James Collins
James Collins
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YaleStation alleged violations offer moral, legal questions
No governing body in the United States would be allowed to plagiarize an entire Web site and then pass it off as part of its own. The managers of the popular YaleStation Internet portal, an agency officially controlled by the Yale College Council, were...
Clark may be eyeing Ward 7
New Haven's next aldermanic elections are more than 13 months away, but political currents are already swirling in at least one of the city's 30 wards. Frances "Bitsie" Clark, the longtime executive director of the Greater New Haven Arts Council, is...
City prepares to face threats
Bioterrorism drill emphasizes cooperation
More than 75 public officials, first responders and Yale administrators attempted to contain a virtual smallpox outbreak Tuesday, during a two-hour "tabletop scenario" designed to assess the city's ability to respond to bioterrorism. Representatives...
Even in small city, security is a big concern
Along with the rest of the nation, New Haven reassesses its priorities
As a student walks to a physics class on Science Hill, the Yale and New Haven police departments patrol the streets under his feet, and at least 10 federal and state agencies monitor Connecticut's airspace overhead. Armed guards guarantee the safety of...
Cost-cutting may open redistricting plan to challenge
New Haven's political landscape is set to change next fall under a newly approved and potentially controversial plan to redraw the city's aldermanic wards. Members of the 11-member redistricting committee praised the result this week as an exercise in...
Hackles rise over format of charter reform question
New Haven's charter reform proposals will go before the electorate this fall, but not without continued controversy surrounding mayoral and aldermanic term lengths. City voters will consider fundamental changes to the city's hiring policies and...
Town-gown key to negotiations
University, unions strive to win community support
Beginning late last year, an organization with strong ties to Yale's labor unions began releasing a series of reports criticizing Yale's role in New Haven. In the first report, published last fall, the Connecticut Center for a New Economy concluded...
Lee campaign casts wider net with talk in New York
NEW YORK -- As the elevator stopped on the 20th floor of New York City's venerable Yale Club yesterday afternoon, solitary pairs of alumni -- as diverse in race as they were in age -- trickled into the club's Grand Ballroom to hear about one New Haven...
Redistricting could extend Yalies' reach
Several districts, not just Ward 1, may have large numbers of undergraduates
Yale undergraduates will be a greater force than ever in wards 7 and 22 if the Board of Aldermen approves the newest version of a city redistricting plan released yesterday. Ward 1, which currently includes Old Campus and eight of the 12 residential...
Martinez reaches agreement with city over federal funding
The nation's top public housing official ventured into one of the most blighted sections in New Haven Monday as part of his visit to Yale, calling the city's West Rock neighborhood "extremely isolated" and "impoverished." Six months after his...