Qs for David Lauter ’79

David Lauter is the Assistant Managing Editor of the Los Angeles Times. He began his career at the LA Times in Washington, where he covered […]

Letter: Clarification on a column title

Re: “Relics of a racist past” (Feb. 24): Concerning the headline of the column published in my name, “legacies” is a more appropriate description than […]

Letter: Quotas are un-American

In her column last Friday (“It’s time for more Ms. Managers,” Feb. 25), Kathryn Olivarius praised quotas as a means of breaking the glass ceiling […]

Yohannes: Bottled water must go

In the last fiscal year, the City of New Haven consumed over 43,000 gallons of bottled water, totaling about $32,000 of spending. In layman’s terms, […]

Monday’s Buzz: 2.14.11

THE NEWS On Friday, University President Richard Levin and Victor Aguilar,rector of the University of San Antonio Abad del Cusco, signed an agreement that marks […]

Super Bowl XLV: coming to a dining hall near you

Touchdown! Students gathered in butteries and dining halls across residential colleges, including in Calhoun, above, to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers face off against the Green […]

Q’s for Michael Cunningham

Michael Cunningham is the author of the novels A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, Specimen Days, By Nightfall, and The […]

Letters: A pointless ‘war’

Most Americans agree: Our Federal Drug Prohibition, aka The War on Drugs, is an ongoing calamity, a colossal failure and a national disgrace. Due to […]

Letters: Hire more professionals, not students

Re: “UCS hires student liaisons” (Feb. 1): Dean Edwards’ announcement of the pending appointment of UCS student liaison counselors in the residential colleges is hardly […]

Footnotes: The Study of Seduction

If her hands are on her face, she is either lying or bored. French neuroanatomist Duchenne de Bologne wrote in 1862 that the difference between […]

Letter: A dangerous assumption

Last Friday’s News’ View, “Kill the Smoking Ban” (Jan. 21), was an unfortunate response to the news of a smoke-free campus proposal. The initiative is […]