STAFF COLUMN
MICHAEL ZIMMER
Pooping on speech at Brown, where the ugly people reign

I think the funniest part of the controversy at Ugly Kid School (referred to by some partisans as “Brown University”) involving the David Horowitz ad […]

March 29, 2001

JIM DITULLIO
Hillary’s coming so just get over it

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a vast right-wing conspiracy brewing on campus. With the news that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the Class […]

March 28, 2001

BROOKS EUBANK
The time for man-magic rock union tolerance has now arrived

America prides itself on its inclusiveness, or so I’ve been told. Fancying themselves inclusive and tolerant gives Americans a warm, fuzzy feeling inside — and […]

March 28, 2001

AISHA D. GAYLE
Ten reasons why Horowitz is misguided

I feel there are many issues that can be called important to contemporary black society. America’s dangerous decision that affirmative action is a thing of […]

March 27, 2001

JOSH CHAFETZ
An American scholar in Beijing: a tale of detainment

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Gao Zhan has “openly confessed her crimes.” And you’ll have to take their word for it because they’re not […]

March 26, 2001

FRANCES BROWN
Transplanting Tulane, studying abroad American style

We just got back from spring break, which means many different things to different people. But let’s talk about me. I went to Spain. I […]

March 26, 2001

NICOLE LIM
From Spanish sunshine to Chinese coddling

The two-hour wait in the JFK baggage claim and subsequent three-hour crawl in Connecticut Limo certainly didn’t alleviate my dreaded return to school. Most people […]

March 23, 2001

PHIL FORTINO
Scandalitas: Bush takes it on the chin

Oh, the Democrats are getting antsy dreaming about 2002. Over the past two weeks, the out-of-power party — wait, that feels good, let me say […]

March 23, 2001

SARAH MERRIMAN
Oysters are more than just aphrodisiacs in Connecticut’s waters

I spent spring break in New Haven, sleeping and hot-potting my way through what — after three years of breaks here — has become a […]

March 22, 2001

MILAN MILENKOVIC
Memo to President Richard Levin

Dear President Levin: Corporate Yale needs to rethink its place in the race to improve higher education. Please don’t get me wrong. Classroom Yale has […]

March 22, 2001

JOHN SCHOCHET
Guarding Germany’s national sense of pride

Shepherding 11 Yale seniors through the narrow streets of Old San Juan is no easy task, particularly with 11 shepherds and no sheep. So it […]

March 21, 2001