2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
YU embarked on major spending increases over the past five years, adding faculty, acquiring real estate, and changing the university culture. In part due to this spending spree, though, YU now faces a budget deficit. In this coming fiscal year Yeshiva University will confront a $24 million budget deficit, a 4% gap in their $560 million budget.
Though Gower Accused Of 'Sloppy' Management, YU Confident He's Their Man.
Transgender Teacher Generates Discussion On Appropriate Values For College
As the latest stream of economic news continues to shock nations and roil markets around the globe, it is not wholly surprising to learn that our very own Yeshiva University faces a financial predicament of its own. President Richard M. Joel's recent announcement of a $24 million budget deficit for the coming fiscal year brings the tidal wave of economic misfortune surging into our very own classrooms.
Support for the State of Israel is, for many Jews, an overriding electoral concern. Yet, it has become less and less clear over recent years what Israel's best political interests are. Members of all points on the political spectrum offer differing views of how best to ensure Israel's well-being.
As anybody who has studied the course listings very thoroughly can tell you, some faculty members left recently. Some also returned. Certain of these recent events happened under more scrutiny and with more headlines than others, but that doesn’t change that fact that a lot of students here didn’t realize anything was different.
Agriprocessors changed their CEO in response to OU threats to withdraw its hechsher.