by Taylor Jackson Every year, the South Asian Society puts on Roshni, a celebration of Southeast Asian culture and performing arts. Many members of South Asian student groups participated in the performances and recruited other students to join in. Over the course of the night of Friday, November 13th, five of Yale’s South Asian dance…
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by Daad Sharfi This past week, the Yale African Student Association (YASA) held its annual Africa Week around the theme “Think. Contemporary Africa.” This event featured a week-long series of discussions, debates and workshops with both guest speakers and resident student groups to celebrate the vibrancy and ingenuity of–wait for it–the continent. Not a territory,…
by Olivia Kelvorn Over the past week people across campus have been alerted to the fact that women of color are in pain. They are hurt by a failure of the administration to represent them, to incorporate them into curriculum, to show them the same respect they show white students, and to acknowledge the effort,…
by Hawa Adula Cast: Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe, Richard Pepple Director: Cary Fukunaga It is easy to lose track of events that are happening outside our own little bubbles. There are so many horrific events happening around the world that we desensitize ourselves to in order to avoid becoming a jumble of emotions….