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Strike Enters Third Day With Silence
Wednesday, May 1, Wilf Campus -- An eerie quiet permeated Yeshiva's Wilf Campus this morning as the streets were emptied of striking union members for the first time since the now three-day-old strike began.

Yeshiva, Union Issue Separate Statements
Friday, April 26 -- Yeshiva’s 1199 Manhattan Union and Director Labor Relations Steven Mayo released separate statements today, indicating their perspectives on the negotiations currently under way. The two statements indicated what Commentator sources have termed a “very wide gap” between the two parties.

Strike Looms as Union Authorizes Walkout
Negotiations Set for Wednesday
WILF CAMPUS, APRIL 23 -- Yeshiva University’s Manhattan 1199 Union members voted to authorize a strike today, with ninety-five percent of the votes favoring the action.  

1199 Seeks Parity with AECOM
Negotiations Breakdown as Strike Looms
WILF CAMPUS, APRIL 17 -- As serious negotiations with Yeshiva break down, the local 1199 Labor Union is preparing to strike, according to university officials.

Best and Brightest Honored at Jewish Studies Convocation
Wilf Campus, April 17 -- Eighty students, faculty, and administrators filled Weissberg Commons this morning as Yeshiva University’s Jewish Studies Schools honored their brightest students at the annual Honors Convocation.  In the hour-long ceremony, deans bestowed awards upon students from the three undergraduate Jewish studies programs, the James Striar School, Isaac Breuer College, and the Stone Beit Midrash Program.

Yeshiva Students Attend Solidarity Rally
Washington, DC, April 15 – Over two thousand students from Yeshiva University attended the rally in support of Israel here today.  Deemed an unequivocal success, the gathering drew more than two hundred thousand people.
Letter to the Students from Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm

Dr. Walter S Wurzburger, adjunct Professor of Philosophy at YU, dies.
Dr. Walter S Wurzburger passed away on April 15, 2002, after undergoing heart surgery.  

Advisory Committee Meets as Search Continues
Midtown Campus, April 12 – At a full meeting of the Advisory Committee, the body created to draft qualifications for Yeshiva University’s fourth president, Search Committee Chairman Michael Jesselson reported on the progress of the process and announced that there would be more dialogue with the Advisory Committee in coming weeks.

Yeshiva Dramatic Society to Honor its Own
WILF CAMPUS, APRIL 12 – With the voting completed at an undisclosed meeting late last night, the official release of the nominations for the Yeshiva College Dramatics Societys Annual Awards Ceremony honoring the casts and crews of the 2001 - 2002 season came just moments ago.