Yonah Freemark
Yonah Freemark
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Standing on Class Day — for peace
It is true that our decision to conduct a protest during Class Day is a political one, but to not protest would also be political.
Johnston misjudges Great Society’s strides
In the face of today’s rising unemployment, crumbling infrastructure, and miserable housing situation, we could do well to follow the example of the Great Society.
Wood-varnished Bass improves on CCL … sort of
It is peculiar that the most popular study space at Yale — a university so revered for its architecture — is a basement. The two underground levels of Bass Library, however, are sumptuously decorated, equaling in material beauty the interiors of Yale’s other recently renovated buildings.
Wider campus footprint demands transit overhaul
In forums beginning tonight, Yale College students will be given the opportunity to discuss the possible creation of two new residential colleges. Together, the colleges would significantly increase the size of the student body — to 6,000. There are a number of issues that administrators will discuss, particularly whether Yale needs to be expanded in the first place, but the principal components of the building program have already been determined.
Marginalization encourages violent crimes
I write this piece not to deplore the state of un-security that can be found on our fair city’s streets, but rather to express my disquieted sense that New Haven and cities all over our nation are failing to address the basic problems of poverty when the consequences of that failure are devastating.
Sticking out on Howe
On Howe Street, the principal axis of the off-campus community, Yale’s new Sculpture Building attempts a new site layout and tries to fit into the existing neighborhood, in the process succeeding at neither.
Student: Grow Central Campus
There is little doubt that a healthy and equitable development plan could be created that would not sacrifice the gains made by the school in its relationship with the city. Today, there is talk of a major increase in the population of undergraduates; instead of siphoning them off to Science Hill, let’s make sure we consider whether we can, instead, keep them on Central Campus, all the while improving their experience and maintaining the urban character that distinguishes Yale.
Yale must step up to the plate on aid issues
Last month, the Undergraduate Organizing Committee (UOC) conducted interviews with over 300 undergraduates on the subject of financial aid. We talked to students from highly varied backgrounds, canvassing rooms randomly in all the residential colleges...