Thank You Student Services

To the Editor:

As was reported in your previous articles and indeed is true, certain members of this administration adamantly opposed the Seforim Sale. Yet there were other members of the administration that were as helpful as could be. We at the Seforim Sale would like to take the opportunity to publicly thank the Department of Student Services for insuring that the Seforim Sale was able to operate this year.

After many of us had spent hundreds of hours preparing for the sale, we were informed in early January that the University did not want the sale. As we tried to meet with the people opposing the sale, we were consistently stonewalled. Feeling betrayed (we could have been informed of the cancellation before we started our preparation) and unappreciated, we turned to Deans Efrem Nulman, David Himber, and Coordinator of Student Services Andrew Leibowitz for help. In face of strong opposition from this administration, they insisted that the sale was a positive force on this campus.

After convincing the administration that the students strongly supported the sale, the administration decided to exclude the alumni. Stuart Verstandig (President of the Alumni Association) launched a dynamic campaign to educate the leaders of YU. Verstandig personally visited certain offices to remind them that no other event on this campus attracts nearly as many alumni nor promotes a positive image of the University as does the Seforim Sale. As we all know, many things occur on this campus which are neither in the best interest of the students or the alumni. As rumors abound that the Seforim Sale will be canceled next year, we would like to assert our belief that there are people here who understand if you ignore the alumni and students they will go away. We are sure that we can count on their support in the future, as we have in the past.

Executive Board

Seforim Sale '99

To the Editor:

As Chairman of the SOY Seforim Sale I would like to publicly thank all those who were involved in its operation. In particular, I would like to recognize the Office of Student Services. Their office functioned as a middleman during all negotiations that involved the Seforim Sale and other University offices. Additionally, they facilitated the processing of all requests related to the needs of the Sale. In short, without their assistance the Sale would not have been able to happen.

Amichai Erdfarb

Chairman

SOY

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