STUDENT LIFE
BAALA SHAKYA
Yale Youth Poll reveals deep nationwide splits on protester deportations, institutional neutrality

Student-led survey highlights support for political statements from universities, taxing elite university endowments and widespread rejection of deporting student. protesters.

April 16, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS
“It was so unbelievably easy to hack”: Yale popularity ranking site manipulated by students to highlight its flaws

Students say they hacked RankYale, a popular website that allowed students to vote on their peers’ popularity.

April 16, 2025

JAKE ROBBINS & BAALA SHAKYA
“Yale’s Facemash”: Students react to site ranking Yalies’ popularity

As students voted on the 100 most popular classmates in each year, questions of visibility and social capital come to mind.

April 13, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
Andrew Boanoh ’27 and Jalen Bradley ’27 win YCC presidency, vice presidency

In one of the closest Yale College Council races in recent history, Boanoh and Bradley won their respective races.

April 13, 2025

ANYA GEIST
Passover pop-up exhibit at Sterling teaches visitors about Jewish tradition

The exhibit featured books telling the Passover story from many centuries and regions of the world, encouraging visitors to engage with diverse methods of storytelling and ritual.

April 13, 2025

FABEHA JAHRA
Students may donate meal swipes in YHHAP fast on Saturday

The Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project mobilizes Yale students to fight food and housing insecurity in New Haven.

April 11, 2025

KARLA CORTES & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Avocados smash their way into dining halls this semester

Starting April 7, Yale Hospitality introduced “Avocado Pulp” in Breakfast Express dining halls and will eventually expand it to all dining halls.

April 10, 2025

NORA MOSES
YCC CANDIDATE PROFILE: Kingson Wills ’26 and Maggie Chen ’26 face off in events director race

Wills and Chen both believe in the importance of events in creating community. But while Wills emphasizes integrating Yalies into New Haven through events, Chen focuses on ensuring that students feel a sense of belonging.

April 10, 2025

NORA MOSES
YCC CANDIDATE PROFILE: Brian Moore ’26

Brian Moore has no experience on the Yale College Council, which he’s running to be president of. This outsider perspective gives him a fresh view on where the YCC needs to improve, he says.

April 10, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
YCC CANDIDATE PROFILE: Diego Paz ’27 and Emily Nguyen ’27

United by their purpose, the ticket is resolved to amplify student voices, hold administrators accountable and build a Better Yale — one practical policy at a time.

April 10, 2025

OLIVIA CYRUS
YCC CANDIDATE PROFILE: Andrew Boanoh ’27 and Jalen Bradley ’27

Boanoh and Bradley promise to make student government more transparent, tactful and tenacious — blending bold ideas, deep friendship and a knack for working around ‘No.’

April 10, 2025