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A Calhoun College sophomore was arrested on rape charges early Saturday morning. Gregory Korb ’08 was arrested by University Police at 4 a.m. and charged with sexual assault in the first degree, Yale Police Lt. Michael Patten said. Although Patten declined to elaborate on the crime, a person is charged with sexual assault in the »

This article has been corrected. You may view this article’s correction here. A senior arrested Monday night for disorderly conduct accused police of violently restraining him and repeatedly hitting him on the head with a flashlight, a claim supported by several of his friends but sharply denied by city police. Ilan Zechory ’06 was arrested »

One student was shot in the right hand and three others were robbed at gunpoint in two separate incidents early Sunday morning. Theodore Delong DRA ’07, a 27-year-old graduate student, was shot in the right hand during an attempted robbery near the intersection of Dwight and Elm streets. He was taken to the Hospital of »

George Street filled with fire trucks and displaced office workers Wednesday as police responded to a bomb threat at an office building. Police determined that there was no direct threat to the building after examining “a package with a clock on it,” Yale Police Department Lt. Harry DeBenedet said. “We put protective clothing on and »

A Yale junior was attacked with a brick Monday evening by a group of teenagers on Lynwood Place, New Haven Police spokeswoman Bonnie Winchester said. Tae Ha ’06 said he was hit on the head with a brick by a group of four teenagers, one of whom was on a bike, at approximately 7 p.m. »

Although some Delta Kappa Epsilon members maintain the breakup of Sunday’s TANG competition was a response to recent fights at Toad’s Place, New Haven and Yale police spokesmen cited other reasons for the NHPD’s decision to act to stop the event. New Haven Police Department spokeswoman Bonnie Winchester said police ended the TANG competition because »

Andrew Kroon, a Berkeley College senior, was found dead Saturday in his room in the Taft Apartments. Yale College Dean Peter Salovey said Sunday that though police and the medical examiner have not yet released any reports, the death is believed to be accidental. University administrators and Berkeley College Master John Rogers learned of the »

For years, Yale has wrestled with two competing reputations: an internationally renowned academic institution situated in a city seen as representative of the social ills facing America’s urban centers. But while city officials still face challenges in making New Haven safe, the past 15 years have shown significant decreases in the city’s crime rate. Over »

Andrew Kroon, a Berkeley College senior, was found dead Saturday in his room in the Taft Apartments. Yale College Dean Peter Salovey said Sunday that though police and the medical examiner have not yet released any reports, the death is believed to be accidental. University administrators and Berkeley College Master John Rogers learned of the »

Just as students are finalizing their plans for next year’s housing, recent incidents of violence off-campus have left some students and Yale administrators questioning students’ safety outside the direct watch of the University and its police force. In light of an assault on an undergraduate by four men wielding glass bottles at 65 Edgewood Ave. »

Students on Cross Campus Saturday afternoon were shocked when a young man on a bike crashed over the ledge surrounding a stairway to Cross Campus Library and plummeted down to the stone base of the stairs. Yale Police said the 22-year-old Caucasian man is not a Yale student but declined to identify him. Students who »

Students arrested during a brawl Saturday outside Toad’s Place said Monday that they were not involved in the fight and claimed the conduct of city police in the incident was harsh and inappropriate. Quinn Fitzgerald ’05 and Dani Neff ’06 were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and interfering with police, New Haven Police spokeswoman »