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Two Elis win Rhodes 11.22.09 (1)
Matthew Baum ’09 and Geoffrey Shaw ’10 are among 32 students nationwide who this weekend were awarded the Rhodes Scholarship, the most prestigious undergraduate academic scholarship.
Search begins for deans, masters
With a quarter of Yale's current crop of residential college masters and deans leaving by the end of the year, there are several important holes to fill in the Yale community. Two deans are leaving at the end of this semester, and another dean and...
Studios fling doors open
This week City-Wide Open Studios is putting 350 New Haven artists on the map. The organization takes local artists' work and provides exhibition space all over the city in a three-week celebration of the Elm City's art. The opening...
Columbus Day under assault
About 50 members of the Yale community joined together at the Women's Table last night to encourage students to "Rethink Columbus Day." The Association of Native Americans at Yale, in conjunction with the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, the...
United Way cuts $63K in Q House funding
As if it didn't have enough problems. The United Way of Greater New Haven will withhold $63,000 in funding next year from the Dixwell Community House, known as the "Q House." While the amount is less than 10 percent of the center's budget, the cut is...
Yale panel debates issues in medical ethics
What is the definition of death? Who decides if research can be conducted on children who cannot voice their opinions? These are the types of questions that were addressed in Friday's Bioethics Symposium at Yale. The Yale Bioethics Group hosted a...
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Branford dining woes continue
Lunch in Branford College is a rare event these days. That's because it never happens. Two months into the school year, Branford's dining hall is still not fully operational, and with construction hang-ups all over the college, students are up...
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Tent City fights homelessness 11.20.09
Elm Street was alive with the sounds of laughter, the strains of a guitar and the shouts of people calling, “Fight the fight — end homelessness!”
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FOOTBALL | Yale blows lead in final minutes 11.21.09 (18)
All season, Yale head coach Tom Williams has used trick plays to his team's advantage. But that changed for the Bulldogs at the Yale Bowl on Saturday — and in the most critical of ways. Harvard overcame a 10–0 deficit in the fourth quarter and defeated the Bulldogs 14–10.
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A tradition of their own, 37 years and counting 11.20.09 (5)
Overcoming their alma maters’ rivalry, Richard Sperry ’68 and Roger Cheever, Harvard class of 1967, say they hold the record for most consecutive Games attended.
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West Campus stays safe 11.20.09 (2)
WEST HAVEN — The last reported “crime” at Yale’s 136-acre West Campus occurred four to five years ago, said Thomas Paddock, one of the four head security officers who cover the area.
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Expenses a concern for arts majors 11.20.09 (5)
Photography student Miranda Lewis ’12 said she worked all summer to purchase a new digital camera for her “Digital Photography” class.
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