Articles by Sora Gordon

Complementary Characters- A Review of Arsenic and Old Lace

By Sora Gordon • Published: May 12, 2015 • Comment ()

Just last week, the curtain fell on the final performance of the Stern College Dramatics Society production of Arsenic and Old Lace, a witty black comedy written by Joseph Kesselring and directed by our very own speech professor, Reuven Russell. Arsenic and Old Lace is a murder comedy centered around two sweet old aunties named […]

Next Step for YUConnects

By Sora Gordon • Published: March 3, 2015 • Comment ()

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but it seems as if love is still in the air for some. Or at least, YU hopes it will be. Inspired by Starbucks’s recent partnership with Match.com, which enables Match.com users to easily coordinate a first date at a nearby Starbucks, the Stern caf has decided to partner […]

Seeing Israel

By Sora Gordon • Published: February 11, 2015 • Comment ()

The first thing that struck me was the cold. Israel is a country of contradictions, and freezing temperatures and snowfalls in a Middle-Eastern desert country was something that I could not wrap my head around. But Israel is also a country of miracles, and the very fact that I was there, huddling for warmth in […]

Being Chabad on Campus

By Sora Gordon • Published: December 11, 2014 • Comment ()
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When I tell people that I attend Stern College, they automatically assume that like the majority of the Yeshiva University student body, I am Modern Orthodox. I usually just smile, or shrug, or nod a vague affirmative. I don’t even bother to correct their assumptions anymore. It’s gotten too exhausting to add the qualifier ultra- […]

Just in Time for Finals: Best Study Spots Around Town

By Sora Gordon • Published: December 11, 2014 • Comment ()

It’s that time of the year again, and no, I don’t mean holiday season. To a college student the very first snow flurries of winter paired with Christmas music, strings of fairy lights, and ropes of tinsel can only indicate one thing: the onset of finals season. And of course, with finals season comes finals […]

To Ice or Not to Ice: #IceBucketChallenge Revisited

By Sora Gordon • Published: October 1, 2014 • Comment ()

“At least it was a small bucket,” was pretty much the only thought that managed to pene-trate the brain freeze to which I had just voluntarily subjected myself. By donating a sizable amount of my limited funds and dumping a bucket of ice water on my head, I committed myself to being the latest participant […]

Once Again, The People Sing on Broadway

By Sora Gordon • Published: April 9, 2014 • Comment ()

As any self-proclaimed theater geek knows, the best part of living in New York City is the relative ease of obtaining student rush tickets for Broadway shows. Yet with classes starting so often in the dreaded morning hours, waiting in line for the box office to open at 10:00 a.m. isn’t always feasible. However, if […]