Principled Dedication Trumps Foolhardiness

The YU community recently had the good fortune to benefit from two concurrent student-run events. A corps of committed student activists maintained their lofty sense of purpose amid a hailstorm of administrative stonewalling to successfully plan, organize, and actualize the YC Arts Festival and SOY Seforim Sale.

Both functions met with unprecedented success despite the tireless opposition of those who would prefer a cessation of student activity on campus. We believe it is here appropriate to recognize the efforts of the students whose unsparing devotion assured the success of these events. We commend you for your fortitude and unfailing dedication of purpose. May your commitment to enriching the Yeshiva undergraduate culture persuade your fellow students that good occasionally triumphs over the forces of small-minded tyranny for the benefit of the whole of the University community. We have always held the view that the good battle is one worth waging. It is refreshing to observe that we are not alone in this conviction.