For Yale, 2008 was a year marked by the approval of new residential colleges, the election of Barack Obama and an art project purportedly documenting months of self-induced miscarriages. To look back, the News hereby presents our most-read stories of the year.
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JAN. 22
Misogyny claim leveled at frat
The Yale Women’s Center threatens legal action after 12 Yale students affiliated with the Zeta Psi fraternity pose in front of the Center with a sign reading “We Love Yale Sluts.”
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APRIL 21
Yale threatens to ban Shvarts’ art project from show
The University says it will not allow Aliza Shvarts ’08 to display her controversial senior art project at its scheduled opening unless she confesses in writing that the exhibition is a work of fiction.
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APRIL 8
Student arrested for defrauding Yale
The Yale College Dean’s Office rescinds the admission of a transfer student, Morse College junior Akash Maharaj, after an internal investigation concludes that his transcript and letter of recommendation were fabricated.
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OCT. 28
Shays concedes loss for McCain
Locked in a tight congressional race, Republican Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut’s 4th district predicts his party's presidential nominee would lose to Sen. Barack Obama. "I just don’t see how [McCain] can win," Shays tells the News.
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FEB. 19
Levin backs residential college expansion
University President Richard Levin endorses the proposal to build two new residential colleges and announces he would recommend that the Yale Corporation proceed with planning for the project.
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