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News Briefs by Commentator Staff NEWS OPINION FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS 6 NEWS DR. STEINBERG TO LEAVE YU THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE EXCELLENCE YU Faculty Members Beloved English Professor Details of a Student Campaign Perform Innovative Departs After 15 Years and Reflections Upon a Research in Numerous 15 9 Turbulent Semester Fields The APRIL 23, 2015 OMMENTATOR Volume LXXIX CThe Independent Student Newspaper of Yeshiva College, Sy Syms School of Business, and Yeshiva University • www.yucommentator.org Issue 9 Dr. Joanne Jacobson Named New Economics in Crisis: Two Tenure-Track Associate Dean, Other Updates From Faculty Members Terminated By Adir Feifel and Ben Kohane department’s chair. The Provost at the time, Future “Super-Dean” Dr. Karen Bacon Dr. Morton Lowengrub, tasked Kahn with To most Yeshiva University students, the By Elie Lipnik for Women (SCW) dean, Dr. Karen Bacon. the responsibility of putting a much larger week before Passover is seen as an opportu- Dean Bacon’s official title will be Dr. Monique emphasis within the Economics Department nity to plan for the upcoming holiday break Over the past couple of months, there has C. Katz Dean of Undergraduate Arts and Sci- on research; until that point, the department while winding down from stressful midterms been great confusion and upheaval among ences, under which she will be in charge of had been concentrated almost exclusively on and essays. However, the vacation-minded Yeshiva University students due to YU’s fi- overseeing the entire faculty on both campuses. teaching. The first step taken with this goal student body was unaware of a crisis devel- nancial pre- Dean Bacon is a Stern College alumnus and in mind was hiring - with tenure on arrival - oping within the Economics Department. dicament, received her PhD in microbiology from Uni- Alessandro Citanna, a prominent economist As a result of the severe budget cuts being and more versity of California Los Angeles (UCLA). She who had been teaching for over ten years at implemented at YU, Professors William specifically, is very focused on seeing students grow, while HEC Paris, one of the top business schools Hawkins and Michael Richter, two popu- the an- at the same time encouraging them to take on in the world. lar tenure-track faculty members, had their nouncement more rigor- It did not take long for Kahn and Citanna contracts terminated, sending shockwaves of proposed ous cours- to make their mark on Yeshiva’s Economics throughout all of Yeshiva College. major aca- es. As she Department. Under their leadership, Eco- The decision to part ways with Hawkins demic cuts. stated, “The nomics has become the third largest major in and Richter is noteworthy for two reasons. Although most enjoy- Yeshiva College, with a more rigorous math- Until now, the presumption among faculty there have able aspect ematical track to the major recently made and students alike was that the austerity mea- been many of my job available to students. In 2012, the depart- sures adopted by the institution’s administra- statements is work- ment also launched a new graduate program tion would affect only the jobs of contract issued and ing with offering a Masters in Quantitative Econom- faculty; Hawkins and Richter, on the other meetings with the administration to discuss the students ics (MQE). In order to build up the depart- hand, were both tenure-track. In addition, implications of these changes, exactly what is and watch- ment, a new faculty was needed, and seven while the Economics Department at Yeshiva it to be cut and how it will affect YU students ing them new tenure-track professors were brought in, has been radically improved in recent years is still unclear. The only unambiguous piece of thrive.” She joining the one tenured professor (Prof. Elias by new leadership, this turn of events signals information is that Stern and Yeshiva College’s wants stu- Grivoyannis) from before Kahn’s time. that the improvements that transformed its Deans’ Offices and faculty will be merging into dents to know that she has an “open-door pol- Revamping the faculty with experienced, academic reputation are now at risk. one unified staff. icy,” in which all students are invited to stop research-focused professors naturally came In 2009, James Kahn, the former Vice On Wednesday, March 18th, President by her office with questions and concerns, at at a significant cost; the hired Economics President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richard Joel announced that the merging of the all times. professors were indeed receiving higher New York, was hired as the Henry and Ber- undergraduate schools’ faculty will be headed see Dean’s Office, cont p. 4 see Economics in Crisis, cont p. 5 under the leadership of current Stern College tha Kressel Professor of Economics and the NEWS BRIEFS by Commentator Staff SARACHEK TOURNAMENT school MTA disappointed the local that led to the winning basket, was Orthodox Forum topic was on “Con- mark events of the spring semester. DRAWS OVER A THOUSAND FANS crowd, finishing third to last in the named tournament MVP. A Mac- temporary Uses and Forms of Ha- This year is set to be no different. tournament. However, other New sLive season record 1,350 people sidut.” Titles of some of the sessions This Wednesday and Thursday, YU This year’s Sarachek tournament York area teams demonstrated the followed the live video broadcast of over the course of the two days in- will host a tekes for Israel’s fallen once again proved that the Yeshiva dominance of the metropolitan area; the championship game, capping off cluded “Sociological and Theologi- soldiers, saluting their service and League basketball establishment is three out of the four tier-one-semifi- a successful weekend for “the coun- cal Perspectives on Hasidut,” “Neo- bravery, before running a variety of a force to be reckoned with in the nals teams hailed from within twen- try’s most prestigious tournament Hasidic Perspectives on Contem- events to celebrate Israel’s 67th birth- world of Jewish sports. For the play- ty miles of the Big Apple. The first for Jewish high school basketball.” porary Topics in Religious Life,” day. From a ceremony highlighted by ers and their fans, the YU-run and in- semifinal game was a nail-biter, as and the “Use of Hasidic thought in keynote speaker Avi Mayer, spokes- ternationally broadcasted event is no Frisch edged out DRS 34–32, while ORTHODOX FORUM ON contemporary thinkers and topics.” person for the Jewish Agency, to a game – many consider the ‘tourney’ the second was a blowout, with He- HASIDUT AT YESHIVA UNIVERSITY This year, select students from the late-night kumsitz and the traditional to be the annual pinnacle of Yeshiva brew Academy of the Five Towns Graduate Program for Women in barbecue in Tenzer Gardens, this The Orthodox Forum took place League hoops. So while most pairs and Rockaway (HAFTR) over- Advanced Talmudic Study, RIETS, year’s program “will reflect how at Yeshiva University on March of undergraduate eyes were glued to whelming YULA 51–37. The final and the YU student body attended as integral the State of Israel is to our 15th and March 16th. This annual ESPN’s coverage of the second and match between the number-one- well. As in every Orthodox Forum, identity,” says Josh Nagel, Secretary/ two-day conference, sponsored by third rounds of March Madness, Ye- seeded HAFTR and the number- the papers presented at this confer- Treasurer of Yeshiva College Student the Joseph J. and Bertha K. Green shiva League fans worldwide tuned three-seeded Frisch proved to be a ence will be compiled and eventu- Association and one of the student Memorial Fund at the Rabbi Isaac in to MacsLive to follow the festivi- classic contest; in one of the highest ally published as a book. leaders organizing the “YOM’s,” as Elchanan Theological Seminary, ties in the Max Stern Athletic Cen- scoring games of the tournament, the two days are referred to. “Dani- brings scholars from around the ter. This year’s tournament provided Frisch emerged victorious after a tri- “YOM’S” LINEUP EXCITING ella [Eisenman, of Stern College’s world together to discuss pressing non-stop entertainment, with twenty ple-overtime nail biter. Point guard Torah Activities Council,] and I have issues in the Orthodox world. At Yeshiva University’s annual Yom teams playing a total of thirty-six Tyler Hod, who recorded eighteen worked hard these last few months the conference, individuals’ papers HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut cel- games over a span of five days. points and six assists in the champi- and we’re very excited.” are presented and then discussed by ebrations have always been marked Yeshiva University’s own high onship game and designed the play members of the forum. This year’s with special attention as the hall- see News Briefs, cont p. 4 2 Editorial Thursday, April 23, 2015 - 4 Iyar, 5775 The The DITORIAL COMMENTATOR Arieh Levi E Editor-in-Chief Now What? Ben Kohane So, we’ve managed to get rid of Einstein, and with it will increase, allowing less time for research. While ten- Senior News Editor two-thirds of our debt. Of an estimated $150M annual defi- ured and tenure-tracked faculty will stay on, large num- cit, we’re now down to $50M – Einstein supposedly ac- bers of contract faculty will be replaced by adjuncts that Avi Strauss Juntor News Editor counted for $100M. Which begs the question: how do we cost a fraction of the price and can only add a fraction of fill a $50M hole? More specifically, how do we fill it with the value. To illustrate, adjuncts typically make between Benji Richter sustainable and increasing cash flows? $3,500 and $6,500 per course.
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