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Supreme Court denies Night Café appeal

The U. S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a case concerning ownership of The Night Café, a van Gogh masterpiece valued at $200 million, leaving the painting in Yale’s possession and ending a yearslong legal battle between the University and Pierre Konowaloff, who argued that the painting belongs to his family.

Controversy looms over historic season

Just three days before the Yale men’s basketball team won its first NCAA Tournament game in program history, former captain Jack Montague announced that he will sue the University following his expulsion last month for sexual misconduct.

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Yale alum alleges disability discrimination at Princeton

In May 2011, Rachel Barr FES ’11 sat down for her first meeting with Princeton’s Office of Disability Services. Barr, who had recently graduated with a master’s degree from Yale, was set to begin a Ph.D. program at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

New campus dining website unveiled

Just before spring break, Yale Hospitality — the department that encompasses residential college dining, Yale catering and other food-related operations — introduced major updates to its website for the first time since 2008.

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Nakanishi ’71, pioneer in Asian American Studies, dies at 66

Don Nakanishi ’71, founder of Yale’s first Asian American Students Association, died Mar. 21 of cardiorespiratory arrest in Los Angeles. He was 66 years old.

Montague to file lawsuit against the University

Jack Montague, former captain of the Yale men’s basketball team, will sue the University after being expelled last month for sexual misconduct, according to a statement by his attorney Max Stern.

Students hold financial aid speak-out

Student Financial Services employees watched from the windows as roughly 100 students congregated outside their building Thursday afternoon for a “speak-out,” in which student activists called yet again for the administration to eliminate the student effort, a yearly sum that students on financial aid must contribute to their educations.

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FAS Senate reveals faculty discontent

Faculty discontent about a perceived centralization of authority and information has come to the fore in two recent reports from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate.

Luther House to sell, expand ministry

Luther House, Yale’s Lutheran campus ministry, has announced that it will sell its 27 High St. location, which has served as the organization’s namesake, home and gathering place for over 40 years.

FAS Senate approves three reports

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Senate voted to approve and adopt three reports on the planned residential college expansion, faculty conduct standards and parental-leave policies at its monthly meeting Thursday evening.

Medical student parents lobby for health care

The student assembly of the School of Medicine met with administrators on Monday to advocate for free health insurance for the families of medical-student parents, a benefit currently available only to student parents in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.