Posted on 28 February 2014.
14
Juniors tapped on Sunday to sing in the Whiffenpoofs class of 2015.
100
Percentage of the six Duke’s Men juniors who auditioned for and were selected to join the Whiffenpoofs.
7.5
Average points per game for Brandon Sherrod, PC ’15, a varsity basketball player who sang previously in Living Water and will take next year off to sing for the Whiffs.
479,116
Total revenue for the 2011-2012 school year for the Whiffs as a non-profit organization.
0
Number of women in the Whiffenpoofs.
Sources: 1) History, 2) Math, winning, 3) Yale Daily News, 4) www.guidestar.org, 5) DNA analysis
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Posted on 21 November 2013.
XVII
Number, in Roman numerals, of the current Handsome Dan.
65
Weight, in pounds, of Handsome Dan XVII
6
Age, in months, at which Handsome Dan was brought from his native Tennessee to be Yale’s mascot.
03/21/07
Birthday of Handsome Dan XVII
1889
Year football tackle Andrew B. Graves, YC 1892, purchased Handsome Dan I, the University’s first live mascot.
5
Dollars Grave paid for Handsome Dan I.
Sources: 1, 5, 6) yalebulldogs.com 2, 3, 4) news.yale.edu
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Posted on 27 September 2013.
12.5
Percent return on Yale’s investments in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.
4.7
Percent return last fiscal year.
20.8
Value, in billions of dollars, of the Yale endowment as of June 30th.
23
Peak value of the endowment, in billions of dollars, prior to the 2008 financial crisis.
13.5
Average annual percent return for the Yale endow- ment in the past twenty years.
1,747,018.31
Average annual percent return for the Yale endowment in the past twenty years.
Sources: http://news.yale.edu/2013/09/24/endowment-earns-125-return
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Posted on 05 April 2013.
62: Percentage of Yale College grades in the A/A- range (90-100) in the spring 2012 term.
40: Percentage of grades in the A/A- range in 1974.
10: Percentage in 1963.
35: Target percentage of grades in the 90 to 100 range as recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee on Grading’s guidelines.
79: Percentage of students surveyed who “believe the effects of the proposed changes…will be negative.”
1,305: Signatures on an independent petition at the time of the faculty meeting on Thurs., Apr. 4, where faculty voted to postpone voting on the proposal.
7: Number of months until the faculty votes on a new grading proposal in November 2013.
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Posted on 01 March 2013.
256
Colleges with current movements for fossil fuel divestment.
$19.3 billion
Total size of the Yale endowment, second largest of any American university after Harvard.
6.7%
Segment of the endowment the divestment movements are targeting, since fossil fuel associated companies are likely in Yale’s portfolio.
946
Signatures submitted online for the Fossil Free Yale petition as of Feb. 22 (not including signatures collected on paper).
40,000
Estimated attendees of the Forward on Climate rally on the National Mall, including a group of Yalies.
Sources: 1) gofossilfree.org 2) Yale Investments Office 3) fossilfreeyale.org 4) Max Weinrich, BR ’16, Fossil Free Yale 5) huffingtonpost.com
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Posted on 01 March 2013.
INCOMING: The shortest month of the year
This year, March has only 11 days of classes, and—in all likelihood—at least one of them is complete by the time you’re reading this. So go ahead and count down the rest on your hands, ‘cause there are only as many days left as you have fingers. Better yet, we’ve got two long weeks of spring break right in the middle. I think I can handle this one. See you in April… It’ll be here quick!
OUTGOING: The longest month of the year
No matter what they try to tell you, February is not the shortest month. It’s not even a leap year, but the calendar lies. With 20 scheduled class days, February is longer than any other month in the academic year. That means it’s got by far the highest atio of class days to weekend days. And there are no holidays. Seasonal affectedness disorder is real, but at least it’s coming to an end now.
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