Author Archives: The Yale Daily News

It is easy to take information for granted these days. A few keystrokes and clicks give us the world. But knowledge carries a price tag, even if we don’t see it. This week, we paid for our knowledge. Marie Colvin ’78, of England’s Sunday Times, and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed by a rocket »

In the wake of reports that the New York Police Department monitored the Muslim Students Associations at Yale and other schools, University President Richard Levin emphasized Yale’s support for its MSA on Monday and condemned “police surveillance based on race, religion, nationality or peacefully expressed political opinion.” Creating an environment that encourages open expression is »

Ten minutes before the Morse-Ezra Stiles college screw was set to end early Saturday morning, more than a dozen New Haven police officers and liquor agents raided the downtown nightclub where the event took place. Five students were arrested, Dean of Student Affairs Marichal Gentry said in an e-mail to the Yale College community Saturday »

Yonglu Che ’13 is in stable condition after being struck by a Yale Police Department vehicle on Winchester Avenue early this morning, Yale spokesman Tom Conroy said in an e-mail. Che, 18, a Berkeley College student from Northville, Mich., sustained “severe injuries,” according to the Hartford Courant, and was taken to St. Raphael’s Hospital. Conroy »

Tis’ the season, city and Yale officials say New Haven will become “a winter wonderland for the holidays,” City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga announced Thursday. Next Monday, Market New Haven Inc., a marketing organization that aims to improve the city’s image, will start its “2009 Holiday Campaign” with a launch event at the Shubert Theater. »

Bill would extend employment benefits Connecticut workers will have an additional 14 weeks of unemployment benefits if President Barack Obama signs legislation the House of Representatives passed Thursday. The Senate also passed the bill, which Conn. Sen. Chris Dodd co-authored, on Thursday. The bill also for the first time extends homebuyer’s tax credit to cover »

ShotSpotter leads to bleeding man on Goffe Street Police made good use of their new ShotSpotter technology Thursday, according to a statement issued by New Haven Police Department spokesman Joe Avery. A ShotSpotter sensor, which can hear gunshots across the city, led police to 200 Goffe St., where they found Troy Zanders, 20, shot and »

Students walk streets to count New Haven’s homeless For four hours Wednesday night, about 100 volunteers, including students from the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project and National Student Partnerships, surveyed the number of homeless people in New Haven for the Point in Time Homeless Count. Sixty-nine homeless were counted on streets and in public »

Yale Law School alumnus Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. was sworn in this afternoon as the 110th justice to serve on the United States Supreme Court, following a 58-42 Senate vote in favor of his confirmation. Today’s vote, which was preceded by a lengthy national debate about Alito’s judicial conservatism, was split along party lines, »