GUEST COLUMN
JOCELYN LIPPERT
The Fidel Castro you never knew

In his letter to the editor last week, Michael Bustamante ’06 discounts positive impressions of Cuban society as the result of government manipulation engineered to […]

April 11, 2003

MARCUS ALEXANDER
As Saddam statues topple, a sense of overwhelming relief

Oxford, England — Iraqi writer Ghassan Atiyyah was moved to tears in a London studio as BBC broadcast live scenes of Iraqis, with Americans, pulling […]

April 10, 2003

SUMEYYA ASHRAF
As a Muslim now living in fear

After Sept. 11, 2001, Muslims across America faced hostility. On this campus, there were isolated incidents. Groups of students cried “Anthrax!” at packages carried by […]

April 10, 2003

LAURA HESS
The violent loss of free expression

Two weeks ago, Katherine Lo ’05 hung an American flag upside-down outside her window, a symbol of distress and dissent with the U.S. government. She […]

April 10, 2003

ALEK FELSTINER
Levin’s presidency is turning 10: Where are we now?

As our University administrators and faculty never tire of telling us, Yale University is about more than what happens in the classroom. Besides being a […]

April 9, 2003

JONATHAN KOSSAK
Less than stellar behavior in our military

Although accusations of rape and sexual assault can become complicated and often end up pitting one person’s word versus another’s, it is clear that the […]

April 8, 2003

MICHAEL MORGAN & ZOE PALITZ
When race determines who lives and dies

Over the past week the race debate in America has focused on affirmative action and higher education. But with more black men in jail than […]

April 7, 2003

DAVID GEST
The culture of exclusion built right into Yale

A university has a powerful ability to shape the minds of its students. It must responsibly create a world within its boundaries that approximates its […]

April 7, 2003

ROBERT SPIRO
A 23-year-old’s tragic death, a blessing for peace

Yesterday afternoon the Students for Justice in Palestine sponsored a meeting in remembrance of Rachel Corrie. Corrie was a 23-year-old volunteer for the International Solidarity […]

April 4, 2003

SANGINI SHAH
So long as racism remains, affirmative action must stay

As I rode down to Washington, D.C., on the bus Tuesday for the affirmative action rally, the possibly tremendous consequences of the University of Michigan […]

April 4, 2003

JEFFREY E. GARTEN
Something’s got to give: Will it be our economy?

No one can confidently predict how America’s foreign policy will unfold in Iraq and beyond when the guns fall silent, nor how successful it will […]

April 3, 2003