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Editor’s note: Led by two co-presidents, Publius is an independent, member-led body of the Yale Daily News, separate from the newsroom and News editorials. Publius […]

April 18, 2024

Imagine this. It’s the week of your birthday. Rendered completely unoriginal by a dire time crunch, you’ve decided to throw together a Barbie-themed birthday party on the weekend. You send out invites to a mix of close friends, class friends, friend crushes and distant acquaintances from an extracurricular organization you are genuinely interested in getting to know. That Friday, you find yourself at a liquor store, staring at a row of Pink Whitney bottles, wishing the Aperol spritz was America’s national beverage instead. How many Pink Whitney bottles do you buy? 

April 16, 2024

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware that abortion has become a highly salient issue since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. […]

April 15, 2024

One would think a school overrun with former student body presidents would care about Yale’s student government. Last year, in a disappointing record-high, the Yale […]

April 11, 2024

I’m sitting in my childhood bedroom, staring at the bed up close. My neck is craned slightly, my forehead pressed against the hard mattress. How […]

April 1, 2024

In a Jan. 26 column, I explained why Yale needs to teach more of Toni Morrison. Chief among a whole host of reasons is that […]

March 27, 2024

“Conservatives have to lead the way in restoring sex to its true purpose, & for…ending recreational sex & senseless use of birth control pills.” That […]

March 26, 2024

I founded a chess club in Fairfax, Virginia. My grandfather taught me how to play chess from the age of eight, and the game has […]

March 1, 2024

Students and faculty a few blocks away from Yale are being unjustly punished. Because of the corruption of a bankrupt system run by inept individuals, […]

March 1, 2024

Last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Elon Musk’s drug use. Not just marijuana, which he (in)famously smoked on Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2018 — mushrooms, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and ketamine, the last for which Musk claims he has a prescription.

February 27, 2024

Viral jokes are the latest chapter in humor’s illustrious history. It’s a tradition that dates back to radios, television, newspapers, village rumor mills and traveling traders or entertainers. But today’s scope of virality is unmatched.

February 27, 2024