Chinese Yale graduates students call attention to racism at Helen Hadley Hall:

Graduate student residents of Helen Hadley Hall protested alleged discrimination by University housing administrators at a press conference and rally yesterday. Students speaking at the rally, which was organized by the Graduate Employees and Students Organization, claimed that managers of the dormitory discriminate against Asian graduate students in their enforcement of housing regulations. After the rally, which drew about 75 people, a petition signed by approximately 80 people was delivered to managers of the building, who declined to comment on the issues presented at the press conference. At the rally, students voiced their concerns and dealings with the alleged discrimination. Qian Wan GRD '06, a GESO organizer, said a manager has discriminated against Chinese students in her enforcement of rules about posters in the dormitory. When posters with the same message in English and Chinese were posted in the building as a test of the policy, Wan said only the Chinese-language posters were taken down. "Many Asian students, in particular Chinese, have found that the manager here is discriminating," Wan said. "She has absolute power in the building."...Xiaoye Li GRD '07 said dormitory rules prohibiting individuals from having overnight guests stay for more than three nights were applied differently to Chinese and non-Chinese residents. Li said the parents of a non-Chinese resident in Helen Hadley lived with her for two weeks without interference from the dormitory manager. "Our Chinese students never feel this type of leniency," Li said.