Bess Hinson
Bess Hinson
Recent Stories
Hashemi's experience is asset to University
All societies must remain both continuous and open in order to allow change to manifest in positive ways. Rahmatullah Hashemi '09 represents a changing Afghani society, the memory of its past and the openness of its future. Negative reactions to...
Reclaiming Christianity from the Christian right
On the train ride back to Yale from Boston in the morning hours of Nov. 3, 2004, my best friend looked at me through eyes tearing with frustration and said, "Your people did this." She turned her head to the aisle and spent our trip upset and without...
Lo '05 e-mails Levin to criticize threat's handling
Students receive forwarded message, which was intended to raise awareness about harassment, discrimination
Eleven months after several students entered the suite of Katherine Lo '05 and left a message threatening Muslims on her door, Lo sent an e-mail to Yale President Richard Levin last Friday demanding a more extensive administrative response to this and...
Connections to expand
Pre-orientation to include non-minorities
Cultural Connections, a student pre-orientation program known for building community among minority students, will admit non-minority students beginning next year, Yale College Dean Richard Brodhead announced in an e-mail to students Friday.
S. Asian studies garner attention
Interested students, faculty hope to establish major, eventually dept.
Student members of the South Asian Society and faculty members of the Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS) South Asian Studies Council have worked together in recent weeks to increase awareness about South Asian studies course...
Minority advisors are picked
New committee, created after 2003's racially motivated events, to advise Levin on relevant issues
Yale President Richard Levin announced the members of the recently reinstated Minority Advisory Committee (MAC) yesterday in an e-mail to Yale students, faculty and staff. Administrators, professors, undergraduate students and graduate students...
Frat focuses on 'getting word out'
Students identify many of Yale's fraternities with specific sports teams. But instead of bonding on the field, brothers of AEPi are united by their Hebrew heritage. Alpha Epsilon Pi, a Jewish-affiliated fraternity also known as Epsilon Upsilon, has...
Reps flock to largest MUN ever
Yale International Relations Association members this weekend hosted the largest Model United Nations conference ever hosted at Yale. High school delegates represented ambassadors from specific countries and worked to find solutions to current issues...
Dining halls spur hiring concerns
Students and Yale dining hall employees said Wednesday that recent conflicts between dining hall workers in front of students have heightened their concerns about University hiring practices. Dining hall workers and managers said they think loopholes...
Students criticize MAC selection
Concerned Black Students at Yale called for the reinstatement of the Minority Advisory Committee last spring, but some members said Monday that recently chosen representatives to the MAC do not reflect a committee suitable to address current race...