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Yale Dean Placed on Leave for Calling Folks ‘White Trash’ on Yelp
A dean from Yale University has been placed on leave and will not participate in commencement activities for what the school terms “reprehensible” comments in several Yelp reviews. June Chu, dean of Pierson College, was officially reprimanded by Pierson Head Stephen Davis this week, according to the Yale Daily News. Last Saturday, Chu wrote to…
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Ohio Quadruplets Decide to Attend Yale University Together in the Fall
Remember the Wade brothers from Ohio? The quadruplets made news early last month after all four of them were accepted into Yale and Harvard—among other impressive potential college destinations. Well, now Nick, Nigel, Zachary and Aaron Wade have made their choice, and they’ve decided to attend Yale University together in the fall. At one point,…
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Yale University and the Curious Craze of ‘White-Peopleing’
When I was a little kid, my mother forbade me and my sisters to hit each other. Sometimes, however, when we were really mad, we would push each other into a corner, start swinging our arms wildly and scream, “I was doing this first.” We’d inform the person in the corner that they were free…
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Yale Renames Building of Slavery Defender John C. Calhoun to Honor ‘Amazing Grace’
As is the case with many institutions of higher learning confronting their slave-tinged pasts and renaming their buildings, Yale University announced Saturday that it would change the name of the residential college of white supremacist John C. Calhoun to honor computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper. The New York Times reports that the decision to rename…
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Yale May Reconsider Keeping Name of Calhoun College
It seems that the name of Calhoun College at Yale is still up for debate. The university has announced that it may revisit the decision to keep the name of the residential college, which was named after 19th-century alumnus John C. Calhoun, a known and ardent supporter of slavery, the Associated Press reports. Originally, despite students’…
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Yale Offers to Rehire Employee Who Smashed Stained Glass Window Depicting Slaves Carrying Cotton
Yale University issued a statement Tuesday, offering to rehire a black dishwasher who had originally resigned from his post after confessing to intentionally breaking a stained glass window that depicted slaves carrying cotton,Talking Points Memo reports. The employee, Corey Menafee, resigned last month after admitting to using a broomstick to break the window inside a…
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Lessons In Blackness From Yale University's Black Solidarity Conference
(This will be long and yes, that is what she said. There’s a lot to unpack in these words. Grab a seat and come along for the ride. Also, keep in mind, I’m an HBCU graduate so my perspective is rooted in that fact. Perspective is everything.) This past weekend, Damon and I had the…