Emily Tian
Staff Reporter
emily.tian@yale.edu
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EMILY TIAN & MADISON HAHAMY
Spring term housing decisions cause confusion, leave some first years behind

When first years left campus for November break, it was the last time many of them would be on campus until next fall. A small […]

December 4, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & EMILY TIAN
More than 150 students, majority first years, went before COVID disciplinary committee

As a reflection of the changing rules and norms of a semester overhauled by the pandemic, each student that arrived to campus in late August […]

December 3, 2020

EMILY TIAN
Bread girl, dairy girl, clown girl: Lillian Wenker ’23 reflects on her gap year

Lillian Wenker ’23 spent her spring like many others thrust unexpectedly into quarantine: baking a lot of bread. The Yale comedian rolled and kneaded loaves, […]

November 30, 2020

EMILY TIAN
Yale Hospitality serves students, New Haven community during a Thanksgiving like no other

The Hopper College kitchen was one of the busiest places on campus the day before Thanksgiving even though all but around 150 students left Yale […]

November 30, 2020

EMILY TIAN
Harkness Tower bells go silent for the rest of the semester

When Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” rang out from Harkness Tower on Saturday evening — a special request for a wedding proposal — it marked the […]

November 20, 2020

EMILY TIAN
Sorority recruitment will be virtual, chapter presidents say

All four of Yale’s Panhellenic sororities — Alpha Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Beta Phi — announced there would be a […]

November 19, 2020

EMILY TIAN
YaleStudents website generates student debate, reveals potential data governance gap in University policy

Editor’s note, Nov. 17, 8:28 a.m.: On Tuesday morning, after the story’s publication, the site’s creators introduced new data protection policies in a major walkback […]

November 17, 2020

EMILY TIAN
YHHAP organizations respond to community need, despite programming setbacks

Five times a week, students have carried trays of extra food from residential college dining halls to the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, making the trip […]

November 13, 2020

JULIA BIALEK & EMILY TIAN
First-year students reflect on how COVID-19 surge has impacted their last days on campus

As Thanksgiving quickly approaches and students prepare to leave campus for the remainder of the semester, the surge in COVID-19 cases among students has cast […]

November 12, 2020

EMILY TIAN
Longtime Trumbull dining staff employee Penny Taylor-Greenland, remembered for ‘positive outlook’ and ‘contagious laugh,’ dies at 58

Penny Taylor-Greenland, a longtime dining hall employee and beloved member of the Trumbull community, passed away at Yale New Haven Hospital on Nov. 5. She […]

November 12, 2020

MADISON HAHAMY & EMILY TIAN
As finals approach, students and faculty weigh in on return to letter grades

Last spring, after weeks of contentious campuswide debate, Yale College implemented universal pass/fail, a sweeping grading policy that replaced letter grades with a “pass” or […]

November 12, 2020