The Yale Corporation is a collective douchebag.

About two weeks ago, from the YDN:

In February, when he first endorsed plans for expansion, Levin suggested the new colleges would allow for the Yale College enrollment to increase by about 650 to 700 students, or 12 or 13 percent of the existing student body. But Levin said the Corporation has decided to make the colleges slightly larger, allowing for an increase of about 800 students, or roughly 15 percent of the existing student body.

There goes the first promise they made: eliminating annex housing. Now they're just planning to "significantly reduce" it, which entirely defeats the purpose.
Mostly I'm pissed off about this because aside from going forward with an expansion we don't need that had very little student support, they're going back on their word about all the things that got them any support in the first place. Next they'll be saying that the enormous student center they promised with plenty of places for groups to meet will become office space, and that they won't be hiring that many new faculty after all.
Why do we need to expand anyway? The answer most commonly given is that Yale feels bad about rejecting so many qualified applicants. Aside from the fact that I don't give a shit, that's a pretty shallow answer. Admitting another 200 kids a year won't take us back to 1980 admissions levels, it will take us back to 2004 admissions levels. Maybe. And why do we care? Yale has prided itself for centuries for having an intimate student body with a compact campus that has the feel of a liberal arts college but the resources of a university. Now they're expanding our numbers, sprawling our campus, and straining our resources. Those motherfuckers. Somebody please try to justify this move to me. Please.