OPINION
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Bush taps Yale graduate to head UN mission

This weekend, President George W. Bush promised John D. Negroponte ’60 some new office space. The address is 799 United Nations Plaza, the corner of […]

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Clinton would seek to avoid controversy

To the Editor: William Edwards’ column (“Richie Rich and President Clinton,” 2/19) is at odds with itself. Edwards accuses Clinton of “continuing to grasp at […]

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While Yale sleeps, Harvard reforms aid

Harvard’s blockbuster announcement yesterday that it will give all scholarship recipients an extra $2,000 in need-based assistance will once again test the responsiveness of Yale […]

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Take another look at YES

To the Editor: Charles Finch (“Just say no to Yale entrepreneurs,” 2/19) presents an offensive view of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society. YES, as with all […]

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Entrepreneurship does not equate to ’60s protests

To the Editor: I was quoted on Feb. 12 in the Yale Daily News (“Yes, you can schmooze: A night in venture city”) as saying […]

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Being John Milton and the struggles of learning

I just realized this is my last column before Yale’s spring break, from which you will return with just a month and a half to […]

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Yale gets creative with tax-exempt donations

With ambitious Science Hill plans, college renovations and an expected boost in the financial aid budget to match Princeton’s new no-loan policy, the University will […]

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Serving in Prince Hal’s loyal party opposition

In an episode of “The West Wing” recently rerun by NBC, Ainsley Hayes, a Republican lawyer, is hired by the fictional Democratic president, played by […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Perils and promise of dumping the SAT I

Richard Atkinson has had enough of the SAT. And he’s doing something about it. As the president of the University of California system, Atkinson oversees […]