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President Joel Confirms Campus Changes at Town Hall

By Rina Haller • Published: April 11, 2016 • Comment ()
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Richard Joel, president of Yeshiva University, held his last Town Hall meeting of the year at Stern College’s Beren campus last Wednesday. Most notably, President Joel confirmed the rumors that the start of renovations, increased prices, and new rules to campus housing will activate in the fall. Before divulging specific changes being made to the […]

Immediate Changes on Beren Campus Cause Frustration Among Students

By Observer Staff • Published: March 31, 2016 • Comment ()

Earlier this week, the Office of the President sent out an reporting several initiatives taking place across Yeshiva University campuses. While some are necessary, long term improvements, others are effective immediately—and are causing stress to current students.. Firstly, the current Cardozo Law School student residence, The Alabama on 11th Street, is being sold instead of […]

Another Successful Year at YU’s 22nd Annual Seforim Sale

By Shira Krinsky • Published: March 14, 2016 • Comment ()
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Every year, the bottom floor of Belfer Hall is transformed into a storefront for the YU Seforim Sale. Beginning in 1994, this sale boasts to be the largest Jewish book sale in North America, with about 15,000 customers annually. It is run by Yeshiva University students, and all of the profits go toward Student Life […]

An Insight into the True Freshman

By Ruthie Klein • Published: March 13, 2016 • Comment ()
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At most other colleges, the term “true freshman” doesn’t exist. At Yeshiva University, though, true freshmen live among many other students who have spent a year or more in Israel. A small population in comparison to the significantly larger sophomore, junior, and senior classes, true freshmen experience different setbacks than the average Stern/YC student, but […]

Beloved Security Guard, Marcella, Retires After 10 Years at Yeshiva University

By Tova Muss • Published: March 13, 2016 • Comment ()
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Last week, a post on the Facebook group Stern College: In the Know announcing the retirement of “Marcella, the cheerful security guard of 215 Lexington” hit charts as the second most-liked post in the group’s history. The group’s most impressionable post is a meme that reads “It doesn’t matter how you’re doing on finals as […]

New YU Graduate Program in Speech Pathology Opening This Fall

By Judy Leserman • Published: March 13, 2016 • Comment ()
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Earlier this year, Yeshiva University announced that it is in the process of opening a new graduate school for speech pathology. Though the program is still under review, if all goes as planned, this graduate program will open in Fall 2016 under the direction of Dr. Linda M. Carroll. In an exclusive interview with The […]

Confessions of a Shana Bet “Freshback”

By Ariella Sundel • Published: February 10, 2016 • Comment ()
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Some of us may be bitter that we prematurely resume our trajectory to modern-day conventional living after returning from Israel, while others are thrilled to be released from the reigns of seminary. For a select few, such feelings have just surfaced: the last week of January marked the start of the spring semester, and with […]

Ambassadors Reveal Israel, UN Issues at Panel Discussion

By Meira Nagel • Published: February 10, 2016 • Comment ()

On Tuesday, February 2nd at 8:30 PM, a large group of students from Stern, Yeshiva College, and other universities traipsed into Furst Hall 501 to hear Ambassadors David Roet and Danny Ayalon conduct a panel discussion regarding their perspectives on the relationship between Israel and the United Nations. Ayalon and Roet entered amid the bustle, […]

Annual Sharsheret Event Takes the Cake

By Meira Nagel • Published: February 10, 2016 • Comment ()
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Unless you’ve been avidly avoiding your email inbox or are newly returned from Shana Bet, I’m sure Cake Wars has been somewhat on your radar. Cake Wars is an event brought to Yeshiva University by the Sharsheret Club to raise money for Sharsheret, a Jewish organization which supports breast cancer patients and survivors, and it […]

Yeshiva University to Host Free Genetic Screening Event

By Aderet Liss • Published: February 10, 2016 • Comment ()
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This year, Yeshiva University’s Medical Ethics Society is partnering with JScreen to host a genetic screening event, completely free of charge for all participants. JScreen is an Atlanta-based non-profit that provides genetic screening for those with Jewish lineage in order to determine the risk for hereditary diseases. Couples who are both carriers of certain diseases, […]