At precisely seven o’clock Sunday night, the disembodied head of instructor Nicholas Charleston peers out from the screen at eight expectant students. Skype carries his voice from Oklahoma. Of those in attendance, six sit behind thick copies of A Dictionary of the Choctaw Language. Nearly all are Choctaw themselves. Dr. Angela Gleason, director of the…
On September 13th, 2015, fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed from Irving, Texas effortlessly constructed a digital clock in the span of twenty minutes. For a young NASA fanboy whose passion is to engineer and innovate, this was just another Sunday night. Before going to bed, he placed it in his book bag, eager to share his latest…
Last week, Fox and Friends criticized Yale for bringing Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson to campus to speak in a lecture series on “Transformational Leadership” at the Divinity School. Fox “News” pundit Tucker Carlson brought Yale sophomore Aryssa Damron on the show to denounce Mckesson as a “race hustler” and a “hater.” Her comments went viral on…
At the time of its destruction, Windows on the World, located on the top floors of the North Tower, had the highest profits of any American restaurant, with possibly one of the most diverse restaurant staff. In 2006, survivors opened the restaurant Colors to honor their 73 fallen co-workers and support those who lost their…
I spent a healthy portion of my freshman year being told that I should fear the streets beyond Popeye’s. Now in my junior year, I see students unwilling to venture too far beyond the wrought-iron gates; I overhear upperclassmen pass on the culture of fear to the next generation of Yalies. New Haven is a…