Yale Daily News

Instead of talking about cats and dogs, former President Trump and Vice President Harris would have done better to address American children's education. So, here is a good reform of our education system that I would be happy to see the president-elect steal from me: Let’s prevent schools from starting before 9:30 a.m.

November 11, 2024

This election is monumental. It is not about us, but it is about the fate of a democracy, a populace and our planet.

November 11, 2024

We are in the midst of a civic literacy crisis. Even if voter turnout for the 2024 election stays the same as in 2020, that will still mean one-third of America did not cast their vote. While general indifference and decreased attention spans are partly to blame, what’s grown alongside them is a cultural taboo around discussion of the government, especially in schools. Just because something is political doesn’t mean you can’t talk about it, especially when everything is a result of politics. The sidewalks you walk on were built because politicians somewhere, at some time, passed an infrastructure law. There’s no more room to be neutral, but that’s not such a bad thing.

November 10, 2024

So speak up. This institution cannot stay silent. If Yale markets itself as the beacon of liberal education, then Trump’s outright rejection of free and open thought is an imminent threat. So speak up. We, students, must take a stand. Hold each other up, find comfort in one other and take action. Nothing happens alone. So speak up. There is a future where we can’t. And that’s a future we can’t afford to have. That demands a freer speech.

November 10, 2024

Yale can and must lead the charge to make Election Day a national holiday, but to do that, a more serious approach must be taken at the college level. On Election Day 2025, I hope to see Yale College students volunteering at precincts, calling voters to come to the polls, and Yale College staff driving voters to participate in American democracy. 

November 5, 2024

Maybe this is beyond your purview as an admissions officer, but in light of the recent conversation about institutional neutrality on Yale’s campus, I ask you a further question: should our clubs also be politically neutral?

November 1, 2024

To deny the legitimacy of the Jewish homeland — or the Jewish people’s attachment to that land — is to try to erase Jewish memory. This is what the Romans were attempting when they renamed the land “Palestine.” The Christians during the Middle Ages and the Ottomans during their occupation of Palestine continued to deny the validity of the Jewish connection to Israel. To use the modern parlance, these efforts represented the schemes of colonizers to eliminate the identity of the people they colonized.

October 25, 2024

Proponents of institutional neutrality often chastise universities for “overstepping” and commenting on issues that don’t concern them. However, to say that Yale University should only be concerned with the dealings of its own campus would be reductive and a gross misinterpretation of its mission. 

October 25, 2024

Sometimes reality hits hard in the face. American students feel safe in our universities thousands of miles from conflict because disorder hasn’t hit us like it hit the Ukrainians in 2022 and the Israelis on Oct. 7. Yale and its peer institutions must wake up and ask themselves now how they can contribute to national security and preparedness. Now is the time for students and faculty to depart from idealistic anti-military dreams, and begin out-researching and out-innovating our competitors abroad. This is not fear mongering. It is a matter of national security and Yale can help — lest America squander it's time to catch up.

October 25, 2024

Over the last year, nearly 20 schools across the U.S. have adopted rules on “institutional neutrality,” restricting statements by university leaders about current events. Yale […]

October 25, 2024

One quality we in the Global South possess in abundance is resilience. Despite hardships, battles over resources, and economic crises, there is an undeniable strength in our lands - something that goes beyond economics. It’s an optimism that rises from the green of our forests and the blue of our rivers. This hope, rooted in nature, continues to offer solutions even in the face of overwhelming challenges.

October 23, 2024