UConn TV station in trouble over video
TV station jokes about rape. Student at the University of Connecticut are crying foul over a video they say makes light of rape.
The Treasures of Yale: Cushing Center
Yale prides itself on intellect, but sometimes it takes something more to recognize the University’s brainpower. And by “something more,” I obviously mean more than 400 human brains and tumors preserved in glass jars. For those especially cerebral days, the Cushing Center in the Medical School’s Medical Library packs just the right neural punch.
How To: Navigate A Frat Party
I know that fratty and classy aren’t mutually exclusive to everyone, but these simple guidelines have gotten me through many a Late Night — with my dignity, if not my belongings, in tow.
The world swoons for Olusola '11
Wins big award, Bush love. If Yale students, the viewers of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” and aspiring cello-boxers weren’t enough, we can now add Jenna Bush Hager (daughter of George W. Bush '68) to the long list of Kevin Olusola ’11 fans.
Sophomore class decides to play assassins
Campus will descend into terror. In a Monday email to sophomores, the Sophomore Class Council announced the launch of assassins and urged interested students to sign up "NOW."
True Love Week provides alternative
Students will have the chance to attend an alternative set of activities.
Yale-NUS launches special app round
The college launched its inaugural batch of applications to students on Wednesday.
Professors seek continuing education
Students are not the only ones with a myriad of learning options. In between teaching their own classes, professors too are educating one another by choosing among over 40 regularly organized opportunities for learning over lunch.
ExComm highlights alcohol abuse
The Yale College Executive Committee documented a single semester’s cases in its inaugural report.
New leadership for Office of Undergraduate Production
On Jan. 24, Kathryn Krier DRA ’07 was named the new head of the Office of Undergraduate Production, a position that was left empty for a full semester after the departure of Jim Brewczynski DRA ’86 over the summer.
Redefinition of autism sparks concerns
Being diagnosed with autism could be a lot more difficult if a new diagnostic definition goes into effect.
Japan can turn around, Agawa says
Despite widespread anxiety about Japan’s future, Naoyuki Agawa expressed cautious optimism that through concerted globalization of Japanese universities, the nation will not “sink.”
LILIENFELD: In the frosh pit
I left Toads feeling unwanted, unattractive and creepy. I know this isn’t true – I’m a good guy, handsome, respectful and friendly. Yet when girls shove you off at Toads, it doesn’t help your self-confidence. After all, if I can’t find a girl at Toads, it makes me wonder: Can I find a girl anywhere?
MEDANSKY: Limited autism discourse
Sidewinder
“Touch,” a new television series premiering this week on Fox, centers on the experiences of Jake, an enigmatic eleven-year-old boy endowed with dazzling mathematical abilities and a profound sense of isolation. He doesn’t talk, either; Jake’s father must navigate his son’s world in silence. Previous descriptions of the show explicitly described Jake as autistic, but no more: Fox seems to be moving away from an explicit diagnosis. Even so, the implications surrounding Jake and his condition remain clear: Jake is autistic, and his autism has endowed him with an unique understanding of the world around him.
W. HOCKEY | Elis struggle through season
Last night, women’s hockey team captain Aleca Hughes ’12 was chosen as a finalist for the NCAA Hockey Humanitarian Award for the second consecutive year. Hughes is the first person in Yale history to be nominated twice for the annual award.
SKILTON: Service and advocacy, one and inseparable
Yishai Schwartz ’13 (“Separate service and advocacy,” Jan. 27) contends that Yalies should divide community service from advocacy in Dwight Hall and within our organizations. Schwartz is correct to tell Yalies that we are morally obliged to give some time to service and to remind us that service and advocacy are not the same. Yet he is profoundly wrong to argue that our organizations should not improve people’s lives for the short term while we strive to improve our society for the long term.
LETTERS: 2.2.12
Letters from Cruz, Gorgas.
M. BASKETBALL | Elis rebound from rough weekend
Going into last weekend’s home games against No. 23 Harvard (18–2, 4–0 Ivy) and Dartmouth (4–16, 0–4 Ivy), Yale was riding a four-game winning streak in which it beat its opponents by more than 11 points per game.