Yale Daily News

The News congratulates its newest staffers

On Saturday, the Oldest College Daily held its spring semester staff inductions. It is with great pride that we announce the newest inductees to the Yale Daily News.

STAFF REPORTERS

Casey BlackwellFloyd, Va.

Nora Caplan-BrickerNorthampton, Mass.

Anna Sophie CreagerSan Francisco, Calif.

Katie FalloonPittsburgh, Pa.

Lindsay...

White: Lingering on process

The switch of Sen. Arlen Specter LAW ’56 from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party has left me with a bittersweet feeling: some genuine happiness, lots of schadenfreude, a fair amount of cynicism.

Or maybe graduation’s rapid approach is sparking a similar bittersweet tinge (minus the schadenfreude, of course), and I’m projecting my own emotions into, of all...

Maloney: Teach For America prioritizes students

As an often inspired and sometimes scared college graduate, I had the privilege of leading a 7th grade classroom in Philadelphia as part of Teach For America. Now, as an always excited and mostly overwhelmed graduate student and teaching assistant, I work with Yale undergraduates and do research on educational inequity. These two experiences give me a unique perspective...

Lawrence: Songs of time and change

Now at the end of my time at Yale, I’ve thought back to a lunch in Venice I enjoyed with friends in the Yale Glee Club while we were on concert tour after my sophomore year. As we talked, our conversation came to childhood. One friend observed that in childhood, gifts were things, like toys; but now, gifts are experiences, like a dinner or concert with friends. The...