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Author: Contributing Writers

Making Space for Compassion

Posted on November 7, 2015October 1, 2022 by Contributing Writers

by Taylor Eldridge  There has been a fundamental misunderstanding on campus this past week. Specifically, the idea that freedom of speech means that there are no consequences for what someone decides to say. Freedom of speech is certainly critical to a healthy and diverse society, yet that does not preclude anyone from an investigation of…

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“Do I Matter Now?” – Muslim and Indigenous Women in Solidarity

Posted on November 6, 2015October 21, 2022 by Contributing Writers

by Ishrat Mannan  In 2011 the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney who is currently Canada’s Minister of National Defense and Multiculturalism, introduced the ban on niqabs, a piece of cloth used to cover a Muslim woman’s face. Kenney along with the past Prime Minister of Stephen Harper justified the ban by claiming that…

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‘Stay the course’: Eidelson continues work for NH youth, unemployed

Posted on November 3, 2015October 2, 2016 by Contributing Writers

by Fernando Torres  With the Ward 1 alder election approaching this Tuesday, incumbent Democrat Sarah Eidelson discusses her work with the New Haven community and the Ward 1 Alder’s role in the struggles of people of color on and off Yale’s campus. The main purpose of the campaign, she said, is to motivate student involvement…

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Ugonna Eze, Republican Candidate for Ward 1

Posted on November 3, 2015October 2, 2016 by Contributing Writers

by Fernando Torres With crime rates as high as 40,000 crimes+ per year, the Bronx in the 1990’s was not a safe place to live. Ugonna Eze, PC ’16, recalls not being able to walk safely through the streets without the fear of getting shot at or getting caught in the middle of gang warfare….

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Beasts of No Nation: A Nation of Broken Child Soldiers

Posted on October 31, 2015October 2, 2016 by Contributing Writers

by Hawa Adula  Cast: Idris Elba, Abraham Attah, Opeyemi Fagbohungbe, Richard Pepple Director: Cary Fukunaga It is easy to lose track of events that are happening outside our own little bubbles. There are so many horrific events happening around the world that we desensitize ourselves to in order to avoid becoming a jumble of emotions….

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