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Against political correctness: a liberal's cri de coeur
A former dean of the Yale Law School, Anthony T. Kronman, PhD, JD, argues that "today's idea of diversity is so limited that one might with justification call it a sham diversity, whose real goal is the promotion of a moral and spiritual uniformity."

Guns in frat house lead to student arrest
Yale law librarian Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the Yale Book of Quotations, on the real writers of "nattering nabobs" and "axis of evil."

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Grad school offers relief to students with kids
The Graduate School now gives doctoral candidates a semester of reduced responsibilities (but no reduction in their stipend) in the semester during or after the birth or adoption of a child.

Law School aids immigrants caught in New Haven raid
Two days after New Haven's Board of Aldermen approved an identification card for all city residents, 28 people were detained in a federal crackdown on illegal immigrants,

A better way to lose weight
A research associate at Yale's Center for Clinical Investigation has developed a program that teaches both parents and children about nutrition, self-awareness, and coping skills, and that makes exercise fun and non-threatening.

 
 

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Indiana Jones and the Tower of Ivory
Yale and New Haven were star-struck when Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg came to campus this summer to film scenes for the next Indiana Jones movie.

 

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It's 2007. Do you know where your Social Security number is?
Two laptops stolen from the Yale College dean's office this summer contained 9,000 names and SSNs of staff, students, and alumni. The risk of identity theft is small, and Yale is beefing up data security. But this kind of problem is all too frequent at universities. What's an alum to do?

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The children of el Mercado Oriental
Eleven Yale nurses. One week. Eighty-six Nicaraguan children who are too poor even for public school. Can Americans make a difference abroad?

 

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