Victoria Katsarou
Victoria Katsarou
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Battell analyzes effects of change
Four months after Battell Chapel converted to a non-denominational church, it remains unclear whether the original goal of increasing participation has been achieved. Battell officially ended its relationship with the United Church of Christ last May...
City school interns build ties
This year, the efforts of Yale's public school interns continue to shape the experiences of New Haven's public school students, particularly at Vincent Mauro Elementary School. Yale students currently serve as interns at 16 New Haven public schools...
City could lose funds for housing
State statute requires approval for demolition, threatening time-sensitive federal funds
New Haven may not be able to deliver on a promised revitalization of low and moderate income housing projects as nearly $1 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding is increasingly in question. The New Haven housing authority...
Day of service draws 125
Approximately 125 community-minded freshmen ventured out into New Haven Saturday for the inaugural Freshman Day of Service, bonding with classmates while volunteering at a range of city organizations. Coordinated by the Yale College Council, the...
Dwight Hall raises storm aid
Money collected in open microphone event will go to NAACP
Dwight Hall kicked off its efforts to assist Hurricane Katrina victims with an open-microphone event Tuesday night, combining poetry, dance and music. The aim of the event, co-coordinated by the Social Justice Network at Yale, was to raise funds for...
Battell Chapel adjusts to new worship model
After severing its 200-year tie with the United Church of Christ last May, Battell Chapel opened its doors last Sunday to students and community members in a new spirit of ecumenicalism. The controversial split was approved by University officials last...
Service marks end of Yale's relationship to church
Ending a relationship of more than two centuries, congregants of the Church of Christ in Yale held their last service affiliated with the United Church of Christ in Battell Chapel Sunday. A University committee recommended the split to Yale...
City police stop TANG tournament
TANG, Delta Kappa Epsilon's traditional annual drinking competition and party, was interrupted yesterday afternoon by New Haven Police, who stopped the competition and confiscated most of the kegs they found in the fraternity's yard. DKE member Nick...
Chess players extend skills to local kids
Few are able to help the community while playing their favorite game, yet the Yale Chess Club does just that. Each week several club members visit the Lincoln Bassett, Vincent Mauro and Wexler-Grant elementary schools for an hour to teach students the...
Students decry Arabic professor's departure
Ten first-year Yale Arabic students visited the offices of University Provost Andrew Hamilton and President Richard Levin Thursday morning dressed in white to protest the departure of Arabic professor Bassam Frangieh. Frangieh, who has been teaching at...