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Yale College Announces Plans to Increase Class Sizes By 100 Students Annually

4Feb By Raleigh AdamsNo Comments

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Yale College Announces Plans to Increase Class Sizes By 100 Students Annually

Yale will expand undergraduate classes by 100 students beginning with the class of 2029, Scott Strobel and Pericles Lewis, Provost and Dean of Yale College, respectively, announced Tuesday. Raleigh AdamsAssistant Editor of Campus Life & Administration, The Buckley BeaconThe Yale Office of the Provost and Office of the Dean of Yale College, in a joint online statement, announced on Tuesday their plans to increase undergraduate class sizes by 100 students per academic year starting this fall with the prospective class of 2029.Per the release, co-written by Dean Pericles Lewis and Provost Scott Strobel, the increase in undergraduate student body size will result in a total of 1,650 students per class. Over time, this growt...

Ex-YDN Staffer Pleads Guilty To Leaking Israeli Intel To Iran

23Jan By David DumontetNo Comments

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Ex-YDN Staffer Pleads Guilty To Leaking Israeli Intel To Iran

CIA analyst, Yale grad, and former Yale Daily News copy staffer pleads guilty to posting Israeli plans for retaliatory strike on social media. David DumontetStaff Writer, The Buckley BeaconFormer CIA analyst Asif Rahman (YC ‘13), who as a Yale undergraduate was Senior Copy staffer at the Yale Daily News, pleaded guilty Friday to leaking 17 classified documents to a Telegram channel, at least two of which were considered Top Secret by the U.S. government. Rahman was tried in Virginia following an FBI investigation which traced the leaked documents on the Telegram channel “Middle East Spectator” to his workstation in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The October 17 leak, first reported by Axios, exposed Israel’s plans for retaliatory str...

Student Support For Free Speech, Institutional Neutrality Spikes: Poll

8Jan By Owen TilmanNo Comments

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Student Support For Free Speech, Institutional Neutrality Spikes: Poll

An overwhelming 60 percent support President Maurie McInnis’s push to restrict political commentary on the part of university administrators. Owen TilmanEditor-in-Chief, The Buckley BeaconStudent support for free speech protections experienced a considerable uptick in the past year, according to the Buckley Institute’s 2024 Yale Undergraduate Survey, and three out of five Yalies support institutional neutrality, a policy Yale moved toward in the fall. While familiarity with the Woodward Report remains low among Yale undergraduates, public support for codifying it into official Yale policy spiked nine percent in 2024. Surveyed students also reported a near twofold increase in free speech-related discussions on campus, jumpin...

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Stage ‘Study In’ At Sterling

13Dec By Owen Tilman2 Comments

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Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Stage ‘Study In’ At Sterling

One student pamphlet claims upwards of 186,000 lives have been lost in Gaza. The real number is 42,000. Photo Courtesy of Netanel Crispe Owen TilmanAssistant Editor, The BeaconYale’s largest pro-Palestinian student group, Yalies4Palestine, staged a “Study In” at Sterling Memorial Library on Wednesday evening, according to their Instagram. One pamphlet distributed in the Sterling Starr Reference Room claims that “over 186,000 lives” have been “stolen” in the Gaza Strip. Left-wing human rights organization Amnesty International documents upwards of 42,000 lives have been lost since the launch of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. Since 1948, a total of 134,000 Palestinians and Arabs have been reported dead, including those kil...

Yale Stops Short of Institutional Neutrality with New Public Comment Guidelines

4Nov By Beacon StaffNo Comments

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Yale Stops Short of Institutional Neutrality with New Public Comment Guidelines

“‘Allowing statements of support for community members, as long as they’re not partisan…opens a loophole that’s ripe for abuse,' commented the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a free speech group." Beacon StaffThe BeaconYale President Maurie McInnis announced new policies on commenting on political issues, accepting new guidelines on October 30 that would limit comments “on issues of the day” by individuals speaking on Yale’s behalf. The new development comes less than two months after McInnis convened a Committee on Institutional Voice to “examine when the university…should comment on matters of public significance.” Free speech groups, faculty, and students were optimistic about the new guidelines, but expre...

The Uncertain Future of Institutional Neutrality at Yale

22Oct By Mór Szepesi1 Comment

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The Uncertain Future of Institutional Neutrality at Yale

"By contrast, Roth believes that institutional neutrality is 'an attempt to silence people who are saying things you don’t want to hear,' stating that the belief that administrators expressing their opinions on global issues 'curtailed the speech of undergraduates or researchers [...] is ridiculous.'” Mór SzepesiAssistant Editor, The BeaconLast month, Faculty for Yale hosted a panel discussion on institutional neutrality and why it matters at all institutions of higher education. The takeaway for most participants was simple: institutional neutrality is fundamental to the mission of a great university, yet it remains a heavily debated topic with an uncertain future on American university campuses.The panel discussion featured mostly...

Choose Life at Yale is Sparking Conversations, But Many Are Hesitant to Engage

19Oct By Grant ShanklinNo Comments

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Choose Life at Yale is Sparking Conversations, But Many Are Hesitant to Engage

At a tabling event held on September 23rd, Choose Life at Yale garnered both inquisitive looks and hostile glares as they promoted life-affirming alternatives to Planned Parenthood. The reactions and conversations at this event illustrate both the progress CLAY is making and the challenges they face, highlighting the resistance many students have to engaging with pro-life arguments in good faith. Grant ShanklinAssistant Editor, The BeaconAt a tabling event held on September 23rd, Choose Life at Yale garnered both inquisitive looks and hostile glares as they promoted life-affirming alternatives to Planned Parenthood. The reactions and conversations at this event illustrate both the progress CLAY is making and the challenges they face...

How October 7 Broke America’s Campuses: A Conversation with Ben Shapiro

10Oct By Daniel and David DumontetNo Comments

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How October 7 Broke America’s Campuses: A Conversation with Ben Shapiro

On October 7th, 2024—exactly one year after Hamas’s brutal invasion of Israel—author, lawyer, and conservative commentator Ben Shapiro addressed Yale students, faculty, and the public on how October 7th broke America’s campuses. Hosted by the Buckley Institute, and made possible by the Young America’s Foundation, Shapiro filled the more than 400 seat lecture hall, with long lines stretching down Hillhouse Avenue. This was Shapiro’s first of four events in a series – he will speak next at UCLA, Cornell, and Vanderbilt. Daniel Dumontet and David DumontetStaff Writers, The Beacon“[October 7th] revealed to me a cancer that’s at the heart of American education,” opened Shapiro, citing a year of fierce—sometimes...

Is Yale’s Speech Getting Freer? FIRE Rankings Signal Shift

14Sep By Grant ShanklinNo Comments

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Is Yale’s Speech Getting Freer? FIRE Rankings Signal Shift

Yale’s rise in the free speech rankings highlights significant progress in fostering tolerance for diverse speakers and openness on campus. However, challenges remain with administrative support and student attitudes toward protest, showing that while improvements have been made, there's still work to be done. Grant ShanklinAssistant Editor, The BeaconOn September 5th, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released their annual College Free Speech Rankings. These rankings are based on a survey of undergraduates from 257 schools regarding their perceptions and experiences with free speech on campus. Yale not only made one of the largest jumps in the rankings, moving from 234th to 155th, but also outperformed its ...

New Yale Chaplain Called Israel A “Settler Colonial Project,” Opposed Muslim Diplomacy With the “Zionist Entity”

28Aug By Tori Cook7 Comments

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New Yale Chaplain Called Israel A “Settler Colonial Project,” Opposed Muslim Diplomacy With the “Zionist Entity”

“It is troubling that someone who has openly endorsed boycotting Israel—and any Muslim who dares to speak to Israel—should be appointed by Yale as an advisor to young students seeking moral guidance.” Tori CookEditor-in-Chief, The BeaconThis month, the University Chaplain’s Office welcomed a new Assistant Muslim Chaplain, Leenah Safi, in conjunction with yesterday’s opening of the new MENA cultural suite.Safi’s appointment comes along with measures taken to ease tensions on campus after the October 7th attacks in Israel and the start of the Israel-Gaza War, and efforts to make Middle Eastern and North African [MENA] students feel more at home on campus. As one student told the Yale Daily News, “the need for a designated MENA sp...