CORRECTION | Wednesday, Nov. 19
An obituary for Yale School of Music professor Jesse Levine misstated the date of his death. Professor Levine died on Nov. 11.
An obituary for Yale School of Music professor Jesse Levine misstated the date of his death. Professor Levine died on Nov. 11.
The story “Rain keeps Elis away from game” misstated the scenario under which Yale’s football team would win a share of the Ivy League title. In addition to a Yale victory at Harvard this weekend, Columbia must beat Brown, not vice versa, as the article incorrectly stated. Also, due to an editing error, the story misidentified the gender of Ray Xiong ’12.
The story “At Psi U, even sisters can be brothers” misstated the nature of a sexual relationship between two members of the unofficial fraternity. The first female student accepted into the fraternity was not the girlfriend of one of Psi U’s brothers. Rather, she began “hooking up” with one of the brothers after she had already begun rushing the fraternity. (The...
The “Briefly” item “Local book review launches third issue” misstated the surname of the author Alice Mattison.
The story “Groups tout Trans Awareness Week” mistakenly attributed several quotations from Silliman College Master Judith Krauss to her husband, Associate Master Ronald Krauss. The article also incorrectly stated that Ronald Krauss organized a Master’s Tea on Wednesday with Matt Richardson, a transgender professor at the University of Texas, Austin, and performer in the...
The online extra "Same-sex couple married in Elm City" incorrectly stated the margin by which Connecticut Question 1 — the ballot initiative for a constitutional convention — was defeated. 59 percent of voters voted "No" on the initiative while 41 percent voted "Yes." In two instances, the article also misspelled the last name of Barbara and Robin Levine-Ritterman.
Because of an editing error, the story “Paul Rudolph draws a crowd” misidentified the lead donors for the renovation of Paul Rudolph Hall and the construction of the Loria Center for the History of Art. They are Sid Bass ’65, Robert Haas ’69 and Jeffrey Loria ’62.
The Sports story “Obama win a bad omen?” mistakenly implied that three Yale teams have historically won Ivy League titles more often during Republican presidential administrations than during Democratic ones. Rather, the teams have won more often with Democrats occupying the Oval Office.
The story “Itshaky fights for seat” mistakenly reported that H. Richter Elser ’81, chairman of the New Haven Republican Town Committee, received all the funding from Republican officials that he was promised for his mayoral campaign in 2007. Rather, he said he received all the funding he was promised for his congressional campaign in 2002.
The column “Liberated by liberalism” misspelled the surname of its author, Jason Perlman ’11.
The scene story “You’ll never bike alone again” contained three errors. First, it misstated the first name of Matthew Feiner, the owner of Devil’s Gear Bike Shop. Second, a map showing the location of two bike shops in New Haven failed to identify the location of a third, The Devil’s Gear II at 97 Audubon St. Third, the article noted that bicyclists “compete with...
The story “Activists fight for winter shelters” mistakenly reported that the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project (YHHAP) alone is spearheading a fundraising effort to keep the Cedar Street overflow shelter open past February. In fact, it is organizing a larger coalition of students, Shelter Now, which pledges to raise the $20,000 mentioned in the article....
The story “W. crew wins big” misspelled the surname of Christine Glandorf ’09.
The story “Greenfest boasts trash art” inaccurately stated that Laura Zax ’10 performed “with her band,” as the article said, at the Greenfest event on Friday. Zax, a solo artist, was scheduled to perform but did not ultimately attend the event.
The story “O’Connor receives degree” inaccurately stated that the visit of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to the Berkeley Divinity School was a “closely-guarded secret.” O’Connor’s visit was publicized via the Classes*v2 server and the Divinity School’s newsletter, “Notes from the Quad,” sent to all students, faculty and alumni on Sept. 24.
An item in Cross Campus incorrectly suggested that Ralph Nader is not running for president this year. In fact, Nader announced his candidacy in February.
The story “Miller leaves legacy of unity” misstated the surname of Saybrook College Master Mary Miller’s daughter, Alice. Her last name is Kamens, after her father, Professor of Japanese Studies Edward Kamens.
In yesterday's column "Left's winning strategy: swing (a bit) right," Jonathan Menitove mistakenly identified Secretary of State Matt Brown LAW '01 (D-R.I.) as a pro-life Senate candidate endorsed by Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee head Sen.
Corrections: The captions for photographs that accompanied the stories on smoking and meningitis were incorrectly attributed. The photos were taken by Cody Dashiell-Earp. Monday's News' View, "YCC must address alleged site violations," incorrectly...