Yale Daily News

Much of my experience at Yale can be summed up by the idea that the year prior, I would have called myself crazy. If you look at things from a pessimistic perspective, my constant sickness and my bad internship experience prevented me from having the life I dreamed about at 17. 

May 17, 2025

The first time I stayed at his Upper East Side apartment on a cold February night, it was a mistake. We had talked for so […]

October 11, 2024

As a woman in the rural South, I grew up with the assumption that I would meet my future husband at college. Not necessarily in a “ring-by-spring” or “Mrs.”  fashion, but as a nice bonus to add to my college experience, a class ring made ever more visible by a neighboring engagement ring. Many of my friends from high school are engaged now. When I travel back home it is not uncommon for my counterparts to ask “how have you not found love at Yale?” 

September 5, 2024

As a woman from the South, coming to Yale, I had a certain idea of what a sorority was supposed to look like. I knew at the time that I did not fit in. When I arrived on campus, I didn’t even bother looking into it. I couldn’t see the value due to a mix of my own perceptions and negative public opinion. But now, I am the president of my sorority and have found it to be my lifeline in school.

March 28, 2024

My friends are always shocked when I’m in New Haven for a weekend. In their words, “Oh my god, Bri, you’re not at a conference or just mysteriously gone?” So I figured that must make me the authority on the best places to go when East Rock is just not far enough to avoid that midterm stress, situationship, weird roommate or whatever you may have it. 

February 23, 2024

Being at home, especially at the start of the year, always causes me to reflect on where my life is at and where I want to improve. In years past, particularly since I started at Yale, this period of reflection left me feeling lost, uninspired or comparing myself to others. Coming into 2024 was the first time where I have genuinely felt like I have it together. That’s not to say there aren’t things I still want to work on (I am of the opinion that self-improvement is a lifelong journey), but there isn’t the insurmountable feeling that I am doing something wrong. 

January 19, 2024

When you’re getting ready to go on a date, especially the very first one, there’s so much anticipation. You get caught up in your own […]

November 10, 2023

As the school year roared rather than dwindled to a close in May, I looked toward the summer with hope. I was moving into my […]

September 8, 2023

I know, I know, writing about your parents as your childhood heroes is a huge cliche, but my Dad really was (and still is) my […]

March 3, 2023

Finally score the number of that cutie in your office hours? Hot Tinder date? Wondering where on Earth you’ll take them to really seal the […]

February 3, 2023

It seems every time I open TikTok, a new influencer is going viral or some niche aesthetic with “-core” attached to the end is all […]

January 27, 2023