The Fordham Ram Volume 107, Issue 5
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February 26, 2025
Student Life Fordham Dance Marathon Hosts Council Meets with Vice Auction for Families President of Battling Cancer External Affairs By MARIAM AHMED
By EMMA LEONARDI
Fordham Dance Marathon (FDM) has been part of Fordham University tradition for twelve years now, working closely with the B+ Foundation to raise funds and awareness for families battling cancer. “While many assume Fordham Dance Marathon is a dance group, we are actually a fundraising organization with a mission to raise one million dollars for pediatric cancer,” said Photo and Video Chair Ava Ami, FCRH ’27. Co-Executive Director Anaya Ger, FCRH ’25, emphasized that, “Beyond spreading awareness and fundraising, FDM is all about spreading positivity.” Ger highlighted the story behind the B+ Foundation, which was founded by the father of Andrew McDonough, a young boy who battled cancer. His mission is rooted in
The Student Life Council (SLC) met for the second time this semester on Feb. 19 to discuss the implications of recent national executive orders on Fordham University’s mission. To begin the meeting, Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students at Rose Hill Christopher Rodgers noted recent executive orders and introduced Vice President of External Affairs Travis Proulx to discuss Fordham’s intentions and answer questions from SLC members. Proulx began his conversation by explaining his journey to his position at Fordham. Proulx was raised in a singleparent household and mentioned that he hadn’t viewed college as his path. College only came on Proulx’s radar due to potential football recruitment, which he ended up getting rejected for but went to college anyway, attending St. Lawrence University. He credits not only his success to the faculty within his college
SEE FDM, PAGE 5
SEE SLC, PAGE 4
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The CEO of Saxbys poses with Ramses outside the Lincoln Center Campus to celebrate.
Student-Run Coffee Chain Set to Open at Lincoln Center Campus By NORA MALONE NEWS EDITOR
Fordham University will partner with Saxbys, a company that opens student-run coffee shops across the country. Fordham’s Saxbys location will be at its Lincoln Center campus, where Argo Tea was. The storefront is set to open in the fall. Saxbys is entirely studentrun, with a student CEO, managers and employees. The
ing experience for students,” said Senior Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the Gabelli School of Business (GSB) Marisa Villani. Saxbys has locations at 30 other universities in the United States; Fordham will be their first New York City location. “Saxbys is an education company disguised as a coffee company,” according to Patrice Sakalosky, senior
student CEO will receive a paycheck and course credit for their six-month tenure. “Once it became clear that the bankruptcy of Argo Tea would result in the closure of the cafe at Fordham, Ram Hospitality proposed Saxbys as a great option both because of the type of dining venue it is and because of their innovative experiential learning platform that provides hands-on learn-
SEE SAXBY, PAGE 4
Thomas Massaro Appointed as New McGinley Chair By SIENNA REINDERS ASST. NEWS EDITOR
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YDSA members distributed Plan B outside the Lincoln Center Campus last week.
Fordham YDSA Launches Condom and Plan B Distribution Form By ADITHI VIMALANATHAN and distributed free Plan B MANAGING EDITOR
Fordham Young Democratic Socialists Association (YDSA), an unoffical club, hosted a Plan B distribution on Feb. 19 outside of the Leon Lowenstein Center at the Lincoln Center campus. The distribution was run by YDSA members
along with pamphlets starting at around 1 p.m. The distribution coincided with the launch of their new form for students to request Plan B. The distribution was their third overall and their first at Lincoln Center, according to YDSA co-chair Matthew
Smith, FCRH ’27. Also on Feb. 19, the YDSA announced the launch of a form through which students could request Plan B on their Instagram, @fordhamydsa. According to Smith, the form is open not just to Fordham students, but to other members in the community and SEE YDSA, PAGE 5
Fordham recently appointed Father Thomas Massaro, S.J., professor of moral theology and associate director of the Center for Ethics Education, as the new Lawrence J. McGinley Chair in Religion and Society. Fordham University announced the appointment on Jan. 9 in a Fordham Now article, three months after Massaro signed the contract for his new position. The Lawrence J. McGinley
Chair in Religion and Society is a position that was established in 1985, “to attract distinguished scholars interested in the interaction of religion with the legal, political and cultural forces in our pluralistic American society,” according to Fordham’s website. The position was named for the 26th president of Fordham, Lawrence J. McGinley, S.J., who was an important figure in Fordham’s history and helped establish the school as a metropolitan university by SEE MCGINLEY, PAGE 4
in this issue
News
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Theology Department’s Racial Justice and Equity Concerns Committee Hosts Book Talk
Culture Page 13
The Mimes Shine in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
Opinion Page 6 In Embarrassing Fashion Trump Re-enables Russia’s Imperialistic Aggression
Sports
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A Successful Run for Swim in A-10 Championship