Yale Daily News

Sports matter to people, and it’s bad when their teams get taken away. The story of the Oakland A’s illustrates that. I’m a Yankees fan; the Yankees are of course never going to move. But the basic premise remains. If New York somehow did become a bad media market, Hal Steinbrenner would take the team to San Antonio. Franchises ultimately need to take all the money they can get from their consumers. The fans have deep, heartfelt relationships with their team. It’s an emotionally abusive relationship. Regulating Major League Baseball would limit the damages.

October 23, 2024

In my childhood, my cousin Zoe once fostered a kitten, inky black, whose name I have long forgotten. I was some age before morality, clearly, as I remembered learning that cats had nine lives so I decided to see whether that was true. Testing this hypothesis felt unextraordinary, like testing if plants could prefer green tea to soda, or if they could understand human speech. So when my parents were gone and my cousin was out and my grandparents weren’t looking, I would fling the few-months-old kitten across the room. 

October 23, 2024

It is within this era-specific political rhetoric and culture that we find one of Donald Trump’s recurring outcries: the world is a witch hunt, all political opponents are enemies and accusers and — most significantly — he, Donald Trump, is the one true and tragic witch. 

October 23, 2024

I once imagined elite universities as places where the pursuit of knowledge reigned above all else  — institutions beyond reproach that existed to bring together […]

October 14, 2024

The debate we are having on institutional neutrality is backward. In the university’s listening sessions and on the pages of the Yale Daily News, the […]

October 13, 2024

“McInnis lacks unique academic vision.” That was the headline the News ran on Oct. 4 for a major story on University President Maurie McInnis’ plans […]

October 13, 2024

At the heart of prison reform lies the notion that murderers, pillagers, vehicular homiciders, arsonists, big-time thieves and rapists can be forgiven if they hold […]

October 13, 2024

Inspired by Jewish tradition, I will mark one year since the Oct. 7 attacks with silent reflection, the recitation of psalms and efforts to connect with the Yale community, both inside and outside of the Slifka Center’s walls. Through their choice of dates, the Buckley Institute and Shapiro are politicizing a sensitive day of mourning — giving not into the desire for meat and wine but rather for discord and dissonance.

October 3, 2024

On July 18, 2024, internet connection between Bangladesh and the rest of the world was abruptly shut down, leaving the country and the world in […]

September 30, 2024

This year, we are proud to announce that we have allocated $405,000 to undergraduate student organization funding, an unprecedented one-year increase of $35,000.

September 30, 2024

Yale must openly and directly denounce the politicians who smear and incite against immigrants, regardless if they are from Haiti or any other place on Earth. Our university cannot, and should not, be a bystander to bigotry and hate.

September 24, 2024