Yale Daily News

Instead of curating an illusion of perfection, let’s strive to make our online presence a true reflection of our best selves — flaws, quirks and all. Use social media to enhance your life, not escape from it. Remember, the most important influencer in your life should be you, not some distant avatar of yourself that exists only in pixels and code.

September 22, 2024

Based on the new regulations, one wonders if the 2017 rally on Cross Campus would have been allowed nowadays. We sought no permission for the gathering, just invited our friends and colleagues, then showed up with candles, a megaphone and a projector to beam that one word into the darkness. 

September 17, 2024

President McInnis has appointed a committee to study the question of institutional neutrality. Should Yale express an institutional view on matters of general public concern […]

September 13, 2024

My dad raised me to know the value of a union job. Anthony “Tony” Vallati was a Teamster my whole life and always said, “When […]

September 11, 2024

Yale should publicly declare its support for and readiness to defend Enlightenment values. By doing so, it will distinguish itself among American universities and become the leading voice for higher education at a time when our nation needs it most.

September 10, 2024

One path Yale could follow to expose everyone to the diverse applied contributions Yalies make today would be a publication like Princeton’s “Alumni in the News” so our community can see what a Yale education, hard work, good luck and solid contacts can make possible. 

August 26, 2024

Today, over 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled as Maduro’s dictatorship continues to oppress and kill us. Despite this, we persist in our fight for freedom. Ending Maduro’s regime depends on us, but no matter your background, you can help liberate Venezuela

August 15, 2024

George Pierson ’26 GRD ’36 famously termed Yale “at once a tradition, a company of scholars, a society of friends.” Today, that society numbers just under 200,000 strong. Nearly 90 percent of those are Yale alumni. Indeed, virtually every student at Yale today — undergraduate, graduate, professional — is or will soon be a Yale alum. Despite this, the pages of the “Yale paper of record,” the Yale Daily News, see little discussion of and virtually no authorship by alumni. We are here to do something about that. We hope to provoke discussion and rethinking, with a goal of making a new Yale — where alumni are not sullen, not mutinous, but where they are at home. Join us.

June 10, 2024

On Sunday, May 19, alumni will have their final chance to vote David Millstone onto the Board of Trustees. This is no presidential election, but the future of Yale may depend on it given the power of the board to shape university policy and operations. The question remains to be addressed in earnest: does Mr. Millstone have what it takes to be a good steward of the University?

May 17, 2024

Welcome to Beinecke Plaza, or as it’s now affectionately known, Gaza Solidarity Plaza. If you look to the left, you’ll see posters idolizing terrorists, like Leila Khaled, who hijacked two planes, and Walid Daqqa, who was convicted of leading the terrorist ring that kidnapped, castrated, gouged out the eyes of, tortured and murdered a 19-year-old Israeli. 

May 2, 2024

My name is Zack Thibodeaux and I am a senior at Yale who is blind. I am writing this column to give the Yale community another perspective on the protests and their effects on people with disabilities. I would like students to understand that their actions have severe consequences on others.

May 2, 2024