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New A Capella Group on Campus
By: Ariel Peleg Yeshiva University's newest a capella group, the Y-Studs, performed their debut concert last month at DreidelPalooza. The new group is the innovation of three students at Yeshiva...
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Fuel Cells and Faculty Mentorship: Chemistry Professor Michael Machczynski
By: Steven Lowinger An easy-to-spot Chemistry professor, Dr. Michael Machczynski grew up in Trenton, Michigan. and nbsp; He received a degree in chemical physics from Michigan State University and...
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SAAC Leads Push to Publish Evaluations
By: Michael Silverstein As the registration rush comes to an end and students finalize their schedules, the question often arises: What's this teacher like? and nbsp; Will the course be challenging?...
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Published Answers in The Commentator? The Strange History of Shelly Senders...
By: Elliot Friedman and Adam Zimilover Shelly Senders styled himself the 'Cleveland Crusader,' an and lsquo;out-of-town' boy using his position on the student newspaper to change Yeshiva University...
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Volleyball is the New Basketball
By: Jeremy Schwartz For the first time ever, the word 'libero' could actually be heard around campus. Yeshiva students were actually talking about volleyball, and why wouldn't they be? The Maccabees...
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Baseball Books of the Offseason: The Hardball Times Baseball Annual 2011
By: Jonathan Schwab For fans of America's pastime, the harsh cold months of the offseason can be especially torturous. and nbsp; From the last out of the World Series to the day pitchers and catchers...
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The Quidditch World Cup: Fact or Fiction?
By: Joshua Redlich For those of you who thought that Purim is the only day a year you can dress like a wizard and get away with it, guess again. and nbsp; Dressed in Slytherin and Gryffindor robes and...
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Book Review: Bringing New Wisdom to the Wisdom Corpus
By: AJ Berkovitz If one were to compile a list of scholars who spearheaded the movement to appreciate the Bible as a literary masterpiece, Robert Altar's name would near the top. Altar champions a...
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Review of Printing the Talmud
By: Sam Reinstein On November 27, I flocked towards Rubin lobby along with many fellow undergraduates for a free book that was being given out by the YU Museum. Each person must have been thinking,...
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Harry Potter and the Beginning of the End
By: Joshua Redlich After years of waiting, fans of J.K. Rowling's renowned Harry Potter series finally witnessed the movie adaption of the series' seventh and final installment, Harry Potter and the...
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Morality in a Time of Atrocity: A Review of YCDS’s The Andersonville Trial
By: Aaron Berkowitz Did you ever given into peer-pressure when you were a kid? I can admit that I have. Whether it was something small like stealing a teacher's chalk for sidewalk entertainment, or...
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Album Review: Songs at a Table
By: Harry Portman 'Songs at a Table,' the debut album from The Niggun Project, which was spearheaded by Einstein College of Medicine alumnus Dr. Josh Milner, is a refreshing release. The a cappella...
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A Familiar Voice: Review of Foreign Bodies
By: Benjamin Abramowitz It's an old story (a reinvention of Henry James' The Ambassadors) about old people; Cynthia Ozick's new novel, completed in the author's 83rd year, didn't quite promise the...
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The Merchant of Venice on Broadway
By: Jonathan Schwab David Sullivan's Production of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice has already garnered significant press attention for the star portraying Shylock, the play's identifiable...
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The Funny Side of Jihad: A Review of Four Lions
By: Nathaniel Jaret There is little comical about a suicide bomber. and nbsp; Until Four Lions, that is. and nbsp; A British Jihadi satire directed by Chris Morris which premiered at the esteemed...
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“It Is Not Good for [Wo]Man to Be Alone”
By: Jina Davidovich I have been notified that my internal clock must be off. I recently made the following comment in the Stern elevator, a grievous sin which I will never again perpetrate: 'you know,...
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Talia Talk: Miss Middot and the Introduction to Courteous Conduct
By: Talia Elizabeth Kaufman In its premiere issue, The Scene caused quite the scandal. Even with its extensive length, readers were left with many questions. Is this enlightening or kind of offensive?...
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Dear Blank and Blank
By: Blank and Blank Dear Blank and Blank, There comes a time in every woman's life when she realizes her diary doesn't talk back. and nbsp;A time in every man's life when he asks himself some...
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Letters to the Editor: New Makolet, AEPi
By: New Makolet Has Challenged Halacha Dear Editor, I was extremely disturbed by the article on 'The Makolet' that appeared in the November 18 issue of and nbsp;The Commentator. and nbsp; First of...
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7 Up, 7 Down
By: Editorial Staff 7 Up 'Candlelight.' The Maccabeats' absurdly popular single and music video has brought Chanukah cheer to the world and unparalleled publicity to YU. Kid Drinking Water. Abject...
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