Volume 67, Issue 7

Frum Jews Stay Fit
by Binyamin Harbor and Oren Litwin

Before scarfing down the cafeteria food, you must read this!

A university meal-plan is expected to provide healthy food for the well-being of its students.  But the Yeshiva cafeteria goes against almost all recommended nutritional guidelines.  Not only is this extremely sad, but a very serious sin, as the Rambam, the great codifier of Jewish law, clearly states that unhealthy eating could be one of the worst sins possible.

Fencing Team Fights Hard But Falls to Hunter at Home
by Avi Mermelstein

Lines of blue and white tape criss-crossed along the floor of the Max Stern Athletic Center.  The tape covered wires that ran from an outlet in the wall to two transmitters on the floor that faced each other across a 50-foot strip.  On one side, the transmitters connected to a computer that flashed red and blue lights while sitting on the table overlooking the middle of the strip.  On the other, retractable wires stretched from the transmitters to the backs of fencers who were lighting up the computers by touching their opponents with metal weapons to complete the circuit.

After Dropping Home Opener, Macs Face Uphill Climb
by David Epstein and Avi Mermelstein

Sitting at 1-3 after splitting its first two Skyline Conference games, Yeshiva basketball seems set for a long season of growing pains, despite the efforts of its star and captain, senior Eli Hami.

New Soccer Intramural Program to Begin Next Term
by Daniel Groner

Soccer fever will invade Yeshiva next semester. 

Sophomore Jonathan Schaechter, a member of the Yeshiva soccer team, has organized an extracurricular sports league that will allow student soccer lovers to play a competitive yet leisurely style of soccer.  Schaechter said that he knew the idea has been thought of before but he wanted to make it a reality.  “A lot of people have talked about forming a league and shown interest in it, but I wanted to do it,” he said.

Crazy Finish to NFL Regular Season Leaves Both New York Teams in Playoffs
by Alexander Chester

In the new NFL, parity has taken on a whole new meaning. Enough has been said about the past three Super Bowl winners, but this year the whole league seems to be on an even par. Going into the last week of the regular season, 12 teams in the AFC still had a chance to make the playoffs, including a resurgent Jets team that had miraculously recovered from a 1-4 start. Perhaps even more miraculously, the Giants had resurfaced in the NFC, where the six playoff teams had seemingly clinched with a month left in the season.

Just Read the Sign
by Binyamin Muschel

The case of the women of the United States (if not the entire world) vs. Hootie Johnson and his cohorts at Augusta National Golf Club has taken on a universal significance that clearly transcends sports.  In fact, the issue has gone so far as to stray into the realm of childhood memories.  Yes, Augusta National reminds me of those children’s clubs we knew of – maybe even belonged to – that shared the same slogan: No Girls Allowed.

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