Sports | 11:23 pm | April 23, 2013 | By Leah Motzkin

Grace ’11 wins US 1-mile road championship

Yale alum and champion runner Kate Grace ’11 won the US Women’s 1-Mile Road Championships held earlier today with an impressive time of 4:43.02, according to a Tuesday release published by American Track & Field. The 1-Mile Road Championships is the fourth stop on the USA Running Circuit. The Circuit will end this fall with the U.S. »

University | 3:18 pm | April 10, 2013 | By Leah Motzkin

Jodie Foster ’85 for YCC President?

Jodie Foster ’85 for YCC President?

It looks like this year’s race for Yale College Council President may not be uncontested after all. Some Yalies have launched a mysterious Facebook page that has started soliciting students to “#VoteJodie” for YCC President. Yes, the Facebook is seeking votes for Jodie Foster ’85, the Academy Award-winning actress and Hollywood A-lister. In her alleged »

University | 10:58 pm | April 7, 2013 | By Leah Motzkin

Yale Dems endorse same-sex marriage

Fifty College Republicans and Democrats chapters, including the Yale College Democrats, have signed a national statement affirming their support for same-sex marriage.

The Yale College Democrats have signed a nationwide same-sex marriage statement that proclaims “We Support Equality,” joining 50 College Democrats and Republicans chapters across the country. The leadership statement — started jointly by the University of Pennsylvania’s College Democrats and College Republicans chapters — affirms the belief that the right to marry should be given to »

University | 10:25 am | December 4, 2012 | By Leah Motzkin

Scrutiny descends on new BDSM group at Harvard

John Harvard rests on Harvard's campus

Harvard students just got a little less sexually repressed. Harvard’s Committee on Student Life recently approved its first BDSM group — the Harvard College Munch — on campus. After meeting informally for about a year, the club has grown from a handful of people to roughly 30 members making up its quirky and kinky community. As »