m t (!tommentato... O_fflcial Undergraduate . Newspaper.of Y College I eshi•• Monday, March 10, 1181. YESHiVAUNIVIRSRY, _, W. 115ST., N.Y., N. Y. 18033· Vol. C, No. 5 Tauber Announces Retirement Search begins for Replacement By Yehuda Najman ing the poolof applicants, the ad- Dr. Arthur Tauber,Director of ministration will be looking to Athletics at Yeshiva University, find someone who can: schedule recently announced his retire- physical education courses, ad ment effective at the end of ministrate over the athletic facul tbis year. Professor Tauber ty and teams, organize inter stated that his retirement will collegiate competition, preside enable him to do thinp he "bad over the intramuralprogram, act always wanted to do, like visit as liaison to the athletic associa lsrael, or write a book." tion, take charge of facility Professor Tauber has beenaf- management for both Stem and filiated with the university in YC, expand existing programs various capicities since 1949. It and develop new programmingto was thenthat be beganhis tenure enhance and to realize the as a visitinlfencing team coach. philosophy of the scholarathlete. Dr. Tauber,establishing a career This imposi• J list of respon in physicaltherapy, was the pitra sibilities clearly explains the medical rehabilitation coor- predicament of the administra dinator at New York's VA tion in finding a Director of Hospital from 1956-75.. Upon . Athletics. However, Dr. Tauber arriving at YU, Dr. Belkin a� feelsthat it's time for bim to step · pointed Tauber to thepoaition of down. With the opening of the full-time professor of health and Max· Stem Athletic Center last physical education:In 1978came fall, Dr. Tauberfelt he had "Seen the expitnsion of the basketball the realization of a dream", ad program as well as the blossom- ding .that after his retirement 1 ing of the athletic depitrtment in "others might now embellishthe · �,. '. :1;:?iti�r� ;:A -�t:·;. 1 · 1,s��-'-.. pneral to include a number of program." · .. . 1'e"���' ��•�(- � 1{ih � � �Jewbb llfe. reeeiltly •--• Feat� .-.:•t lie Y\1 newteams. These newfGUDd time. •l'.@�•-•t:.. ,eddlllllaehlle.(eleekwll,tfrom_lell ): �..-- heldlty Dr. N. ia-.m, llll�ltMtlll�Jl411)· �uming , dutiea, ·demand� ,· �t otfnltlvaUalvenity, aad Mn.,8ylvla Henllllowlt1 ,imuseumDir�: Seier&vroute (top tl\atProfessrir Tauber take on the ). theMem•buch: 1Mb.centary GermanSallltatla scene ltelngl&ildled by a:nillieum visitor. · ·. · mantle of Director of Athletics. Dean Rosenfeld expressed his sincerest regrets regarding this decision. He feels Tauber, was largely responsible for Mordechai. Returns' . establishing a competitive·spirit and a commitment to athletic ex Concert Plaguedby Financial Problems_ cellence in accordance with the philosophy,time constraints, and By Beajy8chme1&1 SubtleFinancial Difficulties · contributed to the estimated four general priorities as set forth by "nlunday, Febn&ary 13, IIUll'k- Despitethe concert's apparent thousanddollar loss sustained by theuniversity. ed the secand concert of the success, it was plagued by thestudent councils. Indeed, it will be a most dif year apomored by Yeshiva and numerousfinancial alidorpniza Repeated requests by The ficult task to find a candidate wbo Stem CoUeae student councils. tional problems. The difficulties Commentatorfor the official Stu is as qualified and nationally The concert, which featured bepn with the negotiation of a . dent Council records of the con• recognized like Dr. Tauber. Mordecbai Ben David, con- seventhousand and five hundred cert, containing · information on Besidesbeing the National Inter sideN,dby many to bethe biueat dollar contract with Mordechai theexact number of ticket sales, collegiate Individual Champion name in Jewish music today, Ben David which necessitated a and thea ctualextent of monetary of Foil in 1939and 1942and that of drew approximately eight bun- virtual sellout crowd in order to loss,· were denied by Ms. Gold Epeein 1940-41, ProfessorTauber dred enthusiastic fans into Lam• realize a profit. Moreover, this schelder who is in apparent was an All-American in 1941 and Dr. ArthurTauber port Auditorium to bear his uni- contract was negotiated by the control of the records. In defen ranked nationally in 1942. His quebrand of Jewishmusic. Stern College Student Council In his thirty-sevenyears at YU, � ber position she stated, "I coaching experience extends Professor Tauber felt he had The evening bt!lan with an prior to their receiving backing dont feel this information is im beyond YUto trainer of the Pan uplifting performance from fromthe Yesbiv.a College Student always beentreated "with the ut• portantfor thestudent, to know; Am teamin 1959and the Olympic most courtesy and respect," and Yeshiva University's own Council.'lbil inltiallacl. of com it makes no difference, we lost team in 1960. Clearly, the search "Kaballab",who performedwith munication led to insurmount following his retirement he money, butthe actual figureisn't committeebas beforethem a for "would be glad to stay on as a tbeir original music as well as able difficulties regardiDg pro important." Ma. Goldacbeider midable pairof shoes to fill. songsmade famousby other per- per advertisement of theconcert consultant." The entire student addedthat, "we tboulhtfor sure Dean Rosenfeld expressed his body will undoubtedly miss the formers. A brief intermission and coordination of pre-concert we couldsell out like last year.I hope for a suitable appointment followed Kaballab'spresentation arrangements. The result was a familiar, omnipresent face of thought Mordechai Ben David by Pesach to facilitate a smooth Professor Tauber as he retires and then Mordecbai Ben David paidattendance of approxim_ate was worth the seven thousand . transition of office and to ac formhis dutiesat YU. He certain• made bisappearance. He setthe ly five hundred and sixty people five hundreddollars.- All I wanted climate the director-elect to his stage for bis performance by Jy has left an indelible mark on wblcb, •-t�!._CSCpreai was a successful concert." new responsibilities. In canvass� our team. opening up with a bit from bis dint Barry RGf.enuerB, left the . Tbls concert marks the second latest album, "Let My People promoters well short of their time this year that our student Go", a songcommemorating the break even point. SCWSC presi council sustained a major finan Jewilhatruggle in theSoviet Un- . dent Elana Goldscbeider, cial loss due to an unsuccessful · Ion. '1bll opener set the ape- however, maintains that actual event. Tbe first one was the clal aura ·that would continue attendance. was closer to ei8ht "Chicago City Limits Comedy throughout the rest of his. per- hundred people. An unnamed Nipt",in which overtwelve bun formance. Al Y.C. senior Kory source involved in the concert .dred dollars were lost. As one Bardaabpointed out, "The under- organimtion resolved the dia disgruntled student said, "We're lylngtheme of the releaseof Na- crepancy by disclosing to TIie fed up with the squandering of tan Seharanaky gave an extra C.mmentaw tbat the actual Student Council funds which are apectal feelinl of 'achdut' to the number of tickets sold was, in scarce enough. Hopefully the evening.'' 'this feeling was fact, five hundredand sixty three council will not bebit in the same especially prevalent during and the remaining people gained place for a third time and will Mordechai's rendition of ·one of · entrance without paying, as a realize that events involving ma the most famous hits "Someday result of a disorganized ushering jor financial investments require we will all be together! " system. This lack of efficiency good planning and organization." ·:. ::,··.··.·: ...... : :.· .. :, J'\ .. . ' �- THECOMMENTATOR Monday, March 10, 1986
.. Let's take the Lead Gowmlngloard YllblvaUnlvenlty lac:b a unifiedand camlltent lncomin8 frelbmanCII elulwlmenameiinotanly AVI MOBOWRZ ly activeCIIHUllJUI ltudeatorpnilatloa for the tbe N18i■tnr for· fOlr ,-n but who II actually -....aw 11ru11JeJt,ny. ofSoviet Altbou&b YU.,._ who repre■ented by · an • empty ■eat among bis . STEVENB. a>HBN IRAPRESS want toactive be In tbll puttclpatearea can In lob claamaws at aractuatlon. If tbe preatdem of tbe Senior F.ditor . NewsEditor bying Wublnptrllll to and proteata at theSovi• · Univenltyof �lvanla, In frontof tboullndsit NACHUMBANE DANIELJ. MANN Camulate or Millionto theUnited Natloaa,tbele the P'aduaticm of undergraduatel· and graduate . FeatureEditor . � areInfrequent, and� important, studentsbroupt to attenticm the empty seat among FeatureEditor YU',altudent1 an Infact partlclpiant■rather than the P'lduatinlclus of that year with the hope that LANCEL. HIRT leadenof a Jewilb student acticm. tbliwill Refwmlk JoinclallDiat.es bll In the future, FealuroEditor 'lbe erNtlon of BUCb an orpnlr.atlon would bow.II it plaUlibletbat Yesblva Unlvenlty fallato STIJARTOOLDBERO SOLOMONSCHNEIDER dllcouraae aparthy and encourage participation. takenotice of Soviet -Jewry at theirgraduation? SportsEditor · CoordinatiqEditor By lpCIDIOrla& fflllilmarefrequently and·bavlnl acUvitlea IIICb as an annual rally, the atudenta' 11111eof awpamibllltywould be beiptened due to Staff � fact it ii at bil coUece, In additicm, a Ollltral GRE-vance NEWS:·JollltbanBandier� Bric Cobell, b:v Kaplan, .David orpnlr.atloacan plan actlons andraile IDClley for Katz,Du Kaufllllll, . Jeffrey Lumerman, . David Pieurz activitielwldcb wouldattained notnormallybe u a . FEA'ltJUS:Nathan Dlament, Dov Fopl, Mark Mmball, reault ofpartlclpatlcm. lndlvidual '1'hll money could YU 1tudenta, traditionally starved of 1-il>radna ulUmately rmult with tbe unlvenlty JapolllOl'inl socialencounteri, were recently provided with an otber.Jll'Gll'IIIII IUCbu■eadq■tudent repreeen- excitingInnovative and way to releaaepent-up their SPOll'n:Caleb Freedman, AvramSchreiber, Jeff Slepoy tatlveato Ruala. eneray.On Monday, February 3,-Yesblva and stem Cll088WOID:MOIiie Orlian . Al an lllltituUon dedicated to ■ervi111 "tbe. College■enlors p� InFunt Hall andKoch the . ••••l'udworld cammunlty,"YU muatbea t tbe ART:BU Clark, Azriel Cobell Auditoriumto takeGRE. the Needlta to say a pod. . . forefront� the Soviet JffffJ ■trugle. A 1Jarin8 timeWU bad all.by The onlyWU repel tbesteep PBOTOGIW'IIY:Micbael Hyman,Bruce Abrams weakwl la YU'■ laekinl simple actiom which prieeof $29.00attend to the affair. other ■ecular unlvenlll•have maeted. P ll'tlcular- PllOOl'IUWJING: MoabeStepemky .. Whydo ■enlors approach-the exam with such ap- Jy,both Unlvenlty Calumbla and 'lbeUniventty of parent'l'beJ'know clllnprd? Yfll'Y well that lf'tbey IAYOUI':Micbacl Hyman PeanlylYudahave accepted a ·Refulnlk witheach dcm't acbleve the minimum 3.1rd percenWe they simplytake departmental a ·exam ·wblcbeveryone COMPU1DOONSIJLTANT: Yoeef Gold mlrac:uloualyaeea ..to pill Jt 11 1ncumbe1t upon ' bll Umlil. 'lbe coach prevailed ment �- 'Ibey came from For me to sit and rub elbows andStuart In wrestled· matcbel. far and nearto testand refine, a with these most impressive rab Grappler's Onlyalyata dllhmaya prevented program· cm Pl"ofeasional Ethics bis, on a dally buis, filled me blm from beeomina a near In Serviceof · to bePNIMIPted by two teams,to with a senseof wonder and pride. ' vegetable. Navy Chaplains around the We Interacted throughout the Gri llobe. coune. I bad an opportunity pe Thenhave been ltudentl otber which·few rabbis in the civilian Cll Our Country It ls not UDUIUII . to tbe thatteam have bad slmUar have communitycould bave. aperilllCII but not ubad. My tbeolOlianl and etbiclsta teach DearEditor: opinionthat ii the entirewn■U cbaplalnl, but it II unusual to lnl lltuatlanteam be revlewedat have two Jewilb tbeolCJllan■ of Rabbi Tendler spoke the� ecbeiaa■ ofYU'■ ad-· To TheEditor: the caliber of Rabbi Molbe authoritatively OD IUcb subjects minlltntlon. The pnaent 11tua Tendl•,Rolb Yllblva of Rabbi u, "Just Allocatlonl of Scarce tioa�cldal, la for it pit■student Jewllbcbaplainl In the United Isaac Elcbanon Theological · Reaoureel,Profeulonal Respo n aibUlUeaand 'rrutb telllng." Rab WNltlen at YU wbo haveoaly State■Navy, uauallyget donot to Seminary of Ye■ldva Unlvenlty 0 aboutm boun apnctice weelE lie 1D1DY. other rabbi■ around. and Rabbi Macy Gordon, bi Gordon spoke on, 1nformed ■ wboaverap over Tbllcertainly WU not theat cue cliltlngui■hed nbbl andetbiclst Can■entand tbe Treatment of the thirty.aplmt-- Tbll. lltuatian would be the Advanced Courie of the formerly. of· Teaneck, New Terminally Ill," as well as ■candaloul at a ■ecular inltltu Naval Cbaplain1 Scbool in Jeney. Rabbi T-1• llld, "I "Ethical Re■pon■el' to Non tioa. At YU It ii. a clnnrtabt Newport,Rbode llllndfall. Intbe nev•leave my ltudent■,but tbll Conventional Warfare." The uaaeu■ablechllul Haahem. Be■klelmy belna.ltudeat In tbe etbiea l)l"Oll'Ull. 11· In lel'Vlce to re■poa■e to tbele flnt clau . nine mcmth Advanced Coune of my country.n Rabbi Macy Gor pre■entatlon■ wu overwhelm· theNaval Chaplain■Scbool, Rab don, expreued 1imllar aen in8IY po■ltlve from the non Jewilbpartlclpant■. I beardcom bl ArnoldE. Rellllcaffwu com tlment■ of Jewllb eoncem and 0 plettaabil Pl'Olll'Ul at theNaval Ammicaapatrtotilm. Tbele rab ment■ IUcbu, RabblTendler's WarCoUtae andway cmbil to tbe bi■ were tboroqbly Jewi1h depthknowlqe of and compas- ltaff of thelcbool. t'baplainl before the cbaplaim, Rabbi 11oa made him my favorite," or Tmcller,Wbo belclpunebea, no a "Rabbi Gordon iithemoet elo A team of nUp,u■ • etblcllt■ pnuedit bllt,when beuld, 0 AI quent apeaker I have ever cameto Ille validatelcbool to the JOUcan 11e I am bluedfavor In beard.'' fortb.comia1 Navy . Cbief of a.plain■ Pnleuloaal Devehlp- :a:-:.:=�1�� _the· - · · · · · C.llnuedPate 15 · Monday, March 10, 1988 THE COMMENTATOR ...e 3 time I was aure it would be a stronglead, youhurt the tMmin blowout. Boy was I wrong. two ways. Once the situation DearJohn Maritimebounced right back into araie where you were fo rced to DearJohn, it in thesecond half; theywenn;t play the subs, theyalways were Now, with tbe over,aeuon it's outplafinll 111, we were beatinl tenie and nervous without 81me time to evaluate our basketball ourselves. You know IODletbing experience to 110 on. Secondly, team's performanee. 'Ibisseason John? I don't think it was the and more important, your we were blessed with one of the players fault as much as it was starterswere tired by the second most talented aquadl in the yours. When Maritime started to half ofevw, pme. Tbilevi wu biltory of Yeshiva University press in the second half, I was dent apinst Maritime, N.Y .U. Basketball. Unfortunately, I shockedto seeour bfl men bring and most recently, against don'tthink that you led this team ing up the ball as often as our N.J.I.T. at home. It seemed as 81far 81it could have gone. guards. Now Jeff Harris, Ayal though in eachof thesegames we With the opening of the Max Hod and bis brother Leor are started the · second half in slow Stem Athlttic Center, I, as well very good basketballplayers, but motion. as mOlt of the other students when G-d putthem onthis earth, Finally Coach Halpert, I'd like here, ua�edthat the Macshad I don't think He bad dribblinl in to make one more point. Don't finallyachieved a legitimacythat mind for them. We were prac you think you should exercise · a they didn't have in the past. No tically handing the ball to litUe bit of authority over your longerwould the home games be Maritime. players? Against N.J.I.T. at attended by · only a handful of home, �e Schwarz, who I fans. No longer would I have to must say, is a fine sbootinll and · wait until the next issue of The dribblinll IIUlrd. committed one Commentator before finding out of the cardinalsins of basketball bow the team waa doin1. It was not once, but twice. Afterhaving all going to beareat. had the ball stolen fromhim, be The hype before the openfnl neglected to get back ondefense, pme against BardCollege really but rather decided toaque with whetted my appetite. We came therefs in themiddle of theplay. out there on fire, but it was evi Two easy baskets for N.J.I.T.. dent after the f1r& t few minutes Now if I werecoach, I'd do alittle that it was no contest. You Well anyway, we squeaked reprlmandinl if not benching. I scheduled the weakest possible away withthat victory, but it wu WU surprised to see that Ayal opponent for the openiq pme; by no means convincing. . In Hoddid the same thing. He's pro but· 1 guess it's understandable, retrospect, it was that pme that bably the gutsiest and most in afterall, it wouldhave been pret started a trend. You see John, tense ballplayer on the team but ty embarrassingto losein frontof you're blessed with a pretty clearly something is milaing in an S.R.O. crowd like that. The strong bench as far as big men the fundamental department. next home game; -against go, . and Beryl 'lbomas is a very Surely you remember Red Elizabeth Seton, was also a competentthird guard.However, Holtzman's old adage, "Thebest laugher, but a bit more in · for the first half of the season, offense is a good defense." teresting. I was even starting to Beryl· didn't 11et much playing 'Ibis season is over John, and believe thatwe had a chance at time. To be frank, the only sub unfortunately there'snothing left the I.A.C. tiUe. who saw decentplayinll time was to be done about it. · t can only Thefll'S t half of ourinitial con . Moshe Orlian. Now, M08be is a hope that next seasonwe'll seea ference game was incredible. l rm e ballplayer, and I don'tques bettereffort on your part. I'll be had heard thatMaritime was a tion your judgement in playinll watchinl . . teamto be reckonei:Ibut with, we him, but by leaving the rest of literallyran themu.e off court in your sum on thebench even once Sincerely, BennyE_nglander YC '87 . �- openln& minutes�- By . half� the Maci, bad establlilled a If you've got it don't flaunt it By Yehuda Najman proveunstoppable in attracting a viewed students claimed thatthe founder", I canvassed the Oyer cited about the prospects of substantial cross - section ofthe short lectures given by Dr.'s for an antique, handcraftedwood · meeting consumer advocate With the advent of a new student body uncharacteristic of Beukas,and Lee Sternlicht were "EST. 1881" sign and a blurb on David Hor.owitz. semester, Y.U. has been blessed thoroughly researched and precedent informational discus how "Old Colonel Ciment" Perhaps most offensive, is the with a fresh stock of invigorating sion forums at Y.U. delivered to an enthusiastic au devoted bis We to filling intellec ol'l8nir.ations. Amidstthis winter dience that left with· a sense of logo/mottoof thearaduate's cap • In the wake of their inaupral tual voids nationwide, galloping (tassel modesUy to the left) crop of Student Council affiliates event, ACC's "founding fathers" fulfWment 8J)d with intent -to coastto coast, while saddledupon exists a clan known as theAspir return for future offerings. "Collegiality and ci.sa." While may revel in the glory of a well the freedom trail. "Chief Pro Collfliality may be awo rd,I was ing Collepates Club (ACC). Its delervedpat CNI back.the Their. Given the objective suceesa of tocol" conjured up·notions of "club president and founder," the evening, I feel at liberty to unableto find it in my American was a Pl'Oll'&m well conceived, Goldie Hawn and Steven Fried Heritqe Collegiate Dictionary. 11t,, f , e - PURIM at COLUMBIA -ANN-UAL Monday Nighi, March 24 YI SHIVA . UNIVIRSITY 9:30 PM - 2:00 AM KRRRTE • Columhia-Bamard Purim Party Music by Gypsy Sound ASSDCIAT IDN McIntosh Center Barnard Campus EXHI B I T I ON ! 119th & Broadway >« >< ae ac •c aw ac ac >< , Colmhia-Barnard Chagiga FeaturingLive RUA CH Board/Brick Breaking, Kata, etc. Ira Silber, SamKlaver Earl Hall WHERE: Columbia Campus · 119th & Broadway LAMPORT AUDITORIUM MAIN BUILDING,. YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ONE ADMISSION AMSTERDAM AVE . BET. 186 I 187th S, NEW YORK,· NEW YORK BOTH PARTIES WHEN: 87 Sunday, March 30, 19 • Proof of Age (18 yrs. oldh,r college ADMISSION $5.00 ID r�uired•• Double proof of age (21 years Under 12 ...... $4.00 oldt requiredfor the consumption of , alcoholic beverages. ·Monday, March 10, 1988 THE COMMENTATOR Paae 5 Rabbi Kahane as a ''Jews For Blacks'' By Jakob Goldstein billboard posted in Black com- the center of attention with the President of Jewish Student munities,continuation of our sup- media u of late. Farrakhan Activists at Yeshiva portfor the Blackpopulation will happens to be intelligent which NecessaryPa riah 'Manyproclaim that the Blacks lead to a reinforcement of Far- enables him to influence, many are at the bottom of the rakhan's position. Yet some people, after all "it's never the By Dr. ManfredWeldhorn First, there is the Holocaust- economlca, and political ladder. pathetic Jews blindly persist in peasants who leadrev the olt; it is It is easy to criticize Rabbi Some Blackleaders have decreed helping the Black population. theintellectu al." His talent as an yet once more. One of its many . Jews are the cause They don't seem to understand Meir Kahane. He manages not legacies is the widely-held that the of orator is apparentat his rallies'. only to confront anti-semites, their troubles. Do Jews really what Black people mean when He arouses the crowds with his perception, which antedated it they say, "Nol We don't want his Palestinians, and radicals but but was reinforced by it, that control and suppress Black ad passionate words and hand also to affront moderates;· Jews justdo not fight.Even some vancement? Farrakhan may your help." TheseJews speak of waving frenzies,and soonenough liberals, and mainstream Jews. Jewish commentators, men who know how to fight, but when it the "new"Black-Jewish alliance, he has thecrowd yelling "kill the His abrasive style ancl unconven themselves lived through comes to whom to fight, his ig where Blacks and Jewshelp each ' ·Jews." I wish antl-semlteswould tional ideas, no less than . his Auschwitz, have remarked on norant side takes over. other "equally". Let'slook at the come up with something dif Now let's get it right. No non "changes"now thatwe havethis ferent; this ancient method just espousalof force, put him beyond how easy it was for Hitler's mi Black group has done more for "vital, new alllance." We seethe doesnot work. On Decemberfirst the limits of civilized discourse nions, especially in the later the Blacks and has supported Black Lawyers Association vow- at 12:00 P.M., Farrakhan ap carriedon by "responsible"com- stages of thewar, to have only a the ing their undyingsupport for the munity leaders. small arresting force round up them throughout Black strug peared on the Black talk show gle, than the Jewish people. It P.L.O. in their struaie against "Like It b". He complainedthat Many of the derogatory large numbersof Jews. was the Jew who went down to the "Zionist invaders." Where is theBlack businesscommunity , is epithets burled at him are well Never mind that there were Jackson, Mississippito march in this "new" Black-Jewish lessthan one tenth of one percent earned. The comparison some Jews who fought, desperately the Black freedom marches, so alliance? Next, a Black professor of the American G.N.P. He put have made with Enoch Powell, and heroically, in the Warsaw that Blacks would beable to sit in at Stony Brook University, Mr. Louis Farrakhan, and even ghetto and elsewhere. the blame on the Jews who "con Never the front of the bus. It was also Dube, teaches his students that trol the distribution and retail Fascists is not entirely far fetch mind that, given the German the Jew, during the 'civil rights' Zionism equals racism which outlets." He proclaimed on the ed. His policy of fighting force military juggernaut and Jews' years, who chained himself to equals Nazism. Where is the with force - the basis of the lack of numbers and of modem show that America must stand Jewish Defense League which he government gatesin Washington Black protest in delense of Jews back and say, "wait a minute, weaponry, all the fighting im D.C., so Blacks could share the against these lies? Even the what do we want ; do we want a founded ..;.. goes against the aginable would have been futile. same public facilities. If you Jewish "Black lovers" are not revolution or do we want Black liberal piety ·that violence never Never mind thatmodem Israelis recall, it was also at this time naive enough to suggest a little people to begin to address their works, and it seems, like the have proved (perhapssomewhat that the Black Pantherslaunched Black protest here. famous aphorism about violence too well) that Jews can excel at own concerns if they are willing cherry their attack on the defensel� Recently we have witnessed to shoulder the burden." Mr. Far- being as American as pie, fighting as much as at musical Jews of Crown Heights. We have somethingthat has leftme dumb- rakhan's people scream their to invite anarchy. His brassy in artistry or advanced physics. long stood side by side with the founded and bewildered. While support, and are willing to join sistence that he alone, and not Despiteall thii, therelingers still Blacks struggle for their social condescending liberals, Theodore Bikel, the famous him in blaming theJews. What he the sense - as a variant of the • justiceand freedom. U they had Jewish actor, and Theodore a. fails to see is when it comes to blame-the-victim syndrome - acceptedour help without a thank Mann,president of the American "taking the burden on their that Jews in some small way you, the American Jewish Jewish Congress,were being ar- they brought their doom upon shoulders," just do not ap- Eltablilbment would probably rested outsidetbe South African pearwlllin8, IO themselves because, when push have been quite content. They Embassy victions and refmed toyield .to him to theJewish homeland. As ' ' Soviet presaure and admit bis Scbaranskystepped off the plane, gulll For example, in themonths thecrowd burst into an emotional preceding his July_ lffll sentenc- display of song and dance. 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Andyou cange t one evenif you lowestrate next todialing direct . And there's no. don\ have a phone in your own name. Put chargeorder to the Card;no minimum usagefee . ·The Eliminator towork for you. Signup for your Yo u can use dyour Car to makefrom ealls AT&T Card bycom pletingand mailing the other people's rooms: the chargeshow will up on attached postage-paid application� For more infor yourbill, not theirs. No need to call collect or mation, calltoll free 1CALL 800 ATT, Ext.48. . Mlliday, Muell11, IM THECOMMENTATOR .• , Complete.and mail- to: TheAT&T Card, CollegeProgram, P.O.Box 5362, Cincinnati, OH 45201-·5362 · PleasePrint APPLICANTINFORMA TION Applicant's Full Name(Last,' Fint, Middle) Date oC Birth SocialSecurity - Number - StreetAddress (college) Apt# City ' · State Zip Code TelephoneNumber (college) How long at address Numberor Dependents ( ) yrs. mos. 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If I ask, I will betold whether or not consumer reports on me were requested and the names and addresses of the credit bureau that provided the reports. I am aware that I must notify AT&T of anyaddress changes. SIGNATURE: X ------.------Date ______Note: In orderto beconsidered for an ATaT Card,you must complete and signthis application. Omission of any of the informationrequested in this application may begrounds for denial. FOR RESEARCH ONLY Duri�g an averagemonth how much do you spend on long distance telephone calls to places outside your areacode? ______Al&T The right choice. Menday, Marcia 18, t• P111 ll: THECOMMENTATOR · The ·President Speaks Y.U.-Who Gets In? . . By Bury�-- By LueeHb1 Howcan youdecide.in a halfhour butthen we don't deal awith hU,� Wltb mld-tlrmlaJIIIINCNII and lllllllter•tbe in fulllWinl, I tblnk A frequently beard joke around what the is?case Sometimes we population." It II.....,.._te tonOect..- accomplilbmmta tbe of tbeeem eater . Yeshiva and the Jewish com- · can and sometimeswe cannot. If and tldakfulun. abouttbe .· munlty la, "What does It take to it ia poaaible to make such a At tbe ltart we�of tbeiemelter Ma rblm B'Sfmclulwltb a coa get aceepted toY.U ... ? A Bria." determination, tbat is often tbe tba1r .v!:��•lm=� Clltltlrrinl KallblJab uclAltbaup llordedlaiBea-David. piqued As a joke, it uaually evokes a personwho we feel givenyear a statistics there are a good by111UY prol,leml,it WU a aniat. IUCCIII with I turnoutofoverIOO number oi ... ,dl'nts who do not . good laulh, but unfca11mately, in Iar�elwill mature andbecome people wbotranendoully. enjoyedtbmllleml . many students.feel that tbla ac- more that is tbe meet tbe standards Ma. Paikin . serious; . person tlined When poee_c1 Radlo ·statian WYUR WU11AMcarbbn B'Slmchca -their 11th an curitely reflects tbe admilliOIII ·we wouldaccept even with lower has ou . with nlftl'lll'Y. Tocelebtate, a fabulaul c11nns � heldBelfer 1ntbe Com• policy at our university. Like IICOJ'el." this question, she responded, mw where timewere In attendance . many of tbe bat ltatlGn many other colleges; Yeshiva The average scores overall in "This is Yeshiva University JIWllltl'I oftbeput.ai wen·uour ·lncompanble pnllllt atatlGn doesrely not solelyon SAT scores the colleae, however, are very which is supported. by theJewish JDIDl8tll'.H. T. Kanl&, WYUR bu celellratemen to tban jultdate a orhigh schoolaverages which ap- lmpre111iveand continue to beon comm�ty ... we have a certain oalta Cllendar.'l1lll year la aae ofbeat tbe ev•for the radio atatloa, pllcants must meet before they the rise. Theaverage SAT score obli�tlon to the .�ewish com wltba newlmqe, new Innovative live rematee,Uve covenaeof ·Macs are considered for admlulon. for incoming freshmen at . m�ty 88 a whole�. :· _ If thereare balketblll pmea, and adtllilnew dilejockeya. 'l'he ablence of a rl&id accep- Yeshiva Colleae bas risen five people with exceptional qualities Speelrlnaof mllllc, theMudc departmmt, ledby Dr. EdwardLevy, tancepolicy leaves tbe academic percentover thelast yearto 1188. orneeds, baled onsometype of perfarmedlllec:ted pliceiof. Mourt at caneertaat belcl YC andsew, standard of 'Yeshiva unclear, Themean verbal score is now564 Judpmmt tblan peno will be tbrUUnl Illattendees wltb tbe lloaillnl dellgbtsof tbls great vlr· Bllcceaful InCOIJ9'e, be la given 1 liace the admllaton require- · and the mean matb N18escore to tuolo 1 mlllic. the mentl strongly Influenced . 624.According to Helen Simon of This is done by accep Speelrlngof llaurt,aioit the excltllll play yet bitto tbeYCDS stage academic quality of the insU- the admissions office, the mean a chance. com•to life April 12th wltb the productklnAmadeas of starriJJI liome ting them either on probation or tutlon. SAT scores for this year's student. "Youdo not old pro1 and. lntroduclnl·somenew and aeitlnl talent. While other respectableunlver- freshmen put them into the top as a visiting On Feb. 2S tbe student councll sponsored an excltlnl ski trip to sities are· satisfied with approx- twelve percent in both math and hear about that simply because HuntirMountain. 1be Sophomorebll Ciusdeservesa band fora job they arenot going totell you that imately sevenpercent of theirap- English nationwide. F,qually im- 1be well done. plicanta enrolling, more than half is howthey were admitted." pressive is the eighty nine and in Othercoll ealatesdelerving CClllll'atulatloaa a are theaspiring ones. of Yeshiva University's ap- average high school .score of in- student is then monitored his overall performance is Tbe Alplrlnabeaan Colle8i,l.. their outatandln(l lfll'l• of lntellectual ,1>licantsend up attending thecol- coming students tbia year. Ma. June 1 evaluated. "At that time the ad forums wltb a bani, Jilt WU any lndlcation of·tbeehab 1 potential, leae. One may · interpretthese · Palkin attributes tbe1e lncreaaes thinone safelcan y saythe cluban· bu exclt1ngfuture. 'l'1le Frellbman statistics to conclude that missions office can understand almoatdliectly totherecently ea- good CIUI allo dell.,,. mention for their well-attended "IOclal", Yeshiva ultimately caters to a whether its decision was a tabllabed Mu Stern and Belkin and then know for pnNdlngtbe ftntforum. smaller market and therefore Scbo y. decision or not laisprogramswblcbnot onl whether to take that Anotbm' acltial and fun.filled evening WU that � Feb�_ 20. 1be tries to compensate for what it boae top students next time bring In t risk again," explained Ms. Junior Cius lpODIOl'fld aIUCClllfu1(d,tpencllngonwhom you ask) lacks in quality with quantity. awardedacbolanbips, butuplift& "BlindDate" andparty theatre to "Little Shop of Horrors." However, we must scratch the student image to the point Paikin. Leet onethat fear YU studentslnterated are Inonly bavinl a 800d beyond thesurface to get a more where the lcbool la simply at- The admissions office feelsthat time,let lt J,e tbatbown tbele aame ltudentaon went a lobby trip_ to accurate explanation. Judy tnctlnl thequalltylltudenta wbo many of the general changes at Wublnlt,cln on behalf Jf1WrY.of Soviet • Paikin, Director of Admissions, In theput may have aptedto go Yeshiva·university have made it Eliauabof tbe put;now to the future. explains that moat · everybody elsewhere. Tbroulh the Max a much inore attractive school There will be YCDSan inter-eounclland sponaored "Candlelit Cafe" who comes to our college is stern Scholar's PnJtp'am;the ad- both in its environment and and talent own.lpnovatlvelbow atamna4NI' atudeats. . .. , _ · . aware of tbe riCOl'OUI acbedule ldentlfi• . all of academic. offerin8S, Five years l . mlsalons office '1bi" CcilllleBow'', �byYctc and otben,-pnmlall tobe andcoune load and iacomnii tted tbe top graduatln8tlda from Ye- ago maQY people came to Ye anadtla, and mtertainllJ8 8Vllllal am11N1Dmt.of triYlaand to theidea of pursuingbll Jewish _ lldva bl&bwbD zcboo11 have been sldva committed to this p,ar ".IIOltly lfl8lk" at Sbmulu BeraltelD'•• sponsoreilYCSC by and. . studiel. Al a rault be ii I n a ,....,,1zec1the t,y Natlonalllerlt ticular style of education but not tbe Cius,Senior ii to be a nl&bUIIIJ of WlllloideJectable and sure · . sensea self-selected group. "The Qualifying Teat. They also con- necessarilyexcited about coming tl. . . dellp ·. . . . number of people rejected isnot tactany other pmslble applicants to • tbe university. Now, most 'l1lllYCSC year will be partlclpatlngPurf.m IntheYU Chca1fsa. It ls monumental butthat is because Includingrelatives of alumni, and people· are coming with the part of tbelnter-eouncll effort to increue c:ooperaticlll, thereby m01tof� people who apply here people who express . Interest to attitude that they are not losing generating 11111•and succ••better and feellnaa of "iebdut," In are academically qualified. . recruiters. Once an application out on someother aspectof their tbe laa8■ nml sm,nathe apatbetlc autlook YU of students. Thereare objective criteria that bas . been received, an interview education. No longer does the laaddition, we are CJDwortinl the detaillYom of Huboab and Yom studentsare required to meetbut the large • dateis set up. Ma. Paikin claims University have Ha'atmaut Jll'Oll'UDI. · · they arenot strictly enforced and thereare two main reasonsfor an numberof students on the border YCSC will, ofeoune, eontlnueto be an Integralcomponent of ad leaveroom forOexibWty ." When interview, "of coune'it gives us a line trying tomake the decision mlnlatratlve effortsto make ltudentWe heremore enjoyable uthe the admlasiona office looks at an chance to evaluate the student · between staying in a Jewish en YC ltUdmtBallon. · application they concentrate on but it also gives the student a vironment and continuing leam Wltbthe IUCCelles of all the put events, andpleue � tboae of the one' s transcript, which is chance to fm d out about the ing or going for the best possible - future, I would like to· tbant Ill tbolewhoparticipated • thole for sta�istically provento bethe best school and decide if we are ap- secular education, claimed Ms. whom tbeleevents are nm.A epecla1goes tbanb toall thecommit• way of evaluatinga students sue- propriate for him." Last year, Paikin. "1bey are not making tees, counclll andboardmembers for their outstanding work and cessor failure in colleae. At the · · one hundred and twenty that choice any more, they will dedication to theenhancement of life at YU. same time, however, the admis- "academically talented" get both; they will get the kind of Good luck onand mid-terms I hope to seeall you at tbeupcominl sions staff takes other criteria in- students (90th percentile on tbe environment that they want and events. to consideration. ·Ms. Paikin SAT> werecontacted by Yeshiva the educationthat they want. Re described a typical dilemma, University. Of those contacted, cent changeshave mademy job a "was the poor record a lack of eighty of them ended up atten• whole lot easier; people want to Dean of Students: motivation or a lack of ability. ding. "1be numbers aren'thuge come to YU." A Report Card '· By Man Manllall , resources·offered by the office fantalize them by taking on their Tbe Office of the Dean of extremely helpful in every phase responsibilities. · Students ii perbapa the least of planning the event. 'lbe office · How doesDr. Nulman appraise Young Israel understood, and yet potentially can help by neaotlating prices, . the success of his office and its YOURS ETC. ODe of the moat meful offices at providing manpower,pr just giv• . policies? He sees many positive Bungalow tbeuniversity. From herealm01t in8 advice u to tbe best way to improvements in student life on TYPING. all aapectlof student onlife cam- · schedulerun and an event. campus. He pointsout that there in Monticello pus are coordinated. �-office . Thia year, Dr. Nulman bas are more events than ever. He is SERVICE woru together wltb ,\udeat . ciptedto take a less active role in overjoyed to . see that almost is• now seeking orpnllatiOIII, Including tbestu- student events, leaving more of every day on the calendar of stu dent councll, to formulate and�· the control with the students dent activities is filled. In counselors for Implementpl'Gll'UII events. and themlelves. Dr. Nulman points responae to complaints that the Specializing in la addltloa, tbe office . off.,. out_tbat "we don't do things for . student council hasn't been plan the summer guidance coumellD8 and� · the students, we do things with ning events he says " ...campus Law, Resumes, u a sort of omblldaman IDd.an tbestudenta." .He went on to say life bas changed here, maybe Term Papers advocateltudents tohelp tbnllMh .''Thestudents are here to 1et an four years ago, ' six years a10 or and Reports thelntricaclel of tbes,-m . , educaUon. I'm not golna to take ten yean ago all activities had to for further Otberanuoveneeabytblsol- on the students' work for them, come from one place ....Now I'm information call: flee lncludethe dormitories and but on the other band, I'm sym- not sure it has to belike that.. .It tbe student servicesaucb as tbe pathetic to the fact that the pro- doesn't matter where the idea atbletlc center, tbe bookltore, 81'8ffl la quite demanding and came . from... aa long as it hap (212) 655-4653 and tbe new late mgbt supper. that it la my job to be helpful." pens."In fact, the greatmajo rity .Pickup & Del ivery 7 8 9 4 Student leaden interested In The Dean chose this policy ( 1• ) fevenin111I627- 8 7 lpGIISOlial. event.I .wW find._UM, .. becauae he does not want to .in� Continued Pase 15 : ;;_'F t1 ' -,- , •• ..• Monday,· Mareh'10, ·- THE COMMENTATOR Pqell Science:------Are Extended.Wear LellSeS Safe? Contacts By TzvlDresdner thickness and DK are inversely In cases of clinical research, In February of 1980 the Food ·proportional to each other, . and however, the doctor remains at and Drug Administration's con water contentind DK are direct· all times in clOBecontact with his sumer magazine announced the ly proportional.There fore, wblle patients. It seems apparent that · approval of extended wear con complying to FDA requirements, such testing cannot evaluate the tact lensesfor cataract patients. Bausch and Lomb can manufac• potential hazards that result 'lbeFDA statedthat its approval turea thinlens which ls 38.6 per• from thole whodo not remainin of extended wear contact lenses cent water and Coopervillon can constantcommunlcation withan for routine vision correctionwas manufacture the thick and optometrist. Perhaps, due to the dependentupon the success of the durable Permaflex lenaeswbiclt results of the FDA's current in lenses worn by the cataract pa have a 74 percentwater content. vestigation, permission· to ad tients. It seems that they were Dr. O'Connell asserts that the minister thelenses will be taken satisfied with the. lenses' perfor FDA ls incorrect in 111ing a DK away fromvision centen, and on mance, for• in January of the value as the determining factor ly private practicing op following ; year, extended wear· whenallowi ng thelens to beworn tom� and ·_ophtbamologists lenseswere approvedfor general continuously for 30 days. This wUIbe involved In extendedwear use.But now,five yearslater, the rule enables commercial vision lens prescriptions. FDA is having second thoughts. centers to prescribe extended . Many consumers are wonder Plagued with thousands of cases wearlenses to peoplewhose cor ing what they can do to .ensure of severe eye damage resulting neaswUI not receivean adequate thatthe safety of wearingcontact from the lenses, the FDA bas oxygen: Sterling Optical, · for ex lenses. The most important step launchedan investigation.In the ample, is presenUyinvolved in a whenpurchasing lensei ls togo to meantime, many lens wearers Jawsuit for prescribingextended · a qualifiedoptometrist who gives are concernedthat the dangers of wearlenses to a fifteen yearold personalatte ntion and extensive permanenteye damageoutweigh boy without receiving parental lens care instruction. According tbe convenience of extended permission. The boy, relying on to Dr. O'Connell, the patient wear. the vision center's assurance should remove the lenses daily There are two majorquestions which must be addressed. First• ly, what causes· extended wear lenses to be so dam,aging while daily wear has been relatively safe? Secondly, did the FDA know of the possible dangen when they approved the lenses Did the FDAknow of the possible backin 1981? First, we must differentiate dangers when they approved the betweendaily wear · andextended wearJensea. Both typeslenses of lensesback. in 1981? overlap the eye'.• • protective covering, the cornea. Since it is needed�� for an adequate-���.: oxygen supply,but itsmoist surfacepro that, "The FDA approWll the throughout the adaption period, vides oxygen direcUy from the lenses to be wom for 30 days," usually from two weeks to a air. When contact lenses are in wore the lenses even after his month.After a secondvisit, if no place, the cornea is covered and eyes had become very irritated. · problemshave occurred, the pa· therefore partially deprived of His corneawas extensively scar- tient should sleep.while wearing · oxygen. Dally wear lenses, con redand ulcerated. Dr. O'Connell the lenses the night before the tainia,at least 30percent water ls quick to . point out that an in- thirdappoinbnent. Tbe next day, and relatively porous, allow dividuals' corneal oxygen re- the doctor canexamine the eye enoughoxygen to passthrough so quirements follows, statistically, andthe contact lens to seeif there that the cornea can be covered . a bell-shaped curve. The FDA's is potentialfor complications. for up to 18 hours. After this approval for thirty day wear, There are, according to the period of time, the lenses are however, applies to everyone, Consumer Union and Dr. O'Con removed, cleaned, and totally disregarding those pa·· nell, certaintests and procedures disinfected. Extended wear tientswho do not fall in thecenter which every patient should lenses, beingapproximately 34 to of the graph. undergo before purchasing con- 78 percent water and containing In Canada, Australia, and tact lenses. The optometristmust numerousminuscule pores, allow many Europeancountries, where beaware of thepatient's medical enoughoxygen to enter, enabling extended wear lenses became history,. including medications . the lenses to be worn for long available to consumersin the late and allergies. An external ex• periods of time. But according to 1970's, many cases of corneal in· amination of the eye should be many doctors, it is these tiny jury and even blindness were done with a special microscope pores that are the source of the reported by January 1981· the called a sliUamp. This enables · problem. Protein and other date of the FDA approval. The the doctor to detect any inflam depositsfrom the eyesbuild up in FDA, in approving the extended mation of the insideof the eyelids thepores and createthe optimum wearlenses for cataractpatients, or the surface of theeye and ab breeding ground for bacteria. In commented, "A number or peo- normalitiesof the cornea.Ey elid lessthan 24 hours, these bacterial pie (in Europe) lost their sight problems, usually the result of infections are capable of per• because the lenses were not pro- allergies, are the most common manently scarring and perlytested before being allowed problemto lens wearers,says Dr. ulcerating the cQrnea. Also, on the market. FDA did not ap- O'Connell. An internal examina• Wedn_esday, March 12 because the amount of oxygen prove the lensesfor marketingin tion of the eye with an neededby the corneavaries from the .1 To reallymake out,.ithelpsto be piepared. Experienced. Confident. Kaplangets you ready for theGMAT, LSAT, MC.AT, GRE, PSYCH,GRE GRE BIQ DAT, NTE, andSPEED READING. Infact, more licensing and acfmisgon tests · thananyone in theworld . Askabout the one you need. Ourtest- takingtechniques have helped over·1 millionscore. students Howaooutyou? . · KAPLAN . STANIEYH.CINTalJll KAPlANEDUCAJIONAl I 131 W.. 56 5""'and lbetween6 7 A�) N9WYorlr. N.Y. 10019• 212-9n-8200 Theworld's best test preporganization . CALL DAYS, EVENINGS, IVIN WIIKINDS: MANHAffAN 212-ffl-1200 IIOOKLYN 711-336-5300• QUIINS711-261 •9400• STATIN ISLAND711-97 9-1122 LONG ISLAND516-241- 1134 •WISTCHISnR 914-941.7801 ,,,, Monday,March 10, 1986 THE COMMENTATOR Paaet3 ''And TheIn nocent Shoab:--- ShallNo t.GoFre e'' AReview By BarryHenog consider him insane, the law 1be pbiloaopbical defense of By Sheldon Glada&eln Baaed on a lecture delivered by acknowledges his insanity and strict liability presently stands Despiteexistent AnU-8emitiam displayed to Jews in paaing Dr. Steven S. Nemeraon entitled: punisheshim even so. only if one adopts utilitarianism and the recurring need for trains.A van oftbeila me makeas "Philosophical Foundations /or · On a common seft8elevel these as the bases for a legal system. psychological denial (as ex those used to pa Jews CGmes Strict Liability. "· lawa can be raUonalized as But utility fails in that reprd. hibitedby the"Holocaust Hoax" dlrec:Uyat us, aa detaileda letter Most Americanaagree that our necessaryf or thepreservation of Strict ·adherence to the principle phenomenon), somewhat of a of bow to maintain wei1ht country'slegal system is baaical- our lepl system. For example, of utility conceivably demands fascination with the subject is balancewhile Jews rushedto its ly fair. 'lbe law dictates thatthe were every · insanity plea ac punishmentof an innocentman in prevalent. TheVillage Voice call doonread. ii A 1urvivorJoob on guilty get punishedwhile the in- cepted,then c:ountless murderers cases even more severe than edit "SboabBusinels,"referrin8 knowingly as Pollsb peasants, �t go free. Though we often would plead insanity andbeset strict liability. A classic to theoutpouring o f printand film previously applauding their lost argue,andjusUfiably ao, that cer- free. -Even if the courtsomehow theoretical example occurs in on the subject. Whether Jewilb townsmen, turn a1ainat tain criminala get off too easily, . knows a particular defendant to highly racially senalUve region. fetishistic fascination with Nazi him at the menUon of "Christ thatis usuallydue to a judge's le- beinnocent, it alloknows that the suppose ten black men were power or at times poignant Killer". The pleasant architec nient sentenceor to our own dif- next defendant might plead the murdered and no suspects were memoirs of survivors, the ture of the White House eases fering definiUon of evidepce. sameand beguilty. To preserve found. The black community Holocaust is certainly ingrained acrou the screen uthe ·sym Yet, we fail to acknowledge justice most of the time, the threatened violence in ·the in much of the public con pathetic Polish courier dileUSle& that the American courts also courtswould ratheraend onein streets, unless Justicewas done. sciousness. hia failed attempts at promoting sanction punishing innocent nocent man to jail and convict To prevent that,the police have a With "Sboab," Claude t.nz rescueefforta. 1be Nazideputy of · cimensin a broad range of cases ninety-nine guiltymen thanlet all chance to frame and convict an man has putforth a mammoth ef the Warsaw ghetto takes out a under the Strict Liability ruling. hundredgo free. Innocent white man whowill suf fort to remove the banality, and note pad to record its historical Strict liability is when mana who So, they define legal inaanity fermuch lessthan the total com yes, even glamour prevalent in factsthat he "fora ot",as betalks breaksthe law, but is not respo� with a stricter interpretation bined suffering of the communi much mainstream Holocaust about his passion for mountain sible forbreaking it, is punished than the medical profession's ty. Theutilitarian principle calls material. Lanzman was cllmbing ...This is .what the · by the courts. An example is. a defm ition. 1bus, although our for framing the innocent man. adamantly negative about NBC's Holocaust ii about. Nazi officials defendantwho was heldresponsi- moral sensesquirms when socie Yet, certainly our moral cons "Holocaust" miiiiseries of a · few spend their time cllmbinl moun ble for a crime he committed ty punishes innocent men, as cience cannot tolerate such an years back. 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Moilday, MarehIt, 1• THE COMMENTATOR ....., Kahane PLO Dean of Students Scharansky continuedfrom page 5 continuedfrom poge 3 continuedfrom 10 page continuedfrom 6 page In proposing to expel Arabs King Huuein's break with the of campusevents thishave year year baa been hla ability to ac ilaue of Jewilbemi,ration. from llrael, RabbiKabane of is political leadenblp of the PLO not been theplanned by Student compliab these feats without Many people are wondering ferinC an answerto tbeproblem . gives us a further testimonyto Council. lnltead, these events arouahi& the reaentmmt and . what wWbecome of thewide pp It laan anawer thatmost people, the tone of unwUllnpess ofthe are sponsored by smaller clubs . strife which marred hla office in relilloUI oblervaace between Jewish or · 1mwe, Ullderltan PLOtoco mpromilefor peace.Jj and OJ1811Wltions and often at- lastyear. In fact, tbeoppoeite bu ScbaraDlkywife andbia ; Avttal, dablyfind intolerable. But tosay Hu1&ein stated, "The PLO tract a less than desirable beencase, the and hla officebas nowthat they reunited. are Since "no"to tberabbi is notenough; it leadenbip has proved that its response. Reprdlesa ofthe tur- enjoyed peaceful relations with herimmigration to Israel in 1974, behooves the knee-jerk nay priorities arenot identical with nout, however, a goodnumber of other members of the ad Avital bas learned a great deal cereus tocome up with a better ourpriorities or withthose of the these activities, such as the ministration and faculty. 1be aboutorthodox Judaism, and bas aolutlon. II there, in fact, an Palestinianpeopl e." recital sponsoredthe by Classical feelinp of goodwill have been becomeobservant. Natan,on the alternative to the three un 'Ibisshould beanother sign to Music Society, are of -excellent marked by events such as Dr. other hand, ii notyet committed thinkables - a Palestinian the world and to the American taste and are definitely not lack- Tendler's address at the YCDS to an orthodox way of life, hegemony, a disenfranchised government of the true nature ing in meri�. In fact, such an play Brothers, and by an increas although he considers religion caste · of Palestinian un and intent of the PLO establish event is in line with the office's ed number of events sponsored more than another part of his touchables, or a forced Palesti ment. 'lbe PLO doesnot wish to goal of initiating events to by YID. culture. This difference was nian exodus? Or are Jews stuck sit and discussthe issues of peace enhance the campus' academic Still, Dr. Nulman feels that he highlighted when Israeli with a tragic, i.e. insoluble, but rather attempts to influence environment. 1beDean sees the has just "scratched the surface" newspapers made an issueof the dilemma? world public opinion and attain inspiring of such clubs and of the campus potential. For the fact that A vital considered Rabbi Kahane's one in the sympathy of their Arab organizations as one of his next year he plans improvements Natsn'spublic embrace a viola . disputable virtue, therefore, lies brothers. Let the world see and greatest achievements. in career services and personal · tion of Halacha. in the fact that he, unlike most recognize the true colors of the Another area of success is stu- counseling as well as recon Alao of great interest are Mr. Jews, is willing tolook some un "PLO" coat. dent services. His office is . sideration of academic advise Scharansky's political leanings. savory problems in the face. He responsible for the extended ment. Also, he hopes to tighten Avital hasidentified herselfwith may not have tbe rilht answer, hours in the . gym, late night the management of the dor- the right-wing Gush Emunim but· at least he raises the right snacks in the cafeteria and the mitories. movement which advocates oc questions. U there were noRabbi bookstol'.9, However, some of the In order for the office to really cupiedJudaea and Samaria. The Kahane, the Jewish community most dramatic improvements help the students it must know supportof an international figure would have toinvent him. have been in the area of student the feelings of the students. To such as Scharansky would counseling, especially career that end the Dean extends an doubtlessbe of greatbenefit, both counseling. open invitation to any students financially and politically, to any Yet perhaps the Dean's most who want to stop in for any partyhe choosesto align himself. outstanding achievement this reason,whether to sugestan im Left-wingparties fear thathe will provement, helpwith an idea, or not begiven a fair opportunityto just voice a gripe about the chosefor himself. While Scharan� system. sky will undoubtedly be faced JSAF conlinlM!dfrom page 5 with · several crucialdecisions in the coming months, it cansafely Kach or its ideas. He adds, example. Referringto theParli Arab? A dead Arab alsostin ks." be said that the worst is now however, thatthe admin istration ment as "Perea and bis behindhim. "cannot stifle the students' parasites"does improve not pre Consistent with Kahane, the freedom of speech." .When it · sent religious and aecular rela JSAF supports the policy of comes to Jewiab topics, · Dr. . monitarily punuadingthe Arabs tlona in Israel or in tbe. United to leaveIsrael. However;should Nulman says, "ideas are States. Peres, tbrcM,ab majority . volatile." The administration rule, is the Prime Minister of the.Arabs NMertbe..Jarnli ar- cannot afford to involve itself in Israel. His primary objective is my can use force. 'lbus, the such issues. to furtherthe peace processwith prevalent questions remain: Are TheJSAF does not wishto at- the Arabs. By defaming Peres Kahane's policiestowards Arabs tract violent people whocommit and bis colleaguesthe JSAF may displaying the same racism mindlessacts. It believes that its which has plagued Jews bedriving a laqer weqein the throughout the centuries? Is foundation is built on Jewish existing tension between the Kahanaism using the. Arab prideand Jewishawareness. The religious and secular Jews. Fur minority as a scapegoat to vent members' purpose is simple: to thermore, could the group's majority tension? Finally, does arouseactivism in the hearts of belief in Kahane's ideology and thedehumanization of Arabs and the Jewish students on the YU his desirefor theexpulsion of all tbe demand for their expulsion campus.The administration con- Arabs from Israel lead to Jewish 2543 AMSTERDAM AVE.. (AT 186 ST.) tends undermine traditional Jewish that the JSAF is a responsi- separatism, superiority and ex claims for a homelandand their 568-4855 ble movement with clear goals. clusivity? complaints against those who Any person who fm ds the JSAF The coocept of Chflul Hcuhem, violate Jewish rights? doctrine too passive and decides desecration of .G-d's name, is to "splinter off" from thestated another case of a forgotten Jewish pride and awareness objectives of the JSAF are in Jewish ethical issue. Kahane has are worthy ideals; Jewish racism clear violation of university consistently dehumanized Arabs is not. There is J'.OC)m, and need policy. in Israel and on the West Bank, for a JSAF oncampus. However, The JSAF's goals are while praising and encouraging the JSAF abould realize who praiseworthy, yet certain Jewish terrorism. In Akko, a city in nor Kahaneis and whathe represents ethical questions remain thwest Israel, Kabane told his before committing itself to a Jews for Blacks unanswered. Slnaat Chinam, followers thatArabs are "clop." policythat destroys Jewiih pride co.nllnuedfrom page 5 hatredof a fellow Jew, is a prime "Who saysa deadArab is a good ratherthan promote it. failed is becauseof strangleholds blem of theological viewpoint." and Jewish control. That's a pret In a speech in Washington, he ty convenient excuse for Black said, "I am not seperating just failure. After all, who wants to Zionistsout, because Zionists are admit fault in oneselfeven when the outgrowth of Jewish tran it's true. qressions." In Farrakhan's re continwdfro m /Jllfe 2 every nilbt and try our best to cent Madison Square Garden ap- YUR catch late breaking YU news. The Nation of Islam is a black pearance, he said, "Jews, I am Navy Chaplainswere kept busy organization baaed in Chicago your last chance. If you kill me, with copious readlnlS, represen ,gives you Somepoints made were certainly valid. We appreciate criticism and founded by LouisFarrakhan. the ovens were of nothing. 1be ting a vast array ofsources. I was more 'lbeir economical and political scripturescbarae you with killing moeJ impressedto seemy fellow (especially the constructive kind). We'realways tryingto im program calls for a "aeparatlst the prophets of God. You can't Christian Chaplainsreading from In recent iaaues you have homeland economy" in America say never apin to God, because theTalm ud, Maimonides and the printedan articleand severallet prove our quality, and are cer tainly open to auggestions. for black people only. Black whenhe puts you in bis ovens, it's Relponse of Rabbi J. David ·· ters referring to WYUR. Tblnk hypocrisy is no different from forever." Farrakhan has also Bleich. youfor ·theexposure. But I would Sheldon Gladstein, Pro1ram Director, WYUR any other bypocrily, for thlaNa- stated, "that the actions of the A significantcontribution to the. ■till Uke toclear up a few issues, tion of Islam proaram mirrors outlaw·State of Iarael, ii a prac quality of the Navy Chaplain of which l'msureourliltenenbip the proaram which. Blacks in ticeof a dirtyrelillon" and that " Carpi madeii being by theseo tw ii already aw�. WYUR la in South Africa are fiabtinl to the Judaismiia autter relJaioa." outstanding rabbis. '111e impact deedclub a involvln&its 1tuden ts. death to conquer. How in- Jewilb people everywheremmt of theirlearning, dedication and We have over 50 staff members tereatlng it ii to ■ee that Far- "'4>Pthis ChfJful Hufwm of our talentwill l eave a lastingimprea- and provide an important YC 1 ruban's ■eparatllt Jll'Clll'8lll la blbid and undyiq ■upport for a lion onour country, for years to st,rn connection. We have identical toSouth Africa's apar- : ll'OIIP■upporta which a Jew-bat come. recently implemented live tbeld. LoaIn Aqel•, Farruban I m, pnt. · It II about lime that Rabbi Sanford H. Shudnow remotes from school dorms, utd, "I have a problem with ; Jenfind the dlp1ty■elf and n1- Rabbi Shudnow I• the Lieutenant broadcaated home Mac games, Jewilb people, tbil lln't a pro- pectthat other Jews and Jewilh Commander of the Chaplain and .expanded our broadcutinl blemf)f anti-temitlam, it ii a pro- 1' l•derlhave thrown away. Corp, fn the United State• Navy boun. We give away an album / . . �-...... '- : . : . . . � _ . • , • • , ❖, ...... �...... ·. . ' ,:- , , " Jonny Halpert: · A Class Act The Hod Towers by 8turtGoW-, . By S&eveaFnul The' fortune■ of Yeshiva Univenlty'a basketball team By ...,. GtNINrs normal procedun!a of tryiaa tobega n to change In the 1■1-G Joulhan �Halpert hu been persuade Schwartsplay toc:ame aeuonstar when guards Ronnie coecblnC m,uetbaU -at Yllbiva· ballfor Yeabiva, all aloa8remln- Schwartzartd Joey Eaves enroll Unlftnlty f• over14 yean. His ding him that buketball ii not ed. 1be Macabeea bad · their recordof 1 ,not1 71- • ncJudlnl tbia tbe primary interest of tbe · backcourt, - but that wasn't ·yearsrecard, win not sendhimto school,nor abould it bethat of� enough 'Ibeywon a _were · . nd com the· ®Bebee ball of fame, ·nor student who plays. Schwartz, m . petitive, and )'et that winning even . to the ball of fame for what was a surprise to Halpert, seasonstill eluded them. Yeablva eoacbm. However, the decided to � In Yeshiva. Tbis all changed 1n the UIIH5 record ii aecoadary. Halpert Halpertsaid 'Helta tremendous_ aeaaon with the enrolbnent of demandlpractke, bardplay, and amount ornlpublibW ty to Ran- Yeshiva's ''Twin Towen Lior unael(ialma. ," Critlca of Halpert _ nie, I was veryworried. Here'sa andAyal Hod.With the comlnl of contend that thiltalented year's kid wbo was never exposed to · theHod brotbers,tbe finalp{ecei team llbould have attaiaed a much judaiamand tbnllt intothe to the-� were put 1n place, . twenty win ieuaa. 'lbMecrltlca . Yeshiva . warld. After all YOID' and81 a nault, Yeshivacomplied further believe tbat Yllbiva'a talkinlabout a kidslife. But now _poor rec:ord combinedwiththe the beat two year record In the foar.yeanlater, lfeelpat. He'• lut 25 years. fact thatYelldva ii not invitedto waJklna · outof herewitha u, ac- It all be&an at an early age for play In the N.C.A.A. DI fouma. eeptance to business ICbool,and Ay a l --..a111NLt or. G av-..-'...... in up Tel- reOeet. . m_ - reOeet. -bil COIC'b':::-... deft- -·- .---'billty of-'..,....- -�e1 to ..-. Aviv, the Hoell couldalways be cimci•. for a year and leandn8 more found playtna buutball' 1n the para 8fOUlldtbeir �. Even . tboulb they weresmaJler thin ''In- the ·past . moatof tbeother boys, the YOU111 "Towers" were always · early I've ·don, things pleb lnebooleuppm• becauae of their natural Instincts and In the .best drive·to win; In 1980,at theage of· 13 and 14, Ayal and Llor left interest of the Israel for Atlanta,Georgia. As freshmen at Croll-Keya bigb ·person, not scbool, tbe Hodslast werethe two to make their high school junior the team.'' varsity. They were . really So In September of 1984 Hod season ·ever. Ayal who was deliptedand surprised just to be· "Tower" tl arrived. recenUynamed E.C.A.C. division on a team of this caliber. 'Ibey . ; Hal� aplalned that · "OID' aboutbis people. I thinkita beena As for Ayal, . because of a III r®kie o( theweek, is leading didn't expect to make tbe team, . ; eblaca al � iilYited are perfect marriage for both the . scbolarsbip be was offered, be Yeshiva In both scoringUI PPll ' prettyremate. Ena_ if we went schooland for Ronnie. because of thehwiclred boys that enrolleda t CokerCollege in South andrebounds (11.8). At thesame 20�1 our chance, would be tried out, as a result, the Hod Cerolina. As a resultof an injury, tlme Llor is second in bothscor · : remote. You needacoupleof»a Thisyear-bas no doubt been the . brothers didn't mind Sitting OD Ayal's plaYlnl timewu severely• ing and reboundinl, with 15 and the bench and learningfiner the ; seuons bef°" they ebo6leyou. most enjoyable year of coaching limited and at that point be 10, respectively. Allo Uieremany are good teams for Halpert. He said ''this is polnta of thegame. � . there wumore to life After college Lior and Ayal that no ane beanthat of get-in derm itely the best team I've Durinl bis F� year, than basketball. Ayal wanted to both hope to pliy pro ball in not vited. Scboolllike Potsdam ST., coacbedsince I've been at Y.U., Lior onlyimproved bisgame, · 10 Intobullness, but Coker an art · Israel, 'Vibileattbe 111111e t4me put Oneota, Hartwlek, are outatan we .were well roundedwith good but grew six incbel aswell. By school, �dn't offer a bus8"!88 their educaUon to uae. Lfor, a dinl aeboolago,i• that guards,· . forwards, and a good thetime bewas a sophomore, be major.'As a result, Tower d ar computer major, would like to bench. AJao the fans IKdp· us stood I'S" and played · aome rived at Yeibiva In January .of get a Job witb.a big computer Coach Halpert'&critics should tremendously. It's very exciting aeniorvanity, u wellai ltartlng 1985._ Both are extremely happy firm, somethingbe bu todesired notfcqet that be bubad thea d- to coach a pme In front of a for tbeJ .v.. 'lbedouble practices at Yeshiva Univenity,and feel do for yean. Ayal would like to ded burden of coacbln& .at a pack� _ gym. 'lbe pme against that· be attended improved bis they'relettinl a fint rate educa play ballIn theN.B.A., but know aebool that before tbilbad year N.Y.U., for example, was pro skills and gave him · better tionwblle at thesame time play-_ inlthat ii realistically notpoaai no om,IGIDetJunc Dean Smith bablythe moat "exciting pme of stamina.By bis year,junior Lior ingthe pml theylove. ble would settle for i good ac -- · and Bol,by Knqbt bad not con- the season." For all tbOle who wu a startervanity ona team Lastyear Lior wu a majorfac countqjob and a ■tartinl spot tendedwith. Hold on,I'm nottry- forsot,. Yesbiv a led at balf-tlme thatbad lta flnt seasonwinnin8 � In the Macs ftnt winning on an Israeli team. _ lnl to compare Halpert to the by threepolnta. "I lovedcoaebin1 in ten yean