On Friday, over 400 people gathered on Beinecke Plaza to protest Yale’s military weapons investments as Yale trustees held a sendoff party for University President Salovey. Yale announced earlier this week that it will not divest from military arms.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say they issued nine misdemeanor summons for second-degree breach of peace during a sit-in at Union Station protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza and U.S. military aid for Israel. Attendees say 13 people were arrested.
The “stubbornly bipartisan” politician ran for vice president as Al Gore’s running mate in 2000 and served as chairman of the News while a Yale College student. He passed away on Wednesday after a fall in his apartment in Riverdale, New York.
The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Yale University after several Jewish students were reportedly denied entrance into a panel discussing the Israel and Hamas war sponsored by the school.