YU STABBING: The Complete Story by Steven Major P.M., and Dov J. Pinchot together the most accurate when the group of his­ at which time the youths sur­ he was stabbed. "I was bloody all account of the events leading up panic teenagers harassed YC rounded Mr. Greenblatt and over," he recalls. On Thursday night, Novem­ to the attack. junior Joshua Stern with the began banging on the wind­ After the youths fled, Mr. ber 3rd, at 10:25 P.M., a small At approximately 10:17 P.M., strident chant of "Heil Hitler, shield of the car. Hagler drove Mr. Greenblatt to group of neighborhood youths YC junior Aaron Haber was dumb Jews." As Mr. Stern While Mr. Hagler was the police booth at the corner of brutally mugged and stabbed forcedto sidestep a group of five approached the Morgenstern attempting to start the engine 186th street and Amsterdam Yeshiva College sophomore hispanic teenagers, who were building, Mr. Greenblatt and and possibly scare off the assai­ Avenue. Mr. Hagler yelled to Doni Greenblatt. Mr. Greenb­ attempting to create an alterca­ YC senior Chaim Hagler lants, Mr. Greenblatt reports the police officer, "My friend latt was rushed by ambulance to tion on YU's pedestrian mall. emerged, on their way to Mr. that the group "ordered me to was stabbed," at which point Columbia Presbyterian Hospi­ The group of youths continued Hagler's car, which was located give them my jacket... I looked medical assistance was tal, where he was treated for a walking toward the Morgenst­ two blocks away on.Laurel Hill around and saw that they had a requested. stab wound to his right thigh ern Residence Hall and positi­ Terrace. knife ... They hit me and kicked Harassment of students and was kept for_ observation oned themselves on the build­ Mr. ·Greenblatt and Mr. me all over ... in the lip, the nose. around the YC campus is quite overnight. Mr. Greenblatt was ing's retaining wall. P.M., Hagler turned right onto 186th I said to them, '111 give you rare. Dean of Students Efrem discharged fromthe hospital on At approximately 10:20 street and, while heading toward anything you want, just try to N ulman states, "This was an Friday. YC junior David Schiff the car, noticed a group of back off a drop."' The youths isolated incident. In the past few After extensive interviews bypassed the group, ignoring hispanic teenagers approaching then stripped Mr. Greenblatt of years, YU has been singularly with numerous Yeshiva College their taunts of "Hey Jew, let's from behind. The two YC stu­ his jacket and robbed him of his free of criminal incidents. YU students and 34th street precinct start something." dents quickened their pace. wallet. Mr. Greenblatt felt a security will increase its pres­ police officers, THE COM­ The next confrontation Upon reaching the car, Mr. strange sensation in his right leg. ence. I am confidentContinued thaton pag thee 8. MENT ATOR has pieced occurred at approximately 10:22 Hagler entered the driver's side, Looking down, he realized that -nmm:entatnr Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva �ollege November 8, 1988 YES�IVA UNIVERSITY, 500 W. 185 St., N. Y ., N. Y. I 0033 VOL. LIii NO. 3 Sculptureand Commons Dedication· by Alex Wittenberg he donated his services to Y.U. On November 15th, the free of charge. The design Mr. annual Yeshiva Universitywill Joint Nierman chose was a nine-foot Boards Dinner ·be held at flame cast in stainless steel, a design with no religious Yeshiva College. The dinner, the · only scheduled meeting of all the connotations.. boards affiliated with YU� 'will - · Initially, · Mr. Nierman behighlighted by the dedication encountered a casting problem of the Flame of Wisdom, the which proved to be quite costly. recently donated sculpture by However, Irwin Friedland, a Leonardo Nierman. friend of the sculptor, donated · President· Norman Lamm the funds for the casting. Thus annually invites all members of the sculpture is entirely funded the board to this dinner. This by private sources, and no group includes members of the money was taken from the (right), Board of Trustees of YU, the schools budget. The dedication of the Weiss­ TheHonorable Walter Annenberg, (left� former U.S. Ambmadortothe U.K. andC. EverettKoop, U.S. SurgeonGeneral, Boards of Einstein College of willspeak at YU's ChanukahDinner. Medicine, Cardozo School of berg Commons will follow that of the sculpture. The commons, Law, Wurzweiler School of will be Social Work, Stern College for formerlyknown as Belfer Com­ Women, Sy Syms School of mons, named for bene­ GRE. Exam Replaced Business, Rabbi Isaac -Elchanan factors Gloria and Jesse.Weiss­ berg. The commons will also Theological Seminary, Yeshiva by Yechiel Gordon tum in the various majors and the GRE. University Museum, and serve as the actual site of the dinner. The dinner will also Each year, graduating seniors take appropriate steps to Yeshiva University High feature addressesby Dr. Lamm are required to take the Gradu­ improve �ach major. Among the In the psychology depart­ Sch_ools. Also present will be Board ment, Dr. Adler feelsa lackadai- and the Hon. Herbert Tenzer, ate Record Examipations different majors, a variety of . YCSC President Mordi Leifer, Chairman of the of (GRE) in order to graduate opinions exist as to the utility sical attitude towards psychol­ will SCWSC President Ora Ruttner, Trustees. The dedications and college. This spring, YU will and format of the GRE exams. ogy has hurt test scores. "They Observer Editor-in-Chief Amy dinner be followed by a participate in a nationwide Dr. Joan Haahr, a professor are not planning to go to gradu­ Mehler, and COMMENTA­ cocktail reception in the project by administering a new in English, explained that the ate school, therefore, they don't TOR Editor-in-Chief Behnam museum hosted by Erica and form of assessment exam. This English _GRE encompasses a take the more difficult courses Dayanim. Ludwig Jesselson. project actually wasinitiated last broad base of courses, especially such as Theory and Systems or The meeting is traditionally The evening's events are being 'year but due to scheduling in Shakespeare and American Tests and Measurements, that rotated among the various YU organized by the Department of difficulties YU was unable to Literature. Students who have are necessary for passing the campuses, but in 1986 it was Development. According to participate. not taken the courses specifically exam." held in Gracie Mansion at the David Zysman, Vice President Surprisingly, past years have focused upon in the exam find Assistant to the Dean Robert request of Mayor Koch to mark for Development, his depart­ - seen YU students score quite themselves at a tremendous Katz described the goals of the YU's centennial celebration. ment is in charge of all fund poorly on the GREs. When disadvantage. Dr. Haar also new test. "The Major Field This year the dinner will be held raising and non-academic asked to explain this problem, mentioned her desire for more Achievement Test (MFATs) at the uptown campus to facili­ affairs.This includes all regular Dean Hecht responded, "It is· essay questions, since the pre- reflect widespread interest. ..to tate the dedication of both the Board meetings, due to the unfair to compete with other sent formatdoes not sufficiently assist departments in assessing newly-renamed Weissberg Board's role in planning and universities for different goals. test students thinking skills. the outcomes of undergraduate Commons in Belfer Hall and development. It also includes Yeshiva students use this as an Dr. Levine, head of the Eco- education and specific disci­ Mr. Nierman's sculpture. dinners, such as this one, and the exit exam, not as a means of nomics Dept., expressed con- plines. This test is designed more Leonardo Nierman is a noted Chanukah Dinner. Because the admission to graduate pro­ sternation with the dispropor- for undergraduate analysis than Mexican-Swedish painter and Joint Boards Dinner brings the grams." Dean Hecht went on to tionate emphasis on as a determinant for graduate sculptor with works on display University leadership together, it explain that with the new test, econometrics in past G RE schools. Our embracing of this in Israel and at the United is one of the most important "our students will be playing on New York. He exams. He feels that the broad new test is an example of student Nations buildings in Geneva and events of the year. For on this a level playing field." option of business courses - feedback working, where the agreed last year night only, all Y.U. officials get The purpose of the G RE offered to students in YU actu- administration is working to to placing his sculpture in front · a chance to plan forthe future as examinations is to enable a ally hurts them when it comes to find new and innovative ways to of Tenzer Gardens. In addition, a unit. university to assess its curricu- taking a highly specifiedtest like help the students." November8, 1988 Page2 EDITORIALS The Commentator

500West 185thstreet, New York,NewYo,k 10033, 923-6320. Published bl-weekly Twin Tragedies during the academicyear by the YeshivaCollege Student Council. The views expressedIn thesecolumns are thoseof the writers only, and do not reflect Two recent tragedies have marred Yeshiva's relations with 1ts neighbors. The first, the opinion of The Commentator, the student body, the faculty, or the obvious event was the reprehensible attack on YC student Doni Greenblatt by a group administration ot Yeshlvei'Unlverslty.We do notendorse any of the products of local thugs. This calamity, shocking in its exposure of possible anti-Semitic or anti­ or servicesadvertised In thesepages. ... YU feelings among some Washington Heights residents, was made more tragic as a result of relentless and sensationalist coverage by the metropolitan press. Regardless GOVERNING BOARD of the distinct possibility that the mugging may have been motivated purely by monetary considerations, the media's lack of concern for fact and unabashed attempts BEHNAM DAYANIM to create another Howard Beach in Washington Heights mark a new low point in Editor-in-Chief journalisticintegrity. The second, much less publicized incident involved a YU student shooting his 'B­ DOV J. PINCHOT LARRY HARTSTEIN B' gun through a window of a nearby apartment. Though the as yet unidentified Senior Editor miscreant luckily avoided injuring the apartment's inhabitants, such a display of Executive Editor blatant irresponsibility and disregard for both the welfare of others and the JO.SHUA FRUCHTER relationship of YU with its neighbors can not be excused. BARRY KAYE While these two episodes, occurring so closely together, are undoubtedly unrelated, LEE NIREN LARRY PORTAL it is the latter type of easily avoidable action that fansthe very firesof hatred that could Coordinating Editors Feature Editors have led to the attack on Mr. Greenblatt. Those students who are so quick to denounce others should follow that famous dictum, "Look to thine own house" before ASHER D. WOLMARK ARYEH WIENER attempting to condemn that of others. JEFFREY MENDELSON Copy Editors Business Editors JEFFREY LbMERMAN BARRY DINER MITCHELL NATHANSON JEFFREY GROSS Sports Editors JOSEPH LOSKOVE Student(In�Activities ALEC J. STONE JONATHAN KATZAUER Members of the Political Science Society are more cynical than usual this week Layout Editors Photography Editor ;egarding the purpose and function of their organization. That the society has failed to run a single event thus far this year is bad enough. That the society ignored election night, a night simply beggingfor a political science function, is embarrassing. Yet the STAFF: Political Science Society is not the only 'student activities' organization that could benefitfrom a little more activity. And club officers alone cannot take theblame for Associate Editor for Religion:A. JeffIfrali YU's often lacking student activities schedule. Apathetic students are equally guilty. Photography: Joshua Sindler It's time students began challenging their clubs and societies, and in turn, Student Writing: Alex Wittenberg, Elisha Tropper, Allen Eisenberg, Council, to create stimulating on-campus events on a regular basis. It's time students Jonathan Miskin, Reuben I. Levine, began demanding more from their stay at YU than a quick stepping stone to Shmuel Bulka, David Ottensoser, A vrum Aaron professionalsuccess. Art: Barry Finkelstein

PresidentialProgress, enqaqernents PresidentialProblems Oavioa10elson & Oess1e solomon Student leaders habitually approach their annual meeting with Dr. Lamm with a mixture of eagerness and apprehension. Thus, the commendable decision by President & Lamm to hold this year's gathering at his home, rather than in a more formal office Bll1anallen shoshana Oessau setting, did much to allay that discomfort. Yet problems remain. The sheer number of students invited to this firstever joint RonalO suatt& meuyl sauman YCJSCW session, involving both presidents and vice presidents as well as those in positions neither of student representation nor journalistic responsibility, created an schmuel soffeR &,tamaR Ras1now1tz unwieldy situation in which many major concerns could not be addressed. For example, the administration's inclusion of the editors of the yearbooks and pointed omission of senators from either school seems inexplicable. mazal tov Additionally, Dr. Lamm's disturbing propensity to either sidestep controversial issues, referring them to other administrators present, or to question the premises of relevant queries in order to avoid actually answering them was worthy of a politician, not an intellectual leader and statesman. The Commentator "On-Site Survey" While this year's meeting did much to redress the flaws of past practices, much remains to beimproved in time for next year's student 'pow-wow' with the President. appears in this issue on page 8.

CARTOON COMMENT In This Issue J,,.. •Perspective on the Rav ...... p.7. •Students Meet President Lamm ...... p.4. •"The Lighter Look" ...... p.10.

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Wouldn't the ents the opinion and the impres­ torial team perform its weekly After two and one-half semes- bending of a rule have been The October 25 issue of THE sions of YU Senior Vice Presi­ magic. ters at YU, I feel the' distinct more effective than the disillu­ COMMENTATOR fe atured It ·au seems terribly unfair if need, as a non-New Yorker, to two articles which I found to dent Dr. Israel Miller . sioning of a prospective student? concerning his recent interview you are the subject. In AIPAC's speak out against the insensitiv­ Those of us from other areas contain much arrogance and on the television show, "60 case, for example, Mike Wallace ities of the YC community realize we have chosen YU, with falsehood. Minutes." THE COMMENTA­ made his case against the organi- towards the "out of town" and perhaps because of its The editorial entitled "Trash­ TOR will notify CBS News of its zation by wheeling out George contingent. The examples of location, and that certain hard­ ing Torah U'Mada" expressed inclusion and request an oppos­ Ball, ·who was an Undersecre- second-rate treatment are many, ships come along with this great disrespect forour Roshei ing opinion for publication in a tary of State more than twenty , . and I will get to them shortly, decision. However, the truth Yeshiva. Reprimanding our future issue. An article describ­ years ago and has been a severe but first I offer a short quiz as remains that we are important rebbeim for disagreeing with the ing the "60 Minutes" segment critic of AIPAC and Israel ever proof that the mistreatment is contributors to the diversity of University's esteemed President, appears in this issue.] since. He stated, as he has in the the result of ignorance rather the University: As such it is only Dr. Lamm, is uncalled for. Did you ever wonder what it past, that the pro-Israel commu- than a concerted effort aimed right that the University begins Furthermore, the attitude would be like to be interviewed nity is inimical to the national directly at the non-local segment to see us in this light and take expressed in this editorial again by "60 Minutes?"If It's quite an interest. I told Mr. Wallace that of the student body. more time to consider our shows THE COMMENT A­ experience; you are represent­ they interviewed the wrong l. Does Tennessee border specificne�ds when majorpolicy TOR 's insincerity concerning ing a lobby, it is fair to assume George. They should have cho- Louisiana? decisions are enacted. the nature of our institution. that it is going to be a ."slam sen George Shultz. But that hon 2. What is the average cost of Joseph Wolf Amidst constant calls for intel­ piece," because the program's mot never found· its way into the a plane ticket to a Southern or YC '90 lectual honesty and academic operating assumption seems to program, for it did not fit the Midwestern state from New Microwave Ban freedom of expression, the be that even though lobbying is Blue Line. With Ball as the only York? editorial board at the same time To the Editor: a First Amendment right, and it spokesman from the community 3. Is Detroit or Chicago closer calls for the suppression of those is within the law, it must by its • of American statesmen, the to St. Louis? opinions with which it disagrees. very nature be a conspiracy to viewer could orily have a very 4. Which city is further north, In the past, the students have Additionally, the strong sugges­ pervert.the public and national unfavorable and misleading New York or Denver? customarily been given warnings tion that only certain views be interest. Lobbying is another impression. 5. Which is further south, as to the possession and use of permitted to be heard at the negative "L word." And the For dramatic tension, Mike Detroit or parts of Canada? microwave ovens. Often, after Torah U'Mada lectures is simply picture they paint of your orga­ Wallace relied on two items. The Bonus question: In which these warnings were served, a hypocritical. nization and cause will be seen first was a shot of Senator John time zone is Indianapolis? small number of offending Editor Behnam Dayanim's and, in many cases, be taken as Chafee refusing to· talk to the Whilegeography ishardlythe appliances were confiscated. column was also problematic. a reality, by a farlarger audience camera. Since the "microcosm" issue, several other University This year, a perhaps overzealous His statements concerning gen­ than has ever heard of your for this show was the Rhode actions most certainly are. security force has confiscated in tiles and abortion are incorrect, . group, an audience said to . Island Senate race, where, the The late/early start issue no numbers far beyond precedent. as can be seen in the seventh exceed 25 million. program alleged, AIPAC is longer concerns most students, This in itselfwould be forgivable chapter of tractate Sanhedrin. A fourteen minute segment conducting a vendetta against except those of us who spent as they are only doing what they The Talmud explicitly states about AIPAC, the pro-Israel · Chafee for his vote in favor of $250 to fly to New York and must feel is their duty. What that gentiles are required to lobby, was broadcast on Octo­ AWACs seven years �go, this increased our living expenses for makes this so vexing are circu­ enforce the Noahide Laws in ber 23, and I, as one of its Vice footageis meant to show vividly two weeks of class. Adding to lating reports from parents of their societies. This is the first of Presidents, was asked to repre­ how intimidating we are: even the early start was the Sunday freshmen that during orienta­ their laws, referredto as "dinin." sent the organization on camera. the victim is afraid to speak. start. Due to the late conclusion tion, an unnamed dean stated I hope that more care and Here is how they seemed to I told Mike Wallace emphat- of Shabbat during the summer, that microwaves would be per­ respect be shown in future operate. First, I have been told, ically that there is no anti- the out-of-towner was forced to mitted this year. If these charges issues. the producers �onstruct what is Chafee campaign by the pro- forgo one last Shabbat with are true, the administration Avrohom Gordimer called the "Blue Line," basedon Israel community, and that, if a family or skip the first day of clearly has only two options: YC '89 some preliminary research, candidate of no particular dis- school while traveling. This one Allow microwaves or <:ompen­ Eid el berg establishing the basic thrust of tinction on our issues were instance is a striking example of sate those whose microwaves Slandered . the show. This incluces the case running against him, there the total neglect of the "for- have been taken. to be made against the subject, would not be much interest in eigner" in schedule making. The administration has, in the the "microcosm" or case exam­ the Rhode Island race. As it While no statistics are avail- past, argued that the wiring To the Editor: ple they will use to illustrate it, happens, Chafee's opponent, Lt. able, I would venture that many could not handle to strain of As a student of Dr. Eidelberg, the individuals to be interviewed Gov. Richard Licht, has an YC students woo stay on cam- microwave ovens. The wiring in I was totally offended by THE on camera to represent the unusually strong record and pus for Shabbat are from out- Rubin and Morgenstern is not COMMENTATOR's editorial accusation and defense (includ­ position, and this has drawn side the New York area. The that aged and decrepit and the (Oct. 25) attempting to defame a ing the questions to be askedand positive support to him. But the question should be raised as to wiring in RietsIf is just now being former professor in this institu­ · · the answers they are expected to idea of. a vicious, negative why in all other colleges stu- replaced. this new wiring tion. Firstly, let me begin by give), and various devices to lend . campaign is essential to the Blue dents, whether local or not, cannot handle the stress of saying that engagement in lies, dramatic tension to the material. Line, so this is the image that remain for weekends while at microwaves, they have no one to speculatory accusations, as well Then interviews are conducted was presented, and Chafee's YU the dormsIf empty each blame but themselves. If as servility is not a mark of a to find the right people to play refusalto talk "proved" just how Thursday night. more people One possible solution to the respectable editorial. Anyone the appointed roles, and footage vicious we are (rather than, for stayed here for Shabbat, it could power problem is scheduling. who really read Dr. Eidelberg's is assembled forediting into the example, showing that the Sen- even become worth the stay. Is it the people on a circuit would articles knows quite well that he story with interesting cameos. In ator sees no point in getting in not embarrassing that Columbia schedule their use of non­ highly reveres Rav Joseph B. the program on AIPAC they the middle of somebody else's University had 500 people for flammable cooking appliances, Soloveitchik shlita, and by the inserted, for example, a totally mudslinging). Simhat Torah while YU could the problem of blown circuits same token he rejects the gim­ extraneous· clip depicting Israeli The other drama point was not even put together a minyan? would be rare if at all. This has If mick advocated by the high soldiers beatingPalestinians. Mike Wallace confronting me, One last issue is directed been borne out in my experience society rabbis of Torah U'Mada. you are the subject of all camera rolling, with an AIPAC toward Admissions. Recently, as I have yet to see a lone The ideology that Dr. Eidel­ this, you are in a very difficult internal .memo containing an my father (a YU alumnus and microwave blowing a circuit. berg adheres to rejects Torah position. You cannot, as a anti-Chafee remark, to "prove" ex-New Yorker) and brother With active scheduling, the U'Mada; his ideology is also practical matter, refuse to coop­ that the vendetta really exists made a trip of some East Coast objection of inadequate wiring espoused by such Gedolei Yis­ erate, little though you may and that I am being caught schools. Only at YU was my could be quelled and microwave rael as Rav Samson Raphael want to, because it is a "no-win" before the viewer's very eyes · brother denied a specific inter� ovens could be safely used. Hirsch z'tl, Rav Aaron Kotler situation. A visual of you slam­ supposedly trying to cover it up. ..______, The desire of permitted z'tl, Rav Y oel Teitlebaum z'tl, ming the door would say to This was a very peculiar experi- still employed by AIPAC. microwave ovens is not simply a the Lubavitcher Rebbe shlita, many viewers that you must ence. I immediately told Wallace AIPAC tried to convince the frivolous one. A vast number of and Rav Shach shlita, and if have something to hide. On the· that this memo was written by a producers not to rely on this students cannot afford to pay these Gedolim agree on a reli­ other hand, you know before person whose name I had never memo because it did not repre- the prices that the assorted gious matter, it is certainly you are interviewed that they even heard, that it was not a sent the views of anyone in a kosher neighborhood vendors appropriate of a religious Jew to will hit you with some detail to policy document, and that the position of policy responsibility, charge for prepared foods. The respect their opinion.Continued on page 9. embarrass you, because this excerpts Wallace showed me did but they made it a centerpiece of · allowing of microwave ovens kind of footage is essential to not represent AIPAC's policy. the program. would give these individuals prove that you are not what you After ' the taping it took From my experience, "60 options besides prices which CORRECTION pretend to be, and to . generate AIPAC's staff some time to even they cannot afford and the Minutes" is not fairjournalism, If A headline in the last issue of dramatic · tension. They inter­ findthe document (60 Minutes but more of a scripted drama, in monotonous drone of cold food. THE COMMENTATOR view you for an hour, but the declined to. provide a copy), and which the conclusion is already the administration would take incorrectly identified Dr. responses that put . you in a when they did, it proved to be a decided before the research is these suggestions into account, it Yehuda Don. Dr. Don currently positive light in the main end up very minor exchange between done. I trust it will not have an might find itself with a more occupies the Ludwig Jesselson on the cutting room floor. What two junior members of staff, impact upon the American agreeable student population. Chair in Economics and is a they really want is about one and neither of whom had any policy people's support of Israel. There David S. Gerst! member of the Yeshiva College one-half minutes that fitthe Blue authority and neither of whom is is too much at stake. YC '90 faculty. The Commentator November8, 1988 Amsterdam Mall Update CLASSIFIED by Larry Hartstein . . not on the ar�a-nothmg to e d1sap­ Any serious restructuring of Amsterdam Ave. and ,, � the mall on Amsterdam Avenue west side as is the currently the pomted about, said Rosen­ is "a fewyears away," according case.Sidewalks on both sides of garten. He also exp�essed to David Guren deputy com- the street would be enlarged to doubts about the ments of missioner of the New York City make room for benches and "sleeping _Policemen.""�o they JOB� INAU �TRALIA Department of Transportation. trees, and the two lanes in the want pobc� to go �Y!?g �nd Immediate Opening forMen and Women. $11,000to The D.O.T. is currently middle would be narrowed. In break their chassis? Still, reviewing the recommendation addition, the plan suggests the Rosengarten expressed pleas�re of Community Board 12 and has implementation of "sleeping at the knowledge that even if a 60,000. Conskuction, Manufacturing, Secretarial yet to issue its response. Once it policemen," inclines in the road new mall might eventual!� � reaches a conclusion regarding designed to slow down traffic. constructed, the _curr�nt one 1s m Engineering, Sales.Hu ndreds of Jobs the community board's plan, the Most significantly, the mall no danger of bemg dismantled. ork, Nurses, slow process of appropriating would increase in length, Despite Rosengarten's claim fundscan begin."That's normal extending perhaps from 182nd that D.O.T. statistics show a isted.CALL NOW! 206-736-7000.Ext. 611A for a capital budget," said street to 190th street. Angular post-mall reduction in trafficof Guren. The community board parking would be added as well 40-50 percent, it appears that made its recommendation in in certain areas. "We cannot many drivers ignore the signs May. recommend the mall as it is calling for only emergency and Maria Luna, chairwoman of now," said Luna. commercial trafficbetween 8:00 · Community Board 12, is work- Although. . the plan received A. M . dan 11: 00 . . p M "Th ere 1s ing on a different timetable. "By strong maJonty support from no real enforcement of the 1989 they should start doing Community Board 12, everyone , �HIP� regulations, . argued Luna. CRUI�E some work there," she said. And at YU is not singing its praises. Women. Summer & Career Luna finds it difficultto imagine Jeffrey Rosengarten, YU's col- According to Officer Douglas Now. HiringMen and the D.O.T. would reject the orful director of supporting McHenryof the 34th precinct, a board's proposal. "Our recom- service administration, while manpower problem exists. "We pportunities(Will Train). Excellent PayPlus World mendation-they have to follow admitting that the central goals got two cops there already. it. Very few times in life hasthe behind the creation of the mall We're not going to stick any­ ravel. Hawaii, Bahamas, Carribbean, Etc. CALL city gone against the community, would be achieved under the body else extra there." Rosen­ board." new proposal, opposes the plan. garten feels the problem is far According to Luna, the rec- "The way it is now is just fine... from acute. "There are citizens OW! 206-736-7000.Ext. 611 C ommendation calls forthe mall It is nicer. It is quieter. There is who do observe signs. That does to be rearranged so that traffic less traffic. There have been less still exist in the world." would flow in the middle of accidents in the surrounding Student Leaders Meet With President Lamm by Behnam Dayanim predominant theme was the evidenced by frequent criticisms aged from pursuing such events Albert Einstein College of Med­ desperate need for more stu- voiced throughout the Torah by the Office of the Dean · of icine for 35 years has proven On Monday evening, October dents to enter fields in educa- U'Mada lecture series, he Students. YU's continued viability and 24, YU President and Mrs. tion, particularly Jewish educa- defended the right of those to SOY President Jeff Paley vitality. He reassured Mr. Norman Lamm hosted a num­ tion. After askingthe assembled disagree as consonant with the complained of. outmoded, Klapper that, though the other ber of undergraduate students students about their future plans values of "tolerance, modera­ "stale" requirements in many divisions' administrative figures representing the major student after leaving YU, he chided the tion, and liberalism" embodied areas of the college, particularly may sometimes lose sight of the organizations and publications group for its overwhelming within his "onception of Torah Jewish studies, and proposed the overriding purpose of the in their home on the upper West emphasis on the professions and U'Mada. Dr. Lamm added that establishment of honors courses greater institution, he can and Side. Also present were YU business rather than teaching rebbeim were much more out­ beyond those offered solely for does successfully remind them. Senior Vice President Israel and communal service. He spoken against YU's guiding Max Stern Scholars. He cited a Miller, Dean of Students Efrem charged those present with motto in the past than they are class taught by Dr. Lamm as an N ulman, and, from his student setting the example for the today. example of a rare honors leve� services staff, Director Zelda remainder of the students and, When challenged as to t.he course and lamented that it had Student Braun and Mr. Jeff Chaitoff. returning to his frequently recent administration prohibi­ been closed to . all except Stern The meeting continued an voiced concept of "moderation tion of most co-ed social events scholars. Dr. Lamm, while Senate · calling the overall quality of the annual tradition in which stu­ with passion," declared that to on the Uptown campus, Dr. by BruceSchanzer dent leaders can directly ques­ make Torah U'Mada work, the Lamm urged student leaders to faculty superior to that of his [ED: This piece is the first of two tion the University's President adherent must possess one-half develop events with an educa­ day and improving steadily, articles dealing with the function on issues of concern. This year, of the dedication to Torah as the tional thrust to complement the expressed concern over the for the first time, the gathering Chabad have to the Lubavitcher academic atmosphere of the problem and promised to dis­ and effectiveness of the YC took place at Dr. Lamm's home Rebbe. He implored those pre- school. When YCSC Vice Pres­ cuss the possibility of honors Senate. -A comprehensive per­ with students from both the sent to reconsider their career ident Adam Chill objected, courses with YU's Executive spective by Dr. Will Lee will men's and women's goals, looking beyond the cur- claiming that the students some­ Vice President, Dr. Egon appear later in the semester.] undergraduate divisions in rently chic goals of wealth and times desire events that are Brenner. The Yeshiva College Student attendance. comfort. Pointing to this prob- purely social in nature,. Dr. Replying to a query as to Senate, as described by its A cordial and relaxed Dr. fem as part of the reason for Miller delineated the new stan­ growing polarization among Chairman Kenny Waxman, is a Lamm set the tone throughout what many students consider to dard as one requiring some students of the various Jewish "clearinghouse" of ideas and the meeting by adeptly answer­ beinadequate facultyand course Jewish or educational content in studies divisions due partly to proposals between the students ing difficult questions, some­ selection, he asked how any each individual event. The Wel­ their lack of familiarity with and the administration. In other times through disagreeing with schools, particularly those deal- come Back Party, formerly held other schools' rcbbeim and the words, it is a forum forstudents their premises, and referring ing with Jewish disciplines, in Belfer Commons, does not fit rebbeim's own unfamiliarity to air issues to the faculty and some of the most controversial could be expected to attract this description as it is "not with students of other divisions, the administration. Through and sensitive issues to Dr. many outstanding professors related to anything Jewish" and Dr. Lamm insisted that such a this forum many important Miller. A noticeable example of and rebbeim if this generation's therefore remains prohibited. mindset has "been there all matters have been resolved. this latter technique arose when brightest minds are lost to other Instead, in a significant soften­ along" and is not _a newmanifes­ Over the years Senate resolu­ SCWSC Vice President Batya fields. -· ing of his position, Dr. Miller tation at YU. Calling such tions have changed Yeshiva Rozwaski raised the women's In response to an earlier suggested that a "Rosh Chodesh parochialism "silly," he labeled College quite dramatically. The long-standing gripe over the lack question posed jointly by YCSC party" would be acceptable. A an . idea to somehow rotate Senate is responsible for intro­ of adequate athletic facilities and President Mordi Leiferand this COMMENTATOR survey Judaic faculty among the div­ ducing the plus/ minus and A/ the possibility of regulated use of reporter, Dr. Lamm dismissed conducted last year indicated isions and perhaps partially P / N grading systems and has the men's comparatively exten­ the idea that there has been a that almost two-thirds of the YC amalgamate the schools as procured for the student the sive Max Stern Center. Dr. drift rightward at YU over the student body does favorpurely worthy of consideration and opportunity to withdraw froma Lamm replied that many past several years, citing only social co-ed events Uptown. The stated that the recent practice of course. Sometimes the Senate is options were being pursued, two differences from his own survey drew proportional having a RIETS rabbi teach a overruled, however, as in the pointed out the difficulties college days- the cessation of responses from all three Jewish course in lBC was initiated for case of the early start of school inherent in living in midtown the once popular practice of YU studies divisions. that purpose. this semester. Manhattan as well as the com­ students leaving for the Conser- In another instance of a Finally, reacting to concerns A more recent issue that has mensurate advantages, and vative movement's JewishTheo- relaxation of attitude toward raised by Hamevaser Editor-in­ been resolved in the Senate stated that the main campus logical Seminary for semikha involves the College's stance on social events generally, Dr. Chief Robert Klapper as to the · facilities were simply too far and the increase in "limud. Miller stated that evenings with danger of dilution of YU's cheating. In addition to the away to bepractical. Dr. Miller Torah" on campus, a. phenome- performei's such as hypnotists uµique mission as a result of the publication of a pamphlet that later alluded to perhaps a deeper non he attributed partly toward would be acceptable provided increasing size of and emphasis defines cheating and plagiarism reason when he declared that the increased frequencyof a year that adequate guidelines were on the essentially secular gradu­ and outlines their consequences, "Yeshiva is a yeshiva" and that of study in Israel. followed to "uphold standards ate schools, President Lamm a twelve page essay entitled . there are "parameters" by which Concerning the lack of sup- o� dignity," jn the words of Dr. essentially stated that YU has "Cheating and Plagiarism at all students must abide. port among some of the faculty Lamm. Previously, student lead­ already withstood that danger. Yeshiva College: Educational, Without a doubt Dr. Lamm's for his Centrist philosophy, as ers had been routinely discour- Successfully co-existingwith the Continuedon page 9. November 8, 1988 The Commentator Page 5 OnCa mpus Shabbat Improvements YU Responds to Death of Police Officer v v v v An intensi e e aluation of the exclusi ely. v v Shabbat experience at Yeshi a With this in mind, Rabbi by Doron Spierer College has been initiated under Wruble has organized a new All of Yeshi a Uni ersity Council's letter of condolence to assistance and cooperation in reeled in shock after the murder Captain Mandel, commanding activities related both to the the direction of Rabbi Moi:ry Shabbat "JSS and Waiter v Wruble, a first-yearinstructor in minyan" in Rubin Shu! aimed of New York City Police Officer officer of the 34th Precinct. University and the community; JSS and a YC alumnus. A precisely at that type of student, Michael J. Buczek on October YCSC also plans to commemo­ the rapport has always been ery questionnaire to be distributed whether actually enrolled in JSS 18. Officer Buczek, who was rate Officer Buczek in the near good." He also mentioned that v assigned vto the 34th Precinct future. v "He [Officer Buczek] was a to the entire student body is or engagedas a waiter or not He v being prepared, and a new feels it will pro ide the chance which co ers Yeshiva's Uptown In a telephone inter iew, police officer that cared, and is minyan has been established to forthe vinterested student to take Campus, was killed by an Captain Mandel viewed YU's missed by both the Uni ersity attract those students disaffected an acti e part in the services, in alleged drug dealer at the corner response toward the incident as and the police. He went out of with the present system. areas such as gabbai and shali- of 161st Street and Broadway. "excellent." He felt that "The his way to alleviate problems v Although the incident was outpouring of love and sympa­ before they got bigger." Rabbi Wruble notes with ach zibbur. Rather than a tradi­ v ·concern what he percei es to be tional shiur, such as the one "completely unrelated" to the thy and good towards the slain Unfortunately, the crime safety of the Uni ersity and its officer madev us feelv a little bit problem in Washington Heights the occasional instance of stu- given in the main minyan, he v dents routinely not praying with plans to deliverv a shorter talk students, according to Kenneth better. We' e recei ed letters, has already reached massive a minyan or eating in the cafete- more in the ein of a congrega­ Gallo, Associate Director of cards, and flowers from e ery proportions. It's going to take a ria on Shabbat. He feels the tional sermon. Security and Safety at the group in the community." lot more hard work on the part forthcoming survey will enable The establishment of the Manhattan campuses, almost Gallo shared Captain Man­ of the police, with Y.U.'s and the three hundred students sharedin del's sentiments,v adding that rest of the community's staunch him to determine what if any- minyan represents a shift in v thing need be done to rectify the approach forthe University, as the community's outpouring of "We [Yeshi a Security] depend support, to make any headway situation and create a "totallyv evidenced by Mashgiach sympathy and concern when upon the 34th and the police in in effecti ely combatting crime meaningful Shabbat" for e ery Ruhani Rabbi Yosef Blau's they participated in the Resident general quite a bit for their in our neighborhood. student on campus. vigorousv denunciation of alter- Chanukah Dinner Honorees Announced so��:�:::a:::a!�: l��;h �} ::� :is:�i:::J;:!v��1::; David the Shabbat meals ,may deter concept. some students fromeating in the The minyan meets Friday by Sheffey v v cafeteria, resulting in a loss of nights at candle lighting time The annual Yeshi a Uni er- Federal Reserve Paul Volcker. A YU Presidential Citation Yeshiva-wide ruach and perhaps and Shabbat mornings at 8:45 sity Chanukah Dinner will take In addition, selected studentv will be conferred upon the Hon. evenv the neglect of certain A.M. Rabbi Wruble also plans place at the Waldorf-Astoria leaders are traditionally in itedv Vernon A. Walters, U.S. mitz ot such as kiddush, he -to establish a "Wake-upv Com- Hotel on December 18. The both to servev as representati es Ambassador to the United plansv to explore possible mittee," on a purely oluntary Dinner is the primary fund- of the Uni ersity's undergradu­ Nations. Ambassador Walters is a enues toward correcting the basis, to assist those interested raising event of each year, atev student body and to perform no stranger to YU, having problems and incr�asingcaf ete- students in arriving to minyan attracting the University's qiost a ariety of functions needed to served as the guestv speaker at ria patronage. on time Saturday morning. prominent and distinguished create a well-organized affair. last year's Yeshi a vUniversity Additionally, he feels that Rabbi Wruble says that, benefactors and guests. In the The list of designated speak- Commencement in A ery Fisher some students may feel uncom- though there have been recent past, speakers as politically ers for thisv year's Dinner is an Hall. v fortable or alienated by the improvements in the quality of diverse as Vice President George impressi e one. The guest of Another customaryv acti ity at larger Beit Midrash minyan. Shabbat on campus, "these have Bush and formerHouse Speakerv honor, the Honorable Walter H. the Dinner in olves the award­ The lack of opportunity forthe not beenenough." He declares Tip O'Neill, and as contro ersialv Annenberg, former United ing of honorary YU degrees to JSS student, for example, to · that YU is committed to "mak- · as Madame Jihan Sadat, ha e States Ambassador to the Uni­ outstanding public figures and lead the tefilah or receive an ing Shabbatv relevant and mean- graced the function.Ot her digni- ted Kingdom, is vthe principal philanthropists. This year's aliyah may create the impression ingful to e ery member of the taries have included then Israeli orator. Dr. C. E erett Koop, group includes Ambassador that the"RIETS minyan is geared toward University." Foreign Minister Shimon Peres U.S.v Surgeon General, will Annenberg; Dr.Continutd Koop; on Samsonpage 9. the type" of student and former Chairman of the ' deli er the keynote address.

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by Jonathan Greenblatt byDavid Ottensoser his car. The man felt that his life the authority to classify certain W llace intimated that perhaps On October 25. Yeshiva Uni­ was in danger and opened fire situations as 'Ba-Bemachteret'. The American Israel Public pr�-Israel PA Cs are working in versity was privileged to have with his submachine gun From the case of the 'Masor', an Affairs Committee (AIPAC) co�junction with or are coordi­ Rav Shabtai Rappaport speak wounding them. It turned out individual who reports to the was recently the target of a na�ed by AIPAC. That would at its weekly shiur entitled "The that they were running away king concerning the financial vehement attack before25 mil­ argual5ly be a violation of the Intifada: A Halachic from several soldiers and they status of other Jews, we learn lion television viewers nation­ la�. Rabbi · Miller replied by Perspective". didn't actually mean to harm that the community is empo­ wide. On Sunday evening, Octo­ informing ·wallace that the Rav Rappaport, a resident of him. The question arises: Had he wered to make the necessary ber 23, the CBS News program sighature on the document was killed the three men, would it be classification.For in the case of "60 Minutes" aired a segment in co�pletely unfamiliar to him, Jerusalem, is both Rosh HaYe­ kill that shiva at Yeshivat Sh'vut Yisrael considered murder, or self- · the 'Masor' the community which anchorman Mike Wallace an� that the memo failed to accused AIPAC of wielding too aetlurately depictAIP AC policy. adjacent to Efrat and an adjunct defense? allows individuals to 1 Miller Rebbe at Yeshivat Har-Etzion Rav Rappaport proceeded to man as he poses a danger to much power in Washington. • 60 Minutes" refused to fur­ in Alon Shvut nearby. teach through a thorough anal- many'people. As a public affairs committee, nisb Rabbi with a copy of Rav Rappaport began the ysis of various sources how In Israel today, the general and unlike a political action thif memo, nor disclose from shiur with two stories. Both Jewish law deals with such a policy, or at least that of the committee, AIPAC is prohi­ w�om th(?y had obtained it. occurred recently in the J udean situation. He concluded that a army, is to only use live ammu­ bited by federal law fromdistri­ H�wever, it was subsequently territory. In the first, the Rabbi person may kill only in the event nition to deter anyone with a buting moneyto candidates and discovered that the memoran­ described traveling to Hebron of a definite threat to life, that is, definite intent to kill. The conducting fundraisers. Wallace du1 was written by a junior staff and encountering a road block. the situation must be classified government cert�inly doesn't claimed that AIPAC influences m �mber with no policy As he neared the roadblock, he under the terms of armed rob- condone the acting of those . politicians through illegal au hority. noticed several Arabs standing bery. Now armed robbery, as individuals who take the law means. He stated that "apart This was but one of a number around. With the thought that stated in the Torah 'Ba- into their own hands and kill the from lobbying, AIPAC also gets of jtactics used by Wallace and they might do him harm, he Bemachteret', is a situation rioters. When asked, "Accord­ involved in election campaigns his crew in their attempt to turned around and took another where a thief breaks into a ing to Jewish law, what do you by setting the tone, the line, for portray AIPAC in a denigrating route. "Sometimes they just house, even though the residents do when confronted by a defi­ about 80 pro-Israel PAC's [ED: ligP,t. Scenes of the intifada, the stand around and laugh at the are inside, with the intent to rob nitely dangerous situation?" Rav political action committees] that P�lestinian uprising against passing cars," the Rabbi said, from them and even to kill them Rappaport answered, "Accord­ . have given six million dollars Isfaeli occupation, were dis­ "Other times they attack with a if he has to. In such a case, it is ing to Jewish law, you get out of this year to a variety of candi­ plJyed on the screen during the barrage of rocks. I wasn't sure beyond a reasonable doubt that there as soon as you can. You try dates." Essentially, the accusa" corrse of Wallace's discussion what they would do." The the thief is going to kill, and a to save yourself. In the event that tion was aimed toward what o the Chafee-Licht contra- second storyinvolved an Amer­ person may act out of self you can't getout, however, and Wallace perceived as excessive ve� sy. There had been no prior. ican settler who saw three Arabs defense and kill the thief. The you shoot· and kill, it's not "Jewish power," potent to the m ntion of the unrest. on the holding rocks running towards problem, then, is: who is given murder." extent that foreign policy is West Bank during thepiece and being perverted. Rabbi Dr. W1allace continued with his Pictorial· Comment Israel Miller, Senior.Vice Presi­ atialysis on AIPAC's "involve­ dent of Yeshiva UniversityAIPAC, and m�nt" in Senate races while the Vice President of was di�turbing footage was rolling. asked to represent, in reality to A parently, it was crucial that r,1 defend, t_he committee on 25million viewers see pictures of camera. Is�aeli soldiers reacting to riot­ MON YW WID The thrust of the segment ing Arab youths at that particu- revolved around the forthcom­ la' moment. ing senatorial race in Rhode Wallace proceeded to inter- Island where the state's lieuten­ vil w several anti-Israel politi­ ant governor, Richard Licht, is ci ns in an .effortto demonstrate challenging incumbent Republi­ that even though AIP AC does can Senator John Chafee. Licht nqt make campaign contribu­ has received 200 thousand dol­ ti?ns or endorse candidates, lars from approximately 45pro­ their clout on Capitol Hill has Israel PAC's. These PAC's have re�ched immense proportions. not offered Chafee a penny. Gforge Ball, Undersecretary of Although Chafee has been a State to Presidents Johnson and supporter of Israel on key issues N/xon and habitual Israel critic, such as aid to Israel, he has r3inked AIPAC as the most irritated pro-Israel PAC's and effective lobby in the U.S. today, voters by his willingness over the "�nd I would put that ahead of years to sell sophisticated mili­ t�e National Rifle Association." tary equipment like the ./ Rabbi Miller does not thinJc, Yesh iva UniversitySchedule of Events AWACS surveillance aircraft to highly of Mike Wallace, his anti­ the . Saudis and other Arab Is[ael stand, and his journalistic Comedy Night Success regimes, as well as by the fact �ethods. Their original inter­ by Alec J. Stone that he has voted ag!linstlegisla­ view was scheduled for Sunday, tion that would have had the Sf1 ptember 11, the day before show started with a comedian and tag team dating. According U.S. government close the R'osh Hashana. When their On October 27, the Dairy named Todd Charles. Charles to Sherry Aronson, a sopho­ Palestine Liberation Organiza­ o eeting did occur in Washing­ Planet h sted Comedy Night. worked with a banjo and did more at Stern, "The comedians tion mission in New York. t n, D.C., on Tzom Gedaliah, Over 200students from both YU silhouette imitations of animals. appeared in order of their talent, � Wallace bluntly stated that · t e two spoke forover one hour. and Stern participated. That Next up was Mike Ivy. A regular from the best to the worst." AIPAC is focusing on this Only nine of Rabbi Miller's evening marked the firstevent of at the Improv, Ivy amused the Future activities are being senatorial contest where Chafee otes were incorporated into the year that was sponsored by group with his matchmaking planned now for the Sophomore has a poor record concerning � Miller fe feature, several of which the Sophomore Class. and idle threats of unexpected Class. "It would. be great if we Israel, "and they want him out." re taken out of context. He· is The restaurant · entertained appearances at Stern. The last could get that many people to all By presenting Rabbi with v1rry outspoken in his criticism the rowdy crowd with three acts. performance was called The YCSC events." said Steve Fel­ an AIPAC memo which seem­ of the newsman, saying "Wal­ The patient emcee for the eve- Poster Children. This three m�n senthal, �ophomore Class ingly implied that AIPAC l�ce is unfair in his journalism ning was Rick Siegel.Aft er a few company put on gags such as president. wanted "to get the word out" a remarks to the audience, the audience participation, heckling rd the program is unfair. It is that Chafee should not be - not a news program but a drama deemed the favorable choice, Where everything has 'to fit the tJnidys Tel. 928-7793 s oryline." Rabbi Miller served as Presi­ 93eauty Sa lon 1 · * * dentof of the American Zionist - C/Jn iscx • tjounciland foundingPresident ... HAIRCUTTING • PERMANENTS 2500 Amsterdam Ave. (Corner 184th) the American Zionist Federa­ TINTS • DESRIZADOS tion. He also acted as chairman o the Conference of Presidents MANICURE • PEDICURE $1.00 off onBaked Zill •1.00 off { Miller � Major Jewish Organizations. or Bggplant Parmigialla Itabbi has beena member :bittn.• .,...._. 11h o,f the executive committee of 2557 AMSTERDAM AVE. 187 ST., N. Y. A,IPAC and has served as its ice President since 1980. [ November 8, 1988 The Commentator Page 7 The Rav in Perspective byJeff lfrah feelthe talks to be the essence of the multi-colored coat the Rav Rabbi W ohlgerlenter asserts, tional; everything he said Entering students at Yeshiva the Rav's genius, he recognizes it adorned, that his talmidim differ "Sparks flewall the time. He was appears in past books. He never University suffer fromthe unfor­ as, "easier material-one cannot at times so greatly on the same inordinantly handsome, his introduced a new idea. The tunate absence of Rav Y osef jump into the Rav's issues. Rabbi Blau asserts, "The fierceblack eyes pierced you ... he conclusion would often be dif­ Soloveitchik. To most of these philosophy." great paradox of Yeshiva is how hid nothing. He would shout ferent in both philosophy and students the Rav, while recog­ Rabbi Herschel Schachter, · are all these students of the Rav? and scream [as] the gemorah learning; Rav Feinstein was the nized as a great spiritual leader, who spent ten years under the They all have different parts. came off the page ...the Rambam reverse." is intartgible.The requirement of Rav's guidance, views thing Any pupil who brought himself came off the text...he would But wasn't Torah U'mada a objective means':' to revive the quite differently. "What he into the picture could pick up on draw you out... the classic new beginning that partially Rav's once all encompassing himself published was not so different aspects of himself Socratic method. He loved to contributed to the Rav's excom­ influence is nothing short of great- his Yahrzeit drashot through the Rav's all­ teach, that's all. He would say if munication? Rav Schachter embarrassing to the Yeshiva (recited on the third of Shevat, encompassing presence. [There you have to, explain it so a continued, "Rav Soloveitchik World. Moreover, many of the Y ahrzeit of the Rav's father, was] no singular perspective- he pussycat should be able to never spoke about Torah theseRabbi rescue Blau, attempts M- areashgiach failing. Rav Moshe Soloveitchik) were was constantly revising. The understand it, to use the cliche U'mada ... he did speak about it, published, but those were his shiur was always structured 'as clear as a bell."' he said he never wanted to Ruhani, who once served as notes and outlines" that they differently-- which is most "Rosh Hayeshiva's", accord­ mention it. "Times are differ­ Assistant Principal in the Rav's utilized. "He was the speech. All unusual since Brisk is very ing to Rav Bernstein, "were ent," the Rav would say. But he Maimonides Yeshiva of Boston his drashot are being lost; it's definite. He would entertain afraidto let students listen to his would never discuss the har­ · responds, "His shiurim should terrible." R. Schachter did feel drashas. No one else in America mony between secular and reli­ be written up and made avail­ strongly about publishing the (with the possible exception of gious studies. "He brought able. His talkc;SOY."in the 1970'swere Rav's tapes. He claims that most the Lubavitcher Rebbe who examples from psychology but collected by While they of the Rav's work that has been attracts crowds out of obliga­ never dealt with how to integrate were far from exhaustive, the published has been rewritten tion) could gather such crowds them both." Rabbi noted their value and poorly, mainly because of a lack from all walks of Jewish life. He Rabbi Blau feels there was no blamed the University forletting of understanding on the respec­ has superb command of lan­ obligation on the Rav to lecture -it get out of print. The Rabbi tive writer's part. "They don't guage. I heard him in Yiddish, on Torah U'mada. Simply, "the suggested public symposiums as understand what was the main Hebrew, and English-no one idea came across. He was never another possible means to an point and [what was] the side else in his time could deliver a campaigning for modern end. He noted that "one or two thought." Rabbi Schachter drasha the way he did, in the orthodoxy- he never projected have taken place, but not suc­ pointed to two upsetting, related languages he did." The Rav it as a movement. He didn't like cessfully. There's so much to be issues-the lack of motivation to began instructing his shiurim in narrowness, you are what you made available to people. The · publish the Rav's bibliography English and continued to do so are, which enabled all to con­ institution should be promoting and the lack of material repre­ upon learningthat a Sephardic sider themselves talmidim of the this. Perhaps grants to write up sentative of the bulk of his work. student who had been visiting Rav. The Rav respected differ­ on the Rav should be awarded."· "Everyone's dancing around the did not understand Yiddish. The ent points of view. He rarely felt The Rabbi also suggested utiliz­ Rav but no one from YU even Reb added "His classroom was he had to push them on others. ing past students' notes as bothered to publish a bibliogra- · Rav JosephSoloveitchik B. the center of excitement in the In a word of narrow specialists reference material or reaching phy" of all his written works. many possibilities which might Universe." and in a religious world ...he saw out to interested professors. ."The printed material is not have changed year after year." Rabbi Dr. Solomon Roth, potential in the big world. He Rabbi Louis Bernstein, who all the best. People should print His shiurim, according to another of the Rav's top stu­ always encouraged us to think . came to know the Rav because· the representative, not the funny Rabbi Schachter, were always dents and presently a philosophy on our own. He never discour­ of his active participation in things, when the Rav went off on prepared-he would know 'the . professor at Yeshiva, describes aged our ideas or made us think Jewish life, attributes the dis­ a tangent. Everyone has quirks. direction, but not really all the the Rav as "charismatic... he like him."' semination of that which is The Rav gave strong shiurim details. "He'd work that out with contained two intellectual qual­ Echoing Rabbi Blau, Rav known about the Rav to rabbis and some were not so special, the students-he was very cre­ ities- his knowledge and his Bernstein ascertained, "We are like R. Herschel Schachter who 'but [the latter] shouldn't be ative. Other rabbis give such a memory. Both were superior. in America what he is. Cen­ reflected the Rav's shiurim in printed until his regular shiurs complicated shiur they're com­ He had a sharp analytical mind." trism's Orthodoxy involved the their own teachings. But Rabbi are understood." According to_ plimented if they lose their "He was able to combine community. He never wrote off Bernstein hopes the Rav will Rav Schachter, the Rav was audience after five minutes. Rav quality with analysis to create any Jew, Orthodox or non­ soon be taught in all the fieldsin always being · asked to publish, Soloveitchik was the complete conceptions and because of his Orthodox." which he exhibited �xpertise, but refused. He would say, opposite-he gave it so simply wide grasp he could apply them Rabbi Wohlgelernter and such as Jewish Philosophy. "I "They attack me enough- imag­ that even complicated issues through different concepts Rabbi Schachter both disagree would make some of his -essays ine if I would print my drashas!" were understood; Everybody which weren't obvious even to with the notion that the Rav is mandatory readings, such as "History tends to cheat people would understand just by the the students familiar . with the founder of modern Centrist Kol Dodi Dofek (My Beloved (Rav Schachter quoted a late way he read the words." gemara. In addition he was fully Orthodoxy. The Reb explains Knocks), which is presently one Rosh Hayeshiva of Ner Israel). While Rabbi Schachter, too, alive-there was reality when he the Rav's intellect not as one of mine. It is one of the classics "The Rav was one such individ­ agrees the Rav revised con­ gave shiur. He saw the sages in enveloping a secular life rather of literature." ual because he belonged to YU stantly from year to year, some­ frontof him-in his class." the Rav's choice of taking "all Rabbi Maurice �ohlgelern-, and Mizrachi. Most of the times even changing his mind on Rav Schachter disagrees as to knowledge for his providence. ter, better known as the Reh, Yeshiva World boycotted him to a partjcular issue, he didn't the strength of the Rav's mem­ He did not subscribe to labels. was the Rav's very first student such an extent wher� they won't "really see in the ten years [he] ory. "His memory wasn't his Never in the time that l've and part of the ironically small even copy over his notes in their was with him that many people strong point. He couldn't rattle known the Rav has he used that group responsible for bringing . own name. They used to ignore who understood the Rav. Eve­ the gemara off by heart. He term. He always took the hala­ the Rav to Yeshiva University. him as if he didn't exist. It hurt ryone was impressed by his could, however, quote the back­ chic approach. Anybody can tell Rabbi W ohlgelernter claims him a lot, but he never spoke razzle-dazzle but not many ground. He had a logical, sys­ you a thing is forbidden-the that present translations of the about it. They never gave him understood him. "Conversely, tematic memory which brought genius was he could find a Rav's work are very good, "but one ounce of respect", yet "he the speeches he gave publicly together seemingly unrelated [leniency] no one else could because the text is so difficultit would never attack back. during-his father's Yahrzeit for topics. He quoted material find." should be taught in a line by line "The need foracceptance Rav), was example, were thoroughly com­ already said, but in a much The Reh declares that "he [style of] interpretation, not very hard ( on the which is prehended. "He'd always pick a clearer fashion than the original genuinely believed in freedom of merely read by students as an very odd." Rabbi Wohlgelernter popular topic-Kiddush, Tefil­ source. "Rabbi Schachter fur­ thought. He couldn't stand what assignment. I wouldn't start a quoted an applicable Chazal lin, Kriyath HaTorah, for exam­ ther commented regarding the is today called Da'ath Torah, beginning st\.dent with ·Ish which says "the greatest hatred is ple. He'd bring in background, Rav's adherence to• traditional that is unquestioningly follow­ Halacha or Man of Faith, but I the hatred by the ignorant of the review. his lecture and highlight ideas. "The late Rav 'Feinstein ing without Halachic source. He would start with talks he gave as learned." sources. A half-hour shiur was has more original things in his never believed in that kind a start .. .to give students a feel" of It is somewhat confusing \ind dramatized into two hours Teshuvot than Rav Soloveit­ of...idolatrousContinued worship-a on page 9. the Rav. While the Reh doesn't simultaneously a reflection of allowing full understanding." chik. The Rav was always tradi- IIIPIIII IIVl■IIP My Place GRANDMA'S !553 IIIIIP-11 111111 518-4111 COOKIE. 1111 11 1,11 M11-W1f 11111 1:11 AM JAR 1n1, 1:11 111 I f IEE 1 IIZ ll-1 IP II ,,_., II f Pi11wn, fVIPJ PIPC-111 II 14.51. C111 WIIC- IIIP lPlk wtt,HI 2543,AMSTERDAM AVE. (AT 188ST.) . 568-4855 IPIIIJIIP IWI llWIII Page 8 The Commentator November 8, 1988 Nutrition at YU: The COMMENTATOR "On-Site Survey" I. Have you participated in any organized athletic activity, on or off A Lost Cause? campus, such as varsity or intramural teams while at YU? by Eric Melzer Yes ...... 66% No ...... ; ...... 33% lt has been said that college he stated, "They really don't care students generally gain weight too much about diet - just that during their four years of resi­ the food is cheap." 2. Do you exercise or engage in any type of regular physical activity? dence. Is this statement true? Although many students said A recently conducted survey that they try to watch what they Yes ...... 71% No ...... 29% revealed that nine out of ten YU eat, some said that they often students try to monitor what cannot resist a brownie from they eat. Reasons given for Grandma's or nuggets and fries monitoring food intake in the cafeteria. How many of 3. From where do you obtain the majority of your meals? included: "Since I've always the nine out of ten students who been brought up in my house as said that they try to monitor Cafeteria: ...... � ...... 40% the one who cooks and goes their diet, are really doing a good Room: ...... ·. 29% shopping, a balanced diet does job? Local Restaurant: ...... 27% mean something," and .. I've got Dr. Irwin Greenbaum, Food from Home: ...... 4% to watch what I eat otherwise I Diplomate to the American will be too fat and what will the Board of Internal Medici:ie, Stern girls do?" provided some interesting facts. Also, Jacob Lieberman, He asserts that "forthe average 4. How frequentlydo you eat meat (Beef or Lamb)? Associate Food Services Direc­ college student who weighs 180 tor stated, "The menu is made pounds and conducts minimal Everyday: ...... · ...... 25% with strict accordance to the exercise, the daily intake should 4 times a week: ...... 37% nutritional value of the meal. not exceed 2200 calories. Two 2 times a week: ...... : ...... 25% The only exceptions are the hamburgers is already 1000 theme dinners." When asi·.ed if calories. Any excess of this Almost Never: ...... · ...... 13% there were any complaints results in obesity. Various stu­ Never: ...... 0% regarding the nutritional value dies have demonstrated an Thisis a random sampling of YU students on campusconducted by Alec of the meal, Mr. Liebermansaid increased prevalence of many that there were none. diseases associated with obesity, Stone. It is not intended as a scientific survey but merely as a candid The salespeople at Grandma's including cardiovascular dis­ indication of the feelings and op inions of the student body. Conducted Cookies, however, said that they ease, diabetes, hypertension, every issue, each respondent's name is recorded solely to prevent average between nine hundred gout, and many others. Sensible duplication of results. and one thousand students per adherence to the basic food day! When asked if they thought groups with a reduction in that students watched what they calories derived from fats to •ConJinlltdfrom pap 1. ate, they commented, "From twenty-five percent or less and ATTACK what they buy, it sure doesn't consumption of two thousand look like it." calories a week via exercise can campus will remain safe and ers, ages 13-16 were arrested and police reports, both the knife ln addition, when Mr. Lieber­ go a long way toward solving a secure." charged with robbery, assault, used in the stabbing and Mr. man was asked why he thought major nutrition problem of the [On Saturday, November5th, weapons possession and aggra- Greenblatt's jacket have been that there were no complaints, 1980s." fiveWashingto n Heights teenag- vated harassment. According to recovered.] SSSB SPEAKER FORUMS

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"enlightening" relativism and dispersal of hold-over players ---RESPONSA Con11·nued ignorance of its heritage, but fromlast year is verysuspect. If because he wanted to move to a build the Israel of tomorrow and Michael Mermelstein is really a bring Moshiach one step " oo hockey legend," as the SENAT E EJDELBERG settlement in the Shomron. fl r Continuedfr om page 4. Continuedfr om page 3. Professor Eidelberg is a man of closer. Amon Kemelman article states, then why was he As one who respects and principle and integrity of 'such YC '89 addedto the Irish? Ari Schertz is Halachic, Moral, Psychological, admires Dr. Eidelberg, and has magnitude that I've yet to have [ED: The speaker to which Mr. one of the best players in the and Practical Dimensions" has actually read every book he has seen surpassed. Kemelman refers was a repre- league, and yet he was placed been written by members of the written as well as his last fifty Finally, as a student who had sentative of the Arab League, with the Wildcats. It seems that Senate. It will be placed on file in articles, I was deeply offended - the misfortune-to attend one of not the P.L.O... ] the commissioners did this to the offices of the Deans of YC 'by some of THE COMMENT- the most liberal high schools in D- ----.•-. � maintain the parity between the and SSSB to be made available ATOR's editorial remarks. America and was on the brink of f top two teams, so neither team to the YU community. _u_o_c_k_e-,,--=-tllI it Firstly, THE COMMENTA­ attending one of the most lib- Ill r ,, would run away with the cham- This issue, as well as others TOR calls Dr. Eidelberg "vain­ era!, progressive, and enlighten- To the Editor: pionship. The only parity in this that are discussed in Senate glorious." However, the writer ing universities where even the In your previous issue, Saul league is between the big two meetings, is recorded in the of the editorial could not have bathrooms and showers were . Kaszovitz presenteda previewof and separately among the small Senate minutes and placed on known Dr. Eidelberg personally mixed, I understand what the upcoming intramural six. each floor of the dormitory in ( even in his books he never refers bothered Dr. Eidelberg about hockey season, focusing on the What has happened here is order to inform the student of its to himself as "doctor') or read YU. Firstly, when a God-fearing supposed parity in the league. very obvious and so is the progress. The Senateattempts to his book Jerusalem vs. Athens man like Dr. Eidelberg finds that The parity problem, though, has solution. Intramural basketball serve all of the students, but as which demonstrates that the just a few years ago students in not really been solved. useddraft. a and they don't seem Professor Rebecca Steams, YC author highly esteemed the this school had invited a P.L.O. According to the article, to be having too many prob- speech instructor and faculty attribute of Anava [ED: at risk spokesman (may his name be commissioners Marc Fries of Iems. Why can't hockey do the member of the Senate, states, of oversimplification, "Anava" obliterated) to enlighten stu- the Wildcats and Geoffrey same? "the Senate can't know what represents the Jewish concep­ dents with his views of the Arab- Miller of the Irish claim that Shmuel Bulka every student wants," so stu- tion of · humility] and clearly Israeli conflict, I ·can't wonder they have spent long hours YC '90 dents should speak to their proves that the concept of why Dr. Eidelberg was dis- trying to ensure parity in the .------1 student Senators in order to Anava is totally foreign to the turbed. Secondly, as one who league. How can they possibly COllli,attlj,o,,1 ,-,t direct these concerns towards humanities. I thereforefail to see found out that among the fac- say this and expectus to believe source had to always7. be given. the faculty and administration. how THE COMMENTATOR ulty here there are some profes- it? Just a simple perusal of the He never considered himself editorial.could have implied that sors who are Gay rights advo- rosters will no doubt show the God'spoliceman. He never once 1------Dr. Eidelberg was a braggart. I cates and others who publicly imbalance among teams. asked me if I prayed Mincha or have no choice but to wonder claim . that there is nothing Admittedly, it is unfair to Maariv, but if anyone questi- DINNER whether it was due to the enlight­ immoral in committing adul- assume results that have not as oned Chazal's approaches he Continuedfrom page 5. ening principles that THE tery, I'm not surprised Dr. yet happened solely basedon the would burn."' Bitensky, Chairman of the COMMENTATOR editorial Eidelberg was alarmed. Thirdly, names one each roster, even All of the rabbis shared per- Board and President of Fab had acquired from thehumani­ as one who discovers upon though all early indications in sonal stories which highlighted Industries; Ludwig Bravmann, ties portion of "Mada." calling the Cardozo library that the first few games point to a theRav' s concernfor all individ- Managing Director of Oppen­ The editorial also claimed it is open on Shabbat, I have no lack of parity. The only loss uals. Rav Bernstein concludes, heimer and Company; David S. that Dr. Eidelberg was writing in doubt that Dr. Eidelberghas few among the Wildcats and the ..The man was one in many Gottesman, Managing Partner a "surprisingly unprofessional qualms about what he wrote. Irish came in a game between the generations. His knowledgewas of First Manhattan Company; manner." This statement isn't Indeed, Dr. Eidelberg writes two teams. encyclopedic,covering all areas Stanley M. Katz, special counsel .only an insult to the readers of because •he cares about this The main . argument here of Jewish and secular know!- to Kronish, Lieb, Weiner, and Dr. Eidelberg's cogent and institution, and because he feels concernsthe way the teams were edge,he wasan excellentorator, Hellman; Ira M. Millstein, co­ logical writings, but is also an that the student body in this selected. Firstly, why were the universally accepted by other Managing Partner of Weil, affrontto the academic integrity school .is such that by holding Wildcats and the Irish allowed religious denominations and by Gotshal, and Manges; and John of a man who gave up a presti­ fast to the Torah it will be able to keep their rosters from last the greatest secular leaders of J. Pomerantz, Chairman of the gious position in one of Ameri­ not only to unite American year while the Saints,for exam- ourtime.He wasoneofakind- Board of Leslie Fay Industries, ca's top_ universities, not YU, Jewry and rescue it from pie, were not? Secondly, the period." Inc. 8, 1988 Page 10 The Commentator November "I was just looking fora way to eam a "I ended up littleext ra money while I with a labor of went to school. love:' You don'thave- to have a degree to join Ohel's Team of Professionals. IzzyBromberg Ohel needs help incaring for i1sph ysicallyand emotionally disabled. 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As I watched, a plating my activities forthe rest teachers sneaking in here; it Needless to say, I was quite helping hand every· once in a little girl in a plaid dress and a of the day. I stoked the flames would upset the balance of flabbergasted at the opportunity while." bow in her hair approached the playing in my fireplace and things. Well, good luck. You to buy every test I'd ever need. "Answer me this: How do you · frontand produced a quarter. In considered my options. I could have one hour. Begin." A veridor holding a tray of get these tests in advance return, she washanded a bright wander over to the sports field I entered the arena and was exams sauntered by shouting: anyway?" blue card with the word 'hon- and watch the YU Tzahalites in immediately swept into the "MCATs! LSATs! D-A-Teees! "Oh, various sources. A esty' printed in yellow letters. their football match against hustle and bustle of a busy Get your red hot entrance exams teacher gone bad, rough copies "Stop!" I shouted. "What are Southern Cal, or attend any marketplace. People were rush­ right here! We've even got found in wastepaper baskets, you teaching these poor inno­ number of fraternity cocktail ing everywhere, carrying papers, souvenir HB pencils and Har- double agent cleaning ladies. cent children?" parties. But I was really in the bargaining and haggling. Booths vard pennants. No need for This particular one was memo- The merchant stood up. "I'm · mood for something a little and displays announced various Kaplan's prep courses. Get into rized by the professor's parrot teaching them to survive in the more exciting. A home show. wares and hawkers competed the graduate' school of your and ·bought for afew crackers." 80s." So, I bought a Times and over the din. Directly in frontof choice without ever opening a "You know, with all this · "And this is the only way to examined the list of local events. me was a stall offering "Pop book! Veterinary school! Car- cheating going on, I'm surprised survive? To buy and cheat and There was an international ice Quizzes and Surprise Tests" tography! Taxidermy! They're nobody's selling answers." steal, all in an effort to get competition at the Rockefeller which I approached. The propri­ all here! MCA Ts! LSATs! D-A- Just then someone grabbed ahead? To take every opportu- Plaza skating rink; teams from etor, a large bouncy fellow, Teees!" Wow! my arm and I turned to find a nity to achieve? Is this what life around the world were display­ leaned over and addressed me. To my right was a booth man with an open trenchcoat is all about, the fastest and ing ice cubes, spheres, prisms, "Good afternoon, sir, what'll where a long line of teenagers lined with test tubes. easiest route to success? What and cream, and vying for the it be today? An unexpected had formed and were purchas- "Psst, bud," he whispered, about education and knowl- , coveted Golden Ice Cube Tray. geography quiz? I can give you ing this year's SAT test. But "wanna buy a blood test? I got edge? Aren't those important At the Fulton Fish Market, the map with all the major rivers what I saw next completely A, 0. What's your fancy? I've anymore?" expert Theodore Corduroy was drawn on, right down to the shocked and disgusted me. even got negative forsteroids if "My dear, young man," con- running a seminar based on his creek that runs behind your On the left stood a plain desk you're a runner." eluded my adversary, "you must bestseller "Tartar Sauce: A house. Or how about some cruel with a sign that said in bold I wrenched my arm free and understand. This isn't cheating, Salmon's Perspective." And trigonometry calculations? Got letters: "Origami: $34.95". Sit- ran towards the door. But just but striving to be the best. Madison Square Garden was the sines and cosines highlighted ting on a stool behind it was a before the exit, a sight brought · Accept it. It's the American foreasy reference, and you'll be hosting the annual Test Fair. skinny man in a lab coat. I was tears to my eyes. A group of ,____,way_._" ______This was for me. I packed a getting this surprise test furious. "How could you? Orgo! ______. Yossi Klavan couple of cheese sandwiches and on... ooh, let me see ...yup! Tues­ The pillar of the art world! The "The Shofar of Moshiach," headed down for a pleasant day next." most prestigious and revered Statue Speculation juxtaposed with our YU Kotel in afternoon of browsing at the "Hey! How did you know course in any college! Do you Our request forspeculation as order to symbolize that the world's most popular bazaar. that?" know that kids today, seven, to the nature of the newest redemption will come from A large banner was hanging "Heck, that trig test came in eight years old, dream of study- addition gracing our Main YU.Yossi Klavan . outside the Garden; it read over two months ago." ing origami? They fantasize Campus attracted a variety of "An upside-down drill bit." "Welcome to the Annual Test "Do you _mean to say you've about turningtheir useless little replies, some funny, some seri- y ossi Klavan Fair - a Project Funded by the got a copy of a test that hasn't paper foldings into beautiful ous, and some seriously pitiful. "The Windbreaker." Ron Ministry of Education." A secu­ been given yet?" swans and miniature baskets. Here are a fewof the best (in no Kastner rity guard stopped me at the "Well, sure! That's what the And what do . you do? You particularorder) : "Rocky Balboa." Susan door and asked for some Test Fair is all about. We're all reduce this ancient treasure, this "The Golden Lamb," so, and Daniel Berger . identification. selling tests to students to make last bastion of delicate beauty, to when YU President Dr. Norman "The letter 'lamed,"' spon­ "I'm sorry,"I said, "all I have their lives easier. You can buy the cheap corruption of lies and Lamm goes on vacation, we will sored by Shalom Sesame, or Dr. with me is my student I.D. card." future tests, quizzes, midterms, deceit! And furthermore, I can't still have something to worship. Lamm. Page 11 November 8, 1988 The Commentator Intramural Basketball Report Shmuel Bulka by ,,1 dotitwant The intramural basketball league ended its opening week a lot of hype. with Team Taragin squaring off against Team Hirshey in a I just want thrilling contest. The game proved to be the something I most exciting of the week, but it took a while for both teams to can counton. ,, get untracked. The first half resembled a pickup game, with both coaches trying to evaluate their talent. "You've got 15 guys that have never played together and you're just trying to find the right combinations," explained Bruce Taragin. Some Taking a 17-13 lead into long distance halftime, Hirshey's squad came companies promiseyou out in the second half and seized themoon, but whatvou control of the game. The out­ really want is dependable, burst was highlighted by three high-qualityservice. That's straight offensive rebounds, just whatyou'll get when each followed by a basket by you chooseAT&T Long forward Seth Cohen. Wh ile DistanceService, at a cost Team Taragin had occasional thatsa lot less than vou scoring spurts throughout the think. Yo u canexpect low half, a key offensive rebound or long distancerates, 24-hour a three-pointer by Team Hirshey operatorassistance, clear quelled any uprising. The Hir­ connectionsand immediate creditfor wrong numbers .. shey's won the game 53-44, the And the assurancethat most offensive game of the vinuallyall of your calls will opening week. Team Taragin go throughthe firsttime. received 16 and 12 point contri­ That'sthe genius of the butions from Pesach Skulnik AT&TWorldwide Intelligent and Adam Fishman respec­ Network. tively. David Speiser and Jeff When it's time to Muehlgay combined for 25 choose, forgetthe gimmicks points for the visitors. and make the intelligent In the first game of the year, choice-AT&T. Mordi Leifer led Team Gardner If youcllike toknow to a nine-point victory with a more about our productsor scoring spree late in the second services,like International half. Team Hirt stayed in the Callingand the AT&T G!rd, game early with Dov Goldman callus at 1 800 222-0300. tallying 16 points (five three­ pointers), including the first four-point play in intramural GregRiley-U niversity of North Carolina-Class of 1989 history. "I felt like Rex Chap­ man in that game against Villan­ - ova," the exhilarated Goldman AT&T announced modestly, referring The right choice. · to Chapman's heroics in last year's NCAA game against the Wildcats. But in the end, the absence of big men Asher Wol­ mark and Reuben Levine proved too great an obstacle to overcome. The following evening, Team Chelst dominated Team Schreiber/ Baker on the boards ACROSS 55, Sal■19tetl ltyllrocarlMNI and pulled off a 40-38 win. (l■f,) Ranon Mann's eleven points ■a 1. Rocu o■ 11.. op 56. Glllltlla and Steven Sandberg's eight led 4. Vltw 57. •rare(Poetic) 9. Plttt Team Chelst while Ellis Malo­ 12. 16tll Prnldenl (lllllr.) DOWN vany and Eli Leibowitz chipped 13. H■t I. Sca lilll cap in 14 and 13 points respectively 14. Hlall card t 2. Wide J■p■- IUII 15. Pl■ce lr,comctly for Schreiber/ Baker. Rebound­ 17. Ded■JN lloly 3. Pl■ce far rtlu■llan 4...... ing help, though, is on the way 19. Onr (Poetk) for this group in the form of 20. Redo 5. Sly 6. FJtw■tecl rallro■d imposing center Douglas 11. Sll■q1 lalt or r 13, Elill 7. Put ■ce Rosenthal. U. Att■•■lallo■ or I. Rt-n; nib o■I llody n■lds 9. Sell In the second game of the 27. Scl9p or rood 10. Froae■Wlltr evening double-header, Jeff 11. Vtal II. Sprnd .,..ror llryl■a Lefkowits' eleven points and JO. Gr. God of W■r 16. tn. 31. Monil■1 (■llllr,) II. Aro-■tlc, rtddldl woad Yoni Weber's ten led Team 32. 20. Ptnll■a Hartstein to a 38-34 victory over 34. wu.r-Sewt■III •uk&l lo• 21. w- 111ora■1111y 35. Crta 22, Praleetlwe llody c:awtrf■a Team Lubetski. Danny Silber 37. Slopedow■w■nl 23. W■aen pumped in eleven points for JI.. ..., 25. lro■ Team Lubetski, who hurt them­ 39. E■lertal■ 26. Ta o■e llllt 41. Dkedlo■ (■bk.) 11, 12111 Gr. 1t11er selves with early second-half 41. Very 11ro■a wl■d 2', IMICl■cl ,ltc:11 foul trouble. Team Hartstein 43. Growt■a older 32. Slau lrflle spent most of the second half at 45. Slap 33. Alrlalll 46. N. A•r. l■dlu lrflle 36. Saal llrh■i. cap the charity stripe and remark­ 41. Sd Ji. SlentlNI toll able notched only two field goals 51. Hanll■li rDCNI· •. Oodi dlckl■p 51. Gemaa (ll■■a) G. 1'1111 the entire half. 54. P■I ... 1■r- (1rt1. ll■aa) This year, the league will be 45. Tue 1-■y; •blrllCI 46, Ml■ml lllrf■a using the three-point shot for the "· Aa,; effflllly first time. The shot might sink a .... Ca■J ■lldla■ team attempting a comeback .,, Hwt■a a,p■ The first person to submit correct responses to Larry Hartstein (M61 l) will have his name so.Cnalana but it will also help keep teams in 53. C-■■lty Colltat games that otherwise might have printed in the next Commentator. (...,,) Answers will be printed in the next issue as well. .... been blowouts. Bruce Taragin noted, "With the three-point shot, the game is never over." The Commentator

Wrestling To Be�n Nov. 14 Macs ApproachNe w Season WithC onfidence wrestling more pointless than Wrestling is without a doubt any other, sport. Can you hon­ bythe Jerrold most sla Rapaportndered, scorned , and estly explain what exactly is -misunderstood sport in Yeshiva accomplished by ten men run­ University. Wrestlers are fabled ning back and forth hundreds of to be muscle-bound Neander- . times over the same stretch of thals, and it is commonly ·floor, attempting to shove an rumored that the combined IQ inflated ball through a metal of the entire squad does not even circle? enter the three-digit zone. Yet Wrestling is as real a sport as these are untruths, implanted in any other, and wrestlers are not people's minds by images of the an estranged branch of the wrestler as a barbaric Roman human race. Most of them walk gladiator or such dubiously upright, contrary to what you human figures as George "The may have heard, .and not one Animal" Steele. Yeshiva wrestler has ever ripped In truth, wrestling is not a a limb offof a fellowstudent - barbaric; sport based only on you can check the records on brute force. A great deal of that. Conversations in the wres­ physics are involved; a wrestler tling room are varied, and topics by Mitchen Nathanson opened practice. He's improving it. We have to play our brand of must have a complete under­ range from political and intellec­ A surprisingly large number every time he steps on the court, boring basketball. It's boring to standing of center of balance, tual to· religious. And yes, of fans came down to get a pre­ and he11 keep getting better." watch _and boring to play, which levers, and fulcrums. Strategy wrestlers really can say more season glimpse of the 1988-1989 One thing he must do is attack means our concentration must plays a greater part iri wrestling than the famous monosyllabic Maccabees. With the season not the man at the pivot. Time after ascend to a higher level. The idea set to get underway until time he has backed off with his of the game isn't to have fun, it's than does muscle. Coaches grunt. Wrestlers have class, too. .:. Schweitzer and Ellman of the Just last week a wrestler pulled November 17th, the Macs are hands down; a sign of fatigue. to win._ If we play within our YU wrestling team are tacti­ up a chair for his girlfriend to sit preparing by playing scrim­ He must take advantage of his selves, that's what will happen. cians, carefully detailing on at My Place. He even apolog­ mages against unscheduled frame and arm span to alter or The defense will utilize its methods of attack and painstak­ ized to the owner in a most opponents; The firsttwo exhibi­ block shots inside the key area. speed in a 1-3-l half-courttrap. ingly going over techniques and gentlemanly manner for not tions were played against Seton "He's improved 1000% in the This should create many turnov- counter-moves. realizing that the chair had been College and Queensboro last three weeks," stressed Teich­ . ers if �xecuted properly. Their As for claims that wrestling is nailed to the floor. College. man. "If he can continue. problem defensivelythrough the primitive and outdated, let the Most of all, the Yeshiva New to the curious eyes in the . improving atthis pace, he will be scrimmages has been that they reader be reminded that people wrestlers are deeply dedicated to crowd was the enthusiastic ii big addition in the middle and are allowing too many scoring stopped jabbing at each other in their sport. This dedication is playing of young Eric Davis and can help Ayal and myself . pull chances by not boxing out and formal duels with swords three easily seen, for example, in co­ Gregory Rhine. Their quick some rebounds." pulling rebounds. The apparent hundred years ago. There are captain Andy Jervis. Rarely defensive feet and ball-handling Another has been David _lack of height and bulk will force many people in New York today does one find Andy resting talents will keep opponents, as Gottlieb. Gottlieb is one of the the guards to_ chase the ball and skilled in physical combat. Just during practice; there seems to well as teammates, on their toes. few_ men capable of · playing prevent -shots quickly. This was try and find even one person be no limit to his endurance. "Rhine and Davis will both above the rim onpar with the · apparent against Queensboro. who rides the subways defend­ Still not convinced? The YU spark this club if they stay with taller players. He has skyed to "Quee�sboro is as good as any ing himself against muggers with wrestling team has its firstniatch themselves," said co-captain block and deflect numerous team on our schedule. Their as one hand held daintily in the air on November 14th at Stevens Yudi Teichman. Teichman, dunk attempts from behind. tall and as physical as NJil: and and the other wrapped around College, and its first home match Ayal Hod, and David Gottlieb Yet, it will be along season if he Western Connecticut, " pointed the handle of a rapier. Nor is on November 17th at 7:3Q. are the heart of this team. The and Teichman are called upon to out coach Halpert. Jon Ehrman team will rely• on Teichman for e�force und.er the- glass. It and Sammy Reichel were ,very most of its scoring and on Hod should-benoted _ that Ayal Hoo impressive in both the Queens- YESHIVA MARATHONERS forthe rebounding chores; has; been playing; or som�time .· born and Seton games. The lack of height will often Ehrman's all out hustle and NAME TIME POSITION not playing, with a tender ankle. force the Maccabees to take the "Ayal has a weak ankle; he · animated winning attitude are a Jon Katzauer 3:33:52* 4,353 court with a, three-guard, and probably shouldn't have played pleasure to watch. In addition, it Dr. Jeffrey Gurock 4:32:5 I** 13,739 sometimes a four-guard, line-up. against Seton." Expressing con­ creates· many opportunities for After Hod, the burden of boxing easy . layups. Reichel has dis­ Jan Wimpfheimer 4:37:28 14,288 cern, coach Jonathan Halpert out under the boards may fallon Moshe Adler 4:38:19 14,379 remarked, "He wa_nted to try it . played intelligent positioning _ 6'10" sophomore Tzvi Himber. which enables him to pull Danny Berger 4:50:51 15,489 out, and he was in too much pain Himber does not yet seem ready to play the second half. He does rebounds against taller players. Avi Berger 4:52:47 · 15,650 to play against some of the Also, look forBarry Finkelstein Moshe Weber 5:44:41 17,758 need the competition." A rather quicker centers of the healthy Hod could clog up the and Jan. Levine to provide Total numberof runners: 23,478 league, but that doesn'tmean he middle, leaving opportunities outside shooting offthe bench. Total number of male finishers: 18,300 someday won't be. Said Coach for perimeter shooting from The team opens on the i:oad *College Record ••Faculty Record Podias, "Himber improved tre­ Teichman and Gottlieb. "nt be · against College, followed mendously since the team by the home opener against ready for the opener," insisted Bard Hod, "Watch out!'' Molloy. The conference sched­ ule begins December I st against Commentator The key to this year's team is Yeshiva College Maritime. When asked if the the outside shot and the speed of team will be ready for confer­ 500 West 185th Street the guards. "Unfortunately," New York, N.Y. 10033 ence play� the coach·replied "No. cautioned the coach, "this team How can we? Our practice hours has the speed to keep up with the don't match up with theirs. But others on the schedule. But we we 11 do the best we can do and don't play a transitional game, hope for the best. We have 16 and we will get beaten if we fall hours of practice between now into the trap of playing a run­ and then. How can a team be ning game. That's what hap­ ready for competition in 16 pened against Queensboro." hours?" Yudi Teichman agreed with Co-captain Yudi Teichman coach Halpert. · "We're not .a had a different opinion. "I transition team. We do have definitely think we11 beready for speed, to the extent that if we Maritime. I admit I'm not have a fast_ break opportunity we playing full tilt yet. But these have to take advantage of it. We scrimmages are giving us a great can't, however, create our own opportunity to play together. opportunitiesby looking to run We1l be9kay."

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