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Two Elis win Rhodes 11.22.09 (5)
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.
News analysis: Early admit cutback levels field (12)
As a record-breaking flood of applications looms on the horizon, the Yale admissions office has worked to create more space for regular applicants in the class of 2013 by cutting back on the number of students admitted early compared to last year.
Y-NH to be smoke-free (1)
While Yale-New Haven Hospital makes no butts about its commitment to eradicating secondhand smoke from its premises, the pungent odor of tobacco lingered in the skywalk leading from the hospital’s entrance to the attached parking garage this past Saturday.
Murder on the rise in Elm City (2)
Although slightly fewer people were non-fatally shot in New Haven in 2008 than in 2007, the number of homicides in the city increased by 69 percent, according to figures released by the New Haven Police Department.
Bowing for Yo-Yo (2)
James Taylor, Alison Krauss, Diana Krall — these are but a few of the world-famous musicians who have collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma, the celebrated cellist who will perform next Tuesday at the 44th Presidential Inauguration. Kevin Olusola ’10 would like to see his name added to that list, and he is nerve-wrackingly close.
From ‘fat and poor’ to thin and thrifty (3)
In the season of New Year’s resolutions and the country’s economic crunch, people may wish to start fresh — one calorie or dollar at a time. Sam MacDonald ’95 took the initiative to do just that five years after he graduated from Yale. At the time, he weighed 340 pounds and found himself $15,000 in debt, paying to fix a broken-down Ford Taurus, and, of course, settling...
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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 (27)
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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