Articles tagged with: women’s center

By   |   November 3rd 2010

This Saturday at Toads, you’ll have a chance to brush up on more than just your dance moves. For your safety and protection, Toads is hosting a self-defense workshop. No, silly, not a how-to on defending your butt from rando crotches (though Toads would be an appropriate venue). But, like, actual self-defense, eg. eye-poking and …

By   |   October 20th 2010

In an email to the Yale community this morning the YDN apologized for “responding thoughtlessly and offensively to recent events on campus” and announced that it will not print a paper today. The email reads, in full,

“To the Yale community:

We at the Yale Daily News want to apologize for responding thoughtlessly and offensively to recent …

By   |   October 19th 2010

Nearly 900 people have already signed a petition created by Yale alumni that denounces DKE’s actions and calls on President Levin to publicly do the same. The petition, started only yesterday, currently has 893 signatures from Yale students, alumni, faculty, parents, and others upset about the incident. And that number is rapidly increasing.
The petition describes …

By   |   October 18th 2010

The YDN published an editorial this morning titled “The Right Kind of Feminism” which criticizes the Women’s Center and has sparked a huge controversy on the YDN website, across Facebook, and all over campus. The editorial, which at least one YDN editor has publicly disagreed with, opens by saying that “Often, the boisterous will stop at …

By   |   November 14th 2009

If you are easily offended, a member of the Greek system, or strongly pro-Yale administration, you may want to stay away.

By   |   September 11th 2009

What we gained and what we sacrificed when Durfee’s grew up, got a face lift, and started selling microwaved pizza.