Matthew Nickson
MATTHEW NICKSON
The absolute need for Native American ethnic counselors

Last Sunday, the Yale College Council unanimously approved a resolution calling on the administration to make one very important change to Yale’s ethnic counselor program. […]

February 10, 2003

MATTHEW NICKSON
When attack is a necessity

I am not opposed to invading Iraq. Though I am troubled by the Congressional passage of President Bush’s war resolution last week, as I do […]

October 15, 2002

MATTHEW NICKSON
YCC presidential candidate: Matthew Nickson

My name is Matt Nickson and I would like to be your student body president. I want the Yale College Council to place greater emphasis […]

April 22, 2002

MATTHEW NICKSON
The war on drugs and the implosion of Colombia

Here at Yale, we talk a lot about America’s war on drugs. The debate usually hinges on the issue of an individual’s right to use […]

April 12, 2002

MATTHEW NICKSON
An afternoon at the U.S.-Mexico border

Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos — Welcome to the United States. I can’t recall if such a highway sign exists on the U.S.-Mexico border at […]

February 13, 2002

MATTHEW NICKSON
George Harrison moves on to his Sweet Lord

The great Latin American poet Cesar Vallejo once wrote, “There are such hard blows in life, I don’t know. Golpes como del odio de Dios.” […]

December 3, 2001

MATTHEW NICKSON
Victory requires global action

The war on terrorism cannot be won in Afghanistan alone. It requires reversing decades of American neglect of the region’s most pressing political and economic […]

November 12, 2001

MATTHEW NICKSON
Bush must condemn Chinese human rights violations

British Prime Minister Tony Blair recently told an interviewer it took him “about 30 minutes” to formulate his government’s response to the Sept. 11 tragedy, […]

October 26, 2001

MATTHEW NICKSON
Plan Colombia and learning from Sept. 11

There has been much talk in the last month of “political” solutions to the terrorist crisis, and of the roles diplomacy and development can play […]

October 17, 2001

MATTHEW NICKSON
Terentennial guest column

This weekend, we are going to hear a lot of people lauding Yale’s accomplishments, among them former President Bill Clinton LAW ’73. The University has […]

October 5, 2001

MATTHEW NICKSON
Terror-stricken U.S. must strike back

Three weeks later, how should Yalies respond to what happened on September 11th? For a people in shock, there are no easy answers. In the […]

October 3, 2001