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Fewer women than men with kids get tenure

Fewer women professors who have children earlier in their careers obtain tenure than their male counterparts do, a recent study published in the Chronicle of Higher Education said. Yale professors said they have had mixed experiences with policies...

'Olympics' draws young physicists

Defying the laws of normalcy, 250 high school students crowded into two Sloan Physics Lab lecture halls Saturday morning to hear physics professor Cornelius Beausang speak. The students gathered for the opening ceremonies of the sixth annual Yale...

Students go to N.H. for Clark's HQ launch

While the "Clark Bar" may not be the world's next Snickers, the "secret marketing tool" of the latest Democratic grassroots campaign may soon find its way to campus through the campaigning efforts of the Yale Students for Clark. Five Yale students...

Pierson's chaotic 'Inferno' marked too hot to handle

After years of rowdiness and excessive damage to facilities, the infamous flames of the Pierson Inferno may be extinguished forever. The Inferno, which is Pierson College's annual Halloween party, will not be held this year or next year, and is in...

DeLauro proposal fails in House

Congresswoman to call for similar tax-fraud amendment from Senate

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro's legislative effort to beef up investigations into corporate tax fraud failed in the House of Representatives earlier this month, but she said she plans to continue advocating for similar legislation when it goes before the...

Group IV's target non-majors

Following academic review, new courses to address current issues in science

When shopping courses to fulfill their distributional requirements, non-science majors may now have an alternative to a room full of pre-meds or a watered down version of "Physics for Poets." Coinciding with a recent push by Yale to strengthen science...

Youth job program faces funding cuts for summer

This summer may find significantly more enterprising young New Haven residents out of work than usual. While the New Haven Public Schools and the Regional Workforce Development Board, or RWDB, have been able to provide over 800 publicly funded youth...

After long wait, Yale TV to air students' programming

Closed-circuit television channel will begin full operation in September

Hollywood hopefuls may finally have an outlet for their talents here at Yale. For the first time in Yale history, students will have access to their own campus television station. Administrators have given them permission to take over one of Yale's...

Festival gives taste of culture, diversity

With Chinese dance troupes and a Bulgarian egg-painting workshop, a group of international students and organizations invited Yale and the New Haven community to Commons on Saturday for the inaugural International Cultural Festival. The free event...

Palast, BBC journalist, says war is profit-maker for Bush allies

The war in Iraq is a masked effort to divert attention from Bush administration corruption while allowing supporters and donors of the Bush party to make personal fortunes. At least, that's what Greg Palast had to say. Palast, a BBC television...

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