Yale Daily News

In middle school, I wore my hair nearly to my shoulders, parted down the center. Older women couldn’t resist stroking my curls, but most people […]

April 14, 2005

Once, when I was 15, my father spent five hours sleeping on a bench in Disney World. He said he had caught the “bird flu,” […]

March 4, 2005

Well, you were never a saint, that’s true. No one’s questioning you on that. When you put it that way, ha, yes, of course, you […]

January 24, 2005

I am never going to eat Ramen Noodles again! Last year, when I read the “Congratulations!” in my Yale acceptance letter, that was the first […]

November 17, 2004

I arrived late to see Norman Mailer speak at Sudler Hall on September 23rd. I had mixed up literary engagements in my date book and […]

October 7, 2004

This summer, as many of my colleagues interned at newspapers in New Haven and around the country, I decided to try something totally different. I […]

September 25, 2003

They call it houseless, never homeless. Their caseworkers call them “street-dependent youth,” formally, though few things are ever formal in Waikiki. They are as unassuming […]

April 24, 2003

By Mollie Farber While packing for a New York City vacation this winter break, I came to a startling realization. I wasn’t packing my suitcase, […]

January 23, 2003

“Why women today hate their bodies” — I pick it up and flip through eighty pages of high fashion before I come upon the predictable […]

December 11, 2002

With a mouthful of pizza crust, I surrendered a friend. In inner-city schools, teachers, administrators, and parents neglect to have expectations for certain children who […]

November 14, 2002