175 vc and sew Union Accuses Yeshiva University Students Attend Facilities Manage Yankee Game ment of Mistreatment. Legal maneuvering continues between workers and nmm.entatnr administrators. September 13 1995 / 18 Elul 5755 Of11c1al Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College Volume LX No 3 Pages Pagc6 Rabbi Tendler Declares 'UnqualifiedSupport'For President Lamm on Gay Issue Closet Far From Closed
BYNICKMUZIN Court's decision in a similar case involving Georgetown Univer In the latest development in sity, he has decided to "back the sensitive and politically off:" charged issue of gay clubs, R. "If it [banning the gay clubsJ Moshe Tendler, MYP Rosh Ye would cause the university to shiva and a world�renowned lose one million dollars, I would rabbinicauthority,hascomeout say'go ahead'." But,according in support of University Presi to Rabbi Tendler, the university Student Publications dent Norman Lamm on the is stands to lose much more than sue of existing gay clubs at YU money by taking action against .Barred from YU's graduate schools. In a private gay clubs. By some reports, the letter to a formerstudent Rabbi very accreditation of AECOM Tendlerassertsthat "[Dr.Lamm] "'= and Cardozo are at stake. "The World Wide Web Site should be given full authority � contribution of the graduate BYOWENCYRULNIK and unqualified support to s schools of YU to Jewish life and make the 'judgment call' as to i continuity in the USA is of im Last March, Yeshiva Univer how vigorously he will resist the Rabbi Dr. Moshe D. Tend/er measurableworth," the Tendler sityinitiatedahomepageon the incursions of the gay and lesbi memorandumasserts,"the price much publicized World Wide an activists." university. Rabbi Lamm, who [ of banning the gay clubs] is too Web. The Univeristy does not Gay and lesbian clubs have has been publicly silent on the high." Instead, argues Tendler, plan, however, at least inthe existed at Cardozo Law School, issue, claims that any discrimi Lammshould "enterthefieldof near future, to allow any stu at the Albert Einstein College of nation against the gay clubs battlefor theminds and heartsof dent-related pages on its web Medicine, and at the Wurzweil would result in a massive loss of thenew generation" by issuing site. The decision, made by a er Schoolfor Social Work, for a governmentfunds for YU. astateqientinwhichhelaysout collective group of upper Uni number of years. Inthe past few R. Tendler had previously "the hala chic, moral rejectionof versity officials including deans months they have become the called for Dr. Lamm to abolish the gay and lesbian lifestyle." and vice presidentsis meant to subjectof much media attention, the gay clubs. However, after Rabbi Tendler also chal protect the university fromboth and the issuehas been used by consulting with legal experts lenged Dr. Lammlet to him speak legal and public relations dam- i critics of YU to denigrate the and reviewing the Supreme continued on page 13 age,butithasleftmanystudents .. upset by what they perceive as j censorsh. 1p. � Steven Weinberger {Left) and TheYeshiva University home Ari Rosenthal, Head Computer YU Students Initia-te First page is a small link in the un Operators, 1995-96 fathomablecollective known as the. World Wide Web_(WWW). the possibility of creating a sec The Web is fast becoming the ond server, distinguished from Ever Fraternity on Campus most popular facet of theInter theofficial University server,but net, and now boasts millions of with links between the two, that users world wide. When the YU would be under the control of Triggers Emotional Debate on YC Campus site was firstset up, a decision YCSCdirectly. wasmadethattheultimatedeci Lenny Brandwein, however, BY MEIR S. ZEITCHIK on condition of anonymity, said College Student Council, much sions as to itscontent would rest whoisinchargeof thecomputer thatthe fraternity "is about good in the same way they are given with Public Relations director administration at Yeshiva Col Inanunprecedentedmoveat thingsand fun things." the cold shoulder at secular David Rosen. Rosen explained lege,disagreed.Heclaimed that· Yeshiva University, a group of Buttheformationofachapter schoolslike Brandeis. thatsincethematerialpublished there would beno noticeabledif undergraduates have joined the inanorganization where many But RobertBagdadi, president on the Web at this time would ferencebetween the two servers national fraternityAlpha Epsi- persons associatea fraternity's of theYU chapter, known as the consist substantiallyof official and all that the creation of an Ion Pi. . values as antithetical to Torah, "Upsilon Upsilon" colony, re YU publications which were his additional server would create - The undergraduates were .. has raised several eyebrows mains undaunted by the con domain, overseeing the Web was additional work both for quietly swornin as members of among the YU administration demnations.Instead, he declared would be a logical extension of himself and forthe student oper the overwhelmingly Jewishfra- . and student leaders. his plans to seekfull recognition his duties. While Rosen saw the ators and administrators who ternity last May and hope that "ThefratatYUisatruechillul fromYCSC. need for a comprehensive poli support the network. the beginningoftheschoolyear Hashem," said YCSCpresident "I see no reason why this he asserted his personal view Brandwein was referring to will usher in a host of new op- Joshua Fine. should be seen as different from cy,that thereshould be afree flow of two YC seniors, Ari Rosenthal portunities. Assistant Dean of Students any other club," said Bagdadi. ideas. and Steven Weinberger who are The frat's goal and mission, RabbiJeffreyChaitoffremarked Fine takes an adamant stance Dr. Efrem Nulman, Dean of the head operators at Yeshiva said Robert Bagdadi, president that "YU does not allow social against this argument. Students at Yeshiva University, College. Rosenthal said that of the YU chapter, varies with fraternities on campus." As a "There's no chance we' re go said thatuntila policy is formu while his initial plans had been each individual member. "For result,hesaid, thefraternitycur ing to accept the frat," he said, a lated, the administration is de to put student publications on me, it's about brotherhood,"· he rently does not receive funding position shared by two of his veloping the Web incremental the web, his effortsare being met said. or officialrecognition from the three colleagues on the YCSC ly. He and Rosen both suggested continued on page 12 Another member, who spoke administration or the Yeshiva co11ti11ued 011 page 12 P 2 September 13, 1995 __::;age:..:....;, ______,m1ye fil ummtnbdnrl ....------,
ijt overwhelmed by the strange surroundings and new demands of college life.and t mm.entahtr ����!�n!��}!!.���.��!�1�!1?.�� .I,�� (1! Sensitive to the newcomer's anxieties, most universities provide the stu dents assistance in a variety of forms. YeshivaUniversity offers its Academic 500 West 185th Street, New York, NY 10033, Telephone and Fax: (212) 740-2155. Advisement Center. Published bi-weekly duringthe academic year by the Yeshiva College StudentCouncil. The A year ago the center was inaugurated as a central locale where informa views expressed in these columnsare those of the writers al one and do not necessarilyreflect tion, insight and commentary on the college's majors, minors, and general the opinions ofThe Commentator, the student body, the faculty, orthe Administration of course requirements should be readily available. The idea was fantastic. But Yeshiva University.We do not endorseany of theproducts or servicesad vertisedin these its execution has been less than par. It should be obvious that a successful pages. Copyright 1995 The Commentator. One issue free, feefor add itional issues. advisement center depends on employing advisors who are fluent in all OW EN CYRULNIK ARID.HIRT facets and innuendoes of the course catalog. Details of requirements, course Editors-in- Chief descriptions, and comprehensive outlines of specific majors should roll off all advisors tongues. Unfortunately, the faculty professors serving as RYANS.KARBEN student advisors are unable to deliver any useful information outside their Executive Editor field of expertise. It seems that science professors are always scurrying to STEVEN MIOD OWNIK ME IR ZE ITCHIK answer basic liberal arts questions and English professors squirming to News Editors answer business related inquiries. At the very least advisors should be adept in giving new students JOSHUA FELDMAN EL Y KRONENBERG JAS ON BUSK IN assistance on a personal and friendly level. During orientation's registra Layo ut Editor Copy Editor Busin ess Manager tion day one new student was seeking an advisor's assistance in choosing ASSOCIATE EDITORS a major. In response the advisor snubbed the student and handed him the course catalog to read on his own. "I would only be reading straight from News NickMuzin this book anyway,"stated the advisor. � J.D. Shulman The college must recognize that being an advisor is a unique job that Photography Ian Stein, Daniel Gordon, Paul Hurwitz requires its own unique training. Contrary to YU belief the qualified Art Daniel Sentell, Ari Steiner professor does not determine a quality advisor. Sports Steven Kupferman,Daniel Wolfson Technical David Gladstone ADVERTISINGMANAGER SPORTS EDITORS Caughtin the Web EhudFried David Goldenberg, Adam Melzer Yeshiva University has committed a classic fatal error in administrative STAFFWRITERS DISTRIBUI'IONMANAGER decision making. Rather than formulate a rational policy for publication on Josh Englard; Andrew Davidson, Jeremy Ives the UniversityWorld Wide Web page, they have erected a virtualwall which StuartMilstein, Nathan Lamm prevents students frompublishing on the Web. Thispolicy is both unreason able and unfair. Associated Member: AMERICAN JEWISH • �: · \! PRESS ASSOCIA· Universities around the country have engineered systems by which • Collegiate Press l, J TION . student publications, and even individual students are granted space at the R f 4SSoc.'• UniversityWebsite.ThereisnoreasonthatYeshivaUniversitycannotdothe same. If they are worried about public relations or legal ramifications,or even of chilul hashem, then it behooves them to enact a policy which will deal with suchproblems;butitbehoovesthemtodosowithoutdelay.Thatmeansthat -LETTERS - the formulation of such a policy should take precedence over the decisions To the Editor as to what color the background of the onlinecatalogshouldhave, and which YUPRpublication will reach theWebfirst. We urge the powers thatbe to keep in mind that thisUniversity is not a Get w1·th The Program· public relations firmbut an institution of higher learning.Students should To the Editor, take precedence, or at least be allowed equal access to that which will further When Ireturned home fromfinalsafterSpringsemester,my friendswere finishing their education. And yes, students can gain access to other publishing theirfinalsatOhioState.Foranyonewhodoesnotknow,OhioStatehasapproximate opportunities on the Web-but is there any reason why theycannot take lyS0,OOOundergraduatestudents,orS0timesasmanyasYeshiva University.About advantage of facilities at their own institution?Moreover, if the student a weekand a half later they had theirgrades ,while it tookme a monthto receivemine. administratorsand head operators,upon whose shouldersthe burden of the Ican not understandwhy it takesY.U. so long to processthe grades. We are a much Web site largely rests, are willing to undertake the.effort, thencan the smallerschool andtherefo reit shouldbeeasier tokeeptrack of teachers whohave Universitydeny themthat undertaking? to turnin gradesand studentsto whom they must besent. We have a responsibility Theold adage teachesthat one shoulderr on thesideofcaution.What YU · · as studentsto do work and take oqr testsin a timelyfashion. I have.yet to come fails to realize that it thebest scenario is not to errat all. Cautionis obviously up with a reasonourwhy thefaculty and administrationcan not reciprocateand have necessarybut it shouldnot a be paralyzinga caution. A policyshould be thegrades outquickly. in StuartShindel . formulatedwhich protects the University butdoes notquash the students YC'97 the process. Make it real · TotheEditor:. In theeditorial, "Get Real," theCommentator applauded the administration and studentleadersfortheireffortsinenhancingtheShabbosp�m atYeshiva. .CheifetzandDeanNulmanaretrulydeservingofrecognitionforthemanyhours Rabbithey·· spentduringthesummerdeveq,ingand�gflindingfortheShabbosprogram. TORAH SotooareJoshFine,HillelCohen,RichieGrossman,andDavidMerklinfortheirhelp in�rganizing OrientationShabbos: . · · . ' . Atthesametim,:,TheComme,ntalordaimed tha'tdespitealltheirefforis, theprogram· ·w.wldnot�becauseofthelackofa�ofcominonidelltityatYeshiva.What 'PtEIO: .. itfailedto�;however,isth.ttoneof�p,imuy-plsofthe�prognim is,i n �; to promotea greaterof seriae .comm�identity! Shabbos an op�-,--�all studenta� davmtogether; ea t tog�, sins together�providestalk _togel)lar-andlnm�,regardle,sof�)ftviih�p.n,gramor��� ..� . more�denbwho�tarmYeshiva��pa•in.����.-.,d- •· •�•���:orpnti&�tt.atw•; tl'le.JnONwe�m· . . -�eJopthefwlingof��·-Yishiva.':_·. ·. \ .· .': .. · .. · .... ·:· · ... . �perhap,Jlol�ulanl�lthefriday�tishwillmake,llltlwdiffennN.Why. ·. . · · · notasll���330�dimwflopa�patfllin�,iishuntil111lOAM,eatin3 . ·. - i· 1 · .��A . · • topther�singingtog�,ta1��,lit1teilingtodivmTorahtogether,�· · . · . dandngtopther.Or�yet ,whynotjointhemthisSha�and�o_u. ty� . · : RabbiMmOdian . . . · . ' ShoeiU'Mai,luv and . ·· Pinctorof Hadracha· ·. Mentoring�the · . . � . ' 18 E/u/ 5755
From the Editor's Desk Rosh Hashana Greeting
OWEN CYRULNIK
This summer I attended a college ers, administratorsor even student lead newspaper editor's seminar in St. Pe ers. We take our independence and jour All the world's a wedding tersburg, Florida along with the editors nalistic integrityvery seriously when it of 14 other college newspapers, both comes to those about whom we provide The Talmud quotes Shmuel as advis uate what and why we are doing. Ye large and small. Being the only ortho information. The Commentator, inciden ing his younger contemporary R. Yehu shiva is a demanding and challenging dox Jew in the group I was naturally tally, does not report on G-d, and there da, "hurry and eat, hurry and drink, for experience - Torah and Madda, each bombarded with all typesof questions fore does not compromise itself by sub the world we are leaving is like a wed on the highest level. But why subject rel a ting to the religious nature of Yeshi jecting itself to his influence. ding" - a remarkable and somewhat yourself to this? Just to get in to a better va University and the restrictions that The above distinction appears mi troubling simile. Is this a counsel of graduate school- or better job - or pla such an institution places on the stu nuscule, but it is extremely important. hedonism, of self-indulgence? And in cate parents or friends - or without dent body in general. Most of their And what's more, it holds true in other what way is life like a wedding? giving any real thought to the ques questions were standard; I had heard areas as well. Distinctions. can be Rashi and others interpret that as an tion? them hundreds of times. One ques blurred, and definitionsstretched, but invitation to enjoy the legitimate plea Such answers are inadequate, even tion, however, really got to me be as long as the inner integrity of the idea sures oflifewhich,like a wedding party, demeaning.The central theme of our life cause it struck at the very fabric of the is preserved, its existence cannotbe ques is all too brief: chupah up, chupah down, at Yeshiva must be the ve'erastikh Ii an important part of our existence both tioned. and it's all over. le'olam that animates and vitalizes our here at Yeshiva University and in the We are approaching the holiday of An interpretation by the great Ha talmud Torah and our academic work. world at large. Rosh Hashanah, a time when this con sidic master, R. Yaakov Yosef of Theremustbe a commitment to Hashem, Towards the beginning of our dis cept is illustrated very clearly. Unde Pollnoye, is even more engaging - es to consecrating all we do - our college cussions at the seminar, one of the in niably, the concept ofTshuva, or repen pecially for Yeshiva University's un work and extra-curricular activities, as structors questioned the legitimacy of tance, blurs the line between reward dergraduates: At a wedding, there is well as our Torah studies - to the ulti my claim that TheCommentator was ac and punishment. Rosh Hashanah is a much activity -eating, talking, danc matepurposeforwhich we are placed in tually a newspaper. His challenge was holiday which drives home the fear of ing, merry-making, music, photo the world. Without that spiritual core, based upon my open admission that judgment and retribution but also calls graphs -but all of it is utterly meaning all else appears disconnected and frag there were certain instances in which I for festive rejoicing in anticipation of less, even grotesque, if one man does mented, incohesive and even incoher would allow my independence to be the forgiveness that we are bound to not say to one woman, Harei at ent. sacrificed inorder to uphold halacha or receive. It is a holiday conceived in mekudeshes Ii! With that expression of loftenruethewaytoomanystudents Jewish Law. In the opinion of that par paradox, but more importantly, it is a utter commitment, all else makes sense; come into college with one overwhelm ticular instructor, any journalistwho holiday that illustrates the concept just without it, everything else is chaos - ing ambition -to get out as fast as possi admits that he would, a priori, succumb elucidated above. There need not be a and crazy. ble into the "real world." That so-called to outside pressure of any sort was, by clear line between joy and sadness, Such is the nature of the world. It is a real world may not be so "real" after all, definitionnot a true journalist.There is between punishment and reward, be complex, dynamic, diverse, pulsating not if it lacks coherence and doesn't noway,he said, thata newspaper could tween retributionand forgiveness,even place. All of it, all of life, makes sense if maketoomuchsense.So, stay thecourse coexist with thetenets of orthodox Juda between love and hate. The line can be at the center of it-the center that you as at Yeshiva, "eat" and "drink" - con ism. blurred, just as journalistic indepen an individual occupy there is a power sume the learningand guidance, drink ful,unshakable commitment to Hashem; fromthe well ofTorah and the fountain Verysimply,theinstructorwasmis dence can be compromised under cer Ii taken; his reasoning Was faulty.Deter tain circurnstanceswithoutbeing lost. in the words of Hosea, ve'eras tiklt of knowledge - knowing that as you mining what exactly was wrong with Forgiveness can be granted without le'olam ... a betrothal, as it were, to the integrate your lives here, you will be his argument, however, is much more losing the integrity of a system of re Almighty Himself and to His Torah. better prepared to lead meaningfuland difficult. True, The Commentator is not ward and punishment and we can re Without it, however; all the pieces do fulfilling lives later on. fully independent, and we have never joice without losing the sense of fear not add up; all is madness - like a wed May 5756 prove to be a stellar year claimed to be completely independent. and awe brought forth by the Day of dingparty without a bride and groom. for each of you and all of you. Enjoy the Iwould argue, however, thata vision of Judgment. And, yes, we can call our It is worth pondering this lesson as wedding-and don't forget the harei at! true and completeindependence has selves true journalists while at the we begin a new school year. Rosh Has Norman Lamm very little bearing on thepractical run same time subjecting ourselves will hanah is a time to step back and eval- September 1995/Elul 5755 ning of newspaper.a Much more rele fully to the dictates of halacha. In the vant is the factthat TheCo mmentator has broadest sense, we have arrived at one never beeninfluen ced by those upon of the fundamental tenet of the doc whom it reports; it maintains full free trine of Torah U'Maddah. Itis a given Message From the dom to fulfill its mission, and its integ that each sphere will encroach upon rity cannot be challenged by any stan thesphere of the other. The goal, how dards. TheCommentator would never be ever, is to ensure that neither one is influenced by pressure fromadvert is_- complet�ly overtaken. YCSC President I am pleased to report that Orienta calendar. Attend a gala student get to tion '95 was a smashingsuccess due to gether at the Schottenstein Center, 3rd TJ1e the outstanding work of our Orienta floorlounge. Plenty of (free) food and -tion Committe·e and especially its chair entertainmentwill surely make thisanight Co111111e11tato1� man ,Ja�i;m Buskin. Jason, last year's to remember. .., -Sophomore Class President, is a student Administration support for all that would like to wish the leader who brings exceptional commit YCSC is trying toaccomplish has been ment and abmty to all h� und�rtakes. awesome. Our sinceregra titude g!)eSto Our Shabbos at Yeshiva program is Dr. Efrem Nulrnan, Dean· of Students, entire YU community a in high gear. Our first Shabbosbrought RabbiJeffre.yChai to,ff,Assistant Deap of 330 students" tog�th�{ a:i:iumber un Students,Mr.Jeffrey Rosengarten, Dir'"ec= paralleled in our spllege' s long histo torof SupportingServiceAdministration, ry. I wou e� � �s no_t to s�gle o�t Mr. Jacob.Lieberman, Associate Director the stude \walter!U9� tne1r_ e� :: t1 �ord1- J( 'tivc1/1 l_/ 'c·l1ti1,1ia To l>tt nary sent�. and lonjth�ur�,pf rork. �s�:t��t=:J�il:! We look ��ard to �e,',: #tnf�g SOY ment. .::, ...., ··•- t..� ·,;-- � ' ' b Shabb�j,1tYe�hiv�� . . t. J-5:,.16 and Mybestwishestoallofyou,myfellow encourage all YC st"u entl who are students, fora Kesivah V'Chasima Tova able to participate. and may we be �ocheh to merit positive Our wonderful beginning a·lso in . chang�s. . in Eretz. Yisroel,. . . . in our Yes . hiva, May you all have a cluded incredibly successfulevents at and ID ■ �,_ rl'.66'1 PrlAYl'�.11, Ye shiva �� ·, -.. � .• -. .. - ...... -� �� - ·:-· _;._ . -;, -·-- IB C Plans Shabbos ,� . ., �, 1 Hospitality Program BY DAVID s. GREENBERG is not just for the students who need a place to go for Shabbos, rather "the pro While the thrust of the first weeks of gram will give an opportunity for stu the Fall semester has been to increase dents, rebbeim and faculty members to theamountof participants in YU Shab open up their homes and meet YU stu bos programs, a different program is in dents off campus in a relaxed environ � the works involving the placement of · ment." � students off campus for Shabbosim Hospitality Shabbos will work simi 0 throughout the year. IBC President Rich lar to a Shabbos in Yeshiva. By Wednes ie Grossman has foundeda "Hospital- day, prospective guests and hosts will be Th e newly referbishedlounge, located in the basement of Morgenstern Ha ll ity Shabbos" program, in which out-of required to submit their names to the town students will spend Shabbos at program coordinator, Jay Koffsky, and the homes of students who live in the within a day, Shabbos arrangements will New Lounges Open New York area. be made. "It's a great idea" says sopho Grossman notes that the program will more Yehuda Sheinfeld of Chicago."New give " out-of-towners" the chance to feel YorkisalongwayfromChicago, and its at home onShabbos. During the summer, comforting to know though thatShabbos in Morg and Muss when plans were being drawn up for can feel like itdoes at home." "Shabbos in Yeshiva," Grossman, a Right now the program is in its early BY SHAMI JACOBS lounge option in the eyes of many stu Brooklyn resident, in conjunction with stages, but Grossman would like to see dents, who cite its inconvenient location JSS President David Merklin, developed thingsmoving right after Succot. Hospi Residents of Mor�enstem and Muss as a deterrent. a program which would enable students talityShabbos, which is co-sponsored by Halls are the beneficiaries of two brand to meet other students and at the same BMP and JSS, is looking for the students new student lounges following summer Floor lounges under discussion time enjoy a home-made Shabbos. who wish to go away for Shabbos as well renovations in Morg basement and Klein The fateof the smaller floor lounges in According to Grossman the program as hosts. Hall. Fitted with industrial carpeting and Morg is not yet certain. Since the enroll assorted lounge chairs and tables, the ment explosion in past years, the dormi lounges are being heralded as crucial tory administration has continually innovations in buildings that offer little sought to put students in these rooms. space for relaxation, socializing, and Although Fine acknowledges the short studying. Their use, however, has not age problem, he believes that converting beenheavy in the firstweeks of the semes the lounges would be a mere cosmetic ter. cover fora much deeper wound. He feels The importance of lounges was it is a huge problem which must be ad stressed last year by then-YCSC Presi dressed immediately, and should not be dent Daniel Billig. Current YCSC Presi pushed off by cramping or skimping on dent Josh Fine explains that "the library necessary facilities. closed at 1 a.m. last year, and there was "There is no way our student loung a feeling that students needed a quiet es will be taken away from us," Fine place to study at all hours." However, stated confidently. Fine has forwarded attendance in the new Morg lounge has a proposal to the Student Life Commit been extremely sparse because security., tee outlining a plan to renovate each officers have been instructed to lock its floor lounge. Fine attributes the fact doors at 1 a.m. Fine views this action as that the floor lounges are only lightly precluding the very purpose of the used now to their shabby furnitureand lounge's existence, and is working with unwelcoming appearance. Renovation the Security Office to lengthen its hours of plans include installing new furniturein use. The third-floor lounge in the Schot all the lounges beingrenovated,including tenstein Center, although open at all sofas and tables. YUbenefactorshavepar hours of the night, has fallen into a state tially,ifnottotally, coveredthe expensesfor of disuse and is not viewed as a viable the renovations. Police Arrest Local Dealer BY MARK POSNER explained that the police believed the 1:1 suspect had disposed of a suspicious 1 On Tuesday August 28th, Police substance on the lawn in front of the Max � arrested a man on the YU campus sus SternAthle tic Center. However an ensu- ;; pected of peddling a variety of narcot ing search uncovered no illegal substanc- ics in the Washington Heights area. es. l Officers of the thirty-fourth pre Even though the incident conspired cinct apprehended the suspected on campus, students are not alarmed, "I drug dealer in front of Belfer Hall, think the level of security here is at such ending a long chase that began sever a high level that one isolated incident al blocks east of the campus. Director doesn'taffectthecampusorthestudents," of Campus Security Donald Sommers said freshman Jack Cate. 18 E/u/ 5755 l'm�e C!fo111111en:bd1------fXfl35-- COUrSe Catalog Arrives After TwoYe ar Delay BY ARIELKONSTANTYN for Academic Affairs. After Rosenfeld as sumed his position it was predicted by An upd ated version of the YU under both Burt Jacobson, Deputy Director of graduate course catalog including infor Public Rel ations and Vice President for mation about courses, majors, and re Academic Affairs Dr.William Schw artz f quirements was fin ally made available that the project would be completed by � this fall. The last course catalog printed the commencement of the Spring 1995 � by YU appeared in 1991 and expired in semester. Indeed, Rosenfeld said he was j ;; 1993. not rewriting the text but rather"editing i==.;=Yi:;:C :;:a:;;;;n;;;;:;d;;;;S=CW students enjoy a New Yo rk Ya nkees game to end Orientation '95 Over the past two years a dearth of the contents due to time constraints." proper inform ation has frustrated stu However, its publication was del ayed dents who pl an their schedules for both another semester. school semesters and summer sessions. The additional delayfurther frustr at YU kicks Off Ye ar With Former Ye dean Dr. Norman Rosenfeld, ed students foreven the outd ated cata currently a mathematics professor, who logs since September 1994 were unavail assumed responsibility for editing the able; the Registrar's Office hadonly pos Unprecedented Success catalog, touted the organizational differ sessed one copy. Rosenfeld downplayed BYJ.D. SHULMAN ences between the 1991 and 1995 ver the problem, claiming that students con sions; the major and minor requirements sulting academic advisors were given fort" of the Orient ation staff, and was were delineated under the department up-to-date information about require pleased with the response from the stu With an exp anded Orientation pro headings, immediately preceding the ments, although, "had there been suffi dents to the events. "Every student coun gram and record numbers turningout to course listings, allowing a more conve cient old copies, togetherwith thememos cil sponsored some part of the program ,, inauguralevents, YU offici ally kicked off nient perusal and a reduction on new courses, there should have been and was constantly in communication the1995-1996 academic year. in flipping.,, no major problem forstudents ." throughout," he said. But perh aps the The goalof this year's Orientation pro However,manystudentswere un able SCW Displeased gre atest and most surprising success of to findsig nificant changes between the gram was "to do the most we could to the weekwa s theShabb atprogram. Draw make the student body part of a whole, ... ing approximately 330 students with a old and new catalogs. "The only innova The new catalog additionally upset to make them feel welcome," said Chair large variety of Shiurim and Fine said he tions seemed tobe fresh angles of Daniel elements atsew over the minor cover man of Orientation Jason Buskin, who Loew and ehaimMotzen," noted one Ye age of the women's schools. Publica wasimpressed by the" spectacul ar" turn worked closely with the administration out. student. Ye senior Daniel Herrm ann tion of a sep arate sew catalog hasbeen to coordinate the events. To th at end, T Students' response to the Orientation questions th at "for a minor organiza suggested for 1997. sew Dean Karen shirts embl azoned with the words "Ye shabbosweresimilarlypositive.YC Soph tion al convenience, why the two year Bacon remarked,It "I've been a supporter shiva University"_ and "Orientation '95" omore Simon Gelman, who also worked del ay?" of the idea. would be nice for the in red, orange, yellow, and blue were as a waiter, appreciated th at "everybody Rosenfeld was charged with editing women to have a more accessible cata distributed to all incoming students. And [ate] together," and YCSophomoreMicah the catalog in October 1994 after the log fornew students." She cited thatthe to cater to incoming students' spiritual Greenl and was "surprised and im previous editor had left his position that "women's sections get lost" among the needs, pocket-sized Mincha/Ma'ariv pressed ... [ rating] the zemiros and tish on August. He excused the catalog's failure sections on Ye, BMP, IBC, MYP, and booklets were also handed out. Buskin a level of any Israeli yeshiva." Sy Syms to publish before it expired in the fall JSS. She stated th at the decision will be credited his staff for the success of the Sophomore Adi Krohn felt the program 1993 because of the confusion amidst the made based on its cost-effectivenessand program. was "very good, and enjoyable to he ar all change in the office of the Vice President fe asibility. The length of the orientation progr am the Rabbeim speak." was increased fromtwo to three days, and There were those who were diss atis :;i;;t§t •• ,,itis:t itincluded atripledbyDr.JeffreyGurock fied, however. Many felt th at three days &;liai&as a'· around "Jewish New York," as well as a was too long a period for orientation, and trip to "Sportsworld" on the night before th attherecouldhavebeenmoreprogram school began attended by over 100 peo ming to fill thetime gaps. YC Freshm an ple. On Thursd aynight, August 31, about Jeffrey Katz found there "weren't as many 175 students from the uptown and mid opportunities to become acqu ainted with town campuses gathered in the Bronx for the school as there could have been." a complimentary Yankee game. Others, like YC Sophomore Gavin Wes YCSC President Josh Fine noted the term an,foundth atsh abboshere"couldn't "incredible planning, devotion, and ef- comp are to an Israeli shabbos." Guide Out in Record ·Time . Student Directory to Fo llow Shortly BY DANIEL HERRMANN V tive.ease. Other enh ancements include Guide to the price ranges for restaurants, loc ations of PerplexedThe first halfof this year's basketb all and chess pick-up games and was distributed on the second communityGu serviceide opportunities. Ac day of cl asses.theGuide Tireless effortsover the cording to editor-in-chief Debra summer by staff allowed for the GuBielory,ide she had sought to produce a earlypublicationof the YU fixture which, "more comprehensive and user although it does not yet contain student friendly, and something th at students phone numbers, provides useful infor would want to use." mation about YU offices, and New York Students reacted in varied ways to the City navigation includingGui entertde ainment current diluted version of theGuide. Some and dining sections. The staff pl ans lauded the staff's dedic ation and point to collect and print the phone numbers ed out the importance of even this basic sep arately, and have them, distributed inform ation. by the end of October.Gui de to tlte Perplexed "As an out of towner!It am grateful th at The 1995-1996 the new Guide is out. contains a lot of has ch angedGui in desever al ways. Most no helpful inform ation," said Atl anta na ticeably, the has been published in tiveJay Koffsky. loose-leaf form at, as it was three years SeniorYonatanJoshua,however,not ago. This format, while being more con ed th at "While it's impressive th at the venient, will also facilitate the insertion Guide came out so early, it's basic ally of the student phone numbers with rel a- useless without the phone numbers." September 13, 1995 .....:.::Page� 6______, ffl�e ·n,t',.. .· • :. , . - n..a.:,imu__ �MOR �; , d�• ·, 'I ·, .· . , - , - - , - - --Ii.;; r,,,.: , l 58().5tJt Ave., % DOC •· d Yotk,·NY '100 36 Importer and Cutterof ·N� Fine Dlamonc,l� . 212-7� Fax21 8-981-4399 78 Elu/ 5755 7 nm ---i.;.£?029�- I m�e C!I menhdnr�-______Workers Accuse Facilities Management of Mistreatment BY STEVENMIOOOWNIK Peraro' s accident report. Whilethedispatchingofunion workers Union 1199 is complaining that mem has not continuedthis semester, mainte bersof itsmaintenance and housekeeping nance and housekeeping personnel are divisions have been ordered to perform still bitter about the exceptional freedoms variousservices,suchaspaintandcarpen:.. policeofficersoncampusaregranted.These tryjobs and telephone repairs, at the34th freedomsinclude complete accessto main precinct police station located several tenance shops and supply rooms, work blocksoff cam pus. Theworkers are alleg ers' showers,andsometimeskitchenareas ingthatAssociateDirector ofFacilitiesMan and cafeteria food. Althoughunion work agementJeffrey Socol has offeredthe ser ersareadmittedlypleasedtoenjoy theextra vices of the union laborers for several protectionofhavingpoliceofficersoncam monthstothepoliceinretumforincreased pus,someresentmentexistsbecauseof the police presenceon theMain Campus. perception of invasion of privacy. Theworkers maintain that they have Accordingto Berta Silver, Union Coor New owner of Time Out Pizza, Shalom Zabib not received the proper training to work dinator for11 99,the union is considering withinthe dangerous environs of a bus staging a streetprotest either on theMain tlingpolice stationand it is unfair to send Campus or at the34th precinct stationto Time Out: Owner Substitution themoffcampus, especiallywhenthe New ensure that the practice of sending YU York City Police Department hasits own workersdoes not continue.In addition,the BY CHAIM LAZAR "What does that mean?" you might division of repairmen.But theirmoreseri assistance of neighborhood citycouncil ask, "what if I don't have enough mon ousconcernslayinthereactionfromneigh men has beensought. Rollie is gone. ey?" he said. borhooddrug dealers, who view anyone Laborviolations The owner of Time Out Pizza sold his " Well, pay later." workingalongsidepoliceofficersasa pos Thepoliceprecinct'sproblems coincide popular dining spot this past summer to In some ways, Zabib seeks to improve sible"rat" or"snitcher."Already YU work withaclifferentkindofdrama thathasbeen Shalom Zabib. The Israeli-born Rollie, on Rollie's tenure. The washing area, for ers have beenapproached demanding an playedoutinthecourtroomforthepasttwo whose real name is Israel Smuelevitz, example, is equipped with a new bath explanation,illustrating the tension inher years, underscoringthe labor difficulties departs after five years of serving pizza room and ceiling. ent ina community shattered by thedrug withwhichFacilitiesManagementhasbeen with flair. But some are feeling adverse effects culture. plaguedby forsome time.In June, YU lost Zabib is eager to make the transition from the change. Florence Kahn, the eld The last union membersto be involved itsfinal appeal inits struggle to overturna as seamless as possible. In the tradition erly lady that helped clean Time Out inpolice stationwork were Migel Peraro minor violationof theNational LaborRe of his predecessor, he has promised a under Rollie, was laid off when the res and Al Martinez, two maintenance per lations Act datingback to July 1993. YU variety of specials. He is even consider taurant switched hands. Kahn voiced sonnelwho were sentby Socolto thepre settledand turnedover to theunion the ing a special promotion which would angeratthemove,butZabibinsistedthat cinctforsometelephoneworklastMayl0. documentit had refusedto disclose:a list award a free slice of pizza to students she was unable to cope with the mad Onalunchbreak,thetwowereridingwith of workers whowereworkingoncampus who excel on their Hebrew exams. rush of students during peak hours. an officerback to the Main Campus when duringanofficial"closureday,"whichthe And, like Rollie, he emphasizes Under Zabib, Time Out will keep its thesquad car they werein was struckby a union could have used to file a grievance that no student leaves the restaurant name and may consider selling hats gypsycaboneblockfromthe station. Pera against YU.Now, BertaSilver affirmsthe hungry. and T-shirts with the identical logo. ro, who sustained minor injuries,was in informationas being uselessbecause it is structedbytheofficertoneverrevealhewas too late to commence such legal maneu in thecar. Similarly, Socolrefused to sign vers. You Don't Have to Play the Masmid '96 St.arts Strong Lottery to Get BY JACOB GOLDBERG And because both he and Wild started law school theyear after graduation, the Wll'NING NUMBERS Despite ending their undergraduate yearbok was understandably delayed. careersnearly sixteenmonths ago, the He assures former classmates they will GRE graduatingclass of 1994 remains with receive there yearbooks withina month. LSAT out the trophy their academic achieve The graduatingclass of 1996 need not MN19•Increase ment-their yearbook. worry, according to YCSC president 215po1n1s• Masmid '94 was slated for publica Joshua Fine. Fine guarantees thatMas 7points• tion by late fall of 1994, but has yet to mid '96 will surfaceby September1996. make its appearance. He explainsthat early involvement in the • I · Accordingto.As.5ociateEditor JeffWild. yearbookand advanced techrtology,(the "[The yearbook] is done; it's just a ques yearbookthisyearwillbecomputerized), tion ofgathering addressesand gettingit are two conditionsthat will facilitateac L O T T E_ _�_!. out." He blames the delay on the lack of complishing thisgoal. - - --- studel)tpartic ipation. The editors-in-chief for Masmid ------'96 215 6.5 Editor-in-chief Michale Glass ex will be Ely Kronenberg and Yehuda A. 70 plains that the burden of responsibility Jacoby, and Fine has every confidence 7 70 7 was carried by only two people besides that they will have the yearbook out on 6.5 215 himself: Wild and Ethan Wasserman. time. B. c. 7 70 YU Hebrew Language Workshop 215 6.5 BY MIOIAELJ.BELGRADE learning,such as creative software. And like a similar program on the English MCAT In an attempt to help improve stu department, the WritingCenter; those GMAT. average lncreaM .· :.'.:' .,...... 1ncrea.. dents' Hebrewskills, YU is inaugurat students already proficient in the lan ing a new ".Hebrew Lab" designed to guagewill behjred as tutors. 0 .. 6.s...... · �sist inproblems _ranging fromunder . The Hebrew lab was initiatedby 7 ,_... standingRashi to learningproper gram the PresidentLamm's Task forceon Ex 'THE maticalHebrew. Thelab will beheaded cellence. Accordingto RabbiShmidman, ·. PRINCETON . by Hebrewteacher Malka Dfllleshevsky. Deanof Jewish Studies,"Hebrew is diffi . .REVIEW · Although the workshopis partof the cult for thestudents,even people who curriculumforJSSstudentsitwillalsobe came fromallyesh ivas." 800-2•REYIEW �vailable · to all studentswho feel their Whilethe lab is temporarilybeing held . '"\'tr6dBlaSIIAcaald br■ .. flnn Hebrewskillscouldbestrengthened.The in Room 305 in Furst Hall, Shmidman "'Yai!W ..,_.Stlrdl a.,,er WOlidwldt lab will employ one-on-one:tutoring as hopesto have a permanentlocation in (lbn lllfl'O\'eae■IIarerwlldlllll lollle ... rwtlldlal -,e.) well as provide an informal means· of thefuture. ThePrincetOR Review is n01affiliated widt PrincelonUniversity. September 13, 1995 Page__,;;;._a ______, ijt\e lllll @: mentatntj A Sentence to Muss Bv DANIEL LowE fromMusstothemorecontemporarylodg ing down the block. Waiting on line for their dorm assign Rabbi Joshua Cheifitz, director of Res ments, new students stand shaking in idence Halls, claims that the undergrad fear of hearing the words "Muss Hall" uates greatest knock on Muss was that it sentenced in their direction. Over the was a "semicha dorm," since an entire years Muss dormitory has developed a floorwas devoted to housing RIE TS stu reputation; one of a more horrificnature. dents. Because the RIE TS students are Therefore most students enter YU with a now living in the apartments Cheifitz bit of advice - avoid Muss at all costs. believes that this stigma has dissipated Students in the dormitory point to the and that Muss will house a more heterog dorm's relative antiquity and limited ac enous group of students. Cheifitz also cess to both campus buildings and class noted thatthisyear he has had the fewest rooms as cause for discontentment. Oth requests from students to transfer out of er disgruntled "Muss-ers" cite inherent Muss dormitory; currently, the transfer difficulties in dorm traffic-flow,specifi requests have been thus far limited to cally the tedious maneuvering necessary two. Rabbi Cheifitz attributes the in to navigate through horded M.T.A. hall creasing satisfaction in part to the newly ways and its often senior-infested eleva installed windows which greatly reduce tor. Another problem experienced by the sound pollution emanating fromthe Muss-ers, particularly endured by those adjacent streets and apartments of local on the south side of the building, is the Washington Height's residents. high-intensity sound pollution emanat Though lacking in many of the up-to ing from neighboring homes and stereos, date resources of the other dormitories, often less than 20 feet away. advocates of Muss are quick to point out .. ., But perhaps most discontent can be that despite thegrowing modernityand attributed to the neglect Muss residents rapid development of the Main Campus, feel by the modern facilities contained the spiritualsymbol and intellectual cen within theother dormitories,which boast ter of the Yeshiva, the Beit Midrash, has expansive, co-ed lounges which host remained faithfulto TanenbaumHall, the game rooms and various social gather building lying perpendicularly adjacent ings such as engagement parties and to Muss. In fact, it is this accessibility to Monday Night football. Added appeal the BeitMidrash which often encourages � !I. and attention is given to the Rubin dor many students to request Muss. .� mitory through the MSAC gym, the Got Wes Kalmer, a three-year resident of � tesman pool, the Furman Dining Hall, Muss and current head dorm counselor i not to mention the impeccable Danciger believes thatthis year will prove to be an _Quagrangle. exciting year for Muss, with both the Though its address may not provoke planned introduction of carpeting to many of the glamorous images associat Muss hallways, as well as the addition of ed with ritzier locations on Rodeo, Cen a study hall and social room on the sec tral Park West, or even R'chov Mea Shea ond floor. Kaliner also feels that many rim, Muss Hall is a second home to over unique activities such as a dormitory 240 YU students, and is one of only three Ongei Shabbat, Channukah chagiga, and The Shiur Challenge dormitories on the Main campus. Once a gift for the janitor are all special events known as the RIETS dormitory in the often neglected at the other dormitories, BY JONATHAN FROGEL ri of students with a variety of back campus's infancy, Muss was joined in yet are highly characteristic of Muss and grounds. Rabbi Bronspiegel's shiur, 1950 and 1967by theRubin and Morgen itsremarkably homogeneouschevra year Every year over 400 students of the the undisputed enrollment champion, stern dormitories respectively, which after year. Mazer Yeshiva Program are assigned is the most diverse, with students rep gradually pulled many students away to twenty different shiurim. While this resenting iilmost the entire range .of process would be impossible without American yeshivot in Israel. Rabbi the incredible organizational skills of Bronspiegel's popularity transcends MYP dean Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, for yeshiva lines. Shmuel Farkas, a second A11vo11e •1,it/1 /11ter11et the most part, students voluntarily year student in the shiur, observed that, ... choose their own shiurim. A broad spec "Rav Bronspiegel's burgeoning popu trum of factors influence the decisions larity seems to sell with each and every e.x:perie11ce ,v/10 is i11terestetl i11 made by the bachurim. As Ezra Berry, controversy confronted by the· Yeshi YC senior, posits, "It is impossible to va." With last year's Wurzweiler and pin down the precise dynamics in Harnevaserfiascoes, the shiur' s enroll Ye s/1ivl1 U11iversitv volved in a shiur decision because of ment has exploded to an incredible 130 .. the myriad of variables that must be students. considered." Some students spend the early part While Berry's contention is certain of the year sampling various shiurim World-Wide-Web ly true, some sweeping generalities can before making decisions. One such stu be made. Some shiurim draw most of dent, who asked to have his anonymity bachurim their from a single Israeli Ye protected, described his schedule;. "On /1 0111e p,,ge llesig11 sl1tJ11/ti shiva. Rav Rosensweig's shiur is a fine Sunday I attend Rav Tendler's shiur, example of a rare variation of this theme, on Tuesday Rav Parnes, and on the binary system. The shiur contains Wednesday Rav Kahn." · coI1t,1ct Hettll01 1er,1t Tuesday, September 12 Tuesday, September 19 8:00pm:SSSB Student Reception SSSB:Accounting Interviews Begin WeissbergCommons YCSC:10:30pm: Schottenstein, 3rdFloor Thunday, September :zt Wednesday, September 13 Club Hour: SSSB:Resume Workshop Lastday to enter a new class with out permission. · S1111day,September 24-Tuesday, Sep- tember 26 • . Thursday, September 14 Rosh Hashana (Candle Lighting6:32) Club Hour: SSSB: Grad SchoolWork No Classes shop Wednesday, September 27 Tzom Gedalia, no classesafter 1: 1 8_E_l u/_5_1 5_5 ______m4e -- 7_7 - _ _ ----tl armnmentatnrl ------'-pq;e___ ilaDi/Walson: 'fhe JSS Rabbi Fights for a - sh lem ?-:: Jewi Jersua :.: .. .,·'-: ,:,,, <·:·'C:'·:.: :-\,: tifi.>:·: ·s>: , ilfi):-:,_: .':'- ,:, ,·, ·: �iliflt1EiBBI BYRONNI� S�MET BY EZRA TUCHMAN in Arab village?" In addition, the liber al press, including such papers as Back in 1986 one man enthusiasti- ' Rabbi Morris Gorelik, a former Pres Ha'aretz and Davar, regularly berates cally accepted a position a� recreation� ident of the Rabbinical Council of Amer the settlers and calls on the government al supervi_sorfor theyea�old Max St�� •·· . ica and a popularrebbe atJSShas found to grant to the Arabs what is rightfully Athletic Center atYeshiva.Ui.i.iversity. '. . ed a grass roots movement to fight for theirs - Eastern Jerusalem and the Little did kn<>wther:tjlat they had the future of Jerusalem. The organiza Temple Mount. just acquired9n�9�theYp gr�atestllumat\ .. tion, "Kulanu Yirushalmim" is de Rabbi Gorelik has repeatedly beings aroU11d.J<11-<>W,n· as O . Stan�the-· signed to counteract the deteriorating stressed that Kulanu Yirushalmim is Man.'.. ·· •·> . . ··· . .·. ·. · .· .·· •·· · .. . political situation in Israel, which Rab an apolitical movement, interested only ·· "�fJwas :w.e�l t()• �o,I' probably go bi Gorelik witnessed first-hand this in preserving Jerusalem as the sacred cl summer. center of Eretz Israel: "This is not a Vfflgj The upcoming year, 5757, marks the formal organization. There is no board, �,r i �-��#� 3000th anniversary ofthe establishment no president; only committed individ ·\\;:<;) /t\< -----..;...'!11!111• :, ofJerusalem as the capital ofEretz Isra uals reaching out to the Jewish commu el. Israelis have already begun to cele nity." brate this momentous occasion with While the movement is still relative festiye activities in and about Jerusa ly young, it has already enjoyed a good lem. While the mood in Jerusalem is deal of success. Membership both in certainly joyous, this joy has been tem Israel and in North America is healthy pered by the latest round of terrorist and growing quickly. The $18 per per attacks and by an increasing fear that a son membership dues, which entitle unified Jerusalem may become the next the member to a Jerusalem pin, have victim of the current peace-negotia produced enough funds to buy full tions. page ads in the Jerusalem Post. In According to Gorelick, the Rabin addition, petitions demanding that Government has only publicly assured Rabin shelf any negotiated division the status of Jerusalem as the unified of Jerusalem have been circulated in capital of Israel. However, Prime Min communities throughout both coun ister Rabin and Foreign Minister Peres tries. have privately expressed a willingness To Rabbi Gorelik the spread of the to divide the city into two separate Arab movement beyond the New York met and Israeli sectors. In such a case the ropolitan area is essential. As Rabbi Arab sectors would be placed under Gorelik explained, "New York rabbis PLO control and would be patrolled by are labeled as Ayatollahs. We need a PLO trained police force. the support of out-of-towners. Their When asked this past summer to clar voices cannot be ignored." Aside from ify his position on the status of Jerusa out-of-town support, Rabbi Gorelik lem, Rabin is reported to have respond has warmly welcomed the efforts of ed, "Do you want Arabs living in Me'ah non-Jews, many of whom have never She' arim? Why would you wantto live visited Jerusalem. 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Schottenstein Center 3rd Floor Loun. e .:..:::1B:..::,El�u�5:.,::15:.:::,_5 1 / ______""""11 'm4eO! nmmenfabtrl------..i.;.pg;Je�_5 _ Media Seize on Gay Issue -LEToTT the EditERSor - ' continued fromp age one Dear Rabbi Lamm, at Cardozo and AECOM once a month to is an article by Debra Nussbaum Cohen I would like to bring to your attention a couple of existing problems in the decry the gay activists. Rabbi Tendler's of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. The newly developed Beit Midrash Program. The Beit Midrash program, better known letter finisheswith a strong affirmation article, which appeared on July 21, as BMP, was started in January ofl 995. The program is run-under the auspices of that "Torah ideals and Halachic norms claimed that students at Yeshiva College Rabbi Schmidman who is also in charge of the Issac Breuer College (IBC) and the guide all administrative actions today at sought to establish a gay club. The author James Striar School 0SS). The basic idea of this program is to give students who are YU as they [always did]." He also men claimed two anonymous sources backed interested in learninga chance to grow in Torah while enabling them to maximize tioned that "Rabbi Lamm's total, abso up her story. According to YCSC Presi their time in their secular studies. Although the Rabbis teaching in this program lute, commitment to Halacha is notto be dent Josh Fine, no student has petitioned could not be better, the organization ofBMP is far fromsatisfactory. doubted." for a gay club. The only rumors which Thereis dose to a two hourGemara seder followedby an hour or so Gemara Rabbi Tendler' s statement comes as a havecometohisattention concernedsome shiur every morning. In addition to the Gemara there is a Machshevet Yisrael and surprise to many because earlier this studentswho joke about establishinga gay Halacha shiur twice a week. Rav Goldvicht and RabbiHirsch, two outstanding summer he joined with twenty-three oth club just to anger the administration. Rebbeim, give a Machshevet Yisrael shiur twice a week in addition to their daily er RIETS rebbeim in an open letter to Dr. Another biting attack came from Rab Gemara shiur. Rabbi Sobolovsky gives his Halacha shiur to both groups of Lamm protesting the university's poli bi Chaim Keller, Rosh Yeshiva ofTelshe students twice a week. The combination of these three Rebbeim can neither be cies on the gay issue. In the letter, which Chicago and a YU alumnus, who pub paralleled nor duplicated. appeared in the Jewish Press and the lished an open letter to Rabbi Lamm in The program had begun last Spring with a little over twenty students and Algemeiner Journal,the rebbeim stated the Jewish Observer, the flagship publi was a tremendous success. There are over fifty studentscurrently in the program. that they" deplore and condemn the con cation of the Agudath Israel. "It is indeed The influx of students entering BMP and YeshivaCollege as a whole has greatly tinued existence of the gay groups at a sad day," wrote Rabbi Keller, "when limited the amount of freespace in the Yeshiva. Our classes are conducted in Furst [YU]," and pleaded with Lamm to "ex someone who stands at the head of a Hall and every day we are forced to switch class rooms in the middle of a seder or plore every possible avenue to obviate century-old Yeshiva cannot have the shiur. This pastThursdaywewalked around Furst Hall for fifteenminutes in order this blemish." moral courage of the Catholic Church." to finda vacant room, only to get kicked out fifteen minutes later. I understand it The 'open letter' became the subject of Rabbi Keller was hinting at a New York is still the beginning of the school year and this will take a little time but there is much controversy when some YU critics Times article of last Spring which con one problem which I don't think will rectify itself with time. publicly denounced the letter as a blatant trasted YU'sresponsetothe gay clubs, to The most importantpart oflearningis the time one spends learning with hi� deception, as it was composed by the that of Notre Dame,a Catholic Universi chavruta in the Beit Midrash. It is those couple of hours a day where one can rebbeim together with Dr. Lamm. Accord ty, which banned all its gay clubs. YU's seriously improve his skills and acquire Torah knowledge. This part of learning, ingtothesecritics,Dr. Lammhad theRIETS PR department, in defense, claims that for every single BMP student, is being compromised. There is absolutely no room rebbeimcooperatewithhimina goodcop NotreDameislocatedinlndiana,which, in either Beit Midrash. Both the Main Beit Midrash in Tannenbaum Haul and the - bad cop routine. The rebbeirnaffirmed unlike New York State, does not have a Beit Midrashin Furst Hall are filledto capacity. There are more then fiftystudents their commitment to Torah and disgust of gay rights law. In addition, Notre Dame who have no where to learnin the morning! A class room is just not conducive to thegay clubs, while Dr. Lammrefrained does not have a medical school and is learningespecially when you are forced to leave in the middle of seder due to an from taking any measures which would therefore not as preoccupied with pres IBC, JSSor MYP class. Where is one supposed to place his sefarim?What happens provoke the gay activists. R. Yoseph Blau, tige in the academic community. when one is need of a sefer? There simply isn't enough room in Yeshiva College RIETSMashgiachRuchani,confirmedthat Furthermore, claims one senior Rosh to accommodate the influx of students. "therewereanumberofmeetingsbetween Yeshiva atYU, TheAgudath Israel should The Torah ambiance that permeates the BeitMidrash and makes this college Rabbi Lamm and the rebbeim [beforethe not attack YU, because it unofficially a Yeshiva is something that can not be obtained from learning in a c�assroom. It letter was published]." endorses Touro College, which also has simply isn't right for a Yeshiva to deprive anystudent eager to grow in Torah, of Gay issue produces media blitz a gay club. Touro, a Jewish Universityin the most important component of hisTorah learning. I urge you to see what can This summer, a spate of articles on the · Manhattan, attracts hundreds of Yeshi be done to rectify this problem. Thank you very much foryour time and patience. gay controversyappeared in papers rang va students from Chaim Berlin, Torah ing fromthe New York Post to the Jewish Voda' as, and other New York yeshivas. Sincerely, Week. David Rosen, director of Public Dr. Bernard Lander, the president of Yechiel Rosman Relations at YU, declares that he doesn't Touro,has vowed to investigatethe clubs see the controversy as having any real and take strict action. MY MOST FAVORITE DESSERT effecton YU's image as "students know Withenrollmentlevelsatrecordhighs it has no effectontheir lives." Nonethe at all YU schools, the gay controversy COMPANYREST AURANT CAFE less, thePR departmentfelt compelled to doesnotseemtobeproducinganytangi & send out a letterlast week to all board bleeffectson YU'simageorstatus,claims Is pround to announce theopening of our members explaining YU'spolicy on the University Dean ofStudents Efrem Nul . gay clubs. The fourpage 'fact sheet'an man. Furthermore,Nulmansays, witha swers why the administration refrains new year getting underway, students NEW LOCATlON frombanning the gay clubs and refutes have more important things on their falsereports which appearedin the me mindsthan a handfulof gay studentsat at dia thissummer. the graduateschools. "Itwillpass,"saysPR'sDavidRosen. · 120 WEST ·4STH STREET Mostnotoriousamongstthesereports . . (Between6th & Broadway) . . . · Serving Sensational Pastas Fish, Salads; Northen Italian Pizzas · .· . and of course · · Our Mouth-W· ateringDe$serts �tdoorSeating, WaterfaJl· Abiium Seating- . . . Cholov Yisroel · · Breakfast; Lunch'and · Dinner · _-· · · · ·_ ·.: ·Surtday Brunch-_ · · €AnJUNCF.oa·Au, �CA TIONS .· . · ·-:...... t .. · · ·: · ez1i)tiJ1.,u..- ·-.-:_.::_- - _·. ._ : .· ·: . ·_ ...... 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Whilethedispatchingofunion workers Union 1199 iscomplaining that mem has not continuedthis semester, mainte bers of itsmaintenance and housekeeping nance and housekeeping personnel are divisions have beenordered to perform stillbitter about the exceptional freedoms variousservices,suchaspaintandcarpen policeofficersoncampusaregranted. These try jobsand telephone repairs, at the34th freedomsinclude complete accessto main precinct police station located several tenance shops and supply rooms,work blocksoff cam pus. Theworkers are alleg ers' showers,andsometimeskitchenareas ingthat.AswdateDirector of Paciliti�Man and cafeteria food.Although union work agement JeffreySocol has offered theser ersareadmittedlypleasedtoenjoy theextra vices of the union laborers for several protectionofhavingpoliceofficersoncam monthstothepoliceinreturnforincreased pus,someresentmentexistsbecause of the police presenceon theMain Campus. perceptionof invasion of privacy. Theworkers maintain that they have According to BertaSilver, UnionCoor not receivedthe proper training to work dinator for1199, the union isconsidering withinthe dangero us environs of a bus staginga streetprotest either on theMain tlingpolice stationand it isunfair to send Campus or at the 34thprecinct station to themoffcampus, especiallywhenthe New ensure that the practice of sending YU York City Police Departmenthas its own ytorkersdoesnotcontinue.Inaddition,the division ofrepairmen.Butthe irmoreseri assistance of neighborhoodcity council ousconcernslayin thereactionfromneigh men hasbeen sought borhood drug dealers, who view anyone Labor violations working alongsidepoliceofficersasa pos Thepoliceprecinct's problemscoincide sible"rat" or"snitcher." Already YUwork withadifferentkindof drama thathasbeen ers have beenapproached demanding an playedoutinthecourtroomforthepasttwo explanation,illustratingthetensioninher years, underscoringthe labor difficulties entina community shattered by thedrug withwhichPacilitiesManagementhasbeen culture. plagued by forsome time.In June, YU lost Thelast union members tobe involved its finalappeal in itsstruggle to overturna in police stationwork were Migel Peraro minor violationof the NationalLabor Re'. and Al M�ez, two maintenance per lationsAct datingback to July 1993. YU sonnel who were sentby Socolto the pre settledand turnedover to the union the cinctforsometelephoneworklastMaylO. documentit had refused to disclose:a list Onalunch break, thetwowereridingwith of workers whowereworkingoncampus an officerback to theMain Campus when duringanofficial"closureday,"whichthe the squad carthey were in was struckby a union could have used to file grievancea gypsy cab one blockfrom the station. Pera against YU. Now, Berta Silver affirmsthe ro, who sustained minor injuries, was in informationas being useless because it is structedbytheofficertoneverrevealhewas too lateto commence such legal maneu in the car. Similarly,Socol refused to sign vers.