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I still don't see why they have to put the new colleges all the way over there. One could totally go where that underused building and parking lot are behind the British Art Center. There must be somewhere closer by for the other one.

I agree. Why can't the new colleges be located where the other ones are? In HGS or behind the Music School.

You are now experiencing what a Yale student must have experienced when the decison was made to create a "college" system--many years ago in the 20's and 30's. Change at Yale is the reason why the college has continued to move forward. In 1968--endless hours of debate over the admission of women was observed every evening after dinner in the dining halls--I know--I was a high school "bursary" student who worked at the Trumbull College Dining Hall. Students--many of them were against the change--but in the end it occurred--and change will continue to occur with the constuction of the new colleges on Science Hill.

12:31's argument recap: Every proposal for change at Yale is necessarily good because admitting women was good and some people back then opposed admitting women.

Change is good; i dont think any one is debating that - I think it's more a matter of the fact that Yale admin is doing a relatively poor job of explaining WHY the two new colleges have to be located so awkardly away from central campus when there seem to be so many alternatives available (difficult to realize probablY).

Is moving the cemetery out of the question? What if they built the colleges on stilts above the cemetery?

yale should focus more on its already paltry financial aid packets in comparison to similar schools

When I went to a panel on this subject, we were told that the colleges were being put on Science Hill to integrate that section into the rest of campus. But then, they asked us, "What can we put by the new colleges to get you guys to visit? A student center? Some shopping?" By asking those questions, administrators acknowledge how isolated the new colleges would be. Why do we need to add colleges to get people on Science Hill? Why not put the student centers and shopping there first, THEN see whether students would want to live in that location? We might be more receptive that way.

Please, stop your moaning! Science hill is a 5 minute walk from campus. If you need a car to get from there to the gym, then you are in serious trouble already.

Its good to see some Yale students actually caring about their community and asking for meaningful input into the administrations' decisions. Of course, part of the reason Yale is such a minimally-activist campus is that the administration does not provide openings for students to make any kind of difference other than through heavily-administration-backed astroturf like the anti-racism stuff. Well, that and that too many students spend their time debating national politics in front of famous people instead.