You can’t go too far in scrimping. The problem with making too many cuts is that if you lower the quality of the very thing you are trying to save, then what is it you are protecting? You can’t destroy the undergraduate experience in order to save it. ...

There is no field more important in which the students of Stern College need empowerment as ensuring that not one student will become an agunah. If Yeshiva University seeks to enhance Jewish life f...

The idea that in seminary you have somehow arrived, that you have discovered your raison d’être, and the rest of your life, or college career at least (until that long-awaited moment when you ride ...

  “Parents, get your cameras ready,” announced the ranger over the top of an outstretched American flag and the heads of the two dozen young citizens who held it aloft. Any Boy or Girl Scouts present were about to earn their citizenship badges, he ...

Walt Disney has crushed my dreams of living happily ever after. Although the protagonist in every Disney fairytale overcomes his or her obstacles and achieves success and happiness, I now understand that realistically, it will never happen to me. ...

“Friends don’t let friends get married without a prenup” was the slogan circulating both campuses on March 29, 2012, following the panel sponsored by T...

Founded earlier this semester, the Agunah Advocacy Club has already made a significant impact at YU as one of sponsors of the widely attended “Fighting the ]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 1.2873261 Features Agunah Advocacy Club has already made a significant impact at YU as one of sponsors of the widely attended “Fighting the Tali Adler Features http://www.yuobserver.com/features/reclaiming-our-identity-as-an-all-women-s-college-1.2873260 Yaelle Lasson
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The YU Maccabeats were performing uptown in the Lamport Auditorium while, at the S...

At the recent 2012 AIPAC Conference in Washington D.C., the pursuit of intellectual honesty was the reccurring theme that characterized my ...

Returning to the glory days of bookworm-hood was exhilarating – I'd forgotten the thrill of suspense, the anticipation of climax, the exciting progression from chapter to chapter. ...

The question is, regarding both safety precautions and the grief factor, has Stern’s response to the Toulouse tragedy been adequate? ...

On April 25, the Student Academic Affairs Committee (SAAC) organized a Deans’ Forum, styled after the Town Hall meetings, only “with the deans who can actually implement and push forward the issues t...

Charlie Harary to Teach at Syms Next Semester A popular lecturer for 1.2873250 News Charlie Harary to Teach at Syms Next Semester A popular lecturer for News http://www.yuobserver.com/news/dr-kim-evans-petition-letter-1.2873246 The Stern Student Body
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  Dear President Joel and Provost Lowengrub: At the previous Town Hall meeting, the question of Professor Kim Evans' recent denial of tenure was raised. This administrative decision has ...

Dr. Victor Schwartz, University Dean of Students, will be leaving Yeshiva this month to become medical director at The Jed Foundation, which works to reduce the prevalence of emotional distress and suicide among college students. ...

Erica Hasten explains that due to a series of miscommunications and lack of information many students were confused about the status of the Off Campus Dining Program at the beginning of the spring semester. Students who expected to receive another $250...

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Cookies and candy and are ushered through the door In cellophane, on platters, or in bags galore Children and adults from young to old Seem to forget the message shalac...

1.2816263 Features Features http://www.yuobserver.com/features/50-years-of-theater-1.2816254 Ann Levenson

As the cast takes its final bow and the house lights come up, the Stern College Dramatics Society (SCDS) closes its production of the Madwoman of ]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2012 1.2816254 Features SCDS) closes its production of the Madwoman of Ann Levenson Features