped to the plate with a chance to win it.

And win it he did. The veteran belted a three-run walk-off homer to dead center that traveled an estimated 426 feet. Everyone, whether at home or at the ballpark, knew it was over when the ball left the bat at nearly 107 mph.

With some calling Thursday’s game “the worst Yankees loss in years,” it was difficult for the team to bounce back the following night. They fell behind 3-0 early, with the third run coming from another Ramirez longball.

The BoSox coasted to their second straight win.

By Saturday morning, the Yankees knew they needed to win the final two games at Fenway. Again, they jumped out in front, leading 5-2 through four innings, but four unanswered runs propelled the Red Sox to victory. While he didn’t record an RBI in the 6-5 win, Ramirez went 3-4.

The absolute must-win came on Sunday after three straight road losses. The Yankees built an early 4-0 lead, but then the man of the weekend took over again.

Ramirez launched a two-run homer in the fifth before breaking a 4-4 tie in the seventh with a towering blast over the Green Monster.

By the end of the series, Ramirez had totaled four home runs and nine RBIs, while slashing .563/.588/1.375. “Han-Ram” was also named the American League Co-Player of the Week on Monday. Through Sept. 19, he’s racked up 28 home runs and 106 RBIs for the season, all while slugging .515.

Sorry Yankees fans — there might not be an “I” in team, but there is an “I” in Ramirez.

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Samantha Clark may have graduated in May, but her time at Fordham has only just begun.

By JACK McLOONE ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

From the second she stepped off the court for the last time, Samantha Clark knew she was going to miss Fordham Women’s Basketball a lot more than she once thought. “Coach Gaitley always asked me [about coaching after her senior year] and I said, ‘No, definitely. I don’t think so. After this I’m done,’” said Clark. “And then I started to miss it as soon as we stopped playing and I was like, ‘Wow, I should really think about going into coaching.’”

On Sept. 12, a press release was issued by the women’s basketball team: “Samantha Clark Named Director of Player Development for Fordham Women’s Basketball.” Coming as a surprise to those outside of the inner basketball circle, it was welcome news.

Clark graduated last year after a stellar senior campaign, earning Second Team All-Atlantic 10 honors along with being named to the Atlantic 10 All-Defensive Team. Clark was a clear leader for the team as its only active senior after classmate Khadijah Gibson was lost to injury before the season started. And now, she will bring that leadership to the coaching staff.

While Clark’s hiring makes a lot of sense and seems like an obvious decision, things were not so clear cut behind the scenes. After pestering Clark all season about potentially joining the staff to no avail, head coach Stephanie Gaitley offered up the first available spot to former Fordham Men’s Basketball player and then volunteer assistant Khalid Robinson.

Initially, Gaitley did not think there was an open spot within the staff, as most of the entry level staff was “fairly new.” However, following a family tragedy, one of the coaches had to return home, opening up a spot for Robinson.

“Ironically, Khalid called me the same day,” said Gaitley. “Radford [University, in Virginia] had offered him a video position.”

At the same time, Gaitley was helping her own former player look for basketball jobs after learning of her desire to try out coaching. Due to Robinson having a claim to the open Fordham position, Gaitley helped Clark look elsewhere, though she says that Clark would have been her

first choice if she had come to her sooner. “But in the meantime, she was checking into other positions and I had her meeting with other people,” said Gaitley. “She was very eager and very aggressive in following up with these things.”

Clark, however, had a tough time looking anywhere else. “I thought it was kind of hard,” she said. “I just kind of judged everything against what I’ve had at Fordham. We get treated so well here. All the staffs were great, but I just always in the back of my mind was like, ‘Wow, it would be so great if I was at Fordham with my coaches that I played for and everything.’”

Despite being offered the job with Radford, Robinson had his sights set higher, and was in a unique spot to take advantage of it. “His ultimate dream was to be a part of the NBA, and my son [DC Gaitley, former Fordham Men’s Basketball player and teammate of Robinson’s] is with the Spurs.

My son helped him out and set a few things up,” said Gaitley. She told him to tease out that thread, as the Fordham position did not need to be filled until August.

Robinson’s dream came to fruition, as he was offered a job with the Golden State Warriors.

This opened the door for Clark to make her triumphant return.

“When Khalid got the Warriors position, I offered her the position [with Fordham],” said Gaitley.

“It just happened to work out for me, so I was excited by that,” said Clark.

The transition to coaching players she had played with just a few short months ago has been a little jarring. “It’s so weird but it’s great to see them all,” said Clark.

“It’s a different thing, but it’s great to be able to help them out since I’ve had experience here.”

“She was just so well respected by her teammates and her coaches that it’s been an easy transition,” said Gaitley. “I don’t worry about the age gap because of the fact that there’s a great sense of maturity on Sam and she knows that you can’t cross a certain line when you’re in the position of a coach as opposed to being a player.”

While “coach Sam” (a title Clark described as “so weird”), “coach Clark” or simply “Sam” might be new to coaching, she is

not going to be limited in her first year. Her title may be Director of Player Development, but on Gaitley’s staff, titles are just names.

“We are looking into doing some analytics and trying to figure out which players are best in which situations and which team is best on the court,” said Gaitley. “Right now, Sam is currently studying that area for me.”

But analytics is not the only thing Clark will be covering for Gaitley’s multi-faceted staff.

“She’s going to have her hand in a lot of different things,” said Gaitley. “She’ll also be a little bit of marketing. She’ll be doing a lot of video with us as well, because my assistant in charge of video will be doing some strength and conditioning. So Sam will be getting video, whether it’s breaking down our players or getting ready for a certain opponent, she’ll be playing a major hand in that as well.”

“Coach has told me a lot of what she’s looking at,” said Clark.

“The coaching staff ’s been great, sending me links to look into things. Coach has been great. I’ve been giving her some ideas, she gives me feedback and I just keep going and looking for the things that she wants.”

Clark hopes to be able to help the Rams build off of her 14-17 senior season, which was a disappointing finish based on the women’s basketball team’s standards. “I’m excited to see this team grow,” she said. “Last year wasn’t the best of years. It was my senior year so I still loved it, but I want to see this team take off and be the best they can be. Having them grow for last year would be awesome to be still around to see it.”

While Clark may have ended her playing career — “I still haven’t played yet. I still say I’m in retirement and I’m not ready to come out of it yet” — she may have found a new home on the sideline. At the very least, her plan is to find out. “I wasn’t sure if coaching was definitely something I wanted to do, so this is a great start for me. I’m off the court, but I’m still around it,” she said.

The Rams will open their season with an exhibition game at home against Muhlenberg on Nov. 4.

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September 22, 2016

Women Impress in CT

By SAM BELDEN SPORTS EDITOR

Women’s Tennis returned to action over the weekend, traveling to Hamden, Connecticut for the Quinnipiac Women’s Invitational.

The Fordham contingent turned in a strong performance, with several Rams placing well in their respective flights.

The biggest Fordham success from the event was senior Mayu Sato’s strong performance in the B singles flight. After defeating Brianne Lauria of Sacred Heart in the opening round, Sato had to battle in the quarterfinals to beat Drexel’s Lea Winkler, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6. After that, she topped Summer Walker of Connecticut, 6-4, 7-6, before falling to Jacqueline Fitz-Randolph, also of UConn, in the final.

Junior Estelle Wong also competed in the B singles flight. The California native opened the event with a 6-2, 3-6, 10-2 win over Amanda Pitocco of Providence and went on to beat Clary Rodriguez Cruz of Drexel, 7-5, 6-1, in the quarterfinals. She lost to Fitz-Randolph in the semifinals, robbing the crowd of a potential allFordham final.

Sophomore Carina Ma and freshman Maia Balce represented Fordham in the A singles flight. Ma turned in the better performance, advancing to the final four after a blistering 6-1, 6-1 win over Quinnipiac’s Rachel Horton in the quarterfinals. In the semis, she lost to UConn’s Yelyzaveta Pletnyeva, 6-1, 7-5.

Balce fell to Drexel’s Honami Yazawa, 6-2, 6-4, in the first round.

However, she did defeat Olivia Podseibierski of Sacred Heart in the first round of the consolation bracket before losing to Jennifer Lu of Quinnipiac in the second.

In C singles, sophomore Alexis Zobeideh defeated Ally Haley of Army West Point, 6-1, 6-4, in her opening match before falling to Quinnipiac’s

Proyfon Lohaphaisan one round later. Sophomore Gianna Insogna also competed in the C flight, falling in the first round to Army’s Yuka Lin, 6-3, 4-6, 10-5, before embarking on a nice run through the consolation bracket. After winning two matches to advance to the finals, she knocked off Haley in the championship, 8-2, to secure a small victory for the Rams.

In D singles, senior Destiny Grunin won her first two matches, defeating Emily Lombardi in the opening round, 6-1, 7-5, and Quinnipiac’s Kelsi Oliphant in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 7-5. However, she lost to Gloria Son of Army in the semifinals, 6-4, 6-3.

Sophomore Whitney Weisberg also competed in the D flight, where she fell to Quinnipiac’s Alex Mircea in the first round, 6-2, 6-3. She then won a pair of consolation matches before dropping the final to Anisiya Simpson of Drexel, 8-3.

To add to their singles successes, the Rams also placed well in the doubles flights. Wong and Sato advanced to the semifinals of the A flight, defeating duos from Army and Providence before falling to Young and Horton of Quinnipiac, 6-1. Ma and Balce also competed in the A flight.

They reeled off 6-4 wins over Pitocco and Nicole Cyterski of Providence and Yazawa and Winkler of Drexel, but became the second Fordham duo to lose in the semis, falling to UConn’s Perrotta and Fitz-Randolph.

The pairings of Zobeideh and Grunin and Weisberg and Insogna competed in B doubles, but neither advanced past the quarterfinals.

While the Rams did not get a team result from this individual event, it was nevertheless a strong start to their season. Their first team event of the fall, the West Point Invitational, gets underway on Friday, Sept. 23 at the United States Military Academy. There, they will face many of the same teams they saw in Hamden.

By PAT COSTELLO ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

When Tom Brady got suspended for the first four games of the 2016 season, it seemed as though the Patriots’ whole year could end up a failure — a shocking twist for the team that has won the AFC East in 13 of the last 15 years. Hope was lost until something remarkable happened: Jimmy Garoppolo took over and everything was fine.

Garoppolo was drafted in the second round with the 62nd pick of the 2014 draft. Brady has been grooming the Eastern Illinois product similar to how Brett Favre groomed Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. Garoppolo showed he was ready for his chance during the first game of the season against the Arizona Cardinals.

The Brady suspension was not the only obstacle the Patriots had to hurdle. Rob Gronkowski went down with a hamstring injury and was unavailable to play, and running back Dion Lewis was placed on the PUP list. Nothing was looking up for Garoppolo, but he didn’t seem fazed by any of it. He went out and threw for 264 yards and one touchdown en route to a 23-21 upset over a team that many feel is a Super Bowl contender.

Going into week two, the Patriots seemed like they were in a perfect position to cruise through the first four games while waiting for the cavalry. Clearly, Garoppolo was poised enough to handle the situation at hand, which he proved with his early play against the Miami Dolphins. The most beautiful quarterback in the NFL threw for 234 yards and three touchdowns by the second quarter, when every Patriots fan’s worst nightmare came true.

Garoppolo took a crushing hit from linebacker Kiko Alonso, spraining his AC joint and knocking him out of the game. Surely that play was a sign from the football gods that this season was not going to go well for the Pats, right?

Enter Jacoby Brissett, the Patriots’ third-string quarterback and only other active quarterback on the roster. Brissett was drafted in the third round with the 91st pick this past spring. It’s unfathomable that a rookie would be able to hold

on to the lead, especially when the Patriots defense was without their best player in Rob Ninkovich, who was also suspended for the first four games. Brissett defied the odds and proved everyone wrong, leading the Patriots to a field goal, a touchdown and an ultimate 31-24 victory. It appears that they will have to lean on Brissett again in week three if they want to win against the Texans, who have one of, if not the, best defenses in the NFL. The success of the Patriots’ backups leads to a more important question: how are they able to sustain such a high level of play without most of their key players? Everyone has heard about “the Patriot way,” but that mentality will only take you to a certain level before pure ability becomes necessary.

The answer is a surprise to nobody.

Head coach Bill Belichick is one of the smartest coaches in NFL history, and has the uncanny ability to find great players, particularly quarterbacks, later in the draft than you might expect. Belichick has the

unique ability to retool his team without getting rid of the old players first. However, when he does get rid of the old players, it always seems to be at the perfect time. For example, the Pats got rid of Darrelle Revis after their most recent Super Bowl victory, the same one that was capped by an interception by Malcolm Butler, who has stepped into a starting role. Revis, now with the Jets, has not been able to return to his old self, which was proven when the Bills’ Marquise Goodwin burned him for an 84-yard touchdown in Week 2. Belichek seems to have a sixth sense of when it’s time to retool.

Tom Brady is at the end of his quarterbacking rope. While he is still the best quarterback in the league, he won’t be around forever.

Garoppollo and Brissett are the Patriots 2.0, something they proved they can handle until week four.

We’ve gotten a brief glimpse of the Patriots’ future and it looks bright, an impressive feat for a team without its star players.

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Jimmy Garoppolo was off to a hot start before suffering a shoulder injury.

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Thursday Sept. 22

Friday Sept. 23

Saturday Sept. 24

UPenn 1 p.m.

Football Columbia 5 p.m.

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UConn 7 p.m.

JHU 3:30 p.m.

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Junior Estelle Wong advanced to her flight’s semifinals at Quinnipiac.

Golf

Sunday Sept. 25

La Salle 7 p.m.

Navy 2 p.m.

Duquesne 1 p.m.

West Point Invite

Quechee Club Invite

Monday Sept. 26

Tuesday Sept. 27

Wednesday Sept. 28

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Matthew Michaels

The Third Baseman Era We are unknowing witnesses to a bright spot in baseball history in regards to third base. The hot corner stands alone as the least represented position in Cooperstown, but in the modern game, elite third basemen are becoming the new norm.

Manny Machado of the Orioles and Nolan Arenado of the Rockies are fantastic players on both sides of the ball. The 24-year-old Machado is already a three-time All-Star and finished fourth in last year’s MVP voting. His early success has not stunted his growth, however, as he is having his most impressive season to date in 2016. The cornerstone of the Baltimore franchise has tied his career high with 35 home runs and surpassed his previous high for RBIs while raising his batting average above .300 for the first time in his career. According to Fangraphs, Machado’s 6.3 WAR is the seventhbest in the entire league, a year after an eighth place finish in the metric, and he is somehow only third among third baseman.

The active player most similar to Machado is Colorado’s 25-year-old Arenado. For the second straight year, Arenado is leading the National League in homers and RBIs while reaching base more. It is on defense, though, where this star really shines.

Now in his fourth big league season, Arenado has the best range factor per game among third basemen for the fourth time in his career. He also has the highest fielding percentage.

This proves he can both reach many a batted ball and field them cleanly once he catches everything in his wide range.

Both Machado and Arenado have already earned multiple Gold Glove Awards. If they can sustain their current level of play, the pair could bring back memories of Mike Schmidt and George Brett, two of the five greatest third basemen of all time. Baseball fans had the fortune of watching their illustrious and simultaneous careers throughout the 1970s and 80s. We may be able to do the same with Machado and Arenado.

Machado has tough competition over in the AL East. Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson is the reigning MVP and is putting up a fourth-consecutive great season following his late bloom. At age 30, Donaldson is primed to finish in the top five of the MVP voting yet again thanks to his monster mashing and improved plate discipline.

Over on the North Side of Chicago, the Cubs have clinched an early playoff berth thanks in no small part to their young star Kris Bryant, who took no time to evolve into the complete package. Bryant won the Rookie of the Year Award last season by posting numbers most veterans would envy. In 2016, Bryant, the MVP frontrunner, has shown no signs of a sophomore slump, improving his numbers in basically every category while being the primary third baseman for baseball’s best team.

Kyle Seager has quietly put up a wonderful season for the Seattle Mariners, featuring career highs in homers, RBIs and all three triple slash stats. At 28 years old, Seager’s continual improvement has put him in conversations of elite guys at the hot corner.

We are witnessing the best era for third basemen ever.

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Volleyball Fordham Hartford

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NYIT Invitational 8k Race (FOR) Zervigon- 1st 27:30 (FOR) Donahue- 2nd 27:40 Women’s Cross Country Battle in Beantown Fordham- 10th 5k Race (FOR) Grebe- 38th 18:30 (FOR) Leo- 67th 19:05

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Men’s Soccer Fordham Manhattan Fordham Stetson (FOR) J Loebe goal, 34’ (FOR) L Loebe goal, 73’ (STET)O’Brien goal, 43’ Women’s Soccer Hofstra Fordham (FOR) Miller goal, 32’ Men’s Tennis Fordham Three-in-the-Fall Fordham- 2nd Women’s Tennis Quinnipiac Invitational B Singles Championship (FOR) Sato 3-6, 6-4, 4-10

Athletes of the Week Matt Schiller

Amanda Miller

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Schiller had impressive performances on Monday and Tuesday, carding a two-round +1 at the Hartford Hawks Invitational. His score was one stroke off of his career best, a feat which he achieved last weekend. His play was good enough for 26th place overall in the tournament.

Miller netted the first goal of her college career on Sunday against the Hofstra Pride. She received a corner kick on the near post, spun and flicked a shot over the goalie. The goal tied the score at 1-1, though the Rams were unable to complete the comeback, losing 2-1.

Each week, The Fordham Ram’s sports editors honor one male athlete and one female athlete for their on-field performances as their “Athletes of the Week.”

News & Notes • Soccer’s Loebe, Nuhu Pick

Up A-10 Weekly Awards

Sophomore Janos Loebe was named Offensive Player of the Week after his performance against Stetson on Saturday. Loebe netted a goal and dished out an assist in a 2-1 victory. His teammate and goalie, sophomore Rashid Nuhu, was also honored. Nuhu, who went 1-0-1 last week, pitched his first shutout of the season, making four saves in a 0-0 tie. Nuhu then saved three against Stetson, good enough for a 2-1 victory. For his efforts, he was awarded co-Defensive Player of the Week. Loebe, Nuhu and the rest of the Rams return to action on Friday against Columbia.

• Women’s Assistant Coach Valerie Nainima Captains Fiji Basketball in Friendly

Women’s Basketball assistant coach Valerie Nainima was named captain of Fiji for a pair of friendlies against China. Nainima was added to the roster in an attempt to bolster Fiji’s presence on the court. She previously played professionally in Germany, spending three seasons playing for New Basket Oberhausen. Nainima is currently in her third year as Fordham’s video coordinator. The games will take place on Wednesday at 1:30 a.m.

EST and 5:30 p.m. EST in Suva, Fiji.

• Cross Country’s Brian Cook Named A-10 Co-Performer of the Week Cook has been named

Atlantic 10 Co-Performer of the Week for the second consecutive week. He was the top performer on the men’s side at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown, which took place in Boston on Friday. Cook finished with a career-best time of 24:48, good enough for 14th place in the 8K race. He split the Performer of the Week honors with Saint Louis’ Matt Prest. Cook and the Rams return to action on Oct. 7 for the Metropolitan Championships at Van Cortlandt Park.

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Golf Plays in the Hartford Hawks Invitational

The golf team completed its second fall tournament on Tuesday, taking 15th place at the Hartford Hawks Invitational. Junior Matt Schiller was the Rams’ top performer, carding a tworound score of +1, one stroke off of his career low. His performance landed him in 26th place overall. Junior co-captain Joe Trim turned in a 75 on his second day, giving him a score of +5 for the tournament, which was good enough for 41st place.

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A Third Team in New York?

During last year’s All-Star break in Cincinnati, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred commented on many different topics, including the idea of expansion and the stadium dilemmas with the Tampa Bay Rays.

“While it would be years down the line, baseball has looked into the idea of expanding the league to 32 teams.” Oakland A’s. Manfred said.

Manfred would like to keep the curent teams in their respective cities. After this, many different cities were suggested for expansion — from Montreal to Charlotte to Mexico City to San Juan and even Las Vegas.

But one of the more intriguing options is a third team in the tristate area. This isn’t the first time this has been suggested, as Scott Boras stated in 2013 that the Rays should move to North Jersey. The Rays are under contract with Tropicana Field until 2027, which is still a ways away. The A’s will also have to consider relocation if they can’t make a deal with their city (and as seen with the Raiders and Warriors, that’s hard to do in Oakland). So with the option of a team moving or expanding to Jersey, what would a third New York team look like?

Obviously, baseball has had three teams in New York before, as both the Dodgers and the Giants called the city home before moving west in 1957. New York can hold a third baseball team, as they do with hockey. With eight million people in the city and 24 million in the extended tri¬state area, it’s easy to play host to three teams. The placement of a third team would probably be in New Jersey, as Brooklyn’s counterculture has become unsuitable for sports, as seen with the Islanders and the Nets. Westchester County is heavy Yankees country, while Long Island is heavy Mets country. A New Jersey stadium could be placed in either the city of Newark or the Meadowlands. In fact, Newark has a 6,200 seat stadium on its riverfront that can be built up. Both Newark and the Meadowlands can be accessed by NJ transit. The North Jersey area has around three million people, not counting the population of Central Jersey, the Lehigh Valley area and northeastern Pennsylvania. That entire population, mostly comprised of Yankees fans, would be able to hold both teams, especially if the new franchise were in the National League.

Similar to how the Giants, Dodgers and Yankees were until the late 50s, new rivalries would be born as the teams would vie for supremacy in New York. If a team moves there, the team probably will already have players in place to be successful, which would quickly garner a fan base. With any luck, the team’s success could result in a Subway Series, which would be incredible for ratings. Any time a New York team is in the World Series, or any championship game, ratings skyrocket.

It would be even more interesting if a new New York team were in the World Series, and even better if it were playing against the Yankees or the Mets.

While many other areas will be considered before New York, the area should not be pushed aside. A third team in New York is an idea with more potential than people realize.

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Men’s Soccer Ties Manhattan, Beats Stetson

By TYLER FREIRE STAFF WRITER

As we head into the middle part of the schedule with a handful of conference opponents coming up, the Fordham Men’s Soccer team had a decent week. The Rams tied with crosstown rival Manhattan 0-0 before heading down to DeLand, Florida and picking up a tough road victory against Stetson University.

In the “Battle of the Bronx,” Fordham sophomore goalkeeper Rashid Nuhu made four crucial saves throughout the match to hold the Jaspers scoreless. After a first half that saw just two shots on goal from both clubs, the offenses made adjustments going into the second half and Fordham registered nine shots to Manhattan’s seven.

Both teams also had shots go off the crossbar — Manhattan’s Troy Carrington did in the 75th minute, while Fordham junior midfielder Jannik Loebe did so in the 78th minute. For the game, Fordham outshot Manhattan 1610, and both clubs conceded seven corners. Junior midfielder Eric Ohlendorf had a team-high three shots for Fordham, and Kiels Kirch had a match-high four shots for the Jaspers.

Heading into a tough road game against Stetson, Fordham had very little offensive momentum but appeared strong on the other side of the ball. “On the defensive end, we are solid,” said head coach

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Rashid Nuhu was a brick wall in the net against Manhattan, stopping all four shots he faced for a shutout.

James McElderry. “Not scoring much early on in the season has put a lot of pressure on the entire team in terms of defending. This has forced us to be strong.”

“The team is improving, and I feel this past week we made great progress,” he said of the team’s recent performance. “Though we were very disappointed not to beat Manhattan, we earned our first clean sheet of the season and again created many scoring chances that we feel will eventually turn into goals. We are creating chances, and that is all I can

ask for. I am confident the goals will come.”

Next up on the schedule was Stetson University, when the Rams traveled to DeLand, Florida for their first match in the Sunshine State since 2006. Fordham struck first when Janos Loebe scored his first goal of the season in the 34th minute. Senior defender Andrew Hickey started the play with a cross to the right side of the pitch to Loebe, who found the back of the net inside the right post from 10 yards out.

Shortly after, Stetson would tie

the match at one. Finn Busmann’s cross found Daniel O’Brien for a header that bounced past Nuhu into the lower right portion of the goal for a 1-1 score.

The score would remain tied until the 73rd minute as the Rams had the ball near the corner after a foul from Stetson. Sophomore midfielder Janos Loebe took the free kick and found his brother Jannik Loebe for a one touch deflection that found the back of the net for his first goal of the season.

That goal marked the second time the Loebe brothers have scored in

the same game for Fordham. The previous time came against La Salle last season.

The brother-to-brother connection proved to be the turning point in the match, as Fordham would come away with the 2-1 victory. In net, Nuhu made four saves to help secure the win for the Rams.

“The match in Florida versus Stetson was the best game we have played so far,” said McElderry. “We scored twice on the road, took a lead, but also had to come back after allowing the tying goal.

The group competed well for the 90 minutes and fully deserved the win.”

Next up for the Rams is another in-state opponent Columbia comes to Jack Coffey Field on Friday, Sept. 23 at 5 p.m.

“We are hoping to combine our alums and current students to have our biggest crowd of the season,” said McElderry. “Columbia is currently 4-1-0 this season with some impressive wins. We got the better of them last year, but it is always a very tight game and a good preparation for both teams as we both begin our conference schedule the following weeks. Every game we have will be a battle, but I am confident our team has the ability to reach all of our major goals this season.”

With the tie and win this week, the Rams improved to 2-3-2 on the year.

Women’s Soccer Falls to Hofstra Pride

By PAT COSTELLO ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

Maintaining a winning streak is not an easy task, especially when you must defend it against a team you have not beaten since 2004.

The Rams came into their game on Sunday with four games worth of momentum, but they hit a wall in the shape of the Hofstra Pride.

Fordham allowed only one goal in its previous four games, but was unable to maintain that level of defensive success against Hofstra, losing 2-1.

The Rams were forced to play from behind for most of the game.

In the 15th minute, Hofstra got on the board after Kristin Desmond redirected a cross into the back of the net. “Going down early 1-0 was not necessarily heart breaking, but we did have a battle ahead,” said head coach Jessica Clinton. The Rams were forced to play catch-up from that point and responded in a big way in the 32nd minute. Senior defender Brianna Blunck sent the ball towards the net off of a corner kick.

“I kept trying to mimic my first corner and pull the keeper off her line,” Bluck said. The pass, a low line drive, was corralled by freshman forward Amanda Miller, who spun and flicked a shot into the back of the net. “My corner fell short, but Amanda made it look

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Amanda Miller’s first career goal was the bright spot for the Rams in their 2-1 loss from Hofstra.

good for me by scoring off it,” Blunck continued. The goal was Miller’s first of her college career, as well as an important equalizer for the Rams.

The tie was short lived, however, as the Pride responded almost immediately, scoring the go-ahead goal in the 39th minute.

It ended up being the game winner “We did a great job managing to come back to tie the game, but Hofstra was very good at making the most of their opportunities,”

said Clinton.

The Rams did not shy away from the challenge of being down yet again and had multiple opportunities to score, which they were unable capitalize on. In the 53rd minute, sophomore midfielder Lane Cronin ripped a shot towards the right post that was knocked away by the Hofstra goalie Friederike Mehring. In the 58th minute, senior forward Nicol Natale was on the doorstep of a goal, but could not get the ball

up over Mehring, who made the save on the goal line. “We were certainly unlucky on some shots as their goalkeeper made some key saves,” said Clinton. The 2-1 loss is Fordham’s first since Oct. 26, 2015.

The Rams were able to keep the game close on Sunday thanks to the outstanding play from Blunck.

“Bri has been a tremendous player for us this season,” said Clinton.

“Her physical strength is outstanding, but her mental toughness is on another level”. She was

all over the field against Hofstra, whether contributing on offense or defense. On multiple occasions, Blunck attempted to win 50-50 balls but ended up colliding hard with Hofstra players or even her own teammates. Each time, she popped right back up and jumped back into the action as if she had never been touched.

“In the position I play on the field, that extra edge can mean the difference between winning the ball or risk letting a drive down the line or cross happen,” Blunck said. Her toughness is something the Rams need going forward, especially if they plan on responding positively to their loss.

“Bri has the ability to be a gamechanging player,” said Clinton. “I would imagine and hope that she sees herself taking on the role a bit more.” Of this, Blunck said, “I just try to play my hardest to put my team in the best position to succeed.”

Blunck and the Rams will look to bounce back from the hard loss against Hofstra. “I don’t think that the best team won that game, but a loss can sometimes give us a better sense of what we need to work on moving forward,” Blunck said. The ladies will try to turn it around on Thursday at Connecticut, with the start time set for 7 p.m.