Emma Platoff, Vivian Wang
Within the red-brick walls of Pierson College, the word “master” is disappearing.
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Stephanie Addenbrooke, Emma Platoff
When asked to identify the social issue that they feel most divides the United States, 54 percent of freshmen chose “race.” But further analysis shows the second-most popular response, “class,” more directly shades students’ plans for the years ahead.
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Stephanie Addenbrooke, Emma Platoff
Even just after the first day of shopping period, the unique challenges that recruited athletes and hopeful varsity walk-ons face have already begun to manifest clearly.
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Tyler Foggatt, Emma Platoff
When Charles Kenney ’19 walked into Woolsey Hall Saturday morning for the Freshman Assembly, he was expecting a standard college welcome address. Instead, he — and his 1,363 classmates — were issued a challenge.
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Emma Platoff, Amaka Uchegbu
Despite an unsuccessful attempt in the spring, the Yale School of Medicine may move forward with its plan to create an online Physician Associate program, Medical School Deputy Dean of Education Richard Belitsky announced at a Friday town hall.
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Stephanie Addenbrooke, Emma Platoff
Each year, the rich chords of religious music and the holy verses of religious rhetoric welcome the incoming class at the Freshman Assembly. For some students, these traditions make the event a comforting opening to the year. For others, the prominence of faith is jarring, or even inappropriate amid the University’s non-religious mission.
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Tyler Foggatt, Emma Platoff
On their first morning on campus, in the early Saturday sunlight, with the sounds of the famed Newberry Memorial organ reverberating around Woolsey Hall, the 1,364 members of the Class of 2019 were issued a challenge.
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Tyler Foggatt, Emma Platoff, Vivian Wang
The start of the fall semester will open a campus-wide debate over names and titles that have drawn new and criticism for their racial undertones.
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Emma Platoff, Vivian Wang
Religious Studies professor Stephen Davis’s announcement that he no longer wishes to be referred to as the “master” of Pierson College has initiated a debate over the use of titles at Yale, with some calling Davis’s decision commendable and others arguing that is fails to take into account the history of the term.
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Larry Milstein, Emma Platoff
Though the semester has yet to officially begin, the 22 members of the newly formed Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate are already gearing up for their first term in office.
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Stephanie Addenbrooke, Emma Platoff
On Aug. 12, the News sent all incoming freshmen a survey with questions running the gamut from family life to post-graduate plans. This is the first in a four-part series on the results.
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