OPINION
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ARSHAD: An undervalued resource

Now that the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is turning 50 years old, it’s time we all start making use of it.

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NEWS’ VIEW: For Mayor, Justin Elicker

Justin Elicker, the face of a new brand of politics, is our choice to steer this city.

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NEWS’ VIEW: For Ward 1 Alderman, No endorsement

Neither Sarah Eidelson nor Paul Chandler possesses the combination of skill and vision necessary for their role. We do not, therefore, endorse either candidate for the office.

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ZHENG: Yale, speak out on Xia

Due to the China’s tight controls over its universities, the divorce of politics and academia cannot be achieved without major structural reforms, which are unlikely to be realized in the foreseeable future.

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HARP: A New New Haven

We have a bright future ahead of us, if we elect a leader who knows how to bring people together and work with them to build consensus-oriented solutions.

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ELICKER: Local vote, global impact

When you do go to vote, you should choose the candidate that you feel will best work to connect Yale and New Haven. And I feel that I am that candidate.

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CHANDLER: An independent voice in City Hall

We deserve an alderman who will be an independent voice for his or her constituents on the issues they care about.

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EIDELSON: Our home, New Haven

If re-elected, I hope to inspire more of you to take “engaging with New Haven” into your own hands.

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MEDANSKY: Honoring speech?

Even in the clearest of cases, a kind of murkiness can emerge when we wonder what it really means to “honor” the expression of others.

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HOLMES: Playing with iKnives

So when we go home to spend time with our families, let’s think of all of the smartphones and laptops in the house as Swiss Army knives.

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POSNER: Staging cultural exchange

The boundary between genuine cultural exchange and a more dangerous sort of appropriation is nuanced, but it depends at least in part on one’s motivations.