Jon Victor
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Dining hall worker loses job after smashing Calhoun windowpane

Corey Menafee said he knocked the panel out with a broomstick because he no longer wanted to see the “racist, very degrading” image.

July 11, 2016

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Supreme Court ruling upholds affirmative action in college admissions

The Supreme Court ruled today that the University of Texas has the right to consider race in admissions decisions, setting a controversial precedent as Yale and its peer institutions face scrutiny over similar practices.

June 23, 2016

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Asian-American groups file complaint against Yale

The Asian American Coalition for Education claims that Yale and two other Ivy League schools unlawfully discriminate against Asian-Americans in admissions.

May 24, 2016

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Asian-American group to file complaint against Yale

A civil rights organization plans to file a federal complaint on Monday with the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice over claims that Yale and other Ivy League universities unlawfully discriminated against Asian Americans in admissions.

May 21, 2016

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Cheng appointed AYA executive director

J. Weili Cheng ’77 has been appointed executive director of the Association of Yale Alumni, the University announced May 1.

May 2, 2016

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Alumni weigh in on names

In the hours after University President Peter Salovey announced resolutions to three long-standing campus naming debates, the decisions reverberated throughout a community of over 150,000 Yale alumni worldwide.

April 29, 2016

JON VICTOR
Prefrosh weigh names, choices

Just hours after plastic tables and pizza boxes were cleared from Old Campus for the annual Bulldog Days closing pizza party, University President Peter Salovey announced a series of historic naming decisions that have not escaped the attention of students yet uncommitted to Yale.

April 29, 2016

JON VICTOR
SUN protests student effort at Provost’s Office

Over 50 members of Students Unite Now marched to Provost Benjamin Polak’s office to deliver a report on financial aid at Yale, as well as 150 student testimonies about how the student effort has negatively impacted their lives.

April 28, 2016

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The Rule of Three: Yale, Claremont McKenna and Mizzou

April 28, 2016

JON VICTOR
Financial aid office continues communications reforms

Instead of a lengthy booklet, domestic students admitted via regular decision this year who qualified for financial aid received a streamlined, two-page document offering supplementary […]

April 27, 2016

JON VICTOR
Bulldog Days draws 2,000 students, family members

Sporting matching blue T-shirts and drawstring backpacks, admitted students from every corner of the world descended on Old Campus Monday afternoon for the start of […]

April 26, 2016

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