STUDENT LIFE
Chinese students at Yale continue to face challenges getting visas

Continued visa restrictions have left Chinese graduate students at Yale unable to return home without the risk of being denied entry back into the United States.

City, University infrastructure overwhelmed with month’s worth of rain over eight hours

Since Tuesday at midnight, the city of New Haven received five inches of rain. The storm affected libraries, classrooms and residential colleges across Yale and […]

Zoe Berg
Cultural centers kick off year with Intercultural First-Year Mixer

The University’s four cultural centers welcomed first-year students to campus on Sept. 2 at the annual Intercultural First-Year Mixer, an event born from the growing collaboration between the cultural houses.

Students weigh in on primary results and their hopes for midterm elections

As the midterm elections approach, student organizations aim to boost youth voter turnout, even as the University has declined to cancel classes on Election Day.  […]

Extracurricular Bazaar kicks off busy club recruitment season 

Hundreds of students stopped by the Schwarzman Center for the bazaar, kicking off club recruitment season and prompting conversations over how to make club applications more accessible and welcoming.

Grace Hopper College gets new stained glass windows to commemorate history and look to the future

Over five years since Grace Hopper College shed the name of John C. Calhoun, iconography commemorating the racist historical figure remains throughout the college. But […]

Michael Garman
New package receiving center opens at Yale Bookstore

While many say the new center on the bottom floor of the Yale Bookstore is an improvement from last year’s center at 200 Elm St, some students still prefer the package receiving system of years’ past.

YCC to hold First-Year Class Council and YCC Senate elections

Yale College Council is starting the academic year preparing for new positions to be filled across the board.

Slifka Center reopens after two-year, $8 million renovation

The Slifka Center for Jewish Life, nestled just beyond Blue State Coffee on Wall Street, opened its doors this semester for the first time since […]

YCC President Leleda Beraki ’24 aims to elevate underrepresented voices on campus

The former first-year and sophomore class president discussed the policies and internal culture she hopes to prioritize as president of the YCC.

Yale pre-orientation program draws criticism for clearing local homeless encampment

FOCUS students were directed to clear belongings from a local homeless encampment. Directors of the orientation program said they would separate from the New Haven Department of Parks.