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Sources within Yeshiva University are calling the decision to continue regular operations at its high school, The Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy (TMSTA), commonly referred to as MTA, "a stay of execution" rather than a commitment to maintain the status quo.

MTA: Pros and Cons

With a rich history, vocal alumni, and community support, MTA would seem to be a vital part of the Yeshiva University family that deserves to be nurtured and protected. Yet its very future is now a subject of strident debate, leading many students and administrators to marvel at the ugly public spectacle unfolding in front of their eyes. They wonder why an apparently simple matter has become so muddled. Those who claim to not understand forget that nothing in YU is simple, and that there exist underlying reasons and passions that further complicate the high school's future.

YC Student Senate Passes Resolution to Create Test Banks

Driven by the hopes of achieving "equity for the student body," the YC Student Senate, an advisory organization made up of eight student representatives, faculty members, and deans, recently passed an important resolution to set up a test bank for all courses in the College. This proposal marks the first time members of the three groups have come together with a realistic proposal in an attempt to solve the long-standing problem of mesorah, or the transmission of test materials from students who took a given course at some earlier point to current students. Extolling the resolution as "part of a larger initiative to make YC's academics of the highest caliber," YC Dean Norman Adler felt confident that the faculty would approve the resolution.

Also In This Issue:

• Do You Hear the Women Sing? The Kol Isha Myth
• Yeshiva Students Robbed At Gunpoint on "A" Train
• MTA--The Historical Dimension
• SOY Seforim Sale to Proceed as Scheduled Despite Administrative Hindrances