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Contract negotiations between the union employees and management of Yeshiva University came to a close Wednesday afternoon, October 21, as the union membership voted resoundingly to accept the contract offer placed on the table by the University. The vote that took place at approximately 3PM in Belfer Hall ended negotiations that started in mid-September and averted any threat of a work stoppage or strike.

On Tuesday, November 3, the Jewish voters of New York State will face a difficult decision. Incumbent Republican, Alfonse D'Amato will face the Democratic challenger, Chuck Schumer, in what has become a full blown battle for a seat in the United States Senate. D'Amato, who has held his seat in the Senate for the past twelve years, has long been known to the Jewish community as a friend and ally. On the other hand Schumer, a Jew from Brooklyn, holds many of the same friends D'Amato has relied on.

YC/MYP Sophomore Mordechai Levovitz was recently dismissed from the Yeshiva College Dramatics Society (YCDS) due to a conflict that arose following the publication of his column entitled "This Policy is a Drag" in the last issue of The Commentator. This article expressed his opinion that it is halachically permissible for male actors in YCDS to cross-dress while playing female characters. He cited several rabbinic authorities in support of his position.

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