The Fordham Ram Volume 107, Issue 6
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March 5, 2025
Student Employee Hours Cut Due to Federal Funding Decrease
Students React to Housing Process
By ALLISON SCHNEIDER
By WHITNEY WOODROW
All student workers employed by the Student Employment Office (SEO) are now only permitted to work a maximum of 10 hours per week. The change went into effect on Feb. 22, and students were informed of the change via email nine days prior, on Feb. 13. An email from SEO stated that approximately 1,300 students across both the Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses are employed by the office. Prior to the change, students were permitted to work up to 15 hours per week in some positions, according to the Student Employment webpage. Following the announcement of the change, student workers have started to consider how the hours cut will impact their daily lives. Liliana Kinnan, GSB ’25, has been working as a desk assistant at the Rose Hill
As March unfolds on Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus, the first thing on students’ minds, even before midterms, is where they will live next year. Around 44% of students live in one of the university’s 14 residential buildings, and the highly competitive process of housing selections will begin in the coming weeks. Many students have to weigh the endless pros and cons of their housing options before they can make this decision; finding roommates (especially to fill apartments), deciding whether to live oncampus or off-campus and securing the least expensive housing option are three of the most common for Fordham students. Each of these and more are questions students are rushing to answer before their deadline for housing decisions arrives. A significant number of Fordham students have continued to move off-campus, usually after their freshman year. Since last year, there has been a decrease in the number of students living on-campus, and Sophie Barr, FCRH ’27, is one of these students choosing to move into off-campus housing. Barr currently lives oncampus in O’Hare Hall. “There are a lot of pros to living on-campus, like RA [Resident Assistant] programs and proximity, but I’m ready for a change,” she said. Despite being satisfied
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
SEE HOURS, PAGE 4
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
MARY HAWTHORN/THE FORDHAM RAM
The Office for Student Involvement is on the second floor of the McShane Campus Center.
Student Letters Allege Insufficient Support Under Dean McGlade By ANDREW MASSIE with NORA MALONE ALLISON SCHNIEDER & ADITHI VIMALANATHAN NEWS TEAM
Three high-ranking student leaders at Fordham University have submitted three separate letters of personal grievances and one letter of no confidence against Assistant Dean for Student Involvement Catharine McGlade, the top administrator at the Rose Hill Office for Student Involvement
(OSI). McGlade plays a key role in overseeing the work of over 170 student organizations at Fordham. These documents highlight administrative delays and allege a failure to adequately support students. The letter of no confidence — which received 123 signatures — was submitted to Fordham President Tania Tetlow, the university’s Office of Human Resources and all members of the Faculty Senate on Jan. 17.
The four letters ranged in length from eight to 42 pages and included screenshots and other material to back up the students’ complaints. Student leaders across the United Student Government (USG), the Campus Activities Board (CAB), the Residence Halls Association (RHA), the Commuting Students Association (CSA), student employees who SEE DEAN, PAGE 5
How Restaurant Chains Are Established on Campus By JACK MCDONALD
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
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Tetlow and her cabinet arrive at her speech on Wednesday, faculty and staff wait inside.
President Tetlow Gives ‘Sign of the Times’ Address By NORA MALONE NEWS EDITOR
President Tania Tetlow gave a speech titled “The Sign of the Times: How Will Fordham Hold on to Core Values at This Moment?” on Wednesday, Feb. 26. In
light of recent actions from the Trump Administration and a letter from the Department of Education that was sent to educational institutions nationwide, Tetlow delivered this speech to faculty, administration and staff.
Craig Trainor the Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights signed the letter and addressed it as “Dear Colleague.” “Educational institutions have SEE ADDRESS, PAGE 5
Così, Starbucks and BKG Coffee Roasters are three on-campus dining establishments familiar to the Fordham community. However, these establishments are not exclusive to Fordham. They are chains, operating several locations across the country. Così Restaurant Holdings LLC was founded in 1989, and as of 2025, operates 14 locations across the East Coast, including locations on West 46th Street in Manhattan and Washington Boulevard in Jersey City. The corporation was originally founded by Drew Harré in 1989 on Rue de Seine in Paris. Così opened its first North American SEE CHAINS, PAGE 5
SEE HOUSING, PAGE 4
in this issue
Opinion Page 7 Student Government Belongs to all of Us Let’s Keep it That Way
Culture
Page 11
How “Wounded” Can Help Us Find Healing
Sports
Page 18
Fordham Runs the Show at A-10 Championship