Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 5:06am
It takes a bit of planning to enjoy Spring Fling. For most Yale students, there are papers to be juggled, an athletic practice to be postponed or an exam against the potential grade on which the prospect of a fun afternoon on Old Campus must be weighed. But for Yale Student Activities Committee Chair Tom Hsieh ’08 and YSAC’s two Spring Fling co-coordinators, Bobby...
The voting was swift and the results decisive. There will be no run-offs. Rich Tao ’10 walked away from a crowded field filled with his close friends Wednesday evening, claiming a whopping 45.2 percent of the vote in a Yale College Council presidential race most observers expected would head to a second round. That total was enough to earn the Silliman College...
He was never a member of the Yale College Council before he ran for president. “There needs to be more involvement outside the council,” Zheyao Li ’06 told the News in 2004, explaining his decision to run in that year’s elections. A sophomore in Pierson College at the time, Li accused the body of not understanding the “actual everyday cares of the...
The voting was swift and the results decisive. There will be no run-offs. Rich Tao '10 walked away from a crowded field filled with his close friends Wednesday evening, claiming a whopping 45.2 percent to claim the title of Yale College Council president-elect. Harrison Marks '10 and Katrina Landeta '10 lagged behind, finishing with 34.2 percent and 20.6 percent of the...
In Monday’s endorsement of Colin Leatherbury ’09, the News misstated the number of years the candidate served on YSAC. He has served for one year, not three. The News sincerely regrets this error.
Jon Terenzetti ’10 envisions a world in which every Yalie is affected by YSAC — from the freshman at the Spring Fling to the senior living off-campus. Terenzetti said he hopes to makes his vision a reality by making the student-activities fee mandatory and increasing outreach to smaller groups on campus. “YSAC and the YCC are the only organizations with the task...
Kristian Henderson ’09 wants to make virtual reality into physical reality. “YSAC sends out a lot of surveys to figure out what students want to see on campus,” Henderson said, “and I want to make those surveys a reality.” Although she has never served on YSAC, Henderson already has extensive experience in the field, having organized the 2008 Black Solidarity...
Travis Long ’10 is taking his cues from the 2008 presidential campaign — he is all about transparency. “Every cent Barack gets, you can trace back to the people who gave it to him,” Long said. “And that is what needs to happen with YSAC-funded events.” Long’s promise of transparency extends to his goals for Spring Fling as well. He said the musical acts...
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. The candidate for YSAC chair plans on abandoning the tradition of a few major surveys in favor of multiple “update” surveys that reflect developments as...
In Monday's endorsement of Colin Leatherbury '09, the News misstated the number of years Leatherbury served on YSAC. He has served for one year, not three.
The last time Harlem Shakes played Yale, they did so in November 2006 in the Ezra Stiles Dining Hall to launch then-nascent music magazine Volume. Its first encore since sharing the stage with Girl Talk that night will come in April, when the homegrown rock quintet takes its largest stage yet in the Elm City. On the afternoon of April 29, before thousands of exuberant...
Two hip-hop acts are tentatively lined up to perform at this year’s Spring Fling festival on April 29, Yale Student Activities Committee members said Wednesday. Although the performers’ names remain a secret, and speculation about their identities has begun to ripple across campus. YSAC representative Colin Leatherbury ’09 confirmed that of the three bids...
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