THE NEWS To meet rising costs, Yale’s financial model assumes that revenue will grow each year. But many of the University’s traditional sources of revenue — endowment income, tuition, government funding and alumni gifts — cannot keep up with the costs of all the components of the Yale experience. The spending problem facing Yale today is »

THE NEWS When Dean Esserman took the helm of the New Haven Police Department in November 2011, his marching orders were clear: reduce violence in the city and improve police relations with the community. The city had just reached a 20-year high in crime, after a tumultuous year that saw a total of 34 homicides. Seventeen »

THE NEWS Students entering Commons on Monday morning were confronted with a new layout: a rope blocking their access to the food stations. On Monday, Yale Dining moved the card-swipe check-in stations from the front door to directly in front of the food serving area, opening up the seating area to free access. Students must swipe »

THE NEWS In the aftermath of Sandy Hook, lawmakers passed a bipartisan bill that contained an expanded ban on assault weapons and a limit on the size of ammunition magazines, among others provisions, making Connecticut a national leader in the fight for tighter gun control measures. Top lawmakers and activists from both sides of the aisle lauded the effort as »

THE NEWS The stage was crowded Saturday afternoon when the five men vying to become New Haven’s next mayor squared off in the first public debate of the election season. But among the officially announced candidates, only one issue emerged as clearly dividing the rapidly crystallizing field: campaign finance. That’s because the candidates have already made »