Thirty-eight Yale College juniors were recognized by the Council of the Heads of Colleges for their scholarship, character, and contributions to college life.
Before Dad worked at Raytheon, I was critical of weapons companies. But his salary helped pay for my college education debt-free. As a result, I was used to debating the ethical dilemma in being involved, in some way shape or form, with corporations that manufacture missiles, bombs, warplanes and other things.
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Following the arrest of 48 pro-Palestine protesters on Monday morning, smaller demonstrations calling for Yale to divest from military weapons manufacturers continued on Tuesday. Lead organizers of “Occupy Beinecke” the group that set up the three-night encampment on Beinecke Plaza announced on social media that they had handed off leadership to a broader cohort of activists, renaming the coalition as “Occupy Yale.”