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Two Elis garner Rhodes 11.22.09 (15)
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.
Students, profs protest holding MLK Day classes
The University's decision to hold classes Monday on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is drawing protest from students and heavyweight Yale professors, 25 of whom have signed a strongly worded letter urging administrators to reconsider the issue next...
Bargain sushi in Durfee basement
Yale students will still have to venture outside the ivy walls to sake bomb, but they can now drop by Durfee's for sushi. In an attempt to keep abreast of college dining trends and the needs of its clientele, Durfee's will add sushi to its menu...
Mayoral hopefuls turn in and spin finance reports
Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and state Sen. Martin Looney, who are seeking the Democratic nomination in this fall's mayoral race, filed their first campaign finance reports of the year Thursday, and both sides immediately tried to spin the numbers in their...
Orthodox Jews relieved by 'Yale 5' loss
A line from the bar mitzvah ceremony best sums up the reaction of the Yale Orthodox Jewish community to a recent ruling that will likely mark the end of the legal saga of the so-called "Yale Five," which brought internal controversy and external...
GASO gives GESO a ribbing
GASO has no members, is not an organization and has a name that means absolutely nothing. But a collection of individuals who support this "non-organization" that is labeled under a false acronym emerged in 1998 as the main graduate student-led...
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In renovation plans, Yale eyed possible labor unrest
Toward the end of last year, Yale officials considered the possibility of a strike by the University's two recognized unions when determining the order of major renovation projects, several administrators have confirmed. Conversations among high-level...
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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 (42)
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 (6)
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 (6)
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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