DEAD IN ITS TRACKS: Mc$hane kills bid for 2016 debate on campus

After being coaxed by optimistic officials within Fordham’s Alumni Relations office, four juniors spent weeks this semester tirelessly doing research and coordinating a massive canvassing effort on campus as they planned to help administrators submit Fordham’s name as the possible host of a 2016 presidential debate. The enterprising students worked out with administrators that they would collect 3,000 […]

CHIPOTLE MANIA! Restaurant to open steps from campus in April

Screw Cosí! Another dinner option is moving into town. Fordham Daily has exclusively learned that Chipotle, the widely popular Mexican restaurant chain known for its gourmet burritos, is expected to open a retail location in Fordham Plaza next month. The restaurant will sit between Starbucks and Applebee’s — just steps from Rose Hill’s campus. “We’re not sure yet, but we’re aiming for […]

POSER JOKERS display kooky characters during stand-up show

The members of Fordham Stand-Up are very savvy marketers. Friday night’s comedy show was advertised to feature one “PB Kettles.” It turned out that Kettles was just a creation of Stand-Up member James Murtagh. Having said that, nobody in the Blackbox audience went away disappointed, as the characters created by this talented troupe enlivened a cold night. […]

FACING THE MUSIC: Safety Chief to meet with black alliance group

John Carroll, associate vice president of Public Safety at Fordham, will address students during this week’s ASILI – The Black Student Alliance meeting, the group announced on social media. This special visit comes almost two weeks after Fordham officials described two men, who allegedly assaulted a student in an off-campus apartment, as “male blacks.” The alert was […]

NOT CRYING? CHECK YOUR PULSE! TOP’s Laramie packs emotional punch

Sunday, March 8 at 7 p.m. in Collins Auditorium Seventeen years after the death of Matthew Shepard, The Laramie Project, a play about the aftermath of his murder, is still a stirring and necessary piece of theater. TOP makes that abundantly clear in their powerful production, which shows they can pull off modern drama just as […]

CABARET CASH: Student artists raise $1K for Make-A-Wish

Rose Hill’s Make-A-Wish Cabaret, a fundraising effort hosted by a handful of campus performing groups, drew a capacity crowd Friday night and raised $1,000 for the Make-A-Wish organization. The event — which consisted of theatric scenes, comedy sketches and acapella songs — was the brainchild of Michelle Corr, a sophomore representative for the Mimes and Mummers. Noting […]

McShane calls Egan “one of the kindest men I’ve ever known”

Fr. Joseph McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, remembered Cardinal Edward Egan — who passed away Thursday, after serving as archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009 — as “one of the kindest men I’ve ever known.” “He will be sorely missed by the Church and the city that he loved, and by all who were […]

SCORE! Fordham may not have to make up for Thursday: admin

Updated: Thursday at 3:15 p.m. It ain’t spring yet. After announcing that campus would open late Thursday afternoon, school officials said in the morning that all campuses would close for the day as snow continued to fall in the Tri-state area. Ram Van service was suspended Thursday, and officials said it plans on resuming Friday. Fordham has already made plans to […]