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MEMStar, Elmseed win Y50K contests
The Y50K Entrepreneurship Competition Awards Gala was every bit as exciting as the Superman posters advertising it suggested, at least for the MEMStar and Elmseed Enterprise Fund teams, who emerged as winners. The Yale Entrepreneurial...
Schiavone adds staff to mayoral campaign
As Mayor John DeStefano Jr. and state Sen. Martin Looney continue to capture headlines in their battle for the Democratic mayoral nomination, Republican candidate Joel Schiavone '58 is quietly gearing up his campaign. During the past month, Schiavone...
At dawn, YCC postering began
The race is on. Starting at 9 this morning, Yalies can cast their ballots for next year's Yale College Council officers. The chad-free ballots will be available online at www.yale.edu/ycc/vote, through Friday morning at nine. YCC Vice President...
National faculty salary rise barely beat inflation
The average faculty salary nationwide rose 3.5 percent during the 2000-2001 academic year, outpacing inflation for the seventh time in eight years, according to an annual report released Friday by the American Association of University Professors.
YCC places finishing touches on Spring Fling
After months of preparation, Spring Fling is now only days away. The event, organized by the Yale College Council, will be held this Sunday at the conclusion of the University's second tercentennial weekend. Students, alumni and New Haveners will be...
For Piro, two races, more questions
Some eyebrows on campus were raised last week when Jennifer Piro '04 put up campaign posters before the Yale College Council's official election campaign kick-off Saturday morning . Piro is simultaneously campaigning for Association of Yale Alumni...
Law School tenures first minority female professor
In one fell swoop, the Yale Law School demonstrated last week its commitment to both international development and diversifying its faculty by appointing Amy Chua to a tenured position. Chua, whose work focuses on international development in Asia...
YCC Candidate: Andrew Allison
College/Year: Timothy Dwight '04 Hometown: Scarsdale, N.Y. Major: undeclared YCC presidential candidate Andrew Allison '04 said his platform revolves around four realist goals: financial aid, food quality, funding of student activities and...
Gathering keeps Malik's memory alive
For Emma Jones, last week's violence in Cincinnati, Ohio, hit very close to home. Like the unarmed young black man killed by a white policeman there April 7, her son Malik was shot dead by a white East Haven police officer on April 14, 1997.
Forum opens discussion on slavery reparations
Pay me my inheritance. On Saturday, New Haven blacks repeated this theme at "Slavery Reparations 101," a forum put together by the Community Baptist Church and Black Thought for Justice and Change. The Rev. Eric Smith DIV '94 clarified the goal of...
YCC Candidate: Anthony Cotto
College/Year: Calhoun '03 Hometown: Spokane, Wash. Major: political science Tony Cotto said he and his friends gripe about the Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee all the time. "It seems like every time I talk to someone involved...
ITS finishes selection process for new CAs
Being a computer assistant is not an easy job, but every year at least 25 new students sign up for the challenge. This past Friday, Information Technology Services finished its selection process for next year's CAs, who will be replacing graduating...
YCC Candidate: Elizabeth Deters
College/Year: Trumbull '04 Hometown: Louisville, Ky. Major: undecided Beth Deters said the Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee does not help new student groups enough. As a founder of Teli, Yale's first online programming station...
YCC Candidate: Ames Brown
College/Year: Davenport '02 Hometown: New York City Major: History Ames Brown said he has seen it all with the Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee. "I've seen the UOFC be good and bad while I've been here," Brown said, "and that's...
YCC Candidate: David Gimbel
College/ Year: Morse '03 Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Major: undeclared From trips to Six Flags to four-on-four flag football tournaments, vice presidential candidate Dave Gimbel's vision for next year's YCC is simple: activities.
YCC Candidate: Alyssa Greenwald
College/Year: Jonathan Edwards '03 Hometown: New York, N.Y. Major: political science Alyssa Greenwald '03 thinks among the Yale College Council officer positions, the UOFC chair should be taken more seriously. "It shouldn't be the least...
YCC Candidate: Alexis Hoag
College/ Year: Silliman '04 Hometown: Huntington Beach, Calif. Major: undeclared, but likely American studies Financial aid students, YCC treasurer candidate Alexis Hoag '04 feels your pain. Hoag pledges, if elected, to fight for financial...
YCC Candidate: Jennifer Piro
College/Year: Calhoun '04 Hometown: New Orleans, La. Major: biomedical engineering Jen Piro '04 is known around campus as the secretary candidate with red, orange and yellow extensions in her hair. Playing off her last name, which means fire...
YCC Candidate: EB Kelly
College/ Year: Branford '03 Hometown: New York, N.Y. Major: history After two years representing Branford College, one on the Freshman College Council and one on the Yale College Council, EB Kelly wants to represent the whole student body as...
YCC Candidate: Vidhya Prabhakaran
College/Year: Morse '03 Hometown: San Diego, Calif. Major: political science and religious studies Vidhya Prabhakaran '03 sums up his platform for president in one word: "activities." Prabhakaran, YCC treasurer and Dwight Hall executive...
YCC Candidate: Ryan Sheely
College/Year: Morse '04 Hometown: Lancaster, Pa. Major: undeclared, but likely political science Ryan Sheely '04 says the problem with the YCC is communication. The Lancaster, Pa., native is making a bid for YCC secretary because he thinks...
YCC Candidate: Naved Sheikh
College/Year: Berkeley '03 Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Major: architecture If all goes as planned, the fact that secretary candidate Naved Sheikh '03 did not serve on the Yale College Council last year will work to his advantage. Sheikh was...
YCC Candidate: Jack Snyder
College/Year: Davenport '03 Hometown: Stamford, Conn. Major: history Unique among the presidential candidates, Jack Snyder '03 has chosen to focus his campaign on only one goal -- dividing the YCC into two completely different councils.
YCC Candidate: Robbie Wilkins
College/Year: Berkeley '03 Hometown: Wichita, Kan. Major: economics and political science Robbie Wilkins '03, who is making his second run for YCC president, sees giving the students a voice within the administration as the primary goal of...
YCC Candidate: Ted Wittenstein
College/Year: Berkeley '04 Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y. Major: undeclared "Really, it's more than soap," Ted Wittenstein '04 says of his experience on the Freshman College Council. Having spent the past year serving as a Berkeley College...
YCC Candidate: Yael Zeira
College/ Year: Silliman '03 Hometown: Trumbull, Conn. Major: political science and international studies Treasurer candidate Yael Zeira '03 has nothing to hide, and she's willing to prove it. To increase the YCC's legitimacy, Zeira wants to...
