Someone chalked this on Beinecke Plaza during the protest on 10/2, predicting this very situation. Yale students don't have opportunities to speak with McInnis - it's no wonder they used her photo op as a chance.

Wow. Yale President McInnis caught on a hot mic speaking disparagingly of a student who asked her about democratizing Yale. '“Anyway, she was one of those students who shows up pissed off,” McInnis told Lewis, referring to a student who approached her at the anniversary event.'

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“There are people who want to stand up and defend this school in court,” Elias Theodore, a Yale College senior and Democratic member of the New Haven Board of Alders, said. “If Yale capitulates to Trump, it will embolden him to keep doing this to universities and institutions across the country.”

This petition is for Yale students and alumnae / alumni. 👇👇👇👇👇👇💡

On Friday, 10/2, Stand Up for Yale joined students and faculty at Yale protesting the administration's efforts to cut a deal with Trump by constructing a replica of the famous Lipstick sculpture - a symbol of freedom of speech from the 1960s. A thread of news articles for you...

I participated in these protests. If the photo panned out, I might even be in it. And even as an idealistic young undergrad, I was never as ashamed of my college as I am now that Yale is considering bowing the knee to Trump.

Hey, friends, here's the zine we handed out at the Democratize Yale teach-in on 9/1. Check it out and share with your pals at Yale! 🧵