On Wednesday August 18, a construction worker plummeted eighteen stories off the roof of Belfer Hall to his death after a scaffolding collapsed. The worker, thirty-three year old Marek Soltys, frequently appeared on the Main Campus participating in many campus construction projects. Working atop Belfer Hall, construction workers from Jerrick Waterproofing were conducting a routine roof inspection and replacing loose bricks at the time of the accident. Click for full text

Radio To Rock Yeshiva Airwaves

WYUR, the Yeshiva University student run radio station, began test its broadcasting this week for the first time in over three years. After being shut down in 1995 due to equipment problems and lack of financial resources, WYUR plans to commence full operations in the coming week.Click for full text

Just days after the 1998-99 academic year came to a close, the career of Ms. Ceil Levinson came to an end after thirty-six years of dedicated service at Yeshiva. The seventy-six year old Yeshiva College secretary decided to close the Yeshiva chapter of her life, officially announcing her retirement on Thursday, June 10th.Click for full text

New Bookstore To Open Across From Belfer Hall

Construction has officially been started for a new university bookstore to be located across from Belfer Hall. The large new store, Posman Books, which recently acquired ownership of the Collegiate Bookstore that current exists at 186^th and Amsterdam, is scheduled to open sometime during the fall semester.Click for full text

Yeshiva Basketball Star Leaves Jewish High School

Tamir Goodman, the orthodox high school basketball phenomena whose non-binding basketball scholarship offer from the University of Maryland drew national attention last spring, has transferred to Takoma Academy, a Seventh-Day Adventist private school in Takoma Park, MD for his senior year. The announcement was made by his father, Karl Goodman, on August 13th while Tamir studied in Israel.Click for full text

Caf Card Raised to $750

Yeshiva University's Department of Food Services recently raised the starting value of the "Caf Card" one hundred dollars, beginning with the fall '99 semester. The raise from six hundred and fifty dollars to seven hundred and fifty dollars is the first increase in the card's starting value in almost a decade.Click for full text

Peer Counseling

A new student-run peer counseling service has been initiated this year to offer confidential guidance to all students enrolled within Yeshiva College and Sy Syms School of Business on the uptown campus.Click for full text

Spruced Up University Campuses Welcome Back Students

Yeshiva's attempt to modernize its Uptown infrastructure has brought many welcoming changes to the century old campus. One cannot trek far without being confronted by one of the many construction projects that have been undertaken since spring of last year.Click for full text