Author Archives: Matthew Lloyd-Thomas

Hungry Yalies and New Haven residents will soon be able to dine out for less via a new discount card program called Save Haven. The card, which organizers said will be on sale by late October for $10, provides access to discounts at 17 restaurants around Yale. Discounts include free bubble tea with a purchase »

Throughout Thursday evening’s hour-long debate between U.S. Senate candidates Chris Murphy and Linda McMahon, neither candidate yielded an inch on topics including economic growth, foreign policy and personal character. The debate, which came four days after the candidates’ first matchup last Sunday, was intended to focus primarily on the economy, government fiscal policy and foreign »

After nearly a decade of fighting extradition to the United States, Babar Ahmad and Syed Talha Ahsan arrived in New Haven early Saturday from Great Britain on charges of aiding terrorist organizations. The two suspects are accused of operating a website to raise funds, recruit fighters and provide material support for terrorists in Afghanistan and »

When Don Edwards ’64 moved into Silliman College as a freshman in the fall of 1960, a row of storefronts stood opposite Payne Whitney Gymnasium. Over the next two years, the space would be filled by two residential colleges, and Edwards, searching for “adventure,” decided to become one of the first students in the newly »

Students have expressed confusion and frustration in response to yesterday’s news that Silliman College’s annual Safety Dance has come to an end. The decision to cancel the event, which has taken place 13 consecutive years, came after this year’s Safety Dance on Saturday, when eight students were transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital for alcohol-related reasons. »

Despite significant improvement in the state’s fiscal health, Connecticut continues to face a budget shortfall. A report released Thursday by Secretary of Policy and Management Ben Barnes and addressed to Comptroller Kevin Lembo projected a $26.9 million shortfall in Connecticut’s general fund for the 2013 fiscal year, citing the anemic national economic recovery as well »

Fifty residents of New Haven and neighboring towns spent Monday evening criss-crossing campus as part of a walking tour of Yale’s senior societies. The tour, organized by the New Haven Preservation Trust, cost participants $75 each and took them to the steps of the “tombs” of six societies: Manuscript, Wolf’s Head, Skull and Bones, Elihu, »

After delivering a scathing critique of current government policies, publishing executive and conservative thinker Steve Forbes told a room of over 200 Thursday evening that “one way or another, we will get back on track.” Forbes, who serves as editor-in-chief of Forbes Magazine and CEO of its publishing company, Forbes, Inc., spoke for over an »

After faltering in late August, President Barack Obama appears to have reaffirmed his grasp on the state’s electorate. A poll released Wednesday by the University of Connecticut and the Hartford Courant, found Obama leading Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 21 percentage points, 53 to 32, among Connecticut voters. That result came less than a month »

The share of Connecticut residents living without health insurance is on the decline, according to a Census Bureau report. The findings, part of a larger nationwide report on income, poverty and health insurance released last week, show that the number of uninsured in the state declined from 397,000 in 2010 to 303,000 in 2011, meaning »

He may have nearly been fired from his own startup, worked as a bicycle messenger, and been told to “get a job” while writing a novel, but Glenn Kelman’s experimentation eventually led to his appointment as a technology company’s CEO, he told a crowd of more than 50 at a Morse College Master’s Tea on »

Though the female portion of the Yale faculty has increased steadily over the past decade, women remain significantly underrepresented across the University, according to a report released Monday. The 49-page report, titled “The View,” collects gender data from across the University and is released every five years by the Women Faculty Forum, an organization that »