nmmeutatnr Official Undergraduate Newspaper of Yeshiva College October 25, 1988 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, 500 W. 185 St., N.Y., N.Y. 10033 VOL. Lill NO. 2 President Lamm Delivers"State ofe. YU"Address by Behnam Dayanim College of Medicine would soon Dr. Norman Lamm, Presi­ resolve the delicate concerns of dent of Yeshiva University, both Montefiore Hospital and delivered his annual falladdress Long Island Medical Center on the state of the University at over a perceived .. incongruity" in an open meeting of the Execu­ its relations with the two hospi­ tive Council on October 11. The tals and called on the various SchottemteinCenter facade under construction . Council, composed of top departments of the University to administration members and view the impending Middle responsible for conducting the State accreditation review, con­ general affairs of the institution, ducted once every ten years, as a Schottenstein Center Update opened the meeting to those valuable opportunity for intro­ · students and faculty members spection and improvement Eric Melzer December 1st. The building will by the center. deemed "active and interested" rather than as a tedious chore. ope bottom Unanticipated structural n in phases from the When it is eventually 'com- in the University's well-being, Addressing the need for could · open by problems in the foundations of up. The theater pleted, the Schottenstein Center according to YU Executive Vice improvements, Dr. Lamm spe­ in that case, it would the Schottenstein Center, tlie March. But should be a major asset to the President, Dr. Egon Brenner. cifically mentioned the need to really not be of any benefit to the new home fora number of YC college. The basement will house The audience was composed improve the Jewish studies Dramatics Society. There would_ clubs and societies, have arisen, the theater, which is equipped mostly of administrators, how­ curriculum for all undergradu­ probably forcing the postpone- only be temporary facilities. with separate storage rooms for ever, with less than a dozen ates and to continue in attempts New problems involving the ment of the building's Grand props, scenery, and costumes. faculty members and a handful to alleviate the space problem hich Opening. building's structure arose � There will also be mechanical of, students, -all- from YC, in endemic to all YU campuses. After several initial del�ys, th,� .· _ �[�.��r;,i;�ptJt 9.-�_i�g��;.�.IJ;��!�·!t: . ro�ms,.. a .sound control .. room, attendance . Much of the remainder of the las . center,focated.;pn.,:Sh;·Nlch� , r\l�i:�ls(?t,clJf(icul,t·t<:lr"'Work op.the·-· and-a ticket room. The'theater Though much of his speech President's speech dealt with winter. lam quite Avenue and 185th. 'Street, has 'building in the itself will seat 284 people and focused on the various graduate fiscalconcerns of the University. been scheduled for.completion sure that the theater will be open will also be able to accommo­ divisions of the University, Dr. Characterizing the financial , by December 1st. However, Mr. by September. By then we will date people in wheelchairs. Lamm did list several accomp­ picture as "not rosy,, Dr. Lamm Jay Blazer fromthe Department have permanent facilities." There will be a shul on the first lishments and shortcomings of revealed that fund raising had · of Facilities Management has Originally, there were numer- . floor which can hold about 500 the past year within the under­ not been able to keep pace with said that "there are additional ous objections that the building people. Its attractive features graduate schools, as well as recent increases in spending. He difficulties which may delay the did not conform with parts of include· nine stained glass win­ objectives for the future. pointed to the immensely suc­ building's opening for a while." New York City's building code. dows and a marble bi mah. Among the achievements cessful Centennial campaign Dr. Sheldon Socol, Vice Pres- However, Hector Melo, an According to Mr. Blazer, the cited was the significant increase and the simultaneous last­ ident of Business Affairs, elabo- . inspector, said that all objections shul will be used not only for in enrollment, attributable to minute rush of many philan­ �ated. "Target Builders really have been handled. This delay is davening, but for schoolhouse· increased demand for the dual thropists to contribute heavily has a little more time than one in a series that have plagued Continuedon Page 6. program and efforts to improve before tax reform laws took YU's academic and physical effect as factors in an inevitable environment, according to Pres­ decrease. Add to that the more ident Lamm. He also pointed forbidding economic climate in with pride to the success of the the wake of the stock market by Yechiel Gordon Max Stern Scholars Program crash of last year and the reason _On Wednesday evening, and the establishment of the for caution becomes apparent. • October 19th, on the firstanni­ similar SSSB Jacob Burns he stated. YU lost twelve million versary of the 1987 stock market . Scholarship, named in honor of dollars in that calamity, a figure crash, the SSSB Dean's Forum the major YU/ SSSB benefac­ br. Lamm called fairly modest hosted Dr. Kenneth Grossberg, tor. Dr. Lamm heralded the due to prudent management by Professor of Marketing, to growth of the Torah U'Mada the Investment Committee. lecture on the busir,ess perspec­ Project from a "modest pro­ Nevertheless, he said the lo� still tives ·between J�if�n. a�d .the gram?' involving a few students hurt, particularly since mi¢h of Jews. Dr. Grosst>i;:earned�his •. ,to orie that has "raised the level · the money pledged· in the:afore­ M.A. and Ph.D in Politics and of discourse" on both under­ rnentionedCentennial drive and East Asian Studies from Prin­ graduate campuses. Further­ at such events as the annual ceton University. He also stud­ more, he praised the quality and Chanukah Dinner is not readily ied at the University of Tokyo dedication of the facultyin all of available for a variety of rea­ forseveral years. In 1973, he was YU's divisions and particularly sons. These include the nature of elected a Junior Fellow of the noted needed additions to the the time spans of the gifts, some prestigious Harvard Society of . Cardozo School of Law. pledged years in advance, res­ Fellows and spent the next Finally, Dr. Lamm expressed trictions on the purposes for several years teaching, writing, addres.ws Dr. Kenneth G�berg studentaudience. hope that the Albert Einstein Continued on Page4. and continuing his research. In that period, he published three fully explain the business rela­ venom? books. In 1983, he · founded tionship between the Jew and At present, the maximum OrienfWest Consultants Inc., a Japanese. He stated that over number of Jews in Japan has In This Issue firm that specializes in helping the past several years many been placed at around two American companies succeed in articles have appeared in Japa­ thousand. Dr. Grossberg Asia-Pacific· markets. In 1984, nese newspapers with anti­ explained that the sources of • American and Israeli Election Coverage, p. 8-11 Citibank hired him as their full­o Serpiticovertones. He addressed anti-Semitism are the Christian time strategy chief in Tokyo fr the question of why the Japa­ missionaries and Western anti­ • Commentator "On-Site" Survey,p. 14 their consumer branch in the nese would increase their anti­ Semitic literature, translated Asia-Pacific region. Semitism now and, especially into Japanese. There had been a Dr. Grossberg began his lec­ with the Japanese so economi­ ban on these missionaries, but it • New Basketball Assistant Coach, p. 16 ture with the topic of anti­ cally powerful, why would they was lifted in 1873, resulting in Semitism in Japan in order to attack the Jews with such Continued on Page S. October 25, 1988 Page2 The Commentator EDITORIALS------- YU's Poll Tax 500 West 185th Street,New York,New York 10033, 923-6320.Published bl-weekly during the academic yearby the Yeshiva CollegeStudent Council.The views expressed In thesecolumns are thoseof the writer�only, and do not reflect Once again, the YC student body finds itself complaining of in�o�side�ation b� the the opinion· of The Commentator, the student body, the faculty, or the Administration. The subject this time is Election Day. The Admm1strat1on provided admlnlstrdtion of Yeshiva University.We do not endorseany of the products no free time on November 8th for students to either vote at home or at a nearby booth or servicesadvertised in these pages. in the Heights. For most schools, this would pose no real obstacle for the stude�ts, however for a YC student who finds no respite in his schedule between the mormng GOVERNING BOARD and eve�ing, this inconsiderate policy poses a most disturbing possibility of students not voting. BEHN AM DAYANIM Editor�in-Chief Not Another Council, Please DOV J. PINCHOT LARRY HARTSTEIN Executive Editor Senior Editor YCSC Last year, amid much controversy, two new positions w�re created on the _ Executive Board. The Vice Presidency was divided into two, one representmg the BARRY KAYE ASHER D. WOLMARK liberal arts division and one the new business school. In addition, the Vice President LEE NIREN JEFFREY MENDELSON for Business Affairs was granted by the Student Council the right to form an Coordinating Editors Business Editors "association" of which he would be "President." The Vice President for Liberal Arts, elected solely by Yeshiva College students, was to sit as an observer at all meetings JOSHUA FRUCHTER STEVEN MAJOR of the new association. LARRY PORTAL BRUCE SCHANZER This complex arrangement, concluded only after severe pressure exerted_ on a Feature Editors News Editors reluctant Student Council by the SSSB administration, has now resulted m the unfortunate confusion against which THE COMMENTATOR unsuccessfullyargued BARRY DINER AVRAM GOLDSTEIN last year.