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Bibi Makes Another Visit to Yeshiva
Shlomo Greenwald
| On Tuesday, March 27th, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Yeshiva University's Main Campus to deliver a lecture to the university's student body for the second consecutive year. Earlier in the evening, Netanyahu met with Dr. Norman Lamm, about forty undergraduate Honors students, and several invited faculty members for dinner in the president's office suite. Netanyahu then spoke to a packed Lamport Auditorium... |
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Yair Sturm
| President George W. Bush is poised to name former Yeshiva College graduate and dean Daniel Kurtzer United States Ambassador to Israel. If appointed this summer, Kurtzer, who currently serves as US Envoy to Egypt, would replace Martin Indyk to become the first Orthodox Jewish Ambassador to Israel. He also would become the highest-ranking Yeshiva graduate in American public life. |
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Yehoshua Levine
As an aberration from the normally impressive trend of some 98% of Sy Syms School of Business seniors who annually secure jobs for their post-graduation year by late March of their final year in college, a staggering twenty SSSB seniors currently remain in doubt as to where they will be working next year.
Faculty Extends Tentative Grade Makeup Period
Yehoshua Levine
On March 27, 2001, the faculty of Yeshiva College passed five landmark resolutions, once again affirming its role as a group dedicated to both enhancement of the quality of education at Yeshiva and sensitive consideration of the day-to-day needs of the students. While all five resolutions promise salutary advantages for students, the measure most beneficial to students, perhaps, is the faculty's decision to officially extend the deadline before tentative grades are finalized from six weeks to a semester plus a summer.
Annual Sy Syms Dinner Cancelled
Commentator Staff
Commentator sources have learned that the Sy Syms School of Business Annual dinner, which traditionally takes place towards the end of the Spring semester, will not be held this year. Due to a budgetary dispute between the SSSB administration and the SSSB Student Council, the dinner, which primarily serves as a recruiting/networking event, has been called off.
President's Circle Donates $5,500 to Commie
Yehoshua Levine
In the face of mounting student frustration and complaints, the President's Circle of Yeshiva University - the alumni group that contributes to and controls an annual distribution of funds designed to aid undergraduate efforts and projects on campus - has finally promised to establish a formal line of communication with the students, in the hope of improving student perception of the Circle's fund distribution process.
Nochimson to Chair English Department
Yair Sturm
Dr. Joan Haahr recently announced plans to spend the upcoming year on sabbatical and subsequently resigned from her post as Chair of Yeshiva's English Department. After serving in that capacity for more than twenty years, Haahr passes her responsibilities on to Dr. Richard Nochimson, who will assume the post this coming fall.
Psychology Department Search Waxes Over Waxman
Mark Srulowitz
The Psychology Department of Yeshiva College, which only a short time ago was in shambles - with an outdated curriculum and a dearth of qualified professors - is now one of the most successful and technologically advanced departments in the school.
Political Science Department Hires New Professor Zilber to Fill Void Left by Zucker
Shlomo Greenwald
The Yeshiva College administration has ended its search for a new political science professor with the hiring of Dr. Jeremy Zilber.
SOY Tallies Biggest Seforim Sale Turnout Ever
Shlomo Greenwald
From its modest beginning in 1972 as a sale featuring one table full of rishonim and achronim, the annual SOY Seforim Sale has expanded into a mega-event in New York City, this year attracting an estimated 18,000 customers - record breaking figures according to Sale organizers. The 2001 Sale, which ran for some fifteen days in February, also logged the most ever books ordered, most books sold, and most total sales.
A Purim Panorama
Josh Younger
Often touted as a poor excuse for the Purim experience in Yeshiva in Israel, Purim at Yeshiva University was certainly not as bad this year as it is often cracked up to be....
Morris Smith Depicts "Odyssey" From Fidelity to the Beis Midrash
Uri Miller
At the pinnacle of his career, Morris Smith obtained one of the most coveted positions in finance. He was chosen to succeed Peter Lynch, the undisputed all-star of the mutual fund world, as manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund....
Record YU Particpation At AIPAC Conference
Commentator Staff
An unprecendented number of Yeshiva undergraduates joined 850 other college students and more than 1,500 adults at the 42nd annual AIPAC (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) Policy Conference this past March in Washington, D.C. The twelve Yeshiva students - two women from Stern College and ten YC men, exceeded the previous Yeshiva high of one student, an explosive growth trend that organizers see as indicative of great future success.
WYUR On Hold Again
Shai Bernea
After a promising return to the airwaves last year, WYUR failed to live up to billing this year. The reason for the collapse is simple - the equipment that the radio station currently owns is outdated and dilapidated....
PPC Sales Lower than Expected
Josh Gottlieb
In a somewhat surprising change from previous years, the Pesach Products Committee (PPC) has reported that orders and revenues are lower than usual....
Aliyah Counselor Big Hit at YU
Yehuda Shmidman
To date, more than one hundred undergraduate students and Yeshiva alumni have met with an official representative from the Israel Aliyah Center who comes to Yeshiva to answer all aliyah-related questions every Thursday from 2:30 to 5:00 on the fourth floor of Furst Hall. Established by the Israel Club in conjunction with the Office of Student Services, the program has proven to be a successful operation designed to serve the Israel-bound community on campus.
Cardozo Groups Honor Clinton
Yair Sturm
A man recently barred from practicing law would hardly seem the ideal candidate to receive tribute from a law school.Nevertheless, on March 19th, Bill Clinton accepted an International Advocate of Peace Award from two student groups at Cardozo Law School for his efforts to promote international diplomacy.
PM Sharon Addresses NY Jewish Community
Hillel Deutsch
This past March 21st, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon addressed some fifteen hundred supporters at New York's Sheraton Hotel. The event, sponsored by Israel Bonds and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, focused on the current crisis in Israel and the responsibility that American Jews must bear in such difficult times.