OPINION
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Olympics reporting in Torino enhanced News’ coverage

To the Editor: I write to commend Nick Baumann and the News’ coverage of Helen Resor ’09 and the Torino Winter Olympics. While some might […]

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Summers’ candor was his downfall

Within institutions committed to the forward march of knowledge, one might imagine it more important to be right than popular. Alas, with Tuesday’s resignation of […]

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Artist’s Alley

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Reader upset by columnist’s depiction of Italians at large

To the Editor: A few days ago, after my first correspondence with reporter Nick Baumann from Turin, I was not particularly delighted to be depicted […]

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Olympic broadcasts lacked suspense, compelling ads

At the moment, when it comes to sports in Europe, there is only one thing on everyone’s mind. I refer, of course, to the 2006 […]

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Superficial depictions hurt cartoon debate

In “Response to cartoons lacks empathy” (2/20), Jordan Trevino makes a decent point regarding the need for the West and America, to avoid reducing Muslims […]

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Stigmatizing ‘queer’ only complicates issue

As someone who wrestles daily with sexuality, identity and politics, I was upset by Jamie Kirchick’s column attacking the word queer (“Reclaiming ‘queer’ is not […]

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Cantabs can benefit from Yale’s example

“For once, Yale has it right,” the Harvard Crimson asserted yesterday in characteristically smarmy fashion. It was referring to quotes from Yale President Richard Levin, […]

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Univ. heads must be bold, within reason

People seem to find endless entertainment in watching the mighty fall from grace for doing something stupid. The country had a good chortle at Trent […]

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Record of bygone high jinks can linger on Web

Have you seen the study that reports massive reductions in student productivity because of Facebook? I haven’t yet, but sooner or later, such a study […]

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Bridge gown-gown divide in New Haven

Where is Southern Connecticut State University? It’s in New Haven, at 501 Crescent Street, to be precise. It’s less than two miles from Phelps Gate. […]