Jacob Remes
Jacob Remes
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Creating a Yale we're all proud to be a part of
I love Yale. People sometimes doubt it and act confused when I say it, but it's true. I love Yale because I am Yale. More than anything else, Yale is a community, and all of us in that community -- students, faculty, workers -- are what make up Yale.
YCC to administration: negotiate with GESO
You wouldn't know it from this newspaper, but the Yale College Council did something quite remarkable late Sunday night. It called on the Yale administration to sit down with GESO representatives and decide how the question of graduate student...
Maya to Frances: Negative campaigning is the last thing we need
From: Maya Lin '81 ARC '86 To: Frances Beinecke '71 FOR '74 Re: Campaign I've been telling everyone who asks that I'm not interested in campaigning for the Corporation seat for which I was nominated. So I'm getting rather concerned about the...
Curbing professorial coercion everywhere
Imagine this scenario: professor X calls his graduate student into his office, closes the door, and says, "I think the two of us get along well together. I think you should come out to dinner and a movie with me next weekend." Most people -- and indeed...
Yale should revoke special admissions for athletes
Thirty five students a year might not seem like many. But when 12,887 students apply to Yale for only1,352 positions --as was the case last year --35 starts to seem like a big chunk. Thirty five is the number of admittances the football team gets...
Levin's moves on MLK, early decision only a start
The beginning of this semester bodes well for Yale. Last month, President Richard Levin told The New York Times that he favored re-examining early decision. Next week, as a direct result of a campaign by students and others last year, we will not have...
Current tenure track hurts junior female profs
At the last Yale College Council public forum, we in the audience were treated to an eloquent discussion by Dean Richard Brodhead about the need for more tenured women faculty. As various administrators have for many years, Brodhead promised that Yale...
Re-evaluating Levin's record on leadership
Last year, President Richard Levin argued that, contrary to criticism, he has indeed showed leadership. "People misconstrue what constitutes moral leadership -- they think making statements to The New York Times is moral leadership. Well, maybe it is...
Unbridled free speech integral to Yale
I never thought I would say it, but today I am grateful for University President Richard Levin. There are, perhaps, many reasons to be glad that we are at Yale now, rather than when Benno Schmidt was president. But a major one came on Monday, when the...
Increased scrutinizing of foreign students wrong
The parade of national flags at last Friday's Tercentennial Convocation emphasized what we have been hearing for a long time now: Yale is an international school, dependent on international students and scholars. As multiple speakers this weekend...