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ZELINSKY: An invitation to the Corporation
During the presidential search, I wrote that the Yale Corporation lacks our trust because it rarely interacts with the university community. Prior to the slew of emails from Ed Bass ’67 ARC ’72,...
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Mayor John DeStefano Jr. just announced he will not be seeking a second term. A few, quick thoughts about this development: If I had to bet, DeStefano thinks he’s going to lose if he ran again. In the...
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ZELINSKY: The age of personality
Ed Koch died last week. He will be buried today. A former New York mayor who revitalized America’s greatest city, Koch was a larger-than-life personality. He had a signature catch phrase, “How am I...
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ZELINSKY: For a capable armed forces
“Why aren’t we intervening in Syria? It’s a humanitarian crisis!” At a January Master’s Tea, a student asked that question of Sterling Professor Harold Koh, the recently retired legal adviser at the...
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ZELINSKY: The culture of Yale College
In a “the emperor has no clothes” moment, a faculty committee recently concluded that grade inflation plagues Yale. The solution? Replace letter grades with numbers on a zero-to-one-hundred scale....
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ZELINSKY: What is the college for?
For all of three days, Professor Ray Fair’s report on grade inflation was hot news worthy of dining hall conversations. Now, close to two weeks after its release, the report has receded from public...
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ZELINSKY: The need for reassurance
I wasn’t tapped last year. And I am hesitant to write about my own experience. What if I appear bitter and unhappy to my peers? But I find that risk worth taking — especially when I remember how much I...
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ZELINSKY: A constant conversation
This is my 53rd — and last — column for the Yale Daily News. When I first took to these pages, I never intended to make it a habit. Three years ago, I wrote about the New Haven Promise program, then...
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ZELINSKY: In memory of Dahl
Yesterday, we lost a great American, an outstanding scholar and an unparalleled Yalie. We mourn Robert Dahl, who passed away at 98. Over the coming days, many will note Dahl’s distinguished service in...
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ZELINSKY: History, rewritten
In Saturday’s freshman address, President Peter Salovey revisited the Woodward Report, a document that has nobly articulated the defense of free speech in academia for the past four decades. Its most...
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