Passfan: She wanted a “Jewish experience”. She was very into cultural Judaism.
Health: No. The Beacon is not a publication of YU. It’s not. It’s a publication by some YU students. Many of the writers never even attended YU (some of the editors may not have either). YU couldn’t stop the girl from making her own website. I guess they could have fought over having the word “YU” in the name but no one really cared and the Beacon was (and still mostly is) considered a joke by most people around YU and is viewed as just a way for a few journalism majors to boost their resumes. No one cared about it and it wasn’t a big deal until this piece went viral. People complained a lot about at least one article every week in the Beacon, even articles about inappropriate sexual things. This one just got a lot of press for some reason.