50 Years of Theater
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
View ArticleNutrition Nook
By: Sarah Edinger, President of the Nutrition ClubBe the Next Queen Esther Cookies and candy and are ushered through the door In cellophane, on platters, or in bags galore Children and adults from...
View ArticleNews That Matters to You
By: Renee Kestenbaum 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...
View ArticleDean of Students Departing
By: Observer Staff 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...
View ArticleDr. Kim Evans Petition Letter
By: The Stern Student Body 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...
View ArticleNews You May Have Missed
By: Charlie Harary to Teach at Syms Next Semester A popular lecturer for
View ArticleDeans’ Forum Puts Deans and Students in Touch
By: Renee Kestenbaum 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...
View ArticleThe Toulouse Tragedy: Adequate Response?
The question is, regarding both safety precautions and the grief factor, has Stern’s response to the Toulouse tragedy been adequate? ...
View ArticleMy Reading Renaissance: Goodbye Internet, Hello Austen
By: Chana Brauser 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. ...
View ArticleAIPAC 2012: Student Leaders Speak
By: Hannah Dreyfus At the recent 2012 AIPAC Conference in Washington D.C., the pursuit of intellectual honesty was the reccurring theme that characterized my ...
View ArticleReclaiming Our Identity as an All Women’s College
By: Yaelle Lasson The YU Maccabeats were performing uptown in the Lamport Auditorium while, at the S...
View ArticleCorrecting a Travesty, Preventing Tragedy
By: Tali AdlerThe Agunah Advocacy Club 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
View ArticleAt YU, Facing the Agunah Crisis
By: Penina Wein “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...
View ArticleAll is Fair in Fantasy
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...
View ArticleInherit the Flag
“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...
View ArticleOut of Spiritual Commission?
By: Hannah DreyfusA Seminary Retrospective 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...
View ArticleStern College's Obligation to Obligate Prenups
By: Dr. Rachel Levmore 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...
View ArticleDozens of Instructors Will Not Return in the Fall
By: Renee Kestenbaum 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...
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