Bronx once again snubbed by
Five Boro Bike Tour organizers
Daloia at the 2018 5 Boro Bike Tour. Photo courtesy of Kevin Daloia
Students protest Sean Kingston appearance at FU’s Spring Weekend
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BY ALEX MITCHELL
If you’ve driven around the
city over the past few days,
you’ve likely seen traffi c advisories
for the Five Boro Bike
Tour scheduled for Sunday,
May 5.
Of course, if you’re in
the Bronx there isn’t much
to worry about since only a
sliver of the route touches the
borough, 400 yards to be exact.
The forty-mile tour, which
spans each of the city’s fi ve
boroughs delves into the
Bronx between the Madison
and Third Avenue bridges,
the shortest distance of any of
the boroughs.
“These roads were not
made for bike size tires, they
were made for car tires,” said
avid Bronx cyclist Kevin
Daloia, whose ridden in three
previous Five Boro Bike
Tours.
“So, all these good bikers,
who are out for a new cycling
adventure, will not see the
good Bronx, but a short and unsafe
roadway,” he continued.
Daloia suggests that in the
future the route should incorporate
the Willis Avenue
Bridge and Randall’s Island
through its Bronx connector,
which starts at East 132nd
Street in Port Morris, returning
to Manhattan Island and
its FDR Drive route through
the Ward’s Island Bridge on
103rd Street.
“A route like that would
incorporate much more of the
borough, a part that cyclists
would probably enjoy and
could ride safer,” Daloia said.
BY ALEX MITCHELL
Responding to an outcry
from a few hundred students,
Fordham University removed
Jamaican rapper Sean Kingston
from its Spring Weekend
performance lineup on Saturday,
April 29, amid rape accusations,
which date back to 2010.
Leading the charge was
Rose Hill campus undergradu-
ate student Meg Vanecko, who
had told the university’s Campus
Advisories Board that
Kingston did not represent the
school’s Jesuit values. “Fordham’s
Student Life staff listened
very carefully as the students
protesting Mr. Kingston’s
slated appearance engaged in
a robust dialogue with their
peers on the student-led Campus
Activities Board,” said
Bob Howe, a representative
for Fordham. Vanceko started
an online campaign opposing
Kingston’s slated performance
on Thursday, April 4. Creating
an Instagram account called
StudentsAgaisntSean.
“After hearing multiple perspectives
and having had time
to gather all available information
including additional
concerns regarding Mr. Kingston’s
appearance we decided to
remove him from the Spring
Weekend lineup,” Howe said.
“We are mindful that this
is an extraordinary measure
for the University to take, but
also that the concerns raised
are extraordinary and have
been thoroughly discussed by
the student organizations involved,”
he continued.
Soulja Boy, another troubled
rapper, was also set to perform
at the spring weekend along
with Kingston.
That was until he was sentenced
to 240 days for a probation
violation, separate to accusations
revolving around the
abduction of a woman.