Author Archives: River Clegg

In case you were not aware, dear reader, there are many things about which you remain tragically uninformed. Virtually all of these things deal with poetry or philosophy. As ________ (Western thinker) wrote, to live the good life, we must embrace the ________ (noun) of our fellow ________ (noun, pl.), rather than ________ (verb ending »

Peter Johnston argues in his column that appeared on this page yesterday that optional gender-neutral housing today will lead to mandatory gender-neutral housing for freshmen tomorrow (“The logical extension of the first step,” March 26). This argument uses a logic that, when viewed in greater historical context, is terrifying. Johnston argues that once gender-neutral housing »

I was there. Nearly a thousand Yalies reveling on the grass of Old Campus, hugging, singing, jumping, weeping. Roar after ecstatic roar welled up against the old brick walls, and there was a collective feeling of rejuvenation and, yes, hope. We are the generation that grew up in the shadow of September 11, as well »