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Gonzalez '14 wins runoff for YCC president

Moore '14 wins UOFC chair. After an overlooked clause threw the race to become next year's Yale College Council president to a runoff, John Gonzalez ’14 won 59.91 percent of the vote to defeat Eric Eliasson ’14.

Gonzalez ’14 wins YCC presidency

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John Gonzalez ’14 captured 59.91 percent of the votes and next year’s YCC presidency in a runoff election against Eric Eliasson ’14.

Shakespeare in the classroom

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While Shakespeare at Yale will come to a close this weekend, students will continue discussing the playwright in Shakespeare courses taught across seven departments.

YCC | Eric Eliasson '14, president

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During his two years on the Yale College Council, Eric Eliasson '14 has not only served as chair of the Freshmen Class Council, but has also headed the YCC's Academics Committee, and served on the Events, Dining and Communication committees.

"Slamlet" merges modern poetry, the Bard

Members of Teeth Slam Poets gave William Shakespeare's 400-year-old texts a modern-day update on Saturday night in "Slamlet" at the Whitney Humanities Center.

'A blank page of canvas'

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For much of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “Sunday in the Park with George,” Noah Bokat-Lindell ’12 as Georges Seurat is merely a silhouette behind a backlit canvas. “I am not hiding behind my canvas,” he says, “I am living in it.” And his words ring true when Seurat starts interacting not with his models for the famous “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” but with their painted figures.

Dwight Hall revamps college service program

Dwight Hall leaders are hoping to capitalize on residential college spirit to encourage more students to participate in community service.

Nemerov confirms move to Stanford

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Alexander Nemerov GRD ’92 will leave for Stanford after this semester.

Nemerov will leave Yale at the end of academic year

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Will take post at Stanford. Alexander Nemerov GRD ’92, chair of the History of Art Department and the professor behind Yale's most popular course, will leave Yale at the end of this academic year to begin teaching at Stanford in the fall.

Shakespearean music, on two continents

Halfway through a concert at the Whitney Humanities Center Monday afternoon, thirteen singers hopped across the pond, switching from British to American interpretations of Shakespeare’s lyrical texts mid-performance.

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