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Elis win Mitchell scholarship

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, December 1, 2008

Matthew Baum ’09 and Rebekah Emanuel ’07 will be spending the next year in Ireland as winners of the Mitchell Scholarship, the Office of Fellowship Programs announced last week.

Baum and Emanuel were the third and fourth winners in Yale’s history to receive the Mitchell, a relatively new but selective scholarship awarded to 12 students annually for a year of study in Ireland or Northern Ireland. Selection for the scholarship is based on academic excellence, leadership and service to the community.

Baum — who is concurrently receiving bachelor’s and master’s degrees in...

#1 By Kimberley S. 10:59a.m. on December 1, 2008

Did someone confirm whether Baum played on the rugby team? I remember that many others raised this issue in a previous YDN article on the topic.

#2 By Robin W. 9:43p.m. on December 1, 2008

Yes. It was a stupid comment made by one jealous idiot. The website http://www.yale.edu/rugby/newSite/roster.shtml confirms it.

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