From that time on, there has been no rabbinical interference with academic matters at the university. Menachem Klein indicates that Bar Ilan faces several unique problems as a religious institution. For example, non-religious students receive stickers for their automobiles that do not contain the university symbol of a Torah scroll since their driving on Shabbat would clash with the institution's Orthodox image. The male academic staff, which is made up of both religious and non-religious teachers, must all wear skull caps in the classroom, thus reflecting the religious character of the university. University dormitories are not available to non-observant students so that desecration of the Sabbath does not take place in them.
Alternative housing is made available.
Nonetheless, some non-religious students are resentful of this policy which they see as discriminatory. In the 1970's, Bar Ilan instituted two special programs to attract religious students. Regularly enrolled students at Bar Ilan may attend them. No academic credit is offered for these studies. It is a grave mistake to come down on Bar Ilan for creating Yigal Amir.