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CROSS CAMPUS Finding their place. Camp Yale has long passed, and shopping period is now coming to an end — fine time for the freshmen to finally feel like they belong here. And with a number of groups, ranging from the political to the performing, completing the tryoutcallback-tap cycle, several members of 2019 have found new communities to call home. An open conversation.
Debates on the name of Calhoun College and the title “master” have officially gone mainstream: Over the weekend, The New York Times published its account of the situation on campus and author Joyce Carol Oates took to Twitter to add her two cents.
BLOCK PARTY FOCUSES ON DIVERSITY
AFTER THE DEER
ARRESTING PATTERNS
A cappella community petitions against the SOBs’ suspension.
YUAG EXHIBIT TACKLES RACE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
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RACE, COLLEGE SHAPE STUDENTS’ VIEWS BY EMMA PLATOFF STAFF REPORTER In dining halls and in classes, in common rooms and on Cross Campus, with their friends, professors and college leaders, students are heeding University leaders’ call for “an open conversation” on racially charged names and titles. As tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina darkened the country’s collective consciousness, students and faculty have engaged in conversations about Calhoun College, whose namesake, John C. Calhoun, class of 1804, was a white supremacist and vocal proponent of slavery. The title of residential college “master,” which Pierson College head Stephen Davis
appears to be on the horizon, in light of the Divinity School’s decision to invite activist DeRay McKesson to help teach its Transformational Leadership for Church and Society lecture series. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson questioned McKesson’s appointment, likely launching still more controversy on a campus that’s never lacking in it. This should be interesting.
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renounced in August for its “deeply problematic” racial and gendered implications, has come to the fore as well. Last week, the News administered a survey to all current undergraduates, 1,661 of whom responded, confronting race, tradition and even semantics along the way. And while common sentiments pervaded the student body at large, the racial and residential communities at the heart of these debates spoke more forcefully on the issues. The survey’s results are presented here.
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CALHOUN COLLEGE: HISTORICAL OR HATEFUL?
One thousand thirty-five students — two-thirds of respondents — said neither the name Calhoun, nor the title “master” makes them uncomfortable.
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Univ. attempts to clarify fin. aid confusion
FOOTBALL
BY TYLER FOGGATT STAFF REPORTER
YSO early? On second
A real Hoos who. Something called “The Harriman Cup” took place on Saturday, and, after sifting through all the dressed-to-impress photos, we’ve deduced that the reason for the event was a polo match between Yale and the University of Virginia. Farm. The Yale College Council
and Yale Dining began taking down names for this fall’s Farm Tours — to be held over the next few weekends — during which students will have the chance to fetch fruit and frolic on farmland. In case you hadn’t noticed: We’re near the time of year when people will do anything to get away from campus for a bit.
Table. It’s also near the time of year when high school seniors begin college applications, many more of which may be sent to the Undergraduate Admissions Office after it posted a picture of The Pantry’s cinnamon roll pancakes to its social media accounts on Sunday. THIS DAY IN YALE HISTORY
1965 Part of a nearly-$1 million collection of rare coins stolen from the Sterling Memorial Library is recovered after FBI agents track down and charge a Chicago stamp and coin dealer with the interstate transportation of stolen goods. Follow along for the News’ latest.
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The men’s soccer team lost two non-conference games this weekend.
Split on Calhoun, students speak firmly on “master”
Meanwhile… A new debate
thought, it’s almost never too early to begin thinking about the Yale Symphony Orchestra Halloween Show. Promotions surfaced on Sunday, beginning with a Facebook event that highlighted the YSO Season Pass as an all-but-certain way to secure a seat to what many consider to be, simultaneously, the year’s most exhilarating and frustrating event.
LOSS AFTER LOSS
With a record-setting and upsetting 2014 season behind them, the Bulldogs have a chance at redemption in 2015. Is this the year the Bulldogs can finally topple their Crimson rivals and lay claim to the Ivy League title? PAGE B1
The University is continuing to increase its efforts to address students’ concerns of misinformation and lack of transparency regarding financial aid. Since the start of the term, the University has implemented extra informational sessions during Camp Yale, added a financial aid workshop to freshman counselor training and revamped the financial aid website and award letter to increase accessibility. Director of Financial Aid Caesar Storlazzi said that typically, freshmen and their parents sit through just two informational sessions about financial aid. This year, a third session was added to the program, Storlazzi said. Two were heavily attended, and one was only attended by a small handful of students, he added. Dean of Undergraduate Admissions SEE FINANCIAL AID PAGE 6
Beinecke staff adapt to construction BY AMANDA BUCKINGHAM STAFF REPORTER For Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Director E. C. Schroeder, the days leading up to the iconic library’s May closure were reminiscent of moving out of a college dorm — albeit on a far greater scale. The Beinecke’s closure marked the beginning of a 16-month-long renovation, encompassing the addition of new teaching spaces, a comprehensive overhaul of the building’s original HVAC system and the refurbishment of the marble surfaces. In the meantime, the library staff has adapted to new work environments while continuing to provide services to patrons — anything from fulfilling requests for manuscripts to acquiring new collection materials. Reader services and curatorial staff for the Beinecke are now temporarily located in Sterling Memorial Library, while its technical services department has moved permanently to 344 Winchester Ave., a new hub for Yale University Library system. “The move went very well in the sense we had everyone out on time,” Schroeder said. “Though it has been slightly
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The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library closed in May for a 16-month-long renovation. discombobulating now that staff are in different locations within Sterling itself and some up on Winchester Avenue.” Schroeder praised the Science Park office location for
its facilities and large meeting spaces, though he said the distance between 344 Winchester and central campus requires staff to think more carefully about structuring their time
when they have commitments in both locations. Staff working in the Beinecke’s temporary reading room — located just off the entrance to the Sterling nave — have
adapted to a smaller space than what they enjoyed in the Beinecke, said Head of Access Services Moira Fitzgerald. But the SEE BEINECKE PAGE 6