Sports

Coaching a Jewish Team: Enriched by Judaism

By Lindsay Wess • Published: May 20, 2013 • Comment ()

Yeshiva University affords students the opportunity to take classes in Judaic Studies in an atmosphere where they don’t feel like the minority.  It gives men and women the ability to make a bracha (blessing) over their food without being stared at with confusion by others.  Having the number of faculty and administration that are Jewish [...]

A Tribute to Meira Lerner

By Elisa Karp • Published: May 20, 2013 • Comment ()

Anyone who attended the athletics banquet on Wednesday, May 8th understands Meira Lerner’s commitment to the YU Athletics Department. Among many other awards, she received the prestigious Aaron Meyer Dedication to Athletics award. When presenting this award, athletics director Joe Bednarsh described Meira as “a young lady of limitless energy and determination, who is constantly [...]

Founding Softball: A Dream Come True

By Meira Lerner • Published: May 20, 2013 • Comment ()

A few minutes after filling out my Stern College admission forms on April 30th, 2008, I emailed Murray Sragow, associate director of undergraduate admissions. Mr. Sragow, my Stern College interviewer and an advocate of forming a softball team at Stern had convinced me to come to Stern partially because of the ability to play sports [...]

College Work Out: Get Summer Ready

By Lindsey Wess • Published: April 29, 2013 • Comment ()

With only a couple months left till summer vacation, students are either already in summer mode, or trying to figure out how to manage all of their work before the big break.  For many students, the school year is the only time when a daily routine is set in place.  Class during the day, homework [...]

The Sport of Dance

By Rachel Amsellem • Published: April 29, 2013 • Comment ()

Dancing is commonly viewed as a form of art.  Beautiful, moving, and captivating, dancers show the glamour and simplicity, as they make it look so effortless. Someone who has never danced may assume that putting on some music and moving your body is all that it takes to be a dancer. What many fail to [...]

Impressive Sarachek Turnout

By Lindsay Wess • Published: March 20, 2013 • Comment ()

School pride is what brings a student body together. Attending games allows students to bond as a whole for the sole purpose of supporting their school team. This past March, the annual YU Sarachek Tournament brought 20 yeshivot together from around the country in the hopes of bringing back the first-place title and trophy to [...]

Improving Children’s Physical and Mental Health through Fencing

By Meira Lerner • Published: March 20, 2013 • Comment ()

Tim Morehouse, an Olympic Fencer, initially signed up for middle school fencing classes in order to be excused from gym class. Little did he know that fencing would turn into a lifelong career and philanthropic pursuit. Morehouse, who fenced for four years at Brandeis University, decided to take fencing to the next level after college, [...]

NCAA All-American Rebecca Yoshor: Exclusive Interview

By Sara Olson • Published: March 20, 2013 • Comment ()
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On Tuesday, February 19th, 2013, Rebecca Yoshor of Stern’s Lady Macs basketball team was named to the Second Team of Capital One’s NCAA Division III Academic All-America® women’s basketball teams for the current academic year.  As Yoshor put it, “It’s an award for a combination of athletics and academics.”  The news made history in the [...]

Yoga

By Joanna Ross-Tach • Published: February 19, 2013 • Comment ()

Affordable yoga has made its way closer to Stern, with the opening of a new ‘Yoga to the People’ (YTTP) studio located on 23rd Street and 3rd Avenue. Right in Stern College’s backyard, new specialized yoga classes are being offered at the inexpensive price of just $5 per class. In this newest location named ‘YTTP [...]

NFL Super Bowl

By Lindsay Wess • Published: February 19, 2013 • Comment ()

Every February, Americans come together to watch the single most anticipated sporting event of the year.  It’s the day an athlete goes from being a player known only to Fantasy football league fanatics to someone on the world stage.  It’s the only time a company is willing to spend an average of 3.8 million dollars [...]