Marissa Medansky
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MARISSA MEDANSKY
MEDANSKY: Forgetting birthdays and buying cupcakes

Unlike the 18th birthday — that due moment of pomp and circumstance that triggers the right to vote for office and die for country — […]

March 1, 2012

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MEDANSKY: Abraham Lincoln: Hunting for more than vampires

The great Illinois poet Carl Sandburg — the scribe of his big-shouldered city — published “Chicago Poems” in 1916. A prolific non-fiction author and poet, […]

February 16, 2012

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MEDANSKY: In defense of Dutch

On Friday, guest columnist Gavin Schiffres wrote against Yale’s mandatory language requirement. “The only language most students will need,” Schiffres tells us, “is English.” According […]

February 5, 2012

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MEDANSKY: Limited autism discourse

“Touch,” a new television series premiering this week on Fox, centers on the experiences of Jake, an enigmatic 11-year-old boy endowed with dazzling mathematical abilities […]

February 2, 2012

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How to Train Your Internet

We’ve all heard the cautionary tales: colleges doling out rejections to bright-eyed seniors sporting age-inappropriate Facebook pictures, businesses nixing qualified applicants due to some scandalous […]

January 23, 2012

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MEDANSKY: Running away from the glass ceiling

In 1872, Victoria Woodhull ran for president of the United States. At least, she tried to run. A newspaper-publishing, stock-exchanging and pot-stirring advocate for sexual […]

January 19, 2012

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Connecticut dumps $22 mil into re-branding

Last week, the state of Connecticut launched a two-year, and $22 million marketing campaign in order to “aggressively” promote the state as a go-to destination […]

January 17, 2012

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Amar, Ayres seek incentives for law school drop-outs

In a piece published in Slate Magazine, Sterling Professor of Law Akhil Amar ’80 LAW ’84 and William K. Townsend Professor of Law Ian Ayres […]

November 25, 2011

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Ten Things To Be Thankful For

It’s Thanksgiving, y’all, the one American holiday devoted to celebrating the myriad joys of canned cranberry sauce, colonialism and hand turkeys. Whether you’re back at […]

November 24, 2011

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All quiet on the Cheese Truck front

Notice anything missing this week next to Harkness Hall, near the intersection of York and Chapel, down by the Medical School? The Caseus Cheese Truck, […]

November 17, 2011

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MEDANSKY: Freeing up our speech

With all this talk about free speech at Yale, it’s worth considering what free speech actually sounds like. The study of rhetoric used to be […]

November 16, 2011