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Yale True Love Week Speaker Protested

By Marjorie Jeffrey, on February 16, 2012

Last week, a group of student activists known as Undergraduates for a Better Yale College hosted True Love Week, as a reaction to the infamous Sex Week at Yale.

Among the events they hosted was a talk by Providence College Professor Anthony Esolen, which was entitled "The Person as a Gift". Some students decided that, because of Dr. Esolen's strong pro-family views, they should show up to protest his talk. A group of students decided that a "kiss-in" was the perfect way to do that.

When word got out of Esolen's talk on campus, an email was circulated to some of the more liberal student groups on campus. “Aside from the sheer creepiness of the talk’s title, Mr. Esolen is also a giant homophobe. . . . So what are we gonna do about it? How about a kiss in? Find a partner, a friend, a stranger who consents—anyone you feel comfortable sharing a smooch with (whether or not there's tongue is entirely up to you and your partner/s).”

School of Health Considers Rescinding Invitation to Komen

By Marjorie Jeffrey, on February 06, 2012

The Director and Founder of the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Nancy Brinker, was invited to speak at the Yale School of Public Health 2012 Commencement ceremony this spring. Ms. Brinker accepted the school's invitation in October.

True Love Week Kicks Off at Yale

By Marjorie Jeffrey, on February 06, 2012

Undergraduates for a Better Yale College (UBYC) has followed through on a promise they made last September, to counter Sex Week at Yale with True Love Week.

Yale University first banned Sex Week, and then un-banned it two weeks before it was scheduled to begin - a classic administrative move, leaving opponents of Sex Week with little time to react.

Fortunately, our Yale conservative activists were prepared. They unveiled a schedule of talks and events to counteract Sex Week with truly diverse and intellectual approach to what love and sexuality is all about.

Sex Week at Yale is Back

By Marjorie Jeffrey, on January 20, 2012

This week, news broke that Yale administrators have approved a proposal crafted by the organizers of Sex Week 2012, to allow the event back on campus.

This news comes in the wake of the announcement last fall by President Levin that Sex Week organizers would no longer be allowed to use Yale facilities for their events due to the “highly problematic” nature of its programs and activities, as well as the accusation that student organizers were taking kickbacks from the porn industry for their efforts in promoting that particular industry on campus.

Levin’s decision followed the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Campus Climate that Yale ban the event’s activities on campus.

In an email sent to the Yale Daily News on Wednesday, Yale College Dean Mary Miller said that although there are “some aspects of [the proposal] that do not seem to underpin our own educational mission,” she is allowing Sex Week organizers to reserve rooms on campus for their activities, which will take place from Feb. 4-14. Miller did not respond when questioned about which elements of the proposal were not in line with Yale’s educational mission.

Yale University Bans "Sex Week"

By Marjorie Jeffrey, on November 28, 2011

Yale University has banned their infamous "Sex Week At Yale". The effort was spearheaded by a conservative student group called Undergraduates For A Better Yale College (UBYC).

Yale Medical School Makes Special Effort for Homosexuals

By Kevin DeAnna, on October 28, 2011

Yale University's School of Medicine has launched a special effort to recruit more 'lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer applicants'.  The school has created a special admissions brochure aimed at homosexuals, which it will start sending out this month.  According to some, homosexuals normally head for schools in big cities instead of Ivy League schools which are located in smaller towns.

"It's a big step for our medical school to be doing this," says Jorge Ramallo who heads the school's 'Gay-Straight Medical Alliance', "It will put Yale on the map as a leader in LGBT health, just by making this simple step."

Joseph Rojas, a recent graduate who designed the brochures, whines that his homosexuality has been social interactions with co-workers "awkward".  He complains about the assumption that everyone around is straight, but then says "Overall my experience has been good, except for a few touches."  Apparently these touches came from women.

What is 'LGBT health'?  Even its proponents admit that homosexuals engage in patterns of risky and self-destructive behavior.  Shane Snowdon, director of the 'Center for LGBT Health & Equity' at the University of California at San Francisco admits that there are "disproportionately high rates for smoking, depression, alcohol use and sexually transmitted infections' amongst homosexuals."

Yale Professor Sued for War Crimes

By Kevin DeAnna, on September 20, 2011

Professor Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and a professor of international economics and politics at Yale, is being sued for actions taken while he was President of Mexico in 1997.

Zedillo, who was President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, is accused in the lawsuit of complicity of atrocities committed during the Zapatista uprising in the state of Chiapas.  The suit is being filed by 10 survivors of a massacre in the village of Acteal in which 45 people died, including children, and pregnant women.

Mexican soldiers stationed nearby did not intervene to stop the attack by the 'Red Mask' paramilitary group, and the next morning were found trying to wash away and hide bloodstains on the village church.

The lawsuit claims that Zedillo stopped peace talks and moved to put down the Zapatista uprising violently in part because a Wall Street bank linked economic problems in Mexico at the time to the instability in Chiapas resulting from the uprising. 

Undergraduates for a Better Yale College To Take On Sex Week at Yale

By Marjorie Jeffrey, on September 17, 2011

Founded in 2002, Sex Week at Yale, like sex weeks at many other major universities, promotes promiscuity in its multifarious forms. A new student group, Undergraduates for a Better Yale College, seeking to promote a healthier sexual culture on campus, are committed to doing away with Sex Week At Yale.


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