Author Archives: Samantha Broussard-Wilson

The ever-growing club of financial-aid reformers recently welcomed two more inductees — Brown and Stanford universities. But as the list of schools grows larger, two Ivies, Columbia and Princeton, are notably missing, and now all eyes are on them. Financial-aid reform has been a popular trend in the Ivy League in recent months, and Princeton »

The man who helped transform the Ivy League from a low-profile athletics conference to a breeding ground for national contenders has announced his retirement after 24 years of dedicated service. Jeffrey Orleans ’67 LAW ’71 revealed last week that he will step down from what some call the hardest job in college athletics — executive »

Eating disorders do not just affect how people interact with food — they can do permanent harm to a person’s body that will persist years after recovery. Doctors and students at the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders are working to prevent these effects by providing medical services to members of the New Haven »

The New Haven Board of Aldermen may have found a way to turn trash into cash. The Joint City Services and Environmental Policy and Finance committees met last night to discuss the creation of a New Haven Solid Waste Authority, which would eliminate the city’s direct role in waste management and place these responsibilities in »

While their fellow admits are registering for the first semester of courses come September,, some Princeton University freshmen-to-be in the class of 2013 could be on a plane to Mozambique or Mongolia. Princeton announced Monday that it has appointed a working group to begin exploring options for a new program that would allow undergraduates to »

Sex Week at Yale ran into more controversy Saturday night when porn director Paul Thomas, on campus to participate in the event, screened a graphic porn film that featured violent sado-masochism. Coordinators said they were appalled by the film — which they had not watched before it was aired in front of an audience of »

Yale’s reputation for producing highly dedicated community activists should not be in jeopardy any time soon: 10 percent of the American college undergraduates named to USA Today’s All-USA Academic College Teams this year are Elis. More students were selected from Yale than from any other school in the country for the rankings, which were released »

Harvard University’s announcement Tuesday that it will soon begin publishing the completed academic articles of Harvard faculty online for public viewing has some members of the academic world unsure about how the move will affect the future vitality of scholarly journals. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard voted earlier this week to provide »

Members of the Yale community practice many faith traditions. But proselytizing by members of one Korean church have left some students feeling a bit disturbed. Representatives of the World Mission Society Church of God — a religious group based in Korea that has been labeled a cult by Korean political leaders and ex-members — have »

In some ways, Sen. Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 has already made history. Over the past several months, she has positioned herself as the first woman in America’s history legitimately poised to nab her party’s nomination for president. But despite her focus on women’s issues and her repeated attempts to reach out to females across the »

Aramark, the food-services company formerly employed by Yale University Dining Services, is now facing allegations of mismanagement and poor food quality from cafeteria workers and custodians in New Haven Public Schools. Complaints about Aramark began in late November when a few parents expressed concern over the food quality at a school board meeting and have »

Mayor John DeStefano Jr., Board of Aldermen President Carl Goldfield and several other city officials unveiled their legislative agenda for the year at City Hall on Monday morning, with emphasis on what they called the “four E’s” — environment, education, economy and equity. But he said the success of the proposed projects depends largely on »