Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 5:06am
A 55-year-old woman was brutally assaulted by three males in a home invasion at the East Rock residence of a Yale adjunct professor late Tuesday night. Around 11:30 p.m., the woman, who was house-sitting at the time, was tied to a chair and beaten on the head with a baseball bat, according to news sources. One of the men, a 17-year-old, was later caught and charged with...
We’re all out to save the world. Whether we’re political activists pulling for our candidate or advocates on behalf of [insert disenfranchised group here], or are actually trying to save the world from global warming, Yale students are by no means short on engagement. Despite coming of age in an era rife with pessimistic proclamations of melting ice caps and nuclear...
Parks often symbolize entire communities, and Dixwell demonstrated the strength of its community last night in rallying for a new park development. The New Haven Board of Aldermen’s Community Development Committee met Thursday to review and approve city funding for a new park development. The new park will expand the existing recreational area in the Dixwell...
April opens her window and makes a clicking noise with her tongue. Ten meters outside the Yale residential college, a plump female squirrel named Lucky perks her ears and scampers over to the third-floor window. Lucky, whose hazelnut coat is shaggy from recently giving birth, climbs a nearby tree and expertly crosses a bathrobe belt that April — whose name has been...
Yale students who wish to vote in this year’s contested Democratic primary for Connecticut’s 94th State House of Representatives district will have to plan ahead. Ward 20 Alderman Charles Blango and community activist Gary Holder-Winfield have both indicated their intentions to contest the legislative seat currently occupied by 32-year incumbent Rep. Bill Dyson —...
Renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson ’73 — known for cracking open skulls — promoted his investment in opening the minds of youth Friday at an awards ceremony for local high-achieving students. Four New Haven students received the Carson Scholarship for their outstanding academic record and community service work at a special presentation that took place...
Just over a year ago, Rev. Drew King, a Ward 22 staple who fought for drug rehabilitation programs, minority rights and Yale’s expansion into Dixwell, issued a bombshell statement — all because of one mean Georgia hot dog: “I’m resigning,” he wrote. “You get to the point where you just get tired, and I’m at that point,” King continued. “The city, the...
The sole cop patrolling the expected site of the two new residential colleges will not be lonely for long. With the addition of two new residential colleges will come a “likely” personnel expansion for both Yale Security and the Yale Police Department, Deputy University Secretary Martha Highsmith said Thursday. Although talks of hiring new security guards and...
Yale students alarmed by recent shootings in surrounding neighborhoods may soon be asked to join other community members in being more proactive about ensuring their own safety. In the wake of three shootings in the city last Monday night, Ward 2 Alderwoman Gina Calder ’03 EPH ’08 and Ward 22 Alderman Greg Morehead called on Friday for increased cooperation between...
For decades, Yale students have schlepped to 17 Hillhouse Ave. in hopes of battling off the tiny germs that cause their colds and coughs. But a few years from now, the only thing tiny they will find there are the nanowires and quantum dots that have captured the intrigue of Yale engineers. Yale University Health Services will move into a striking new building behind the...
The site of the former Winchester Factory, birthplace of the “gun that won the West,” may get a new lease on life as a mixed-use complex, the owner announced this week. The Science Park Development Corp., which owns the land and the buildings left behind by the once-powerful gun manufacturer, began accepting bids from developers Tuesday. Their task: to refurbish a...
HARTFORD — Years of tradition governing New Haven’s unique ward structure were in jeopardy on Thursday, 45 miles away in Hartford. Before a specially appointed tribunal in the Connecticut Democratic Party’s State Central headquarters, Cordelia Thorpe formally challenged the Democrats’ endorsement of Gregory Morehead in last week’s Ward 22 aldermanic election...
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