The Halloween Costume Kerfuffle at Yale
This page is for links relevant to the 2015 Christakis or Halloween Costume Kerfuffle at Yale.
- The October 28 email from the Intercultural Affairs Committee telling students what costumes not to wear.
- The October 30 email sent by Erika Christakis that ignited the protests.
- Open Letter to Associate Master Christakis, October 31?
- The bland open letter signed by lots of professors in which they "affirm our commitment to creating an educational environment in which all students are able to thrive," Open Letter of Support from Yale Faculty
to the Yale Community, November 10, 2015, with signatures updated every day or so. The signers include both Erika and Nicholas Christakis.
- Letter
of
Support
for
Erika
and
Nicholas
Christakis, signed by 49 professors initially and by 82 as of December 9.
- Flanked by administrators, Yale master apologizes to students for his wife�s Halloween comments The Fix, November 10.
- A confrontation over race at Yale: Hundreds of students demand answers from the school�s first black dean, November 5, Washington Post.
- Yale Students Demand Resignations from Faculty Members Over Halloween Email November 6, with video of the Silliman confrontation.
- Faculty sign letter defending Christakis� email, November 30, Yale Daily News.
- The New Intolerance of Student Activism:
A fight over Halloween costumes at Yale has devolved into an effort to censor dissenting views, The Atlantic, November 9. Long and thorough on the original developments.
- Resignation at Yale:
Woman who sent controversial email about Halloween costumes -- and faced uproar over it -- decides to stop teaching at Yale University, Inside Higher Education, December 7.
- No disciplinary action to follow SAE, Buckley protest investigations, December 9, Yale Daily News.