Chris Fortson
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YCC votes to add activities fee to tuition
Pending approval, the $30 fee added to each student's tuition will raise $158,000
In a unanimous vote Sunday, the Yale College Council passed a proposal to add $30 to tuition and give the money to the Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee, the YCC and club sports programs. UOFC chairman Matthew Harsha-Strong '06 said if the...
Burns to headline Class Day
Filmmaker Ken Burns will speak to the Class of 2004 this May on Class Day. Burns' selection is the result of a yearlong process, Senior Class Secretary Joshua Secrest '04 said. Secrest said the selection committee chose Burns because it wanted an...
Gershkoff '06 quits VP race
After forcing a run-off election with Chance Carlisle '05, David Gershkoff '06 withdrew from the Yale College Council's vice-presidential race Saturday. His withdrawal came after Carlisle voiced two complaints about Gershkoff's campaign on Friday...
Cedar '06 to lead Council
Race for vice pres. goes to weekend run-off
This year's Yale College Council officer election produced three landslide victories -- including one for Andrew Cedar '06 in the presidential race -- one closer outcome, and a vice presidential run-off. The winners are Cedar, Secretary Michael Schwab...
Zany YCC strategies win votes
As campaigning escalates in a U.S. presidential election featuring two prominent Yalies, Decision 2004 at Yale College has attracted students' attention with innovative campaign strategies that make the national race look downright boring. But like...
Condoms to slide into all entryways
Free condoms could be easier for undergraduates to acquire by the end of this week, peer health educator Julia Strasser '05 said Sunday. Strasser, who is one of the group's co-coordinators, said free condoms were previously available only from...
Yale is choosier than Harvard
Acceptance rate of 9.9 is lower than Crimson's 10.3
Reversing a long-standing trend in a "historic rivalry," Yale's acceptance rate for the Class of 2008 was lower than Harvard's. With an acceptance rate from the total pool of 9.9 percent, Yale edged Harvard, which had a 10.3 percent admit rate.
Yale admits 1,950 for '08
With the regular-decision pool acceptance rate at a record-low 8 percent, Yale mailed admissions decisions to prospective members of the Class of 2008 Thursday. The University accepted 1,280 students regular decision out of over 15,600 applicants.
Unmarried partners to receive benefits
Five months after graduate and professional school student leaders began lobbying the Yale administration to allow students' committed heterosexual partners to receive the same benefits as married spouses or homosexual partners, Yale Provost Susan...
House reviews financial aid
Bill would alter formulas for federal money, limiting funding for Yale
Seeking to transform a system they say is inequitable, several Republican congressmen are advocating changes to federal financial aid programs that could limit the funding Yale receives. With the support of the Bush administration, legislators are...