Ariane De Gennaro
Staff Columnist
ariane.degennaro@yale.edu
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ARIANE DE GENNARO
DE GENNARO: In defense of saying something

Regardless of what stances Yale takes, students will always be able to speak up, to agree or disagree with the institutions around them. We can help shape the intellectual climate of our campus ourselves, fostering diversity of thought from the ground up.

May 17, 2025

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DE GENNARO: Trump’s win, Yale’s reckoning

Because at the end of the day, it is also not productive to conclude that it is all hopeless. Like many of my peers, I cast my first vote in a presidential election for Harris. I am just as disappointed in the results as anyone else, even if I am not as surprised.

November 20, 2024

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DE GENNARO: These are not the best years of your life

Two years ago, I published my very first opinion piece, “Don’t expect to enjoy college,” in the News’ 2022 First Year Spissue. The piece was […]

August 27, 2024

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DE GENNARO: What happened at Harvard is also about Yale

On Tuesday, Jan. 2, Harvard’s President Claudine Gay resigned, following weeks of controversy surrounding instances of plagiarism in her scholarship, as well as outrage stemming […]

January 26, 2024

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DE GENNARO: The Right is wrong about Yale

On Monday, the Yale Daily News published a piece investigating Governor Ron DeSantis’ claims that “unadulterated leftism” marked his time at Yale. Readers will not […]

November 30, 2023

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DE GENNARO: Stop justifying terrorism

When Hamas attacked Israel this weekend, I happened to be with two retired generals, including a four-star who had worked closely on the Israel-Palestine conflict. […]

October 13, 2023

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DE GENNARO: On ‘wasting time’

College is hard. It doesn’t take long to realize, upon arriving, that the institution you likely spent all of high school getting into is not […]

September 28, 2023

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DE GENNARO: The radical ridiculousness of a cappella rush

It’s that time of the year again. You can see the signs everywhere: colorfully decorated tables fill the Branford courtyard, harmonies float (or blast) from […]

September 7, 2023

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DE GENNARO: Yale doesn’t understand equity

This past week, Yale notified student groups that they have until the end of the school year to leave their offices in 305 Crown St. […]

April 5, 2023

MICHAEL NDUBISI & ARIANE DE GENNARO
DE GENNARO & NDUBISI: Fox News is bad. The mainstream media isn’t faring much better.

When Alexis de Tocqueville wrote “Democracy in America” in 1835, he declared that democracy must always entail liberty of the press, for better or for […]

April 2, 2023

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DE GENNARO: Reclaiming the Founding Fathers

This past Monday was Presidents’ Day, commemorating the birthday of our first president and Founding Father George Washington. In recent years, the myth of the […]

February 23, 2023