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Goaded into action by a succession of automobile accidents on Amsterdam Avenue, hundreds of students protested on November 19 by blocking traffic on campus while waving signs and chanting slogans demanding that the street be closed to ensure student safety. Timed to coincide with a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of University Trustees, the protest was organized by the collective student leadership of YU spearheaded by The Commentator and YCSC, and resulted in promises of concrete action from the administration.

On the evening of December 14^th, the second light of Chanukah, the Student Organization of Yeshiva (SOY) held its annual Chanukah chagigah in the main Beit Midrash. A joyous crowd, significantly larger than in years past, attended the celebration, which included live music, dancing, sufganiyot (traditional Hanukkah jelly donuts), and Dougie's wings.

Over the past few weeks, the pages of the New York Post and The Jewish Week have played host to a heated debate over the validity of the recently signed Wye Peace Accords. The agreements provided for further Israeli territorial concession in return for Palestinian security guarantees. The debate itself centers on a Post advertisement signed by several YU Roshei Yeshiva which, effectively, stated that the Wye agreement is halakhically invalid. Though the group did not represent the whole of YU or its Roshei Yeshiva, its advertisement has fueled debate both on and off campus.

Also in this Issue:

• Stone Foundation Draws the Line on Divisiveness
• Questionable Circumstances Surround Ticketing of Student
• Rabbinic "Confidentiality" Exposed
• Homosexuality, Torah U'Madda, and the Messiah
• Yeshiva Boys Gone Wild: Lord of the Flies