Articles by Naamah Schwartz

Light up the Nights! Chanukah 2014 on Campus

By Naamah Schwartz • Published: January 2, 2015 • Comment ()

A Candy Land Chagigah, the Tac-Soy Shabbaton, and other events arranged by TAC and SCWSC helped bring the Chanukah 2014 spirit to the Beren Campus. On the Tuesday of the first night of Chanukah, a small group of women attended a lunch Chabura organized by the Beit Midrash Committee and led by a GPATS student. […]

Is Energy and Sustainability on Campus Achievable?

By Naamah Schwartz • Published: December 11, 2014 • Comment ()

How “green” are Stern students? Last month, the Office of Energy and Sustainability at YU held a competition called YU Unplugged on the Beren and Wilf campuses to raise awareness about sustainability and to determine how successful students can be at conserving energy on campus. Andrea Moore, the Sustainability Manager for YU and Albert Einstein […]

Even Faster Than Prime: Amazon’s First Brick-and-Mortar Store Coming to a Street Near You

By Naamah Schwartz • Published: November 13, 2014 • Comment ()

Students on the Beren campus may be among the first to benefit from the newest NYC attraction—an Amazon store. Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reported Amazon’s plans to open a brick-and-mortar store in Midtown Manhattan. The store will be located at 7 West 34th St, across from the Empire State Building, and is […]

Shteiging isn’t Just for Students: A New Semester of the Community Beit Medrash Program

By Naamah Schwartz • Published: October 1, 2014 • Comment ()

Your parents can take a course this fall that was recently offered to SCW students. The occasion is a new semester of the Community Beit Medrash Program, which brings YU learning opportunities to the broader YU community. YU Alumni, donors, board members, and parents are among those who have taken advantage of the program in […]

Spreading the Sound of Music: Music Vs. Plans to Expand

By Naamah Schwartz • Published: August 19, 2014 • Comment ()

Music Vs., a student-led club that debuted on the YU campus three years ago, is now in expansion mode, a sign that its mission–spreading cheer to the ill and elderly through music–continues to hit the right note with YU students. Music Vs. was created by Mark Weingarten, a Yeshiva College and RIETS student who also […]

Chloe’s on Campus: Low-Calorie Soft Serve a Sweet Success

By Naamah Schwartz • Published: April 9, 2014 • Comment ()

Chloe’s Soft Serve Fruit, a low-calorie, fruit-based alternative to ice cream and frozen yogurt, debuted in the Le Bistro and Kushner cafeterias this past September.  The installation of the two Chloe machines on the Beren Campus was the result of a collaboration between Food Services and Chloe’s Soft Serve Fruit Co, a company based in […]