GUEST COLUMN
GRAYSON WALKER
Panhandlers need more than spare change

On any given evening, Yale students face a gauntlet of desperate and sometimes hostile pleas as they walk down Broadway — “a little spare change?” […]

March 5, 2004

MICHAEL MORAND
Math won’t add up in proposed PILOT cuts

Something unprecedented happened Monday at the State Capitol: two New Haven state legislators advocated cuts in state payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) for New […]

March 5, 2004

STEVEN STARR
Kerry’s universal college policy is unrealistic

One of the central issues in this year’s presidential election is education and opportunity. John Kerry, the now all-but-certain Democratic nominee, insists on the need […]

March 5, 2004

SOPHIE PINKHAM
Women’s Day merits reflection on Bush policy

International Women’s Day is March 8, and this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, where representatives from […]

March 4, 2004

ALICIA WASHINGTON
Nader’s issue-oriented campaign lacks inspiration

When it comes to relationships, the saying goes “two is company and three’s a crowd.” When it comes to politics, the 2000 presidential race proved […]

March 4, 2004

JAMES TERRY
Afrocentrism in ‘Lear’ overlooks native people

The production of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” currently playing at the Yale Repertory Theatre is set among the Olmecs of ancient Mexico, and the cast is […]

March 4, 2004

CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY
‘Passion’ influence shouldn’t be inflated

It may be too soon to predict anything about next year’s Oscars — we just finished this year’s. But I feel safe guessing that Mel […]

March 3, 2004

RAJA SHAMAS
Arab-Americans can use dual role to inform Americans, Arab world

Since Sept. 11, 2001, Arab-American and Muslim-American identities have taken on a new meaning. Before the terrorist attacks, Arabs and Muslims in America generally had […]

March 3, 2004

BRIAN DONOVAN
Liberal views are guilty of begging the question

What does “hetero-normative” mean? I must admit, sports fans, that phrase beats my pair of jacks. I must be one of the only ones, though […]

March 3, 2004

RODNEV LAPOMMERAY
U.S. must take responsibility in Haiti

I address you today in sadness and indignation. What happened in Haiti this past weekend was not a resignation — it was a coup, nothing […]

March 3, 2004

ANDREW KOHLE
Domestic Partnership is step in right direction

With President Bush’s proclamation that civil marriage in the United States must exclude same-sex connubiality, legal union for gays and lesbians is on the forefront […]

March 2, 2004