Emily Foxhall, Alison Griswold
Yale community members calling to schedule a daytime shuttle ride this month have been greeted by a special message: on Feb. 28, “door-to-door vehicle escorts will no longer be available.” The weekday door-to-door rides will end Monday in an effort to make Yale’s transit systems more efficient and sustainable. University officials say the cut will […]
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Emily Foxhall
Following last week’s release of the U.S. Postal Service’s first quarter financial losses, renewed speculation arose around whether USPS would be closing post offices in the New Haven area. Five offices had been considered for closure in August 2009, but Yale Station, at least for now, is here to stay. As the flurry of red […]
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Emily Foxhall, Everett Rosenfeld
Every day for almost three years, former Assistant Chief Ronnell Higgins pinned one star to each lapel of his navy blue Yale Police Department uniform. On Monday, he pinned on three. Chief Higgins, officially sworn in last Friday, arrived at his office by 8:30 a.m. yesterday, ready for his regular meetings to begin. Aside from […]
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Emily Foxhall
Every Monday and Wednesday, Betty Lou Blumberg and Sue Cohen claim the same spots in room in Linsly-Chittenden Hall for the English lecture “The American Novel since 1945” — the back row of the right section. The two students, who have been friends since they met in New Haven over 50 years ago, are not […]
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Emily Foxhall
The farmers of Wooster Square located in the vacant lot at the intersection of Chapel Street and DePalma Court grind their boots in the snow as they patiently shift their weight back and forth. The men and women of the market keep their gloved hands shoved deep into their pockets as they shout to the […]
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Emily Foxhall
Before his students enter the classroom on a Tuesday morning in November, retired four-star Gen. Stanley McChrystal scrawls the phrase “TRUST AND RELATIONSHIPS” in all caps on the whiteboard. Two months ago, a group of graduate and undergraduate students were intimidated by the University’s new star professor, but now they know better what to expect […]
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Emily Foxhall
Mory’s, a restaurant on York Street steeped in Yale history, claims to be the largest private club in the world, but it is seeking more members. Forced to close for financial reasons in 2008, the club solicited money from members to fund a largescale renovation, reopening this fall with a new bar, updated menu and […]
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Emily Foxhall
For many Yale students, East Rock Park represents a chance to escape papers, exams, social obligations, and the other stresses in their lives. Lots of student groups make consistent use of the park. The Yale Cycling team bikes through it, the Yale Outdoors club runs there at night once a week, and the Freshman Outdoor […]
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Emily Foxhall
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Emily Foxhall
After lunch at Ivy Noodle today, David Mogilner ’12 cracked open his fortune cookie and unfurled the paper: “If it seems fates are against you today, they probably are.” Deeming it a “crappy fortune,” Mogilner then sent this piece of news to several panlists, signing the e-mail in a joking manner with the acronym “FML”. […]
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Emily Foxhall
On Lynwood Place, a one-block, one-way street behind Davenport and Pierson Colleges, students live in the borderlands between city and University. The street’s residents are an eclectic bunch: swimmers, “hipsters,” rowers, fraternity brothers and graduate students. But almost all are Yalies. These students may live off-campus, but over the years this block has become more […]
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