2008 Woodie Awards
This year's freshman class enrollment soared to 1010 members. The large influx of new students precipitated a housing shortage that resulted in sophomores moving into the Foy and Lower New Townhouses, typically reserved for upperclassmen. The Department of Housing initially sought out the help of local hotels and struck gold at the Residence Inn.
Those in the Nelly Goletti Theatre this past Tuesday evening were privy to a miraculous incarnation of the famed Zionist leader Ze'eb Jabotinsky. Well, not exactly. But distinguished translator, journalist, and author Hillel Halkin did speak on the political philosophy of early 20th-century Zionist leader Jabotinsky's and its relevance to the current crisis in Israel at the 30th annual William and Sadie Effron Lecture in Jewish Studies at Marist.
According to Venezuelan security officials, a youth enrolled at the state-sponsored Bolivarian University had been arrested Monday after attempting to detonate pipe bombs outside of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas. One bomb had been found on the road outside of the university, and the other embedded in a planter not more than 50 yards from the entrance to the embassy.