David Yaffe-Bellany
Staff Reporter
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After reinstatement, what next?

In interviews with the News, nine students who have gone through the reinstatement process expressed distrust toward Yale’s Mental Health and Counseling program. Many of these students also shared concerns over the support mechanisms available to reinstated students like Ross, an aspect of the system that was not addressed in detail by the 2015 reforms.

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Election generates anger, confusion on campus

Bleary-eyed students walked to class Wednesday morning in various stages of emotional distress — some anxiously calling their families, others looking silently into the distance — on a surreal day at Yale.

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Clinton LAW ’73 concedes

They came expecting to see her make history. They left in disbelief.

Child care plans halted by union fears

A decade-long push to secure affordable child care for students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has been put on hold due to administrative fears that any new funding would invite legal scrutiny from Yale’s unofficial graduate student union, Local 33.

Candidates split on college cost, sexual assault

Here, the News breaks down how Clinton and Trump differ on the major challenges facing American universities.

Portrait of Thompson goes up in Calhoun

A portrait of popular Yale alumnus Roosevelt Thompson ’84 was installed in Calhoun College’s dining hall Monday morning. Thompson became a popular candidate to replace Calhoun as the college namesake during a long-running naming dispute.

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New college transfer details announced

As the construction of Benjamin Franklin and Pauli Murray colleges continues, the University is now putting greater focus on the roughly 800 students who will form the heart of the new Prospect Street communities.

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Hale Ross ’18 remembered for warmth and wit

Hale Ross ’18, an undergraduate from Washington, D.C., died on Sunday evening. Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway informed the Yale community of the news in an email Monday morning. Ross was 20 years old.

Students honor Black Panther anniversary

A strong believer in social justice, Hill was one of five undergraduates and two professional students who spent fall break in Oakland, California, learning about the past and present of black activism at a four-day commemoration marking the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary black nationalist group.

In turbulent fall, Yale-NUS struggles with mental health resources

In interviews with the Yale-NUS student newspaper The Octant, roughly a dozen students expressed dissatisfaction with changes to the mental health services at Yale-NUS — which range from staffing adjustments to a physical transformation of the Wellness offices — and how they were communicated.

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ELECTION 2016: Conservative views considered unwelcome at Yale

Nearly 75 percent of 2,054 respondents who completed the survey — representing views across the political spectrum — said they believe Yale does not provide a welcoming environment for conservative students to share their opinions on political issues.