Tristan Hernandez
Staff Reporter
Tristan Hernandez is the 147th Editor in Chief and President of the Yale Daily News. He previously served as a copy editor and covered student policy & affairs and student life for the University desk. Originally from Austin, Texas, he is a rising junior in Pierson College majoring in political science.
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Yale students reflect on midterm elections

The News spoke to six students on an unusual night in political history.

Yale welcomes largest-ever cohort of Eli Whitney students

Twenty-three students matriculated this fall in the Eli Whitney Students Program for non-traditional undergraduates

I’ve got 2,384 problems

I would like to preface this entire story by saying that I am extremely indecisive. Like the kind of indecisive where for my first semester […]

Students prepare voting plans in midterm elections

With the help of Yale Votes, students send in absentee ballots and prepare to vote in-person.

“As Prescribed” To Play at New Haven Documentary Film Festival

Producer Holly Hardman will show her new documentary at NHDocs Festival that showcases the dangers of benzodiazepines.

First year goes viral on Fizz for Japanese cooking

An anonymous user posted a viral video of Naho Abe ’26 cooking Japanese dinners. Now, Abe is a prominent Fizz figure herself.

LGBTQ+ Steering Committee plans in-person events for semester

On Sept. 20, faculty LGBTQ+ affinity group met to plan a range of LGBTQ+ centered events this semester, including a pickleball tournament and an improv performance.

Payne Whitney sauna to be removed despite student petition

A petition to reopen the University’s sauna drew almost 1000 signatures — but an administrator said the shuttered space would be permanently converted into changing rooms.