After eight years, the Abigail Fisher case finally has been put to rest. In a landmark judgment on June 23, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of race-conscious affirmative action in university admissions.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Yale University and a former dining services worker who smashed a stained-glass window depicting slaves are discussing whether he can have his old job back, his attorney said Monday.
Corey Menafee resigned last month after taking a broomstick to the window inside the dining hall at Calhoun College. Menafee, who is black, apologized for damaging the property but said the window's portrayal of slaves in a cotton field was offensive.
