UNIVERSITY UBHAri* AT UNCOLN CENTER BSERVER StepteinberilO, 1997 THE STUDENT VOICE OF FORDHAM COLLEGE AT LINCOLN CENTER VOLUME XV, is8ueio FORDHAM WELCOMES FRESHMEN SENT UPTOWN NEW RESIDENT Crunch For Space In, Res Hall Leaves DIRECTOR Students Turned Away By S.R. Thompson Covello says, however, that sooner son apartments house seven. or later there may be spape for some There are approximately 280 fresh- For 21 Freshmen who sent in their of the FCLC students at Rose Hill to men in the Residence Hall, filling housing deposits to the Lincoln live on the Lincoln Center campus. floors 2 through 5 completely, and Center Residence Hall, that deposit "As space becomes availible [in the some freshmen were brought down did not mean they were guaranteed Lincoln Center residence" hall], we will from Rose Hill as places opened up on housing at Lincoln Center. Instead of try to move some students from Rose upperlass floors, leaving some getting a place in the 60th Street Hill [into it]." Freshmen scattered throughout the Residence Hall, these FCLC students The students who are living at Rose upperclassmen apartments. were offered housing at the Rose Hill Hill were given permission to take As a result, the upperclassmen campus, according to a source in some classes at that campus, an option have been placed on the higher floors, Undergraduate Admissions. not usually open to FCLC students dur- usually^aeserved -for graduate stu- According to Margery Covello, ing their Freshman year. They, still have dents, a|^pEW graduate students are Director for Residental Life, "Only 20 to take the Ram Van down to FCLC for not guapMfeed housing in the Lincoln Center students live at Rose most .of their classes, however. Residence Hall. Hill».. as of last Friday." Covello also "This summer, admissions hosted The freshmen are making the best said that every apartment in the information sessions for prospective of the situation, however. Dana Brown, Lincoln Center residence hall includes students and they were told that next FCLC' 01 lives in a tripled bedroom, one extra student "There's one triple year housing may not be made avail- and said that she likes the arrange- By Cara Lynn Shultz room in every apartment for a total of able to students who live in the five ment because she likes her suitem- 40 triples." boroughs," said Jane McGonigal, ates. However, she stated that arrang- An MTV star. An International For students who chose to live off- FCLC '99, a student worker in the ing the furniture in a tripled bedroom Student Advisor. What would a coun- campus, the off-campus housing is not Admissions office. "It wouldn't neces- is difficult, especially if you have a seling major at the Graduate School of University-sponsored! but rather are sarily mean they would be denied, but computer. Students whose computer Education have in common with these apartments independent of Fordham. everyone else would get precedence," monitors do not fit on the desks are two seemingly unconnected people? These students have also been told she continued. unable to put their computers on the The same job, for one. The position that they will never get housing in the • Furthermore, this year's transfer dressers, because the dressers are of Resident Director at the Residence Residence Hall, the source in students were initially told to find off- stacked one on top of the other. Hall has seen four people fulfill the Admissions stated. campus housing, until a few places Furthermore, Brown said that the demands of supervising twenty stories The last time there was an overflow opened up in the Residence Hall. largest room in the apartment was not of students, ranging from disciplinary of students, Fordham provided tempo- The crunch for space is being felt always the tripled bedroom, leaving action to roommate conflicts to sud- rary housing in trailers on the parking by those freshmen who made it into only two students in a bedroom that is den illness. And now Maribeth Pender lot at Rose Hill, and the source stated the Residence Hall, as every freshman bigger than the tripled bedroom in joins the cast as the fifth RD to work that, although that idea was apartment has a tripled bedroom. that apartment. with Lincoln Center residents, filling suggested in this situation, it was Tripled bedrooms were achieved by However, Josh Coughlin , FCLC '01 the position left vacant when Cicely quickly dismissed. adding a bunk bed in place of a single also lives in a triple, and stated There' Horsham-Braithwaite left for Temple Furthermore, the source stated that bed, an extra desk, and by stacking s enough space. I've seen other dorm University last spring. the students who opted to live at Rose two dressers. On the freshmen floors, rooms and [they are] smaller. • Pender is no stranger to Fordham, Hill rather than find off-campus housing the four-person apartments now having worked for two years as a Rose would probably transfer to Rose Hill. house five students, and the six-per- Hill RD, and has been on the staff at Uncoln Center since August 1. But why the switch from trees and tradition to the cement city? "It's a lit- Be Smart... Be Safe tle easier to concentrate on my acade- mics as well as be Resident Director," The Obserycr Guide for researching she said, since her classes are taught Commuters that Lit paper that has preoccupied at Lincoln Center. your thoughts. Furthermore, Pender said she does Although the start of But do not let it occupy your not see a big difference between the college is an exciting thoughts when you are commuting two campuses. "Although we do not and confusing time, it home, regardless of the time. And have a green, spread out campus, I can also be a danger- while it is easy to think,."I went to think the atmosphere is not that dif- ous time—especially if school in the City, I'm not from a small ferent because we have, . a college you are a commuting town, I can handle myself," it is impor- feel," she said. "Wo are not just any student. Instead of get- tant to be cautious. other building in the city." ling out of class at 3:00 Here are some tips from Fordham Pender is a former teacher herself, I'M, you might now get Security for commuting students to out of class at 9:00 PM, ensure their safety: once teaching in a Catholic all-girls : middle school and then spend anoth- dDo not " --~~~— na well as [continued on page 21 er hour in the library wear jewelry [continued on page 2] Be Smart Be embarassed," said Security Supervisor Mike Swikata. Safe "Just ask for help right away," CRIME [continued from front page] he said. He also advises stu- dents to take advantage of the *Try to travel with others transit police station located in BLOTTER By Adam Goldstein •Take the most traveled the 59th Street and Columbus By Cara Lynn Shulte Subway station. Furthermore, For those of you who left for the summer and he encourages students to call Sunday, August found yourself sans VAX, I'm sure that the experi- Fordham Security with any , 10:15PM ence of loo'king for an Internet Service Provider questions they might have. Residence (ISP) who didn't want the soul of your firstborn OHave emergency money Hall—A female $ child for a reliable dial-up account left you numb. I with you, to avoid being isolat- resident had a know it left me numb. If it wasn't for the fact that I ed in an unfamiliar or danger- verbal argue- sit down at my computer for eight hours a day liv- ous area with no way of getting tfusrtt with her ing on cheese doodles and caffeine IVs to qualify to home. boyfriend, a non-resident He left write this column (the things I have to do for my OSecurity urges female stu- $u? Residence Hall and, art!), I might never have found a service provider dents to be cautious of unfamiliar has subsequently been who offered all the features I wanted and didn't males, no matter how friendly banned frorri the build* charge an arm and a leg. 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