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Commentator History
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chagim

italicized 

100

When was The Commentator founded?

1935

100

Who were the past YU presidents? (IN ORDER)

Dr. Bernard Revel, Dr. Samuel Belkin, Dr. Norman Lamm and Dr. Richard. M. Joel

100

Who’s on the features team (name of senior and junior editor)?

Rivka Krause (senior) and Hadassah (junior)

100

How does one punctuate books?

Quotation marks

200

kippah

Not italicized 

200

Which people at YU worked for The Commentator?

Sam Gelman, Schwab

200

For approximately how many years was Dean Karen Bacon the dean of the undergraduate faculty of arts and sciences at YU? (Before being promoted to Povost’s Office)

Nearly 50 years

200

What was the most recent opinions piece published?

"A Portrait of an Accidental Advocate" by Dov Pfeiffer

200

Is it "co-ed" or "coed"?

Coed

300

Semikha

Italicized

300

Who was the first editor-in-chief of The Commentator?

Moses I. Feuerstein

300

When was Yeshiva College and Stern College founded?

YC - 1928, SCW - 1954

300

How many staff writers are there?

15 (Ariel Azar, Breindy Berger, David Deutsch, Ayelet Friedman, Avraham Frohlich, Ruti Frohlich, Moselle Goldstein, Daniel Kohn, Elza Koslowe, Josh Makovsky, Leora Schramm, Selma Spinner, Maya Wasserman, Sam Weinberg, Ellie Weisberg)

300

What is wrong with this sentence? “Last week, I spoke to Kalman Shapiro, a current Biology major, about his experience in General Chemistry.”

"Biology" is not capitalized

(Extra points- need to include his date of graduation)

400

Rosh Chodesh

Not italicized
400

Before last year, when was the first time there were 2 editors-in-chief?

1986-1987: Lance Hirt & Daniel Mann

400

Who landed a plane on YU?

George “Flying Tiger” Wino (see From the Commie Archives (October 27, 1958; Volume 48, Issue 2) — Opposition in “Heights” to Pilgrim’s Progress)

400

How many business articles were published last year?

A total of 6
400

Is it the "Trump Administration" or the "Trump administration"?

Trump administration

500

Tishrei

Not italicized

500

What was THE MOST READ article in Commie history?

"Money in the Mail" by Shmuel Metz (Business, April 18, 2021)

500

How many students are enrolled in GPATS as of Spring 2024?

32

500

Who is on our arts and cultures section?

Senior Arts & Culture Editor: Liev Markovich

Junior Arts & Culture Editor: Nissim Farhy

Arts & Cultures Staff: Rebecca Guzman, Rivka Krause, Sam Weinberg

500

80’s or ‘80s?

‘80s