Kevin Gallagher

Thirty-six years ago today, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Roe v. Wade, discovering an emanation from the penumbras of the […]

January 22, 2010

I do not know Jen Ivers ’10, still less do I bear her any ill-will, and I am comfortably committed to the principle that the […]

November 19, 2009

It was around midnight, and I was finishing some work in the Pierson dining hall, when I looked up from my laptop to see a […]

October 30, 2009

I had no part in bladderball’s return to campus. And I had my reasons for staying out of it. It was Parents’ Weekend, and my […]

October 22, 2009

If I say that we are a bored and boring generation, that we are unexcited and have little to be excited about, you can be […]

October 8, 2009

The first few weeks of a new school year are a time for 11th-hour changed majors, for resigning yourself to the doldrums of required courses, […]

September 23, 2009

The news cycle has moved on from Yale’s recent decision to remove all images of Muhammad from Jytte Klaussen’s upcoming book on the 2005 Danish […]

September 9, 2009

In the official story Yale tells itself — the story that emerges from official statements and development plans — the message is clear: Yale is […]

April 14, 2009

Gender-neutral housing has been a hot issue in the last month, with protests on Cross Campus, official messages from Dean Mary Miller and a slew […]

April 3, 2009

On Feb. 20 armed policemen knocked down the barricades and forced their way into the Kimmel Student Center at NYU. For the previous day and […]

March 5, 2009

For most of us, the closing of Mory’s over winter break was no big deal. A cappella lovers and a few other Temple Bar diehards […]

February 19, 2009