On February 15^th and 16^th, the Second International Conference on Feminism and Orthodoxy graced the facilities of Manhattan’s Grand Hyatt Hotel on Park Avenue. The conference, hailed as "historic," aimed at "expanding religious life for women not in a revolutionary way but through education and the study of the possibilities within Jewish law," explained the planners.

Observatory Purgatory

This year, looking up at the heavens was supposed to take on a new meaning at Yeshiva College. Unfortunately, the astronomical observatory that was slated for placement atop Belfer Hall by the fall of last year has been held up by numerous logistical and financial problems.

YU Declines Invitation to Conservative High Schools

The Yeshiva University Red Sarachek Memorial Tournament, widely considered to be the preeminent Jewish high school basketball tourney in North America, is to be held at the Max Stern Athletic Center this March.Despite expressions of interest on the part of local Solomon Schechter high schools, YU declined to extend these Conservative Jewish institutions invitations to the competition.

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