In Monday night’s YPU-YDN-Dems-sponsored debate, the Ward 1 aldermanic candidates displayed some shocking tactical blunders: Each lost the votes of those opposed to engagement in New Haven and gay rights. Both spurned the valuable Republican coalition with their rejection of Occupy Occupy. And Sarah Eidelson ’12 used much too much humor. For all its platitudes, »
Sadly, I never knew William F. Buckley ’50. But it is a greater loss that Scott Stern ’15 will never meet him. Stern’s recent column “The Buckley Fetish” (October 18th), though misguided, provides an instructional moment in which to revisit the legacy of a great mind. When examining someone as prolific as Buckley, reasonable respect »
Universities are the unique curators of knowledge and the incubators of new ideas. In these capacities, they have produced treatises and educated future generations to countless benefits that cannot be summed succinctly. The students and faculty of these schools, including Yale, enjoy certain privileges, such as unbridled free speech, because, it is argued, only in »
Ostensibly, Yalies will go to the polls in a month to elect a Ward 1 alderman. In reality, low registration and low voter turnout means that a radical fringe group will decide who represents students on the Board of Aldermen. Most of us choose to vote in our hometowns instead of New Haven for a »
I wrote this column, slept and re-read it the next morning. After reflecting on the thoughts below, I think they are a necessary addition to the memorial vigil held on Cross Campus on Sunday. I deeply respect President Levin and all the others who spoke on that night. Our president showed tremendous courage. He spoke »
Yale will break ground on two new residential colleges in 2013. Before the construction crews start, the administration will determine the names of colleges number 13 and 14. A cacophony of alumni, faculty and student voices will join in with their thoughts in an attempt to influence the University’s image and symbolic priorities. In order »
This summer, New Haven saw its own version of a troubling national trend: soak the rich, in order to balance a broken budget. Facing a municipal piggy bank emptied by years of reckless spending, the Board of Aldermen proposed revisiting a 1990 agreement between the city and Yale, one that closed parts of High and »
Last Monday, I wrote in the Yale Daily News critiquing Alderman Mike Jones ’11 and his conception of the Ward 1 aldermanship (“Taking our alderman to task,” April 17). The same day, a series of anonymous posters around campus accused me of “classism” and “racism,” among other charges. As President Obama would say, this is »
This past week, Alderman Michael Jones ’11 reintroduced his living wage proposal, which would increase minimum wages from $12 to $14.67 an hour for employees of companies with New Haven city contracts. This legislation will hurt taxpayers and workers at a time when neither can afford it. Instead of focusing on these types of flashy »
On Wednesday, the David Horowitz Center published a full-page advertisement in the Yale Daily News and other college newspapers in order to combat Israel Apartheid Week. The splashy ad was entitled “Wall of Lies,” and detailed falsifications on the part of the anti-Israel movement. In response, on the same day, the Slifka Center at Yale »
During the 2008 election campaign, Hillary Clinton ran an ad suggesting that then-Senator Barack Obama would not be capable of handling an emergency call at 3 a.m. Recent events in the Middle East have proved her right. During the past few weeks, Mr. Obama has time and again failed to lead. His waffling policies on »
Sunday marked Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday. While many popular national commentators have rehashed his presidential legacy, few know of his relationship to Yale. The Gipper came to the University as a Chubb fellow in December of 1967. Then-Governor of California, he guest lectured in classes, addressed the Yale Political Union and attended a series of »
