Yale Daily News

I’ve never begun a column before by quoting old English poetry, and I may never do it again, so stay with me for a moment: […]

September 12, 2007

As the debate heats up in Washington over the reauthorization of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (commonly known as S-CHIP), one statistic has been […]

September 11, 2007

Freshman orientation lectures are like macaroni and cheese in the dining hall. They are hard to do well, but harder to do horribly. They leave […]

September 10, 2007

I’ve written before about how sweet I think America is. (In case you forgot: totally sweet.) And I mostly attributed said sweetness to our nation’s […]

September 7, 2007

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September 7, 2007

I don’t usually have a problem with nouns used as verbs, but I never want to hear the word “networking” again. In Washington, D.C., where […]

September 6, 2007

To describe Yale to the incoming class, I am inclined to use my favorite quotation by Yale historian George Pierson: “Yale is at once a […]

September 6, 2007

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September 5, 2007

The Chinese language must be considered among the greatest creations of mankind. Too few Yalies will appreciate this while fulfilling their language requirement. Sure, one […]

September 5, 2007

The beginning of a new school year is a time for choices. We choose our classes, our activities, and even the arrangement of that dorm […]

August 31, 2007

The first month of freshman fall gives an awfully skewed view of college. One of college’s sweetest joys is that no matter what challenges come […]

August 31, 2007