Author Archives: Jimmitti Teysir

David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, spoke Monday afternoon about differences in the foreign policy agendas of the Barack Obama and George W. Bush administrations. In front of roughly 50 attendees in Linsly-Chittenden Hall, Sanger discussed the “fearsome list of global problems” that President Obama faced upon taking office, including the »

James Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, told a crowd of roughly 30 students Monday afternoon that meaningful political reform requires dedication and persistence. At the Branford College Master’s Tea, co-sponsored by the Yale College Democrats and the Black Students Alliance at Yale, Clyburn discussed how his childhood in Sumter, South »