Yale Daily News

Welcome to Beinecke Plaza, or as it’s now affectionately known, Gaza Solidarity Plaza. If you look to the left, you’ll see posters idolizing terrorists, like Leila Khaled, who hijacked two planes, and Walid Daqqa, who was convicted of leading the terrorist ring that kidnapped, castrated, gouged out the eyes of, tortured and murdered a 19-year-old Israeli. 

May 2, 2024

My name is Zack Thibodeaux and I am a senior at Yale who is blind. I am writing this column to give the Yale community another perspective on the protests and their effects on people with disabilities. I would like students to understand that their actions have severe consequences on others.

May 2, 2024

“So you are going to show the lives of young, poor, African, gay sex workers to the world. Why? And who wants to watch that?” That stung. Twelve years later, it still stings.

April 29, 2024

For the past week and the past six months we’ve seen protests, marches, rallies, as well as courses, seminars, and panel discussions on campus from a variety of viewpoints involving hundreds, if not thousands of participants. Some Yale community members have been directly affected by the events of Oct. 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza. Some have had family members killed or taken hostage on Oct. 7, and others have had to deal with several generations of family killed in the bombing of Gaza. Still, the violence over there has not translated to violence here at Yale. Such claims are disingenuous and endanger us all.  

April 28, 2024

Does representational politics matter in class photos when there’s a mounting body count of tens of thousands in occupied Palestinian lands, enabled by U.S. taxpayers in complicity with our government and its political and financial investors? Perhaps we’re missing the students’ point entirely, and there is no use in soul-searching within an institution that has proven soulless at best and complicit at worst. 

April 28, 2024

How do we enter into these tumultuous times as environmentalists and human rights advocates? What connections exist between environmentalism and the movement for freedom in Palestine? What can the environmental movement learn from the mobilization that has rocked our campus?

April 28, 2024

Before Dad worked at Raytheon, I was critical of weapons companies. But his salary helped pay for my college education debt-free. As a result, I was used to debating the ethical dilemma in being involved, in some way shape or form, with corporations that manufacture missiles, bombs, warplanes and other things. 

April 28, 2024

The film “Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” had one element that was freakishly creepy — and it had nothing to do with vampires, werewolves or death. It was, in fact, a newborn baby. 

April 26, 2024

In 1985, I was part of a group of hundreds of students at Tufts University who took over Ballou Hall, the main administration building, to […]

April 24, 2024

To the Editor, Regarding your coverage of the protests and conflicts on Beineke Plaza, I note that you refer to one set of students as […]

April 24, 2024

“Hey Laura, you were an Olympian. Can you tell me whether I should be worried about my *insert body part* hurting?”  Recently, I’ve had a […]

April 24, 2024