Gabriel Arana
Gabriel Arana
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Mary Cheney mention was out of line
While I agree with a great deal of what Jamie Kirchick asserts in Friday's column "GOP nightmare: when queer is, well, normal," (10/22) I think that he misunderstands the grounds on which many viewers -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- objected to...
Faith-based initiatives remain the focus of debate
With concern for the separation of church and state in mind, Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, spoke at St. Thomas More Chapel Tuesday. Towey discussed the potential of faith-based organizations to...
Profs: U.S. risks much in Iraq
Echoing sentiment across the country, history and political science professors expressed concern, caution and conflicting opinions about American military efforts in Iraq. Professors said they feared the precedent the U.S. pre-emptive attack could...
Students, profs pleased with Bush's rhetoric
But President fails to convince University audience that U.S. has case for war against Iraq
Yale professors and students, reacting to last night's prime time presidential news conference, said they were surprised at how well President George W. Bush responded to journalists' questions, but maintained the U.S. is still not in a political...
Conflict in Iraq approaching climax, panelists agree
History, poli sci experts discuss situation during Q-and-A
Three history and political science professors warned that the nation should be prepared for an impending war with Iraq and examined possible courses of action the United States could take at a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon....
Two profs elected to National Academy of Engineering
Last week, two Yale faculty members -- applied physics professor Tso-Ping Ma and School of Management professor Edward Kaplan -- were elected to the National Academy of Engineering, a branch of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
Students, profs continue to watch N. Korea
While the U.S. government deliberates over a potential war with Iraq and Yale prepares for a strike, North Korea may be furtively relaunching its nuclear weapons program. Ironically, many Yale students and professors reported a lack of discussion...
Profs. stay cautious about war in Iraq
Stock market gains offer hope for recession, but economic upturn does not signal an end to the threat of an Iraqi conflict
Yale professors acknowledged that Monday's stock market rally was an advantageous departure from America's economic recession, but cautioned the nation -- and Yalies -- to prepare themselves for the possibility of war in Iraq. Some political science...
Yale, other colleges are possible terrorist targets, professors say
A day after Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller warned U.S. senators of possible terrorist attacks against universities, Yale administrators and professors acknowledged that Yale could be a prime target and said the University...
Profs denounce Bush tax cuts in Times ad
Though Yale professor Gustav Ranis maintains that President Bush's tax cut plan is "dead on arrival," Ranis and professor Christopher Udry have joined hundreds of economists who hope to secure the proposal's demise. The two Yale professors pledged...