Volume 67, Issue 7

Students Choose Between RIETS and Chovevei Torah
by Avi Robinson

Founded in 1999, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT) has rooted itself as the institution of choice for the “left-wing” Orthodox and has been actively recruiting on the Wilf Campus. Presenting alternatives to Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) in both curriculum and in ideology, the self-described “Open Orthodox Rabbinical School” has quietly begun to lure students from RIETS and has provoked questioning from others who remain about their own school’s direction.

Mounting Opposition to Brill Firing
By Zach Abramowitz 

More than a month after Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies Dr. Alan Brill was denied tenure, many students and faculty are still furious and disillusioned with the administrations over the decision.  If not revoked, the verdict will terminate his Yeshiva career, where he teaches philosophy, Jewish philosophy, kabbalah, and Jewish History, at yeshiva College and mysticism and Chasidism at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, at the end of the 2004 spring semester.

Two IHP Apartments Burglarized in Only Ten Days 
Students Demand Safety, New Dorm
by Kevin Cyrulnik

For the second time in two weeks, one of Yeshiva’s undergraduate Independent Housing Program (IHP) apartments was burglarized in broad daylight.  Although Yeshiva administrators anticipate that they will, indeed, catch the perpetrators, the victimized students, as well as many of their peers, are not in the least bit content with the current situation.  “We need a new dorm and it’s as simple as that,” said one of the victims.

Yeshiva’s [Nonexistent] Academic Integrity Policy
Students, Faculty Look to Eradicate Cheating
by Zev Nagel

Following the epidemic of scandals ensued by the Enron affair, WABC television visited Sy Syms School of Business to interview faculty and students.  What intrigued the TV stations’ news producers enough to include Yeshiva in an investigation on corporate dishonesty?

Student Complaints Lead to Computer Science Professor’s Dismissal
Hudes’ Teaching Abilities Debated by Students
by Kevin Cyrulnik

Several weeks ago, Computer Science Department Chair Dr. Bhaskar Sengupta informed Adjunct Professor Dana Hudes that he would not be receiving his course assignments for the spring 2003 semester.  Although Hudes was originally told that he would be teaching in the spring, vociferous student criticism apparently swayed the Yeshiva administration to reconsider their verbal commitment.

Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Parking Spot?
by Yoel Preminger

Several weeks ago, more than ten Yeshiva students received $105 parking tickets for double-parking on 186th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Laurel Hill Terrace during street cleaning.  This certainly was not the first time that people have received tickets for double-parking during street cleaning.  And it wasn’t the first time for many Yeshiva students either.

Temporary Study Hall Opens in Time for Finals
Student Life Committee Finally Comes Through
by Ariel Brandwein

Since the Yeshiva University Museum vacated the northern first floor wing of the Pollack Library over a year ago, the fate of the surplus space has been highly coveted and yet strangely beyond anyone’s grasp – including its de facto proprietor, Facilities Management.  Despite its elusiveness, virtually every segment of the University has harbored some hopes of getting its hands on...

Judge Rules on Shapiro-Persky Case
Both Sides Claim Victory
by Alexander Chester

Both Pinky Shapiro and Rick Ostrove, the lawyer representing Sy Syms School of Business Professor Diane Persky, have claimed victory this week after Federal Judge Lawrence M. McKenna delivered his ruling on the long-standing court case involving the two. 

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