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Editorial: Life and Death on Amsterdam Avenue

Following this week's installment in the litany of serious accidents at the corner of 185^th and Amsterdam, we must demand action in unequivocal terms. The most effective way to ensure student safety from vehicular aggression on campus is to close the stretch of Amsterdam Avenue that bisects Yeshiva College's quasi-campus. In the interest of student safety, reroute the damn city buses and keep the intoxicated demolition derby drivers off the street!!

Significant Computer Security Failings Put Student Information at Risk

A Commentator probe of basic computer security issues at Yeshiva has revealed that the University lags far behind other schools in important areas and thus jeopardizes student cyber safety. Credit card information, social security numbers, and email accounts are at unnecessary risk for users of the Yeshiva network.

1199 Employee Strike at AECOM Settled After Intense Negotiation

On Tuesday, November 10, the employees belonging to the Local 1199 of the National Health and Human Service Employees Union went on strike at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM). The strike at the Bronx campus of Yeshiva University's medical school, which ended on Friday, November 13, was disruptive but devoid of violence.

On-Campus Military Recruiting Draws Ire of Cardozo Gay Community

A decision by the Cardozo School of Law administration to permit the military to interview on campus despite its allegedly discriminatory "don't ask, don't tell" policy towards homosexuals has sparked heated responses from concerned students. "Don't ask, don't tell" has been condemned as overt discrimination by almost every gay and lesbian group in the nation, effectively blackballing the JAG (Judge Advocate General) corps which runs recruitment sessions at law schools nationwide.

In this Issue:

• Is Viagra Kosher?
• YU Professor Publishes Book on his Efforts to Rescue Yemenite Jews
• Offstage Dramatics: Take 2
• YU Web Site Revamped
• Professional Pursuit