Noah Daponte-Smith
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Radio is Dead — Long Live Radio

The past decade hasn’t been kind to radio. The rise of digitized music — Spotify, Pandora and iTunes, among other innovators — has meant the […]

19 Fossil Free Yale protesters threatened with arrest at Woodbridge Hall sit-in

After a day-long sit-in at Woodbridge Hall, 19 members of Fossil Free Yale have been arrested and fined.

New Haven remembers Appomattox

One hundred and fifty years after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces at Appomattox Courthouse in central Virginia, a group of New Haven residents gathered to observe the anniversary on Thursday afternoon.

Two weeks after launch, Stark campaign heats up

In the two weeks since Fish Stark ’17 launched his bid for Ward 1 alder, his campaign has heated up around campus.

Activists and scholars urge juvenile justice reform

At a forum in the Dwight Hall common room last night, New Haven activists and legal experts underscored the importance of granting minors convicted to life sentences without parole ­a second look at their sentences.

After second arrest, protests continue

On the same day that police arrested 18-year-old Sabrina Parker for her role in a St. Patrick’s Day fight, roughly a dozen community activists stood outside the New Haven Police Department headquarters yesterday afternoon to protest the police’s response to that incident.

Eidelson will seek third term

Eidelson said she has not filed any official paperwork for her re-election bid, and will formally announce her campaign later this semester.

Officer exonerated in St. Patrick’s Day incident

Tensions ran high at City Hall on Friday afternoon, where the results of an internal New Haven Police Department investigation left police officers and community activists standing in opposition for over an hour.

Festival of Arts and Ideas unveils 2015 headliners

With spring just around the corner, the International Festival of Arts and Ideas revealed its lineup Wednesday night in the Iseman Theater.

Stark kicks off Ward 1 campaign with rally at Dwight Hall

The November elections may still be eight months away, but Fish Stark ’17 officially launched his campaign for Ward 1 alder at an event in Dwight Hall yesterday.

State legislators discuss current session

As the Connecticut General Assembly considers the fate bills in the middle of its legislative session, the Yale College Democrats hosted a panel of legislators from across the state.