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YU Global: A New Educational Venture Coming to a Stern Classroom near You

By Esti Hirt • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()

With the beginning of a new spring semester, students across YU’s campuses are dipping their toes into new classes and learning to navigate the different tides of unfamiliar teachers and departments. Amidst the routine changes brought by a new semester, some Yeshiva and Stern College students are feeling even more significant differences than usual. A […]

France of 2015: Living with Fear

By Sara Olson • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()

It was a little over a month ago that the city of Paris, France was rocked by three consecutive days of terrorist violence. Twelve were killed in the January 7th attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine that had gained publicity for publishing controversial cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed in 2006 […]

Brookdale Rodents Banished

By Riva Tropp • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()

It’s been a tough time for Brookdale residents lately, but the mice that plagued the main residence hall last semester seem to have finally been eradicated. When students returned after the summer break to Stern’s largest dorm building, most were startled to hear of the infestation. More information quickly followed. Notices were soon plastered on […]

Got Proof?

By Odeya Durani • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()

We know that for time immemorial parents have been encouraging children to drink milk. Then the dairy industry added the loudest voice of all to the chorus trumpeting the benefits of milk. With all the fanfare concerning “nature’s super-drink,” we never stop to think, why are we the only living creatures drinking milk after infancy? […]

Giving High School Students the College EDge

By Rebecca Garber • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()

If you were in Furst Hall on Wednesday, December 3rd or passed by the Sky Caf on Friday, December 5th, you may have noticed your fellow YU students engaged in conversation with high school students from the George Washington YABC and the Bronx Community High School. Your fellow YU students were participating in two mentorship […]

Remembering Julia Packer z’l

By Observer Staff • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()
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On the first Monday in February, students and teachers passing through the entrance of 245 Lexington Avenue stopped to remember. On a small table rested a burning candle and photos of a fellow student and friend that most describe as “radiant.” Saturday, January 31 marks the devastating and untimely loss of Stern College senior, Julia […]

Charedi Women Speak Up about “No Representation, No Vote” Campaign

By Naamah Schwartz • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()

In early December, a campaign was launched to guarantee a spot for Charedi women on the electoral lists of the Charedi United Torah Judaism and Shas parties in the Knesset. The “No Representation, No Vote” campaign, led by Charedi female activists, calls for the leadership of Charedi parties to reserve at least one spot on […]

Einstein Merger Finally Pending as Students Take a Stand

By Observer Staff • Published: February 3, 2015 • Comment ()
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Both Montefiore Medical Center’s and Yeshiva University’s Boards announced today that they have voted unanimously on the basic terms of a merger between the two institutions. This announcement follows a rally that took place this morning at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where Einstein’s dean Allen Spiegel announced to two-hundred students that an agreement between […]

Cuts to the Speech Department Spring 2015

By Shalva Ginsparg • Published: January 2, 2015 • Comment ()
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On the first day of class, Professor Reuven Russell often jokingly asks students how much they paid to get a seat in Speech 1010. A required course for students of all majors, Speech 1010 is notoriously known to provoke registration anxiety, as slots can fill up quickly and seniors who face scheduling conflicts are forced […]

10 Smart Foods to Give Your a Brain Boost

By Madalyn Sarafzadeh • Published: January 2, 2015 • Comment ()

That time of the year that has finally come to an end: finals. The jam-packed libraries on the Stern and Wilf campuses, high stress levels, the seven cups of coffee you consumed in order to finish that eleven page political science term paper that seemed like it would never be finished, and those stares that […]