Gavan Gideon
Staff Reporter
gavan.gideon@yale.edu
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GAVAN GIDEON
Witt ’12 accused of sexual assault, Times reports

The New York Times reported Thursday that quarterback Patrick Witt ’12 did not withdraw his Rhodes Scholarship candidacy in November so he could play at […]

January 26, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Aretha calls off her wedding

Apparently the freeway of love isn’t as smooth a ride as the Queen of Soul had hoped. Honorary degree recipient and goddess Aretha Franklin has […]

January 24, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Early projections indicate budget deficit

While Yale has largely addressed the $350 million budget gap caused by the onset of the recession, Provost Peter Salovey said Sunday that the University […]

January 23, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Believe in People hits classroom in LC

Believe in People has left his mark inside a Yale building. New Haven’s favorite anonymous graffiti artist went to work this weekend in Room 211 […]

January 22, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON & TAPLEY STEPHENSON
Yale-NUS develops curriculum

While students at Yale College focus on fulfilling flexible distributional requirements before graduation, their peers at Yale-NUS will be required to complete an intensive core […]

January 20, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON & CAROLINE TAN
Students split over tailgate changes

An administrative decision to tighten tailgate regulations in response to a fatal U-Haul crash at last November’s Yale-Harvard tailgate has generated mixed responses from fraternity […]

January 20, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Yale still addressing budget gap

More than three years after the onset of the recession first forced administrators to make University-wide budget cuts, Yale’s finances still have not fully recovered. […]

January 19, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Yale still faces budget shortfall

More than three years after the onset of the recession, administrators say Yale’s budget has still not fully recovered. In a letter to faculty today, […]

January 18, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Yale-NUS recruits with open house

Even though Yale-NUS College is still over a year from opening, more than 600 students and family members attended the Singaporean liberal arts college’s first […]

January 18, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Administrative growth raises concerns

Administrative appointments often fuel a long-standing concern among some professors that unnecessary bureaucratic positions drain resources from the University. Following the recent appointment of Kimberly […]

January 13, 2012

GAVAN GIDEON
Prof. Shiller says bond market may face bubble

When Yale economics professor Robert Shiller uses the word “bubble,” people listen. The Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics said Wednesday that the United States […]

January 12, 2012