Wesley Yiin
Staff Reporter
wesley.yiin@yale.edu
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Group funding gains transparency

The UOC will make funding requests and grants publicly available for the first time.

January 24, 2014

WESLEY YIIN
White House tackles sexual assault at colleges

The issue of sexual assault on college campuses has officially made it to the White House.

January 22, 2014

MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS & WESLEY YIIN
Accounts clash in SigEp suit

Four days after details of a lawsuit against 86 current and former members of Sig Ep emerged, the national fraternity appears to have begun a near-turnaround in its handling of the case.

January 17, 2014

ERIC XIAO & WESLEY YIIN
Discussions for performance signboards underway

Student groups and University administrators are still discussing potential replacements for the iconic signboards on Elm and High Streets.

January 15, 2014

MATTHEW LLOYD-THOMAS & WESLEY YIIN
86 Sig Ep members sued over 2011 tailgate

86 members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon are the targets of new lawsuits over a fatal collision at the 2011 Harvard-Yale tailgate

January 14, 2014

WESLEY YIIN
DOE discusses campus safety and reporting

The bill signed into law by President Barack Obama includes the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, which amends the Clery Act — mandating that all higher education institutions must keep and disclose records about crime on or near campus — in an effort to ensure and expand the rights of sexual assault victims on campus.

January 13, 2014

WESLEY YIIN
YCC proposes academic changes

Over winter break members of the Yale College Council worked to finalize several recommendations to the administration on academic changes.

January 13, 2014

WESLEY YIIN
Harvard student dismissed for sexual misconduct

According to Michael Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, who announced the decision at a Dec. 3 meeting, the student had engaged in multiple incidents of serious and unwanted sexual misconduct, in serious violation of the Faculty’s sexual assault and misconduct policies.

December 7, 2013

YUVAL BEN-DAVID & WESLEY YIIN
Academic minors to be weighed again

Three years after Yale College faculty members struck down a proposal to introduce academic minors into the undergraduate curriculum, the Yale College Council plans to try again.

December 5, 2013

WESLEY YIIN
Alcohol report delayed

Despite months of delay, the University Council Committee on Alcohol has not finalized its advisory report on alcohol policy that was scheduled for release last spring.

December 4, 2013

WESLEY YIIN
After Woodard’s death, new Calhoun dean announced

Seven weeks after the sudden death of former Calhoun College Dean Leslie Woodard, April Ruiz ’05 was announced her successor.

December 3, 2013