Helen Vera
Campus liberals must be consistent, or quiet

Yale students are smart. Yale students are angsty. Yale students are creative. Yale students are open-minded. Yale students are many things, and not least of […]

Weight loss addiction takes away joy of food

  There is a habit to which my girlfriends are, almost without exception, addicted. I am, myself, addicted to the point of self-hatred. Even girls […]

Students must visit University’s museum

Four days a week, I report to my student job at the Registrar’s Office in the Center for British Art, and from my desk I […]

Traditional dating could mean perfect match

In the wake of Valentine’s Day, I find myself overwhelmed to the point of saturation with recommendations for a more invigorating or at least existent […]

Martha Stewart does not deserve our derision

Working- and middle-class Americans grow up believing in underdogs, believing in fresh starts, believing in making it big. They can succeed with education, tenacity and […]

Etiquette conveys respect for others

Is etiquette passe? I ask myself this question often. I ask it when I am walking out of my college and someone immediately ahead of […]

Poynter panel debates future of Internet news

Jack Shafer, editor at large of the online political magazine Slate, envisions a world where, instead of buying printed magazines, people read periodicals on “tablets” […]

Interest in a cappella groups subsides

Singing groups traditionally are one of Yale’s most popular extracurricular activities, and after a well-attended Woolsey Hall jam, a cappella groups expected a large crop […]