Leo Kim
Staff Columnist
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KIM: Stepping back

Based on the facts alone, prison reform ought to be an apolitical issue.

KIM: We’re not hiding

From an outsider’s perspective, college students must often seem like coddled babies, afraid to face the world’s grit and realities.

KIM: The Bulldog Days are over

As Bulldog Days passed earlier this week, I saw, beyond the flocks of prefrosh, a reflection of myself.

KIM: Speak up for Indiana

I want to urge University President Peter Salovey to publicly oppose Indiana’s RFRA, an act which represents discrimination and ignorance that is unacceptable in the 21st century

KIM: Diversity at Spring Fling

The committee’s primary function is to give us a good concert.

KIM: Promote dance at Yale

Dancing is different.

KIM: Interrogate your ideas

Coming to Yale, I acknowledged that I was, more or less, pretty stupid.

KIM: How to be offended

Don’t worry, this article isn’t about getting offended.

KIM: In the face of criticism

Beyond the murk and the controversies and the reactionary sentiments surrounding the tragedy, one particular aspect of the Charlie Hebdo attacks stands out to me: the courage it takes to express one’s views, and the value of such courage.

KIM: Not the solution

Do I think that abandoning affirmative action — that “forgetting” about race in the application process — is the route colleges ought to take? In short, no.

KIM: Before voting

Voting is central to our democracy. But if you are not an informed citizen, then you should not vote.