Category: Student Speak

  • November 4, 2017
    When I think back on my summer, some of my favorite moments were spent alone. Oddly enough, I really enjoyed…
  • October 27, 2017
    Two weeks ago, I wrote an article in the News encouraging students to over-borrow for their education while simultaneously investing…
  • October 21, 2017
    There are a lot of things about myself that I expected to change once I started college — more friends,…
  • October 14, 2017
    This year has been a big one for women’s tennis. Serena Williams, arguably the greatest living tennis player, won a…
  • September 23, 2017
    If you left Yale at this exact moment, how many people would you honestly still keep in touch with in…
  • September 10, 2017
    While some seem to believe that nothing athletes have to say is worthy of their time, we want to discuss…
  • September 1, 2017
    On Hollywood whitewashing and why representation matters When I was younger, I wanted to be an author. I wanted to…
  • August 26, 2017
    Our lives are fuller if we accept that our personalities are malleable. Stanford University researcher Walter Mischel’s “Marshmallow Experiment” has…
  • July 31, 2017
    Parting reflections on being black at UChicago. “If I were you, I would just go to whatever state school you’ve…
  • July 20, 2017
    As of writing this, two weeks from now I’ll be sitting on a beach somewhere. Three weeks from now, I’ll…