STUDENT LIFE
First AACC-MENA PLs reflect on progress toward greater recognition, cultural house

The inaugural AACC-MENA peer liaisons discuss the challenges of establishing institutional support for Middle Eastern-North African students and future goals for the program.

‘So much competition’: Reflections on the Yale extracurricular scene

Within the first few weeks of classes, first-years were hurled into the whirlwind of club applications, dance auditions, callbacks and rejections.

Students report inconsistent dining hall to-go box policies

Following pandemic-related policy changes regarding takeout dining hall meals, to-go box access remains uncertain.

Dining halls kick Coke, pick Pepsi

Yale Hospitality switches to PepsiCo products after finishing a three-year extended agreement with Coca-Cola.

“We need this space”: Yalies establish Generational African American Student Association

The new association, called GAASA, aims to create space specifically for African American students descended from people who were enslaved.

Welcome Back Barbecue marks start of fall programming by the Afro-American Cultural Center

Hundreds of Black Yalies attended the House’s first major event last Saturday for food, dance and community

First years discover service opportunities at Dwight Hall bazaar

The Dwight Hall extracurricular bazaar on Old Campus connected Yalies currently involved in public service and social justice organizations with interested first years.

Students reflect on University’s campus e-scooter ban

Starting this semester, the University banned battery-powered micro-mobility devices from campus residential spaces. Students – many of whom already purchased these devices during previous semesters – have called the ban into question.

Scaled-back COVID policies persist as campus cases climb

With campus cases on the rise, students express dissatisfaction with the University’s COVID-19 guidelines on close contact tracing and isolation housing.

“Sticky and sweaty”: students struggle to sleep with intense heat wave

Since Labor Day, New Haven has been experiencing temperatures consistently above 90 degrees, which students say has made unairconditioned dorm living unbearable.elena

False alarm forces students to evacuate lecture hall

Alarms surrounding a gas odor in Marsh Lecture Hall on the morning of Sept. 6 prompted swift evacuation. A lack of communication caused concern for students, who have still not heard from the University about the incident.