Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'Fordham'
October 28, 2008
In one corner, you have Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer; in the other, there's Cardinal Edward Egan, head of the NY Archdiocese. And in the middle, it's Fordham's Law School, which is drawing heat from Catholics for bestowing its annual Fordham Stein Prize on Breyer. Breyer, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994, has supported abortion rights (as have other Fordham Stein honorees), prompting a petition opposing the award. In particular, Breyer's opinion in Stenberg v.......
Continue Reading "Cardinal Egan Unhappy with Fordham Over Justice Breyer"September 2, 2008
The State Island Advance has a heartbreaking yet inspirational story about a young man really looking forward to the new school year at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus. Except Tim Price was run over by an Access-a-Ride minibus and "dragged 40 feet" earlier this year ("His right leg had been shattered, both clavicles broken, and his face and back severely burned") and now walks with a limp and uses a cane. His mom can't take......
Continue Reading "After Brutal Accident, Tim Price Needs Help to Get to School"May 17, 2008
New York is in the midst of graduation season, when freshly minted scholars don cap and gown to accept sheepskins and jobs they will probably remember as their most demeaning. But first they'll have the opportunity to ingest the wisdom of their commencement speakers. Also, it's an opportunity to get on TV and be tackled by security guards. David Letterman ran a top-ten list of signs that you have a bad commencement speaker. Shockingly, no......
Continue Reading "Graduation Weekend--Let Us Commence"April 29, 2008
The idea sounds preposterous at first, but a pair of retired NYPD detectives believes that a gang of serial killers are responsible for the deaths of at least 40 young men across 11 states. All of the deaths have previously been determined accidental drownings, but Kevin Gannon, who worked the case of Patrick McNeill's disappearance 11 years ago, and Anthony Duarte believe that the Fordham Univ. student was one of the earliest victims of a......
Continue Reading "Retired Cops Suspect a Gang Behind Serial Drownings"
