Author Archives: Sam Greenberg

In an e-mail to Branford College students Sunday night, Branford Master Steven Smith announced he will step down at the end of this year, marking the conclusion of his third term and 15th year as master. Many Branfordians had heard rumors about Smith’s decision to depart prior to Sunday’s announcement. In an interview with the »

Master Steven Smith announced he would be stepping down at the end of this year, which marks the end of his third term as master, he announced in an email to Branford students Sunday night. “It was one of the best things I’ve ever been privileged to do in my life,” Smith said of his »

While the Yale College Council pursued an agenda this semester praised by administrators and students alike, some Yalies — including YCC President Jeff Gordon ’12 — worry that the council has left students in the dark. Changing University policies on issues that directly affect students such as housing and academics is his top priority, Gordon »

The Yale College Council will spend $20,000 next semester on the Eli Adventures program, which will send students to shows, sporting events and other attractions in New Haven, New York and Boston. The YCC has a surplus this year, which it will put toward Eli Adventures, as well as a Yale-wide tailgate at The Game »

Details of disciplinary action against a student accused of harassment have emerged, as a new committee prepares to examine community recommendations on sexual misconduct following the Delta Kappa Epsilon controversy. A senior athlete who was responsible for forwarding an e-mail about female undergraduates to members of his team last year was reprimanded by the University »

Tailgating at Harvard just got a whole lot simpler. This year, the Yale College Council is coordinating a tailgate for all Yale students, intended to replace the independent college council tailgates held in the past. Courtney Pannell ’11, a former editor for the News who is planning the Yale-wide tailgate, said this should replace the »

In an e-mail to the Yale College community Thursday, Assistant Chief of Yale Police Ronnell Higgins notified students of the rape of an undergraduate by a fellow undergraduate acquaintance on campus last week. Higgins’ e-mail, which said the assault was reported anonymously, comes just 10 days after the Sexual Misconduct Committee released a report advising »

A proposal for a new Yale College calendar, which would institute a five-day fall break and shorter reading and finals weeks, has reached University President Richard Levin’s desk, and University officers are discussing implementing it in the 2012-’13 academic year. John Meeske, associate dean for student organizations and physical resources, said the three main objectives »

Yale College Council President Jeff Gordon ’12 will fly to China early Wednesday morning to represent Yale before an international assembly of students and leaders. Gordon and two other Yale students, David Chan ’12 and Adam Thomas ’12, will attend Expo 2010 Shanghai China, where they will participate in a summit along with 500 student »

After a recent raid on a Yale-sponsored party at Elevate Lounge, which resulted in the arrest of five students, administrators said Yale has no plans to change its alcohol enforcement and student safety measures. The events that night do not reflect a problem with Yale’s alcohol policy, said Council of Masters chair Jonathan Holloway. While »

A report released Monday through the Provost’s Office pushes for a more centralized and streamlined system to handle sexual misconduct at Yale. The Sexual Misconduct Committee, which was appointed by the Provost’s Office, advocates the creation of a University Wide Committee, or UWC, to address complaints of sexual grievances, and introduces the phrase “sexual misconduct” »

After the campus outcry sparked by Delta Kappa Epsilon’s inflammatory pledge ritual on Old Campus Wednesday night, the fraternity apologized to the Yale Women’s Center in a meeting in Linsly-Chittenden Hall Thursday night. After the meeting, attended by four DKE brothers and five Women’s Center board members, both parties expressed optimism that they could construct »