Gary Holder-Winfield officially set up an “exploratory” committee on Thursday, a growing sign that the Connecticut state representative is considering a serious run for New Haven mayor, according to the New Haven Independent. With the formation of this committee, Holder-Winfield can now accept campaign contributions. Holder-Winfield told the Independent that he will continue to solicit »
New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. may have another challenger in the upcoming mayoral race. Sundiata Keitazulu, a 55-year-old plumber and Elm City native, has declared his candidacy for the top spot in New Haven, becoming the second person — after DeStefano himself— to file papers with the city clerk and officially declare his candidacy »
Tired of scrambling to find your suitemates screw dates at the last second? Want to make sure your suitemate gets matched with someone who is described as having a “similar party intensity”? With screw season coming up, Rafi Khan ’15 created a system to help match up people looking for screw dates: Screw Me Yale. »
Missed former Sen. Rick Santorum at the YPU debate last night? No worries. Here’s a few key quotes from the former presidential candidate: “When I said to a friend that I was coming to Yale to give a speech, he said that was like breaking through to the gates of hell… and it is hot »
A piece by Alex Lew ’15 challenging Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his praise of the Chinese education system landed on Kristof’s NY Times blog earlier this week. Kristof reported that an international study ranked China first in school performance in math, science, and reading, while the United States ranked 15th »