That being the case, this letter from the trustees to that school’s students is the very definition of chutzpah.
Having royally fucked the now junk-rated school through greed and irresponsibility, its trustees turn around and lecture its students.
Sometimes change can create concern. But the fact is that change needs to be embraced, and change provides an opportunity to make improvements in our structure, and in the way we support the needs and aspirations of our exceptional students.
Don’t be scared, boys and girls! We were nervous before we invested all that money with Bernard Madoff and Ezra Merkin, but we had the courage to do it! And that was only one of the practically criminal financial risks we took with your money! Make us – epitomized by the most high-profile among us, Zygi Wilf – your model of personal behavior!
****************
Let UD just say this for the record: If she were a Yeshiva University student, professor, or graduate, she would have serious anger issues.