OPINION
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Through tie-dye and tragedy, Yale quickly became home

I never knew that I like tie-dye. I never knew that I like ska a little too. I found myself standing in the middle of […]

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Hiding behind candle light, academia shirks duty

Sept. 11 was not the simple “tragedy” the Yale administration peddles; America is at war. Woodbridge Hall and the people at the vigil treat this […]

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CORRECTION

In a Scene story Friday about a fund raiser held by the Whiffenpoofs and the Yale Cellos, the name of the event’s organizer was misstated. […]

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The wall between investing and intelligence

In addition to the diverse catalogue of stocks, bonds and venture capital, Yale endowment guru David Swensen commandeers a portfolio of land. A sizable plot […]

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Seeing the forest and appreciating America

“Experience,” it has been said, “is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lesson afterward.” In the aftermath of the most heinous […]

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Virtue of the vicious, conquest of the uncivilized

There was a fleeting moment on the morning of Sept. 11, before politicians saturated the airwaves and diplomatic language became even remotely relevant, when nothing […]

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Yale’s forests are similar to land in Maine

To the Editor: As a forester, I have been keenly interested in the unfolding story of the forestland in Maine that is managed for the […]

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War of symbols brings problems, not solutions

Today I learned that an oversized American flag suspended from a Hartford overpass was causing traffic delays as rubber-necking motorists contorted themselves to salute it, […]

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Who these terrorists are not: dispelling myths, destroying misconceptions

Over the past few days Americans have struggled to make sense of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. How did […]

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Imagine that you are the terrorist, prepared to kill, willing to die

Let me ask the reader — sitting in a dining hall somewhere, 20 minutes until class, with a tray of half-eaten food — to imagine […]

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We should seek a broader human solidarity

To the Editor: I hope the News’ View (“Heeding the call of our time,” 10/17) is correct in predicting that the era of socially irresponsible […]