Olivia Cyrus
Staff Reporter
olivia.cyrus@yale.edu
Olivia Cyrus covers social scene and campus culture at Yale. She also writes the Monday newsletter. Originally from Collierville, Tennessee, she is a sophomore in Morse College majoring in English.
Author Archive
OLIVIA CYRUS
Race to secure summer internships begins early at Yale

Some students are currently applying for internships for the summer of 2027.

September 11, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Students vie for ‘performative male’ title near Women’s Table

Mixtapes, tote bags, feminist literature and menstrual products took center stage at Yale’s inaugural “performative male” contest, attended by nearly 500 students.

September 8, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Locals, students pack 850-seat Battell Chapel for American history lecture

Students who fill 27 discussion sections, as well as a crowd of New Haven area residents, on Thursday attended the first lecture by professors Beverly Gage ’94, Joanne Freeman and David Blight.

August 29, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Slain Yale alumna took on college and career with warmth and drive, friends say

Friends described Wesley Mittman LePatner ’03 — who was killed in a late July shooting in Manhattan — as compassionate and impressive.

August 27, 2025

ISOBEL MCCLURE & OLIVIA CYRUS
Yale alumna, an ‘extraordinary classmate’ and major donor, killed in Manhattan shooting

Wesley LePatner ’03, among the four victims of a Monday shooting, was a Blackstone executive remembered for her contributions to campus life, Yale fundraising and Jewish institutions.

July 29, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Next year, no meal swipes in Commons, more swipes in colleges

Yale Hospitality announced that two popular lunch spots will no longer accept standard meal swipes — though all meal plans will now feature “points” to be spent at dining locations other than the residential colleges.

June 2, 2025

BAALA SHAKYA & OLIVIA CYRUS
Student groups mobilize after McInnis calls for action against tax bill 

Following McInnis’s call to action, student Democrats, members of the Endowment Justice Collective and YCC leaders began immediate advocacy against a federal bill that would sharply increase the tax on Yale’s endowment.

May 24, 2025

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