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Controversial "South Park" Minyan Divides Student Body.

by David Anziska

Those little rascals from South Park are mired in yet another maelstrom of controversy. Only this time, it is not just the usual laundry list of activists and concerned citizens -- parents, politicians, religious leaders, educators-- who have been taken aback by the popular cable show's sexually charged content and raunchy jokes. A good deal of students at YU are now up in arms, resolute in curtailing South Park's burgeoning popularity at the college.

A New Chapter for Campus Bookstore

by Robert Guttman

For years, the semi-annual trek of the Yeshiva college student to the campus bookstore has been accompanied by a heightened sense of anxiety and trepidation. Undermanned and overworked, the bookstore's staff faced trouble handling the needs of a growing undergraduate student body. Beyond the physical limitations of the bookstore, many students were bothered by what they claimed was the almost hostile attitude of the bookstore staff towards questions or problems posed by early semester book purchases.

Towards Honors and Intellectualism

by Commentator Staff

From the very beginning of his tenure at YC, Dean Norman Adler has mounted a campaign to raise the intellectual level of learning in the College. By pushing teachers to strengthen course requirements and promoting the development of honors courses, he has tried to bring the innate talents of faculty and students to the forefront of education. As plans for a more fully developed honors college begin to take shape, The Commentator has examined Dean Adler's motivation, as well as the consequences of his crusade.

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