Barber Elected YCSC President

Voter Turnout Exceeds Expectations

The Yeshiva College General Elections for the 1998-1999 academic year were held on Thursday April 5, after a week of furious campaigning. With over fifty people running for just fourteen spots, the races were tight and had the candidates scurrying across campus with signs touting their accomplishments and plans for the future. Mark Posner, Chairman of the Canvassing Committee, said, "Even though there were many candidates, I believe everything went smoothly. I was very pleased with the turnout of the student body and I am sure next year’s board will do a wonderful job."

Once of the tightest races was that for the position of Yeshiva College Student Council President. Dror Barber bested Chanan Hoschander for the post. After his victory, Barber commented, "I am happy that the students chose me to be their voice to the administration and faculty. I hope to work with them as well as the student body to improve life on campus in addition to helping to further student life in general."

The rest of the 1998-99 YCSC board is made up of Vice President Howie Mazin, Secretary Shlomo Troodler, and Treasurer Hadar Weiss, who after scoring a surprising write-in victory in last year’s junior class elections, took the more conventional approach this year.

The most hotly contested race of all was for the post of Sy Syms School of Business President. Junior David Neiss garnered this post. After his successful campaign Neiss said, "It was a hard-fought election and I am happy to be given the opportunity to do what I can to assist the students of Sy Syms."

Junior Joe Dyckman will serve as Vice President, Sophomore Josh Swedarsky will be Secretary, and due to an election-day mistake, Treasurer has yet to be decided.

The Senior Class board will be headed by Aton Holzer, who said, "I am very happy with the outcome of the campaign. I met a lot of people and heard their concerns and I hope to help implement many of their suggestions along with some of my own." The position of Vice President was won by Eric Schubert with Secretary/Treasurer going to Ari Wiesen.

The Junior Class presidency went to Sophomore class President Dov Brandstatter. Regarding his win Brandstatter remarked, "I hope to continue making changes that will affect the quality of student life in a positive way. Although my focus is on the junior class, I strive to help the entire student body." Alex Teichman won the position of Vice President and Jeff Misher will serve as Secretary/Treasurer.

The Stone Beit Midrash Program elections did not run as smoothly as they did those of the College. First, President Daniel Burg postponed the elections, electing to hold them April 7 as opposed to April 5. Second, the race for President ran into some slight problems and will probably be held again. Brian Goldwasser ran unopposed while current SBMP Vice President David Perl ran a write-in campaign. Although Perl won, he did not really want to be President. For this reason, the election may be held again with both names on the ballot. The other board positions were decided in the conventional fashion as Sophomore Scott Nadel won Vice President and Eric Rose came away with the position of Secretary/Treasurer.

The Isaac Breuer College board will feature Junior Mattithyohu Balas as President, Sophomore Aaron Klein as Vice President, Junior Adam Bensley as Secretary, and Junior Levi Goldberg as Treasurer. Balas had this to say: "I feel the campaign went very well but either way, the IBC tradition of excellence will be upheld and we are already looking forward to next year."

Surprisingly, the board of the James Striar School Student Council will feature no Sephardic members, who have dominated it in recent years. The 1998-99 board will be comprised of Junior Abraham Lieberman as President, Junior Yitzchak Weinstock as Vice President, and Sophomore Steven Weiss as Secretary/Treasurer.