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Opinion
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Wealth Is Not Immoral
Helen Zhao responds to the claim that it is unacceptable to retain personal wealth.
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A Yale College Graduate’s Defense of Local 33
“Graduate students at private universities have the right to unionize as workers, and it is time for Yale to recognize that right.”
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Salovey Gets It Right: On Fasting in the Ivory Tower
Local 33 is wrong to invoke historical examples of human rights abuses to glorify their protests.
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Humor: Rebels Defy President-for-life Salovey
The hipsters are fasting, and they’re doing it in style.
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Pressure from All Sides: The War in Syria and Foreign Intervention
Justin Jin shares a brief summary of the conflict in Syria and gives us his take on events.
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Tomi Lahren: Like a Phoenix, She Will Rise from the Ashes
“Lahren has fallen victim to a system that has fed off of her willingness to create controversy.”
EDITORIAL: Our YCC Endorsements
The empty debate room on Tuesday night confirmed not only YCC’s failure to engage students, but also our own apathy toward their most immediate body for institutional reform. We applaud all of this year’s candidates for their energy and commitment to students—and we hope that they return the favor.
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Kill Your Darlings: The Downfall of Milo Yiannopoulos
“Milo has always had a strained relationship with conservatism.”