OPINION
BAYULGEN & DANIEL | & GUEST COLUMNIST
BAYULGEN & DANIEL: For the Ancient Eight and beyond, diversity means survival

On one of our first dates together, the two of us walked past Skull & Bones and, full of curiosity, tried to sneak a peek […]

February 9, 2024

DUNCAN |
DUNCAN: Why are you afraid?

Yalie small talk seems to follow trends depending on where we are in the school year. The current default question is “What did you do […]

February 9, 2024

SINGH | STAFF COLUMNIST
SINGH: Why I’m voting for Joe Biden

The short answer is because I’m a Democrat. But why am I a Democrat? I can boil it down to a single sentence: utility is […]

February 9, 2024

MAGALDI |
MAGALDI: Yale’s ivory tower — navigating the disconnection between academia and the average voter

The News has retracted this piece as we could not verify the identity of this author. We are in the process of revising our opinion […]

February 7, 2024

ISHIKAWA |
ISHIKAWA: The cost of aging — who gets to bear the burden?

In early 2023, The New York Times reported on Yusuke Narita’s controversial remarks. Responding to the challenges posed by Japan’s aging population, Narita, an assistant […]

February 5, 2024

KENT |
LETTER 02.01: Let’s Go Bulldogs

To the Editor, Please be advised that I have been a Yale basketball fan for over 50 years. I have seen the likes of Rick […]

February 2, 2024

SAPRE | STAFF COLUMNIST
SAPRE: The unbearable lightness of being busy

There are few states of existence more natural for the average Yale student than the state of “busyness.” Whether it is week seven, three or […]

January 29, 2024

AMEND | STAFF COLUMNIST
AMEND: Yale needs more Toni Morrison classes

In April 2015, I saw Toni Morrison speak at Harvard before her passing in 2019. My love for Morrison started after I read “Song of […]

January 26, 2024

DE GENNARO | STAFF COLUMNIST
DE GENNARO: What happened at Harvard is also about Yale

On Tuesday, Jan. 2, Harvard’s President Claudine Gay resigned, following weeks of controversy surrounding instances of plagiarism in her scholarship, as well as outrage stemming […]

January 26, 2024

SINGH | STAFF COLUMNIST
SINGH: Claudine Gay was right to step down

Just six months and two days into the job, Harvard president Dr. Claudine Gay stepped down. There were two causes for her resignation: first, multiple […]

January 26, 2024

PUBLIUSATYALE | STAFF COLUMNIST
PUBLIUS: Learn from Harvard’s mistakes. Remember Veritas.

Truth grounds Yale’s mission. We emphasized as much in our September piece on Yale’s presidential search process, where we mentioned it not once but six […]

January 24, 2024