Author Archives: Jordi Gassó

The 2011 Senior Class Gift Campaign is the most successful one in its 14-year history. While final tallies are expected Friday, preliminary numbers show that this year’s three-week campaign raised over $40,000 in donations and achieved more than 97 percent class participation — more than any previous class since the tradition began in 1997. Haley »

Around 80 students gathered Tuesday night in the Afro-American Cultural Center for the second annual “State of Black Yale” forum. Staff members and students discussed the Black Yale community’s past accomplishments and ways in which the community can come together to enhance the campus’s understanding of race relations. While organizers said the event is a »

The 2011 Senior Class Gift Campaign broke the Class of 2010’s record for most dollars raised this week — five days before fundraising is set to close. The Class of 2011 had raised $34,672 with 81.4 percent participation as of Thursday morning, compared to last year’s unprecedented final total of $29,670 with 91 percent participation. »

A sophomore class game of assassins took a turn for the worse when a coordinator’s e-mail account was compromised. After two days of flooding sophomore inboxes with e-mails, the “Sophomore ELIminate” tournament, a game of assassins which required players to “eliminate” each other using water guns, has been canceled indefinitely, according to an e-mail sent »

Despite an increase in available funds this year, the Undergraduate Organizations Funding Committee’s budget could see changes in the face of the University’s own financial woes. The Yale College student activities fee provided UOFC with the bulk of its approximately $200,000 budget this year, while another significant source of income for UOFC is the University’s »

Yale’s Panhellenic Council wants to bring a fourth sorority to campus, but national experts said it will be years before that happens. Before Panhel can even contact the National Panhellenic Conference to begin introducing a new group, a process called “extension,” Yale’s three existing sororities must equalize their memberships — a goal that Panhel President »

If the Panhellenic Council has its way, the process to add a fourth society of sisters to Yale’s three existing sororities will begin this spring. Panhel President Stephanie Cuevas ’12 said talk of bringing in a fourth sorority began last year because of the steep upward trend in the number of girls pledging in the »

With rush season underway, Yale’s Panhellenic Council has implemented a new online recruitment system to deal with the record number of girls rushing sororities. This semester, the online recruitment software Interactive Collegiate Solutions has replaced the old paper-based method of matching pledges with their future sororities. Panhel President Stephanie Cuevas ’12 said the technology will »

In January 2010, Yalies sprung into action to assist the devastated nation of Haiti after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck near capital city Port-au-Prince, planning small fundraisers and raising campus awareness during “Haiti Week.” But one year later, the University has no concrete plans for relief in Haiti. Then-Haitian ambassador to the United States Raymond »

As the Women’s Center plans for the new semester, the group has added a paid men’s outreach organizer to its staff — and the position is filled by a male undergraduate. Travis Gidado ’12 was recently appointed to the role after expressing interest in increasing his involvement with the organization, said Melanie Boyd ’90, Director »

This week, Yale College Dean Mary Miller named the members of a new committee on hazing and initiations and established the group’s agenda. The group, formed in response to the Delta Kappa Epsilon pledge chant incident this October, consists of 10 faculty and administrators and four undergraduates. Beginning next semester, it will examine initiation practices »

The ban on DKE’s pledge activities was lifted in early November, less than one month after it was imposed by the Delta Kappa Epsilon national organization. DKE’s national organization had directed the Yale chapter to stop all pledge activities — including the initiation of new members — beginning Oct. 17. A week later, National Executive »