Sammy Westfall
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Unidentified man found sleeping in FroCo suite

An unidentified man was found sleeping in the common room of a Vanderbilt Hall FroCo suite at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. The Yale Police were […]

Gas leak temporarily shuts down York Street

As DJ Action served up his weekly Wednesday-night tunes inside Toad’s Place, the odor of natural gas wafted in the air on the street outside, […]

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Pre-arrest diversion program under fire

A New Haven social program designed to reduce arrests for people with substance-use disorders and mental illnesses came under fire at a teach-in hosted by […]

New Haven marches against homicide violence

“We want somebody to listen, somebody to hear. It’s time,” said Donna Santiago over the beat of Fusion Drill Team’s drums. Santiago is one of […]

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Yale Police Union marches to deliver letter to Salovey

On Thursday afternoon, 70 members of Yale’s police union protested ongoing contract negotiations with Yale, marching to President Peter Salovey's office.

Yale School of Art offers intro art classes in prison

Yale University offers for-credit introductory art seminars, Basic Drawing and Painting Basics, during Yale Summer Session on Yale’s main campus — and now at a […]

Window-smashing spree damages cars on Lake Place

A week ago, owners of cars parked behind four different properties on Lake Place collectively faced thousands of dollars in damages after a mass window-smashing […]

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Howe Place apartments faces backlash

Past and current tenants of 70 Howe St. are voicing dissatisfaction with their apartment housing company, citing unfair business practices that wrongly take advantage of graduate students.

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New graduate coalition formed against prisons

On Sept. 9 banners were dropped at the Yale Law School, Yale Divinity School and Yale School of Medicine in solidarity with the 2018 Prison […]

New Haven beats guns into plowshare

New Haven is taking the Old Testament to heart with its “Beat Swords into Plowshares” project, a new initiative designed to convert guns, like the […]

Stiles and Morse host self-defense classes

Clapping and cheering erupted from 21 students clad in full-athletic gear in the Ezra Stiles and Morse college dance studio on Wednesday night. But rather than dancing, the students were learning self defense.

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