The News' Views
The News' Views
NEWS' VIEW: A Sex Week for all
There has been a lot of talk about sex this week. Sex Week and True Love Week are both in full swing. We have come a long way since Undergraduates for a Better Yale College tried to have Sex Week banned.
NEWS' VIEW: New tailgate policies are a mixed bag
In the wake of a tragic Harvard-Yale tailgate, Yale’s administration pledged to review its policies on tailgating. The results of that review, released yesterday, include regulations for future tailgates that will ensure nothing like that day’s accident happens again: U-Hauls will be banned and student tailgates will be held in a vehicle-free area. Those are necessary changes.
NEWS' VIEW: The legacy of the Elevate raid
Fifteen months ago, New Haven Police Department officers, some dressed in SWAT gear, raided a nightclub hosting a Yale party. They Tasered one student. They swore at and threatened many others. By the end of the night, they had arrested five students.
NEWS' VIEW: What Williams taught us
Tom Williams was not mentioned in the press conference introducing Yale’s new head football coach Thursday. Yale fans want to look forward, not back at Williams’ sudden departure amid controversy about the accuracy of his resume.
NEWS' VIEW: Fix shopping period, one seminar at a time
Professors should craft their own policies to alleviate the hallmark chaos of shopping period.
NEWS' VIEW: Remembering the tailgate tragedy
The collision at the Yale Bowl last Saturday shocked us all. It turned the normally festive atmosphere of The Game into one of grief and confusion.
NEWS' VIEW: Free speech and Sex Week
President Richard Levin chose not to kill Sex Week last Thursday. He could easily have banned it. Instead, he decided to stand up for free speech on campus — we think.
NEWS' VIEW: Sarah Eidelson '12 for Ward 1
Of the two Ward 1 aldermanic candidates, one is an ambitious Yale man, a slick politician. The other is a perhaps less flashy but equally motivated statesman — or stateswoman, as she might correct us — who has devoted the last three years of her life to making New Haven her home. Because of the relationships she has built in New Haven, we believe the latter, Sarah Eidelson ’12, will be far more able to serve her constituents and her city effectively and more likely to accomplish the policy goals she champions. We confidently endorse her for Ward 1 alderman.
NEWS' VIEW: Our masters need to make up for the loss of crests
Caring deeply about our new dining hall plates seems petty. They are generic, but they will cut down on both food waste and theft. Still, we cannot warm up to them. We look at the new white china and miss the distinct college identities the old plates carried. But we’re also unsure what those identities mean to us.
NEWS' VIEW: What Occupy means to us
The goals of the protest are undefined here and across the country, and it would be foolish to pass final judgment on them yet.
NEWS' VIEW: Goodbye and good luck
Yale speaks and acts, with old principles and new challenges.
Last night, just after 6 p.m., the News’ Managing Board of 2012 arrived at 202 York.
NEWS' VIEW: Alderman up
Recycled, indistinguishable platforms sell our city short.
The race for Ward 1 alderman has begun with one-sided sound and fury. Fresh-faced sophomore Vinay Nayak ’14 is running a campaign of staggering slickness, leveraging personality, networking and money into one of the most visible Yale aldermanic efforts to date. For her part, senior Sarah Eidelson ’12 is not winning the publicity war.
NEWS' VIEW: Talking sex
As we debate Title IX and Yale’s sexual culture, we must move beyond anger and alienation.
In the past week, the debate over Yale’s sexual culture has burst out of dorm rooms and into the public eye. An open, energetic discussion is long overdue, and both the Undergraduates for a Better Yale College (UBYC) and the Title IX complainants deserve credit for starting one.
NEWS' VIEW: A baseless lawsuit
The Le estate’s wrongful death suit fails on all counts.
The legal estate of Annie Le GRD ’13 has filed suit against Yale, alleging that the University is liable for her murder at the hands of technician Raymond Clark. The only public litigant is Vivian Le, her biological mother; meanwhile, the two guardians who raised her have remained silent. Immediately after Annie’s death, when trauma was at its rawest, the family opposed taking legal action.
NEWS' VIEW: Knowing our nation
Ten years later, Yale can do more than remember
We’re new to this: commemorating catastrophe at the 10-year mark.
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