Yale University vowed to give millions of dollars to facilitate faculty diversity, but 13 professors who teach in its ethnicity, race and migration studies program say they’ll walk, if they don’t get the resources and autonomy they were promised. In 2015, the prestigious university promised that it would commit an…
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Three Female Students Sue Yale to Open Fraternities to Women
Three female undergraduate students at Yale University have filed a class-action lawsuit against the university and nine of its all-male fraternal organizations in hopes of requiring fraternities to admit women as members to change the culture of sexual harassment. Anna McNeil, Ry Walker and Eliana Singer believe that integrating female…
Kavanaugh Says He Empowers Women But His Misogynistic Past Proves Otherwise
UPDATE: 12:30 p.m.: Third Woman Steps Forward to Accuse Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct Announced on Twitter by attorney Michael Avenatti, Julie Swetnick, a Washington resident, and former student at Gaithersburg High School, claims she was the victim of a gang rape in 1982 that Kavnaugh was present for. “During the…
White Yale Student Calls Police on Black Student for Napping in Dorm
Yale University claims it is committed to “maintaining an inclusive community of scholars.” However, there’s a glaring error in its practices when a white graduate student is either ill prepared or unwilling to live in a diverse and inclusive environment and continues to call the authorities on Black students. Sarah…
Yale Renames Calhoun College Over Ties to Slavery and White Supremacy
Yale University announced over the weekend it will rename its Calhoun College due to its namesake having ties to slave ownership and white supremacy. This reverses Yale President Peter Salovey’s previous announcement that the name would remain, despite student protests calling for a change. Calhoun College was named after John…
Harvard Law to Scrap Seal with Connection to Slavery
By Sheryl Estrada The official Harvard University Law School seal. The Harvard Corporation, one of the university’s governing boards, has agreed to retire the Harvard University Law School’s (HLS) existing seal that has ties to a family of slave owners. President Drew Faust and William F. Lee, a senior fellow…
Yale Students: Remove Slavery Advocate’s Name
By Sheryl Estrada From the Web page of the petition created by Yale Divinity School students Heaven Berhane, Nicole Tinson and Nathan Empsall. Yale University’s residential building named in honor of John C. Calhoun has causedstudents to question the moral fiber of the university. Calhoun, a member of the Yale…
Black Lives Matter Student Protests Around the U.S.
By Sheryl Estrada The student protests at the University of Missouri and resignation of former President Timothy Wolfe on Nov. 9 have sparked similar protests at college campuses around the country. Many students say the Black Lives Matter movement, which grew nationally following the protests of the fatal shooting of…
Black Alum Named Interim Pres. of Mizzou
By Sheryl Estrada Michael A. Middleton Michael A. Middleton, a long-time familiar face on the University of Missouri campus, was appointed the interim president of the entire university system. The decision was announced at a press conference on Thursday. Former president, Timothy M. Wolfe, resigned on Monday morning following growing…
Yale Students March Same Day Mizzou Pres. Resigns
Hours after the resignation of University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe on Monday morning due to the mismanagement of racial issues on the school’s campuses, thousands of students at Yale University joined together for what they called a “March of Resilience” against racial insensitivity. Two recent race-related incidents on campus…