Finnegan Schick
Staff Reporter
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Following protest, GESO writes to admins

After protesting on the steps of Warner House last week, the Graduate Employee and Students Organization is now seeking a definitive response from two deans in the graduate school.

Kissinger, Ferguson talk “world order”

Nobel laureate and two-time Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger spoke on Friday to a full Levinson auditorium, calling for a re-examination of the 21st century world order.

GESO protest tactics fall short

On Thursday afternoon, roughly 50 members of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization — the unrecognized graduate student union — found themselves engaged in a familiar occupation: protesting.

Buddhist leader extols environmental activism

Speaking to a sold-out Woolsey Hall on Tuesday, Buddhist leader His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje decried the degradation of the environment and encouraged environmental activism rooted in a spiritual connection to nature.

12 colleges, 12 ways to sign up for housing

For undergraduates at Yale, the housing process is far from uniform across the 12 residential colleges.

YCC | John Risbergs ’17, finance director

John Risbergs ’17 hopes to balance the Yale College Council budget as well as he balances athletics and his school work.

GPSS, GSA call for longer library hours

A graduate student report is calling on the University to extend library hours so that they fall in line with practices seen across the Ivy League.

CT residents underestimate hurricane risks, report reveals

A majority of people living near Connecticut’s shoreline underestimate the danger they could face during coastal storms, according to a report released last week by Yale researchers.

Ta-Nehisi Coates makes the case for reparations

Over 300 people filled Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall Friday night to hear acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose controversial analyses of race in America have appeared on the cover of The Atlantic and in the pages of the The New York Times.

Graduate students discuss mental health resources

Nearly one month after students and University administrators clashed at a mental health open forum, another meeting was held to address issues specific to graduate students.

Exhibition tackles female athlete discrimination

A new art installation at the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library hopes to reveal the true meaning of an ancient Roman mosaic.