Yale Daily News

This is my last staff column for the Yale Daily News. I look back at that sentence, and cannot believe that I even typed it:  […]

April 18, 2019

On Feb. 7, I published a column titled “Evil is banal.” In it, I discussed how we need to hold our peers accountable when they […]

April 4, 2019

Everyone knows a white boy with shiny brown hair and a saccharine smile that conceals his great ambitions. He could be in Grand Strategy or […]

February 7, 2019

On the first day of term, I knew the time had come. I had put this off for years, but waiting had done nothing to […]

January 24, 2019

Last week, University President Peter Salovey announced that he would “maintain current policies for addressing sexual misconduct,” even after the Department of Education announced aggressive […]

November 1, 2018

“Let’s talk about diversity.” Every year a new, and supposedly well-intentioned, white candidate will approach me with the same dilemma when it’s time for club […]

October 4, 2018

Walking down Chapel Street is a fairly regular part of my routine. Most weekdays, I walk up Chapel toward the School of Art for class. […]

September 14, 2017

New years bring new beginnings. Even if you’re an upperclassman, the wrought-iron gates and the cobblestones seem a little fresher and more exciting. There’s no […]

August 31, 2017

Earlier in the semester, a friend and I sat together late at night, reflecting on the proximate and competitive nature of Yale. We exchanged stories […]

April 20, 2017

Dear White Yuppie: What’re you doing for the summer? A fair number of my friends at Yale — many of them white — tell me […]

March 30, 2017

Last weekend, I saw the Yale Dramatic Association’s production of “We are Proud to Present,” written by Jackie Sibblies Drury and directed by Shariffa Ali. […]

March 7, 2017