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Think Yale is boring? Grad life is even worse

I put in my best performance ever on the Greyhound Bus back from Boston. To discourage the oncoming passengers from sitting next to me, I […]

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Stipend increase should not be divisive

With Monday’s announcement that Yale will again increase graduate student stipends, the University made its most recent move aimed at remaining competitive with other elite […]

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Current tenure track hurts junior female profs

At the last Yale College Council public forum, we in the audience were treated to an eloquent discussion by Dean Richard Brodhead about the need […]

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Measure grade inflation before discussing it

As Yale students return from Thanksgiving break and enter the last weeks before finals, there is at least one thing for which almost all are […]

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CT Limo’s wild, wonderful ride from Phelps to Bradley

According to Yahoo, Yale University is exactly 51.9 miles from Bradley International Airport. Even if we assume a geriatric highway speed of 50 miles per […]

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Committee should consider addition of ‘Policy Sciences’

In its Nov. 12 issue, the Yale Daily News reported on a plan to conduct the first major academic review of undergraduate education at Yale […]

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Military tribunals justified in time of war

To the Editor: As American Marine units deploy in Afghanistan to locate and kill Osama bin Laden and the al Qaeda leadership, domestic critics have […]

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Resurrecting the glory days of good radio

Those who had lengthy car rides to various destinations during the past week were likely provided with a reminder of one of many blessings for […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Patience essential as war moves forward

For many Yale students, Thanksgiving break will be their first trip home since the world changed on Sept. 11. Whatever means of transportation they rely […]