GUEST COLUMN
Cost of Boston trip may be prohibitive

We’ve all heard about Harvard’s stringent tailgating and alcohol policies for the upcoming Yale-Harvard football game on Saturday. On Nov. 7, the Yale Daily News […]

Sustainability is more than a fad

There’s a new buzzword on campus these days: sustainability. What does it mean? Sustainability is not the same as environmentalism, but since they are so […]

True thanksgiving springs from divine

I don’t know about you, but ever since I was a little kid I’ve hated writing thank-you notes. They seem like a colossal waste of […]

Madonna’s Jesus act raises ruckus

The German government threatened to prosecute and imprison Madonna, while the Russian Orthodox Church, the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church and the Evangelical […]

Intentionally or not, ‘Borat’ is anti-Semitic

So I think Borat is funny. My suitemate and I spend between 30 and 45 minutes a day watching his videos on YouTube (usually reruns, […]

Artist’s Alley

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Dems make progress in ‘red’ South Dakota

While the national media characterizes this Great Plains state as about as red as they come, South Dakota voters challenged that perception late Tuesday by […]

Tigers have charm, but Bulldogs are better

(Editor’s note: This column is a response to the column “Tiger? Bulldog? Tiger?” by Princeton history professor Anthony Grafton, which was published in the Daily […]

Despite changes, voting snafus persist

Although allegations of voter fraud, miscounted votes and disenfranchised voters seem to be prevalent in almost every election in this country, election crises and serious […]

Solving Africa’s problems is worth our time

From outward appearance, there is no reason why I should be an African studies major. I grew up in Denver, Colo., in a middle-class suburb […]

Voters have wised up to GOP’s flaws

I have just discovered that the Democrats have taken control of the House of Representatives for the first time since 1994. Democrats have so far […]