The Commentator Volume 64 Issue 3

Bibi To Lecture At YU By Alex Traiman In a continued effort to secure contemporary speakers at Ye shiva, the University has slated former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to present multiple lectures, speaking at both the undergraduate campuses as well as the in Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Click for full story Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak Invited To Keynote Hanukkah Dinner By Alex Traiman Sources within the administration have confirmed that Prime Minister Ehud Barak has been invited to receive an honorary degree and present the keynote address at the reception following the Yeshiva University Seventy-Fifth Annual Hanukkah Convocation in mid-December.Click for full story Rosen Resigns Yet Again This Time He "Swears it's for Real" By Mordechai Fishman David Rosen, Director of the Yeshiva University Department of Public Relations, has once again announced his resignation and is leaving YU to head the PR department at Emerson College, a communications and performing arts school in Boston. Rosen's departure leaves a sizable void at the helm of YUPR during a time of consequential transition for the University.Click for full story Student Dormitory Keys Still Found to Access Sensitive Belfer Areas By Aaron Klein In May 1998, a Commentator probe revealed that several students' dormitory closet keys effectively served as pass keys affording them access to various rooms in Belfer Hall including professors' offices, computer centers, classrooms, laboratories that contain hazardous material, electric closets, and stairwells on all floors of the building. Click for full story Stern College Dean Attends White House Dinner By Pinchas Shapiro Dr. Karen Bacon, Dean of Stern College for Women, had the distinct honor and privilege of representing Yeshiva University by attending a state dinner at the White House in honor of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. The affair, held on the evening of July 18, 1999, was attended by an impressive sampling of the elite among American Jewish leaders.Click for full story "Morning Of Learning" Draws Large Crowd By Alex Commentator Staff On Sunday September 6, The Yeshiva Co llege Alumni Association, in conjunction with the Student Organization of Yeshiva, sponsored a free " Morning of Learning" program in preparation for the High Holidays. "Click for full story Asbestos Removed From Main Building By Pinchas Shapiro This summer found the University commencing a series of construction and improvement projects, including the removal of asbestos from the aging Main Building. This removal was part of an ongoing process to rid the seventy-three year-old building of asbestos, a fireproof insulating agent used in structures built before 1980.Click for full story YCDS Begins Practice On A New Production By Hadar Weiss The Yeshiva College Dramatics Society has begun rehears als for their upcoming Fall production The Shawshank Redemption - a stage version of the popular 1994 movie starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, based on a novel written by Stephen King.Click for full story What do you think? Click here to send a letter to the editors. All content is copyright © Yeshiva University Commentator.