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Opinion

NEWS' VIEW: Reflecting on a year at Yale

For many of us, the stories that defined our year didn’t make the headlines.»
Bucket List

KESSLER: My date with Monty

With just over a week before my senior writing project was due, I walked up to the desk at the Lillian Goldman Law Library and giggled as I announced, “Um, I’m here to check out the dog.”»

O’ROURKE AND LAWRENCE: Remembering Zach Brunt ’15

Last week, as we were packing for Houston, we heard the horrible news that our friend and fellow Drop Team member Zachary Brunt ’15 had died. »

ZUCKER: Co-opting conservative ideas

Four years here have taught me the value of five ideas that liberals at Yale — and everywhere — tend to neglect.»

Staff Columns

Zara Kessler
Bucket List

KESSLER: My date with Monty

With just over a week before my senior writing project was due, I walked up to the desk at the ...»
Zoe Mercer-Golden
Parenthetically

MERCER-GOLDEN: A grown-up summer

I’m in the process of redefining what summer means to me.»
Scott Stern

STERN: The grammarian’s manifesto

We have lost our way, but I am determined to correct that. So I am writing to promulgate a new ...»
Harry  Graver
Gravely Mistaken

GRAVER: April at Yale

While Gingrich and Tupac Shakur are virtually opposites in every conceivable way, together they bring to my mind an important ...»
Nathaniel Zelinsky

ZELINSKY: Occupy in review

With the courts’ approval, the City of New Haven finally evicted Occupy New Haven yesterday. Looking back on the encampment’s ...»
Colin Ross
Gangbuster

ROSS: Lessons from a quiet leader

As this academic year and this column ease off into the sunset, it’s time to review the recent history of ...»
Harry Larson
Nothing in Particular

LARSON: For a grounded YCC

The YCC has found tangible ways to improve our Yale experience.»
Yishai Schwartz

SCHWARTZ: In Hartford, incoherence on the death penalty

If our moral intuition indicates that those who rape and burn alive an innocent 11-year-old girl ought to die at ...»

Guest Columns

O’ROURKE AND LAWRENCE: Remembering Zach Brunt ’15

Last week, as we were packing for Houston, we heard the horrible news that our friend and fellow Drop Team ...»

ZUCKER: Co-opting conservative ideas

Four years here have taught me the value of five ideas that liberals at Yale — and everywhere — tend ...»

MCDERMOTT: Learn to be vulnerable

Yalies’ tendency to downplay hardship fuels a cycle of dishonesty in which people refrain from talking about what’s really going ...»

UHLENHUTH: Making Yale comp sci relevant

It would be simple to create a class along the lines of Harvard’s CS50 here at Yale. By refusing to ...»

HOLMES: The perks of a double

I got annexed. But that was hardly the concern. The concern was that tucked up away in the lofty fifth ...»

RODRIGUEZ-TORRENT: Occupy forced out, but for what?

What grave wrong was Occupy perpetrating upon the citizens of New Haven? The answer: taking up a small portion (less ...»

DINH: Tell me something I don’t know

Too often at Yale, learning is an aimless activity. But I think our grades and our spirits would benefit from ...»

SOARES: Clever headline goes here

I reiterate the aforementioned bold claim and shift words in an attempt at cleverness. This may or may not succeed. ...»

News' Views

NEWS' VIEW: Reflecting on a year at Yale

For many of us, the stories that defined our year didn’t make the headlines.»

NEWS' VIEW: The News congratulates its newest staffers

On Friday, the Oldest College Daily held its spring semester staff inductions. It is with great pride that we announce ...»

NEWS' VIEW: Remembering Zach Brunt ’15

It’s time not to draw easy lessons but to remember, to ask questions and to accept there are things we ...»

NEWS' VIEW: Welcome home, prefrosh

Welcome to Yale, prefrosh. If you’re anything like us when we were in your shoes, you’re overwhelmed right now.»

NEWS' VIEW: John Gonzalez '14 for President

For his successes as leader of the Sophomore Class Council and his no-nonsense, collaborative leadership style that emphasizes teamwork, we ...»

NEWS' VIEW: Debby Abramov '14 for Vice President

Because of her thorough roster of concrete ideas and her experience on the YCC, we endorse Debby Abramov ’14.»

NEWS' VIEW: Joey Yagoda '14 for Treasurer

Having already proven his determination and acumen in dealing with the Yale administration, Joey Yagoda ’14 has plans for major ...»

NEWS' VIEW: Leandro Leviste '15 for Secretary

The YCC secretary is not a glamorous position. The work is repetitive but crucial to the functioning of the YCC. ...»

Letters

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Letters from Ponet, Enamandram, Paul.»

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Letters from Musser, Skelly.»

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Letters from Miller, Dec.»

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Letter from Rogers.»

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Letters from Wilkin, Reveiz.»

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Letters from Bailyn, Pham, Huber.»

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Letters from Montesano, Hodges.»

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Letters from Pollock, Habbab.»