Olivia Cyrus
Staff Reporter
olivia.cyrus@yale.edu
Olivia Cyrus covers the Yale College Council at Yale. Originally from Collierville, Tennessee, she is a first year in Morse College majoring in English.
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BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS
Yale awards 4,378 degrees in 324th Commencement

The University conferred 4,378 degrees upon graduating students from Yale College and the University’s 13 graduate and professional schools, as well as upon honorary recipients.

May 19, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Class Day student performers highlight campus free speech and activism

Student performances at the Sunday event demonstrated the enduring significance of last year’s pro-Palestinian protests and ongoing campus free speech concerns to the class of 2025.

May 19, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS
Recent student activism focused on endowment, Supreme Court

At Yale, the class of 2025 joined campus protests on reproductive rights, climate change and global conflict.

May 18, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Graduating in the Trump era — again: seniors reflect on political coming-of-age in a time of polarization

Members of the class of 2025 recount how Trump’s presidencies shaped their worldviews and what it means to enter adulthood under his shadow once more.

May 17, 2025

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Yale Rep loses play grant as Trump slashes arts spending

Leaders of the David Geffen School of Drama reaffirmed their plans to produce Zora Neale Hurston’s “Spunk” despite the funding termination.

May 8, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Yale faculty call for admin hiring freeze, independent audit amid concerns over bureaucratic expansion

Over 100 professors signed a letter urging University leaders to prioritize faculty and academics as administrative spending grows and the University announces new expansion plans.

April 24, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Student governments secure role in trustee discussions through new initiative

The Yale College Council’s proposal — co-authored with graduate student leaders — to add non-voting student voices to trustee deliberations was officially adopted, marking a new era of student inclusion and transparency in university governance.

April 22, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Bad Bunny course coming to Yale this fall

Taught by Professor Albert Laguna, the class will explore the Puerto Rican artist’s cultural impact, the Puerto Rican diaspora and the politics embedded in his latest album.

April 22, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Andrew Boanoh ’27 and Jalen Bradley ’27 win YCC presidency, vice presidency

In one of the closest Yale College Council races in recent history, Boanoh and Bradley won their respective races.

April 13, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS, ORION KIM, NORA MOSES & GEMARD GUERY
NLE Choppa no longer performing at Spring Fling

The Memphis rapper will no longer headline Spring Fling due to “personal health complications,” according to the Spring Fling Committee.

April 11, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS & NORA MOSES
YCC polls open today

Undergraduates can cast their ballots for Yale College Council representatives until Friday at 9 p.m.

April 10, 2025