Robert Li
Robert Li
Recent Stories
Li: Good night and good luck
GMT + 8
Our society has become infatuated with the monetary value of time and, in turn, has fabricated, justified and immortalized staying awake. Sleep has become the implied arch nemesis of an industrious society, full of machines that never turn off.
Li: Condoning the drinking culture
I hosted a Yalie-to-be two years ago during Bulldog Days. I wasn’t a very good host — I neither showed him around nor took him out to lunch — but my little guest didn’t seem to mind. He came back to my room at five each morning and slept through the rest of the day. I thought that he’d for sure enroll here.
Li: Our foods and our culture
I rarely complain about food. But let truth be told, I’ve never been fond of the stuff served in our dining halls — except, perhaps, the yogurt.
Li: The view from the top of the mountain
Last weekend, I decided to take a break.
Li: Why we love the LSAT
"Hey! Long time no see! I didn’t know you were thinking about going to law school!” “Wow, I didn’t know you were taking the LSAT too!”
Li: Waste of time, but I’ll be there
The clock strikes 7:20. Having sat impatiently through a presentation featuring the rules of a logic game invented by the fun-loving folks called consultants, a herd of Yale students simultaneously stands up, grabs their jackets and portfolios, and storms out of the chic, stylish conference room of the Study at Yale.
Li: Uncommon, nonsensical solutions
It was the winter of 1950 in the Korean Peninsula. General Oliver Smith, watching his 1st Marine Division being crushed by the superior force of six Chinese divisions, kept his chin up. “Retreat?” he answered a skeptical reporter. “Hell … we’re simply advancing in another direction!”
Li: Where’s the exchange?
Since the launch of Yale-Peking University program, the Yale Club of Beijing has enthusiastically listed this initiative as the first item in the “Exchange” section on its Web site.
Li: No wings, but I’ve had my flight
When I wrote on my application to Yale that I intended to major in theater studies, I didn’t foresee that that would make me a grand strategist in some of my friends’ eyes. They thought I branded myself as the first Chinese theater studies major, and played the strategy well.
Li: Yale’s unanswered corporate call
GE, unfortunately, does not consider Yale a target school, despite the fact that its headquarters is only 25 miles from New Haven.