The 5 percent fall in early applications to Yale this year can be largely attributed to the financial downturn, according to eight college counselors interviewed Thursday.

Charles Ellis ’59 and his wife University Secretary Linda Lorimer have become the first couple to win the Yale Medal for independent contributions.

Elm Street was alive with the sounds of laughter, the strains of a guitar and the shouts of people calling, “Fight the fight — end homelessness!”

If Attorney General Richard Blumenthal LAW ’73 has his way, patient injuries resulting from medical mistakes will be harder for Connecticut hospitals to keep under wraps.

More than $1.5 million of federal stimulus funding is going toward fighting domestic violence in Connecticut — but probably not in New Haven.

Tis’ the season, city and Yale officials say
New Haven will become “a winter wonderland for the holidays,” City Hall spokeswoman Jessica Mayorga announced Thursday. Next Monday, Market New Haven Inc., a marketing organization that aims to improve the city’s image, will start its “2009 Holiday Campaign” with a launch event at the Shubert Theater. The event is expected to draw attendees such as Mayor John DeStefano Jr., as well as Market New Haven chair and University Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development Bruce Alexander ’65.
—Esther Zuckerman

It has been too long since Yale beat Harvard. We hope for a victory on Saturday, but we are also ready to give Tom Williams some time.

The Freshman Class Council has finally resolved its T-shirt troubles, substituting a generic anti-Harvard logo for a problematic F. Scott Fitzgerald line calling Harvard men sissies.

Writers from Thucydides to George Orwell have observed that, in political disputes, the meaning of words is often the first casualty.

The men’s hockey team fell just short last night against UMass at Ingalls Rink. In a game of runs, the Bulldogs lost 4–3 in a last-minute overtime goal.