University | 11:05 pm | April 18, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua and Kirsten Schnackenberg

YCC releases alcohol report

The Yale College Council has released a report offering five recommendations to improve alcohol culture at Yale.

In an email to the student body this morning, the Yale College Council announced a report including five recommendations for improving the University’s drinking culture based on the results of a survey of nearly 1,500 students, open forums and discussions with individual students. The report recommended firstly that University President Richard Levin make a public statement supporting a reconsideration of »

University | 10:58 pm | April 18, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua

Occidental students file Title IX complaint

A group of 37 women have filed a Title IX complaint against Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif.

A group of 37 women at Occidental College in California filed a complaint today with the Department of Education on grounds of Title IX violations, becoming part of a growing number of universities, including Yale, which have come under investigation for providing inadequate sexual misconduct resources. The complaint, similar to the one filed by 16 »

University | 2:58 pm | April 12, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua and Julia Zorthian

Man arrested outside Branford dining hall

Three officers, including one member of the Yale Police Department and New Haven Police Department, escorted a young man from the Branford dining hall before an NHPD officer arrested him outside the dining area around 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening. According to student eyewitnesses, Branford dining hall staff called the police when they noticed the man, »

University | 3:29 pm | March 6, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua

Sexual misconduct statistics at Princeton released

More than 15 percent of Princeton’s female undergraduates reported being victims of nonconsensual vaginal penetration, according to results from an unpublished 2008 survey described in a Monday article from The Daily Princetonian. The survey — which was based on data provided by 1,595 Princeton graduate and undergraduate students from the classes of 2008 to 2011 — measured the frequency »

University | 4:47 pm | February 7, 2013 | By Cynthia Hua

Citing weather conditions, GALA reunion canceled

The second annual LGBTQ GALA Reunion scheduled to take place this weekend was canceled at noon today due to severe weather conditions. Organizers decided to announce the cancellation due to closed venues, canceled flights and potential danger risks, said Anna Wipfler ’09, who co-chaired the reunion. The decision was made in time for the large majority of registrants to cancel »