Volume 67, Issue 5

Yeshiva Boards to Elect Richard Joel on Thursday, December 5
by Yehoshua Levine

 Barring unforeseen circumstances, President and International Director of Hillel Richard Joel will be officially elected President of Yeshiva University and President of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary on Thursday, December 5, The Commentator has learned.

Five Syms Students Caught Cheating on Midterm
Expulsion Considered but Rejected
by Kevin Cyrulnik

Five students from the Sy Syms School of Business have received failures in their Principles of Marketing course after confessing to cheating on their most recent exam.  Although Sy Syms Dean Dr. Charles Snow was initially pondering expulsion for all those involved, he opted on a more lenient punishment after careful deliberation.

Faculty Discuss Academic Integrity at Development Day
Students and Faculty Respond to Recent Incidents of Cheating 
by Alan Goldsmith

The annual Faculty Development Day is usually a forum for faculty members to discuss a wide array of university-related academic matters. This year’s meeting, however, was decisively different: it centered on one issue. On Tuesday, November 5, while students were casting ballots, Yeshiva College professors and deans were casting opinions on “Supporting Academic Integrity.”

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