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Cabinet approves steering committee for crises

University President Peter Salovey will establish a formal cabinet steering committee that will meet regularly and serve as a “core consulting” group particularly during moments of crisis on campus.

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Ben Carson ’73 exits presidential race

Former Yale Corporation fellow Ben Carson ’73 dropped out of the presidential race on Friday after launching a campaign that spun out in the past few months, hitting its peak of support in the fall.

Yalies dance for Arakawa

On Saturday, hundreds of Yale students gathered at the “Schuy is the Limit Dance-a-thon” to dance for a cause.

Yale libraries offer free lending service

As of last month, Connecticut libraries no longer have to pay to borrow books from the University’s collection.

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YCC releases dining report

The Yale College Council released a comprehensive, 28-page report on Friday proposing possible reforms to address student dissatisfaction with certain aspects of Yale Dining — the first such YCC report in over a decade.

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Islam Awareness Week opens dialogue

During Islam Awareness Week, students at Yale had a chance to engage in a dialogue with their peers about the hard questions facing Muslim Americans today.

Holloway addresses basketball shirts, posters

On Saturday morning, Dean of Yale College Jonathan Holloway sent an email to all undergraduate students addressing recent controversies regarding the Yale men’s basketball team.

Groups question Schwarzman space plans

As admins involved with the Schwarzman center’s planning gravitate toward establishing flexible spaces for student groups within the center, some student organizations say it is unclear whether the planned design will meet their needs.

Profs, admins clash over budgeting

Tensions have escalated in the past year between University administrators and Faculty of Arts and Science professors over budget negotiations affecting departments and initiatives in the humanities, social sciences and physical sciences.

Professional students decry child-care burden

Yale’s two graduate and professional student assemblies embarked on a new campaign last semester to secure child care subsidies for student-parents at the University, lobbying administrators and collecting new data that illustrates the difficulties of raising children on a meager paycheck. But while the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has pledged to make child care her top fundraising priority, securing subsidies for student parents in the professional schools may prove significantly more difficult.

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Senior class gift participation drops

Participation in this year’s Senior Class Gift was the lowest on record, according to data available online, even after the rate plummeted last year due to an active student boycott over the University’s mental health resources.