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Students Hear The Cry

Benefit Concert, Morg Mart Respond to Tragedy in Haiti

Though undergraduate students were on vacation when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, upon returning from the winter break, both the Wilf and Beren campuses have responded with action to help heal the nation experiencing this tragedy. Full story

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Back to the Drawing Board:

Provost Lowengrub Abandons Experimental Method for Math Course

The plan this semester was to offer the Differential Equations (Mathematic 2601) course via video-conference for both the Wilf and Beren campuses simultaneously. However, after much deliberation, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Morton Lowengrub, who was teaching the course, decided to abandon his innovative experiment. Full story

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Admiring A Life Of Dedication

Yeshiva Mourns the Passing of Dr. Norman Rosenfeld

Norman S. Rosenfeld, Jekuthiel Ginsburg Professor of Mathematics and former Yeshiva College Dean, passed away three weeks ago, with funeral services held on January 17th in the Bronx. Dr. Rosenfeld profoundly impacted many different sectors of the Yeshiva community. Full story

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From the Desk of the Editor-in-Chief:

A Brief, and (Hopefully) Final Analysis of the Gay Panel and Its Implications

Many people have commented to me that this academic year has been a “slow news year.” While this is at times frustrating for aspiring journalists, it would seem to be a good thing for YU. Few scandals or controversies, and certainly not many fiascos of epic proportions, have plagued our institution, and I am sure that a “year in review” type article for this year would appear to be quite tame compared to those of past years, and especially compared to one written last year. Full story

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Around the World in 8 Days

CJF winter break trips brought YU students to Israel, Washington DC, Kansas City, Omaha, Boulder, Denver, and even El Salvador (left).

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Avner's Antics: Skirting the Issue

People around YU think that women that want to play sports for Yeshiva should not be allowed to wear skirts (while competing). Sound weird? It should.

Galaxy Quest

As I got off the bus onto a small paved road off the main highway, the hot and arid desert air stung my face. Looking around, I saw that we were in the middle of nowhere, with literally nothing but sand around us as far as the eye could see. Why am I here? Then I saw it, right behind me: a big sign on a pole dug deep into the sand reading “Halutzit.” Suddenly, it all made sense.

Voltaire at 250: Scandal and Success

A Special Exhibit at the New York Public Library

Voltaire (1694-1778), author of Candide, devoted his life to the pursuit for freedom. François-Marie Arouet, who published under the pen name Voltaire, a heartfelt renegade whose passionate pursuit of tolerance, equality, free-speech, and religious egalitarianism, resulted, ironically, in his repeated exile and ostracization from society.

Tuning Up for a Playoff Run

Writing about the basketball team is a touchy subject. As with any team, when you have fans, you have critics. And, from the sidelines, everybody is a perfect coach. In The Commentator, writers are fearful to critique—and maybe justifiably—because writers don’t have the same views as coaches.

Facebook and Gchat and Twitter…Oh My!

The Consequences Of Constant Connectivity

If you haven’t been hibernating in some Antarctican ice fissure, you are probably familiar with, if not an active user of, some of the items listed in the title of this article. You are probably also aware that Facebook, GChat, and Twitter - though hi-tech titans in their own right - are merely the tip of the technological iceberg that is the modern world of social networking and connective technology.

Senior Research Spotlight

Greenbaum Investigates Precipitant Chirality in Protein Crystallization

Arieh Greenbaum, now in his last of eight semesters on-campus, has worked with Physics Professor Neer Asherie since his second semester—including two summers’ worth of work—on research in biophysics.

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Give us the Syllabus

As many instructors at Yeshiva University know by now, most students can only be expected to have all the assigned books for their classes some 10-15 business days into the semester, to allow time for shipping from various book websites. Fortunately, there is an extraordinarily simple answer to this problem: send out the class syllabi earlier.

An Hour Makes All the Difference

Unless you’re Hermione Granger and are in possession of a time-turner, you had a tough choice to make last Thursday at 2:45PM. Among the many events to choose from were a lecture from a candidate for professor of American History, a special panel on teaching science in a Torah institution with Dr. Feit and Rabbi Tendler, and a Jewish Studies colloquium with visiting talmudist Isaiah Gafni.