Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College
February 28, 1995/ 28 Adar I 5755 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY Volume LIX, No. 9 Premier Philosopher and Chemistry Laureate to Lecture Next Year
BY STEVEN MIODOWNIK AND EZRA TUCHMAN
Lecturing at YC and Sternin the fall semester will be two nationally acclaimed scholars: Dr. Roald Hoffman, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chem istry, and Professor Robert Nozick, one of the premier phi losophers in the United States. They will be joining the YU fac ulty as Gottesman Distin guished Visiting Lecturers.The two, who were hired without prior consultation with their respective departments, are Faculty and Administration Meet Renowned philosopher nevertheless being warmly re Professor Robert Nozick ceived by faculty members. to Resolve MYP Credit Debate In addition to filling those plicants for those positions, temporary positions, Vice Pres some are angry they were not Israel Credit Reduction Reported to be Part of the Solution ident for Academic Affairs Dr. includedin the recruitment pro William Schwartz is currently cess for Hoffman and Nozick. BY MEIR ZEITCHIK mented YC Associate Dean Yeshiva College faculty" to dis headingthe search fortwo more They see the administration as Michael Hecht, who attended cuss the issue. professors to assume perma rushing to acquire a big name In a February 22 meeting the meeting. While Hecht de The proposal, as noted by nent positions in the chemistry without first inquiring if the attended by prominent mem clined to specifically outline · Hecht,is intended to appeal to and philosophy departments. person behind that name pos bers of both the YU and MYP any proposal, The Commenta all parties. The MYP adminis The search aims to fill the posi sesses genuine teachingability. faculty and administration but tor has learned that this solu tration is clearly pleased, as they tions of Dr. Irving Borowitz, Others, like Rabbi Shalom Car not by any student represen tion involves mandating shi will attain their long-awaited who is retiring at the end of this my of the philosophy depart tative, significant steps were ur credit in exchange for a re goal of mandatory shiur credit. semester after twenty-six years ment and Dr. Lea Blau, a chem taken to achieve a resolution duction of Israel credits. Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, the in the chemistry department, istry professor, were simply on the issue of mandatory sh According to Hecht, the talks MYP dean, in factbegan to at and of philosophy professor concerned that the standard iur credit. The meeting saw will now proceed with meet tempt to gather students sup Yitzchak Miller, who died sud protocolof notifyingfaculty was participating members take a ings to be convened by the Ac port forthe idea, visiting vari denly last year shortly after be ignored. definite direction in reaching ademic Standards Committee, ous shiurim last week. "We've ing hired. Dr. Schwartz admits that a solution appealing to all. "To which he chairs, and the Curric done a lot this year with the there was "pressure" to quickly my mind, a possible solution ulum Committee, chaired by addition of theshoalim u' meish Faculty Concerned Over procure talent for the Gottes was reached which has ele Bible professor Dr. Moshe Bern ivim and all of that," noted Rab Hiring Process man Program for Academic ments all three constituencies, stein. Bernsteinalso noted that bi Charlop to one MYP shiur, While YC faculty members Excellence, but he assured The YC, MYP, and students will there will also soon be a meet "but we'd like to do more," are involved in reviewing ap Commentator that Hoffman's find very beneficial," com- ing attended by a "long list of continued on page 15 plications and interviewing ap- continued 011 page 11 YU Attorneys Meet With Student Press Over Cardozo Gay Issue
BY OWEN CYRULNIK the only three YU schools to an educational institution. The publish a student newspaper. statute provides for a religious Student journalists fromYe The purpose of the meeting was exemption to this requirement, shiva University schools met to allow the attorneysto present but only if the institutic,nclaim this past Friday with represen the legal issues to the students, ing exemption meets two dis tatives of Weil, Gotschal, & while serving the dual purpose tinct criteria. The firstis that the Manges, the firm representing of attempting to present a con institution be defined as a reli YU over the controversy sur vincing case that YU could not gious institution, and the sec rounding the gay club at Car benefit from a legal battle in this ond that the institution can dozo. Present were University area. show that providing equal ac Achdtis'Str�ssedat Dorm Talks this Dean of Students Efrem Nul The two attorneysfrom Weil, cess to the group in question past W�dnesday night. man, whose office organized the Gotschal, Philip Rosen and Ri would fly in the face of the reli Page4 meeting, along with University chard Davis, began their legal gious purpose of the institution. Vice President for Business Af analysis by examining a New In other words, YU would have AnticipatingDean Adler's Arrival York City statute which pro to prove both that it is a reli fairs Sheldon Socol. Incoming YC Dean Norman Adler readying Student representativeswere vides that certain "protected" gious institution, and that pro present from Yeshiva College, groups must be provided with viding office space to a gay club himselfforhis March 20 investiture. SCW, and Cardozo Law School, equal access to facilities within co11ti1111ed 011 page 12 Page6 February 8,2 1995 p...:..:a g:::..:...e ...;:_2 ------IQ!\e atnmmentatorl ------, � Whose Awards? Congratulations to Samson Fine, Ziv Mendelsohn, and Professor Mor 'at�e Doing A Grade 'A' Job From the Executive To the Editor: our field to the New York area. Even Although I am extremely flatteredby some of our own YU Physics students the fact that you helped me to achieve a have spent time during the summer en Editors Desk new world record by having been mis gaged in research activities there in the quoted in a single issue of The Commen group led by Professor Azriel Genack, SIDNEY A. SINGER tator in three differentarticles and one who, besides being one of the leading cartoon, I feel that there is one of the experimentalistsin our fieldin this coun Last Tuesday my family and I wit Nearly everyone recognizes the ex statements attributed to me thatI need try,is himself no strangerto our institu nessed and celebrated thebris milah of ample of the Jewish wedding, which to correct. tion where all his sons have been edu my oldest brother's newborn son. The does not conclude before the groom Oneof the articles discussing thede cated. baby's birthmarked the first boy born breaks a glass in remembrance of the bate on academic standards and the Is In another vein, after having scolded to any of my siblings; the firstbris of the BeitHaMikdash.Regrettably,manypeo rael credit cites part of one of my re you let me finishthis letter by saying new generationthere fore signaled an ple misunderstand this practice, espe marks which, takenout of context, might thatI have found thisyear's Commenta especiallyhappy occasion.The pendu cially at American weddings, where give theimpression that I was alluding tor more exciting, more polemical and lum of emotions, however, also swung shouts of "Mazel Tov" often immedi in negativeterms to Queens College of more devoted to thediscussion of the to the otherside. As my brotherbriefly ately followthe breaking of theglass. theCity University of New York. The really important topics that affect our explained that the baby's name was The Israeli rabbinate, on the other fact is that I was simply answeringthe University thanin any other year that I chosen partlyin memory of my mater hand, knew fully well the importance remarks of anothermember of theSen have been in YU. nal grandparents, both of whom died of such a synthesis when they estab ate who referred to some policies of AlthoughI did not have a chance to two days after my eighteenthbirthday, lished the date of YornHazikaron, the QueensCollege, pertinentto thesubject grade many of the members of your tears quickly began to flow from my memorial day for all Israeli soldiers, we were debating,and I mentionedthat editorial staff, since they have success eyes. I had greatdifficulty maintaining one day prior to Yorn Ha'atzmaut, a we cannot compare thatinstitu tion with fully (so far) avoided our physics cours my composure even later that evening day of independence achievedlargely through the effortsof many fallensol YU in thatrespect. es, if I had to base my grade in your when my seven-year-old niece,· not It is ironic thatI receivedthe issue of journalisticperformance, you would be unaware of theemotional level of the diers at thetime of the young nation's TheCommentatorcontainingmyremarks definitelygetting an A fromme. day, asked me if I was sad "when Dad inception. Those who have spent the precisely as I was coming to YU after dy talked about your grandma and two days in Israel can testify to the spending the morning in QueensCol Gabriel Cwilich grandpa." significanceof theirjuxtaposition, and lege, attending one of theexcellent sem Assistant Professor of Physics Mixing a bit of sadness into happy its impact upon Israeli society. inars that theyusually hold with foreign (Editor's Note: TheGoverning Board of occasions definitely owns a place in Human nature and our short at visitors in my area.of research:propaga TheCommentator would like to thankDr. Judaism. In a week and a half, we will tention spans keep us focused on the tion of waves inrandom systems. Cwilichfor his compliments on this year's read parslitlt zachor, in which we re present and on what affects us in the I have had a long history of collabora newspaper. However, we are somewhat re member thenearly successful attempt here and now. Yet we owe it to those tionand discussions withmany of my gretfulabout his remark in the letter'sfirst by the people of Amalek to annihilate who labored and suffered on our colleagues in the Physics Department paragraphpertaining to being "misquoted .. in theJews in thedesert. Our chachamim behalves yesterday to remember there. I meetthem in almost every inter threedifferent articles and onecartoon. " Since chose theshabbos beforePurim, a hol them today. For many years, and national conference in our area of re the exactmisqoutes are not mentioned,save iday commemorated withintense cele still in some places, Jews could not search that I attend and together we the one referringto QueensCollege, we regret bration of a similar failed attempt, as celebrate Purim nearly as easily as have organized visits of researchersin thefact that we cannot answer him fully.) the day forthe reading ofzachor. While we do currently. Let us keep them, a number of reasons have beenoffered and all those who have fallen victim fortheir selection of this date, surely to horrible terror acts in the past the effects upon theJewish people of a year, in mind even as we celebrate soberingreminder of our very fragile on Purim itself. Then we will have YC Bookstore: A Disgrace ,, To the Editor: ventory. history were not lost on our sages. begun to achieve "M��n N,. After several negative experiences Not only does the bookstore have a withthe Yeshiva College bookstore, I complete lack of customer-oriented have finally decided �o expose the un goals, but the service and treatment of favorable encountersI have had there. students there is downright offensive ·- This past weekI purchased a financial and totally unacceptable. We are the calculatorfrom the bookstore (the only customers, yet we are regarded with model of financial calculators the store extreme. rudeness. Also, smoking is carries). Later that day, I discovered continuously being outlawed in many that the same model is sold forless at places. Thisis a privately-owned store, a major retail chain. After seeing oth but is it absolutely necessary for YU er students' calculators, I decided that students to be subjected to strong un I prefer a different model altogether. healthy tobacco fumes that wreck our So, only two days after the original clothes for days afterwards? purchase I attempted to return the I know for a fact that I am not the product, which was sealed and un only student who has a legitimate opened, with my store receipt and gripe about the bookstore and its pol credit card receipt. The bookstore re icies. In fact, there are worse stories to fused to take the item back or give me be told. I think the administration or store credit. They claimed that they student council must step in and de do not allow returnson calculators or mand that some changes be made. software. My product, however, had These changes should be made in re never been used and was not opened. gard to the high prices, policies, and In today's business world, almost any customer treatment. It is a disgrace to store will accept refunds, exchanges, Yeshiva University to allow the book etc. on most any product even if it had store to bear theYeshiva College name been opened and used. Nobody Beats under policies by which the bookstore the Wiz, for example, has a 33 day currently operates. returnpolicy after which store credit An easy alternative, and very ap will be issued. A customer can even pealing one, is to boycott the book use the product and still return it to a store. Nevertheless, there is a book Wiz store. Numerous other stores store on campus for student use. Is it accommodate customer needs in a necessary to stop and think twice about similar fashion. Granted, the book the numerous faults ofthe bookstore store is not a major retail chain, but before deciding to enter? Must we if something is unopened, some lee dread having to go in there for books way should be given. Certainly for and supplies? Or, can the bookstore students who spend large sums ev be changed to make it a more decent ery year on books, the bookstore place to go. could have the decency to allow a return or exchange of this type con Lon Smolensky sidering their grossly overpriced in- SSSB'97 ary , ... - � Febru 28 7 995 ■ ..,..,�� - W§#l.61�� ��1'11111.M �l'IF� .IFIIIIFIII� ■ I! }Who's Who Nominations BY NACHUM LAMM proximately seventy names are sub mitted in total, but there are repeats Over sixty YU and Stern students between lists, so almost all names sug have been nominated by the under gested by the deans are passed on by graduate deans to be in this year's the Dean of Students to be included in publication of Who'sWho Among Stu the Who's Who. All are students in dents in American Universities ·and good standing, and most are upper Colleges. classmen, usually seniors. According to Dean of Students In addition to those nominated for Efrem Nulman, the number of slots in the reasons above, the office of the Dean the directory allocated to Yeshiva of Students may add students who are University has recently been increased distinguished for other activities, such to sixty-three, with all those nominat as work in their communities, and names ed by the school almost certain to be are occasionally suggested by third par included in the publication. ties. Most, if not all, studentleaders are The academic deans, athletic direc nominatedas well. tor, and others receive an allotted For reasons that Nulman "would amount of names to submit, and each rather not disclose," the names of the The Annual SOY Seforim Sale attracted shopp ers of all ages submits a list of students to be nomi students who were nominated for the nated, judged by grades and involve prestigious award is being kept secret Seforim Sale '95 Raises ment in extracurricular activities. Ap- for the time being. Most Profits Ever BY DAVID SWIDLER im. Much of the computer software available for the first time this year The annual SOY Seforim Sale drew was sold, including a full line of to a close this past Sunday after two CD-ROM material. weeks of supplying the greater New Due in part to widespread advertis-' York area with seforim, Jewish music ing, throngs of people who needed to and software. From February 12th to purchase Judaica, or who simply want 26th, the fifth floor of Belfer Hall ed to browse the selection of 3500 ti teemed with customers whose pur tles, made their way to the sale, at chases provide the bulk of SOY' s op times causing severe crowding prob .- >'.. •,:i :\.'.: ·-:·,·. era ting budget each year. lems, especially on the checkout lines. :<)?(:::_ SOY Vice President Daniel Davis, Despite such uncomfortable cir who began organizing the sale in Oc cumstances, volunteer Michael Buchs tober, noted the contributions of the baum noted that very few of the cus twenty or so people who devoted their tomers he encountered showed a great time and effort to Seforim Sale '95, deal of annoyance. "I worked the reg most of whom were volunteers. Spe ister for eight hours last Sunday, and cial thanks, he said, should go to Josh only came across two or three cranky .\Vhi�wasb,:oadca�t◊n W,)'U�{orthe, .. }J;\ibite The Azrieli Institute for Jewish Ed BY SIDNEY SINGER ucation and the Max Stern Division of Communal Services will host a job fair The Student Security Council, in con this Sunday afternoon for students in junction with the Department of Safety terested in pursuing careers in chi and Security, has announced extended nuch. van service on Friday mornings. Stu Rabbi Morton Summer, the coordi dents will now have the option of taking nator of the program, says that the job Professor HermanBroniver meeting with students the vans to Penn Station or Brookdale market for Jewish educators is the best Hall, the dormitory of Stem College, at it has been in a while. "There are a lot 10:30 AM and 12 noon. of job openings, an:dfewer applicants Ben-Gurion Professor The current plan for the service than last year," he said, "and salaries came together fairly quickly. Jonathan have gone up considerably." Lifschutz, co-chairman of the Student Summer says one day school in the Security Council, met with Don Som metro region called him recently and Speaks in Furst mers, Director of the Department of Safety and Security, about one month was willing to pay $50,000 for a Jew BY SANDOR BAK "Unfortunately," he noteq, "with all the . ish educator with four or five years ago, and suggested his idea to provide tragedies in Israel, the issue of Russian students with shuttle service into mid experience. He says entry-level sala Herman Broniver, Professorof Ther Jewry has been abandoned. Current con ries start at about $30,000. town on Friday mornings. His sug mo-Hydrodynamicsat Ben-Gurion Uni ditions in Russia are very favorable for gestion came "partly for selfish rea Principals from both New York and versity, addressed a crowd of twenty the immigration of Jews to Israel, but out-of-state yeshivas will interview sons," he quipped, since he lives on YUadministrators,faculty,andstudents right now no one cares about them." Long Island, but more importantly, applicants on site for full and part over lunch in theFurst Hall faculty lounge Broniver is also involved with help time positions. Students are urged to since nearly everyone travels at that on Wednesday, February 15. The infor ing Russians adjust to religious life. His time. Sommers was very receptive bring their resumes. mal talk was arranged by Dr. EfremNul publishing company, Shamir, has trans The job fair kicks off at 1:30 in Furst chumashim to the idea, according to Lifschutz, man, the University Deanof Students. lated and commentaries into and said it was merely a question of Hall 501. It will run until 4:30 and is A former Soviet refusenik himself, Russian to allow the immigrants to learn open to undergraduate seniors at YC arranging drivers. Broniver spoke about his organization, these texts in their native language. He Lifschutz stated that he hopes the and SCW and graduate students of which helps recent immigrants from has also published many titles dealing YU and RIETS. For more information, service will eventually be expanded Russia findjobs in Israel. Whilehe serves with the issue of integrating religion to every half-hour on Friday morn call Rabbi Summer at 960-5265. as an advisor forPrime Minister Rabin and secular science. As Rabbi Dr. Israel ings, but said the security department in helping to integrate Russian scientists Miller commented in his introduction, explained that the students will have into Israeli society, Broniver mentioned "Prof. Broniver has succeeded both in to warrant it with their numbers. Dean his disappointment over thelack of gov his own callingof science and in a higher Rav Romm yiddishkeit." of Students Efrem Nulman, with ernment attention to this vital issue. calling of whose office Sommers co-arranged the service, sent all the credit Sommers' Returns way, and explained that neither office is against maintaining or possibly in BY JOSH EPSTEIN creasing the service if need demands. "If it's something helpful to students," After a medical leave lasting several he said,"[then] we'd like to be able to months, longtime MYP Rosh Yeshiva continue." Rav Shimon Romm has returnedto giv ing shiur. Although they appreciated ::.J;�(-s:;- ·:>.. - ;.c -. --·· .. ,, ' • . . '·' · .. -·- . ' . : • • �- _ :/ their temporary Rebbe, Rabbi Elchanan _ . ).t.':_;-\_,-\- -_ ·- . Guide II Aims . - - - . . . . . - . . • . . ( . .. ~· --: -�·.-·,':: - . • - >' :-·:y:··� ' �-�- <� ..;·_ -. ,� .--> , . ... /·� ;.,:. :· .- --- - • , . • • : .-: - . • • _ : : : - · : • Adler of theMentor /Hadracha program, ·:-·:.,: / i : :-:- ,,._,. ,_,;...,.::',•.. . • .. ,�- .... · - :} (/, · · · i R. Romm's students were overjoyed at LA · to Improve on the returnof their respected rebbe. They ;:\:.r ... . ·.·i.•• ··•·•·\· demonstrated their joy by throwing a :{\:�1Ju.... turrsday,t:;8�:}t��feD·•·�;�l'l.la.ry'.:l�:6}elec'. ....- .·····•·· .. ··.••·�····tjllS.. · .ori--��"Y}1t�tJ!tt!!�\i!::eels h.inch· program. This::: en- kiddush in his honor, which also served : First Semester to celebrate the occasion of him becom s. ing a great grandfather. BY OREN KEISER O Rabbi Romm has been a pillar of the :ttj)fe.f. ��>���s�:!l ;li .!pit�� µajy:,aen,Jty.•i•i:: �Y:l�. .� ll-1fftirnefcii:u ��if�lty Ine.mber. Ina:!� close [fff ;. i · Yeshiva Program for many years, dat ,a.rt,<{!�Jh�J�'.wi.��.¢<>.ipm,fW fy;'I'heelec- V()te, RabbiMordechai . Cohen, a pop This year's "Guide to the Per ing back to his close friendship with tiqns tere ch��cterized by_l9wvoter .. •til�r professor of Bible, was victori plexed" has certainly seen more than zt'l. former YU President Dr. Belkin He �g�taj;t� @�•:�I�tioh'pf<:>eedures.' ·. ,. ous: .·Although. there is presently no its fair share of controversy. Whether was educated and received his semicha ', : Ina _ closf·ye>ter Scllllson Fine was financial reward for this honor, the it was the debate over the nominal in Europe and has continued many of .�l�9t�9;.P1.� t�ipi�t?ftti� PJWip.Lie". Stud�nt .Council is considering es- one-dollar fee, the unexpectedly long the methods acquired there, especially 1'ermari 'Al\1,ardJor service to the uni� tablishing.• one. .. delay, or the significant oversight in thatofasmallclose-knitshiurwithmuch :Y��ifyl �l#[Ji'.,;,.�arrje�' a• $4QO i a�c1rd. printing incorrect Hatzola numbers, individual attention. 'Fine was::tie'd witlf YCSC: President Low Turnout the Guide seemed to be a constant Jay Koffsky, a member of the six i.J?aniel;Bi!Hif)n �st-place ,votes §ut Only 46 of approximately 150-200 source of controversy and discussion. personshiur; was anxious forhis Rebbe' s ·edgedJ3Hµgµ1 �C()l}d-pfacevotes,,glv- · seniors voted, leading some to ques However, the Guide to the Per return. "It is an amazing experience to ,inghiiri tl),evide>ty µnder new electipn tion the . integrity of the process. "If plexed II seeks to improve on the learn, firsthand, Torah from someone '.pf��iar,es,,F½�� t6�:fopnersenj�rcfass . most seniors are living inMorg why are efforts of the past semester. Under whose stories of gedolim come from his ,presi#ent{is,�a i:ecpgru,�ed;camptis fig- · theyJthe elections] being held in Ru- the leadership of Daniel Ritsma, the direct knowledge of those gedolim. 1.1re,havingqife�tedtlµspastfall'sbri;. · bin?'' asked one irate senior. Other se scaled-down and less colorful sequel When Rabbi Romm quotes the Chofetz ·entationas. well.as numeroµs campus riiorsattrib uted the small vote to lack of ·· to the ever-popular and necessary Chayim it is often a direct quote," noted bl6ocldri"\i es. \ / · .., '> · • ·. ··. . . publicity.Jonathan Lifshutz, co�chair- Guide hopes to be published in a Koffsky. ' . •. Ziv Mendelsohn/SSSB Student As- man of the Canvassing Committee, matter of days. According to Ritsma, Rabbi Romm also spent time learning sociatior\Presideri(was chosen as re- which sponsored the elections, blamed the Guide JI will correct mistakes from in the various Mirrer Yeshivot, includ dpient of the Gladstein ·Award for ser- the low turnouton voter apathy. "Signs the first Guide such as the aforemen ing the period when it was based in vice to the Jewish community. In his were posted all over the place," said tioned Hatzola blunders, as well as Shanghai, as well as in Palestine in the role as President of the Philanthropy Lifshutz. "People didn't vote because add important information like room 1930s. Society, Mendelsohn coordinated the they were too lazy." changes and new enrollees. February 8,2 1995 p...... :a g�e_6 ______,ij! Jrtdl'. lllltmnbdorl Dean Adler Prepares to Take Over BY RYAN s. KARBEN The book shelves are looking a Ii ttle less empty these days, and the desk is getting a little messier. But Norman Adler has retained his calm confidence as he listens and learns in anticipation of assuming the YC deanship on a full-time basis next month. His biggest challenge has been un derstanding the unique culture of Ye shiva College. No small task. "The University is 800 years old, the Yeshiva is 2000 years old. That's 2800 years of complexity. It's incred ibly exciting. I've had more intellectu al stimulation in the past three months than I have had in years," he said. In those three months, Adler has become a cheerleader for the college ing dollar pie for undergraduate sci he is to lead, stressing repeatedly in ence laboratories. And he is anxious the course of an interview that YC is to return to the classroom. home to "the best and the brightest." "I'm excited (to teach a course in This latest leg in a very impressive the Psychology Department). I really professional journeyhas taken on the enjoy it. It is the core of all we do. I era of a mission for Adler. In an inter went into administration because I got view with The Jewish Advocate in Bos older," he said. ton, he described the job as "corning Adler says the challenge at YC is to home." nurture the identity of a small college His resume includes a stint as Asso in a large university, a goal he hopes ciate Dean of the College of Arts and to accomplish by working with an in Sciences at the University of Pennsyl formal student advisory board simi vania, where he taught psychology lar to a group he met with regularly at for many years. He is currently a Vice Penn. He says he will go to any dorm Provost at Northeastern University. whenever he is invited. In two recent conversations, Adler The date, March 20, has been pegged stressed that the Jew has always been as the date for his formal assumption a "citizen of the world" and he sees of the deanship, a position that has Yeshiva College as the heir to that been filled on an interim basis by SSSB legacy. "We are supposed to be anohr Dean Harold Nierenberg since the la'goyim, we have a higher mission. summer. Dr. Norman Rosenfeld The world needs an infusion of Jewish stepped down last year to assume the values, and the rebbeim infuse West Jekuthiel Ginsburg Chair in Mathe ern knowledge with an informed tra matics after a tenure than lasted more dition," he said. "Our civilization than a decade. thrives through that dialectic." Adler faces a slew of challenges, On a practical level, Adler says one and enters a campus environment alive of his major priorities is salary en with discussion of numerous academ hancement for the undergraduate fac ic issues, from transfer credit for time ulty. "We have a first-rate faculty, spent in yeshiva in Israel to faculty first-rate intellects who are more de authority over academic matters. And voted than in other places I have been. concerns persist over YC's "academic I 'm optimistic that the university will reputation." do something." 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HaRav, accordi ng to Ro se nfel d is a technical Ideally, the data fro m the evalua a book which di sc usse s contem In thisvei n, the magnificent task of one. "This is because of a comp uter tions wo ul d be tabulated, entered into porary issues in Halacha. Thirty-seven editing a sefer of chidus hei torah in honor Talmudic scholarsfrom acro ss the globe of theRav was courageously under tak glitch," explained Ro senfeld. "I wa s the mainco mputer, and use d asone of sefer, doi ng the tabulating by hand an d di d the components in judging a certain contribute d essays to the which en by two young men who learnin YU, not have ti.meto co rre ct the problem." professor when questions arise with took a year to compile. RabbiJe remy Wieder anda currentsemi YC Assistant Dean Avery Horowitz re gardto te nure and department chair The articles examine incon cise detail cha candidate atRIETS, Avraham (Abie) di d suggest ho wever, that the evalua manships. Theyca n also provide for varying so urces on specific Halachic is Shmi dman. tions sho ul d receive a serious overhaul important so urces of feedback for the sue s and combine the viewpoints to for Rabbi Nor man Lamm, pr es ident of · in the near future to better ascertai n fac ultyas th ey set out to improve their mulate the Je wish law. The bo ok's 342 Yeshiva University, lauds the work as st udent opinion . "They're certainly not· various courses. pages cover a wi de variety of topics, "a sign of the splendid Torah sc holar ranging fro m publ icizing a miracle to ship of the stu dents and faculty of our whether charity can be di stribute d to institu tionan da di st in guished testament non-Jewish causes. to the giant who overwhelmi ngly de Senate Looks to Raise Publishe dinHebre w,the bookisded serves it." icated to the memory ofRav Soloveitch TheZichron HaRav includes essays by ik, the world leading authority on some of the Rav's mos t distinguished Academic Level at YU Halacha in the second ha lf of the 20th talmidi.m.In addition, some ofthe book's century. To his countless st udents and authors ar e curr ently members of the BY OREN S; KEISER YC Junior Ari Hirt, the purpose of the follo wers, he wa s known si mplyas "th e faculty and administratio n of Yeshi va gt'.OUp is bo th to di scover exactly f �ow Rav/' an affectionate na me in He brew University, incl uding Rabbi Herschel In a Fe bruary 16 meeting, the St udent many cr edits YU students take of ca m: fortea cher . In his more th an 40 ye ars at Schachter, Rosh Yeshi va andRo sh Kol Senate addressed a num berof the cri ti Pll;S as well as to measure the _impact Yeshiva University's affiliatedRa bbi Is� lei ofRIE TS' Marcos and Adina Katz cal issues facingYe sh iva, inclucling the tl)eseou tside credits. have on ·the aca sac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RI Kollel,Ra bbiAh ar onSoloveitchik ,Ros h controversial man�atory MYP credit, as detnic st anding ofthe University. El S), The Rav wa s not only a tea cher, Yeshiva inRIETS and br other ofth e late we ll as outside credit. The Senate also but also a philosop her, theologian, and Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Rabbi floated possibilities on mo difyi ng the InterdisciplinaryMaj ors and author. Dr. Sol Roth Profess or of Talmud and current system of ma jor s and minors in Concentrat ions Discussed For almost 50 ye ars, Rav Soloveitchik Contemporary Halacha. the hope ofincr easing academicop tions In addi tion to these vital concerns, served as sp iritual teacher an d Se nior Weider, an assistant Mashgiach of available to students. the Sen ate also de ba te d other wa ys to Professor ofTa lm ud on the RIETS fac ul MYP, received hi s S' micha fro m RIETS On the MYP credit issue, several st u enhance acade mic opportunities at YU. ty, as the Lei b Merkin Di stinguished in 1994. "We've all been to uched by the dent representatives expressed disap One possibility wo ul d be the creation of Pro fessor ofTa lmud and Jewish philos Ra v," Weider sa id. "The work is an ef pointment that such a plan wa s formed an interdisciplina ryminor, wh ich wo ul d op hy. Raised in the tradition of hi s fa fort to keep alive the spirit wi th which he without first aski ng for the opinion of allow students to ta ke a minor com thers which emphasizedth e intellectual imbued hi s students." Accordin gto Abie the Senateon the matter. To remedy the prised of coursesfro m severa l di fferent function of the Jew, The Rav de dicated Shm idman, "Thi s project is a la bor of oversight, MYP Dea n Ra bbi Zev ul un fields of stu dy. The mo del for such a his life toed ucation . love" and"a tremendous honor andpriv Charlop, the proposal's stron ge st propo plan isth e American St udies minor, cur Although the Rav' s ho me wa s rooted ilege to do so methin g for the me mory of nent, wa s on ha ndto di scu ss the issue. rently available to SSSB andYC stu in Bo ston, Massach usetts, Rav So the Rav ." Most of the di sc ussion, ho wever, fo dents. A second suggestion is to estab loveitchikma naged to teach Tal mud at Zicl1ro11 HaRav wa s ma de po ssibl e cuse d on a topic which the Senate ha s lish "concentration s" within majors. RIETS for more than 45 years, arriving thro ugh a ge nerous gift from Rab bi spent a good deal of time de ba ting re Un der th is proposal, a stude nt wo ul d each we ek in Ne wYork either by pla ne, Julious Berman. Rab bi Berman is an cently - outside cre dit. Picki ng up ri ght ta ke a number of extra courses that re train,or car. The Ra v earne d wo rldwide al umnus of YU and RIETS and a di sci where it left offat the last meetin g of the late to a sp eci fic area within his major, pro minence for the br illiant shiurim he ple of Rabbi So loveitchik. The bo ok is Fa ll se me ster, a task force ha s be en con an d wo ul d gradua te having "special de livere d at Yeshiva. Sp eaking so me available in bookstores and se lls for vened· to inve sti gate the issue. Led by ized" in a particular area of study. times for over five ho ur s straight, the ten dollars. r Fe_ b_ru_ o__.y __2_ 8_, _1 9_95_ Po ...;;.g__e_B______,� �t ::/:<':'\�'- //\t? BYYAN s. KARBEN [ "I also reminded him ho w to say 'chai,'" Rosen re calls. � "He told me he had al re ady been briefed on that." In te rv ie ws co me easyto David Rosen. Theysh ould. [ He 's be in g do in g them fo r nearlytw en ty-seven years. � Looking Ahead Rosen has be en at the he lmof the un ivers ity's public f Inth e co min g ye ar,Ro sen hopes to continue tofo cus relations efforts for nearly a year and half no w, in tro on the academicst ren gth ofthe un iversity, particul ar ducing in nov ations bo th majo r an d minorin his quest ly the accomplishmen ts of the un de rgraduate faculty . to tell the story of Yeshiv a. Nation ally recognized as a He feels that academics have tr adition ally go tten short le ader in un ivers it y public rel ations, Rosen has dr awn shrift in publ ications an d press rele ases an d plans on ye ars of experience as a reporter , co nsultant an d mo re aggressive atte mp ts to find "vehicles to convey publi c aff airs maven as he moves YUPR in to the future the YU /RIETS story of exceUence in te achin g, resear ch an d thensome. an d community service." He finds it an imposing task. Thedep ar tment will soon dis tr ib ute the first "Me "One ofmymajor co ncems cominghere,"theformer dia Guide to Faculty Experts at Yeshiva Un iversity" HarvardAssoc iate Vice Presiden t says , "was succee d an d plans to place advertisemen ts highlighting aca in g Sam Harts te in (the prev ious director of the dep ar t de mic excellence, in addition to fundraisin g, in The men t). He was a living le gen d with 50 ye ars of service Jew ish Wee k. By seeking out regional an d national an d a genuine pioneer in university publ ic re lations . me dia more aggressively, Rosen hopes to "reinfo rce He was one of those who create d the fiel d." thepe rcep tion of YU as aJe wish-sponsored in stitution He was also wo rr ie d about being accep te d in to the ments: graphics, media, photograp hy , development devoted to academ ic exce llence," the reby promoting YU /RIETS communityas a non-Or thodox Jew. While andCa rdozo/Midtown . An associate PR dire ctor has student re cr uihnent efforts,cr eating a positive fund he was Vice President for Public Affa irs at Brande is, a justbe en ass igned to CSL an d plans are un de rway to ra is ingenv ironment an d ass is ting in the recruitment "nominally Jewishin stitution,"he knew the challenge deploy a second person to wo rk jointly at CSL and an d re tention of faculty and admini strators . of YU was unique . But, he says , the support of top sew.. univers ity administrators, inc ludingPre sident Nor A typ ic al day for Rosen begins at hal f-past eigh t, Role is Educational man Lamm and Senio r Vice President Emerit us Israel. when he scansth e Timesan dei the r the Postor the Da il y "Thebe stpa rt of the job is the pace , the people, the News, in Miller, has eased the transition. "I have beenma de to "depen diJ) g on whi ch one my sec re tary puts challenge and the importa nce ofYU 's mission,". Rosen fee l we lcome," he says. my box." Priorityone is re ading the obituar ies to see· says, "It has been.exciting, tho ugh not always forthe In the past ye ar, Rosen's top priorities have been if any friends ofth e un iversity have passed away .. same reasons I im agine d." improving and expanding publications for key con He concedes th at he finds the controvers y over an stituencies an d deve lop in g an d expandin g the profes Seeking the "Big One" organi zation forgay an d lesbian students at CSL sion al skills of the dep ar tm en t's staff . He launche d He says hi sbiggestregretishe hasn'tfoundthe ''b ig "strange." "It is the most frustrating challenge. A Yeshiva Today, a bi-monthlynew spape r that serves as story" yet. co up le ofst udents are cranking this thing up an d the "an in ternal vehicle to convey to faculty, administra "I amno t sure I knowex actly what I mean byth at. religio us righ t outs ide ofYU sees some advantage in tion an d students some sense of the scope of what's There are al ways new, interestingan d excitingthi ngs bring critical. The y are envio us." go in g on." He says his goal with the paper has been to within the faculty an d students, there is a steady level Rosen no tes that YU is the ''b iggest an d the best, the "create a sense of com munity." of schol ars hip . But I want ano the r Torah Shield. I've on ly game in to wn in Orthodo xJudai sm with the only The format of Alumni Review/Insid e YU was also go tten more satis faction from the publications than serio us un ive rs ity level faculty an d the best rebbe im rev amped to re flect President Lamm and Vice Presi from the publi city," he says. an d an en do wmen t in excess of $300mi ll ion ." dentfor Academ ic Affairs Will iam Schwartz's de sire The highl ight of his career , though, remains not in This will beRo sen's las t stand. He plans to re tire in fo r a publication with the "look , feel and con tent of a spee chwritingor press-release dr aftin g, but in a dis - fiveyears when he tumsfifty-five ,retumingto writing serious un ivers ity al um ni magazine ." That mean t play ofbra vado at Harvard. (he has one book under his belt), some co ns ultingan d ditching the oldma gazine's peculiarlylar ge shape an d "Paul Volker,the Chai rman of the Fed, was giving the a sideline as a profess ion al musician. "M aybe I'll do expanding fe atures on prominen t alwnn i. commencem en t address and we is sued credentials, some bar mitzvahsand weddings ," he says. Rosen stresses th at th is has al l been done within against my judgment, but at· counsel's insistence, to He'llmiss thest udents. "Pa rt ofmy role isedu cation budget. In fa ct, threeissues ofYU Reviewcos t the same some leftist.. In the middle ofthe spee ch the guy gets up · al. I was the fac ulty advisorfor an alterna tive student to produce as two issues of it s predecessor. andrushesthestage. There wasnosecurity. Igotsomad newspaper at Chicago. I've writtenrecommend ations thatI ran up arid tackled him. He had mycr edentials!" andcounsel edstu dents seeki ng professionai careers in Startedas a Reporter He h;td a recent "anonymous victory" at the Chan- journalism. The institution-,- every institution- is· Rosen's first job was as a generalas signment report nukah Dinner,whe re his suggestionsfor Sen ato r Bob abo ut students , that is whatthe place is he re for." er atThe Da y inNe wLon don ,Con necticut. TheBost on Do le's keynote: wereadop te d byDole's sp eechwriters.· . Anothe r su�cessful interview. native then moved to the Boston Herald befo re serving as Capitol Bure au Chief in Massachusetts forUni ted Press In ternational. He has taught at Bo ston Un ivers i ty an d Harvar d's Gr aduate School of Education an d wo rked as a political co,mrnen tator. The BU grad (whose physical likeness to Prince Charles has be en notedon the frontpa ge ofthe Ha roard Crimso11) shif te d fromjo urnalism to publicrel ations in 1977an d has he ldpost s at The Univers ity ofCh icago, Brandeis Un iversity an d Harvard Un iversity. He served as Chief of Staff to a former Mass achusetts Lieuten antGo vernor an d was vice presiden t of Nico lazzo & Asso ciates , a Boston public relations an d mar keting firm. His wife Nina still works as an attorney in Boston, wh ere Rosen tries to spend we eken ds. He expects his wife to move to Ne w Yorkwh en his yo un ge r daughter gr ad uates from co llege this May. The Pu blic Rel at ions Dep artmen t has a nearl y thir ty -person staff, who are assigned to one of five de part- 28 Adar I 5755 ...r::.P::.::ai;z.:g e�1 .:..,_1 I ��t �Y STEVll� w:�� the grim.melee willb eginwhen book about Judaism and science. A Ho ·MIOD<>�NIK stu e locaust survivor, he now is the John A. e didn't qualify I� :��� :1�:!!��1::t�tudent's Newman Professor of Physical Science -?': �Y��hi�a ti;niv rsity n e before, it cer- competency at . the end of the course, at Cornell University. f9f th�,"'�rd ' "u iqu "· titirily the student will be granted "kabbal Speaking from his office at Cornell, does)l<>\V: YU has officiallybe- e e u · ah," the license to · perform kosher Hoffman told TheCo mmenta tor that he c9m�;cpj1f �rstuniv rsity . wh re s,t - �E!J.l!� <:�e*pl()re the use of metaphor slaughter passed. down · for centuries. accepted his two-semester position be !ri e Thiswill usher in a new generation of cause he was attracted to both the stu th works of Shelley in all its sub- li�e,'' gl_9ry:� t�en proceed to ritually· computer scientists, accountants, and dents and professors of YU. Citing a -����gl);t�r-,L�hicken, all in_ the same attopteyswho'arealsoqualified.foserve fascinationwith Torah U'Madda, Hoff ° q� / ,; :;�hE!chit course� :-ff�red · ·in ·the nation's top slaughterhouses. man claimed he is interested in working y 1 ��»7 , � g n a i log in the coursear e mainly with the likes of "R. Moshe Tendler, ;g�ff��li�X:mgP.1J!.1 !i) ' b 9 y)a,b . •· Partidpants CallSE! :' of;this , ·otivated �y a ire to ·le more Professor Haym Soloveitchik, R. Car -i�j'.::�-��,t�!�¥�Wt��•- �h� :,, m ; _ �� � s ·.·· . ew tra ition ntual, and rny,"and others. In addition, he looked .•. �,\l (, ...... ·· .... .• • >·,· •···.••.· · .·. . ·.·. aboutJ ISh d and } l t � up: of···· _ �•·, · are pleasedto have such a chance. One forward to "interaction with the stu �}� � � kilif · ·. ,,, �9�t ha:�_\ p()�-• • s dentjokedab011t the thE!rapeutic na- dents of YU." t!S!� �p � � . e �t7up Hoffman's affiliation with YU is a .;]��,!E!Cl1�-�;�t���hita••· >•t llf of •·t�g .our ·.. • frusttation e e e • · C>J,1 �111a,llr · flightless birds: aftera long Dr. Roald Hoffman product of his 1991 app aranc as th ;'f;;,,M�f�,;1/iJc�rwiti?n- . •. inaugural scholar in the Kukin Lecture and Nozick's excellent classroom repu Series. Dr. Blaq, who is coordinating tationsw ere crucial to the decision pro Hoffman'ssch edule, said the YC faculty cess. Both Hoffman and Nozick were was extremely impressed then and is reportedly surprised to be hired before confident now thatHoffman will prove speaking withprof essors fromth e phi to be a valuable asset to the chemistry losophy or chemistry departments. R. Carmy noted that only "following the selectionof [Nozick] were the full-time members of the department and incom- g ing dean Dr. Norman Adler consulted Never be Late to Shul A ain ... · about the most effective utilization of his presence." 1\1 R. Carmy, however, is looking for .::;.·� ••----• ..._. A.a. ,'J'.owffl ward to team-teaching with Nozick, a Harvard Universityscholarwhose book, Anarchy, State and Utopia,won the Na tional BookAward in 1975 . Nozick will also be team-teaching withDean Adler in acourse d ealingwith th e interaction of philosophy and psychology, as well as with Stem philosophy department chairman Dr. David Schatz. A Renaissance Man Despiteth e unsettlinghiring process, Dr. Borowitz allowed that Roald Hoff man "would have been the best choice Dr. Walt Rostow for e th [chemistry] position anyway." e e e e e e e d partm nt: "H is an xc ptional per Hoffman, whose Nob l Priz was for e e e e e quantummechanical studies of chemi son and is v ry int r sted in th J wish e e e e e e e asp ct of life,"sh xplain d. Hoffman cal r activity, is also a w ll-publish d e e e e e will b t aching gen ral el m ntary tJ o ! . J e e e ·: _t :·,' , ; .f....;·· , ·,. ,.�· -•< '"·· •·. ;�f.,('• ?/;:,; -.,'f:·:.:, ':�'•::.. -: .. •.�. :· , ·\jl,�.. -... . 0 ch mistry at YC and St m during th �$>�·:,�. "\·}··.�·-: ·;_; fall semester and hopes to lead a semi SpeetaeularSkyline Views ···� .··�· nar course. on science and culture. He luxtiry livingin a luxurious building, at an affordable rent, is what Westminster Towers is met with various faculty members at a all about.· Our location is a commuters dream. 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In the opinions of the relev ant is th N w Yo rk St t s of a e e e e c r ca and Mich el Goldstein ar som of th progr ams th� busilless:@.l()OL?. " : two atto rneys presen t, it wo uld not b S heibe v. St. John's . In this se, St. e l e iri > r e r a most w athy and po w rfulCE ()'s and . When devising cl�ss,J?r, 1:'alu� eas y fo YU to meet either of the two John's Univ rs it y emoved Jewishst u e e t a th� a l er a cc chairm en in th busin ss world od y; bo created a Ust of p�ss ible :candicl;ites criteri . dent ead , arguing th t his o upying t e e ce e re t e they also happen o b giving th un iq ue from many sectors : f}t�e( l>µsiness Sin 1968, wh n the Attorney Gen the po sition p ven ed th univ ersity e q_ al e e ac e e and w ll- publicized SySy ms Schoolof world; hoping togive �tj.i��ts ibr9ad er of N w York State sent a qustion from hi ving its religio us purpos . lec e a e a a r r a a Busi ness ture series entitl d, ''Con- spectrumoftnaje>l'CQIIlpatµ��: Manyof n ir to ll univers ities sking whet he He e, the Court decided th t lthough they wo ul d comply with the statute or St. John's did qualify as a rel igious inst i cla im exemption, YU has specifically tution, it would still not be a bl e to dem cl aimed that it is not a r el igious inst itu onstrate thatthe pos it io nhad to befi ll ed tion. Infa ct, in the late 1960s, YU spe cif by a person of the same religion. This e e e . e a a r e e a e e e a �!· Fourwee ks mto these m st r, th 70 : ulatiofrd ' owru;iiili. 'and-:enviiorurieri-;;1 ically s p r ted itself fromRIETS in o d cis io n is view d s xt r m ly dam g ��the a r a e a a a n e e a e l e !�?,.,&••� stud n� • •·• d �s · r�ye a · de to llow its lf to m int in its st tus ing to YUo this issu b c us whi e St. a . irl· e e e ·· b,�ut·a ·· e e a e e a enthusi sm artd xat m nt th t th�f:J:}s . �•.pf��i�#i�o;'.:;�t-��!�J�[ffi�t�l'.��� s an institution no t gov rned by r li John's specifically defines its el f as reli e e · er e · .. · · Ilarr()\Ved � wiJ. OBITUARY Harav Shimon Schwab BY NICK MUZIN B'av. Rav Schwab was instrumental in the After a lifetime of service to the Jew operation of the Kehillath Adath Jeshu . run Kashrus • " • . · ... ish community, Rav Shimon Schwab, division, which is consid • beloved leader of the nearby Breuer's ered by many to be of the highest stan community passed away last week at dard. He was also involved in the 86 years of age. Bornin Germany and growth of the Breuer's Beis Medrash educated in the Lithuanian Yeshivas, and Kollel. Rav Schwab was considered one of the Rav Schwab was one of the last ged last great Torah giants froma genera olim who promoted the unique philos tion that is all too rapidly fading away. ophy ofTorahIm Derech Eretz, an ideol In 1957, after serving as a Rav in ogy based on the writings of Rav Shim /hEfserved'.his'\mtfre life:'Undel'•theC·· · . 'dance':of h.isfather 'I HaRav ChaimLeib; Baltimore, Rav Schwab joined the shon Raphael Hirsch. While many have Rabbanut of K'hal Adath Jeshurun in compared this to YU's Torah U'Madda Washington Heights and later took philosophy, Rav Schwab was a staunch over the duties of the famed Rav Breu opponent of YUand spoke many times er zt'l. about the problems he foresaw with a way of life "that couldn't make up its i•Jr ■rtlll·· · .·.· .+? ''tw•,•siit" ..,: \l}_'.�eatii',·?■II· .•of,,:;,,� dVate;sffi':::2shia': �;Rav RavSchwab was known throughout sWmi#ah;J\fteK ahcis Klal Yisroel as a dynamic Talmudic mind about priorities." It is perhaps scholar whose advice was widely because of Rav Schwab's close proxim sought. He was a brilliant thinker and a ity to YU, both physically, and with prolific writerwho delivered his many regard to ideology, that he felt so in themes with a fiery oratory. His fa clined to speak out against it. mous sefer "Elu VaElu" (These and In his will, Rav Schwab stipulated Those), is considered a basic handbook that no hespedim be said at the levayah. today for many Jewish educators. In Instead, a large hesped was held on addition, his collections "Selected Monday night February 20 at which .,,,h'""\ffi§�t� Speeches" and "Selected Writings" tes both the Novominsker Rebbe and Rav tifyto his wide scope of expertise, rang Shmuel Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva of ing from piercing Divrei Mussar to an the Yeshiva of Philadelphia, spoke. essay on the miscalculations in the time Rav Zecharia Gelley, who joined the line of Jewish History. rabbinate of the Kehillah eight years Rav Schwab also composed a beau ago in order to help Rav Schwab with tiful Kinah about the Holocaust which the day to day operations, will be tak <-·-:= ,..:-: ABSOLUTE ll 's official ! A recent study con ducted by a Big Six ac counting firm has verified The Princeton Review•s outstanding aver- age score improvements ! Our MCAT students have an average -sr��tJ:lij�::�)h�,Jettef)�Y-1:X��al 800 • 2 • REVIE'W 77rrPrincrtnn R"•ir'M,' i.r n,,, ,@llutrd t.·ith Prlnt.·rtnn Unln•r.,·I�• or thr £1Ju r. :111lmu1/ Tr.flln,: Srn•lt r. Rav Me ir Goldwicht delivering a HespedforRav Sh/omo Za/manAu erbach in the Ma in Beis Midrash p___,:a ge _1 4______February 28 , 1 995 ::,_ , ijt4e QJ'.mnmentabrrJ BER NIE 11 RED" SARACH El< YES HIVA HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL INV ITATIONAL BASl Competition for the Number One Yeshiva High School Team in North America PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS GAMES Mar. 30-Apr.3, 1!!5 HOST Valley Torah High School Hillel CommunityH.S. THURSDAY TEAMS N. 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Aaron SlUlg�4.?Y th.��C>\ll1t�rbalat1CE?<>f re dllc-·· heat BY COMMENTATOR SPORTS STAFF terz eil, YU prevailed in three straight games 15:7, 15:7, 15:10 behindthe thun After a hal f-year of practice, the Y.U. derous sp ik es of Noam Geft, Volleyb all team began their season at In their third match, YU fell quickly Stevens Tech withth e IAC tournament. to to urnament favorite, NJIT (15:2, 15:3, Th e team had placed thir d at the to urna 15:6), an d went on to face an improv ed ment a year ago an d had hoped to im- Mt. St. Vincentteam which YU hadbe at } prove on that this year. After siz in g up en 3 times last season. � the competition, Co-CaptainNoamGeft Un fortunately, theresult was the same � remark ed that "this go al co uld be old stor y, withYU st ay in g competitive � reached. " Veteran setter Noah Linden until the en d. The match en ded withYU bergcontin ually stressed that if thete am lo sing 15:11, 15:6, 15:6. �l just concentrat ed on the fundamentals, Althoughth e day concluded withth e j they coul d st ay competitive with an y Mac s ho ldin g a 1-3 record, CoachSh en f team! shengJi an g was ableto dr awma ny pos :. The first opponent for th e Mac s was it ives. Firstly, YU beat the teams that the ho st, Stevens Tech. In the first game they were supposed to, an d secon dly, (of abe st-of-5 ser ies), the team waspl ay the players were able to see wh at they ing well, an d mo st importantly, playing had to improveon, both as a un it, as well as a un it. Th is resu lted in a highle vel of asin dividually. Furthermore, newcom intensity, an d led to a lead late in the er sJe remy Fine, an d EitanGeft saw their game. Thepa ssing was go od, the setting first action as Mac s, an d proved with was excellent, an d the all around play of their sol id playth at they will be tr emen Co-Captain Avi Vo gel had ev eryonefee l do us contributors in the future. Oth er s in g that the team had a proffi!-sing day who contributed were veterans Bo ris ahead of them. Unfortunately, a late Kho dorkovsky an d Martin Jo shua, an d collapse which cost the team the game rookies, David Ru ditzky, Carr Hoch The 1994-95 Ma cs in a team photo taken bf.'ore the game at MSG was a precursor for the rest of theday' s hau ser, an d Andrew Dav idson . ev ents. Error s in all aspectsof the game wer e turningup ev erywhere, and the Macs Fall to York at MSAC Macs Finish Second in the lack of consistency was complet el y de In Y.U.'s first home match of the sea stroying YU's chances. They lost the son, the team was lo oking to rebound fir st game 15:13, the second 15:10, and fromit s disappo intin g showing at the IAC League Standings the third 15:6. IAC tournament. With a large crowd These cond opponent to fac e YU was looking on, the team wanted a win bad IAC newcomer, Polytechnic. After ly. The team lost the first two games watching this team play ear lier in the miserably, committin g numerous un Te am Earns Respect by day, Coach Shenshen g Jiang figuredon forced errors. There was no doubt, they giving his rookies so me qu ality ti me. werebeatingthernselves! Finallytheteam Although YU did not play up to it s full came alive lat e in the second game, but it Overcoming Adversity was too li ttl e too late. The finalscor e was BY ADAM MELZER est potential, an d the reliable setting of in) en-ro ut e to the rout which en ded the Noah Lindenb er g an d Vladimir Pe- 15:3, 15:11, 15:13 in fav or of York. Mac's season . Now that the season is ov er, it is time to refl ec t a little on ho w far the Mac s Overcoming Adversity: have gone an d ho w muc h adversity On e of the themes of this year's win ijt�e