The Fordham Ram Serving The Fordham University Community Since 1918 Volume 105, Issue 11
USG Sustainability Committee Hosts Earth Week
Fordham OMA and ACE Celebrate AAPI Month
By EMMA KIM
By ALEXANDAR HOM
The United Student Government’s (USG) Sustainability Committee hosted Earth Week, a week of programming at Fordham from Saturday, April 15 to Saturday, April 22 in honor of Earth Day. Earth Day is an annual celebration that honors environmental achievements and raises awareness of the work that still needs to be done. On April 15, the week kicked off with a Fordham Flea pop-up, which is an in-person flea market on campus. Other events included Plant a Seed, Day of Kelp, a Community Climate Summit and Action Fair, Paint a Tote Bag and other collaborations with environmentally-focused clubs on campus. Liz Shim, FCRH ’23, chair of the USG sustainability committee, explained the importance of celebrating Earth Week. “It is extremely important to celebrate Earth Week because I feel like a lot of people forget that climate change is one of the most threatening and imminent issues
Although Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM) is in May, which begins with finals weeks, the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) is honoring the university’s AAPI members, who make up 15.4% of Fordham’s population, with a spread of special events throughout April. OMA’s unique annual tradition sees seven events at Rose Hill following the return from the Easter weekend. Asian Cultural Exchange (ACE), the largest student club representing Fordham’s diverse communities of AAPI ancestry, held their annual “EPIC” spring banquet social on April 21 in Bepler ByCommons. SOFIA DONOHUE PRODUCER “It’sDIGITAL important for us at OMA to provide events and — most importantly — spaces on campus that help everyone foster identity development and meet others in the Fordham community with shared experiences,” said OMA Graduate Intern Nicole Jara Andrade. “While May is the national AAPI Heritage Month, a time where we’re all busy
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SEE AAPI, PAGE 4
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April 26, 2023
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Monday was the beginning of the FGSW union’s three-day walk-out, in response to Fordham administration.
Fordham’s Graduate Student Workers Rally During Three-Day Walk-Out Demonstration By ISABEL DANZIS EDITOR IN CHIEF
Members and supporters of Fordham’s Graduate Student Union (FGSW) rallied on April 25 outside of the Rose Hill campus during their three-day walk-out demonstration in support of the union’s ongoing bargaining process with the university. Yesterday, the second day of the walkout, was the first event at Rose Hill after
Monday’s rally occurred outside the Lincoln Center campus. FGSW members and supporters met by the Metro-North gate to campus to show their displeasure with the university. Members chanted, “hey, hey, ho, ho, union-busting’s got to go,” among other chants, walking back and forth across the gate while holding signs in support of the union. Addition-
ally, rallygoers brought things like noisemakers and held signs asking for passing cars to honk to support the union. The walkout came in response to ongoing contract negotiations with the university, which have been largely stagnant according to many FGSW members. “The first contract is usually finished early on, I think a year, year and a half, and at this point, SEE RALLY, PAGE 4
Fordham Hosts 16th Annual Research Symposium By ANTONI ZLATANOVSKI over time and students from so STAFF WRITER
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The theme of Ignatian Q this year was “Homines Pro Aliis: Queer Activism Rooted in Justice and Love.”
Fordham Hosts Ignatian Q Conference for the First Time Since 2014 By ELEANOR SMITH
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In 2014, the first Ignatian Q conference was held here at Fordham, and on Friday April 21, it returned. Ignatian Q is a conference that develops spirituality
and affirms humanity for LGBTQ+ students at Jesuit schools. A different Jesuit school hosted Ignatian Q each year until 2020, and every conference has a different theme. This year’s theme was “Homines Pro Aliis: Queer Activism Rooted in Justice and Love.”
The conference began on Friday at the Lincoln Center campus. At the welcome ceremony, Fr. Bryan Massingale, S.T.D., a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, a professor at Fordham and an advocate for queer inclusion in Catholic SEE IGNATIAN, PAGE 5
Fordham hosted its 16th annual undergraduate research symposium in an effort to showcase the research that Fordham students had been working on throughout the past year on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. “Originally, and still today, the symposium is inspired by our amazing students and their interest in engaging undergraduate research with faculty mentorship. It’s always been a way to celebrate them and showcase their work. It has grown a great deal
many disciplines will be participants,” said Rachel Annunziato, who is a professor of psychology and associate dean for strategic initiatives for Fordham College at Rose Hill. At its core, the symposium aims to help contribute to Fordham’s mission of cura personalis by allowing students to step out of their comfort zone in an attempt to make new discoveries, while simultaneously growing from the experience. “I have so many hopes that I cherish seeing come true,” said Annunziato. “Our students are a part of such a wonderful community of
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in this issue
News
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Opinion
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Sports
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Fordham’s Graduate Student Workers Union Address Nondisclosure Agreements
Focus the New Core Curriculum on Vital Knowledge, Not Trendiness
Flava Reminds Students That “Class Is In Session”
Softball Picks Up Huge Sweep Over UMass
Culture Page 17