Vol LIV, Issue 4

page 2 the paper november 6, 2019 Construction pg. 3 Clown Movies pg. 9 Worst Book Ever pg. 15 Features & Lists pg. 20 Wax pg. 22 the paper “Favorite middle school dance song” c/o Office of Student Involvement Editors-in-Chief Fordham University Jack “Replay” Archambault Bronx, NY 10458 Meredith “NUMB” McLaughlin [email protected] Executive Editor http://fupaper.blog/ Gabby “Low” Curran the paper is Fordham’s journal of news, analysis, comment and review. Students from all News Editors years and disciplines get together biweekly to produce a printed version of the paper using Christian “Cupid Shuffle” Decker Adobe InDesign and publish an online version using Wordpress. Photos are “borrowed” from Noah “Poker Face” Kotlarek Internet sites and edited in Photoshop. Open meetings are held Tuesdays at 9:00 PM in McGin- Opinions Editors ley 2nd. Articles can be submitted via e-mail to [email protected]. 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Because of our platform as a free speech newspaper, we Guzzle, Taylor Mascetta, Erin Stehler, Andrew Millman, Destin Piagentini, tend to push the boundaries of university journalism by talking about important social issues, Connor Lutts, Julia Carnevale, dangerbf123, Bitmoji, 123movies, Manny expressing otherwise silenced voices and opinions, addressing Fordham policy and administra- Heffley, The Boss, revolutions, Superhero Dean Rogers, clout, proper spelling tion, and starting serious conversations about what is important to our student body. Here at of “Abigail,” scary high school teachers, theatre, Halloweekend, Dum-Dum the paper, we encourage creativity and uniqueness, spark dialogue and discussion, and foster lollipops, “rise and shine,” Robert Pattinson’s career, opinioons, and viewers a community where students are free to fully express themselves. like you! november 6, 2019 the paper page 3 McGinley Center About to Get a Lot More Awesome by George Kite Contruction on several Fordham buildings is ongoing Staff Architect taking longer than their projected the expansion. floor of Collins has to enter through the Nothing elicits a “bruh” more date of completion. And being in New At Collins Hall, more fences back, but to enter the theater you have than running into construction on one’s York City, known to have an extensive gate construction on the east side of to go through the front, so that makes daily commute. Since the beginning amount of regulation, construction the building. Collins Hall is getting a sense. of the school year, a flurry of heavy can often be impeded for numerous long-due elevator put into it, to much Around Loyola Hall, you can machinery, fluorescent vests, and reasons, for better or for worse. avail. Considering Collins was built also find the trademark green fences fences have been all around Fordham With a bigger and better McGinley, simply to block a planned railroad up. But these fences are up around to University’s Rose Hill campus. Truly, we will have space to expand the and to be an actual building, it is a protect students from a terrifying few chaos reigns supreme when it comes to fitness center as well as a more nightmare for anyone who has difficulty pipes being dug up. In what seems like McGinley center, Collins Hall, and Walsh spacious weight room. A new cafeteria, climbing stairs or has a physical a bit of overkill, a small section of the Library, where construction workers Loyola lawn has been dug up for piping, mill about, the road can be blocked off, but the entirety of the lawn is blocked and all assortments of jackhammers off. I don’t make the rules, but like, it and clanging can be heard. isn’t the end of the world to see a few At McGinley center, things pipes exposed. are poppin’. Although fenced off, you Walsh Library, our beloved can enjoy a wonderful view of rocks, study space at Rose Hill, is also getting dirt, and heavy machinery from the its fair share of construction. Between cafeteria, McGinley second floor, or the library itself and Fordham Road, Hughes Hall upper floors. Perhaps the small bulldozers and construction biggest change that construction has workers have torn up the ground and caused is on Bellarmine road, which installed more pipes. The trees behind runs from the three-way to Fordham the library have miraculously survived Prep, to be blocked off. People walking - for now. While it seems nothing is from any of the freshman dorms like being built, it looks like Walsh is in the Queens Court, South, or Loschert must same boat as Loyola, except with more now walk by the Edgar Allan Poe way work being done. and Old Elm road in order to get to the With the construction around cafeteria, the gym, and the post office. campus, it seems that campus is no It has perhaps caused a much greater longer a peaceful respite in New York pain for Fordham Prep, considering City. Fordham students now have to Prep students must now be dropped wake up to the reality that construction off at the entrance by swerving around follows you everywhere, and that there university students and cars in a one- is no escape from it. It seems like the way road accommodating two lanes. idyllic green oasis that Fordham has All the construction at McGinley cultivated has gone; yet, one must note is for the expansion of McGinley center, complete with more space for students disability. Accessibility for disabled that construction, as long is may seem due some time in 2021, that will expand to sit. New spaces for clubs and people is an important priority in urban to stick around, will eventually be done the gym, cafeteria, and ballroom. activities, ideally with a space for the areas, where buildings and cities are with. Construction, while a nuisance for Currently, the construction is putting paper to host extravagant production planned without giving thought to students, faculty, groundskeeping, and pipes and other utilities underground, parties with catering and a ball pit. But people in wheelchairs or crutches, Fordham cats, is just another part of in preparation for the extended spaces. we won’t see the finished product of all making living or working in certain life that elicits the saying “Just grin and Whether or not the construction is the construction for another 2 years. areas impossible. On a strange note, bear it.” finished by 2021 remains to be seen And there is still a lot to be built - there the construction means that anyone - construction projects often end up isn’t even a concrete foundation yet for wanting to enter the basement or first page 4 the paper november 6, 2019 The Trump Administration’s Syria Policy by Omkar Ratnaparkhi Making a Quagmire out of a Quagmire Middle East Correspondent troops were immediately withdrawn from lives. As of October 14th Turkish deny access of the valuable resource to On October 6th the Trump the area. On October 11th news reports aerial bombardment of various SDF ISIS militants. Many are skeptical of the Administration drastically modified its emerged of American Special Forces controlled prisons has allowed over President’s claims due to the fact that the policy on the U.S. Military presence in troops almost being wounded by Turkish 1000 of the 10000 ISIS prisoners President has also expressed interest in Syria. The Trump Administration allowed artillery strikes in the city of Kobani that of war to escape from prison. At this the investment of American oil companies Turkey to take a more aggressive role was near an outpost of American advisors. point, the Trump administration’s in Syria. Despite the President’s clear in Kurdish-held territories backed by American special operations forces policies became widely scrutinized conflicts of interests, many foreign policy American troops, and also withdrew have remained close to or near various by both sides of the aisle as both experts are quick to point out that the oil American troops from key locations in SDF bases.

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