THE NEWS’ VIEWS
Recipe for electoral deadlock in Ward 1

The nominating convention rules adopted by the Ward 1 Democratic Committee Sunday are another troubling signal that the endorsement, a legal mechanism for putting a […]

Coach James Jones reignites men’s hoops

Two short seasons ago, the Yale men’s basketball program was staring up from the bottom of the Ivy League standings. A sluggish campaign recorded 22 […]

Playing hardball to find new drama dean

Mike Mussina would be merrily pitching for the Boston Red Sox. But the team simply failed to press hard enough. Instead, George Steinbrenner’s solicitous Yankee […]

The Corporation decides not to decide

The Yale Corporation emerged from its weekend meeting with a smattering of small-scale but important announcements about undergraduate housing, tuition and the open airing of […]

Yale wages war on computer viruses

While Yale has become increasingly dependent on computers and the Internet, viruses have grown more and more insidious and can potentially cripple computer systems throughout […]

Where have all the athletic fans gone?

The Friday afternoon dining hall pep rally — replete with open microphone, free T-shirts and background music — is a fitting metaphor for a sobering […]

The mayor, his mall and their legacy

In the last decade, the siren song of the downtown regional shopping mall has twice ensnared the administration of Mayor John DeStefano Jr. Burned by […]

The Yale student and the News

On January 28, 1878, the first five-cent, four-page issue of the “Yale News” rolled off the presses at 11:50 p.m. The inaugural words were pithy […]