Yale Daily News

In an oddly vivid memory I have of my childhood, I’m in the backseat of my mother’s cozy Honda, sitting directly behind the driver. Outside the […]

December 4, 2019

Back stiff, right leg falling asleep, eyes instructed to stare out the window, I had been sitting in the same position for an hour. “Why?” […]

November 13, 2019

Washington, D.C.: Oct. 17, 2019. We were ensconced on the smooth white steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The night felt surreal. Excitement buzzed around me, […]

October 22, 2019

Yale tells us a narrative of selectivity, not only one of being selected, but also one of being selective. Within two weeks of getting to […]

October 2, 2019

Over the summer, I scribbled a chart. A diagram. A plan of my sophomore year, and maybe more. Gripping a blue gel pen I picked […]

September 18, 2019

On a pleasant sunny afternoon, I lay on my sage green duvet, indulging in a common pastime: Instagram scrolling. Sunlight speckles into my tiny but […]

September 9, 2019

Editors’ Note: This piece originally appeared in the 2019 First Year Issue, published on August 2, 2019. No girl forgets the first time she was […]

August 9, 2019

Hong Kong is toasty egg waffles, serene mountains and sensational dim sum. Hong Kong is the lady in the trolley car, my boss and my […]

April 24, 2019

Death. A tragedy, a preordained cycle, a passing to the life everlasting — depends on who you ask. But me? I wouldn’t know. I’ve never […]

February 25, 2019

In a riveting Tuesday conversation on America’s bizarre political dynamic, New York Times Magazine staff writers Emily Bazelon ’93 LAW ’00 and Ross Douthat discussed […]

February 20, 2019

Heart racing, fingers jittery, I begin typing in my dimly lit common room. “Dear Professor X, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to join […]

January 14, 2019