Christine Hung
Christine Hung
Recent Stories
Discussion of Chinese issues must cover Taiwanese relations as well
The visit of China's President Hu Jintao on Friday should open a Universitywide dialogue not just on the positives of the Yale-China relationship, but also on student concerns about the Chinese government and its policies. While we applaud Yale's...
Racially based humor reflects badly on school
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions tells students "The pursuit of diversity and excellence lies at the heart of Yale." The University lauds itself for creating a home away from home for every student thanks to the "welcoming atmosphere of the...
Review committee for ethnic counselors formed
With the formation of a review committee, changes to the ethnic counselor program may be on the way. Current ethnic counselors announced plans for the committee at an information session Wednesday. The committee, which will report directly to Yale...
Gay rights ministry honors Yale theologian headline
Yale Divinity School professor Margaret Farley received New Ways Ministry's Bridge Building Award Saturday for her challenge to Catholic policy on on homosexual rights, mounted through decades of writings and lectures. The awards luncheon in Woolsey...
State and local leaders discuss issues in Connecticut school finance
The complex issues surrounding Connecticut school funding were the focus of a Dwight Hall community discussion Monday night. The discussion -- which featured state representatives Rob Heagney and Cameron Staples and Rob Smuts '01, city policy analyst...
Black 'Mud' digs up the darker side
Intensely bleak and bleakly beautiful, Maria Irene Fornes' "Mud" gets down and dirty with the dark side of human nature. Directed by Alexis Carra '03, "Mud," a one-act play, is a brief but memorable wallow in a world where words -- clumsily spoken...
International issues dinner series revived
For one small group of Yalies, Monday dinners now come with an occasional side of, perhaps, Ecuadorean economics. International Conversations, an international issues discussion series, was revived this year by Julia Tobias '04 and Nils-Bertil Wallin...
Carter publishes fiction novel
It was a scene familiar to many Yale Law School students -- law professor Stephen L. Carter in glasses and a gray tweed coat, reading out loud from a thick book. This, however, was a Yale Bookstore-sponsored book signing, not a Law School class.
Physics panel discusses Schon case
The story of J. Hendrik Schon, a Lucent Technologies and Bell Laboratories physicist fired after allegations of scientific misconduct, was the subject of discussion for a lively informal panel held Monday by the Department of Applied Physics.
Tiananmen Square historian talks of frustration
In April 1999, author Terrence Cheng was riding in a Beijing taxicab with a driver who did not want to discuss Tiananmen Square. Visiting China after conducting two years of research for his first novel, "Sons of Heaven," Cheng had been carefully...