by Matt Thekkethala On the afternoon of Friday April 29th, 2016, I celebrated my first Holi. I ventured to the Swing Space courtyard with a group of friends decked out in white t-shirts and sunglasses, joyfully threw colored powder at said group in addition to many other strangers, took several photos with said group in…
by Carlene Ervin I didn’t know that private schools existed. Within my sphere of knowledge in Oakland, CA of public and charter schools battling for state funding, private schools were a dreamland. For all I knew private schools were Hollywood’s inventions in order to sell the stories of rich kids’ childhood drama. Where I’m from,…
by Dhikshitha Balaji It is clear that the Yale English Department’s major for undergraduates must be restructured. A few weeks ago, Adriana Miele published an article in the Yale Daily News observing that “the department educates its students in venerating the English canon” and thus “actively contributes to the erasure of history.” As a sophomore English major…
Satire pretty close to reality by Leanne Motylenski 4:14pm In one corner, weighing whatever 250 million dollars (plus the student income contribution) weighs, we have the Yale administration taking heat for the Yale corporation (and probably on the verge of shitting their pants.) In the other corner, weighed down by a shit ton of student…
by Karléh Wilson On Saturday, April 31st around 8 pm, Black New Haven resident Jeffrey Agnew went to Boss Liquor on Whalley Avenue with a female friend to buy alcohol. They intended to use the friend’s debit card for the transaction. A security guard immediately warned them that using someone else’s credit card is illegal—which…