Karla Cortes
Staff Reporter
karla.cortes@yale.edu
Karla Cortes is the Director of Affairs at the News. She previously covered Student Policy and Affairs at Yale under the University Desk. From Woodstock, Georgia, she is a junior in Silliman majoring in political science and history.
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KARLA CORTES
Yale Polo hosts Morehouse College, the first HBCU polo team

After two years in the making, the Yale Polo team hosted Morehouse College, in what organizers hoped was the first in a series of matches between the two teams.

October 28, 2024

KARLA CORTES
Sexual assault prevalence decreased at Yale, survey finds

Though rates of sexual assault have decreased since 2019, one in ten undergraduate female students has experienced rape since starting college, according to a spring 2024 Yale survey.

October 22, 2024

KARLA CORTES
Funding for cultural centers shifts with Yale’s changing diversity

As Yale’s student body grows more diverse, the University adjusts funding allocation for cultural centers to meet their changing needs.

October 9, 2024

KARLA CORTES & YOLANDA WANG
Yale community mourns on Oct. 7 anniversary

A year after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliatory war in Gaza started, Yale community members gathered to mourn lives lost.

October 8, 2024

KARLA CORTES & NORA MOSES
Flex point dining plan undervalued as prices increase at Bow Wow

Yale Hospitality previously increased the value of the Bow Wow swipe to $12 after YCC advocacy, but the flex point plan is still undervalued by at least $800.

October 4, 2024

KARLA CORTES
NACC honors Native and Indigenous residential school lost lives and survivors

On Monday, the Native American Cultural Center, with support from the Yale Chaplain’s office and the Committee on Canadian Studies, commemorated Orange Shirt Day on Cross Campus.

October 1, 2024

KARLA CORTES
Classes still held on Election Day

Yale College does not give students, faculty or staff Election Day off in the 2024–25 election cycle despite previous advocacy efforts from YCC and Yale Votes.

September 25, 2024

KARLA CORTES & ALAN ZHONG
OiYan Poon hosts book talk on affirmative action, Asian American identity

The AACC and Possible Futures bookstore hosted OiYan Poon for a discussion on her newest book, “Asian American Is Not a Color,” this past Saturday.

September 23, 2024

JOSIE REICH, CHRIS TILLEN, HAILEY TALBERT & KARLA CORTES
ANALYSIS: Could Yale face post-affirmative action lawsuits?

The News spoke with seven legal experts who are divided on whether Yale could face litigation regarding the class of 2028’s maintained diversity.

September 17, 2024

KARLA CORTES, YOLANDA WANG & JERRY GAO
Yale jumps in FIRE free speech rankings

Yale’s 155 of 257 ranking, which FIRE described as “slightly below average,” is the only one among Ivy League schools above 200.

September 13, 2024

KARLA CORTES
Cultural centers adapt to post-affirmative action reality

After the end of affirmative action, cultural centers received increased funding from Yale, look to maintain cultural programming efforts to support students on campus.

September 11, 2024