GUEST COLUMN
Gender nonconformists provoke uncharted dialogue

Several weeks ago, the tiled paths of Cross Campus were once again transformed into a platform for political debate. It was another chalking. Most of […]

Openly gay at Yale, closeted in Mexico

We have all heard how gay life at Yale is so much easier than in “the real world,” and how the experiences of gay people […]

Divide between military service, intellectual exploration unfounded

The tragic events of Sept. 11 and their aftermath have had the side effect of increasing popular interest in the workings of the U.S. military. […]

Sustainable development needs international resolve

The need for a global response to increasingly international challenges has been gaining recognition in the past decade. The tragic events of Sept. 11 have […]

Rollback of civil rights after Sept. 11 must end

In recent weeks, as the war against the Taliban regime and the al Qaeda organization has proceeded on the ground in Afghanistan, the Bush administration […]

Home schooling shows value of belief

There is a common stereotype that home-schooled children are maladjusted freaks who have lived a life so sheltered that they are incapable of functioning in […]

Sept. 11 challenges a generation

Until recently, I was an Organization Kid, at least according to David Brooks. In last April’s Atlantic Monthly, Brooks argued that today’s Ivy Leaguers and […]

Generation ‘Y’ must stay resilient

News flash: our generation has just received a name change. Last week, Newsweek deigned to name us after the worst day of our lives — […]

If you copulate, chimps of Jersey, don’t populate

Think about life’s major steps for a moment — college, graduate school, job interviews, credit cards, buying a house, sex change — all of these […]

Anti-evangelists are true citizens, not jaded snobs

The stereotypes are unmistakably familiar: the jaded, godless intellectual versus the illiterate but well-meaning Christian fundamentalist. They rarely cross paths directly, but when they do, […]

Mississippi’s national reputation unfounded

As one of the few Mississippians at Yale, I was distressed to read Elise Jordan’s opinion piece (“Southern schools: a microcosm of America,” 11/13). Indeed, […]