Samantha Broussard-Wilson
Samantha Broussard-Wilson
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Climate Coalition pressures Rell to back warming bill
Donning olive green “carbon caps” and pumping posters into the air, members of the Connecticut Climate Coalition assembled on Cross Campus on Friday morning to urge Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell to sign into law House Bill 5600, designed to limit state carbon emissions.
Reaction to Shvarts: Outrage, shock, disgust
Anger and disbelief — mixed with several affirmations of free speech — rippled across the Yale campus Thursday in the wake of a report that a senior art student had created a senior project for which she repeatedly self-inseminated and, weeks later, deliberately miscarried.
US News solicits input on rankings
US News & World Report, publisher of an oft-cited yet highly controversial set of annual college rankings, is trying to improve its image by diversifying the rank criteria it uses, but students, administrators and experts agree: The potential for progress is minimal.
Unions protest Aramark contract
The steps of City Hall were hidden by a mass of green union T-shirts yesterday afternoon as New Haven Public Schools management, custodial and food-service workers held a rally to urge city leaders not to renew Aramark’s contract as the school system’s food-service provider.
Leatherbury proposes use of ‘update’ surveys, new incentives in Social Cup
Colin Leatherbury ’09, co-chair of Spring Fling and Branford College’s representative to the Yale Student Activities Committee, wants to reinvent the YSAC survey and put the student voice back in Spring Fling.
Long, citing need for transparency, says students should pick Spring Fling acts
Travis Long ’10 is taking his cues from the 2008 presidential campaign — he is all about transparency.
Organizational experience, industry connections top Henderson’s resume
Kristian Henderson ’09 wants to make virtual reality into physical reality.
New research links risk of breast cancer to ethnicity
Not all breast cancers are created equal. New genetics research by Olufunmilayo Olopade, a professor in the Department of Medicine and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, suggests that the type and severity of breast cancer are largely dependent on patients’ ethnicity.
Study abroad may feel pinch of dollar
The weakening American dollar has had an impact on everything from foreign trade to Americans’ travel habits. But this summer, some Elis will feel the impact even more directly as they pack up and prepare for summer study sessions abroad.
Elis awarded Goldwater Scholarships
The International Education and Fellowship Programs office announced Friday that three Yale students have been awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered one of the most prestigious scholarships given to undergraduates who intend to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences.