James Cersonsky
Cersonsky: The persistence of change

Thirty-Seven Howe St. lies fittingly at the crossroads of Yale and the rest of the world. My first visit occurred during the summer of 2007, […]

Cersonsky: Remember those who matter

Last Monday Mayor John DeStefano Jr. spoke to the Yale College Democrats about education reform, discussing, among much else, the city’s relationship with U.S. Secretary […]

Cersonsky: Get addicted to goodwill

Consider this: There’s a Democratic primary for the Ward 22 aldermanic election on Sept. 15, and you live in one of the four residential colleges […]

Cersonsky: Confront the other at Yale

I wish there were more homeless people for me to run into in front of Gourmet Heaven at 3 a.m. asking me to buy them […]

Cersonsky: Ideology and conscience at play

The conscience of a conservative, as Barry Goldwater wrote, revolves around a single, seemingly elegant question: “Are we maximizing freedom?” Goldwater’s framing of conservatism as […]

Cersonsky: The state of our city

DeStefanomania? DeStefanation? John the Vote? The name of our Commander in Chief makes for much better portmanteaux and calls to action. But, as I learned […]

Cersonsky: Effect change together

In the fall, the Yale Hunger and Homelessness Action Project and a host of other campus organizations joined together to raise over $30,000 to help […]