Author Archives: Nathaniel Zelinsky

Our job is to take the Yale we love, that constant conversation, and transplant it into wherever we live.

If you're anxious about society, you're not alone.

We are rarely told to find a higher purpose — beyond our own success — for which we should strive.

Grade inflation is the symptom of our undergraduate culture.

The same gung-ho interventionist wants to shake the military-industrial behemoth for loose change with which to fund domestic agenda items.

So, in our leaders, we want to see those quirks and whimsical mannerisms that make someone a real person, not just a party hack.

And, in addition to the issue of optics, how can the Corporation make informed decisions about Yale if they divorce themselves from campus?

The result may contain silver linings for the LBGTQ cause.

The fact that people want to see Lincoln, a movie that forces them to think, suggests that Americans rise to the occasion when given the intellectual opportunity.

While I might disagree with some of Levin’s more specific and recent policies, the bottom line is that he grew the University in tremendous ways. But I am afraid that time will forget him.

In September, the search for Yale’s next president was the hot topic. We read about it in the News and debated it in dining halls. Come October, our interest waned. The Corporation stopped emailing and students stopped caring. Now, you almost never hear someone discuss the search process or predict whom the trustees will pick. »

The list of interrogators is long: Parents. Cousins. Former professors. Current professors. And, chiefly, fellow students. They all have one question: “What are you doing next year?” I can’t complain too much. For the past three years, I myself often asked The Question to seniors. It always seemed like the perfect conversation starter — especially »