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1 week ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler |Eric Song
Eric Song, Contributing Photographer After Avelo Airlines announced last week that it would partner with ICE to operate deportation flights from Arizona, the company has faced a deluge of backlash from New Haven, where the company reports a majority of its business. On April 8, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong suggested that Avelo was freely choosing to “profit from” and facilitate “atrocities” that are “cruel by design,” in a letter addressed to Avelo CEO Andrew Levy.
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2 weeks ago | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler |Eric Song
Zoe Berg Avelo Airlines quietly announced its decision to operate Department of Homeland Security deportation flights in an internal email last Thursday, making it the first known commercial airline to partner with the Trump administration in its mass deportation effort. Per CEO Andrew Levy, part of the reason lies in New Haven.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler
Tim Tai, Senior Photographer On a campus that overwhelmingly pledged its support for Vice President Kamala Harris in the general election, some Yalies are refining their job searches as President-elect Donald Trump and a Republican-majority Congress prepare to take office.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler |Yolanda Wang
Alexis Kim, Contributing Photographer After debuting in fall 2023, the Cherokee language program at Yale is seeking to expand its course offerings. As the University’s first and only Indigenous language track for credit, the Cherokee program has seen consistent enrollment and will offer an L4 course for the first time in spring 2025.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler
Sabrina Thaler, Contributing Photographer In Bob Damron’s 1971 “Address Book,” gay men could find a list of safe, private locations to meet one another around the country. Among the items on the list that year? The men’s bathroom in the basement of Woolsey Hall. This detail — along with New Haven’s arts and theater scene, rich history of gay clubs and record of championing LGBTQ+ rights — tell the story of a city rich with queer culture, according to historian John Allen.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler
Ellie Park, Multimedia Managing Editor Elm City COMPASS announced expansions to its crisis response service, which dispatches social workers and peer allies to address community crises, due to the program’s large success and demand. COMPASS, or Compassionate Allies Serving Our Streets, will now deploy teams to crisis sites for three additional hours each day, Mayor Justin Elicker announced on Sept. 25.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler
Zahra Virani “How is Yale?”I’m asked frequently and casually enough that I can toy with the answer a bit each time. No one wants to hear that you “don’t really know” how you feel about your first month at an elite university, so I’ve found that it’s easiest to hone in on an aspect of my Yale experience I’m confident in. For example, my suitemates are wonderful. I like the content I’m learning in my classes. I’ve found some really nice study spots.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler
Sabrina Thaler, Contributing Photographer Last Thursday, Rawan Odeh, an activist for dialogue and joint advocacy between Israelis and Palestinians, visited students at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale. Odeh is a board member and former executive director of New Story Leadership, an organization that trains Israeli and Palestinian leaders in joint political advocacy in pursuit of peace and justice in the region.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler
Maria Arozamena An underrated perk of living in one of the new colleges: the distance from central campus gives me 20 extra minutes to be alone with my thoughts — and my music. The daily walks up and down Prospect usually consist of people-watching, daydreams about my (inevitable) first-year fall romance and the loop of songs on my playlist. It was particularly kind of Sabrina Carpenter to treat us North Campus dwellers to a brand-new album just before classes began.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
yaledailynews.com | Sabrina Thaler
Sabrina Thaler, Contributing Photographer When rain started pelting down on the New Haven Pride block party Saturday afternoon, Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga’s “Rain on Me” blared out across Orange Street in retort. Despite the weather, the 28th annual event welcomed hundreds of guests to celebrate the Elm City’s LGBTQ+ community. Local vendors set up tables along a segment of Orange Street on either side of its intersection with Crown Street.
