STUDENT LIFE
LUCY HODGMAN
“A very expensive podcast”: Students return to online classes amid heightened pandemic restrictions

As the semester kicked off this week with online classes, mandatory quarantines and grab-and-go dining, students spoke about the unique challenges they have faced during their return.

January 28, 2022

LUCY HODGMAN & JORDAN FITZGERALD
“Cosplaying as a different class character”: life as a low-income student at Yale

Students reflect on income inequality at Yale in light of statistics about Yale College income distribution published in January’s financial aid lawsuit.

January 27, 2022

JULIA WOJTKOWSKI
Bulldogs slowly return to campus

While undergraduate classes began on Tuesday, many students are taking advantage of the two weeks of online instruction and have delayed their return to campus.

January 26, 2022

LUCY HODGMAN
YCC calls for student input in administrators’ COVID-19 decisions

As the University develops COVID-19 protocol for the spring 2022 semester, the Yale College Council has met with administrators to demand increased student input and changes to COVID-19 policies.

January 12, 2022

GAVIN GUERRETTE
Yale and New Haven organizations collaborate on end-of-semester food drive

David Foster ’24 and Nicholas Perez ’24 co-organized an end-of-semester food drive, working with various on-campus groups to collect nonperishable food donations for the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen.

December 10, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN
“No Plans of Giving Up”: Elis for Rachael pushes for mental health care reform at Yale

Elis for Rachael, a group of Yale students and alumni and some of those who knew Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum ’24, has lobbied for nine months for reforms to Yale mental health policies.

December 9, 2021

AMELIA DILWORTH
Christian student groups gather for Interministry Worship Night

Seven Christian groups at Yale came together Sunday for the first interministry worship session in recent memory.

December 9, 2021

ISAAC YU
YCC issues statement on hate crime near campus

An attempted armed robbery and hate crime occurred on Monday night on Chapel Street between York and Park Streets, prompting a response from the Yale College Council’s LGBTQ+ Affinity Group. No one was injured. 

December 8, 2021

MIRANDA JEYARETNAM
Yale Muslim Students Association raises thousands of dollars for Afghan refugees

The Yale4Afghanistan banquet, co-hosted by the Yale Muslim Students Association and Yale International Relations Association, raised over $3000 so far for Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services, a refugee resettlement agency in New Haven.

December 7, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN & OLIVIA TUCKER
COVID-19 spike disrupts student life

Additional students have been contact traced or entered isolation housing as a result of increased COVID-19 cases on campus.

December 7, 2021

LUCY HODGMAN & EVAN GORELICK
Commons hosts holiday dinners; students sound alarm on food waste, COVID-19 risks

Yale held two separate holiday dinners at Commons this year, raising concerns among some students about food waste and COVID-19.

December 7, 2021