GUEST COLUMN
SOFIA FENNER
Financial aid is part of life, but not discussion

Here at Yale we spend hours discussing those issues that directly affect our lives — family, classes, politics, relationships — but all these discussions seem […]

September 29, 2004

AL JIWA
Kerry has yet to offer real alternatives to Bush

There are a few things that I’m not very proud about. Many find my love of Billy Joel unfortunate and my fascination with the European […]

September 29, 2004

NICK CATON
Interpreting reality depends on perceptions

  In the first conversation I had with my most recent ex-girlfriend, I showed her my scar from brain surgery and proclaimed that I didn’t […]

September 28, 2004

MICHAEL FERNANDEZ
Martinez, Bush take lead toward a free Cuba

During the summer, I had the pleasure of working on former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez’s U.S. Senate campaign in my hometown of […]

September 28, 2004

AUSTIN BROUSSARD
Yale must find balance of views on academic freedom

When I spent this past summer in downtown Washington D.C., I naturally expected every conversation I participated in to carry political undertones, especially with the […]

September 27, 2004

L. DAVID PETERS
Blackout demonstrates need for stronger measures than Bush’s Clear Skies

Something extraordinary took place around August 15, 2003. In the valleys of Pennsylvania, the air was substantially cleaner than it had been just 24 hours […]

September 24, 2004

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY
Both sides in abortion debate miss issue

What’s really at issue with abortion is neither choice nor life. Everyone decent approves of both shibboleths in principle. The real question is, when would […]

September 24, 2004

ARYEH COHEN-WADE
Republicans embracing fear as a political tool

In 1992, former president Bill Clinton famously made the claim “I feel your pain” during his campaign for president. Four years later, Bob Dole certainly […]

September 23, 2004

MIKE SLATER
Stance on 527s show of liberal hypocrisy

We’re all drowning in hypocrisy this election season, and Democratic National Chairman Terry McAuliffe is in control of the floodgates. Commenting on our President’s connection […]

September 22, 2004

NICK BALDOCK
In politics, where do you really fit?

Among the two or three interesting things I did over the summer was my discovery of a Web site called politicalcompass.org. Apologies to those of […]

September 22, 2004

MICHAEL SERINGHAUS
Golden Record does not send the right message into space

Scientists recently reported that radio transmissions tend to weaken over large distances, leading them to the startling revelation that writing something and mailing it through […]

September 22, 2004