Alejandra O'Leary
Alejandra O'Leary
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Unions, which side are you on, boys?
During the past two years, Yale University's unions have worked tirelessly for workers' rights in the communities of New Haven. In their public statements and activities, they have emerged as inspiring community leaders in the movement for economic and...
Music lovers, get very excited: Wilco's comin' to town
The first time I saw Wilco play a live show, in the tiny Camden Opera House in central Maine, a folk outfit called Buffalo Tom opened the show. Buffalo Tom was an imaginative but modest piano-and-guitar duo with an underdog's sense of humor and songs...
Playing through the pain
Female athletes speak out about taking the field on an empty stomach
Anorexia is often considered a rich white girl's disease, but Laura Bozzi '03, ECHO coordinator and outreach worker, said this is simply a myth. Bozzi said she hears plenty of unfounded opinions circulate about eating disorders at Yale. One of the...
30th anniversary year sparks Title IX meeting
Although it has been 30 years since Title IX first became law, some students feel Yale can do more to promote the equality between men's and women's varsity athletics than Title IX requires. The Bush administration's decision this summer to re-evaluate...
Women's soccer working toward common goal
Yale women's soccer head coach Rudy Meredith says this year's squad is the best he's seen in years. "As far as unity goes, it's the best it's ever been. [There is no one on the team] who doesn't want to be in this environment," he said. But...
W. soccer holds off Sacred Heart for first win
Last night the women's soccer team made good on all the promise shown just two days ago. In the season opener Sunday afternoon, the Bulldogs (1-0-1) unambiguously outplayed La Salle University, but emerged with only a tie. Wednesday, the Bulldogs'...
Author talks about forgiveness
The image that heralds Solomon Schimmel's newest book about forgiveness is "The Prodigal Son," a painting by Marc Chagall. Its central figures are a father and son embracing in a gesture of reconciliation, but Schimmel says forgiveness is hardly this...
Women's soccer ties La Salle at home
Despite outshooting their opponents 25-10, the women's soccer team emerged from Sunday's game against La Salle with only a 1-1 tie. After a slow first half, in which the Bulldogs concentrated on containing the Explorers' powerhouse forwards, Yale's...
Would-be All-American gets another chance
What happens to a dream deferred? Brian Hunt '02 saw his dream destroyed for an entire season -- and seemingly, forever -- only to resurface with renewed promise in his final months at Yale. Hunt, the lacrosse team's leading scorer who had scored at...
Lightweight crew dominates the water
366 Elm Street, next to Rudy's, is a place with transformative powers. A pair of oars grace the building's facade like a coat of arms. Everyone who lives there seems to enter anxious and restless, only to emerge, four years later, confident, triumphant...