STUDENT LIFE
Roommate woes, hotline calls and mixed messages: Students express confusion about COVID-19 isolation communication

As Yale stopped contact tracing for most COVID-19 cases, students shared their questions over COVID-19 isolation protocols.

Despite uncertainties, Yale Summer Session programs abroad see strong interest

Students continue to express interest in studying abroad in Yale Summer Session courses despite lingering questions from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amid rising COVID-19 cases, students call for hybrid spring semester

Members of Disability Empowerment for Yale are putting pressure on the University to move to hybrid instruction in a new petition that has amassed nearly 500 signatures.

Japanese American Students Union commemorates 80th anniversary of Japanese internment camps in the US

In conjunction with the AACC, the Japanese American Students Union hosted a discussion with Japanese American author and illustrator Kiku Hughes to commemorate the anniversary of the establishment of Japanese internment camps in the United States.

Pitbull for Spring Fling? Yalies say “dale”

Gearing up for their first in-person Spring Fling in three years, “the lines between joke and reality … are blurry” as undergraduates across campus have nurtured a grassroots movement advocating for rapper-singer Pitbull as the concert’s headliner.

Anonymous app Librex abruptly shuts down after nearly three years of operation

Librex, a Yale start-up, unexpectedly shut down on Feb. 17. In its absence, students reflect on their experiences with the online anonymous community space.

Students project giant Mario Kart game onto Beinecke Library

On Feb. 11, the side of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library was lit up with a giant game of Mario Kart which attracted over 60 students.

Yale’s “Best-Kept Secret:” Shabbat Dinner at Chabad House

Each week, Yale’s Chabad House hosts Jewish and non-Jewish Yalies for a festive, home-cooked Shabbat dinner.

“Hard to write off”: Students and experts react to student activists’ complaint filing

Following the Endowment Justice Coalition’s official complaint alleging University fossil fuel investments violate state law, students and experts share their reactions.

Student activists allege Yale’s fossil fuel investments violate state law

Along with activists from four other universities, Yale’s Endowment Justice Coalition filed a complaint to state AG William Tong alleging University fossil fuel investments violate state law.

Sebastian Torres ’23 participates in Jeopardy! College Championship

Sebastian Torres left the quarterfinals of the Jeopardy! National College Championship with $10,000. Placing second, he did not advance to the semifinals.