Commentator Acquires SSSB Exchange

Further distinguishing itself as the premier Yeshiva student publication, The Commentator has recently acquired the official newspaper of Sy Syms School of Business, The Exchange. The merger, which looks to prove valuable to both organizations, will alleviate monetary concerns for The Exchange while strengthening the breadth of The Commentator’s coverage.

Upon acquisition, The Exchange which has only published one edition in the past year was officially disbanded, in favor of a business journal of the same name to be published at the end of the school year.

The Commentator has committed itself to covering all aspects of the business school with the addition of a new business section to be instituted in the upcoming issue of the Commie. The “Exchange Section” will be run by new Commentator associate business editors Eric Sigman and Avi Bossewitch.

The Exchange, the brainchild of former YCSC President, Jason Buskin, has scarcely published over the paper’s brief five-year history. Due to a lack of equipment and funding, the SSSB newspaper has been unable to publish with any regularity over the past two years. It was this factor that led Yair Oppenheim, a previous editor, to approach The Commentator with the proposition of a takeover. Oppenheim stated, “With The Commentator interested in a business section, and The Exchange journal not coming out until the end of the year, something had to be done and this was a perfect fit.”

Current Exchange editors Yossi Knoll and Elijah Kaplan, who will continue to supervise The Exchange Journal, now a subsidiary of The Commentator were also excited about the acquisition. Knoll stated, “In general we have to look out for cost saving methods among SSSB and YC projects, and the merger of The Exchange with The Commentator does that. It should have been done a long time ago.” Kaplan, agreeing with Knoll’s sentiments added, “It’s great idea, as it should help relieve the dissention between YC and SSSB. It’s one unit, not two opposing forces or papers on campus.”

Commentator Editors, Aaron Klein and Alex Traiman are pleased with the acquisition. Traiman stated, “This merger truly solidifies The Commentator as the premier publication produced on any one of Yeshiva’s many campuses.” He continued “We look forward to running a business section which will represent both men and women of the Sy Syms School of Business. Now that we officially represent more than one of Yeshiva’s undergraduate schools, with women being added to the ambit of our purview, we can accurately call ourselves the official undergraduate student publication of Yeshiva, a title more fitting to the scope of our coverage.”

Klein said of his co-editor’s statements, “I agree.” New Exchange Section Editor, Eric Sigman, concluded, “Avi [Bossewitch] and I plan to keep the publishing consistent. That is our most pressing need.”