Author Archives: Aleksandra Gjorgievska

Despite having a human rights record that has faced significant criticism, Singapore has been developing a grassroots gay rights movement since the 1990s. In a lecture entitled “Singapore’s Gay Rights Movement: Past, Present and Future,” Lynette Chua, an assistant professor of law at the National University of Singapore, spoke about the evolution of the gay »

In a ceremony featuring both formal speeches and prayers, Gregory Sterling was officially appointed dean of the Divinity School Tuesday afternoon. Approximately 150 people gathered to witness the event, which took place in Marquand Chapel in the Divinity School Quadrangle and included a worship service and a speech by University President Richard Levin. During the »

As he awaits his inauguration this Tuesday, Divinity School Dean Gregory Sterling has already started to implement his vision for the school. Sterling, who served as the dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Graduate School before he assumed leadership of the Divinity School in August 2012, said his plans for the school focus on »

Through a mix of personal anecdotes and legal case analysis, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg reflected on her role in shaping the U.S. legal system at a Friday afternoon talk. Ginsburg, who was introduced by Yale Law School Dean Robert Post, took part in an hour-long discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Yale Law »

Two years after Yale rolled out plans to build a liberal arts college with the National University of Singapore, the first formal poll assessing student opinion on the venture reveals a divided student body. Of the students who responded to the question asking “How should the next Yale University President approach Yale’s international presence?” on »

When members of the inaugural Yale-NUS class open their student handbooks next August, they will find specific rules pertaining to political life on campus. The Yale-NUS Board of Governors voted at a meeting last month to accept a set of policies proposed by Pericles Lewis, president of the Singaporean liberal arts college, that will prevent »

“Tequila ginger ale,” Chloe Drimal ’13 said. “Or just tequila.” Three other seniors seated around Drimal at a long table in the back room of Viva Zapata Bar agreed with a laugh, as more students in the room shouted out the names of their favorite alcoholic beverages. But unlike a typical group of friends chatting »

A recent shelving mistake in Sterling Memorial Library led administrators to accelerate plans to create a reference collection that the Medieval Studies program has been seeking for more than 10 years. After professors expressed concern that 25 frequently used reference materials were mistakenly transferred from Sterling’s Starr Reference Room to the Library Shelving Facility (LSF) »

The Yale Visiting International Student Program, which began last year and currently accepts students from Mexico, Singapore and Hong Kong, is looking to partner with institutions in Japan and Brazil as well. Yale is negotiating Y-VISP partnerships with Waseda University in Tokyo and several institutions in Brazil, said Kathryn Bell, assistant director of the Center »

Nearly 50 buildings on campus are still recovering from damage sustained during the torrential downpours that struck New Haven in mid-August. The rain, which fell at a rate of six inches per hour and left Cross Campus under a few inches of water, affected several residential college basements, Bass Library, the Hall of Graduate Studies »

Juniors in masks and makeshift diapers accosted passersby Thursday night as they fulfilled initiation requirements for Yale’s senior societies. Tap Night, one of the University’s oldest traditions, marks the induction of juniors into senior societies. It follows a week of pre-tap activities and typically involves costumed performances, superhero references and public displays of enthusiasm. This »

CJ May FES ’89, the Yale Office of Sustainability’s recycling coordinator, praised the University’s transition to single-stream recycling at a Pierson Master’s Tea Tuesday evening. May, who has been involved with Yale’s sustainability efforts since 1989, explained the process of single-stream recycling and its advantages over disparate systems in front of a crowd of around »