The Fordham Ram Serving The Fordham University Community Since 1918 Volume 105, Issue 3
February 8, 2023
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Race, Ethnicity
Loyola Chair
and Allyship
Lecture
By TASNIMAH RAHMAN
By ANTONI ZLATANOVSKI
In celebration of Black History Month, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Division for Student Affairs is hosting a “Racial Solidarity Network Interactive Workshop.” The interactive workshop is for students, faculty and staff, and is offered at both campuses. It is a two-day workshop exploring concepts related to race, ethnicity and allyship with two options for attendance: Feb. 7 and 14 (Rose Hill) or Feb. 8 and 15 (Lincoln Center). Juan Carlos Matos, assistant vice president for Student Affairs for Diversity and Inclusion, discussed what students can expect. “These are the few times students are participating in a workshop with faculty and staff. Although the dynamics differ, attendees go through a variety of content as a cohort,” said Matos. “Cohort feel is an essential characteristic to the program. Content of the workshop includes interactive activities, videos, speakers and opportunities to have discussions.”
On Feb. 1, Fordham hosted a lecture by Father Stephen Schloesser, a Jesuit professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches European history, western civilization, intellectual history and history of Jesuits and Catholic Church. He previously taught at Boston College and the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. Although he holds a position at Loyola Chicago, Schloesser will be serving a temporary role as a professor at Fordham for the remainder of the semester through the St. Ignatius Loyola Chair program. Within this program, Jesuits from all over the world are invited to serve as “a distinguished profesBy SOFIA DONOHUE sor who would contribute to and DIGITAL PRODUCER enhance the Catholic and Jesuit tradition of Fordham University.” Invited Jesuits typically hold their chairs within the program for one or two semesters within a specific university school or department. They are able to teach either graduate or undergraduate courses, and typically hold lectures at both the Rose Hill and
SEE RACE, PAGE 3
SEE LOYOLA, PAGE 4
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Fordham Resident Assistants Union will soon hold a vote with the NLRB for recognition.
Fordham Resident Assistants Union to Vote for Recognition By SEBASTIAN DIAZ MANAGING EDITOR
On Feb. 7, President Tania Tetlow officially refused to recognize the Fordham Resident Assistants union (FRA) after a petition for voluntary recognition from the university was delivered to the president’s office on Feb. 1.
Board (NLRB) for a vote. According to the union, the vote will occur in about six weeks and, if successful, will force the university into a legal obligation to recognize the union. In Tetlow’s message to the union, as delivered to the Ram by Bob Howe, associate vice president for communications
Alongside the petition’s delivery, the union also published a press release announcing its formation as a union under the Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 153 (OPEIU-153). The next step for the FRA will be to approach the National Labor Relations
SEE UNION, PAGE 4
Artificial Intelligence Invades Academia By SOFIA DONOHUE ASST. NEWS EDITOR
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The Office of Multicultural Affairs is hosting a series of events to celebrate and honor Black history.
Office of Multicultural Affairs Hosts Black History Month Events By GRACE GALBREATH ASST. NEWS EDITOR
With February marking the start of Black History Month, Fordham’s Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) is hosting a series of events to celebrate the often
overlooked accomplishments of Black Americans. The events, set to take place throughout the month of February at both the Lincoln Center and Rose Hill campuses, are generally focused on the arts, with several movie and painting events already
planned. Rashain Adams Jr., a graduate intern for OMA, stressed the importance of holding events to spark country-wide recognition for the previously overlooked accomplishments of Black Americans. SEE HISTORY, PAGE 5
Released late last year, ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot that generates responses based on a prompt in mere seconds. Although ChatGPT is relatively new, users have begun using the chatbot for a variety of purposes such as having the chatbot generate poems, draft emails and even write essays. However, ChatGPT has raised concerns among academics
who fear that students will try to pass off ChatGPT’s work as their own. Steve D’Agustino, director of Online Learning, and Anne Fernald, professor of English and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, recorded a podcast episode titled “I Still Believe in Learning” where they discussed ChatGPT and its implications for teaching and learning. D’Agustino said he is hesitant to label ChatGPT as a problem. SEE AI, PAGE 5
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Sports
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