GUEST COLUMN
ALEX LIEBMAN
Studies Studies: Pitching a new department

Universities in the 1990s made great progress expanding the boundaries of the academic world. The rapid proliferation of interdisciplinary majors ending in the word “studies” […]

March 23, 2001

NANCY LEVY
Premus Medicus, the most reviled species at Yale, lurks in weenie bins

Of course I was excited to be asked to write a column about pre-med life at Yale. Ever since “Sex and the City” aired, I’ve […]

March 2, 2001

LIANA CHANG
Reflections on the Ward 1 Convention

Earlier this month, I was recruited to be part of the Democratic Ward 1 Committee, which was made up of roughly 50 students from Ward […]

March 1, 2001

IGNACIO URIARTE-TUERO
Yale should not ignore pro-life opinion

The Yale Health Services is including RU-486, the well-known abortion pill, as part of the basic health services offered. I do not want to enter […]

February 27, 2001

TAK NISHIKAWA
Yale cannot afford to sit while others improve

The Yale administration’s stance toward Princeton and Harvard’s recent changes in their financial aid policy remains disappointing. The University needs to look at whether it […]

February 27, 2001

LEAH ZIMMERMAN
Standing committees amplify student voice

Most Yalies seem to fall into one of two categories: Those for whom “student voice” has become a catch phrase nearly devoid of true meaning […]

February 26, 2001

DAVID POZEN
In defense of entrepreneurship at Yale

I was saddened to read Charles Finch’s column yesterday in which he mischaracterizes both myself and the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. Finch’s basic premise — that […]

February 20, 2001

CHARLES FINCH
Just say no to Yale entrepreneurs

David Pozen ’02 recently told the Yale Daily News: “My dad was saying he felt like he had been at a Vietnam protest rally …. […]

February 19, 2001

LAURIE ESSIG
The confessions of a Yale heterosexualist

Lately I have been thinking a lot about heterosexuality. Okay, that’s a lie. The truth is I’ve been obsessing about heterosexuality. I think about it […]

February 16, 2001

NICK DANFORTH
Extreme measures protect against nonexistent foe

As of the day this column was written, America was still the land of the free and home of the brave. When you think about […]

February 16, 2001

K.C. TAN
Princeton’s financial aid gamble is poison for all eight Ivies

I have always had the utmost respect for Princeton as an undergraduate institution. Say what you will about its undergraduates, its graduate programs or the […]

February 13, 2001