Yale Daily News

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February 12, 2015

No regrets. With basketball season in full swing and Whiffs auditions around the corner, now’s a good time to check in on forward-turned-tenor Brandon Sherrod ’15. And that’s what The New York Times did in a Wednesday piece entitled “At Yale, Trading a Playbook for a Songbook.” Long story short, Sherrod says he’s happy with his choice to pick the songbook.

February 11, 2015

Headlines: Rape law reading group formed at Yale Law School, Mental health dialogue increasing around campus, GSAS denies science students 6 years funding.

February 11, 2015

There needs to be a public, community-wide forum that will force Yale to come to grips with grievances against its mental health resources and policies.

February 11, 2015

The next Varga? Numerous high school football players took to social media yesterday to report that they had received a letter of interest from the Yale football team. Coach Tony Reno’s main recruiting pitch is a pretty good one: “We offer one of the finest college educations in the country.” Vikings and Structure of Networks aside, he’s darn right we do.

February 11, 2015

Headlines: Dean's office seeks clarity on administrator's roles, Independent study grading system evaluated, Brandeis president coming to Yale Law School.

February 10, 2015

“Zombies can’t swim.” Speaking of economics, yesterday’s Intro Macro lecture — given by professor Aleh Tsyvinski — included a slide full of survival tips in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Among them: “Go out to sea (zombies can’t swim)” and “Sacrifice Ms. Barbra, the old lady across the street.” Let’s just say Tsyvinski’s style is a bit different from Robert Shiller’s.

February 10, 2015

Headlines: YLS files lawsuit against US Department of Defense, Yale Admissions defends lower application rates, Celebrating 200 years of New Haven arts.

February 9, 2015

Who cares? Kudos to the student section at Saturday’s basketball game against Harvard. At least part of the Cantabs’ shooting woes can be attributed to the mental rattling doled out by the Bulldog faithful — it all started with the classic “we’d rather read the newspaper than listen to your player intros” stunt before tip-off. Guess which paper they were reading?

February 8, 2015

Headlines: Student with probable meningitis improving, Petition urges Yale to keep NELC structure, New statement defends YPD in Tahj Blow case.

February 8, 2015

After an eventful end to January, February opened with the University in reflection about Yale's mental health resources and policies. And during a weekend headlined by several marquee Yale-Harvard games, news of a potential meningitis case once again mobilized the University's public health resources.

February 8, 2015