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In a ceremony described as "moving and inspirational," one hundred and thirty three rabbis celebrated their formal rabbinic ordinations on Sunday, March 22, at the quadrennial Chag HaSemikha (ordination ceremony) of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS).

On Thursday, March 26^th, Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel Rabbi Aharon Kahn entered the room in which he teaches and announced to his shiur that he would no longer be the Rosh Kollel, because the Kollel had been disbanded. The Gruss Kollel Elyon, of which Rabbi Kahn is currently the Rosh Kollel, will be terminated at the end of this year, owing to lack of funding, according to administrators. However cries of foul play have emanated from the mouths of several Roshei Yeshiva and students ci ting the belief that the university administrators are able to find funding and choose not to for a variety of reasons.

The three YCSC Presidential candidates answer questions from The Commentator.

Also In This Issue:

• Lamm Appoints Acting Academic VP
• Hold the Cheese: Zabib Takes Time Out For Students
• Discrimination and Designer Plagues