Leland Stange
Staff Columnist
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STANGE: Support the family

Most of you, I’m sure, will be grateful to welcome two loving parents to Yale for family weekend. I, however, will be welcoming only my […]

STANGE: Teaching laziness

Let’s face it: We’re addicted to technology. A stroll through campus will show you that technology is more than an intermediary to us. It has […]

STANGE: An affirmative truth

In a recent interview, Erroll McDonald ’75 — the maverick publisher whose writers include the likes of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison — lamented the […]

STANGE: Eliminate the myth

What if I told you that the student income contribution didn’t exist? Let me explain. Opposition to the SIC is almost universal among the student […]

STANGE: Embracing uncertainty

Far too often, Yalies debate what the University should provide us. As we welcome Yale’s largest freshman class to a campus with two newly minted […]

STANGE: In defense of Buckley — and Yale

I began my spring break in New Haven, surrounded by an incredibly diverse group of scholars. Underclassmen sat alongside Ph.D. candidates, international students next to Connecticut […]

STANGE: Go Greyhound

“Go Greyhound.” The slogan is meaningless for most people — especially for most Yalies. Save for the beatniks, the immigrants, the woman and her newborn, […]

STANGE: Alone, together

A joke was elected president of the United States, but it seems we still don't get the punchline: America needs a moral awakening of the individual.

STANGE: The definition trap

Last week, at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C., first lady Michelle Obama was caught hugging […]

STANGE: Moving past the surface

After returning to Yale, I have struggled to find the same sincerity in conversation. In recent weeks, I have felt a stronger connection to life in speaking to a worker in Bass Café or a local New Haven resident than I have with most Yale students.

STANGE: A culture of gratitude

I love Yale. These words are rarely written in op-eds or overheard across campus. Instead, I hear complaining. We complain about minutia — class, life and […]

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