• POLLACK LIBRARY JAN 161984'

.,·,=,,,,'·.· --� Official ·Undergia�aate_Ne�spapermmrnt,ito r tt -�f Yeshiva .t _C!t Co�lege

1 . YESHIVA UNiVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY TJJURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 19M ...... ,, . -· . -·· .·. .. - . Commencement Exercises to be Held Sy Syms Chair in Marketing Established at at Radio City Music Hall University's Undergraduate Schools . a, DAVID SCIIWA&CZ . TheYabi,a Uniwnity commen�" ·ru!1- �plained that tbe ad- Special to the 'Commentator . cement aerdlca ldleduled for m1niltration would fladly accept Jan s - t A a spe<;1a· I I uncheon this· afternoon,· Dr. Norman Lamm, Prcs1denJ, announced the Monday June ,. 1984 will ·be any ...,..-dons . offered by tbe : , estab •shment of tbs Sy Syms Chair in Marketins and Merchandising at the undcrgnduate colleges of conducted ·in. Radio City · MIiiie · •students, bat to be fair to the ! Hall inlClld of on Yahiva. araduate1t udcn11 who arc atao part Y eshiva University. CoUe,e•,· l>ancipr camp111 due to of lhe araduation, underaraduates the planned conatruction of the cannot be permitted to make the · Under the auspices of the Chair, Mu Stem Athletic Center on that rmal selection. Furthermon, if the endowed by Sy Syms, new courses site. administration were to. submit the in. Business and related fields will . MIN A,alllllleTlcktta names of possible candidates for be o R'ered beginning next fall at AccordirJ1. to · .• Rabbi Israel the pneral student body(including Yeshiva College and the . Stern . Miller, Senior Vice President; the the ·araduate students) to vote on, College for Women. Mr. Syms, the sraduates will . benefit . by this the honorary degree candidates chairman of board and chief change because they will now . be who were rejected might be operating officer of Syms Corpora- provided with a spacious insulted. Currently, no official tion, a national retail clothing firm, auditorium (6,000 seall) which will deadline for the namins.of a guest has offered to visit the campuses of make more tickets available for speaker has been designated but both undergraduate divisions their 1uest1. Moreover, RadioCity Rabbi Miller indicated that invita- regularly, and will deliver lectures boasts of a hall with rme acoustics tions will be sent out approximately to marketing students. and also provides readily acceuible two months before graduation. The luncheon, held in the parkina for all the aucats. Rabbi · The yeshiva Administration was Presidential suite, was attended by · 1• Miller .wu also quick to indicate Mr. Syms, University officials, and opposed to closing off Amsterdam - ,, ,/ .· that we will forego the reception Avenue and conducting the sradua- student leaders. · which traditionally follows the tion ceremonies on one hundred "Ne,, DlrecdoD" Student leaders who met with Sy Syms rollowln1 the a11110Uncement or sraduation ceremony because the and eighty first street because of The announcement comes as the the· Chair Include (from left to rf1ht) Ms. Rosalie Joseph, President, facility does not provide for an the unattractive "ambiance" of the University has begun to expand its Accountln1 Society, SCW; Ms. EdythNuultaum, AccountingMajor and adequate reception area. As well, neighborhood coupled with the . undergraduate offerings in such President of SCDS; Mr. Ben-Zion Smlldlensky, Editor, Commentator; June 4, is ErtvSltavuoth and many usual disturbances from the sur- academic areas as accounting, Mr. Jeff SIiber, Prtslclent, Accountln1 Society, YC; Sy Syms; Mr. peoplemay not have sufficient time roundings. .. Unlike N.Y.U.," Rab- business, and computer science. Jacob Pleeter, President, Economics Society, YC. to come and attend an uptown bi Miller sugested,"Yesh iva is not "The establishment of the Syms CHlllltlltator that under the "Ploaetr in Market1111" ceremony. On a sentimental note, blessed with a Washington Square Chair represents a major movement auspices of the Chair, a new . "Sy Syms has always been a Rab�i Miller expreped regret that park to host an· outdoor in this new ·direcdori/4· Or. Lamm marketins track in the Economics . pioneer in marketing and merchan- the students will no\graduate from araduation." said. ·"Today'i students are in-: · department will be developed. In dising," Dr. Lamm said, "suc- the comfortable surroundings of G tercsted in tfiesc new · careers in fact, .a new coune in the track, cecding in a business where many their homecampus whe rethey s nt Early nllndoa tecliriolo11·, and . pe Ra d10" c·1t y M1111c • H aII wu not business. and we . Accountina Mana-ment,"•· is be- have .failed. It is appropn·ate that ,nan.y memorable -years. . .-y,& : . arc d. oana what _INC can to make . ins oft:cred in the Spring 1984 his name ud his knpwledge should · the-Pri� cboicJD.for this r's _L-.._ ..· .....· ..· ce at. stucltnts are, �_ eater, th� doan •�· Asked to � link'ld · .with .th� -pioneering ._._:-. No' Gllllt �. gradUati"n·. Oripnally, t;-"e'.:A�ry rtaJQ- -th : eut. · · 1· As of yet, thia.. year's ,ucst fi■hcr H all at Lincoln C.:enter was •pi�vat�f r'1l"tht-a1:/- •· - · : give··nfs•8ss'elisriic:nt of tr,c c.1dow'-· education in marltetihg aa1d speaker at paduation has not been the administration's top choice but Dr. Norman Roseofeld, dean of ment, the dean replied: "The Sy merchandising at Yeshiva Univeni- chosen. The Selection Committee unfortunately the hall was un- Yeshiva College, t old the Syms Chair will give Business ty." has reviewed the list of recipients of available on June 4. The selection . majors the opportunity to explore Mr. Syrns is a widely known honorary clearea and will shortly of Radio City Music Hall also areas which will be of direct figure in business, especially. submit its recommendation to the posed a minor problem for the Are Students significance to them as they begin because he appears in television Board of Trustees. When asked if committee. Because of performance their careers after graduation from commercials for his clothing stores. the students should be included in scheduling, the graduation Cre, ating Fire Yeshiva College." At the University's recent 59th the selection process, Rabbi Miller ceremonies which are customarily Hazards?. Dr. Egon Brenner, Executive Annual Hanukkah Dinner, Mr. explained, .. We have thought about held at tena.m. will begin earlierat VicePresident of Yeshiva Universi- Syms was awarded an honorary it but it would lead to various nine o'clock a.m. and must ty, said the Chair "will be an Doctor of Humane Letters dearee· complications." Rabbi Miller conclude promptly at twelve p.m. By MORDECHAI TWERSKY ud. anchor in the development of the. in recognition of his contributions HOWARD T. KONIG applied Ecnomics areas at the to business and communal life. undergraduatc colleges." (Continue mi Page 6, Col. 2) I YeshJ,a a nd . Stem Colleges Initiate A COll!-.-.atator,investigation has � confirmed fears that security provi- . Summer Research Pr�__gr am ..,...,1•t h · sions made by the University administration in case of tire arc IB: A Dramatic Success AECOM beina foiled br tJte students here. C 100 Rooas TIited _ By· STUART EHRLI H As part of the investigation, one The Yeshiva College Dramatics story of Job. The story takes place hundred sn:aoke detectors in one Society has consistently been one of in a circus where the clowns and hundred rooms were tested. Results the few extra-curricular activities vendors become the players in an of the test, which was conducted by which has drawn the attention and intriguing drama of one man's the COllllllllltator staff', have attendance of Yeshiva students. harassment. The circus is a w This year, as in the past, this fall's microcosm of life which allows �vealed that twenty 1detectors ere not operational because batteries production of Archibald Macleish's people to shed their inhibitions and were missing. J.B. exudes a certain quality which · put on a new face full of laughter, Additional results of the in­ has been a cornerstone of Y.C.D.S. smiles and hidden dreams and vestigation included th� rooms · productions and their architect Dr. desires. In this setting there are no which had �efective smoke dctec• Anthony S. Beukas. 1 prejudices and everyone can stand ton, and three rooms which were J.B. is certainly a play well on a par with his peers. The circus suited r the Y.U. populous. Its is for the little boy in. all of us, had •••11 la die n1atrdlprop11■ wW W ...wor ...._ .. 11■t die found to be mi11in1 the alarms .. fo . E■atefa ca.,. this sammer. play within a play structure is a No Batteries modern day tale of the biblical (Continued on Page 8, Col. 7) By STEVEN FIIID Students who were questioned Yeshiva University has a-· requirements include a hiah grade- durina the inveatiption explained tablilbed a new 1ummer research point average, in addition to several thaJ it is a common practiceto take · . prGlflm. for the undergraduate faculty recommendation,. AppIi- batteries out of the smoke detectors , collcps in conjunction with the cants will bescreened by a selection so that its alarm should not be -Albert Einstein College of committee con1istinaof Dr. Moses · activated while students are cook­ Medicine, it .was announced by Tendler, chairman of the BlololY ing. The use of electrical cooking · Dean Norman Rosenfeld, Yeshiva department at Yeshiva Colleae; Dr. appliances in the residence halls is Collqe, . and by Dean Karen Fred Goodman, chairman of the prohibited. Bacon, Stem College for Women. Bioloay department at tbe Stern Theuse of the appliances, a daily In an interview with the College for Women; and Dr. Lea practice among dormitory students, Cz■■r■tator, Dean Rosenfeld · Blau, usociate profeuor · or has led to the frequent breaking of relulCld details of the program, to Chemistry it Stem. Accordlna to circuits. R1blll Slllmon Romm, one of RIETS' most dltldapllhed ROlltel bc'pn thi1 summer, which would the dean, the selection committee is Vetltl,a, dellwerlna a lblur durlna tht Yom lyun (day or latrospectloa) Fuaellox lnclcleet 111 a rtfate4 e,eat, stud111ts award three credits and $1000 to due to meet this week to diacu1s the Last November, there was a for rablllnlcal ltlldeall •rlltr this 11mester. outltanding, qualified juniors and timetable for the proaram and turned out In die hundreds to bear six ROlhel Yetltlw■ abe llhlurlm ror small fire in the Morgenstern halakha (Jewish .. exoeptional" sophomores who arc review the admiaion requirements. R ence Hall resulting from the Alumni. Topics for tht clUIII co,ered ,arlous arn1 or esid Rablll Romm Is flanked by Rablll Ze,ulun intere1ted in bio-medical research. Flnt ftut unauthorized use of a fuscboll on law). In this phot01riph, floors. Charlop (leCOlld from rl1ht), Director or RIETS; Rabbi Herschel The program will see its first one of the building's Senlces (rlpt); Rabbi Mordecai in the spring, when . Althoush, in _this particular case, Schachter, Director of Rabbinic active phase Sdtnaldm■n, Director, Educatioul smkes, Is at far left. Accordina to the dean, eligibility . (Continued on Pagt JO, Col. 4) (Continued on Page 7, Col. 5) 1HECOMMENTATOR '. -- ... .. ·--�-- --- •-· ········· - - · . · ·.· · .... From the Editor's Desk · · Procrastinating Proposals SireCloin mintator- , A good university · is in constant ...... , Semester Report ...... II._._.•._,.., .. ,....n ....111111 1.... llllmll...... c..a.•- introspection. Constant self-inspection _,_,•Ill' and curriculum change . should be an -11.....,::.._, .n-...... ,. 11••111... .,., ...... _•. Card ...... _, .. ongoing process. . ,. onDIII • -��...... 0 N Lamm. Governing Board ----- By BEN-ZION SMILCHENSKY Last month, after heated debate, The BEN-ZION SMILCHENSKV Commentator governing board votedto postpone Editor-in-Chief dlat die tint of adGeorp· Now IUlll'J 1111,.... publishing an editorial embracing the proposed, MARK LEFKOVITZ RICHARD FRIEDMAN year usant,ed, ... Y •Y � b,e Associate Editor Managing Editor Orwell's to,.t ...... ,..of t" dlouptl new curriculum. The board assumed that by the · IRA MEISELS DANIEL FINK •• me Be111 wary,of my llowmr, .. llllllklq die next issue, the curriculum committee would have faeculivc Edilor Coordinatina Editor llltelllpaee• paper. of my ..... Iof clNNMen,rt11 latto my finally reached a decision; once again, as usual, CHAIM NORDLICHT SHELDON PICkHOlZ · lhollptl •dineayaterlw twtl,e _.., radler, I that was not the case. Senior Editor Senior Editor wOI to ofmy lea lparut The committee was empowered to design a BARRY BENDER BllAN SHOkEN • dieatt1111Pt .-naa COIHYt palt. .... MWI curriculum that would maintain the standards of Contributing Editor Supcmalq Editor I lla,e alway, ftrllly IIMUe,N..t 1M .... reflect · MORDECHAI TWERSKY DAVID SCHWARCZ die ,at Wore GM _,..llto die News Edilor Y cahiva while acknowledging the unique Nm Editor .,. _.lyre aa dlollptOIi' ...... problem inherent in the double program system. . • MICHAEL TA RAGIN JOSEPH MUSC:HEL ,. ....'More ," llowWldioat -- ca we Nllltdcally aad Sports Editor or die ,, By repeatedly postponing a final decision, the Feature Editor ...,...., utlclfate mt oama.die....,_. _ committee has hurt both the school and its Board aa mt trya.s to...... w111 _.. ..._a student body. HOWARD T. KONIGTechnical AARON DOBRINSKY I Zo-." ... Seda.s ... Uteruydie GARY KAUFMAN AVRAMI RUBINSTEIN --cne"Twlllptdre ltyle. I• llllplyI ..,...... a, ..... for Current yeshiva students do not know what Aui11ant1 to Ille Bulinea f:diton Editor-in-Chief ...... courses they will need to graduate. Ycsh iva · ...... Wt 111...,trite 110Wroadilll ... 1111 ..If1111 students in Israel� who left ot,.._f Israel thinking BENJY SCHOENBERG YOEL MOSKOWITZ fall IAN LANOOW JEFFREY BALLABON ...... no.., ,...... - .. - that they could graduate after six semesters at <:irculation Editon Op-f.d eaJoyiq - f• Co -MtOrthelt put few Y.U., do not know if they will have to spend an SIMMY WEBER JOEL ROSS liopefally..... 111 IWIII of alJllWI die .. t lu ... wrfttea Public Rdation1 Art , , extra semester in college. Israel students allOltau...,._. eollep. of,- f•dlole 11:owfflr ERIC ROSENBERG MICHAEL ODINSKY planning to major in accounting are especially Assistant to the MARC GREEN all,..1111 .....·"ollldal ....,•••,.,..._ ...... ,..or wm,.,...ofY•b• Supervising Editor hurt by the current situation. MICHAEL KAYE Collep,"htlll rtrleftydlat .._all lucoat to,._ JONATHAN HERMAN Photography Finally, Yeshiva's freshman attrition rate is Science Editor dlll 1,allhl' ... pt ay (Nfnad fflllatlaa. I wlll already quite high. Next year, if new freshmen ·toac1t ..- ...,...._ floll...a!sl I lmdoll to Tlrt Commtntaro,. I wlll ._., mt Ilda ..., Illa Jcam that the requirements . have not been STAFF acllfflill ...... eacll for tllelr...... -- changed, ,the situation will only be aggravated :cEWS: Neil Adler, Nachum iane, Saul Burian, Neal Dubiinlky, Stuart Ehrlich, Daniel Feit, Michael FclllCII, Steven Fried, Pablo (assuming the committee has not reached a Geralnick, David Goldin, Steven Holtzman, James Joshowitz, Eli decision by next year). · Koenigsberg, Lance Laifer, Phil Ledereich, Eric Levy, Phil Machlin, Bruce Moscnki1, Jay. Sultan, Gerald Tannentiaum, YESHIVA COLLEGEbillboards STUDENT are COUN CI� - The governing board can safely assume that Yitzchak Twenky, Ayraham Aryain Witty. FEATURE: Jeffrey Every April our colleae covered from Ballabon, Chaim Gcjcrman, Eiiezar Hammer, Peter Marcus to bottom with postm, leaflets, and fUen by Dr. Lamm as per his Comaeatater interview, D top · elected aniel Rosenth al. TYPING: Aiell Blacher, Richard Piekarz David eapr student, wi1hin1 to be to a position on agrees that the · current issue muit be resolved Siqelman, Jonathan Silver. OP-ED: Jay Auslander, 'Jeffrey Every we Bailabon. SPORTS: Russel Adler, JelT BodolT, Ronny Gro11, Eric the elite student 1ovemment. eventsApril are promptly. Dr. Lamm should make every efTort Hcrschman, Robert Katz, Ian Landow, Larry Lehman. Avrumi promised evcrythin1 from excitin1 to soda in · to help expedite a decision. We hope the Markowitz, Keith Rhine, Shabsi Schreier, Swie Simon, Howie the water fountains. Jeff' Katz, Danny Lehman, Yitz Sonnenblick. BUSINESS: Howard Blumenfeld; Bria11 Thau • curriculum ·committee will act quickly, to the 4..,_t a.-. Utton. Solomon, and Morey Schwartz were. truly followin1 benefit of all concerned. up on their campaip pledps at the start of this , • ·( semester. In an editorial in our November 2nd iuue we complimented the, studcn� councilpl•untJ)lace ,for "dilipntly... Mass Emigration worki,111 towards makin1 YU a more and setti"11 a precedent for the future." They boush! a Throughout the past few months there has DO YOU THINtUnited States. One avenue presently attractedChicago over City Limits.two hundred students to a night at being explored to attract students is directed towards the increasing number• of students who the · Since their bript bepnniq, however, soda in attend yeshivos in Israel before embarking on the water fountains has suddenlycan aone a bit Oat. Theirbeat. their college careers. performance as of late be termedin fair at 1' The suc:cess of this method of recruitment I Planned events are fewer and rartber between than being pursued by the Office of Admissions is in the past and many activities have gone unnoticed. beina seriously undermined by the lack of u Travellln1Several evenu,Jewiah aucbTheatre, the rau and concert, the communication existina · between Yesbiva received the YC-Stem College adininistrators and their representatim e lhabbaton, have not atudentlie, aupport ind have in Israel. The students studyin1 in Israel aretold . failed1tudent1.. The Many· blame, of however,the . fai lureanot were totally caused with theby alorious stories of the "promiaed land" of advertiliq and campiips. lackluater promoti�l Wubiqton Heipts. They are unfortunately been mialead into belimn1 that· their llrael cndita Cafe' du Morpe, a brilliant idea, bu not will 11tisfy many of their Judaic Studica Behind Lounge Doors realized to illredeaianina fullelt potential. it'• Much fu ndini was requirements at Yeshiva·college. Upon entering I· necessary for prelellt location,by but if Ycahiva Univenity, however, they are suddenly finals areonce spin upon us. but this time its availabilitya ia limited, moreii or leu, the few · students face a serious problem. In the put, houn ni,tit that Mora Mart open, perhaps the overwhelmed when informed that the Yeshiva . whole project wu a wute· or' 1ood money and student lounges • were available for late-aipt. valuable time. college recruiters in Israel have, u ·one of the pro 0 studying. This year,. · however, most of , 'l1le wu be sfwn faculty members stated, lied" to the students Studentin �IIIDeater. · jllltmilld been to and only a small seament of their requirements: , the loun1es are either locked or totally unfitfor out, •rlier the I byhave tbilinformed have been fulfilled. Thenptrar's office ran. to use. In fact, the only really viable student lounae thaf"wc will finally receive it the time i11ue is recopize the ii used as a T.V. room. The student council in print. One. wonden if the directory has\outlived its ripts of the Y ahivaCollege purpose. representatives to issue any agreement or should be expected to 1bow sensitivity to all promises. They maintain that it ·is the student needs, not only. that of entertainment. What happened to the Cultural Affain Committee? : responsibility of the students to inveatiaate the We, therefore, urp that all lounps be properly Alide from a mllHIIIIIitl impet111 ucunion and purcha1m1 validity of such promises. fitted with chain, tables, for the proper ticketl to a ballet lectureah11 by fa llen off. AIIO atmosphere of study. miuiqunivenitiea, are the promiled u u, intercollcaiateprofe110rt1 from The lack of communication and subsequent cventa.other well student lack of interest to rectify thesituation bas led to (Contlnutd on Pagt 10, Col. 4) much student 1rief. Yeshiva College therefore The Editor-in-Chief and the entire govemina 111ffers an enormous attrition rate and a decrease board wish a Muel Tov to Associate Dean in the number or enrollin1 students who have · Rabbi Michael Hecht on the marriap of bis The Editor-in-Chief and the entire governing learned of this inconsistency. We therefore urge daupter Judy (SCW '84) to Zev. Berman. (YC ' board wish a Maze/ To v to Elie Abadi (YC '83) the Office of theReaistrar to work toaether with '82). on his engagement to Estie Eichler (SCW '84), the Office of Admission, to correct this and to Ari Kahn (YC '83) to Naomi Linder. situation. We also maintain that the present • • • relationship will continue to be incrwinaJy. The Editor-in-Chief and the entire governin1 • • • unproductive when such a relationship, fr9m its board wish a Maztl To v to Philip. Machlin on The Editor-in-Chief and the entire governing · inception, ii based on a lack of understandin1 bis recent election to U.S.A. Chairperson of the ' board wish a Maz�I To v to Andy Schreiber (YC and apathy towards its correction. North America Jewish Student's Network. '83) on his marriage to Susie Gross. Tllunday, January 12, 1984 mE COMMENTATOR! Y.U. to Send .Pelegation. for 'OP-ED Harvard .u.N·. Special to Ille Comme11tator Preparations arc currently under chemical weapons, brain drain, self way at Yeshiva College and the· determination of Tumor and its Stern College for Women for the people, the problem of Namibia, Unregistered Frats upcoming Harvard Model United the economy of the developing· Nations February 21-27 at the countries, the national debt, safety Sheraton Hotel in Boston. of aircraft, guarantees of non­ -By YOEL MOSl��z According to Mr. Mordecbai nuclear countries, and the prolifera­ Three pouibUities face students mcmbcn of tbi■ fra t, have a good clllllCI the day after the rm al and Twer1ky, President of the Dr. tion of nuclear arms. ' upon enrollment in Yeshiva chance at becoming a dorm having D's chanaect to A '1 is a Joseph Dunner Political Science Accordins to Mr. EI-Zayat, University. Tboup the choice is counselor, . part time proctor for most favorite sport. Extra attrac­ Society of Yeshiva College, a within limits of the six•y Harvard not official, it is there. Yeabiva bas rm als at YU. tions - Graduating with honon, specia.1 committeeof YC and Stem Model U.N. conference, an attempt three frats, none official, none ftl Beta M..Law acceptance to a major law, med or students has been r ormed to select will be made to recreate the reaistcred, but . ncverthcleu three Pre-requisite■ - Membcn must dent school, enpgemdt to a nice the Y.U. dclFtation. conditions under which Member very active frats, nobody actually have an auortment of corduroy girl from Woodmere before your The joint �mmittee is underthe States make such decisions as they . sips up into a specific fra t, but pants, Dannel shirts, Laco■tc tint year of grad ■chool. And of . lcadcnhip of Mr. Ephraim El­ negotiate with each other about the · aivcn a week or two at Yeshiva, sweaters, Nike sncaltera, band course a place for you on the Zayat, a Ycsh iva College alumnus, substantive action that oupt to be they easily fall into one. If you arc made yarmulk111 (worn on. top of alumni board in about ten or 1983, and Mr. Nathan taken on a particular issue. unsure of what frat you arc a bead of course) and a Dib clip. fifteen years when you. are very Rabinovitcb, a YC senior. Mem­ member of, here i1 a guide. · Must have an intense interest in wealthy. bers on the ten-member committee AllbPll,aly... football, Stem airls, hockey, Pill Psiffawlaa include Daniel Lehman, YCSC According to Mr. Twersky, a Prerequisite - members must Queens girls, ba■kctball and NYU Prerequisites - must have one V.P.; Ka�n Sigel, SCSC V.P.; study of application procedures of have an · auortment of polyester girls, must have spent a year at pair of Levis, an assortment of Shari Greenberg, President,Joseph past years for the HMUN was pants and plaid shirts. Mu■t have BMT. Requirements - members concert t-shirts 'and cowboy boots Dunner Political Science Society, conducted by Mr. El-Zayat. As a an intense interest in · Talmud, must be enrolled in YP but never or sneakers. Must have an intense SCW; Joel Cohen, Political Science result of his studies, he has computers and/or science. Require­ go, IBC and never go (yet do very interest in Led Zeplin, the Who and Society V.P.; Lenny Bessler, YC incorporated additional and more ments must be either Prc-Rabbinics well on finals), or JSS and show up any airl who does not go to Stem . . senior; Philip Machlin, newly stringent requirements for student YP, Honor roll or attendance one class SOI, (thereby making the Requirements - Must be in JSS, elected chairman of Network; eligibility for the program. This monitor IBC, or the intense BT grades on .your finals academic). yet not belong there or in IBC and Melanie Faber, Political Science year, however, all students were cla11 in JSS. Must be either' Members must be either Pre-Med, not want to be there. Must major Society V.P. • invited to ·apply for a place on the computers, education or · health . Pre-law or accounting majors in in psychology, sociolo8)' or History science major in YC. Mu•t have YC. They must participate in in YC. Must live on campus and be mini Shas set, Muh1111 Brurah arid · basketball or hockey intramurals. on your way to living offcampus. Rambam on shelf in dorm room. Rooms must be decorated with Activities - Shoppipg in the Activities - Dating girls from posters of Cheryl Tiegs, Christie village, buying concert tickets and . Stern who either spent a year · at Brinkley and/or Joe Theisman. other paraphernalia, avoiding Rab- Sharfmans or Michlalah or are Activities - Datini Stern, Queens bi Chaifetz's office, sleeping late, graduates of Bais Yaacov. Also or NYU girls (most of whom had blowing out the stereo, and must attend every engagement gone to Machon Gold, and whom championing causes that you later party in Morg lounge. Most . you met while in Israel). Going to do not care about. Extra Activities important, members must . protest • Bcrnsteins every Saturday night is · - none. against those students that get • a must. Of course intense cramm­ There arc exceptions to the rule, in away with murder this school. .. ing and grubbing before an orgo but I doubt there are many. Which Extra attractions - Graduating .final is imperative. DropPini do you belong to?

A Very ShortStory · Mr. Ephraim EI-Zayat, In 198.3, sllown with Ambassador Vehuda Blum of Israel (third from right); Dr. Israel MIiier, Senior V.P. or Y.U. By IRA MEISELS (second from left). Also sllown are Philip Madllln ((11r right) and Mr. It was early evening and the ' At this point, Joey took a· deep percent. Meyer Muschel or the Israel Affairs Committee. twilight crept in between the 1 breath. He had worked himself up He stopped and looked at Kenny · Mr. El-Zaya appe s to be well window shades. Joey and . Kenny · to a frenzy and ·was trying to who wore a look of sympathy. _ � �� � delegation, in contrast to prcviot:s compose himself. . qual!ticd for his pos1t1on. As t�e years, when seniors and/or political were, as was their wont during · "Listen old boy," began Kenny. Pres1d twilight, revealing their innermost "Do you remember Raskolnikov "I understand what you arc going �nt of the �sracl . �ffa!rs · science majors were usually accep­ secrets to each other. · from Crime and Punishment?," he · through but I think there is no �otnm1ttee of Yeshiva University ted. Each student applying to the "Don't you · see," Joey was continued. "He thought he was a cause for it. In my opipion, your in 1982-1983. Mr. El-Zayat earned delegation was required to submit saying, what it's like. I understand Napoleon - someone better than basic premise is all wrong. Ninety­ "Committee of the Year" h�nors an essay on a specific current " from the Student Council, a that most people arc base, that they· others and to whom, thcrefore, nine percent of . the world is political topic and a pe rsonal. distinguished award presented at essay ' are jealous, petty destructive, and differcnt rules applied. He killed wretched and one percent is noble? the weak. Yes above all, weak. But I the old pawnbroker and he No,no, it is not like that at all." conclusion �� each sc�ool year. Th� essays, i� turn, were He has part1c1pated in many can't acc:cpt that formyself. No, I suffered. But do you know why he · "The truth is, 'Joey, that all . reviewed by a panel of three suffered? Not because of the people, yes one hundred percent, seminarsand conferences, and won students from the selectioncommit­ want to be strong I need to be . wide accl · strong. I need to be better than murder, but becauseof his reaction are, at the same time, wretchedand aim last year for his. tee. Each member reviewed the I to it. His reaction was that · of any noble, weak and s\rong. There are leadership and direction. Mr. essavs on an individual h�sis and others and that's exactly why Rabinovitch serves suffer. Oh, at times, I convince non-Napoleon. It was this that no full-time Napoleons out there. as secretary of thereafter submitted an evaluation the crushed him; he thought he was · Every man the Political Science Society at to Mr. Rabinovitch and Mr. El- myself that I am better than at times soars to the Yeshiva College. rest and am not a weak person. But Napoleon but he was just an greatest heights and at other times Zayat. The average of the !:tree then I, once again, act basely and ordinary, wretched man." . sinks to the lowest depths. This is Topics evaluations combined was According to Mr. El-Zayat, the calculated, and the applicants were like a sledgehammer it hits me. The "Don't you see, this is the the beauty, the greatness of man. .U. act itself is bad enough but what's situation I'm in. Ninety-nine per- Man must earn his existence at Y delegation will represent the interviewed by the two committee J110re devastating is how the act cent of the people in this world is every moment; one moment he will country of Turkey in the General . chairmen. Each essay was accom­ taunts me. 'You think you're any wretched and weak and only one be a great Napoleon, the next lower Assembly of the Model United panied by the student's social different? Ha! You're as weak as percent is noble and strong . . 1 yearn than a mouse. So you see ...." Nations. The Assembly consists of security number. No names were any of them!' Do you licar, Kenny? to be part of that one percent but "Wait a second," burst from six committees which will discuss attached to the essays. (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) . . '/Continued of pg. 9, col.' That's what it says to me." know I'm part of the nin�ty-ninc . topics including biological and ...... --- JJ , 11 �efters To· lhe• E�itor that this matter is not under his Thoughts of Y.U.. " Let me start mcnt Agents. They are not police attention: the article neglected to Delayed Reaction jurisdiction. and sent me t<>' Rabbi . by saying that I am a Yeshiva officers. nor do they carry guns. · identify Professor Goldhagen as a Miller. Vice-President · of Student College senior in M.Y.P. and very They are not a form of protection Y eshiv;i . faculty person_. While Affairs. He in turn, promise"d me happy to see uniformed police !'or Y.C. (and Y.U.H.S.) students. Professor Goldhagen is on the To the Editor: that the locks would be changed officers around the Y.U. campus. Next on my hit list are the faculty at Harvard University, we As a resident of the Third Floor even if the money must come out of The question "Why weren't they people complaining about the are also privileged to have him as a in Rubin, who was victimized by his own pocket. It is now a month here before?" b silly. ls there a amount of summonsesgiven out in member of the faculty at Yeshiva the the theft of $2,000 in computer since I had spoken to Rabbi Miller, police office, assigned 24 hours a . the Y.U. area. You must be College and BRGS. He holds the equipment, I would like to discus� and the locks have not been day at Columbia, N.Y.U., Lehman t �ontinued on Paxe 6, Col. I) Eli and Diana Zborowski the . problems involved in obtaining changed. Must another theft occur or any other college? I will save Professorial Chair in the Inter­ new locks in Rubin. My rooin was before action will be taken? vou the research. the anr•.,.;': is NO. disciplinary Holocaust Studies, and vulnerable since many other people . Ell Krakauer . Why should tr1cy have been hr.re Goldhagen and will be teaching the course on the had keys that worked in my lock. · M.V .P. Sealor before the shootings started? History of the Holocaust (History When I approached Rabbi Secondly, according to Mr. Y.U. 1285.A) during the spring semester. Cheifetz, the head of the Y.C. , Moskowitz, the oniy "police" I would appreciate your advising dormitories, with my problem, he No Appreciation presence . here before the many To the Editor: your readers of this correction. said. that action will be taken. After "sniping incidents" were Traffic I was pleased to read the story Thank you. two weeks had passed, the locks To the FAlltor: Violations Officers. The people in covering the recent lecture delivered Rohrt S, Hirt were still not changed, so I w .ent This is in response to the Dec. the brown uniforms he was by Professor Erich Goldhagen. Dean, MH «,ten DM■lon back to Rabbi Cheifetz. He told me 14, 1983 Op-Ed article "Secure referring to arc the Traffic Enforce- May I call one item to your or Com••• Senlces ., . ,I·'. ,· ·.·,• .., ·• · t·, ' : .. · .·' :1� / _; · -:�, 1-, ...... ···• )'HI COMMINTATOI(.-- --- i!l,C

·, =':; '!"�� ; .. . -r,·•. !· . ·-1 � � ' • ··.1 Film on Media• Bias Draws Large · -Isn't BkJOd� 'thicker-_ Than . Water?: Crowd In Morgenstern Lou�ge ------IYIOSEPH MUSCHIL ----�------.. 11 the American Red Crou fe rencea of the Red Crou. the the MDA. According to Rabbi . Society worthy of Jewish 111pport? lcaillative mectinp of. ·the ICRC. . Rubin Dobin, International Chair- Mon., Dec. 26 - CIOIC to 200 in11 such term,11 u "horrifying", Over the put few yean, many Moreover, repraentativa from the man of Operation Rocognition, an ttudenll railed Morp1tcm Loua,e brutal", 1avage-" and American Jews have ·expreued! LRCS along with · delcptea from organization working to adlieve this evcnin1 to • a Yideo "inhuman". · The llheli IO¥em• 1trona racrvation1 oftr the 1ovemment1 ljpa tory to the intemational acceptance of MDA, prctentation entitled "NBC In · ment, accordina to Chancellor, •u · propriety of 111pporting this I Geneva convcntiom or 19'9, alto the American Red Crou and Lebanon: A Study - or Media "imperi11i1tic" and B11bir organizalion baled on ill aUqed . attend the International Confeen- llrael's Maacn David Adom mare Mi1repracntation," spon10red by Oemayel, the Cbrittian Phalanpt anti-lwel bia1. They cite the Red '· cea. Thu,, the iuue of MDA a clotc killlhip includin1 many the Jarad Affain Committee. sympathetic to Imel (later to be Cro11' scemin1ly incon1ruou1 recognition is hardly one that c:an mutual auiltance programs. MDA The hour-Iona documentary, elec:ted Preaident11 of bbanon) wu policy of refuainJ to "recopiz.e" be decided solely by national officials note that the ARC has produced by "American• For A -clacribed u a youq blood-thinly l1rael'1 (counterpart) Magen David societies, let alone the American · been a leader in its efforts to sain , Safe Israel", and writtm by ill Cbmtian aayqe.:• Adorn tocicty, while at the 11me Red Cro11. When oneconsider, the . . MDA international recognition. director Mr. Peter Goldman, On one oocuion, the report or a time offerina moral and technical fact that the leader of the Perhaps most impressive, is the demonstrates that NBC Nipdy car bombin1 in Wat Beirut wu 1upport to over one hundred and innucntial Moslem national ARC'• ?ffimitment to Maaen New, wu pilty or advocacy juxtapoaed to a report of an llraeli fifty equivalent national toeictia. societies (Red Crescent societies) ii David Adom, as evidenced by their journali1ril (biased one-aided bombiq, implying that Imel wu According to American Red Crou a brother to PLO Chairman Yuir Rod Cross literature and paraphcr- reportins) in· illcoverage of tlie war rapomible for both aas. Thil kind (ARC) and Mqcn David Adom Arafat, MDA's �ectioli from the nalia. The American Red Croa in Lebanon. ••NBC," claims AFSI,_ or reporting, according to AFSI, (MDA) ofl"ac:iall,· however, Jewish ICRC become■ even more limits its reference to Lcape "milled. and deceivedthe American wu yet another type of advocacy allegation, have raulted from understandable. (LCRS) membership in ill publica• public by denyin1 to tbe public the journalism anplo,-1 by NBC. tbeARC and tions and empha1izea instead its objective newt it· baa the ript and The documentary acknowledps . milcollceptio� about 'Ille ._ of R.tl!Nlftlda iu bein& ccmfUNd with the more - � dil'ffl auociation with other the need to be lbown. The that the two other major11 network,, . encompUIUII International Com- Since 1948, the ICRC bas national societies, including the conli1tent�ates pattern or onwidednaa ABC and CBS were only mittee or the Red Crou (ICRC). reflllCd to rccosnize Israel's MDA, Masen David Adom of Israel. that NBC held a point of marginally better tbaa NBC," and Actually, this larpr orpnization11 is citing the unacceptability of its Red American Red CrOII cbapten are · Yiew, shaped the new1 wbk,b did 1treued the need for dJanae on the the one . :apomible for recopi- Shield of David Emblem. Deapite encouraged to use but a linsle not fit ill biu. Thenetwork an ceued part or all three network,. tion" of national IOCietiel and- the challenges that the ICRC has emblem in their literature and in being an oblomr or effective Praendy, American• For A Safe sranting or membmbip in a approved in the put, 111ch emblems their displays:-- - the Red Cross to11rce of information, but became Israel,· IUlCOrding to ill director, i1 cooperative federa tion of national u: the Red Lio n and sun of the itself and not to display the a protagonist for one aide - the trying to have the video lhown in toeietia, known u the Leape or Iranian national society and the Cracient in thtir pubJicat.ion,, PLO." CCJlllftll, thePentqonand the Red CrouU•••••••• Societiet ·\RC (LRCS). _. . · Rod Crescent of motlem orpniza• banners or ftap. In U,e event that a . Amons the many lhoc:kin1 fact, White Houac. In addition , the . tions, ICRC hu remained steadfast chapter wishes to use multiple Rap pracated in the video were the orpnization hopeato pment NBC ICRC MIIClldM in its position. . or emblems, then all threee mblems foUowin,: from nnewin1 its licenle to The relationlbip between the Quite contrutin,ly, however, the · must be displayed. These are: The I. While NBC devoted more broadcut newa. bNed onan FCC . es re,ulation prohibitin1 biased ARC and the ICRC may be American Red Croa has - Cross, the Crescent and· the Shield than 600 ·minutes to the war in compared to the relationlhip bet- �blilhed_ a sood relatio�ship with . of David. · Lebanon, leu · than 30 or those reportiq.;u for the role 1tudents ween the American · deleption in minutes were devoted to the lmali can play in �be 1tnaale asain1t the the . United Nation, to the more: point of view. media, Mr. · Goldman urpd stu­ en�mpassins General Auembly. 2. NBC reportedthat the number dents to write NBC, protesting its Wbile each sovernment represented · or homeless in southern Lebanon coverage of the war in Lebanon, at the U.N. ia independant and free resulting from the Israeli invasion and its continued anti-Israel to fo rmulate its own foreisn policy, totalled 600,000. This fipre wu reportina. Furtliermore, he the usembly's -resolutions are clearly inaccurate in lipt of thr. suaested that 1tudcnta write te the determined by many member fact that the total population o( sponsors of the news, calling on delegations on a collective basis. southern Lebanon was less than them to · withdraw their spon­ Similarly, the ARC .,i, but one · · that figure. sonhip. Lists of sponsors were recognized national society, among .3. NBC referl'ed to "Jordan's available at the presentation and a mainstream or others, that is West Bank" on more than one may be obtained fr om the AFSI represented at International Con- occasion, despite the fact that the office in New York. Summer Management-- area is currently in dispute. NBC Nishtly News 4. Throughout the war, John 30 Rockefeller Plaza Internships A vailab/e Chancellor, a commentator for New York, N.Y. . . .. · _ Jl{BC, described the ls�eli u,vasion New York City Summer \����- · Workmen In Student Union lulldlng A"ldtntally Management Intern Propam offers ltndfat fifty college students from New Commentator c:o-aew• elllcor Mordedlal Twenliy IIIOn wldl Damage_ WYUR F1cllltl11 Durln1 Con1trudlon York City the opportunity to work Inell Defea ae Mllllster MOIiie An■s (NCOIIII from left),U.S. in city sovemment for ten weekl Allll,Ulldor leu Kirkpatrick, ud Ylllllta Ualtenlty Prllld•t Dr• each year and provides a stipend of . N.... - l.a■- (fu rlpt), at .,._· U■IMlltJ'• N -.I a-., .. By HOWARD T. KONIG 2,000 dollars to each participant. Dhlnerat die_ Waldorf_._ ... Mr. Twdy, a 20ym ·oldjailer at January 3 - While replacing a . Su!Jlmer Manapment interns serve Yml,a Collep, It presldeat of die PoUtlcal Sde■ce Society ud...... but we fee l the contractor should stairway in the Student Union as - assistants to aeneral counsels, A have been aware of the fact that the to _ ,.,.. a career �jolnalllll. •••• �lkpatrlck _. Building, workmen of Koenis Iron assistant commillioriers and project Minister Arens were pme11ted wltb ..,nry depeei from the two adjacent walls encompassed directors in city apncies. They Works accidently ;created a hole WYU R . As one of the workmen Unl,enlty at a spedaJ eoa,ocadoil� Ac:cordlag to Uuenlty · into two walls of WYUR . Debris work in such areas as program Administration offldals. Mr. Twersky wu lastramental In arranging for said, the Yeshiva knew exactly fell throughout the newsroom and planning, implementation ind Arens and WCBS-TV andlor Jim what had to be done." the exdusbe lntmlew with Mr. ; into the mus\c library, which - evaluation, policy research and Jensen (below), which aired that •me e,ealng In the trf-state area. Station �anager Nachum Segal fiscal analysis. contains 3,500 records. 15-20 added: .. We are fortunate that Internships are available in a records were broken1 or damaged unlike other recent circumstances. variety of city agencies and and a mini-stereo system was thi£ incident did not affect mayoral offices to enable Program scratched up, according to WYUR · WYUR's broadcasting schedule." officials. participants to select •a job assisn­ An official of Buildings and ment in accordance with their The stairs were being reconstruc­ Grounds, who hired out the ted due to an earlier interests, skills and career soal1. unpublicized . COl\tractor, stated that the accident c-tator investisation into the In addition to exposure . lb was due to a misjudsment in the complex iuues·or bia-city_ 1ovem­ . safety of the Student Union thickness of the 'walls. Usually, a ment through their work experien­ Building. The staircase was, ac- wall consists of two mini walls and ce, Summer Mana,ement intern, . cording to one Yeslliva employee, a · cavity. The contractor bores participate in a weekly iemitiar "hazardous for the putfive yean." through one wall so that the beam serieawith dty · officials detiped to Robert Katz, program director of might rest on the block. Unfor­ provide an_ over;v.i� or the major WYUR, feell that WYUR should tunately, WYUR has only one have been notified that work was wall. AQCC>rding to Buildinp and policy iuua confrontin1 the city. · Students in public !ldminiltra• being done. "We appreciate the Grounds, who will be repairing the e�,� ... M��t.,� ..' ract that the administration has wall, ti�n, urban_ . the stairway should be aacnce and UIIIID•cumw1a are shown concern · for o ur safety by c=ompleted by the time this articleis ______,. havina a back staircase installed, printed. encourapd_ DaMkJ to apply. ... Sll1dlla A veryShort story N. Y. · Times Reporter Ari Goldman To be elisible for couideration, ttudenu must have a permanent (Continued fro m Page Col. Speaks at. Newspaper Shabbaton home addrut within New York J, JJ wretchedanim al that's cuctly what City and meet the followin1 Joey who could no lonaer contain you11 are - a wretched animal/' New York Times reparter Ari Goldman Subbatonwas ·the peat speaker .at the · requirementa u of June: himielf "Thia is- ridiciiloui The 1 c111l't accept that!" 1Creamed annual C.■-tator/Observer/Hamevuer December 23rd at · - be_ about to 1tart his/her junior fact that I sometimes act like a Joey. Acx:ording to you, man i1 a Stern Collese, _and stl"Clled tl'ie importance of "good, sound writin1," or aenior year, or base animal is what makes me a moun�in climber. He can work Speakina before some 1tudenll in Br®kdale Hall at the Stern College be a recent graduate man?"11 and sweat to climb hisher and for Women, 'Mr. Goldman, a Yesh,va Colleae pduate, told memben of · (winter/1pring or thi1 year) Yes, that's exactly It." hiper and, indeed, he may reach a · the .three �mpus publications .to 11carefully choose a profeuion and be . Studentt may be enrolled in out­ "But then which am I? A areat peak but the next aecond he'll fall happy with-_what you do." He a1so.-1treaed tl)e· importance of rapon1ible of�town Khools a1 well as· tchools bein1 or a bale animal? What am down to the very bottom. Of what and_ accurate new, reportins; · · · . : · . · .. :in- · Shab6'ton, �.i_te,-. _ .New York City. Former If' uae i1 all hit effort if he'll fall down· The. which brought:· �ors and 1tafT memben of :· ·: . · Summer · Manapment intern• and ''Why it'• simple. When you act anyway?!" · Y �iv� :aiuJ,- Stem Colleps· . .publ�tioria; prGvided atudents with the ·New·York · City Urban · Fellow, are �•rfna · · - ·• : _:i(Co111/�,i�d_ on·Pa1• 9, _Col. JJ like -_ a Napollon, you a� · a . - Ul'O'I -,.tJiili_> _ Kenny �•lbly :opf'O���ty. ;to meet and to •�-�-:�-..r :'3perience, '1Vorking on a·. colleae Napoleon; but when yw act like-a lhuddel'ed. . . - , · · ._�-�-��;-: :.,.;<)\\·\/:.:·,· .. . . n.,..aay, 1 .. 12,ary 1984 'THE COMMENTATOR: . .; ...., • WHAT'S NEWS? Register These Thoughts

Students, as well as faculty, have - 'department into the computer · chan1e in the rcptntion period. Curriculum Up date recently expressed their feelings to • age. They havealso redesipated the They made certain that thae me reaanting the content and intent area of reautration to the 1pacious notices were po■ted durina the of the editor's columns which have · Science Hall Commons which momin1 of January 3, 1984. The · By ARI WEITZNER previously appeared in the Com- affords students the luxury of n�t Repstrar's Office q1111t be thanked mcntator. These criticisms were beini crammed together 1n • for informing the student■ thereby directed towards negative views on conitrictcd 1quartcn.The Office of allowing them ampletime to attend A final vote on the new Y cshiva College curriculum is likely to be held the administrative policies _ at : the Repstrar has also incrca■ed to variou1 details involved in the soon, according to Dr. Norman Rosenfeld, dean. The curriculum Ycshiva College. Believing that an their staff number thereby enabling. registration process. Student■ were committee is expected to present a number of options to the faculty with individual should leave oneself more students to resister in a afforded approximately eipt boun regard to the speech, language, and the new "Restricted Elective" receptive to constructive criticisms shorter amount of time. The com- durin1 which time they were requirement. and sugcstions - and in kccpin1 bination of these facton· destined required to wait· on line receive, Ed. note: In the last issue of Commeatator, the "Restricted Elective" with the secular New Years registration for spring semester to their registration packet■, petition was incorrectly described. It consists of one or more advanc:cdcourses in a resolutions which I have made to be the most succ:cssful and en- for directed study, and petition the division outside that of the student's major. Its purpose is to broaden the reinforce personal values (still too joyable repstration in the history various academic committees. students' academic exposure.• , early to break) - I have decided to · of Yeshiva College, Students who fore■aw 1uch · respond to these criticisms. At this time, however, I must problems had scheduled appoint­ Although some people may feel · express my feclin1 of gratitude to. mcnts with Associate Dean Hecht, .New Courses fo r _Spring Semester !that January is an inappropriate the administration for not disap-· members of the Academic Stan­ time to write a column expressing pointin1 me. It seemed that dards Committee, and to discuss · sentiments as regards the final registration might have proved to common problems such as conflic-· experiences of a student at Y cshiva be too good to be true and I was ted course schedules for required Meaning and Evil College. I fee l that I am justified in doubtful as to , whether the ad- courses. Seniors were especially having written about experiencesas ministration could indeed accom- anxious to determine which require­ they have occurred. This allowed plish such a feat. I fe lt that the · mcnts they had to fulfill prior to Yeshiva College will offer a new course met next semester entitled · �c to reduce the risk of omitting ad!Jli�istration would somehow find matriculation in June had set aside ''Meaning and Evil." The course, which will be taught by Rabbi Shalom details conccmin8' the events of , a way to complicate matters and the week of January 2nd to attend Carmy, instructor oJ Bible, will.present a multi-disciplinary perspective on such experiences an-occurrence once more inconvenience the stu- to these critical details. Then, the question of how human beings make sense of a world in which evil is a which may occur over a lcnathy dents during registration. The suddenly and unexpectedly, they · constant feature. Readings will include Rabbinic discussions of evil and period of time. I would therefore Registrar's Office has fulfilled that • were notified - eight days prior to suffering, medieval treatments of Providence and evil (e.g. Maimonides like to express a fe eling of grltitudc . expectation, and I am grateful that . the officially scheduled registration and Gersonides), history of ideas and literature (e.g. Samuel Johnson, to the Office of the Registrar for they have not allowed me to be self period - that they must register · Dostoevsky, Lovejoy), and contemporary philosophical and sociological fulfilling my expectat ions of them , deceived. · within twenty four hours or be. perspectives. · in attempting · to make the rcgistra- The official rcpstration process faced with the possibility of being tion process as convenient and had not commenced when already closed out of their required councs expeditious as possible. the students were inconvenienced. due to late registration. To further Greek Civilization · The period of time between The "1983-1984 Academic Calen- • complicate matters, petitions to the registering for my·.fint course at dar for the Undergraduate Schools Academic Standards ColJlmittee . Yeshiva -Collc1c, ·_ . to presently at the· Washinaton Height� Cen- regarding the waiver of courses and Dr. Louis Feldman, chairman of the Classics department at Yeshiva registering for my · h11t semester, ter," which emanates from the directed study were destined to be College, will teach a course · next semester entitled, "Greek Civilization." have been fralipt: with change. • Office of the Executive Vice- delayed in mectin1 their respective This course embraces a survey of the political, economic, social, _ Students registcrina-Jor courses arc President, clearly stated "January deadlines and thereby subjected to religious and cultural history of the Greeks from the Minoan and no lon1cr required to stand in long 12-18, Thursday-Wednesday, the possibility of beingre jected for Mycenaean periods through the Hellenistic Age. The co�rsc will cen!cr on lines for any great lcnath of time, Academic Registration for Spring." failure to meet there appropriate a consideration of controversialq�cstions, among them 1s the followmg: 1) with repstration seldomly takin1 The administration (in their infmite deadlines. How praiseworthy was the Spartan way of life? 2) What were the factors longer thlL . fifteen or twenty wisdom) felt it necc111ry to It i1 difficult, u ao often i1 the that produc:cd tyrannies in so many Greek states? 3) How can we account , minutes: lbl;denta; •._ ffll1embcrln1 reschedule·registration to begin on case, for people unassociated with for the Greek victory over the Persians? 4) How much of a triumph - or the "old days," are now heard on January 4, 1984 the eve of the Yeshiva College and its travesty - was Athenian democracy? 5) Was the Athenian Empire really expressing the relief and pleasure new registration ' period. The - · bureaucracy to comprehend, how a as unpopul�r as Thucydides claims? 6) Was the war between Athens and afforded them by the quiikened Registrar's Office cannot befa ulted well developed and organized Sparta as inevitable as Thucydides declares it was? 7) In opposing Philip process.- for this matter because, as students , system - the effort of extensive of Macedon was Demosthenes a sincere patriotor a self-seekingpolitician? The main factor responsible for · have many a time heard before, time and encrpcs- could be foiled 8) Was Alexander the Great a brutal conqueror or a visionary the hastened proc:cdures is the "There were unforeseen cir- by the inconsiderate ovcrsi1ht of humanitarian? 9) How can we explain the vast economic, social, cultural competent orsanizational network cumstances!". not informins the student bodyof a (especially literary, scientific, artistic, and philosophic) and religious of the Registrar's office. The The Office of the Registar, change ir. the registration schedule. · fhanges · which occurred during the Hellenistic period? I 0) Why did the people who comprise this network however, was indeed kind enough For the students attending Yeshiva Jews find the Hellenistic Age so much more congenial to themselves than have succeeded in brinpng their to 'post notices regarding the College, it is an unfortunate reality tl\c preceding epoch?· that it is all too true. I would thcrcfore like to express my sincere appreciation to the Office of the Registrar for enabling the students Arab World in Transition to experience this reality - the confusion, and the hardships im­ posed on the students in being required to meet the necessary Ycshiva College will offer a new course next semester entitled, deadlines - resulting from the "Problems in Politics: Arab World in Transition." disrespect and uncaring the ad­ According to Or. Ruth · Bevan, chairman of the Political Science ministration has once again, dis­ department, the course will deal with conflicts between traditional and ' played towards the students. The modern values in the Arab world, including modernization, nationalism, Registrar's office must lastly be and Islamic fu ndamentalism. Case studies of individual states will be 'thanked for the fact that even made. The course will also treat . political problems of the Arab world under optimal conditions of relating to Israel, U.S. foreign policy, and the P.L.O. after Lebanon. The · organization, which would cause course will be taught by Dr. Bernard Firestone, adjunct assistant profesiior . this registration periodto be a near of Political Science at Yeshiva College. · perfect process, they fu lfilled the · students expectations for a chaotic ' YC · registration experience and justified semor Ian Landow 1hln1 blood durln1 this aemester's Fall Bleod . the anxiety which the students have ,,prl,e, ltld..-..J. A� to oqanlzen of thenent, •me295 plat■were donated experienced towards rcpstration facility and admlnlstntors of the U■ltenlty. i throughout previous years.

The Editor-in-Chief and the entire governing board of The Commentator would like to express their heartfelt condolences to: Levi Cash on the loss of his father Professor Frederick S. Baum, Dean of University Libraries, on the loss of his mother Professor Sidney Feld on the loss of his mother Rabbi Sol Roth on the loss of his mother Ha-makom Y'nachem Etchem B'toch Sh 'ar Avelei Tz ion V'yerushalaim IBC· Holds Breuer Conference· · · Reoi�nlbering Moshe z''I . ..Hiltorim and Pbiloaopbical I jouraalilt, WU commentator at the BJ .IEFF BALLAION on tbc 100th AMivcr- opcniq INlion. �------·· R.ellec:tiom aary or the Birth or Dr. luac Dr. Oenhon Appel · or- Ycabiva 011 lhctmlwr 19,' 198J, ti,� · bn,htest, a)camin1 beauty or a because he needed to rmd the truth. • Bcw•" wu theb 111 joc:t or an all- . Univenity c:baired the afternoon """ a fire ltt tlrt dom,ltory of smili111 child. ff.ii pride and joy He chose to seek it rather thar, wait day conffflllCC at YabivaUniver- iellion. He and Profcuor J. Ezra Yal,lwu Cltalm B#r/111. Mo,llt were the photoa he'd taken or for it to rl ftd him. lity'• flue Breuer CoUeac or ! Mcrkin, a pandloa of Dr. l1Uc Fnidmatt, 21 , wru lyl111 sick ltt 1111 children on Purim in Meah We all have a role in this world. Hebnlc Studiea (IBC) on Monday, ! Breuer who teacbea at the Im­ btd. 011trcomt by tl,t smoke, llt Shcarim. Each one is a master­ In some way we have to fulfill an December 26. The propam wu Jamin N. Cardozo School of Law, tither stumbltd, ju,nptd, or wa., piece. You could not look at them auigned task. Then when we have, · apomond in auociadon with Yllbiva Univcnity, apoke briefly at ol • . tltrown m,t of Ills windo w by an · · without aeein1 · the love that in some way, culminated our lives, n.lltlo11: A JOlll'#al of Ortltodox dial •. •■. . . . · ,xp/0.flon. Ht Is rtmtmbtrtd by produced them. we leave this world. Jewl, 'llot,fl,t, snd wu held in ·-lh. Rivka Horowitz or Ben ma11y stMdnts at Yulllw, Unlwnl- • • • Gurion . University discuss Somehow, thinp get in our way Silver Hall, at the Univenity's ed ty wlw k11tw /tlm In 1,/gl, scltool To say that death isn't fair is Manhattan. "Breuer and Rosenzweig" and Dr. to interrupt �ur search for our role Miin Center in and In Errtz Ybrotl. Walter Wurzburscr cliche. We arc all matureenough to in this world. We are content to Dr. l1Uc Breuer (1883-1946) wu of Yeshiva Writing about Moshe Friedman's be aware of our inability to judge. University spoke on "Breuer an drift . with the �rrcnt and only an intellectual leader in German • d traaic pa11in1 is not like writin1 a Belief in G-d renders unfaimesa · of Kant." Dr. CharlesRaff cl, holder sporadically bolt upright art,d take Jewry,. an attorney, and rounder of news article. Maintainin1 third impossible. Yet it seems important the Erna note of where we are heading. : the Po'alel Apdat lsratl OrthodoJ.. Sondheimer Chair in ca an Judaic studies at Yeshiva Uni,eni­ person impartiality is uncomfor- fo r our nawed comprehe111ion1 to · Moshe took a more difficult and : politi l oq ization in Jerusalem, ty, was tably awkward. Indeed, I find it rationalize tragedy in some man­ dircct path. He was always where he settled in 1936 after the commentator at the difficult to express my imprecise, ncr. Moshe's death (and life) is his _!._ftemoon session. · · introspective. Ever philosophical Nazis came to power in native unwieldly emotional responses . Dr. Breuer wu bom in Papa, in worthy of some contemplation. an d th oug htu fi ·I ver E search• ing. · Germany. The College was named any coherent and defined fashion. I knew Moshe in high school and after him last year in honor of a H ullll)'. He wu brought to Not that Moshe was my best . learned with him in Yeshivat For the latter years or his life, major contribution rrom New York Frankfort, Germany, u a child. friend. No, I barely saw him or Sha'alvim in Israel. He was just Moshe learned Torah in a renow- ranancier and philanthropist Her- There he studied at the yeshiva spoke to him over the last two and like the rest of us. Just as every one ned yeshiva. Those of us in Y.U. '. mann Merkin, Breuer'• son-in-law. founded by his father, Rabbi a hatr years. of us was unique, Moshe . was who knew him in Israel, lost we were honored to present this Solomon Breuer. He subsequently Yet consideration of his death unlike the rest of us too. contact with him soon thereafter. event because there have been too studied law, philosophy, and We arc certain of this, however. : (even now that word seems cruel) I Moshe first attended the Mirrcr few academic discuuiom of tile history at various institutions and forces me into an uncomfortable · Yeshiva's High School �fore going Moshe's maturing in Torah must religious nationalism and practiced law in Frankfort. cognizance of my own mortality. · on to Manhattan Hebrew High have been the result of a serious philosophy of Po'oltt Agudat He. wrote several books. In his College is the abnegation of the School (M .H .ff .S .). In Israel undertaking. His growth in learning Israel, as well as the Hinchian philosophical and political treatises, uncertainty of life. We all work for Moshe learned in Neve Ychoshua was certainty matched by his approach," said Rabbi Jacob M. Dr. Breuer considered himself the the future here. We plan and study and · tater came to team in progress in Hashkafa and Mussar. Rabinowitz, dean of IBC, who heir to the work of Rabbi Samson ever thinking not of now but of Sha'alvim. He was characterized by Perhaps that is why Moshe left opened the conference. Raphael Hirsch, his grandfather. years to come. We are "pre-law" his constant searching for the truth. '91 •rly.IO Perhapsby virtu1 of �is He was followed by Dr. Norman He developed Hirschian thought in or "pre-med" or some other "pre- Moshe was never satisfied to relax restless search, Moshe fo und his Lamm, president of Yeshiva works such as . Mtssia&spuren professional." We believe that we and be tugged along by inertia. He destination sooner than the rest of . University, and by Rabbi Shalom (1918) and Judenprobltm (1920). subsist· in a pre-life world of was in so many diverse places us ... &m,c/t D•Y"" E11U1, , Carmy, associate editor of He also wrote novels in German, preparation and development. The Tradition, who chaired the morning including Ein Kampf um Gott death of a peer seems to refute this. sessioµ. (1920) and Falk Nefts Helnkehr Our lives must be in the present as At that session Dr. Lawrence (1923). well. Every day must be an Kaplan or �cGill University spoke • accomplishment .in itself; not mere­ Sy Syms Endows C�air on "The Non-Zionist Religious After �ttling in Palestide, Dr. · ly one spent in a pursuit valueless Nationalism of Isaac Breuer" and Breuer began to write in Hebrew. without light cast backward from ( Continuer fro m Page I, Col. 5) Mr. Syms has said of Yeshiva Dr. Mordechai Eliav of Bar-Itan His works in that language include the future. We are alive right now. In presenting the de,rec to Mr. University, ••1 am impressed by the Univcnityspoke on "approaches to Moriyyah (1944) and Naltall'el • • • Syms, Dr. Lamm said, ..You have University, but I really support Torah In Dtrtelt Erttz - Ideal (1951). Selected articles by Dr. Moshe was an avid used y�ur remarkable abilities as a Yeshiva Univenity for what it will and Reality." Dr. Eliav spoke in Breuerappeared in English transla- photographer. His pictures of Israel . communicator , m: -buildina a be in 200 yciri.'" · · ri . Hebrew. . tions posthumously in a volume arc among the most beautiful I've nourishing enterprise ...(and) you In two centuries, Mr. ·syms ·said, Dt: Hillel Seidman, author and entitled Peoplt o/ tltt To ra/, (1956). ever seen. What strikes one have continued to strenathen your the University ·would be ••oven immediately about them is that ties to the community, ties es­ better than it is today. The they are filled with faces. Although tablished when you were 1rowing Univenity will keep the Jewish he did take pictures of buildings up in Brooklyn, the son of Ruuian heritage strong." and landscapes, the clear majority immigrants." Mr. Syms is a graduate of New Scholarshinr fio r Etluonianr Immigrants is of people. He would take trips York University; After graduation into Meah Shcarim with his friends A leading philanthropist, Mr. he worked as .. a radio announcer in A textbook scholarship fund to provide books fo r new Ethiopian Jewish and carry along his cainera. He Syms has supported many institu­ Maryland and New York City immigrants who are studying at Israeli universities has been established by took his pictures half hidden behind tions such as Boys Town in before settlin1 in New York City to • the North American Conference On Ethiopian Jewry (NACOEJ). one of us so that he caught the . Jerusalem and Jewish Hospital in enter in the clothing businCII. Contributions may be made to: Lincoln Square Synagogue Chtsed Fund ' Denver, CO. He is chairman for he went into business for himself ("Falasha Books") and sent to NACOEJ, c/o Lincoln Square Synagogue, commerce and industry of the . in 19S9, opening his fint store in . : 200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10023. (212) 595-1759. Greater New York Israel Bond lower Manhattan. No · Campaign. _ Appreciation He is . also involved with the Today, there are II Syms stores activities of the Police Athletic in New York and New Jency. In addition to sto�. Mr. m1.------�--�-----, (Continutdfro m Pagt 3, Col. 4) League and the Inner City those Sy Scholarship Fund. He serves as in 1980 al� bought �- Sulka � Co., a clothing firm with shops an - . 1a9-z. ridiculous if you know that there is. executive board member or the ·lae+· ew York, ondon, Paris, and San ,. a police officer in your area and yet Better Business Bureau or New , N L Francisco. you drive or park illegally? 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Therefore. · L,_,__,;;__,;;��.;;;;;;;:.------By YITZCHAK SOLOMON ______. On November 28, 1983,the Mu Rabbi Wurzburger pleaded, if the · St,rn Division of Communal Reform and Conaervative move- , Many students at Yeshiva disagreement or discrepancy should not i11clude characte Scrvicea and the newly-formed menta ..have answered aome need · Univenity are now applying to regardins a specific students ap­ references from ..next doo Student Va!ad of SOY co­ we have ipored, let us flll d out business school, and most probably plication, a certain day is set a1ide neighbors," Ms. Williams said, bu aponaored a , major intellectual where we are derelict iii bringing have some unanswered questions for"re-evaluation" of such records. should be written by a profe110r o event at YC,. • debate on thetopic, · people back to T orah." But, regardin1 application procedures According to· Ms. Williams, employer who has worked closcl: ..Should we cooperate with n�n­ Wurzburger cautioned, "if we enterI . • and admission requirements. In an when looking through a student's with the student and who ca, orthodoll movements?" Par• into a dialogue let it not aerve . attempt to help the students and to file, she considcn the . "total properly assess his personality an, ticipating were Rabbi Bemard selfish or ulterior motives." put their minds at case, I recently packqe," which includes the character. According to Ms Weinbergber, Rabbi of the Youns Rabbi Weinbeqer aid that he interviewed an assillant director at GMAT scorc(s), grade point Williams, the student's level o Israel or Brooklyn, a M,umalcl, . could not countenance participa• the New York University Business average fGPA), record of extra­ sincerity must come through in th, from Meaivta Torah VoDaath, and . tion with Jewish leaden who are School who is directly involved curricular activities, essays, recom­ recommendation. Dr. Walter S·. Wurzburger, Rabbi considered ·by tradition to be with student admissions and mendation letters and job experien­ Work Experllaee of Congresation Shaany Tefila or heretics and unworthy of spiritual guidance. ce says Ms. Williams indicated that Work experience should b Lawrence, adjunct Professor of immorality.. .Don't be beguiled by Although Ms. Kathy F. Williams a student's essays arc generally related in some way to the student' Philosophy at YC, and . the slogans like 'a/ al pl 11,'/clunah is rairly new · at N.Y.U., she is looked at more carerully to fill the career interest. According to Ms immediate past President or the Yuratl l,11' (despite their sin, they familiar with Yeshiva University void. "All of the variables arc Williams, "just filling the space 01 Synasuose Council of America. remain Jews), Rabbi Weinberger and its "good and strong reputa­ weighed,'·' Ms. Williams stressed. Rabbi · Weinberger stated that, exclaimcd. ''To apply the 1tatus of tion." the application with any kind o GPA - GMAT work experienceis of no help to th ..the real issue is not our attitudes Tlnok Slr'nuhbalr (an innocent When told of Yeshiva's double According · to Ms. Williams, a student," she said. towards the individual Reform or babe held captive) to our entire program of both Judaic and secular student's GPA and GMAT are Strons Placement Conservative Jew", but their generation would be "doch a studies, Ms. Williams was im­ counted equally. 1f a student's The N.Y.U. Business schooi leaderihip, ..who deny Torol, min shtuss" ...The Torah," Weinberger pressed but stressed a students need GPA is lower due to ones highly regarded among top com /ra,lulmaylm and �, that laws can said, "is 111• compassionate · as fo r work experience before apply- involvement in extra-curricular ac• panies for its excellent graduate! be changed at will." Rabbi ing to graduate school of business. tivities, the GPA will be given puts its students in a stron Weinberger, "speaking truly", in­ "Companies are not just looking "special consideration," maintains . position when they apply t timated that Orthodox leaders who for persons with an M.B.A. Ms. Williams. It is recommended companies. N.Y.U.'s office c . overlook those "horrendous viola- degree," Ms. Williams said, "but that a student who performed career development (OCD) whic tions" with an "abhorrenttoler an­ with graduates who have work ' poorly on the GMAT should take has a staff of professional cour ce" and who adopt "a spirit of experience." The three courses the examination again, she said. mutuality" arc really seeking required for admission to the selors, assists students in reachin enhanced prestige and increased graduate school irfclude Calculus, E1Uys their potential in the job market media attention by "not ruffling Computer Science and Business All essays should be goal Students with fu rther questior any fe athers." writing. oriented and must accurately regarding admissions procedur( Rabbi Weinberger applauded You are probably wondering describe a student's career objec­ and application requiremen· the Moetz�t G�dolay HaTorah what the board of admissions of a tives and interests. Essays should should meet with the University (Council of Torah Sages) for their business school looks for when include the reasons that one is business professors, guidance cour genuine "sense of responsibility to studying student records •, First of applying for an M.B.A. an how the selors, and write to the gradua· K'lal Yisrael" and their awareness all, there is no answer. Second, degree will complement his or her schools to obtain as much inform, "of the ramifications of their each student is a unique case. An career goals. tion about its course offerings. decisions fo r the totality of the admissions board of ten per$ons Recommendations I would like to express m Jewish people." It is for that must sift through 6000-7000 · stu- Ms. Williams likes to refer · to thanks to Ms. Williams for h< reason, Weinberger suggested, that . .. · dent records. If there is !ny them as "evaluations." The letters cooperation. ..no Roshei Yeshiva marched in Rab_bi WalterWurzbuaer Selma" and why Torah leaders · · ( Continued fro m Page I, Co/.3) have not issued pronouncements Rabbi Wurzburgcr, but will I of American Hebrew Congrega­ Rabbi Kenneth Hain, Director . the short was not caused by the us advocating civil rights, lest they. be further the cause of Torah by · tions (Reform) and a past Presi- . of Pre-Rabbinic Services at Y.U. guilty of Rtdifah (murderous of · l.!lectrical appliances, studen , going it alone or by joining hands? dent of the President's Conference who initiated this forum commen­ have often attempted to turn on tt. harassment) by adversely affecting How many Reform rabbis have had been close to 'Menachcm Begin ted that, ''the Student Vaad has circuit switches by themselve Jewish livelihoods "in Selma, become Ba'alay T'shuva and "made inroads on the Israeli been formed to bring together without authorization. Alabama." · Weinberger implied (peninents)?" The biblical im­ scene utilizing his position to fa r Yeshiva students and rabbinic that true Torah leaders would not perative, Lo To vth lo" (Thou shalt greater effectiveness than "taboo" . leaders to discuss concerns of the Authorized Help "merely pander to the media." In a policy memorandum to t� not hearken to him)" refers, he orga�imtions. Jewish community today and Rabbi Wurzberger replied that said, to me,it u'�diah (those who tomorrow." He praised the com­ student body shortly artcr th often "a gadol (Torah giant) finds lead others astray). When, "Wein• "Can WC cooperate' with them?" mittee members of the Vaad, Brian incident in November, Dr. lsra, it difficult to speak out on issues berger asked, "have the Orthodox asked Rabbi Wurzburger. "To Aziz, Danny Epstein, Danny · Miller, Senior Vice President ( not strictly Halachik." The ever used their veto power" in the make them more Reform? No. To Katsman, Josh Einzig, Shlomo Yeshiva Univer�ity, said that "n Agudath lsnel party in Israel, he Synagogue Council of America? legitimize them?,They don't uk for Huttler, Danny Greenwald, Steven fuseboxes in all 'of our dormitorit said "stands without the mandate Weinberger maintained that only it and I wouldn't give it. What do Cohen and Murray Singerman and will henceforth be locked." n or p',ak HaJalclulJ, in the political "if we assert our own rights will we lose?. What do we gain? In the suggested that possible future · statement said that students "mu: arena." Citing an article by we not become a second fiddle to minds of the majority or Reform, topics for discussion might include: seek the noor counselor or th Professor Marvin Schick, them." Conservative, · Rcconstructionist the personal life of a rabbi, guard at the dormitory (who ha\ Wurzburger fu rther supported his . and Orthodox Jews, they are also outreach, the Centrist Orthodoll keys to each fusebox) who will res, position that 'Orthodox political Rabbi Wurzburger responded :, , rabbis. 11For many . years", approach to Israel. and the drift the circuit." pattems are not determined by that the Syn-agogue Council of Wurzberger . noted, ''the United towards fundamentali1m and " ...We again urgently call t ..the religious merits of the issues" America wis specifically designed . States didn't recognii.e China,but triumphalism in the Orthodox your attention the danger ir alone. Furthermore, he added, to be "nothing but a coalition to China existed." Therefo,e, Rabbi community. volved," the statement continucc ..pronou ncementa are unrelated to advance common interests. Even Wurzberger • concluded, · "if we •ishould we be fo rced with th politics." "The MMtztt Gtdolay the Agudah is part of a coalition" · must chooae between loving and Rapl,atl Z. Schwartz ttntl a, frequent breaking of the circuit! HaToroJ,",Wurzberger · insisted, in Israel, Wurzberger asserted. hating, let III rather take a risk on Rabbi of Congn,atlon Agutla, we will be forced to confiscate a ..cannot decide that Jews should Rabbi Wurzberger also alluded the side of loving." Acltim In Klng1ton, Ntw Yorlc. such appliances." only concern dlemselva with Jews to the view of Maimonides who and thereby ignore crucial issues distinguishes between minim affecting us all such u nuclear (heretics) and those inftuenced by holocaust." others. He cited the Raponae or '. "Today," in contradistinction to Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu . Karelitz, the "Haz.on lsh", who ·� .the past, Wurzburger belier oppor- · tunities to capture the imagination taught that in an aaeof skepticism or the American Jewish communi­ no one is immune from doubt and 'Ywm our �onHe, � ty, but no with slogans of 'We that the category or apllcon,, don't trust you!' or 'We are holier "cannot apply undercontem porary than thou!' When the entireJewish conditions." Rabbi Wurzburger · community ia awaiting our guidan­ spoke movingly about ''the ce, and receptive to Torah values, searching individuals" who enter the rabbinate attempting to I 19 &3 it would be the height of folly to deprive ourselves ofspreading out : ..reconnect with Jewish tradition, · and conquering the mainstream of seeking not to deliberately reject c� Jewish lire. It is not time fo r it." Rabbi Wurzburgcr attached no ghettoization. "Alulwit Yuratl ex­ great danger to ..attending a tends," Rabbi Wurzburger ; conference with Christians or declaimed, to every Jew who can meeting with other Jews, certain Thia Hi��o�-.c.. V;ft:�o..� i� °'\IG. 1\o.\a\e. t'\OW '" be reclaimed provided they dis• officials of the government to play, "a readiness and willingness achieve objectives for the total r,"'i'\&.l 'l,"°"� i-tr.,e� �fte\' \ro� "-.,oc. h dist illeries to enter into a dialogue." Jewish community." But, Rabbi Rabbi Wurzburgcr offered the ) · Wurzburger questioned why �S ci.nt..o..� \/ !>eI' example of Rav Kook's apprecia­ Orthodox cooperation with the �rf tion ..r or all who function in the · Jewish Agency or in the President's hi1toric ptoceu. •communi1m,' he Conference of President of Major said, .. madeit neceuary for us to Jewish Organization, required "no \<.en,' �\ �� � b&.�n . �� �� face up to 1ocial i11ues." .greater reservations." He f¥\�O'\ C\)3-1\l\ Dl fe'o. to• Chrillianity hu alao encouraged · demonstrated that Alexander '°''"\ t\U"I C\l.�·_G,l.\l us to focus on ... ,pirituality within Schindler, President of the Union THI COMMINTATOa -Tlltnuy, IIIUrJ 12, 1-. imp }efa ke Big Bucks •I Little Shr j_ For Israel SHHH!!! PAPA'S TALKING!!. . . . · 111 IAMES-CHESKY .....,______By MOUIS ·GROB __ , Jerusalem - Just ten years· out of the streams and rivers of Hawaii and Taiwan, the giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium Rosenbergii, is My initial impnuion or Y.U. : has gladdened our hearts to seeour . at a alancewhat ii requiredof him rapidly -becoming a prime Israeli export. Ironically, the prawns are never eating ol ·tupined manyyean 110 lhroup children's friends and to nalir.c in his major field. Unfortunately, ';·.consumed in Israel because Jewish dietary laws _Prohibit the -� eyes or Rabbi Herbert W. lhat some or these fricndmipe will • the Y.U. Catalopae is.confusing to crustaceans-. A �d so the �on-kosher are beingculllv�ted onl_y for expo_rt. ab And a lucrative export item they are. Tons of the 11ant shrimp are betnJ! 1omzcr, the Rabbi or the Youn1 lut a li(etime. . student,. Thought andeff ort ould kibbutzim trael or Ocean Parkway. His. Yeshiva has alsd provided 10me · be given to re-orpnize it 10 that it harvested annually from commercial ponds of (communal farm .-tive attitude and hia hiply, outstandins experiences for my 10n, can be or maximum benefit to the settlements) and finding their way to fis� mongers in France, Spain, iudatory remarks convinced· me Joseph. From the time he wu very : students. · Germany, Holland, Belgium and England, where they fetch up to $1 1-IS'a !lat this was an usociation I . youns he had the upiration to Students in pneral have diff'ICUI• 1 kilo ($5-7 a pound). . in several tropical ,anted for my children. become an actor. As he matured, ty in adj111tin1 to the collese1 ICClle. . Giant freshwater prawns have been cultivated My daugbten· attended Central he realiad that •ctins on the stage The grater freedom, the varied. countries. But only in a fe w short years, Israeli scientists have developed a I.S. in Brooklyn, and my sonwho and beins orthodox are con- : choice or coursa, all tooo ften lead technology of 1rowing shrimp profitably which took hundreds of years to ,atcnded B.T.A. ii pracntly a nicting situations. Y.U., thioup its · students in theopposite direction of'° accomplish with poultry, says Dr. Dan Cohen of Hebrew University's .enior at · Y.U. My . children's Dramatic Society, has pvcn him where they originally intended to . Department of Life Sciences. Dr. Cohen attributes the rapid Israeli success •periencea in Y.U: ac:boola helped the opportunity to satisry his go. rr this continues unchecked, in the shrimp industry to ..the high standard of university research, the ·te to form my own impreuiona' thespian upiration without sacrific- then students may delay their proximity to European markets and the readiness of the Israeli fa rmer to lid I am pateftdto youreditor r or . ins his religious belief. In the graduation by six montlis or even a i implement research almost before the findings are out. �rmittin1 me to share lhem with'. Yeshiva society he was spared the year. Y.U. students have greater In comparison to cultivation of prawns in the Far East, the Israeli· ou. need and the pain to choose pressures . than students at other prawns grow fa ster and have a higher survival rate than any others raised We live in a culture which socs between two areas he loved. , colleges and universities. In my as food. This is due to a system developed toall ow the prawns, which need :.) extreme lenstha to alienate I have not mentioned the opinion acadcmi'c counselingshould · constant temperatures of 25 to 30 degrees centigrade (77-86 F) to survive ilildren rrom the lifestyle or their academic areas, relip,us and · be instituted as one or auuring that the cold Israeli winters which average 5-12 degrees centigrade (4 1-53 F) at • �rents. Jewish children who attend. secular. Herc, I take for aranted all students are meeting their• night. . ublic institutions tend to ror,et the that the students receive the very responsibilities and fulfilling their' An observation in nature showed that the freshwater prawn female :wish values and attempt to best training that can be offered. requirements. A mandatory carries it's 30,000 fertilized eggs downstream to estuaries, where the larvae asimilate into the prevailing social The size of the classes, the meetina with an academic coun-· hatch and develop in brackish water and then move back to fresh water roup. The fa ct that my children • uniqueness or the student body, and selor at least once a semester upstream. 1d the. opportunity to attend the concern of the faculty has should have the deserved result. To simulate nature, Dr. Cohen's team developed a system of growing �hool with· other young men and helped to create an atmosphere · The Foreign lansuase require- prawns ln tanks with bio-filters both to keep the water clean and to adapt i,ung women who had similar where students ancJ faculty can and ment at Y.U. seems to be it to the changing .needs of the developing larvae. •ckgrounds and who shared their do develop a special relationship. unrealistic and unfair to the In other countries, prawn cultivators constantly flush their tanks with tligious values :� probably the However, as a parent and as an · ,tudents. As Jewil; we have prayed · water, causing shock to the larvae. Their survival rate is about 30 percent, .rongest asset of Y cshiva Universi­ educator, there are several suges- and have longed fo r the creation of in a 45 day larvae cycle, with a prawn population density of about 20 per (. The acceptance or these values· lions that I would like to offer the State of ,r.rael, and have the liter. The Israeli system of filters,which does not shock the animals, yields f their peers fortified the resolve because I feel that they would be. State of Israel, and have hopedthat 80 percent survival. a 25 day larvae cycle and a density of 60 per liter. .:at was developed in the home. • helpful to the students. Hebrew, would be considered a From hatch.cries, the juvenile prawns are transported by trucks to he realization that they were not ' Many students enter colle,e with lan1ua1e equal to all other nurseries in geo�thermal springs on the Golan Heights and in solar heated . alated in an alien land bolstered specific career goals. But, I am lanauases. It is therefore a ponds. In early summer, they are sent to fish ponds all over the country. icir courase to continue in the certain that an equal number are contradiction. for Yeshiva Univeni• The research also led to selective sophisticated harvesting techniques. .adition or their parents. uncertain, and confused as to their ty to deny its studc,ts the right to . Dr. Cohen learned that there are three types of male; the blue claw, which My wife and I knew that no career choice. I would suucst the use Hebrew in fulfillment of the has reached its full size and uses all of its energy for fe rtilization of the tatter how much we tried to establishment of a required course foreign langua,e requirement. It fe male: the orange claw, which grows rapidly and the small males. "We ;nuence our children, they would . in Career Awareness for all would appear to create a difficulty learned that when the blue claws are harvested, the orange claws grow to !ways be a competing inffuence students during their frahman where none should exist. be blue claws in one moult and the smaller males turn into fast growing .om friends they would make. It . year. The course of study should The aforementioned sugations orange cbaws," Dr. Cohen explains. "The selective harvest of the blue include: an investigation or careen • arc offered not; wilh the intent to claws makes the smaller males grow into the final position faster, to get 'flM' Ct■■lliNllf . ,..,,,n .U ; and profeuions, requirements for criticize, but with the, hope that them to the market in just six months." � of Y,.11,- Collip 1,.,,,,,u entering into these careen, allied their implementation might help Since Israeli fish ponds are run very efficiently, they easily meet the \ • dtilJo n,111 to 4,,crl/# llwlr careen for each profession, the future students in their quest for a ,needs of the domestic market, leading to pressure for export projects. Dr.' ,ri,,IIM.r, ww.r, o, /ffllltp of : ecpnomicand employment outlook successful learning experience at Cohen maintains that prawns are the means for taking fu ll advantage of _,. Vlflr,nlty M\lm tlwy • and the eamina potential. Thia Y.U. the !:COnomic po tial of fish ponds. "We have proved that prawns, which 1ll#INd � ,,.,, 1M ·U,-,U,,I of · would re-enrorce the choices or ' are,bo,tom dwellers, need no extra feed. There is a rain of organic matter dr dllllw11. i'lfalllllbl,dt •rtltk, some, and would possibly eliminate Morris Grob Is tl,efa tl,,r of a �·excess feed and fecal matter - to the bottom of the ponds. This is the :00-100 word1J to:· Tit, '. the confusion for others. Ytsllivo College senior. Ht Is source of food for the prawns. Therefore prawn production costs the __, ..1S1S ,: . A_,,,_. i The College Catalosue is a vital curnntly a Principal In tllt N,w farmer only six cents for the juvenile animal (which weighs about half a �: .,_111: N. Y. , N. Y."-IOOJJ: tool for a student's successful York City Public School SyJttm. gram) plus harvesting costs. For prawns weighing 45 grams each, we , 1-Z Sllllld,,,uky. Td. · {1111 j adjustment to colleae. It should be · He 1111d his fa mily re,lde In r�ceived 8-1 1 dollaa:s a kilo (a yield of 20-30 prawns)." Israeli prawn · 1-1191. organized so that a studentcan ace : Brooklyn. exports last year were some 70 thousand pounds to Europe. Dr. Cohen expects production to double annually until it reaches a maximum of about three thousand tons a year. He is also building a complete production system forprawns, •including all stages of production. Some are already operating in the Philippines and Jamaica. Others are in the YCDS' _JB: A Dramatic Suc·cess, beginning stages in Central America and Africa. ":ontinutd fro m Pl· I, col. 5) e only the stage to do it in real YESHIVA COLLEGE STUDENT COUNCIL re. The plot revolves.around JB's Notice To All Clubs ud Societies: in · hanh iith G-d and the V:our budgets for the Spring Semester MUST be turned in to .alamities involved in losing his Yitz Solomon in M306 by January 25, 1984. If you want a budget imily, wealth and positions. The for your group, please get your estimated budgets lain question that JB beckons in right away. ·om its audience is: Will JB ,ntinue to accept all that happens

i him as divine providence? Or· . ill he begin to question G-d's �. • • J· • • • • ;tions, and as satanpredicts, come t curse G-d rather than praise. Im? · The trauma of his disaster is so - ilmense that the audience is -inpted to draw their own conclu- 1 1-,. GM la ... YCDS ,rodlc- tloa of J.B. ons about their faith in G-d, had · ...... •Y been placed in a similar of intensity throughout, while which allows JB to maintain the · iuation. The play raisa many remainina true to the storyline and standards that students have come :,cations from its audience and to the sensitivitythat is required or to expect from YCDS productions. 20'6Student Discount @. . trtainly elicits some ICintillatina the subject matter. Three rounds of applause ror JB with mention ofthis ad Glatt Ml stimulatina discuuion, convcr­ To 1in1le out any one character and its wonderful cast membenl tion and interpretation. or individual in this production Dr. Anthony l is S. Bcukas' fine 10:30 a.m. • 8:30p.m. The audience i1 indeed aided by impouible. The play may rat upon production of J.B. ptovoka much Open Sundays and weekdays le very fine perf'ormanccs or not the caricatures of the leads, but the thought while entertaining those (Thursdays till midniaht: Fridays till 1:30 p.m.) .. •'1Y the main characten, but also entire cast meshes intoan ensemble fortunate enough to ace it. 0,,. aySi ...... fna I� ....after tll..... I :JO•·•• I a aeeminaly endleu crew of ..j,WJII who provide the neceuary ' �drop ror this succeuful Professional Music School . Professional Music School � · •matic rendition. l•1tr11etl0111I• Pl•ilo, Tlttory•"' H• rmo11y . nao,TIMory ·"'HaNIOIII Hy Pomerance (JB), Eddie · ,.,trffllou"' ihauder (Mr. Zu11) and JORph ALL LEVELS - ALL AGES � ALL LEVELS - ALL AOES Nickles), · · tob(Mr. all veteran• or 25 ynr., Europnn and Am�rlcqn tX/Hritnct � 2J ,_,, &uop«,,t IBIIIAm1rlto11 ,x,,rlt1ttt ' • YCDS atqe, do not allow the Eugenia Ostrovsky (212) 928-4366 · • Eupnla 0.rowky (212) 92M366 · . ►Y 'to slip into melodramatic 2424 Bennet Ave. Shomer Shabbos 2424 Bennet A Ye. Shomer Sbabtioa 11111.maintain They a proper le!el .:.,'.: , 'lllnlay, ,..., 12, ... . 'DIECOMMr.NTATOR ..., A Voyage Through JewishHis tory· Behind Dorm Doors 1 DESCRIBE 111E TYPICAL YU FACULTY MEMBER. ..______By IOSH IACOBOVITS --... ! · 1mqine transporting yourself the Bible into German. Also, our· from the Christian worlcl the The typical faculty member is intrigued by 500 yean into the put when the class was able to rmct the marks or division of the Bible into chaptm · Halachic nuclear reactions, but by no means lludy of the Book of Books and ill the local Christian censor. One can and the numbering of versa. Ben should he be stereotyped as a radioactive commentaries was considered to be imagine this monk sitting in his· Hayim also introduced the division formulisl. the hiahest virtue to which a Jew · musty monastary, going through of Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, and Ari Hier · could devote his life to. It was in · every verse and crossing out with a Ezra-Nehemiah into 2 bookseach, J■nlor MVP this frame of mind that Prof. black marker verses insinuating any not like the Christian Vulgate Bible· Orli1n'1 Bible class entered the 4th derogatory remarks on Christiani• · which made Samuel and Kingsinto 0oor or the Rare Book Room or ty, by the commentators. The I book. How can you rate excellence? the Mendel Gottaman Library. Radak, we saw, took the prize for Ben-Hayim writes his reason for Lm Calll Thanks to Mn. Pearl Berger�. the most 'strike.outs'. numbering the chapten1 and versa· Senior MVP Head Librarianor the Library, our The next Bible we examined was by sayins that "I have copied the clan wu able to get a most printed by the renowned Flemish number of chapten from them (the exciting book learning experience· printer, Daniel Bromberg. He was Christiana), so that it may be · about the historical development or the tint non-Jewish printer of possible to reply quickly to the Hebrew printing, and especially the Hebrew books, and the first to questions which they ask us daily A typical faculty member is a person who's Hebrew Bible. print the entire Talmud; be regarding our faith and our holy _financially secure and out of the goodness of The books that our class saware established his press in Venice, in Torah, 11 they quote versa from his heart has blessed Y.U. with his presence. called INCUNABULA, Latin for 1516. In order to do this, Bomber, the Law of Prophets or other Slmmy Weber cradle, i.e. the cradle period of the spared no expense to produce , books, referring to such-and-such a MVP Senior history of printins- which meant mqnificent books which were verse in such-and-such a chapter or all printed books prior to 1500. It edited with meticulous care. Since this book or that." Someone whose. spouse has a good paying is estimated that between 1455- he was a Christian and had Our class also examined the job. 1500 alone, the Bible, printed in obtained a franchisefrom the Pope Buxdorf edition of the Bible printed Shlle Welnbe11er vario111 language!l, was printed in to print Hebrew books, he wasn't in Bazel in 1619. We then further JDC Senior 130 editions. It is interesting to afraid to invest huge amounts of . examined an Athias-Levaden 1661 note, that proportionally speaking, money in his vario11s enterpriaes. Biblt printed in Amsterdam and a Jews printed more books than non­ The Jews, by contrast, were fea rful Bible printed by Menaasch Ben The typical Y.U. faculty member is Jews. of heavy investmentlest their books Yisrael in 1635. characteristically involved in formulating his Mrs. Berger gave our class the beconfiscated and destroyedand so . Also interesting to examine was status as a uniq11centity within the Halachic opportunity to examine a copy or often printed one book at a time. . the critical 1705edition of the Bible Universe as ·well as contemplating his the very first printed Soncino This Mikraot Gedolot Bible is. by Van der Hecght which wu occasional entanglement in the halachic Mikraot Gedolot - the Hebrew known today as the Fint Rabbinic eventually used as pan of another swamp. Bible edition or 1488. Imagine, just Bible - i.e., one containing the project by the British and Foreign Slmdla Weller 4 years before our people were commentaries by leading Rabbis Bible Society. This Society hired Junior MVP expelled from Spain I Who knows if such as Rashi,- lbn Ezra, Radak, M. Litteris to reviseand correct as any of those Jews took this very and Ramban. It also contained well as translate the Bible for same Bible with him on that Targums, Onkelos and Ben Uzziel. m1ss1onary purposes.. Despite torturous trek across Europe, to Furthermore, it also had vowel this, it was one of thebest done up find a land that would take him in. points and musical notes as well as until 1963 when Koren Publishers Internship This monumental publishing task the Mesorah commentaries. of Jerusalem did a �-arrangement Joint Program by the Soncino Family innovated The editor or this Bible was Felix of chapters under the direction of 3 Continued from pg. 4. col. I} ideas to make the Bible as accurate Pratensis, an apostate Jew who leading Israeli Hebrew scholars. -In. ( Continued from pg. 1, col. 4} as possible. For example, we saw became a monk. So, in order to this edition many improvements in not eligible. that they didn't leave any empty attract Jews to buy his Bible, nikud, vocalization, cantillation, awardces wili be paired with faculty AddldcNlal laformadon spaces at the end of the line. This Bromberg produced ·a Second masoretic· notes arid other tntud members at Einstein, based on ·the lritemships begin :lune 13th and was done so that no one infringe Rabbinic Bible, which was edited details were incorporated. student's desired area of research. end Aug 19th. Program partici• upon the mesorah, to add or by a Tunisian Jew, Yaakov hen After finishing our stay al the Then, during the summer, the pants are expected to be available change a word or letter in the Hayim. Rare Book Room, many or us students will then have the oppor­ in early June for job placement Torah. This method was common Ben Hayim spent 7 years in couldn't. get over the excitement of tunity to participate in supervised interviews and for a one day in manuscripts as well. collecting, scrutinizing, and analyz- touching and examining these orientation. · bio-mcdical research al the Univer­ The class was also able to see a ing the mesorah, so as to bring out precious books. Their excellent sity's Einstein College or Medicine. All interns work 35 hours per Senano Hebrew Bible printed in an exact version or the Holy binding and quality of paper can Ac:cording to the dean, thf week and arc paid bi-weekly. Naple,, Italy, in 1493, as well as a Scriptures. All Hebrew Bibles in· still be 1q>preciated after all these program "will provide students the Applications and requests for similar edition printed in 1494 in common almost to this day follow years. Many thanks to Mrs. Pearl opportunity to eni1ancc their further information should be Brescia. Yaakov ben Hayim edition. Berger and Prof. M. Orlian for academic background with serious addressed to: Director, New York This 1494 edition was used by . It was also Ben Hayim who_ letting the class experience and · research experience in the bio­ City Summer Management Intern· Martin Luther in his translation of introduced to the Jewish tradition hold on to a piece of history. medical sciences, and will supple­ Program, Department of Person­ ment their training in the bio- nel, 220 Church Street Room 400 medical sciences." New York, N.Y. 10013. Applications must be "F.alluceCredeadal1" postmarked no later than March Harvard U.N. Asked if the participation in such· 1st. a programcould assist a student in Applicants will be notified by (Continuedfrom pg. 3, col. 5) his chances or gaining entrance to mail of their acceptance in late medical school, the dean replied: April. At the present time a major "It would surely enhance a fu ndraising effort is being conduc- student's credentials for application ·B1'EAYON - ted by the committee, under Mr. to graduate and professional . Rabinovitch, to secure funds for schools." LUN�HEOftE IEi participation of the Y.U. delegation Applications In Spring 1 at the conference. Funds have The dean indicated that ad- . tNC. . already been donated by the · ditional information regarding the 2549Amaterdam Aw. . . -.A· . •. Al"mni Affairs division of Yeshiva program and applications will be i-10'6 ciiicount to all Y.U. students. University and the office of the available at the beginning of the :�: ft;\'� N�Y. tOOJJ, , ' · · for weekdays only. Senior Vice President. spring'scmcster. : OJit,_·7•·•· - I�,..,. ' . Visit our newdining room! Lit us host your nextclub meetin1! MASMID 1984 ATfENTION SENIORS · I) All seniors who have not submitted theri bio-sheets, please do so immediately. (Quotes are not required.) 2) Those who have not returned their portraits to Thornton Studio, please do so immediately. On the back of the portrait which you want to be put in the yearbook, write "YEARBOOK". If you do not do this within the next week, we will be forced to pick a picture of our choice for the yearbook. 3) Bring your ads in immediately. The money is desperately needed. SS$S$$ 4) Typists are desperately needed. Contact Ari Goldsmith in M529, 927-3 128 . .. S) Work-study is available for anyone willing to write a review of the history of sports �t Yeshiva. If you have any questions, comments or suggesti�ns, pleasecon lact Gary Kaufma.� •. M22i; ZIGh■11■ I A� � IN II. 1'9 ■59 928-1273 or Joe Greenblatt, M429, 927-3190.

.: . . •' . · ...... Pap 10 THE COMMENTATO� . Thunday, January 12, 1914 ·1srael's ·Idealistic Potential Semester ------BJ DAVID AKIVA AZRIEL LEVINSON , For many an American Yeshiva fundamental ideology of the · asserti"e Israel with a more (Continued fro m ·Par, 1, Col. J) IIOt offer a wide ,ariety of cultlll'II Boclo,r (student). coming to study foundin1 secular zionists. The . independent relationship with the In all fairness though, the task of ... lateliect.Uy ..._..ffllltl. .... in lnel for I nu, tbe contem• modern prophets or the ltatc of. United States, must be one of the a student council is difficult, time TIie ftnt lfOIIP .dleY bla•fo r dda porary laratli aoenecomes to him · Israel,thou ,ti doiq a peat seniee :aoata to strive for in the not too consuming, and at times, impossi- proMem II diestaleateoadl. u I lhoct. He perhaps nai"ely to the Jewish people by bulldins . dutant future. blc. Simply, it is much hard work Al._... I CUit •• .. nl • die expects to • a unique land with· the land and helpingto create the . To stemthe tide of deterioration without any pay or recognition .._t CGUdl euUer la dda an all holy and reqioua at• fint Jewish state in cloae to 2000 in die l1raeli NCUluaocicty callled from the student body. Yahiva icol--. I Wllit to ,o■t ._.. t If motpbere- inhabited by I people ,an. nevertheleu did not succeed · by thesecular zionistpbiloaophy is College students who, unfortunately · dleae m-,11■- llaW...... die who reflect that unique spirit. In in carryin1 over their ideals to the uo a. most difficult tuk. In­ it seemsare apathetic by nature, do · ...._. . die-his are ..,.... abort, he eq,ecta to find an ideal nut generation. Their ..-t rilion evitably, the key to succeaaliea in not lighten their burden, rather, u well. TIie ...._. eoac:11... (or almostideal) Jewish state,and which wu baaed on tho ideaJa of the proper dthadand outreach- : they arc capable of stiffing any laltlated' ,.,.. pnpa• aad to a lup ateathe ii Jet doWJ,t - a.hahlt, Mo1tn11 N�ffe• - 1elf klrrn Proaram• for the youth of student council exuberance. I can e,e1dl tMs ...... ,, •fortlately, disappointed. His bi1h hopes fall , sacrifice for the ClOlllmon ca1111of Incl. Trqically, there · i• a understand, therefore, the friastra- die·...... Wy COllltadJ lacked fu 1bort of reality, raultiq often building a Jewish homeland in srowina cult andmiuionary move­ tion felt presently by the student lltenlt. . It la llot die llole in his dililllllionmtnt. £,r11 Yllratl, lacked one vital,t men in Imel. The aec:ular Israeli council and their apparent "burn- ffl(Nllllllllty ofYCSC to earldl die He - a my tarp sector of gentraJ criterian and that. wu the youth of today i1 often lost and out." I do not, however, accept this U,11 of die y...... W TIie thil I...U society which appean Torah. The fact that they 10upt · aeatcbing for identity and we must as an excuse for their slow-down. ..._.. die•1vn ...... to bethe antitbeaiawhat of he bad to establish a Jewish state not built" make sure that the identity they The officers were well aware of the · creat1'e ud -.w eadl■ law expected to find in.a Jcwilh state. on tbe unique, etemd preoepta of findia a trueJewish one.Altboqb drudsery and frustration the job Iii *"lop••tdie ._ of Idell towards They are the IICUlar lll'IClia - the Torah is what bu led to the . the religious presence in Israel i1 • entailed when· they easerly pasted dlelr on aelf-pod ... --■- C""""'1,,. He iees manywho shun depneration of the nut pnera- ,rowing (there bu been a laip up their platforms in April. They doll. wt.. die I ht::ace aad or areindifl'erent to nlipon. Their . lion. Out of thethree fundamental powtb in yuldvot and other should handle their accepted plllueeof Illestudeat coadl dleae faith in Ood is at belt equal to inextricably bound inpedicnts relisious institutions, many which responsibilty with the same zeal · Wea wlll materlallle ud IOt Ollly their faith in the 111�/cd. Their ties : which .make up Judaism , Entz an filled with Boo/ti Te.MIMI). they sported during . their cam- upande thelif e of theltlll•t Wy, to the Bw,o (Israeli Stock Ex­ Y'8rotl, . Am Yuratl and Toral much more must he done, for the paigns, rcsardless, of the obstacles · bat of the •henlty as a whole. cbanse) are stronpr than their ties Yurotl, the latter was slarinsJy task that lies ahead is immense. they now fa�. , Without mi•1t participation to the land. Their · main 1oal1 and absent from their ideoloay. The The only way in ·which we can YCSC SEMESTER GRADE: notbhi1 will bappea� Aa YCSC aspirations are materialistic and diuappc)inting results of this . influence the muses of �Jar . 8- Prnideat Jeff Katz wrote ID bis they hungrily craveand cbucafter ideology have become obvio11s in Jews in Israel and speed the ' THE STUDENT BODY - It Is coliimnIn Tu Co,.,_.,.,o,'1 May anything American. The American recent years. Not only were the coming of the Gtulalr is if we - exCfldlnaly cllfflcult to · describe · 25dl laae, "It la die aa.eat Wy'1 Yeshiva boy observes bow they Torah values not trammitted to the American · Jews focus our exactly what the role of .1 student destiny and proof of Its capacity for run after American movies the next generation, but even the attention on Israel. and actively body Is ID a collep, For this courage and endurance that Is the ("Fame" wu. the latest hit). "die" transmission of the positive ideals participate in its future._Cllazal say1 tolumn, howe,er, I wUI define Its · choice between leading a year of for American designer clothing and morals round in secular that the power and potential • of role u setting the 10Clal climate of banality and pusMty or re,oltlna and hunger for American music. zionisni has been largely unsuc- . T11hwi is the .,re.test in the land the college and pro,ldlng for the and creatlq." With the Idea of this· He observes a society which owns cessful. Gone is the spirit · of · or Israel, not in N.Y. nor N.J. The educational and Intellectual stlmul1- . statement I apee. the moit video tape recorden per Clulluzlut. Greatly diminished is vast_ amount of Americanrelig ious tlon for the students outalde of the THE STUDENT BODY caoita in the world, and so he the young generation's connection Jews would have a fa r more c1.. room. SEMESTER GRADE: B begins to wonder and bis dis­ to the land or Israel. Many stream ·profound effect on the state of the So for this aemester, we bate THE COMMENTATOR - illusionment grows. While · he to America· -:for if Israel is an am . Israeli society· if they actively wi-... an upsurge In the acdrity . Throughout this semester The himself is by no meanscompletely lclchol hagoylm and the land is an participated in .its future by being of certain student dubs and . Commentator has tried to offep its •iinnocent" of theae American . erelz lclcllol hoarotzo,, then they there! AU Jews are needed and commltteei. Dftenlaa much pnlae . audience diversified and interestins "passions", he somehow expects to might as well find a more wanted in Israel and the commit• · are the laraell Affaln Committee, : reading material. We have, I feel, find a society different than the prosperous land. Without the all ted religio111 Jews of America are which bu sponsoredresponsibly aemalID-. reported the news, as one be left back '"home" in the encompauing penpectivc or the the onesin greatest demand. terestlq and 1Dform1d,e e,eats, well as, provided insightful fe ature states. Hoping tbi1 y� toescape a Torah, without the deep religious Let not the American Yeshiva TAGAR, which seems to show : articles. little while from the claw, of the connection\'1/hich existsin the soul student in Israel or Cltutz La-o�tz . bauadlesa eaeray towaru realizing In contrast to past Commentator American gentilized cult'llre, he of e\'ery Jew, we Jose our · become disillusioned. Let not this tllelr pals, ud die Flnt AW Cl■lt , boards, we are . avoiding sen­ instead finds a socic.ty. which uniqueness as a nation." dark which looms over our wl&ldl Is prod.iaa a molt aeellecl sationalism and various "colors" of attempu to imitate, copy and The second problem which · holyland, conceal the stronger,· senlceto theunl,enlty. In addltloll, journalism in an attempt to uphold wonhip the cult11n and values of · contributes inmuch a more limited more brilliant light of God's the Ynld,a College Dramatic the quality and rep11tation of The the society which he had just left extent to. the above disscussed redemption which has begun to Society .. s produced, as 111111l1 1 Commentator and to maintain . the behind him. '"wonhipping" of American values shine. For indeed, the miraculous profeuioaally done play, WYUR standards of . an undergraduate · Why does such a grave problem is the unhealthy relationship which events which we have witnessed in bu slmflled their format ID an newspaper.This semester we have existin a larp sector of the Israeli exiau between Israel and the the past two generations, starting attempt to pin more listeners. and secured a Commtntator newsroom population? Why h11 a generation · Uni� States. It is a relationship with the founding of the Jewish the 115th Colum," 1 HW YC and have computerized our produc- riaenin Janel which lacks the kind not of independence, nor hardly state in Israel, the first in close to publlcatlon Is str1,ln1 fo r literary tion "facilities. This will allow us to of. national pride and aelf sa�fic­ interdependenee� but one of depen• 2000 yean, leave us with no do11bt excelleace. TIie basketball and save 25� of our costs, as well as, to ing ,ideal .ism which cbaracterisd dence. Israel's unfavorable balance that we have the privilege to be hockey IDtranmrals ue extremely avoid cmbarrassins typosraphical their· fathers and gnndfathen - · of trade, iu tremendous reliance living· now in the slorious era of compedtue and the karate · and errors. the founders of the state, Why .ill :on a now of American goods,cub .41cllal1a D'gftlla. 'l'hererore, our filldag propama, like In the put, We, as well, have not been its stead do · we find a people who and arms help to create and response must not he one of are ,ery sucauful. perfect either. Although we have w·o,rabip . materialism, cultivate a 1ociety which looks 11p disillusionment, nor retreat, rather TbNe are justafew of die many · many · talented people on our "Americanism" and the corriapi to America for evcrytbin9. It helps one of rising to a challenge with dllbs and IOdedes ID Yeshha governins board I do not fe el that valua tb,t 10 along with them? create a . society which replaces . unwavering resolve and faith. The �olleae, Tlae rema1D111 m,Jorlty, we arc producing to our fu llest The answer is quitecomplex and Jewish· values with American time hu come fo r 111, the next afortunately, ha,ebeen dormut ao potential.Some of our issues needed should· he delegated to a separate gentile ones. The hopelea ..n:h generation or American Jews, to · fu tbla·semnter. Perupa with the enhanced creativity, and physically, . sociolo1ical study obviously for materialjatic satisfaction u make our imprint on Israeli life, aew year they will 1w1kea from . the paper a� times, could have been beyond ·the scope or this article. opposed to spiritual fulfillment is for we have it in our power to their restfulsleep. : layed-out better. We need to join Howe�. the American Yeshiva the direct offsprins of such a effect the destiny of the Jewish . As President Norman Lamm and. work together with added siudenta who study here in Israel, relationship betweenlsnel and the · people! stated in a recent Co111111ffl•lor · enthusiasm, so that we can as. well · is the whole young United States. This article is the opinion of lntenlew, YC students seem to · continue to improve and offer·out generation of. American religious There is no easy immediate possessquality a of Mlf-ffapllatloa. . readdrs what they have come to zionist Je�s, must come to grips.; solution · .to ihis problem. To David Ltvln.son, a jlrJt ytar 1tudtnt at Yeshivat Ktrem B'Yatmth. We tend to be too harsh on expect and more importantly, what with this problem. It is therefore .decrease American. aid in any ounel,es and In the process deride they deserv«!;•, Hard ' work· blended vital to undentandthe key reasons substantial amo11nt would a David wanttd to ltt hil/t ellng, bt caue known to /t llow American J1w1 . our unl,enlty. As editor of this . with student participation and for tbia deteriontion in the Israeli great amount of �mage to Is rael. newspaper, I recel,e Innumerable support, will ena.ble us to achieve society� fo r in it (undentanding the However, steps should be taken in who might havt been turntd off by . stcular /,ratll culture.. complaints rquclln1 a percel,ed · our goals. causa). lies the key to repairing the right · direction. A gndual .low quality extra-currkular life at . THE COM M ENT ATOR and revitalizing it. weaning away,-:-ICII reliance on With �•t regt1rds frp rn Isratl, · Ste,e Well ourcolle,1e. In compulaon to other · SEMESTER GRADE: B The basic · fiult lies in the A�ricanaid. and a stron•r, more uni,ersitles, I am told, Y esbl,a does (Co ntinued on Page JI, Col. l)

I am pleased to list below the names of the Yeshiva Colleg!1 senior graduating students who have been nominated to the Who's , Who Amoo1 Students ln American Unl,ersltles & Colle1es for the academic year 1983-84. Gartner�s Inn Stuart Berger, .Michael Brecher, Marc Bmlaw, Neal Dublinsky, Hu111ey.H�llow Rd., Sprln1 Valley, N.Y. (914) 3S6-0875 Jeffrey Feldman, Alan Frenkel, Benjamin Fusm ng david Genet, Escape to the seasonedcharm and beautiful surroundings of our cozy Mchran Golpariani, Joseph Greenblatt, Seymour Huberfeld, country inn. Enjoy soft music and a crackling tire while dining Shlomo Huttler, Shmuel Hyman, Alan Jerenberg, James Joshowitz, Jeffrey Katz, Marc Kurtz, Ian · Landow, Daniel Lehmann, Ira unhurriedly amidst antiques in our candlelit dining room where the Lifshutz, Avraham Markowitz, David Mond, Meyer Muschel, emphasis is on relaxation, superb glatt kosher cuisine, gracious Yakir Muszkat, All.an Nahman, Moshe Orenbuch, Jacob M. service and a warm, fricndly atmosphere. Plcctcr, Norman Saffra, . Edward Schaudcr, Jeffrey Silber, Joel : 011,.,, . 6y usnNll011 o•ly. Slawotsky, Ben-Zion Smilchensky, Yitzchak Solomon, Alan : ,aw, Stadtmauer, Shalom Stone, Michael Taragin, Harold Tepler, C• teri,,g piw,t, ,.,., to 100 ,-,,0111. Laurent Wrzonski, Daniel Zanger I v1 ...... MC Accepted Under Rabbinical Supe"lslon Dr. Israel MUler

· ·. . . ·· ··iiiiiiiii,.-. .. .· ...______· ··• · ...... "•• · •·· · 1r 1�: -· ··;;.· _,_· ·;;;;··••· •· •'•'ii,ij•• •· • l...... ,.______, · THE COMMENTATOI. . ' Dr. Herbert Ta ub Addresses YC, SCW Report Card Engineering a:nd Computer -Sci Students (Contlnutd f� m Pagt 10, Col. 5) _ . By HOWARD T. KONIG THE ADMINISTRATION postponed •di ..._ IIIOllth or Dec. 26, 1983 - Dr. Herbert Jcomputer systems were impractical. In an integratedcircuit many D . AND FACULTY - 11loup thNe Febnary. Taub, a professor or electronic , ..The situation was materially transistors and diodes a: two poups ba,e dl,ene fflPOII- Recendy, I ba,e become dlt- engineering at city college spoke improved by the advent or the fabricated on, i.e., intearated in� · slllllltles, muy of Cllelr tukt do mayed after lnqalrhla wily new tonight in the ScienceHall before a transistor in the 1950'1. A tran- :i single silicon ,wafer; inteara( o,erlap.l wUI therefore .-iscuu them proposals ue so tdlflkul to pus. ID large audience or Yeshiva and sistor which is quite generally a into the same structure are t tosether. the put a major ceacern of faculty Stem college students on the topic one-to-one replacement for a resistors and even the interconnc , Due to the mootlnp during the memben wu the feu of losing "The Brave New Digital World." tions required to fabricate , : summer months, the admlnlstradon one's Job. Rumon ba,e been According to Dr. Taub, "we Jive complete gate or many gates bad quite a Job ahead of . them. By clrculatln1 that these fean also in a digital -revolution that is going even an elaborate digital system succeufuUy brbialal "New York's . exltt today, e,ea tboap Dean to expand even fu rther." The The Future of Dlaftal l'NcH• . finest" to patrol our campus, aaclby RONDfeld wu quoted u •Yllla that modem world is dependent on .. I wish I would estimate," r i boostlq the anl,enlty's seeurlty "nofaculty member wUI lole his or . digital . processing. Some of the . Taub stated, "that the . amount . i force, feellnp of any lmmuent . her Job u a result of curriculumae . many places that use· digita! : power that is used to li&ht up a Ii ; daaaer lla,e apparendy IUb- change." (Dec. 1-4tll of processing according to Dr. Taub , watt bulb is probably enough . . • sldell.TIie aewloo k 1fft11t, Yelllba ·co,,,,,.t•tor). , arc: the federal government, power all of the digital watches ! Collep ttm,qll the reao,atlon Moatdlllheartealq wu a -,er- telephone companies, banks, . the world." Prcacntly silicon chi project - laded••the distribution . utlondaat I had withoae pro■laeat N.A.S.A., and even some bakeries. hold approximately 600,000 Joa. of fne cllpl,oanl-lolden to ltlldtats memberf oftheaadty. I wu toldby "I don't know how society could operated switches and use vc ui die lllltallatlon of aew micro- dais ,roriMor, dlat maay faaalty manage without digital processors die little power. In the future, one d CGmplltffl la PoUaek library - memben do aot wut a currlaalum and computers," Dr. Taub expect chips which can hold w. Taub ... permeated a posldte morale pUNd,but tlley do IIOt Itwut toN remarked. Dr. Herbert ; rilorc components or gates. Ame,· ...... die .....Ndy. For tlle known diat tlley ,oted aplat die The Hlltory of Dlaffal Pl9Clllllq vacuum tube, consumes much las th e present restrictions is the yie tlae •a e, we proposal. They , e usion Rnt IOlla whil seaed dietllerefore mak . The idea of digital processinghas , power (tens or mili-wiltts), and an durin1 the growth and diff a eaaltrllcdte effort oa the put of a._meadmeaCa to. proposalw llldi been around for approximately 150 encapsulated indi vidual transistor · the chips. The longer the silic. die a .._lstratlon to eabaace die they rake wUl ae,er N permitted , · to 200yea rs. The slow development has physical dimensions in the chips arc, there is a grcaC e,eryday llfe at Y.C. • to pw by odlern meml,e of the of this science can mainly be • range of tenths of inches." Up to 'tendency to develop imperfcctia TIie lmplemelltatlon of the Max fa lty. effort aa TIiis aderlluded attributed to the absence . of about 1965 only individual i on their crystal. However, I: Stern Sdlolan Propam, the newly cau1e1 the rejecdoa of NW miniaturization, wltic� has recently packaged . semiconductor devices · Taub indicated, this problem w douted daaln la Jewlall History curriculum pl'opOllls,thereby mr- been developed with the advent of were commercially available, and be solved in the near future. ud M uketlq, TIie Mollle Areas Ina that die mrrent currlculum transistors and integrated circuits. engincers assembled gates and The event was made pouible cit­ re 1 . �� d s w 1 Digital systems can � considered : ' these in- , to the good offices of Dr. Eg, .,._... _ Fi• ...... :.! eU•1c��-- mala· --'-- 11111 _ digital systems from 0f a Ara lt 1s -...--te ...,_t �_..._ to be made of logic opesated :dividual packages and from . : Brenner, Executive Vicc-Prcsidt; the t of f ty, faculty w ra r ud appollltmellto NW aad mtlllNII ould dle see switches, · which are either ..on" or resistors. Semiconductor devices .of Yeshiva University, who is wereadlou apllftdie lateUeetul · Y 11111,a ciolleae ltapate laltead of "off." As technology developed are fabricated by certain physical ; good personal friend and fomi atmosphere. P"°ll'elUI sdlolaldcally. I woald integrated circuits hav! grown :and chemical processes applied to · student of Dr. Taub. Prof� As a symbol for fature powth hopetllat mature rapoalbUlty wUI 100 to , 1,000,000 transistors or and through the surface of a very Leon Bartfeld, faculty advisor ud expansion we ollNned die ipmaU durla1 the comma ,ote. I components. pure wifer of silicon." Throughout : the Engineering Society, w pouadbreakln1 for the Max Stern think It would beaeflt Ill all. At finl, th_e only available logic 'this period,"there began a series of · instrumental in the over, Athledc Center. I only hope tutwe operated swatches were vacuum technological developments (con- organization of tf\e event. Bri: wlll be finally allle to pro,lde a THE ADMINISTRATION tubes or relays. Due to the bulky tinuing to this day and with no end Shoken and Brian Lando, Pre quality buketltal.l team to play la SEMESTER GRADE: A- size or the tubes and relays, not to. . in sight) leading to the (previQusly · dents of the Engineering Socie1 oar new comln1 gym. THE FACULTY SEMESrER mention the amount of power mentioned) integrateclcircuit, which and Benjamin Koplon, President. la addldoa, the prestlp, of GRADE: B-/C necessary to operate th,em, large · is a type of semiconductor device. CompuSci, coordinated the even Yesbl,a UDlffl'llty wu aupMDted dais Nllltlter by the nslts of Inell Presllleat Cllalm Henct1 and YESHIVA INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE the · Chief Rallltls of lnel and Fall Semester Statistics Fruce. E,111 more Dplellted - It was Final Standlnp for Fall '8J Season G FG FrA FrM Fl'% TP AVG PF be aanoaaced - wUI be the aammer Junior 8 tuition this yeu. Students can Weber 8 62 60 31 52 155 19.4 17 expect a cost of S225-$250 per Team W L Schwartz 8 30 32 17 53 77 9.6 22 credit this comlq Jane. The law Junior B 6 2 l.efkovitz 8 29 19 8 42 76 9.5 8 school acceptuce rate wu a 10lld ·Junior A 5 3 J. Levine 8 4 2 2 100 10 1.25 10 92%. wlda one student admitted to Seniors 4 4 •Wildes 7 8 18 14 78 30 4.3 II Hananl. The •d ldtool aecep­ Freshmen 4 4 .Greenberg 5 12 20 IO so 34 5.7 19 ·schmidman 5 6 2 33.3 12 2.4 JO t,uce rate wu comlderably lower Sophomores I 7 ) thisyear. Whether the new pre-med Freshmen Felson 6 7 2 29 14 2.8 14 adn10r or the after-effects of die G FG FrA FrM Fr% TP AVG. PF Gottesman 4 I 3 2 67 4 1.0 8 coatronnlal dl1111laal of Roae Borgen 18 52 56 36 64 140 17.5 35(4 Ts) Farber 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 4 Uapr WU the caue, Is sdll under Abrahams 8 45 58 30 52 120 IS.O 17 Waxman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 I ... ltUllmt dellbentlon. Guedalia 7 35 34 16 47 86 12.3 22 Blum ;) 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 5 M,Jor dllul1es In MVPban Schultz 6 7 0 0 0 14s 2.3 19 Team • 157 169 88 52 412 51.5 129 llel... fflltallze a OIIClC partly Geller 4 2 3 I 33.3 1.25 II Sealon lllal• fl'OIIUL IIC ud JSS, I Azosc 4 4 3 2 66.7 JO 2.S 4 Landau 7 13 16 8 50 34 4.9 -. 1- .. ,told .. ., ,...,_... IIOIIUlly, Lebowitz 4 2 4 2 50 6 1.5 10 Schoenberg 7 9 II s 45 23 3.3 15 TIie lack of I moq career ;wizman 3 2 6 4 66.7 8 2.7 3 Weinstein e 33 23 10 43 76 12.7 10 P.l•uce proaraa •a• ••• Yosher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Talansky 6 25 15 4 26 54 9.0 24 111dlan• dlll ••11hr ..,. . Blatt I 3 2 I 50 7 7.0 3 Kaufman 6 14 4 l 25 29 4.8 16 i Qucstel I 0 2 I 50 I 1.0 0 ' Sonnenblick 6 5 0 0 0 10 1.7 5 ...... Cohen I l so ...... off ...... te dool f'ora 0 0 0 2 2.0 2 Ehrlich 5 7 4 2 16 3.2 0 few ,...... Kliger I ; 0 0 0 0 0 · 0.0 3 Nordlicht 5 3 6 3 50 9 1.8 7 far , lilll tlae -,loymeat. At.a Tam I i 153 16- 93 55 ,,, 50 132 (ff) J.'Schwartz 4 18 s 3 60 39 9.75 15(111 ...... MIiier ... S..,..111 Selevan 4 12 20 12 60 36 9.0 9 odler •••lltraton ■e,eral ...... Zauderer 6 , 6 5 4 80 16 • 2.7 8 Solomon 4 4 7 s 71 13 3.25 11 ..., I WU toNofa propolll for a M. Kaye S . 21 8 5 62.5 47 9.4 12 Team 7 143 Ill 53 47.7 39 48.• 129(IT aew ...... _ propa■ ■pedally 'Hirt 5 9 13 3 23 21 4.2 13 (2T) Weiser 7 ...... for dlOle ..llltl...... 5 j 10 3 30 17 3.4 16 (IT) T•m Deft111t · -,loy-t la die•-- or Strauss 5 , 3 7 6 86 12 2.4 12 A,1, opponent statsaga inst: --,ate, adeace ...... It WU Nagler 4 ! 19 10 7 70 45 11.25 9 ..,.. dlat die pn,pam mJallt llart Lichtman 4 9 2 0 0 18 4.5 5 G FG fiTA FTM Fr% TP F ddt ■-eller or at die ...... of Kuritsky 3 ; 16 12 10 83 42 14.0 6 · Junior B 8 18.75 15.9 8.25 52 45.75 19 theaprlls term. A1 of today aotbla1 Bardash . 3 ; 14 8 3 37.S 31 10.3 12 : Juniors 7 18.3 18.7 9.8 52.6 46.4 15.3 bu•terlallled, I ha,e leaned dlat Isaacs I 1 2 2 I 50 s s.o 2 Junior A 7 19 19 II 58 49.3 16.85 eertalntedllllcal prolllemt are bela1 Laifer I 2 0 0 0 4 4.0 3 Sophs 6 20.2 20.8 II 52.8 52.1 15 IIIIOOtbed oat, bat that they may Schlussel I 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 I Freshmen 8 22 18.25 9 49 53 16.75 take •medme• I am pleated that Bluth I 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 I · die 11111,enlty hu fluUy recoplled Team 6 108 71 42 SU 258 43,0 IOI (3T) die __. for u ext-■lfe ...... Jalor A . propa■ ad I JIit llope that the G FG FrA FTM Fn, TP AVG. PF Most pts. one team in a game-by Junior 8, 70 vs. Freshn1en · bureaacratlc obltad• canbe Thomas 7 I 31 28 18 64 80 11.4 27 Most pts. one team in a game-by Sophomores, 33 vs. Junior B dearell lllortly, Mehlman 7 21 16 7 44 49 7.0 21 Most pts. one team in one half-by Junior B, 48 vs. Freshmen Ludy, I wut to dl■aall the ■ew Skolnick 6 24 7 ·2 29 so 8.3 20 Least pts. one team in one half-by Freshmen, 11 vs. Seniors currlculam proposal, In die put Lehman 6 14 14 8 51 · 36 60 12 Most pts.· one team in one quarter-by Junior B, 29 vs. Freshmen · yean, new mrrlculum proposals Levine, G. 5 34 31 IS 48 83 16.6 14 Least pts. one team in one quarter-by Sophomores, 3 vs. Freshmen . bate been coadallOlllly ,oted down. Doueck S 21 33 21 64 63 12.6 12 There INDIS to be much optimism Ben Haim S 3 6 2 33 8 1.6 9 Team Stats tlda year, howe,er, that a new Franco 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 I Alan WIides, Commi.f.rioner mrrlculum wlll flna!ly be paued. Hidcri 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 Commissioner Unfortuutely, the flaal ,ote Team 7 148 135 73 54 369 46.0 118 Mark Lefko,ltz, A.r.st. ,(sc lleduled last month) was * * YESHIVA. SPORTS Pap 12 · THI COMMENTAT()R Basketball lntra�rals Playoff· N.Y •· UNIVERSITY IS Preview; Four Strong· Contenders GRODY TO THE, .MACS unomz By ROBUT. UTZ . . off the pound. Wu tbia a 1aine av· MARK �. 19 - In front of I where the Macs hid nothin1,to · The Ycsbiva Intramural Buket• strong Senior backcourt con1istin9 T1iirortunately, in the-second hair or relatively small crowd, 11le New lose? "Well," uid Halpert , "if we ball Lape concluded its rcplar of tenacious guards such as Ushie 'the season, opponents keyed on York Univenity Violets defeated could have stayed dose at the end season play Jut week with two Sclevan and Ian· Landow and these . three playen, leading to the Yeshiva Univenity Maccabeea of the lint half, maybe ione into teams (Freshmen and Senion) tied · steadfast pla yers like Benjy several frustrating losses. ton�t, 60-34, at the Cola Gym halftimetied, the secondhalf would for · third · place, thus crcatin1 a Schoenberg make this squad a The Sophomores, the only team on the New York University have been different."· necessity (or a tie breakin11ame to . force to be dealtwith in the YIBL. not to. make the playoffs, turned in CamP1!5. With the game televised Wonecoma to worse,the Macs :lecidc the third place team to be With timely clutch play from a dismal 1- 7 . performance this on MSG cable, rans and viewen represented in the playoffs. Ac­ guards Stuie Ehrlich, Gary Kauf­ semester-even though several must have been wondering what cordin1 to the new rules implemen­ man and Yitz Solomon and team members aM former Yeshiva wa, sobt1 on as . the Maca led ted by Alan Wildes, Commissioner, forwards Chaim Nordlicht and High School All Stars. Led by the throushout mostof the tinthalf - the second and third placeteams in Howie Sonnenblick, the Seniors excellent point guard Mike Kaye, at one point by eight. With the the final standings square offin the have the potential to trounce any the team boasts of famous stars score tied at 21, a time out was first playoff game. The victor of team in the league. such as Jeff Kuritzky, Marvin called and for some reason it was this game wins the opportunity to The surprising Freshmen, 4-4, Nagler, Jodi Bardash and others. all downhill for Yeshiva as they face the tint place team in the have become contenders due to the Hopefully, the team will regroup were outscored IO to 2 in the §emester Championship Game. The remarkable efforts of threeplayers . next semester so that games are not closins minutes of the half. respective winners of the tint and Perhaps the most dominating forfeited. Johnny Hal pert, coach of the second semester Championships center in the league, Barry Borgen This year, under the able Macs, offered this loaical theory: will meet in the YIBL Cham­ finished second in scoring this guidance of Mr. Wildes, the· "We just tired ourselves out. We pionship Series to be held in May. semester while leading the league in League has shown great improve­ came out in the second and had As the regular season ended last blocked shots. Borgen, an M.T.A. ment. The League Front Office virtually nothing Jeft.Wh at- concer­ week, the solid Junior B squad veteran, evinced memories of Camp takes pride in the high quality of ned rne was the 'fatigue factor'. clinched first place with a 6-2 Raleigh days with his consistent refereeing provided this season; in They have a lot rnore depth than MAC player Jeff Katz lhootln1 a record. Junior B, the first expan­ inside scoring game. This year he comparison to• the inadequate we �o, and they practice more in a layup durln1 wannups. Belllnd him sion team in league history, is teamed up with the lithe-leaping officiating of · p'llst years. In week than we do in a whole season. Is teammate Jeff Hurla. paced by the Camp Morasha star forward Jacob Guedalia to make a addition, the League has obtained Our conditioning is by far in­ definitely· raised some eyebrows,· -if point guard Eli Weber, the league formidable Freshmen tandem down an official league scorer, Shlomo ferior." The score at halftime was only during the first half. scoring leader. Junior B's consis­ low. But the field commander aild Gottesman, to insure that ,sames 31-23 Violets, and the "upset" was Special NYU game notes: high tent winnins ways, however, also leader of the Freshmen squad is run smoothly. With the institution still lurkins in the arena. scorers: Jeff Harris - 14 for the steam from the contributions of certainly the splendid guard, Billy of these and other inovations to be As far as second halves come Macs, Greg Gonzalez - 12 for the Weber's teammates. With a Abrahams. His brilliant play and unveiled next semester, the • Com­ and so, this should never have Violets. Mac captain Chopper frontcourt consisting of the power­ dazzling executions coupled with missioners look forward to the come and could not have gone Schreier, a Cal Ramsey (MSG fu l center David Greenberg, the the success of the Borgen and playoffs, the championship and the quickly enough. 'The Maca were commentator) favorite, had an stalwart swingman David Schwarcz Guedalia tandem have consistently spring semester with great outscored 29-11, prompting coach excellent game under the boards. and robust rebounders Josh Levine !Ied the Freshmen team to. victory. excitement. ✓ , Mike Muzio of NYU to state "It's Three promioent New York and Michael Felsen; the backcourt just a pity' the secondh alf had to be sports media people w,=re in is rounded out by slot-man Mark on TV," The Macs averaaed 7 attendance: Ramsey, channel 11 Lefkovitz. Fine free throw shooting passes before taking a shot while sportscaster Bob Goldscholl, and guard Morey Wildes, and multipur- they were down late in the game, so New York Mets' P.R. director Jay pose man Jo-Jo Schmidman have any comeback eff'ort never even sot Horowitz. also contributed to the success story of this expansion team. Finishing in second place at 5-3, Junior A are strong contenders for Sophs Stun Juniors In Hockey; this year's championship. Few teams have matched the Hillel Hyman Scores In Overtime powerhouse backcourt connection of the former Flatbush star Jack By HILLEL HYMAN aad Aryeh Colton, and were re �.arded Doueck and the sparkling all­ RONNY GROSS with some goals. The game tying around player, Beryl Thomas. The Tuelday night, Jan. · 3, the goal came on a nifty pass from team's scoring leader is the star sophomores revived their playoff Kenny Rozenberg to Hillel Hyman forward, Gregg Levine, another hopes. The sophomores, who who blasted the puck past the Jun. Flatbush Falcon standout, whose needed a win to stay in the running, goalie from 15 ft. out. The game magnificent 26 point performance Deu NCN'IIIU ROllllf'eld, YC; Deaa Kan11BaCOII, SCW; and Mn. Ethel played the tint-place Junior team then went into the regulation 5 min. \CS. the Frcs.hmen in .the last game Odlaa of Stern Facalty aeenahllla die 1ood ol' collep sm11e for theMacs. in a very exciting, hard-hittin1 overtime period. The Jun. had a of the season demonstrated his same. The Juniors got off to a few good opportunities to score but wide range of capabilities on the quick start to lead 4-0 with goals they were thwarted time and again court.r The remainder of the Junior ·,El/men Outwrest/e City Co/�ege by Israeli and• Thurm and great by the soph aoalie, · Ronny Gross. A ront line consists of Zcv Pllllin8 by team pt. leader Ari With 2 min. left in the OT period, Skolnick, the finepower centerand The Y.U. Ellmen defeated City Freeman and David· Genet won Tuchrnan. However, in the 2nd Hillel Hyman retrieved the ball the versatile forward, Moshe Collqe in what has beenjudged by their matches. David Noble, Ari period the so phomores came back behind the Jun. net and tucked it in Mehlman. With the superb all to be their best match of the Schwell and Jack Nuszen made with strong de�nsive play and on a wrap-around for the game swingman, Harry Lehman, and. the '83-'84 season. After valiant at• noble attempts to defeat their closed the gap td S-2. During the winning goal and his 4th of · th'e steady guard, David Ben Haim, the tempts by Eli Lapp, Moishe ' opponents but their efforts were third, period the so phomores put night. The final score was 6-S Junior A squad has the · depth Kranzler, Pesach Kremen, Ari thwarted. Moshe Kranzler wrestl• heavy pressure on ·the Jun. goalie, soph$. necessary to win ' a league cham­ Schwell, and Aaron Lapp · to : ing at I 58, had the only pin or the pionship. overcome their opponents while evening in 5:S0. ·Aaron Lapp Certainly the most unpredictable wrestling two weight classes above defeated his opponent in one or the STANDINGS team in the league, the Seniors (4- . their own weight, the Y.U. Ellmen most exciting matches of the - Tea111 Wins Loan Points 4) lost their first four galJles and seemed to be in serious trouble. . evening. Control of the match, Juniors s 3 10 then roared back to win their last Caleb Freeman began to reverse . which lasted the allotted time, Seniors 4 3 8 rour gamesin style. They are led by the trend with his imprcuivc pin in · shifted many times before the rm al the smooth rm esse swingman, Sophomores 3 4 6 I: 19. David Genet continuing the whistle. Lapp defeated his adver­ Freshmen 3 s 6 Baruch Weinstein, whose fadeaway momentum, displayed exceptional . aary by a score of 14-11. noaters have already become . stamina ,and wrestling ability bis legendary. Weinstein is ably · Special mention should be pven STATimcs man towards the end or the 3rd to Paach Kremen and David assisted down low by the period inS:40. With the score29-24 Goals Allllta Polats lominatinl play . of center Jeff Noble for representing Yeshiva Weinberger 14 9 23 in favor of City Collep all hopes · . Post Schwartz alMI the intensity of rated with Jack Nuuen. Nuszm's University in the C.W. Hyrnan 15 4 19 power-forward Alan Talansky. 'J'.he Invitational Independent Touma- opponent outweighed him by sixty ment. Tuchman 8 9 17 pounds and wu close to a foot Abrahams ·8 6 14 I ...... _ .. Saefhp taller than him. Nuszen, undaun• Special mention should also be . ted, pinned his opponent in 2:22, given to veteran Stuie Simon who i. ihroup. ·s-.•three matches: brining the rm al score to 32-29 in will be on the Ellmen disabled list favor of Yeshiva. till the end of the fall semester due i Danny Zaqer, 7-1; Stuie Berpr, The victory was only the a spinal injury. We look forward ; S-4; Keith Rhine, 2-1; Bill Berlin, to COMMENTATOR· · Non-ProfitOra, Ellmen's 2nd in their last seven to more victories from all the YESHIVA UNIVERSITY 2-4; David Pinhu, 1-0. Sabre team matches; their first victory was Ellmen in their forthcoming U.S. Postase totals, 17-10. · SOO W. l8S Street . a1ain1t Brooklyn College. Eli • matches. PAID Lapp, Paach Kremen, Caleb New York, N. v: 10033 David Mond,,. 6-3; Marc Bealer, NEWYOII.K,N.Y. 6-3; Noah Katz, 4-2; Ralph Grosz, PERMIT NO. 4631 0-3. Foil team total1, 16-11. r.,.. Jeff' Kem, 4-4; Howie Friedman, 3-6; Steve Hotzman, M; Y aacov Brafman, 5-1. Epeeteam totals, 12· IS. Taubermcn record: 1-2. Taubermcn team totals through 3 matches: 45-36• .