Yale Daily News

Connecticut has become the first state to ban state-funded travel to Indiana in protest of its Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which was signed into law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence last week. Gov. Dannel Malloy signed an executive order Monday afternoon, denouncing the act for being "disturbing, disgraceful and outright discriminatory" to the LGBTQ community.

March 30, 2015

Simpler times. Tapping into a universal longing for the days when we were all less concerned about stock markets and presidential campaigns, people around campus have been selling Girl Scout cookies — one stand set up shop outside the Branford and Davenport dining halls on Friday. Either we’re all sentimental or the cookies just taste good.

March 30, 2015

Headlines: Sarah Eidelson will seek third term for War 1 alder, University to focus votes on pro-environment resolutions, Unite Yale rallies for increased student activism.

March 29, 2015

The County Health Rankings, developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, deemed New Haven County one of the least healthy counties in Connecticut.

March 28, 2015

You know the drill. We’ve been here before, Yale. The NCAA men’s hockey tournament kicks off today as your Elis take on Boston University at 2 p.m. If you’re not already halfway to Manchester, N.H., catch the game on a TV screen near you — we recommend the one in Payne-Whitney for the University’s official watch party this afternoon. Let’s party like it’s 2013.

March 27, 2015

Headlines: SEAS receives $20 million donation, CS faculty to grow, Student outcry over mental health access still unanswered, Students call for increased transparency from YPD.

March 26, 2015

Charges against former New Haven Alder Mike Stratton were dropped earlier this week after Stratton appeared in Superior Court.

March 26, 2015

Survive and advance. Such is the mentality of the men’s hockey team, which arrived in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday to prepare for their first-round showdown with Boston University tomorrow. We’d imagine the survival instinct kicks in pretty strongly in the state where you either “Live Free or Die.”

March 26, 2015

Headlines: HGS tower renamed in David Swensen's honor, Robert Wallace '02 to lead Stanford's endowment, St. Patrick's Day officer removed from patrol duties.

March 25, 2015

First Daughter, again? Yes, we know. Malia Obama came to campus yesterday, and after news broke that the First Daughter had plans to visit Brown and other New England schools, we figured that she’d be stopping by. The University sells itself (with some help from the tour guides), so here’s hoping Malia continues the tradition started by Barbara Pierce Bush ’04.

March 25, 2015

Headlines: After FERPA, Yale deletes evaluative admissions data, Fish Stark holds campaign kick-off event in Dwight Hall, Letter expresses Spanish and Portuguese Department complaints.

March 24, 2015