OPINION
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NAM: The Standardization of Humor

Viral jokes are the latest chapter in humor’s illustrious history. It’s a tradition that dates back to radios, television, newspapers, village rumor mills and traveling traders or entertainers. But today’s scope of virality is unmatched.

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NDUBISI & WARD: Black Yale in Focus

As part of this year’s Black History Month special issue, the News is working to highlight Black voices across our campus community. We spoke with five Black Yale students, who hail from various areas across the United States, about their experiences navigating Yale as Black students and maintaining their sense of authenticity.

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REFUGE: Bearing witness: the harrowing reality of Black maternal healthcare

In 2002, my mom sat in a hospital bed in excruciating pain while giving birth to me. After receiving an epidural, she still felt everything. […]

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ROJAS: The History of Black History Month

Although Black History Month has devolved into a 28 — or sometimes 29 — day-long corporate festival that drains the energy of any and every […]

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KIRKPATRICK: Sharing Blackness

In high school, I was one of four Black students in my grade. There wasn’t much of a black unity between us; the school was […]

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TEDLA: From exaggeration to fabrication

What is the line between embellishment and fraud? The former we tacitly acknowledge as necessary for our professional lives. The latter is a permanent black […]

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YILDIRIM: Graduate and Student Assembly DEI Chair resignation letter

To the Yale community,  I am writing to notify you of my resignation from my role as the Chairperson of the Diversity,  Equity, and Inclusion, […]

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FEINSOD: A divided Yale Law School confronts the Israel-Gaza war

On Feb. 5, two events were held within hours of each other at Yale Law School; each reflecting a radically different understanding of reality. The […]

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WAGNER: Do We Want Virtual Reality? Really?

If you could predetermine your experiences while floating in a tank with your brain plugged into electrodes, would you?

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AMEND: Literature Makes the World Go Round

After graduating seven years ago, I’ve learned that making money in America revolves around knowing finance, data and science. Making money means understanding economics and ways to do business, and working in geopolitics. Writers and people who study good books rarely make a lot of money. But their literature is what makes the world go round. 

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WILLIAMS: A Lonely Valentine’s Day is No Valentine’s Day At All

The evolution of how we see Valentine’s Day as we get older is hauntingly indicative of how loneliness has grown in our society.