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“Words do not stop drones and do not intercept missiles. Only tangible assistance does.” These were the words of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shortly after the Islamic […]

December 6, 2024

We imagine a world to come and urge Yale students to cast their vote to help shape it. We have the opportunity to vote for a world in which our educational institution does not contribute to, or profit from, mass death. We imagine a world in which Yale embraces transparency and utilizes its social power and resources to combat scholasticide. We urge our fellow students to vote yes on the Books, Not Bombs referendum.

December 5, 2024

Imagine a group of students so locked in that they remain unfazed in their studies during the Naked Run. As their peers hoot and holler, these students sit around a table together with their noise-canceling headphones, unbothered by any sort of shenanigans, naked or not. They grind throughout the Naked Run. Grind in a studious sense. Not a lewd one. 

December 5, 2024

You do not have to prove anything else. You intrinsically possess that unique ability to clear hurdles into oblivion as you become all that you undertake. If you want to meet and exceed the next set of invisible metrics, continue being you. You possess the talent but you must relinquish the belief that you control the situation and its outcomes. And when — not if — we have setbacks in the future, we must remember that they do not constitute failures on our part or reflections of our value.

December 5, 2024

So I reach the central tension — America faces a culture steeped in distrust and misinformation, where dishonesty is often justified by appeals to ideology. This erosion of trust has weakened the authority of our central institutions. The path forward demands an answer to a profound challenge: how can we rebuild integrity and restore confidence?

December 5, 2024

I think back to my last canvassing trip before the 2024 election with Yale Dems. I had a respectful conversation with a voter in northeastern Pennsylvania who, from the start, told me she was voting for the slate of candidates which were not mine. Although, she would still take my literature. I continued down the street only to run into her again, this time while she was getting into her car and away from neighbors. She beckoned me over to quietly explain that, after talking with me and looking over the state candidates’ literature, she would give them a consideration. 

December 3, 2024

Every serious athlete will — at the end of their career — experience a unique type of death. The best thing anyone ever said to me after I competed at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games was not “congratulations,” but “I’m sorry for your loss.” It validated the period of mourning that came next, acknowledging an emptiness that seemed otherwise embarrassing to admit and confusing to describe. I didn’t know I needed grief to be named. But in the aftermath of it all, when the Games no longer cast a light but a shadow on my life, realizing that some form of depression was inevitable came as a huge relief. 

December 3, 2024

One of the most politically pressing discussions I’ve had in class this semester was about a fourth-century saint: Augustine of Hippo. In his book “City […]

November 25, 2024

Yale’s Intramural sports program is one of my favorite single aspects of Yale College. It encapsulates everything that makes Yale great in my eyes: friendly […]

November 22, 2024

On Monday morning, Oct. 21, students were either overjoyed or devastated when opening their inbox to find an email from the athletics office announcing the […]

November 22, 2024

Because I won the lottery! Last November, I published my most controversial article to date: Why I’m not going to the Yale-Harvard game. That article […]

November 22, 2024