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UnPresidented Times
The world in which we live exhibits many features that render it less than ideal. Economists tell us, and rightly so, that the key to human happiness lies in our ability to best satisfy our unlimited desires with the limited resources at our disposal....
Servicing the Students
Last week, the Office of Student Services expelled ten undergraduate students from Yeshiva University without providing them due process. These students have been unable to obtain a written statement of the charges and evidence brought against them. Similarly, Student Services has not provided them written confirmation of the specific violations they made, if any, of Yeshiva University’s Code of Student Conduct, for which they have been expelled....
The Tie That Binds
By Joe Hirsch
Those who have traveled to Israel on an El Al jetliner know that there is nothing more gratifying than the moment the plane finally lands. The distinct sound of two hundred hands applauding in unison creates a stirring effect, and one can literally feel shivers of joy as the plane winds its way along the tarmac. But when I visited Israel this past January as part of Operation Torah Shield II....
Tom Friedman’s Relativism
By Steven I. Weiss
Rarely, if ever, do I feel the need to comment on the various goings-on at Yeshiva University on the undergraduate level in the form of an Op/Ed piece. However, a courageous undertaking on the part of the editorial staff of The Observer and several students from the Midtown Campus, particularly Shana Strauch, has prompted me to do so....